Chapter Summaries

Kagami Uchiha defeated Fugaku, shattered his Susanoo and illusion, and took his Mangekyo eyes. He declared himself the new Uchiha Clan head and left Fugaku alive, imprisoned within the clan compound.

• Fugaku used Susanoo and Amaterasu against Kagami, but Kagami cleaved through the flames and destroyed Susanoo with a single slash.
• Fugaku trapped Kagami in Infinite Illusion Hell Prison and showed him a vision of Konoha slaughtering the Uchiha Clan.
• Kagami dismissed the vision as Fugaku's delusion and shattered the illusion world, causing Fugaku to suffer a backlash.
• Kagami pinned Fugaku down, removed his eyes, and ordered him confined to the Uchiha Clan Compound rather than killed.
• Kagami summoned Shinkwa and Genko, assigned them to take Fugaku away and notify the clan, and declared himself the Uchiha Clan head.

Kagami Uchiha let Jiraiya choose whether to support him, and Jiraiya declined while promising to conceal Fugaku’s fate. A month later, Konoha gathered its main forces at Kannabi Bridge for a decisive battle against Iwagakure, with Hiruzen Sarutobi taking command as he considered who should become the Fourth Hokage.

• Jiraiya chose not to stand with Kagami Uchiha, but agreed to tell Hiruzen Sarutobi that Fugaku had been injured and returned to the village.
• Jiraiya showed Kagami Uchiha his improved Rasengan, which incorporated nature transformation.
• Konoha and Sunagakure maintained their alliance agreement, allowing Konoha to redirect forces toward the Iwagakure front.
• Orochimaru and Minato Namikaze briefed Hiruzen Sarutobi on Iwagakure’s large offensive, its Jinchuriki, and the forces gathering near Kannabi Bridge.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi assessed the battlefield, organized Konoha’s deployments, and considered choosing a Fourth Hokage after the war.

Hiruzen Sarutobi faced Ōnoki at Kannabi Bridge as Ōnoki provoked Kushina with revelations about the destruction of Uzumaki Country and threatened Konoha with a hidden Iwagakure force. Kushina began to lose control of the Nine-Tails, and Hiruzen sent her, Minato, and Orochimaru to reinforce the Northern Front while ordering the other Konoha ninja back to the village.

• Ōnoki taunted Kushina about the Uzumaki Clan and Kushina threatened to kill him, while Minato tried to keep her calm.
• Ōnoki revealed that Konoha had helped destroy Uzumaki Country and claimed that only Kushina survived because she was suitable to become the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Ōnoki's apparent entourage proved to be Shadow Clones, and he announced that fifteen thousand Iwagakure ninja were advancing while hinting that other forces had infiltrated Konoha or gone to the Kumogakure battlefield.
• Ōnoki's Shadow Clone was destroyed, but Kushina's distress allowed the Nine-Tails to push through her seal as Minato tried to restrain it.
• Hiruzen ordered Kushina, Minato, and Orochimaru to reinforce the Northern Front and sent the remaining Konoha ninja back to the village, naming Orochimaru as his successor if he died.

The Third Raikage and Ōnoki assembled an elite force to kill Kagami Uchiha, agreeing that Kumogakure would pin him down while Ōnoki prepared Dust Release. Kagami sensed their attack, and the chapter ended as he met the Raikage’s Hell Stab with Black Flash.

• The Third Raikage gathered Kumogakure’s elite, including A and Killer B, after learning Kagami had returned to Konoha’s camp.
• Ōnoki arrived with Roshi and Han, and he and the Third Raikage discussed their plan to kill Kagami before he could escape.
• Ōnoki proposed that the Raikage hold Kagami in place for two seconds so he could destroy him with Dust Release, and the Raikage charged ahead.
• Kagami sensed the incoming attack while reading in his tent, then emerged as alarms sounded across the camp.
• The Third Raikage attacked Kagami with Four Finger Nukite, and Kagami answered with Black Flash; their lightning clash sent a shockwave through the camp.

Kagami Uchiha engineered a battle against the Third Raikage and Ōnoki, then used Minato and Kushina’s arrival to trigger a new crisis. After Ōnoki’s Dust Release severed Kagami’s arm and Kushina began reacting to the Nine-Tails, Kagami called on Sukuna and declared a change of opponent.

• Kagami Uchiha fought the Third Raikage with Blaze Release, while Jiraiya arrived and arranged for the other shinobi to retreat.
• The Third Raikage and his allies joined forces against Kagami Uchiha, and Toad Ken helped him hold them off while Jiraiya left to enter Sage Mode.
• Minato Namikaze arrived with Kushina and another companion, and Kagami Uchiha broke away from the battle to meet them.
• Ōnoki struck Kagami Uchiha with Dust Release, destroying his arm, while Kushina’s Nine-Tails chakra began to emerge.
• Kagami Uchiha told Orochimaru to take Minato away, then called for Sukuna and announced a change of opponent.

Kagami Uchiha challenged Sukuna to adapt to chakra while he tried to master the Reverse Cursed Technique, as the Nine-Tails emerged and mistook Kagami for Uchiha Madara. Sukuna summoned Mahoraga to stop the Nine-Tails and ended the chapter by opening his Malevolent Shrine domain to tame it.

• Kagami Uchiha refused to let Sukuna take over, challenging him to adapt to chakra while Kagami learned the Reverse Cursed Technique, even if they both died.
• The Nine-Tails transformed further, and Orochimaru ordered Jiraiya to retreat, warning that the monster inside Kagami Uchiha was the true danger.
• Ōnoki and the others saw the Nine-Tails lose control, while the beast recognized Kagami's ocular power as Uchiha Madara's and attacked him.
• Sukuna summoned Mahoraga, which caught the Nine-Tails' claw, then Sukuna revealed himself and rapidly adapted to chakra.
• Sukuna formed a hand seal and declared his Malevolent Shrine domain to tame the Nine-Tails.

Sukuna fought the Nine-Tails with Malevolent Shrine and Mahoraga while Kagami Uchiha restricted his control of the body and Sharingan. As the Nine-Tails prepared a massive Tailed Beast Ball, Sukuna countered with his flaming arrow, and the Third Raikage stayed behind hoping to fight or seal the monsters.

• Sukuna expanded Malevolent Shrine to a thousand meters, but its slashes barely harmed the regenerating Nine-Tails, while Mahoraga repeatedly took its attacks and began adapting.
• Sukuna tried to use Kagami Uchiha's Sharingan, but Kagami restricted him from within the spiritual space and ordered him to demonstrate the Reverse Cursed Technique.
• The Nine-Tails pierced Kagami Uchiha's body, forcing Sukuna to use Cleave to sever its claw; Kagami continued limiting Sukuna and challenged him to find a way to break the Seal.
• The Nine-Tails mistook Sukuna for Uchiha Madara and gathered chakra for a massive Tailed Beast Ball as Ōnoki and Killer B urged the others to retreat.
• The Third Raikage remained behind, hoping to summon the Amber Purifying Pot and admitting he wanted to fight the Nine-Tails.
• Sukuna formed a flaming arrow using Furnace and fired it as the Nine-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball came toward him.

Sukuna hid underground while trying to convert Cursed Energy into chakra, as Nine-Tails bombarded the abyss and the Raikage and Tsuchikage intervened. In the spiritual space, Kagami Uchiha learned the Reverse Cursed Technique and awakened a new Sharingan form, just as a black-red torrent erupted from the abyss.

• Sukuna fled deeper underground and studied the chakra in Kagami Uchiha's body, while Nine-Tails continued attacking him with Tailed Beast Balls.
• Sukuna used Mahoraga and other shikigami to withstand the bombardment as Nine-Tails' attacks flooded the abyss.
• The Third Raikage and Ōnoki arrived and fought Nine-Tails, reducing the pressure on Sukuna.
• Sukuna began converting Cursed Energy into chakra as Kagami Uchiha learned the Reverse Cursed Technique in the spiritual space.
• Kagami Uchiha's three-tomoe Sharingan transformed into a four-tomoe pattern as the Dragon Vein lifted him toward a torrent of darkness.
• At sunrise, Nine-Tails, the Tsuchikage, and the Raikage stopped as a black-red torrent surged from the abyss.

Kagami Uchiha awakened powerful Mangekyo abilities, cut through the Nine-Tails’ attacks and Ōnoki’s Dust Release, and severed the Third Raikage’s arm. He partially marked the Nine-Tails before Sukuna disrupted his control and damaged his right eye, leaving Kagami determined to conquer him eventually.

• Kagami Uchiha used Black Slash to split the Nine-Tails’ Tailed Beast Ball and cut away half its head, then awakened Yin-Yang Conversion and strengthened his body.
• Ōnoki attacked Kagami Uchiha with Dust Release, but Kagami split the beam and declared his new power, Severance Release.
• The Nine-Tails called the Eight-Tails, Four-Tails, and Five-Tails to join the fight against Kagami Uchiha.
• Kagami Uchiha challenged the Third Raikage and severed his arm with a slash that overcame the Raikage’s lightning attack.
• Kagami Uchiha used Crimson Demon to begin controlling the Nine-Tails, but Sukuna resisted from within and caused cracks to appear in Kagami’s right eye.
• Kagami Uchiha found that a seal-like structure had temporarily disabled his right eye and said he would still conquer Sukuna.

Orochimaru learned that Hiruzen and the Third Raikage had died in battle and decided to return to Konoha as Hokage, preparing for war with Kagami Uchiha. Kagami gathered the Uchiha on the Eastern Front and declared that they would seize konoha in seven days, leaving the clan united behind him.

• Orochimaru learned from Blue Snake that Hiruzen had died covering Konoha's retreat and that the war on that front was over.
• Orochimaru took Hiruzen's flesh and announced that he would return to Konoha to become Fourth Hokage and prepare for war with the Uchiha Clan.
• Kagami Uchiha carried the unconscious Kushina east on a giant eagle while Uchiha forces on the Eastern Front gathered at his summons.
• Kagami Uchiha declared that the Uchiha would seize konoha in seven days and told anyone unwilling to join to leave their eyes behind and sever ties with the clan.
• Kagami Uchiha revealed his Mangekyo power, and no one among the gathered Uchiha stepped forward to leave.

Kagami Uchiha forced the Eastern Front clans to choose between submitting to the Uchiha or dying, while Konoha learned that Hiruzen Sarutobi had died and the Uchiha had rebelled. The chapter ended with Shimura Danzō realizing the Uchiha had moved their clan and that his warnings to Hiruzen had come too late.

• Shikaku Nara approached Kagami Uchiha to dissuade him from acting, but Kagami demanded the Nara Clan submit or die and killed a Hyuga Main Family ninja who interrupted.
• Hizashi Hyuga knelt and offered the Branch Family's submission to save his elder brother, and Kagami accepted his choice.
• Shikaku Nara attacked Kagami, who killed him; Kagami then began purging the Eastern Front camp and allowed only those who submitted to live.
• Orochimaru sat in the Hokage's seat and told Shimura Danzō that Hiruzen Sarutobi was dead.
• Orochimaru accused Danzō of failing to monitor the Uchiha and revealed that the clan had relocated, leaving Shadow Clones in the compound; Danzō realized the Uchiha had rebelled.

Uchiha Madara arranged for Rin Nohara, carrying the Three Tails, to encounter Kakashi as Kagami Uchiha led a force toward Konoha. Kakashi accidentally killed Rin while trying to save her, and a young boy witnessed the scene as his Sharingan transformed.

• White Zetsu told Uchiha Madara that Kagami Uchiha was leading seven hundred ninja toward Konoha and that Rin Nohara and Kirigakure ninja were headed to meet Kakashi.
• Kagami Uchiha marched toward Konoha with Uchiha, Hyuga, other clan ninja, and civilians, while Revolver offered to gather the ninja cats.
• Kakashi pursued the Kirigakure squad using his Lightning Sword Ninja Body Technique as he tried to rescue Rin Nohara.
• Rin Nohara learned the Kirigakure plan to seal the Three Tails inside her and release it at Konoha, and resolved to sacrifice herself for the village.
• Kakashi charged the ninja holding Rin, but his lightning-infused blade pierced her heart and tore through her chest.
• A young boy witnessed Rin's death as the three tomoe in his eyes connected into curved blades and the world began to distort.

Obito attacked Kakashi at the massacre in Kirigakure, convinced that a world without tragedy could only be created through illusion, but Hatake Sakumo intervened and drove him off. Sakumo carried the unconscious Kakashi toward Konoha, determined to tell Kagami Uchiha that Danzō’s experiments may have targeted the Uchiha clan.

• Obito approached Kakashi and prepared to kill him, believing death would free Kakashi and help bring about a perfect illusion world.
• Hatake Sakumo arrived, shielded Kakashi, and fought Obito, discovering that Obito’s body could turn intangible and that he wielded Wood Release.
• Sakumo cut away the White Zetsu covering Obito’s face and recognized him as Obito.
• White Zetsu urged Obito to retreat before Kagami Uchiha arrived, and Obito left with Rin Nohara’s corpse after giving Kakashi a final look.
• Sakumo carried Kakashi toward Konoha, planning to tell Kagami Uchiha about Danzō’s suspected experiments on Uchiha clan members.

Orochimaru prepared Konoha for Kagami Uchiha’s attack, stole the Book of Seals, and rejected Danzo’s plan to retreat and continue Wood Release research. Kagami led the Uchiha toward the village and unleashed Cliff Sword, tearing through Konoha’s barrier and turning the ground into a lava hell.

• Orochimaru recalled Konoha’s ninja and strengthened the village’s defenses, insisting that confronting Kagami mattered more than guarding the borders.
• Orochimaru took the Book of Seals, deciding the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu might help him counterattack after losing the battle.
• Danzo urged Orochimaru to hide and continue Wood Release research, but Orochimaru refused and threatened to expose him to Kagami Uchiha.
• Kagami led the Uchiha toward Konoha, while Shinka remembered how his mother had been denied timely treatment because she was Uchiha.
• Kagami unleashed Dragon Vein - Earth Core Movement: Cliff Sword, ripping through the barrier and transforming the village into a landscape of magma and stone blades.

Kagami Uchiha led the Uchiha assault on Konoha, defeating the village’s first defenses with overwhelming power. After Shimura Danzō trapped him with the Reverse Four Symbols Seal, Kagami shattered the barrier and confronted him.

• Kagami Uchiha faced Orochimaru and the Konoha forces while his clan charged into battle.
• Orochimaru transformed into the Eight-Headed Serpent and attacked Kagami with wind and earth techniques alongside Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu.
• Kagami unleashed a black-red slash that destroyed one snake head and killed Mitokado Homura.
• Kagami caught Orochimaru’s Kusanagi Sword, took it from him, and planted it beside himself.
• Shimura Danzō used the Reverse Four Symbols Seal to encase Kagami, but Kagami broke the barrier with two slashes and turned to confront him.

Kagami Uchiha crushed Konoha’s defenders, exposed Danzo’s stolen Sharingan, and left him trapped in a torturous cage. Minato agreed to become Hokage and fight alongside Kagami, setting the stage for their battle against Orochimaru.

• Kagami pinned Danzo with Black Rods, exposed the Sharingan hidden in his eye and arm, and condemned him to suffer rather than die quickly.
• Kagami killed Koharu when she attacked him and caged Danzo with Black Rods and Red Lotus Fire.
• Minato arrived and asked Kagami where Kushina was; Kagami told him she was safe and the Nine-Tails had calmed down.
• Minato offered to become Hokage, accept the Uchiha’s transcendent status, and help Kagami defeat their opponents while sparing children and those who submitted.
• Kagami agreed to fight alongside Minato, and Orochimaru prepared to face them in his Eight-Headed Serpent form.

Minato Namikaze, Hatake Sakumo, and Kagami Uchiha defeated Orochimaru, and Minato secured the surrender of the surviving Konoha ninja. As rain washed over the devastated village, Kagami walked into a Konoha belonging to the Uchiha.

• Minato Namikaze fought Orochimaru while Kagami Uchiha supported him, and Hatake Sakumo arrived with Kakashi and joined the battle.
• Hatake Sakumo followed Kagami Uchiha's order to help Minato Namikaze defeat Orochimaru.
• Kagami Uchiha used Susanoo to slash through Orochimaru and the distant mountain peaks, leaving Orochimaru swallowed by the attack.
• Minato Namikaze declared the battle over and demanded that the surviving ninja surrender, and they began dropping their weapons.
• As rain fell over the bloodied battlefield, Kagami Uchiha walked through the ruins into Konoha belonging to the Uchiha.

Ōnoki, A, and Rasa worked to form an alliance against Kagami Uchiha, while Madara prepared Obito and Nagato to oppose him. Orochimaru summoned Tobirama Senju with the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, and Tobirama demanded to know what had happened to Konoha.

• Ōnoki told Rasa that Kagami Uchiha had defeated him, A, and their forces, and urged the formation of a Four Countries Alliance.
• A advised that the alliance send its Jinchuriki to the Land of Lightning to learn how to reconcile with their Tailed Beasts.
• Madara told Obito to use Izanagi against Kagami, then created Black Zetsu and ordered Zetsu to help Nagato master Rinne Rebirth.
• Orochimaru used the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu to summon Tobirama Senju and asked him to help perfect the technique.
• Tobirama Senju questioned Orochimaru about Konoha after learning he had once been the Fourth Hokage.

Ten days after the conflict, Kagami Uchiha oversaw Konoha’s reconstruction and planned to make the shinobi world his enemy so he could keep growing stronger. Minato Namikaze warned him that the village faced urgent shortages, and Kagami decided to confront the daimyo over funding.

• Kagami Uchiha surveyed Konoha’s reconstruction from Hashirama Senju’s Face Rock and reflected on the dangers he expected from enemies across the shinobi world.
• The Uchiha removed Tobirama Senju’s and Hiruzen Sarutobi’s faces from the rock and began carving a new one for Uchiha Madara, renaming it Konoha’s Founders’ Rock.
• Revolver told Kagami Uchiha that the Construction Department had run out of timber, and Minato Namikaze explained that newly cut trees needed months to dry.
• Minato Namikaze told Kagami Uchiha that Konoha urgently needed a rebuilt hospital, medical equipment, and a lasting food supply.
• Kagami Uchiha decided to visit the daimyo and replace him if he refused to provide money.

Kagami Uchiha left Minato Namikaze to manage Konoha, while Tobirama Senju and Orochimaru planned to rebuild the village and prepare to challenge Kagami. The chapter ended with Tobirama agreeing to seek resources from the Land of Fire’s daimyo and admitting he would flee if Kagami came within sensing range.

• Kagami Uchiha told Minato Namikaze to issue an S-rank wanted notice for Orochimaru, whom Kagami believed would survive and obstruct their ideals.
• Minato Namikaze asked Kagami how to arrange Hatake Sakumo’s role, but Kagami left the decision to him and suggested a dual-leader system if necessary.
• Kagami sensed Tobirama Senju watching from a distant mountaintop, but Tobirama vanished before Kagami could clearly identify him.
• Tobirama Senju returned to Orochimaru’s underground cave and angrily condemned Hiruzen and the others for mishandling the Uchiha conflict.
• Orochimaru refused Tobirama’s call to become Hokage and asked him to help improve Impure World Reincarnation, obtain research resources, and secure funding from the Land of Fire’s daimyo, Enichi Sōjun.
• Tobirama Senju agreed to approach the daimyo and assured Orochimaru he would flee rather than seek revenge on Kagami Uchiha.