Chapter Summaries

Kagami Uchiha traveled through Heian-kyō while arguing with Sukuna about violence, Madara, and Obito. At Daimyo Castle, Tobirama urged Enichi Sōjun to accept Kagami’s demands, but Kagami killed the Guardian Ninjas who tried to protect the daimyo.

• Kagami Uchiha walked through Heian-kyō and exchanged barbed remarks with Sukuna, who urged him to kill Madara.
• Kagami told Sukuna that Madara had moved away and discussed how his knowledge of the world’s fate might no longer be reliable.
• Tobirama Senju met Enichi Sōjun and questioned him about Kagami’s takeover and the damage done to Konoha’s clans.
• Enichi Sōjun complained that Kagami had treated the daimyo as a vassal, but Tobirama sensed Kagami’s arrival and told him to accept Kagami’s demands.
• Kagami Uchiha walked past the Guardian Ninjas’ corpses and killed the last guard who challenged him.

Kagami Uchiha confronted the daimyo and ministers of Heian-kyō over their support for Konoha, then seized control of the Daimyo's Residence. He appointed the Minister of Finance as the new daimyo and left Elder Shinka to finish clearing out the old leadership.

• Enichi Sōjun welcomed Kagami Uchiha, who announced that he would replace the daimyo and ordered the young lords and ministers to gather.
• Kagami Uchiha confronted the assembled ministers over withholding funds from Konoha, and the Minister of Finance offered five hundred million ryō.
• The Minister of Military Affairs objected to paying for Konoha's internal war, so Shinkwa killed him on Kagami Uchiha's command.
• Kagami Uchiha named the Minister of Finance the new daimyo and ordered Elder Shinka and the Uchiha to clean out the Daimyo's Residence.
• Kagami Uchiha left without looking at the corpses and politely declined a courtesan's invitation for a drink.

Kagami Uchiha deciphered the Sage of Six Paths Stone Tablet, removed it from Naka Shrine, and stored it in his mental space. Sukuna revealed that the Dragon Vein's seizure had halted his growth and that new Evil Beings were appearing, but Kagami left without pursuing them.

• Kagami Uchiha read the tablet's account of yin and yang, the origins of All Things in Nature, and the Infinite Tsukuyomi, then explained that awakening the Rinnegan required the Sage of Six Paths' power.
• Kagami Uchiha used a giant chakra hand to pull the indestructible stone tablet from Naka Shrine and placed it before the Gate of Sealing in his mental space.
• Kagami Uchiha questioned Sukuna about slowing Cursed Energy growth, and Sukuna said it had stopped since Kagami seized the Dragon Vein and that new Evil Beings had appeared.
• Sukuna urged Kagami Uchiha to strengthen him and asked to be released to demonstrate Space Severance, but Kagami refused.
• Sukuna offered to point out Evil Beings so they could grow stronger, but Kagami Uchiha dismissed the suggestion and left him in the Seal.

Hanzo’s scheme forced Nagato to kill Yahiko, while Obito and Zetsu watched from afar. The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path suddenly appeared, prompting them to realize Madara was involved.

• The four great nations established their alliance in the Land of Lightning and entered a cold war with the Land of Fire.
• Yahiko accepted Hanzo’s invitation and brought Akatsuki to meet him, while Obito and Zetsu followed them.
• Obito considered bringing Kagami into the Eye of the Moon Plan, but Black Zetsu argued that Kagami had no reason to accept it.
• Hanzo held Konan hostage and ordered Nagato to kill Yahiko in exchange for her release.
• Yahiko chose to die, and Nagato killed him as the Rinnegan trembled in his eyes.
• The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path appeared, and Obito and Zetsu realized Madara was involved.

Obito and Zetsu returned to find Uchiha Madara weakened, while Orochimaru and Tobirama Senju failed to summon him with Impure World Reincarnation and concluded he was still alive. After visiting his grandmother’s grave, Kagami Uchiha said farewell to Madara, who promised to return from the Pure Land and fight him again.

• Obito and Zetsu found Uchiha Madara weakened after the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path was summoned, and Madara began placing teachings in Obito’s eyes with a Transcription Seal.
• Orochimaru and Tobirama Senju attempted to summon Uchiha Madara with Impure World Reincarnation, but the ritual failed because no Madara soul appeared in the Pure Land.
• Tobirama concluded Uchiha Madara was still alive, and he and Orochimaru decided to continue researching the jutsu and bring Tobirama’s brother back at full strength.
• Kagami Uchiha visited his grandmother’s grave and replaced the flowers, reflecting on how she had died peacefully without knowing about Konoha’s battle.
• Madara met Kagami at the cemetery, said he was going to the Pure Land and would return, and asked Kagami to grow strong enough for another fight.

Konoha prospered under Minato Namikaze and Kagami Uchiha as the other nations fell into chaos during the Cold War. After Uchiha Mikoto gave birth to a boy, Kagami named him Sasuke and declared him his successor.

• Shisui trained with Kagami, who criticized his hesitation and made him continue practicing.
• Konoha established a dual king system, appointing Minato Namikaze as Hokage and Hatake Sakumo as the first Leaf Shadow.
• The Land of Fire stabilized while the other nations suffered from unrest, escaped rogue ninja, and rampant threats.
• Genko told Kagami that Uchiha Mikoto had given birth to a boy, and Kagami named the child Sasuke.
• Kagami told Genko that Sasuke would be his successor and ordered him to guard the child.

Hatake Sakumo delivered Founder Seimei’s sealed soul to Kagami Uchiha, who fed it to Sukuna and discussed the hidden threats facing the ninja world. Kagami ordered surveillance of Hyuga Hiashi’s unborn child and prepared to break Sukuna’s seal and begin hunting his enemies.

• Hatake Sakumo brought Seimei’s sealed soul to Kagami Uchiha, and Sukuna devoured it.
• Hatake Sakumo reported that his investigation had found no Jigen or Orochimaru, but had encountered Tobirama Senju; Kakashi had still found no trace of Obito.
• Kagami Uchiha ordered Hatake Sakumo to have Hizashi secretly monitor Hyuga Hiashi’s wife and keep watch on the newborn and other Hyuga children.
• Kagami Uchiha planned to search for a passage to the moon and seize the Tenseigan, while considering how his changes to the Hyuga clan might affect the Ōtsutsuki’s search for a spouse for Toneri.
• Kagami Uchiha told Sukuna he could break the seal by strengthening his own spiritual energy, then agreed to hunt those draining Sukuna’s Cursed Energy.

Kagami confronted Itachi about the Uchiha Clan’s future and promised to protect Sasuke, while Itachi accepted atonement with his father. At the Hokage Office, Kagami and Minato rescued Chiho from Kusagakure’s attempt to offer her as a prize, and Minato told her she could make Konoha her home.

• Kagami teased Izumi and asked Itachi why he was afraid of him.
• Itachi confessed that he and his family felt like sinners imprisoned in the Uchiha Compound, and Kagami said Itachi and Fugaku would have destroyed the clan if he had not intervened.
• Kagami told Itachi he would never forgive him, but promised to take Sasuke as his disciple and let Sasuke and Mikoto live as ordinary clan members.
• Kagami arrived at the Hokage Office, where Minato explained that Kusagakure wanted Konoha to eliminate a monster in exchange for Chiho, a woman whose body could heal injuries when bitten.
• Kagami exposed the bite marks on Chiho’s arm, and Minato killed the Kusagakure ninjas and assured Chiho that Konoha would be her home.

Kagami Uchiha left to hunt dangerous beings after discussing Minato Namikaze’s coming child, Naruto. At the border, he met Nagato and Akatsuki, rejected their plan to enforce peace through fear, and attacked them.

• Minato Namikaze told Kagami Uchiha that Kushina was pregnant and had chosen Naruto as their child’s name.
• Kagami Uchiha took a map and set out to hunt the monster from the Box of Paradise before visiting the Land of Demons.
• At the Land of Fire’s border, Kagami Uchiha encountered Obito, Nagato, Konan, Sasori of the Red Sands, Zetsu, and Kakuzu.
• Nagato asked Kagami Uchiha to join Akatsuki and help create a weapon that would deter wars through fear.
• Kagami Uchiha refused Nagato’s plan and declared that he wanted to eliminate anyone who disturbed his peaceful life.
• Kagami Uchiha unleashed a powerful slash, and Nagato countered with Shinra Tensei.

Kagami Uchiha fought Sasori and the Akatsuki, overwhelming their attacks while studying Obito’s Kamui. The chapter ended with Kagami cutting down Konan as Nagato tried to pull him away.

• Sasori attacked Kagami with the Third Kazekage Human Puppet and Iron Sand, but Kagami resisted the trap and mocked its weakness.
• Kakuzu unleashed a compound fire-and-wind attack, but Kagami dodged its flames and threw Kakuzu aside instead of killing him.
• Obito used Kamui and Storm Dance, giving Kagami a chance to analyze how Obito’s spatial technique worked.
• Konan attacked with paper blades, and Kagami urged her to join his Ninja Tool Department; she refused, citing her commitment to Jiraiya, Yahiko, and Nagato’s dream of peace.
• Kagami closed in on Konan and slashed her despite Nagato’s attempt to pull him away with Banshō Ten'in.

Kagami Uchiha confronted Nagato, Obito, Sasori, and Zetsu, but Nagato rejected his claims about Obito and Yahiko. Kagami defeated Nagato’s puppet body and drove off the others, leaving the New Akatsuki’s first public operation in complete defeat.

• Kagami Uchiha revealed that the sacrificial vessel was White Zetsu and told Nagato that Obito had plotted Yahiko’s murder.
• Obito and Zetsu denied Kagami’s accusation, and Sasori warned Nagato that Kagami often used words to deceive and provoke his opponents.
• Nagato attacked Kagami after he mentioned Yahiko, but Kagami cut the Deva Path puppet body in two.
• Kagami shattered Sasori’s puppet body, while Zetsu fled to avoid losing White Zetsu clones.
• Obito claimed that he and Kagami understood each other, but Kagami attacked him and called him a coward before leaving for Kakuzu.

Kagami Uchiha traveled through the war-ravaged Land of Grass toward Hozuki Castle, where the monster Satori controlled a horde of puppets. He ignored Ryuzetsu’s warning and continued toward the castle as the puppets emerged at dusk.

• Kagami summoned Revolver and sent him to retrieve hidden money, then continued into the Land of Grass.
• Kagami crossed the chaotic countryside and killed several bandit groups that attacked him.
• Kagami learned that Satori was controlling altered puppets from the Box of Paradise and was gathering people with chakra at Hozuki Castle.
• Ryuzetsu warned Kagami that a terrifying monster awaited at the castle, but he ignored her and continued onward.
• Kagami noticed Ryuzetsu following him and considered how her clan’s life-sacrificing resurrection technique might help him revive Shisui.
• At dusk, zombie-like puppets emerged in vast numbers from the town near Hozuki Castle.

Orochimaru summoned Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and Hiruzen Sarutobi with the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, and they met Tsunade in a tavern. Hashirama comforted Tsunade, then ordered everyone to remain behind while he went to meet Kagami Uchiha.

• Tsunade drank sake in a tavern with Shizune when Orochimaru arrived wearing a conical hat alongside Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Hashirama Senju revealed himself to Tsunade, who recognized her grandfather and wept as she greeted him and the other former Hokage.
• Orochimaru explained that he had summoned the past Hokage to tell them about Kagami Uchiha and the state of the shinobi world.
• Tobirama Senju condemned Kagami Uchiha and proposed supervising Minato Namikaze, removing Orochimaru's bounty, and preventing Uchiha dominance.
• Hashirama Senju apologized to Tsunade for the wars and held her as she broke down in tears.
• Hashirama Senju announced that he would visit Konoha and meet the child who resembled Madara, then used his aura to order the others not to act.

Hashirama Senju entered Konoha in disguise, admired its orderly streets, and reached Minato Namikaze to ask him questions. Meanwhile, Kagami Uchiha destroyed the zombies at Hozuki Castle and cut down Satori, leaving the Box of Paradise ahead.

• Hashirama Senju followed a merchant caravan into Konoha and observed how its rules and Uchiha patrols kept the village orderly.
• Hashirama Senju reflected on Tobirama Senju’s views of the Uchiha and the choices that shaped Konoha.
• Hashirama Senju entered the Hokage Office through a potted plant and introduced himself to Minato Namikaze.
• Kagami Uchiha incinerated the zombies beneath Hozuki Castle while Ryuzetsu followed him.
• Satori attacked Kagami Uchiha with blade-like feathers, but Kagami’s slash split the monster apart.
• Kagami Uchiha saw the Box of Paradise at the center of the ancient city.

Kagami Uchiha captured the Box of Paradise with the Dragon Vein and stored it in his spiritual space alongside Sukuna. He refused to kill or expel Sukuna, treating him and the other powerful entities as resources for growth, while Sukuna questioned the nature of Kagami’s sealing space.

• Kagami Uchiha attacked the Box of Paradise with Mangekyo slashes but found that it absorbed or redirected their force.
• Kagami Uchiha used Dragon Vein · Earth Lock to bind the Box of Paradise and pull it into his spiritual space.
• Sukuna remarked that Kagami’s sealing space could contain the Dragon Vein and the Box of Paradise despite the limits of a normal Jinchuriki.
• Sukuna asked why Kagami Uchiha did not expel or kill him, and Kagami said he wanted to keep the path to greater strength open.
• Kagami Uchiha left Sukuna with the Box of Paradise as food and told him not to repeat his usual threats.

Kagami Uchiha destroyed the Box of Paradise, told Ryuzetsu that Muku could not be saved, and sent her to Konoha to find Shisui. As Kagami headed toward the Land of Demons, a massive meteor fell toward him.

• Kagami Uchiha absorbed the Box of Paradise's negative energy and sensed more gathering in the west, where Moryo was located.
• Ryuzetsu asked Kagami where Muku was, and Kagami told her that Muku was dead and could not be saved.
• Kagami gave Ryuzetsu a Uchiha-marked shuriken and sent her to Konoha to find Shisui, claiming he had done so because she possessed the Reincarnation Technique.
• Kagami and Sukuna discussed Kagami's motives as Kagami traveled through the Land of Birds toward the Land of Demons.
• A massive flaming meteor appeared in the sky and plunged toward Kagami, who clasped his hands and faced it with excitement.

Kagami Uchiha fought off a meteor barrage and battled Ōtsutsuki Kaito, who had descended from the moon to stop him. As Kagami overwhelmed Kaito, Jigen appeared and pierced Kagami’s heart, revealing that he had been searching for a perfect vessel.

• Ōtsutsuki Kaito used the Tenseigan to bombard Kagami Uchiha with meteors and told Toneri that he planned to descend to Earth and die fighting the threat.
• Kagami Uchiha destroyed the meteor shower with his Susanoo and confronted Ōtsutsuki Kaito after he descended from the moon.
• Kagami Uchiha dismissed his Susanoo and blocked Kaito’s chakra beam with the Sage of Six Paths Stone Tablet, then smashed Kaito into a mountain.
• Kagami Uchiha attacked the collapsing mountain but was interrupted when Jigen appeared and pierced his heart with a Black Rod.
• Jigen told Kagami Uchiha that he had spent a thousand years searching for a perfect vessel like him.

Jigen tried to implant Karma in Kagami Uchiha and claim his body as a vessel, but Kagami resisted and trapped him in a domain that blocked his space-time escape. The chapter ended with Kagami and Jigen clashing inside the Underworld Hell Great Killing Mausoleum.

• Jigen revealed his history with Kaguya Otsutsuki and decided Kagami Uchiha's body was a perfect vessel for his revival.
• Jigen used a Black Rod to implant Karma in Kagami and ordered him to accept his fate.
• Kagami severed the Black Rod and declared that Jigen could not understand the Sharingan's power.
• Kagami created Tsukuyomi: Underworld Hell Great Killing Mausoleum, and Jigen failed to escape with his space-time technique.
• Kagami and Jigen exchanged taunts before their black blade and Black Rod clashed inside the domain.

Uchiha Kagami trapped Jigen in his Underworld Hell Great Killing Mausoleum and fought him while condemning the Ōtsutsuki Clan as stagnant and afraid of death. After Kagami wounded Jigen and forced Isshiki to use Sukuna Hikona, he unleashed Black Coffin Sealing on the spot where Jigen vanished.

• Uchiha Kagami used the Dragon Vein-powered domain to restrict Jigen’s spacetime escape and attack him with his long blade.
• Jigen studied the domain while parrying Kagami’s strikes, wary that the Sage of Six Paths had left a contingency against him.
• Kagami called the Ōtsutsuki an inferior race for relying on Ten-Tails, reincarnation, and parasitism instead of advancing their power.
• Kagami’s natural-energy-infused blade cut Jigen’s cheek, while the domain gradually influenced Jigen’s mind.
• Jigen fired Black Rods at Kagami, but struck a Shadow Clone; Kagami appeared behind him and mocked his inability to detect it.
• Isshiki used Sukuna Hikona to evade Kagami’s slash, and Kagami opened Black Coffin Sealing to engulf the area in a black sphere.

Kagami Uchiha battled Jigen in his domain, using evasive tactics and Mahoraga - Armored Susanoo to keep him from reaching the Black Moon. Outside, Ōtsutsuki Kaito failed to break the domain, but Hashirama Senju arrived and offered to help Kagami Uchiha.

• Jigen entered Karma State Two and overwhelmed Kagami Uchiha with his speed and attacks, while Kagami Uchiha relied on regeneration and close-range slashes to fight back.
• Kagami Uchiha escaped Jigen’s assault by moving between the domain’s black towers, then made the towers shift to disrupt Jigen’s plan to attack them all.
• Jigen recognized the Black Moon as the source of the domain and rushed toward it, but Mahoraga - Armored Susanoo blocked his path.
• Outside the domain, Ōtsutsuki Kaito attacked the black sphere with meteors and other strikes but failed to damage it.
• Kagami Uchiha’s Shadow Clone noticed another powerful figure approaching, and Hashirama Senju arrived, mentioning Madara and summoning a Wood Dragon to help.