Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Fugaku learned that the banished families were gathering people called Vessels for the force behind the Underground Black Market and ordered an investigation into its allies. As the Sarutobi Clan transported captured youths across the border, the cloaked envoy discovered Number One Spore Clone following them.

• Uchiha Fugaku ordered a Spore Clone to investigate the four families’ search for Vessels.
• Number Two Spore Clone reported that Vessels were people with special physiques and that the four families were likely serving the force behind the Underground Black Market.
• Uchiha Fugaku ordered an investigation into officials and organizations in the Land of Fire connected to that force.
• The Sarutobi Clan handed more than a dozen captured youths to a black-cloaked envoy in exchange for a modification from the organization.
• The envoy attacked the ground and forced Number One Spore Clone, disguised as Uchiha Shisui, to emerge.

Number One Spore Clone fought Boro, a Kara Inner Circle member with powerful regeneration, Lava Release, and virus-based attacks. After discovering and destroying the moving sphere inside Boro’s body, he ended Boro’s regeneration and burned him to nothing with Amaterasu.

• Boro detected Number One Spore Clone’s surveillance and attacked him, but Susanoo overwhelmed Boro’s modified strength.
• Boro regenerated his shattered arm and a heart-piercing wound, while his Lava Release acid damaged Susanoo and Number One Spore Clone.
• Number One Spore Clone used Amaterasu against Boro, but Boro escaped the flames by creating a new body from untouched flesh.
• Boro attacked with virus-filled black mist and acid, while Number One Spore Clone searched his body and found a moving sphere containing enormous chakra.
• Number One Spore Clone destroyed the sphere with a Susanoo arrow, causing Boro to transform and lose his regenerative ability.
• Number One Spore Clone engulfed Boro in Amaterasu, and the flames consumed his entire body.

Number One Spore Clone killed Boro and his companions, but the force behind the Underground Black Market discovered the surveillance. Uchiha Fugaku then presented evidence that the Sarutobi, Shimura Clan, Utatane, and Mito families had betrayed Konoha, and Tsunade accepted that the accusation was true.

• Number One Spore Clone killed Boro's four fleeing companions with Amaterasu and relayed that the surveillance had been discovered.
• Uchiha Fugaku learned of Boro's powerful regeneration and ordered a village meeting to discuss the four families' suspected betrayal.
• Uchiha Fugaku told the gathered Clan Heads and Elite Jonin that the Sarutobi, Shimura Clan, Utatane, and Mito families had joined the force behind the Underground Black Market.
• Number One Spore Clone, disguised as Uchiha Shisui, distributed investigation reports and showed Tsunade images of the Sarutobi Clan Head negotiating with the enemy.
• Tsunade watched the recorded images and concluded that the four families had truly betrayed Konoha.

After evidence confirmed that the Sarutobi, Shimura, Kurutsu, and Mito Clans had betrayed Konoha, Uchiha Fugaku ordered a coordinated purge of them and the Underground Black Market’s allies. The operations ended with the four clans and their collaborators in the Land of Fire exterminated.

• Uchiha Fugaku sent ninja teams across the Land of Fire to attack the four clans, Underground Black Markets, and colluding officials and factions.
• Number One Spore Clone and Uchiha elites surrounded the Sarutobi Clan’s village and declared that the clan would be exterminated by order of the Hokage.
• The Sarutobi Clan Head denied the accusations, then attacked with modified metal arms that unleashed powerful Fire Release flames.
• Number One Spore Clone used Susanoo to withstand the flames and killed the Sarutobi Clan Head; the Sarutobi Clan was wiped out.
• Second Pillar, Number Two Spore Clone, and Hatake Kakashi led forces against the Mito, Kurutsu, and Shimura Clans, while Konoha’s forces exterminated the other collaborators across the Land of Fire.

Jiraiya reported that a hidden scroll linked the Underground Black Market to Kara, an organization founded by a second Otsutsuki who had arrived in the Shinobi World alongside Kaguya Otsutsuki. Uchiha Fugaku and Jiraiya suspected the scroll had been deliberately planted and decided to investigate Kara in secret while sharing the intelligence only with Konoha’s Kage-level experts.

• Uchiha Fugaku reflected on Konoha’s vulnerability and the lost trail to the force behind the Underground Black Market before Uzuki Yugao summoned him to meet Jiraiya.
• Jiraiya secured Uchiha Fugaku’s office and revealed that he had found a coded scroll while raiding an Underground Black Market.
• Jiraiya explained that the scroll described two arrivals from the heavens, a conflict between them, and the surviving Otsutsuki founding Kara.
• Uchiha Fugaku and Jiraiya questioned why Kara’s founder had stayed hidden for thousands of years and why such sensitive information had been left at an insignificant hideout.
• Uchiha Fugaku warned that the scroll might have been planted by a Kara insider and that the other great ninja villages might be infiltrated.
• Uchiha Fugaku and Jiraiya decided to investigate Kara secretly, avoid a village meeting, and share the information with Konoha’s Kage-level experts.

After learning that an Otsutsuki Main Family member had been hiding in the Shinobi World, Uchiha Fugaku considered how Sage Mode and the Giant Tenseigan might help him defeat the threat. Meanwhile, Kara learned that the Main Family had dispatched people to the planet and decided to seize the Ten-Tails early by first luring Uchiha Fugaku into a trap.

• Uchiha Fugaku weighed his chances against the hidden Otsutsuki and considered mastering Sage Mode or drawing him to the moon, where the Giant Tenseigan could help defeat him.
• A young Black Robe Man reported that Boro had disappeared while traveling to the Land of Fire and suspected Konoha had killed him during its campaign against the four clans and the Underground Black Market.
• The Black Robe Man seated in the chair dismissed retaliation against Konoha because Uchiha Fugaku was a formidable Six Paths-level opponent.
• A Black Robe Man reported that a message from the starry sky revealed the Otsutsuki Main Family had dispatched people to the Shinobi World.
• The Black Robe Man seated in the chair changed the plan, deciding to seize the Ten-Tails before the Main Family arrived and to eliminate Uchiha Fugaku first.
• The Black Robe Man seated in the chair planned to lure Uchiha Fugaku into a trap.

Jiraiya investigated the Kara Organization in Valley Country and confronted the Black Robe Man, who confirmed the organization’s name and demonstrated that he knew the Rasengan. Jiraiya entered Sage Mode and gained the upper hand, but the Black Robe Man evaded his strongest attack and stabbed him in the back.

• Jiraiya traveled to Valley Country to investigate the Black Robe Man rumored to have appeared there.
• The Black Robe Man admitted he belonged to the force behind the Underground Black Market and named it the Kara Organization.
• The Black Robe Man attacked Jiraiya, who escaped with the Substitution Technique and countered with a Rasengan.
• Jiraiya discovered that the Black Robe Man could also use the Rasengan and summoned the two great sages of Mount Myōboku to help him enter Sage Mode.
• Jiraiya overwhelmed the Black Robe Man with enhanced attacks, but the man dodged his Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan and stabbed him in the back.

Hermit Wuxin used the Flying Thunder God Technique to overwhelm Jiraiya, who was bleeding and losing ground. A Spore Clone alerted Uchiha Fugaku, and Fugaku hurried to Valley Country, not realizing Jiraiya was bait in a trap designed to lure him there.

• Hermit Wuxin repeatedly teleported between marked kunai and wounded Jiraiya, while the elderly toads tried to protect him.
• A Spore Clone saw Jiraiya in danger and sent word to Uchiha Fugaku through tree roots and underground water veins.
• Jigen, controlled by Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, watched the Spore Clone transmit the message, revealing that Jiraiya was bait in a trap for Uchiha Fugaku.
• Uchiha Fugaku learned that Jiraiya was fighting a Kara Organization member who knew the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• After learning the exact location in central Valley Country, Uchiha Fugaku used Space Banishment to rush to Jiraiya's aid.

Uchiha Fugaku was ambushed by Jigen but survived thanks to his immortal body and rapid regeneration. He used Space Banishment and the Time Domain to kill the Black Robe Man, whose face was identical to Namikaze Minato.

• Jigen ambushed Uchiha Fugaku with an expanding black rod that shattered his heart and pierced his chest, but Fugaku regenerated from the wounds.
• Jigen admitted that he had targeted Fugaku because Fugaku would obstruct his plan to plant the Divine Tree.
• After seeing the Black Robe Man severely wound Jiraiya, Fugaku used Space Banishment to appear beside them and save Jiraiya.
• Fugaku froze the area with his Time Domain and stabbed the Black Robe Man through the heart before the domain collapsed.
• The Black Robe Man fell dead, revealing a face identical to Namikaze Minato.

Uchiha Fugaku fought Jigen, whose Karma granted him immense power, while Jiraiya escaped the battle. Jigen absorbed Fugaku’s Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion after entering State Two, leaving the duel unresolved.

• Jiraiya and Uchiha Fugaku recognized the Black Robe Man’s resemblance to Namikaze Minato, and Jigen revealed that the man had been Hermit Wuxin.
• Jigen attacked Uchiha Fugaku, and his punches nearly shattered Fugaku’s Perfect Susanoo.
• Uchiha Fugaku used the Sword of Susanoo to force Jigen back and sent the wounded Jiraiya away with Banshō Ten'in.
• Jigen destroyed the Perfect Susanoo, but Uchiha Fugaku activated Tenseigan Chakra Mode and stopped Jigen with his Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Uchiha Fugaku’s Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion failed to harm Jigen, and Jigen absorbed his Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion after entering State Two.

Uchiha Fugaku fought Jigen with his Truth-Seeking Orbs, illusions, and the Time Domain, then used Space Banishment to seemingly kill him. Jigen revived in a transformed state and threatened Fugaku.

• Jigen blocked Uchiha Fugaku's attacks and battered him with Taijutsu and nearly invisible Black Rods, while Fugaku defended himself with Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Uchiha Fugaku used True Illusion and the Eighth Gate to injure Jigen, then wielded his Truth-Seeking Orbs as a shield and sword.
• Jigen shrank to evade Fugaku's attacks, but Fugaku trapped him in the Time Domain and sent nine weapons toward him.
• Uchiha Fugaku used an illusion to lure Jigen into Space Banishment, where the nine weapons pierced his head and heart.
• Jigen's corpse healed, his appearance changed, and he declared that Fugaku had destroyed his vessel and forced his full revival.

Uchiha Fugaku fought the resurrected Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, who overwhelmed him until Fugaku lured him to the moon and drew on the Giant Tenseigan's power. Fugaku's abilities surged, and Isshiki discovered that an unseen power was continuously flowing into him from afar.

• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki resurrected stronger than before, impaled Uchiha Fugaku with black rods, and repeatedly injured him.
• Uchiha Fugaku used Space Banishment on himself, and Isshiki followed him to the moon using spatial travel.
• Uchiha Fugaku activated the Giant Tenseigan's power and counterattacked with enhanced speed, strength, and defenses.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki used shrinking, Daikokuten, and massive cubical boulders to attack Fugaku, but Fugaku teleported the falling boulders away.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki searched for the source of Fugaku's increased power and detected nearly imperceptible waves flowing into him from afar.

Uchiha Fugaku defeated Ōtsutsuki Isshiki by trapping him in a powerful True Illusion and ambushing him with the Giant Tenseigan’s power. After Isshiki died, Fugaku realized the Otsutsuki Main Family was heading for the Shinobi World, then addressed an unseen observer.

• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki threatened to destroy Konoha unless Uchiha Fugaku followed him through a spatial passage.
• Uchiha Fugaku tried to stop Isshiki from teleporting, but Isshiki reached Konoha and attacked him.
• Uchiha Fugaku appeared weakened as Isshiki pursued him through Konoha, then struck Isshiki with a Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion that split him in two.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki admitted he could no longer resurrect and warned that the Otsutsuki Main Family was on its way before his body crumbled to ash.
• Uchiha Fugaku found himself back on the moon and realized he had used True Illusion to trick Isshiki and kill him with the Giant Tenseigan’s power.
• Uchiha Fugaku worried about the approaching Otsutsuki Main Family and called on an unseen observer to reveal themselves.

Uchiha Fugaku met Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki, who warned that the Otsutsuki Main Family was coming and proposed gathering six Six Paths-level fighters to oppose them. Meanwhile, Amado revealed that he had manipulated events to weaken or kill Fugaku and Isshiki, and prepared a hidden Six Paths-level modified human to ambush Fugaku.

• Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki appeared before Uchiha Fugaku and explained that Hagoromo had watched him because of his unique Dojutsu.
• Uchiha Fugaku told them that the Otsutsuki Main Family was heading toward the Shinobi World, and both brothers confirmed they had long expected the threat.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki said he and Hamura could help cultivate three more Six Paths-level fighters, bringing their potential force to six.
• Amado revealed that he had planted the scroll and spread news of the approaching Otsutsuki to provoke a fight between Uchiha Fugaku and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.
• Amado said he had secretly kept a Six Paths-level modified human and planned to use it to ambush Uchiha Fugaku while he was weakened.

Uchiha Fugaku told Konoha’s leaders that stronger Ōtsutsuki were headed for the Shinobi World and learned that the suspected Fourth Hokage was a clone. As Fugaku returned home injured, Denon infiltrated his path to assassinate him.

• Uchiha Fugaku told Jiraiya, Tsunade, Hatake Kakashi, and Might Guy that he had killed the Celestial but that more powerful Ōtsutsuki were on their way.
• Fugaku described meeting Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki, who had proposed assembling six Six Paths-level fighters to face the coming threat.
• Jiraiya reported that the person resembling the Fourth Hokage was only five or six years old and was likely a Kara Organization clone, prompting the leaders to plan to contact the other major villages.
• Denon, a modified human sent by Amado to assassinate Fugaku, watched him leave the Hokage Building and approached him disguised as a Hyuga clan member.

Denon of the Kara Organization impersonated Jigen and tried to assassinate Uchiha Fugaku, but Fugaku detected his killing intent and stopped the attack. As Denon moved to fight the injured Fugaku, Second Pillar intervened, and Fugaku agreed to move the battle away from the village.

• Denon impersonated Jigen and attacked Uchiha Fugaku with tiny Black Rods, but Fugaku blocked them with a Repulsion Force barrier.
• Uchiha Fugaku sent the Anbu Ninja to evacuate nearby civilians and identified Denon as an impostor after sensing his killing intent.
• Denon revealed that he had come on Amado's order and claimed Fugaku's injuries would let him win.
• Denon charged at Uchiha Fugaku, but Second Pillar appeared and stopped him with a lightning attack.
• Uchiha Fugaku accepted Second Pillar's offer to fight Denon and said they needed to move away from the village.

Second Pillar and Uchiha Fugaku confronted Denon in a rocky wasteland, where Second Pillar used his spatial abilities and attacks to prevent Denon from escaping. After breaking free of Tsukuyomi, Denon transformed into a youth resembling Second Pillar through Perfect Imitation.

• Denon banished Uchiha Fugaku and Second Pillar to a rocky wasteland, then tried to teleport away before Second Pillar stopped him with Amenotejikara.
• Denon attacked Second Pillar with nearly invisible Black Rods, but Second Pillar dodged them and used Amenotejikara to turn the attack back on Denon.
• Second Pillar burned Denon with Amaterasu, then wounded him with a Kunai when Denon absorbed the flames.
• Second Pillar trapped Denon in Tsukuyomi and repeatedly stabbed him, but Denon dispelled the genjutsu and escaped.
• Denon transformed into a youth resembling Second Pillar after successfully using Perfect Imitation.

Second Pillar defeated Denon after Denon copied his appearance and abilities, using his superior ninja training to overcome the mimicry. Uchiha Fugaku investigated Denon's mechanically modified body, then took Second Pillar and the corpse back to Konoha.

• Denon copied Second Pillar's appearance and Amenotejikara, then used the ability to ambush him.
• Uchiha Fugaku chose to let Second Pillar fight alone unless he became outmatched.
• Second Pillar used lightning-infused shuriken and his honed combat techniques to injure and overpower Denon.
• Second Pillar killed Denon, whose body reverted to his original appearance, and said mimicking him had been Denon's greatest mistake.
• Uchiha Fugaku examined Denon's mechanically modified body and used Space Banishment to return with Second Pillar and the corpse to Konoha.

Amado retreated to develop new cyborgs after Denon’s defeat, while the five great shinobi villages hunted down the Kara Organization. Uchiha Fugaku destroyed the Kara base’s passage to another dimension and learned Sage Mode, but discovered he still needed time to activate it and could maintain it only briefly.

• Amado watched Denon die to Second Pillar and decided to lie low while creating cyborgs without Jigen’s restraints.
• Konoha recruited the other four great shinobi villages to eliminate the Kara Organization and the Underground Black Market, with Fugaku’s Spore Clones helping locate their forces.
• Fugaku found the Kara Organization’s underground base in the Land of Moon, discovered its dimensional passage was sealed, and destroyed the black-and-red door.
• Fugaku went to Ryūchi Cave to train Sage Mode in preparation for the Otsutsuki Clan’s arrival.
• Fugaku entered Sage Mode and demonstrated its power by unleashing a massive Great Fireball Technique and devastating the surrounding grassland with a stomp.
• Fugaku’s Sage Mode faded after a short time, so he returned to Ryūchi Cave to continue training.

Ryushiki Otsutsuki led four others to the Shinobi World to investigate the disappearance of the Divine Tree and the fate of Isshiki and Kaguya. Meanwhile, Uchiha Fugaku watched Second Pillar train Ruri Uchiha and resolved to protect Konoha from the coming invasion.

• Kinshiki Otsutsuki found no trace of the Divine Tree and concluded that Isshiki and Kaguya's mission had gone wrong.
• Ryushiki Otsutsuki warned the group not to underestimate the planet's natives and ordered them to conceal themselves while investigating.
• The five Otsutsuki used genjutsu to hide themselves and flew toward the Shinobi World.
• Second Pillar trained his five-year-old sister, Ruri Uchiha, in throwing shuriken while Uchiha Fugaku, Uchiha Mikoto, and Yuki Natsu watched.
• Uchiha Fugaku worried about the approaching Otsutsuki, then resolved to defeat them and protect the peace.