Chapter Summaries

Kaedeji took the Hashirama Clone from Madara and arranged for Orochimaru to cultivate him a new body with Hashirama Cells and Sharingan. Months later, Madara attacked Kaedeji at Mountain Graveyard, but Kaedeji’s spirit escaped his corpse using the Spirit Transformation Secret Technique.

• Kaedeji took the Hashirama Clone from Madara, implanted it with a small amount of virus, and sealed it away to nourish it later.
• Kaedeji asked Orochimaru to cultivate a new body using Hashirama Cells and Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and Orochimaru agreed to begin experiments.
• Orochimaru made progress cultivating a body, while Kaedeji continued traveling between his laboratory and Mountain Graveyard to tend the clone.
• Madara confronted Kaedeji at Mountain Graveyard and used Genjutsu before removing Kaedeji’s Sharingan and stabbing him with his scythe.
• Madara beheaded Kaedeji and told Obito to learn from his death, but Kaedeji’s spirit escaped through the wall using the Spirit Transformation Secret Technique.

Kaedeji was killed by Madara’s Genjutsu, but his spirit escaped the Pure Land and reached Orochimaru, who revived him with an improved Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu. After Danzo joined them to investigate the battlefield in the Land of Rain, Kaedeji released the technique while Orochimaru and Danzo were distracted.

• Madara defeated Kaedeji with Genjutsu, and Tobi took control of Kaedeji’s rapidly zombifying corpse while Black Zetsu hoped Kaedeji’s spirit would survive.
• Kaedeji’s spirit resisted the pull of the Pure Land, traveled to Konoha, and told Orochimaru that his original body was unusable.
• Orochimaru used an experimental body made from Hashirama Cells as a sacrifice and revived Kaedeji with the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.
• Kaedeji signaled Kushina that matters were proceeding smoothly, while Orochimaru revealed that he planned to investigate Uzumaki Mito’s death and obtain the Rinnegan.
• Orochimaru and Danzo accompanied Kaedeji to the Land of Rain, where they examined the shattered forest left by the battle between Madara and Uzumaki Mito.
• While Orochimaru and Danzo were distracted by the Wood Release forest, Kaedeji performed the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu: Release.

Kaedeji broke free of Orochimaru’s control over his Impure World Reincarnation body and followed Danzo and Orochimaru to Nagato’s group in the Land of Rain. After Nagato revealed the Rinnegan’s powers and summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, he began the Nine Phantom Dragons Seal against Kaedeji, who prepared to fight for his own spoils.

• Kaedeji secretly reversed the hand seals of the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, freeing himself from Orochimaru’s control and deciding to use the body for further experiments.
• Danzo, Orochimaru, and Kaedeji traveled to Nagato’s hideout, where Yahiko’s group prepared to defend themselves against Kaedeji’s attacking corpses.
• Nagato used Shinra Tensei to repel Danzo’s attack, then summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and learned how to use the Nine Phantom Dragons Seal.
• Nagato drove black rods into his back to empower the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and began the Nine Phantom Dragons Seal against Kaedeji, apologizing for having to seal someone who had once helped them.
• Kaedeji accepted that Nagato meant to seal him and prepared to act, determined to claim his spoils of war regardless of whether Danzo and Orochimaru survived.

Madara learned that Nagato had taken the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and watched the battle against Danzō, Orochimaru, and Kaedeji unfold. After Nagato sealed Kaedeji’s soul and nearly defeated Danzō, Kaedeji returned through Izanagi, captured Konan, and carried her away for her ability to create Explosive Tags.

• Madara learned that Nagato’s group was under attack by Danzō, Orochimaru, and Kaedeji, and decided to wait for Nagato’s first major battle.
• Nagato used the Nine Phantom Dragons Seal to extract Kaedeji’s soul, while Orochimaru escaped underground and Danzō fought back with the Inner Four Symbols Seal.
• Danzō attacked Nagato from behind, but Nagato repelled him with Shinra Tensei as Yahiko and Konan moved to rejoin him.
• Kaedeji’s zombies ambushed Konan, and Kaedeji appeared alive after using Izanagi to rewrite his death.
• Nagato offered himself to save Konan, but Kaedeji said he wanted her for her Explosive Tag-making abilities, knocked her unconscious, and took her away.

Kaedeji took Konan to Konoha and forced her to make Explosive Tags, while Nagato and Yahiko fled after Danzo escaped. Kaedeji then began testing how to revive himself fully from his reanimated state.

• Kaedeji kidnapped Konan and left Nagato and Yahiko to face Danzo, who escaped after Nagato crushed him and exhausted his Sharingan.
• Yahiko stopped Nagato from pursuing Danzo and led their companions away, while Orochimaru followed them and considered another attempt to seize Nagato's Rinnegan.
• Kaedeji brought Konan to Konoha, warned that her attacks were useless against his reanimated body, and ordered her to make hundreds of billions of Explosive Tags.
• Konan accepted that resisting Kaedeji could endanger her companions and began exploring Konoha, where Kaedeji let her move around freely.
• Kaedeji used Forbidden Technique: Reincarnation on a zombie and confirmed that sacrificing enough life force could gradually revive his reanimated body.

Kaedeji gathered zombies and left Konoha for the Land of Wind to carry out his resurrection plan, while Konan stayed in Konoha and refused to reveal what had happened to Jiraiya. In Sunagakure, Sasori turned Mushi into a zombie and agreed to obtain Chiyo’s latest One’s Own Life Reincarnation Technique for Kaedeji.

• Kaedeji decided to resurrect himself with the One’s Own Life Reincarnation Technique, using zombies to supply the life force required for his enhanced body.
• Orochimaru returned injured from his encounter with Nagato, and Kaedeji took the corpses he had collected before leaving Konoha for the Land of Wind.
• Jiraiya found Konan in Konoha, but she refused to explain the attack or accept his help, saying that she and her allies would handle matters themselves.
• Kaedeji reached the desert and contacted Sasori through Mushi, asking him to obtain Chiyo’s latest One’s Own Life Reincarnation Technique.
• Sasori killed Mushi and turned him into a zombie, then agreed to get Chiyo’s technique in exchange for Kaedeji sharing the results of his plan.

Kaedeji obtained Chiyo’s latest One's Own Life Reincarnation technique and gathered about ten thousand zombie sacrifices to begin a new revival ritual. After escaping Chiyo’s ambush and explaining his undead state to Sasori, he prepared to transplant a Hashirama Clone and the Sharingan into his body.

• Sasori retrieved the One's Own Life Reincarnation scroll, but Chiyo confronted him over killing Mushi and fought to stop him.
• Mushi used the Void Realm Technique to take Sasori away, while Kaedeji appeared in his place and escaped Chiyo’s poison attack by sacrificing a zombie.
• Kaedeji met Sasori in the desert, took the scroll, and explained that the Impure World Reincarnation had made him undead.
• Kaedeji summoned about ten thousand zombies and warned Sasori that he could barely control the horde and that uncontrolled zombies would attack the living.
• Kaedeji sent Sasori away, then began his ritual by having zombies dismember him and prepare to transplant a Hashirama Clone and the Sharingan.

Kaedeji used a vast horde of zombies and an improved One's Own Life Reincarnation to resurrect himself and strengthen his body in the desert. As the ritual neared completion, Bunpuku and the One-Tail arrived, and Kaedeji revealed an arm and a Sharingan-bearing face emerging from his back.

• Sunagakure envoys told the Third Hokage that Kaedeji was dead, had attacked their ninja, and had helped Sasori of the Red Sands defect; the Third Hokage questioned their account and later confronted Danzo about Kaedeji and Orochimaru.
• Danzo told the Third Hokage that Orochimaru had used Impure World Reincarnation on Kaedeji, while denying that he knew how Kaedeji died or what Orochimaru planned.
• Chiyo refused to abandon the search for Kaedeji and decided to pursue him herself, relying on someone she believed could find him in the desert better than a Sensor Ninja.
• Kaedeji continued his resurrection ritual, sacrificing waves of zombies to restore his body and fuse its power with the Hashirama Clone and Sharingan within him.
• Bunpuku and the One-Tail found Kaedeji and attacked to interrupt the ritual, but Kaedeji blocked the One-Tail's chakra claw with an arm that grew from his back.
• Kaedeji's back sprouted a second face with a three-tomoe Sharingan, and he told Bunpuku that he had witnessed only a glimpse of his new body.

Kaedeji completed his ritual and fused the Hashirama Clone into his body, gaining powerful vitality and Wood Release. He then fought Bunpuku and the One-Tail Shukaku to test his new power, ending the chapter by summoning a Wood Dragon.

• Bunpuku and the One-Tail recognized Senju Hashirama's face on Kaedeji's back, and Bunpuku attacked with Sand Hail and Drilling Air Bullet.
• Kaedeji blocked the attacks with Wood Release, then completed the ritual as the zombies released their hands and the Hashirama Clone's life force fused with him.
• Kaedeji used Deep Forest Emergence to capture Bunpuku, who invoked the Fake Sleep Technique and let the One-Tail take control.
• Kaedeji used his Sharingan and controlled zombies to distract the One-Tail while Rōshi countered its Drilling Air Bullet with Lava Release.
• Kaedeji clapped his hands and summoned Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique.

Kaedeji captured the One-Tail after mastering the Wood Dragon Technique, then brought Bunpuku to his base and explained how he had gained his new body. Sunagakure mobilized to find Bunpuku, while Madara learned of Kaedeji’s return and faced Tobi’s questions about his impending death.

• Kaedeji used the Wood Dragon Technique, his forest, his subordinates, and sealing chains to overwhelm the One-Tail and capture Bunpuku.
• Kaedeji extracted a portion of the One-Tail’s Chakra before it returned to Bunpuku, then escaped as the Third Kazekage and Sunagakure’s forces arrived.
• The Third Kazekage ordered Sunagakure to search for Bunpuku across the Land of Wind and the Land of Fire.
• Kaedeji returned to his base, told Black Zetsu and White Zetsu how he had used Impure World Reincarnation and a Hashirama Clone to gain his new body, and ordered them to protect his original body.
• Madara was astonished by Kaedeji’s method and suspected he had a secret source of intelligence.
• Tobi taunted Madara about his approaching death and asked whether he was willing to die without the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

Kaedeji captured Bunpuku and the One-Tails, then confronted Uchiha Madara and negotiated an uneasy alliance in exchange for knowledge about Wood Release and the Rinnegan. After leaving Bunpuku guarded by a Wood Clone, Kaedeji considered visiting Nagato while Konoha began investigating Sunagakure’s missing Tailed Beast and demanded answers from Orochimaru.

• Madara used Tobi to sustain his life, then met Kaedeji and agreed to teach him about the Power of All Things in exchange for Kaedeji watching over Obito.
• Kaedeji kept Bunpuku and the One-Tails as bargaining pieces, while Sasori of the Red Sands agreed to conduct Human Puppet research at one of Kaedeji’s bases.
• Madara revealed information about the Wood Golem Technique and Mangekyō Sharingan, then departed for Konoha to speak with Obito.
• Kaedeji left a Wood Clone and zombies to guard Bunpuku before departing and considering a visit to Nagato.
• Konoha noticed Sunagakure’s search for the missing One-Tails and the forest at the battlefield, and the Third Hokage confronted Orochimaru about Kaedeji and his unauthorized attack in the Land of Rain.

The Third Hokage confronted Orochimaru over suspicions that he had reanimated Kaedeji and attacked Sunagakure, but Kaedeji arrived alive and admitted to defeating the One-Tails Jinchuriki. Kaedeji ended his cooperation with Orochimaru and left Konoha, where Sunagakure's envoys were publicly accusing him of starting a war.

• The Third Hokage accused Orochimaru of controlling the dead Kaedeji and questioned him about Sunagakure's claims that Kaedeji and Sasori of the Red Sands had taken the One-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Kaedeji arrived alive at Orochimaru's laboratory, and the Third Hokage checked his pulse and blood flow before accepting that he was not a Reanimated Ninja.
• Kaedeji told the Third Hokage that he had used Wood Release and zombies to defeat the One-Tails Jinchuriki, whom he had accidentally killed, and the Hokage reprimanded him for acting without authorization.
• The Third Hokage ordered Orochimaru to explain the human experiments, then left to negotiate with Sunagakure.
• Kaedeji refused to explain how he had obtained his body and Wood Release, told Orochimaru their cooperation was over, and said he planned to act during the Third Great Ninja War.
• Kaedeji walked through Konoha and overheard people discussing Sunagakure's envoys, who accused him and Konoha of provoking a war.

As Sunagakure searched for its missing One-Tails and Konoha debated Kaedeji’s role, Obito decided to graduate early and Kakashi followed suit. Tsunade confronted Kaedeji about the Senju Clan’s human experiments, but he refused to release Konan; he then headed to the Land of Rain to meet Nagato and use the One-Tails as leverage.

• Sunagakure squads searched across the Land of Wind and into the Land of Fire for the missing One-Tails, while Konoha’s villagers mocked the village and dismissed reports that Kaedeji used Wood Release.
• Obito told his classmates that Kaedeji could not be stopped, announced that he would apply for early graduation, and Kakashi declared that he would graduate early too.
• Obito recognized Konan as Jiraiya’s disciple and watched her leave, while Kakashi challenged him and Obito shoved Nohara Rin aside during their argument.
• Tsunade confronted Kaedeji about the Senju Clan’s human experiments, and Kaedeji explained why Touka had kept the transplant program secret and refused to release Konan until she helped him achieve his goal.
• Tsunade said she would have children to address the Senju Clan’s lack of successors, and Jiraiya was left confused after she punched him.
• Kaedeji traveled to the Land of Rain, where he planned to meet Nagato and use the captured One-Tails as a bargaining chip.

Yahiko returned to Nagato and the others, named their organization Akatsuki, and vowed to rescue Konan. When Kaedeji arrived, Nagato fought him with the Amplified Summoning Technique, but Kaedeji overwhelmed him and offered the One-Tail in exchange for Akatsuki's help in the future.

• Yahiko returned to the cave, reassured the others, and announced that their organization would be called Akatsuki.
• Yahiko said he would go with Nagato to Konoha to rescue Konan, while Kyūsuke stayed behind to guard their base.
• Kaedeji arrived and revealed that Konan was making several hundred billion explosive tags for him, prompting Yahiko to challenge him and Nagato to step forward instead.
• Nagato used the Amplified Summoning Technique on the Hellhound, but Kaedeji restrained the multiplying dogs with Wood Release and fought off Nagato's attacks.
• Kaedeji stopped Nagato with his own extra arms and offered the One-Tail as payment for Akatsuki's help with a future task.

Kaedeji traded the One-Tail to Akatsuki in exchange for their future help and a promise to return Konan, then returned to Konoha as Sunagakure mobilized. He went alone to confront Sunagakure’s force, which had just detected an approaching enemy that might be only one person.

• Kaedeji warned Yahiko about the price of his new power and offered Akatsuki the One-Tail in exchange for their cooperation and Konan’s eventual return.
• Nagato used the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to devour Shukaku, and Kaedeji revealed that he had previously taken one of the statue’s fingers.
• Yahiko decided Akatsuki would gather more tailed beasts and grow strong enough to secure Konan’s return, while Black Zetsu and White Zetsu discussed Kaedeji’s disruption of their plans.
• Kaedeji returned to Konoha and accepted an S-rank mission to deal with Sunagakure’s mobilization, insisting that he would go alone against its four thousand ninja.
• The Third Hokage sent Hatake Sakumo to prepare a force to support Kaedeji, while Sunagakure’s leaders learned that an enemy was rapidly approaching and might consist of only one person.

Sunagakure's leaders sent four thousand ninja to surround Kaedeji, expecting to kill him with numbers and sealing techniques. Kaedeji unleashed a massive wave of Chakra and turned the battlefield into a spreading zombie outbreak, then prepared to use Summon Explosive Tags as Chiyo and Ebizo attempted to seal him.

• The Third Kazekage, Chiyo, Ebizo, and Rasa discussed Kaedeji's resurrection technique and agreed that Sunagakure's forces should kill him with a sealing jutsu.
• The Third Kazekage ordered four thousand Sunagakure ninja to advance and surround Kaedeji, who waited with only a few hundred zombies.
• Kaedeji released an enormous surge of Chakra and began Corpse Manipulation: Dance of Sacrifice as the Sunagakure force attacked.
• The zombies bit Sunagakure ninja, rapidly infecting them and throwing the army into chaos while the Third Kazekage attacked with iron sand and Kaedeji countered with Wood Release.
• The Third Kazekage launched Iron Sand Giant Needle as Chiyo and Ebizo hurled their puppets with Puppet Sealing Jutsu: Lion Closing Roar.
• Kaedeji watched their attack and prepared to summon explosive tags to end the battle.

Kaedeji survived Sunagakure’s attempt to seal him, killed Ebizo with a massive explosive-tag trap, and forced the Third Kazekage to order a retreat. News of Sunagakure’s defeat spread across the region, leaving the village weakened and inviting unrest among smaller ninja villages.

• The Third Kazekage, Chiyo, Ebizo, and Sunagakure’s sealing squad attacked Kaedeji, but they sealed a Wood Release-using substitute instead of him.
• Kaedeji’s zombies summoned countless explosive tags around Ebizo, killing him and devastating the surrounding Sunagakure forces.
• Kaedeji revealed he was unharmed and taunted Chiyo as she gathered Ebizo’s remains; the Third Kazekage ordered a retreat.
• Sunagakure’s army broke into a panicked flight, while Kaedeji sent zombies after the fleeing ninjas and spies hurried away with reports.
• News of Kaedeji’s victory spread through the Land of Wind and neighboring countries, and smaller ninja villages began questioning Sunagakure’s standing.

After Sunagakure’s defeat, the Third Kazekage tried to rebuild its forces while enemies and opportunists moved against the weakened village. Konoha sent Hatake Sakumo on a secret mission to seize Chiyo’s One's Own Life Reincarnation, and Kakuzu joined the rush for Sunagakure’s spoils.

• The Third Kazekage ordered Sunagakure to gather and forcibly conscript ninja, while assigning Rasa to extract gold and considering taking Takigakure’s Seven-Tails.
• Chiyo’s One's Own Life Reincarnation became widely known, drawing attackers toward her as disorder and raids spread through the Land of Wind.
• Konoha celebrated Kaedeji’s victory over Sunagakure, while Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura pressed Hatake Sakumo to seize Chiyo’s technique instead of asking Kaedeji for it.
• Hatake Sakumo accepted the mission and left secretly for Sunagakure, then returned home and told Kakashi he had no time to train with him.
• Kakuzu entered a bounty office and ordered its boss to accept every mission involving Sunagakure, including those targeting its techniques and people.

Kakuzu, the Akatsuki, and several other factions attacked Sunagakure to seize One's Own Life Reincarnation, leaving the village devastated and Chiyo missing. Hatake Sakumo returned to Konoha without the technique and identified Nagato as the one who had intervened.

• Kakuzu traveled to Sunagakure, while Yahiko convinced Nagato to join an Akatsuki raid for One's Own Life Reincarnation.
• Kakuzu provoked Sunagakure's defenses as other factions launched assaults, including Orochimaru and Danzo's Root ninja.
• Yahiko and Nagato confronted Chiyo, and Yahiko demanded her forbidden technique while Chiyo recognized Nagato's Rinnegan.
• The attack ended with more than a thousand ninja dead, Garo killed, Rasa badly wounded, and Chiyo missing after using the Chikamatsu Collection.
• The Third Kazekage ordered Sunagakure to cremate corpses and rebuild its defenses, while the village's leaders vowed to pursue the attackers.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura questioned Hatake Sakumo about his failed mission, and he named Nagato as the intervening enemy.

Hatake Sakumo returned from failing to defeat Nagato, while Konoha's leaders halted Orochimaru's experiments and debated how to respond to Akatsuki. Kaedeji met the dying Madara, who asked him to protect Obito and continue the Eye of the Moon Plan, and gave Madara one day to settle his affairs before he killed him.

• Hatake Sakumo reported that Nagato had overwhelmed him, and the Third Hokage comforted him while rejecting the advisors' calls for an attack.
• The Third Hokage suspended Orochimaru's human experiments and duties, prompting Orochimaru to plan how to use soul transfer to obtain a future body.
• Hatake Sakumo found Obito had beaten Kakashi in a spar, then explained that others sought the One's Own Life Reincarnation Technique to learn about Kaedeji.
• Obito met White Zetsu and went to the Mountain Graveyard, where Madara said he was dying and asked Kaedeji to protect Obito.
• Kaedeji reclaimed his corpse from Tobi and told Madara he had one day to settle his affairs before Kaedeji killed him.
• Madara left with Obito, while Kaedeji planned to kill Madara, continue the Eye of the Moon Plan for now, and reconsider his future with Konoha and Uzumaki Kushina.