Chapter Summaries

Kaedeji assessed Obito’s new Ōhirame Dōjutsu and visited him in the Uchiha compound, where Obito confronted Black Zetsu over Madara’s manipulations. Obito annihilated Black Zetsu with a Black Hole, then vowed to reach the peak despite Ōhirame’s painful cost.

• Kaedeji recognized that Obito’s Ōhirame Dōjutsu gave him immense power, including Black Hole creation, flight, and spatial travel.
• Kaedeji visited Obito, who accused White Zetsu of informing on him, and White Zetsu explained that Madara had ordered the surveillance.
• Kaedeji told Obito that Madara had engineered his suffering and acknowledged that Obito’s new Dōjutsu placed him among the ninja world’s strongest.
• Obito decided to kill Black Zetsu, suspecting Madara had tampered with him, while Kaedeji refused to intervene.
• Obito’s Black Hole consumed most of Black Zetsu, and Obito suffered severe eye pain from using Ōhirame.
• Kaedeji explained that the Box of Paradise could not grant Obito the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, but Obito declared he could still reach the world’s peak.

Obito awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and rejected the Uchiha clan’s adulation, while Kaedeji kept his focus on Formless Tsukuyomi. Badly injured Black Zetsu sought Yahiko’s help to rescue the Akatsuki, and Yahiko considered unlocking more of Karma despite being warned it would shorten his life.

• Obito emerged with Kaedeji and revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan to the gathered Uchiha, including the young Uchiha Shisui.
• Obito dismissed the clan members as useless and teleported himself and Kaedeji to the Hokage’s Office, where they discussed the war and Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Black Zetsu survived Obito’s attack, attached himself to White Zetsu, and decided he needed an ally to regain the ability to act against Kaedeji and Obito.
• Black Zetsu approached Yahiko in the Land of Rain and offered to help rescue Yahiko’s companions from Konoha in exchange for information about Yahiko’s power.
• Yahiko declined to reveal much about his power but activated his Karma, and an illusory figure offered him its eyes and Dōjutsu while warning that unlocking more power would make him die sooner.

Yahiko drew on Jigen’s Karma to fight Obito after Obito tried to recruit him and then attacked him. Yahiko overwhelmed Obito’s Susanoo, but Obito escaped through a Space-Time Dōjutsu, leaving Yahiko to prepare to unlock more of the Karma’s power.

• Yahiko questioned Jigen about his sudden appearance, and Jigen explained that an unexpected figure had made him more active in the world.
• Jigen told Yahiko that the Karma would kill him if he used more of its power and asked him to persuade Nagato to become his vessel, but Yahiko refused.
• Obito arrived through a Black Hole, urged Yahiko to join him in guiding Nagato, and attacked when Yahiko rejected him.
• Yahiko activated the Karma and resisted Obito’s gravitational pull, then kicked through Obito’s Susanoo and nearly struck him down.
• Obito escaped through a Black Hole, and Yahiko decided to fully unlock the Karma’s power before pursuing him and rescuing Konan.

Yahiko used Karma’s evolving powers to overwhelm Obito’s Wood Release and fire attacks, revealing a Byakugan that transformed into a strange new eye. As the battle continued, Yahiko realized Karma was granting him Isshiki’s abilities and considered leaving Nagato a possible way to defeat Jigen.

• Yahiko struck through Obito’s Wood Release defenses, while Obito used a Wood Golem and a vast fire technique to stall him.
• Yahiko absorbed Obito’s flames with the symbol on his palm, then used tiny Yin-Yang Release needles to pin down and disable the Wood Golem.
• Yahiko activated Sukunahikona, enlarging the needles and revealing that his Byakugan could evolve into an eye marked with a rice-shaped pattern.
• Obito and Tobi questioned how Yahiko could possess Byakugan despite having no Hyūga ancestry, and recognized him as an unpredictable opponent.
• Yahiko understood that Karma had given him Isshiki’s abilities and instincts, then considered whether reviving Jigen in his body might offer a way to defeat him and decided Nagato should learn of the idea.

Yahiko and Obito fought a space-time battle that left both injured, and Yahiko exposed Obito’s identity before they withdrew toward Konoha. There, Obito arrived at the Hyūga Clan compound to investigate the Byakugan, just as Yahiko approached Kaedeji’s residence.

• Yahiko and Obito exchanged attacks, forcing Obito to combine Susanoo and Amaterasu with an enlarged Black Hole.
• Yahiko used Daikokuten to counter Obito’s attack, then enlarged hidden needles to damage Obito and slice open his mask, revealing Uchiha Obito.
• Obito admitted that his attack had failed and retreated toward Konoha, while Yahiko also entered a spatial tunnel heading there.
• Kaedeji met Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga at the Hyūga Clan compound and explained that Hyūga Tenin had been possessed by an ancient being whom he had killed.
• Obito emerged from a Black Hole at the compound, and Hiashi and Hizashi recognized that the injured advisor possessed a space-time ability like Uchiha Obito.
• Kaedeji questioned Obito about his discovery, then revealed that Yahiko had also reached Konoha and headed straight for his residence.

Obito confronted Kaedeji at the Hyūga compound and revealed that Yahiko wielded the Byakugan and an evolved form of it, prompting Hiashi to pursue information about the Byakugan’s evolution. Yahiko reached Konan but Kaedeji incapacitated her and threatened to infect Yahiko, leaving them face to face.

• Obito criticized Hiashi and accused the Hyūga Clan of hiding the truth about its Byakugan and Caged Bird Seal, while Kaedeji revealed that Obito had suffered badly against Yahiko.
• Kaedeji left the Hyūga compound, and Obito explained that Yahiko possessed the Byakugan and eyes beyond it before vanishing; Hizashi then admitted that the Byakugan could evolve, and Hiashi ordered the clan to follow Kaedeji.
• Yahiko emerged from a space-time tunnel and found Konan, but Sasori of the Red Sands tried to stop him and Yahiko pinned the Third Kazekage puppet with a black receiver.
• Kaedeji appeared and made Konan collapse, explaining that he had filled her body with viruses and threatening to infect Yahiko as well.

Yahiko attacked Kaedeji to free Konan, and their battle devastated Konoha as the village’s forces arrived. After Might Duy’s Eight Gates assault and Yahiko’s final Dōjutsu attack failed to settle the fight, Kaedeji prepared to use Formless Tsukuyomi against him.

• Yahiko left Konan hidden and confronted Kaedeji, insisting he could not trust Kaedeji with her safety and freedom.
• Yahiko shattered Kaedeji’s Susanoo and fought him across Konoha, while the Konoha Military Police Force and Hyūga Clan forces moved to protect villagers.
• Hiashi and Hizashi recognized Yahiko’s Tenseigan and immense strength, while Uchiha Yashiro mistook Yahiko’s other eye for a Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Kaedeji summoned Might Duy, who opened the Gate of Death and clashed with Yahiko until Yahiko used Shōna Kunguna to pin and destroy him.
• Yahiko struck with Great Gate Heaven, but Kaedeji escaped the black cubes and prepared to use Formless Tsukuyomi as Yahiko launched his final attack.

Might Duy died after using the Gate of Death against Kaedeji’s enemy, and Kaedeji began absorbing Chakra while fighting Jigen, who arrived to take Yahiko away. Nagato then appeared in Sage Mode and attacked Jigen with Sage Art: Scythe Antenna.

• A Scouting Frog sensed the battle shaking Konoha and vanished to report it to the sages.
• Konoha’s residents watched Might Duy unleash the Gate of Death, and Guy learned that opening it meant certain death before accepting Kakashi’s claim that Kaedeji could revive him.
• Kaedeji used Formless Tsukuyomi to draw in Chakra as he fought Yahiko, and Might Duy collapsed and died.
• Jigen stepped out of a space-time tunnel and demanded that Yahiko honor their agreement and return with him.
• Kaedeji blocked Jigen with a Chakra samurai sword and prepared his Reaper-enhanced Susanoo, while Jigen dismissed his unfinished jutsu as insufficient.
• Nagato arrived with two frog sages in Sage Mode and attacked Jigen with Sage Art: Scythe Antenna.

Nagato used Sage Mode to unleash a massive Planetary Devastation, but Kaedeji and Jigen broke it before it could finish forming. Afterward, Jigen revealed that he also possessed a Ten-Tails and offered to trade it if Kaedeji offered enough in return.

• Minato and Jiraiya arrived as Nagato began using his Rinnegan to cast Planetary Devastation with the toad sages’ help, hoping to save Yahiko.
• Nagato’s technique tore the surrounding land into the sky, while Yahiko accepted that his transformation might be irreversible and worried that Konan could not be saved.
• Kaedeji and Jigen attacked the black sphere, breaking Nagato’s technique and sending the lifted earth crashing back down.
• Kaedeji used a spirit hand to seize part of the black sphere, prompting Jigen to take him more seriously and warn him not to interfere.
• Kaedeji rejected Jigen’s offer to cooperate, and Jigen revealed that he had a Ten-Tails he could offer in a trade.

Kaedeji and Jigen negotiated over Jigen’s Ten-Tails, with Jigen demanding that Kaedeji find and capture Otsutsuki Hagoromo in exchange. After Jigen left, Kaedeji considered the coming era and its threats, while Nagato prepared to revive Yahiko as Kaedeji approached.

• Kaedeji sealed away part of Jigen’s black Ten-Tails sphere and discussed their goals, then offered to trade Sage of Six Paths information for Jigen’s Ten-Tails.
• Jigen demanded that Kaedeji find and capture Otsutsuki Hagoromo, rejected handing over the Ten-Tails for now, and left through a spatial rift.
• Kaedeji suspected Jigen would keep pursuing potential vessels and planned around the coming births of Naruto and Sasuke, while also watching over Hinata and Hanabi.
• Jiraiya and Minato discussed the failure of Planetary Devastation as Nagato mourned Yahiko, whose body crumbled into dust.
• Nagato began forming hand seals to revive Yahiko despite the frog sages’ warnings, as Kaedeji walked toward them.

Nagato tried to bargain with Kaedeji to revive Yahiko, but Kaedeji said Yahiko's body and soul had been destroyed and recruited Nagato to help fight the powerful stranger. Meanwhile, Jigen sought Orochimaru's help in cultivating reincarnation vessels, and Orochimaru agreed to cooperate after finishing his duties.

• Minato and Jiraiya restrained Nagato as he prepared to use a resurrection technique, and they warned him that acting in his distraught state could be dangerous.
• Kaedeji told Nagato that Yahiko's tattoos had destroyed his body and soul, making resurrection impossible, then offered to tolerate Mount Myōboku if it supplied him with toads for Sage Chakra.
• Kaedeji asked Nagato to help defeat the mysterious man who had empowered Yahiko, and explained that the man was so strong Kaedeji would have lost a direct fight.
• Jigen entered the Land of Earth and found Orochimaru collecting bloodline-limit specimens from the battlefield.
• Orochimaru attacked Jigen with Hidden Shadow Snake Hands, but Jigen destroyed the snakes without being harmed.
• Jigen asked Orochimaru to help cultivate reincarnation vessels, and Orochimaru agreed to serve him after completing his duties as a commander.

Jigen recruited Orochimaru by promising information in exchange for a reincarnation vessel, while Orochimaru secretly accelerated the war and drew Kaedeji’s attention. Kaedeji suspected Orochimaru had contacted Jigen, then Obito arrived to claim the promised method for obtaining the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.

• Jigen told Orochimaru about the Ten-Tails and asked him to develop a reincarnation vessel, and Orochimaru agreed to serve in exchange for information.
• Jigen observed the war and refused Orochimaru’s request for Karma until Orochimaru had created a suitable vessel.
• Orochimaru increased attacks on Iwagakure, while Konoha’s forces and its allies steadily pushed the enemy back.
• Kaedeji noticed Orochimaru’s increased activity and suspected he had partnered with Jigen.
• Obito arrived and asked Kaedeji to explain how he could obtain the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.

Kaedeji told Obito that his Mangekyō Sharingan was nearing blindness and proposed using Izanagi to draw the Dragon Vein across timelines, hoping to obtain another Obito’s eyes. Obito remained suspicious but was tempted by the prospect of gaining the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, and Kaedeji began to reveal what he knew about Otsutsuki Hamura.

• Shikaku delivered documents to Kaedeji, who confirmed that Tobi was connected to the First Hokage’s cells before Shikaku left the office.
• Kaedeji warned Obito that his eyesight had deteriorated from using Ōhirame and that blindness was likely without new eyes.
• Kaedeji proposed reaching another timeline to obtain another Obito’s Mangekyō Sharingan as a potential solution.
• Kaedeji asked Obito to use Mangekyō Izanagi to draw the Dragon Vein into their world, but Obito initially refused.
• Obito questioned Kaedeji’s sources and trustworthiness, and Kaedeji began explaining what he knew about Otsutsuki Hamura.

Obito learned more about the origins of the major bloodlines and began seeking power to surpass Kaedeji, while Konoha’s western offensive broke Iwagakure’s resistance. After Ōnoki fled, Orochimaru continued a secret experiment with Jigen to create a suitable vessel.

• Obito connected the origins of the Sharingan, Wood Release, and Byakugan to the Otsutsuki and ordered Tobi to gather intelligence on the Dragon Vein.
• Obito refused to go to the front lines to protect the Uchiha Clan, instead telling its members to travel in groups after several had gone missing.
• Orochimaru led more than ten thousand Konoha Ninja in an assault that broke Iwagakure’s defenses, and Ōnoki retreated after heavy losses.
• Han told Ōnoki that Sunagakure had gained control of the Seven-Tails and was raiding the Land of Earth while people disappeared into the Land of the Waterfall.
• Orochimaru returned to camp and showed Jigen a boy with First Hokage and Hyūga Clan genes, whom Jigen said needed further genetic adjustment to become a compatible vessel.

Jigen explained his vessel experiments and the Ten-Tails’ abilities to Orochimaru, while Kaedeji arrived at the front and named the surviving creation Tenzō. Kaedeji gave Orochimaru a perfected Living Corpse Reincarnation Technique and demanded that he repay the gift with everything.

• Jigen rejected Orochimaru’s plan to make the vessels fight, explaining that qualified vessels were equally suitable and that Yahiko had received defective Karma.
• Jigen told Orochimaru that White Zetsu and Hashirama Cells derived from the Ten-Tails, shocking Orochimaru with the revelation.
• Kaedeji arrived at the front, drew a crowd of adoring ninja, and entered Orochimaru’s tent as the snakes outside turned on one another.
• Kaedeji examined Orochimaru’s surviving creation and named him Tenzō, with Jigen agreeing that the name did not matter.
• Kaedeji gave Orochimaru the perfected Living Corpse Reincarnation Technique and told him he would have to give everything in return.

Kaedeji secured Orochimaru’s cooperation and then brought Obito to the Land of Wind to create a Dragon Vein with Mangekyō-level Izanagi. Obito succeeded at the cost of his right eye, leaving him to face his other self across timelines with only one eye.

• Kaedeji agreed with Orochimaru to cooperate on cultivating reincarnation vessels while Jigen promised not to interfere with his other actions.
• Obito confronted Kakuzu and Sasori at Kaedeji’s home, but Kaedeji arrived before they fought and took Obito to the Land of Wind.
• Kaedeji explained that Obito would use his right eye’s Mangekyō-level Izanagi to create a Dragon Vein and connect to another timeline.
• Kaedeji supplied Chakra as Obito used Izanagi, and Obito made an indistinct Dragon Vein take shape while his right eye was ruined.
• Obito worried that his other self might have two eyes and powerful dōjutsu, leaving him at a disadvantage with only his left eye.

Kaedeji powered the Dragon Vein and sent Obito into another timeline, where Obito arrived in Konoha during the Nine-Tails’ rampage. Obito learned that this world had no known Kaedeji—and that its Obito had been a notorious academy failure who was already dead.

• Kaedeji gathered chakra from the Human Batteries, empowered the illusory Dragon Vein, and warned Obito that the other timeline was chaotic.
• Obito entered the Dragon Vein first, and Kaedeji followed with a group of zombies before the Dragon Vein concealed itself.
• Black Zetsu found unusual chakra traces and realized that Tobi had disappeared, leaving him to reconsider his plans.
• Obito arrived in Konoha Year 48 during the Nine-Tails’ attack and saw the Fourth Hokage redirect a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Obito questioned villagers and discovered that they had never heard of Kaedeji, leading him to believe he had reached a world without his rival.
• Obito learned that this world’s version of himself had been the Ninja Academy’s famous dead last and was already dead.

Obito arrived in another world during the Nine-Tails attack and found that his counterpart was confronting Minato Namikaze. Claiming to be Uchiha Madara, Obito revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and Wood Release, drove Minato away, and unmasked himself to his other self.

• Obito learned that this world's Obito had died during the Kannabi Bridge Battle and disparaged his counterpart's life and attachment to Nohara Rin.
• After the Third Hokage pushed the Nine-Tails through Konoha, Obito learned that a tiger-striped masked man had attacked Minato Namikaze and vanished with him.
• Obito found Minato confronting the tiger-striped masked man, announced himself as Uchiha Madara, and recognized that the two masked men had matching Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Obito used Wood Release to attack both men, prompting Minato to escape and return to the Nine-Tails crisis.
• Obito opened his spiral mask, revealed his face, and told the tiger-striped masked man that he was his other self.

Obito confronted his masked counterpart, outmaneuvered his Kamui, and stole one of his eyes to advance his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan. The masked man was left wounded and confused about Obito’s origins and the White Zetsu’s sudden betrayal.

• Obito and the masked man recognized each other as counterparts and argued over whether Obito came from a Limited Tsukuyomi world.
• The masked man attacked with Kamui, but Obito analyzed its limits and threatened to pierce the space it connected to with a Black Hole.
• The masked man escaped into the Kamui space, then brought White Zetsu inside while he reviewed the fight.
• Obito used the White Zetsu to open a passage between spaces, surprised the masked man, and gouged out his eye.
• Obito replaced his damaged eye with the stolen one, while the masked man realized Obito had used Genjutsu to turn White Zetsu against him.

Obito defeated his parallel-world counterpart in Kamui Space and pursued him through Kakashi’s Mangekyō Sharingan. Kaedeji appeared, revealed that his dojutsu had struck Obito, and prepared to send him elsewhere to expand his talent pool.

• Obito crushed his ruined eye, took the masked man’s Mangekyō Sharingan, and revealed that his Great Sun Spirit dojutsu created and controlled Black Holes.
• Obito trapped the masked man with Wood Release, but Black Zetsu controlled Kakashi and used Kakashi’s Mangekyō Sharingan to open an escape route from Kamui Space.
• Obito followed through the spatial breach, and the masked man tried to take Kakashi’s left eye back.
• Kaedeji appeared and immobilized the masked man with his dojutsu while Black Zetsu controlled Kakashi to prepare for a fight.
• Kaedeji said the masked man would not live much longer and that he intended to send him elsewhere to expand his talent pool.