Chapter Summaries

Soseki learned that Shisui, Itachi, and Obito had turned against the Uchiha coup plans and decided to let the coup proceed under his control. The next morning, Sasuke found the clan compound strangely empty and learned that everyone had gone to the shrine.

• Shisui told Soseki that Obito had abandoned Akatsuki and that he and Obito planned to kill half the Uchiha and blame Akatsuki.
• Itachi arrived to report the coup and said he would kill every fighting-capable clansman if left to handle it.
• Soseki revealed Shisui, Itachi, and Fugaku to each other, then proposed letting the coup happen while concealing it from the rest of the village.
• Soseki said he would enter the Uchiha compound alone the next day and defeat the clan so they could abandon their rebellion and begin again.
• Sasuke went to the park, saw Neji rubbing Naruto into the ground, then returned to the deserted Uchiha compound and heard that everyone had gone to the shrine.

The Uchiha gathered at Naka Shrine to plan a coup, with Fugaku naming Danzo as their target, until Obito and Soseki arrived. Soseki faced the clan alone and offered them a chance to act, leaving many Uchiha ashamed and moved by his willingness to risk himself.

• Fugaku told the Uchiha that their coup would demonstrate their strength and named Danzo as its first target.
• Sasuke secretly watched the gathering and considered reporting the coup to Soseki.
• Obito arrived with another cloaked figure, claimed he had left Akatsuki, and offered to repay the clan by joining the coup.
• Uchiha sentries announced that Soseki had arrived alone, and an elder urged the gathered clan to defeat him.
• Soseki entered the shrine and invited the Uchiha to begin their coup, explaining that he wanted to give them a chance rather than see a founding clan destroyed.
• Many Uchiha grew ashamed of their plans, and the radical leaders said they would never have reached this point if Soseki had been Hokage from the start.

Soseki overwhelmed the Uchiha clan’s fighters, defeating Fugaku, Itachi, Shisui, and Obito while barely using anything beyond Taijutsu. After seeing their Susanoo and other abilities fail against him, the Uchiha clansmen abandoned their fight.

• Fugaku ordered Inaho and Tekka to seal off the shrine and called the Uchiha to battle, while Soseki invited them to show their full strength.
• Fugaku, Itachi, Shisui, and the Uchiha clansmen attacked Soseki with Susanoo and a combined barrage of Great Fireballs, but Soseki blocked the flames with a Water Formation Wall.
• Soseki seized control of Obito’s Wood Style roots and turned them against him, then shattered Shisui’s Susanoo and forced him to evade with a time-space ability.
• Soseki increased his speed, smashed Fugaku and Itachi’s Susanoo, and drove both skeletal giants into the ground without using Wood Style or Ice Style.
• Soseki asked whether the Uchiha still wanted to fight, and the clansmen unanimously shook their heads.

Soseki stopped the Uchiha rebellion and heard Obito’s account of the Akatsuki, Madara, and the Rinnegan. Obito revealed that Rin was alive and that Madara had chosen him to carry out a plan for resurrection.

• Soseki forgave the Uchiha leaders’ first attempt at rebellion, and Fugaku promised there would be no coup within the clan.
• Soseki asked Obito if he wanted to return, and Obito admitted it and asked whether Rin was alive.
• Soseki confirmed that Rin had faked her death, and Obito offered to tell him everything he knew about the Akatsuki.
• Obito revealed that he had been one of the Akatsuki’s masterminds before Aizen undermined his control, and warned that Aizen was extremely dangerous.
• Obito explained that Madara survived his battle with the First Hokage using Izanagi, evolved his Mangekyō Sharingan into the Rinnegan, and transplanted the eyes into Nagato.
• Obito said Madara intended to use the Rinnegan to resurrect himself and had chosen Obito as the executor, but Obito’s return meant the plan had failed.

Obito revealed the Akatsuki’s plans and warned that it could use Impure World Reincarnation to threaten the villages, prompting Soseki to mobilize them. The story then shifted to an Akatsuki meeting, where Aizen claimed Tobi and Zetsu had ambushed him and the others began questioning the pair’s motives.

• Obito told Soseki, Itachi, Shisui, and Fugaku that Black Zetsu had controlled the Demonic Beasts and that he had killed him.
• Obito explained that he and Black Zetsu had deceived the Akatsuki about gathering the Tailed Beasts, while secretly planning to revive the Ten-Tails and make Madara its Jinchuriki.
• Obito warned that the Akatsuki could use the Gold and Silver Brothers with Impure World Reincarnation to capture Kushina’s Nine-Tails, and said Aizen had already obtained the jutsu.
• Soseki urged Fugaku to inspect the First and Second Hokage’s tombs and notify the other villages about the threat.
• At an Akatsuki meeting, Aizen said Tobi and Zetsu had ambushed him in the Leaf Village, and claimed they had tried to control him with Genjutsu.
• Nagato grew suspicious of Tobi and Zetsu because they had approached the Akatsuki seeking to join rather than being invited.

Yahiko’s group prepared to use Impure World Reincarnation after learning that Shimizu Soseki had destroyed Aizen’s clone and Tobi could reveal their plans to the Leaf Village. Nagato summoned the organization’s members to the Rain Country, where they gathered remains and prepared for a final offensive, including the possible summoning of Hashirama Senju and Uchiha Madara.

• Aizen told Yahiko’s group that only the Five Tails and Eight Tails remained to be captured, since the Gold and Silver Brothers could substitute for the Nine Tails.
• Aizen revealed that Shimizu Soseki had destroyed his clone in Tobi’s dimension, prompting Yahiko to worry that Tobi might warn the Leaf Village about Impure World Reincarnation.
• Yahiko learned that the group had collected remains of past Kage and powerful shinobi, then ordered Nagato to summon everyone and told Sasori to keep two living puppets ready.
• Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato discussed the risks of summoning Hashirama Senju and Uchiha Madara, including whether Nagato could control them and still protect the others.
• Nagato used the Rinnegan to summon the scattered members to the Rain Country, and Yahiko ordered them to bring out the remains and prepare for the summoning.

Nagato and Akatsuki revived powerful shinobi with Impure World Reincarnation and explained their plan to overthrow the shinobi world order. The resurrected leaders dismissed Akatsuki’s warnings about Shimizu Soseki, while Madara mistook their scorn for an attempt to provoke him into fighting.

• Nagato used Impure World Reincarnation to revive famous shinobi, including Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and Uchiha Madara.
• Yahiko and Nagato told the revived shinobi that Akatsuki intended to overturn the order created by the Five Great Shinobi Countries, which Nagato blamed for wars devastating small nations.
• Tobirama tried to release the reincarnation jutsu, but Aizen revealed that Akatsuki had modified it to prevent him from doing so.
• Madara blamed Hashirama’s shinobi-village system and Tobirama’s jutsu for the world’s troubles, while Raiga and Akatsuki warned that the revived shinobi could not defeat Shimizu Soseki.
• The resurrected shinobi mocked Akatsuki’s warning, and Madara concluded that they were trying to provoke him into showing his full power.

Uchiha Madara taunted the assembled fighters until Nagato challenged his pride by comparing him unfavorably to Shimizu Soseki. After hearing of Soseki’s extraordinary feats and connection to Hashirama and Tsunade, Madara agreed to face him, confident he would win.

• Uchiha Madara suppressed the gathered fighters with his Chakra and called them trash, but the Akatsuki members said his presence was nothing compared to Shimizu Soseki’s.
• Nagato revealed that even his Rinnegan had been powerless against Soseki, prompting the others to realize the legendary eyes were present.
• The Third Mizukage recalled that Soseki killed him at fourteen while surrounded by more than a thousand Hidden Mist Village ninja.
• Nagato told Hashirama and Tobirama that Soseki was Tsunade’s disciple, had independently developed Wood Release, and had earned the title God of Shinobi at fifteen.
• Nagato promised Madara the chance to fight Soseki at full strength, and Madara dismissed Soseki as mere dust.

Tsunade discovered that the First and Second Hokage’s remains had been stolen, while Kakashi confronted Obito about his betrayal and Rin’s fate. Obito admitted he caused the Nine-Tails Rebellion and accused the Hokage and advisors of conspiring with him, leaving the village shaken by his claim.

• Nagato told Madara that Akatsuki intended to capture tailed beasts, and Madara realized they were pursuing the Ten-Tails’ restoration.
• Fugaku informed Tsunade that Akatsuki might have stolen the First and Second Hokage’s remains, and Tsunade found that parts of the remains were missing from their coffins.
• Kakashi confronted Obito, who blamed Kakashi’s failure to protect Rin for his fall and said he should have trusted their senior, Soseki.
• Obito admitted to the gathered villagers that he had caused the Nine-Tails Rebellion.
• Obito accused Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, and the Hokage of knowing about the rebellion in advance and helping force Namikaze Minato from office.

Obito exposed Danzo’s cooperation with the masked man during the Nine-Tails attack, though an accidental memory first humiliated him in front of the crowd. Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura resigned as advisors and left Obito’s fate to Shimizu Soseki.

• Obito asked Yamanaka Inoichi to reveal his memories, but the first image showed him kissing a photograph and provoked disgust and ridicule from the crowd.
• Obito recalled his meeting with Danzo, where Danzo agreed to use the Nine-Tails attack to improve his standing and help him become Hokage.
• The crowd accused Danzo of betraying Leaf Village and recognized that Namikaze Minato had been framed.
• Utatane Koharu admitted Danzo had betrayed Leaf Village, and she and Mitokado Homura resigned as advisors.
• Mitokado Homura said they would leave Obito’s case to Shimizu Soseki.

Soseki confirmed that Akatsuki had used the Impure World Reincarnation to revive the First and Second Hokage, then gathered the villages in the Dream World to share intelligence about Akatsuki. The chapter ended with Obito assuring Rasa that Gaara should still be safe for now.

• Soseki’s attempt to summon the First and Second Hokage failed, confirming that Akatsuki had already revived them through the Impure World Reincarnation.
• Soseki decided to relay the information to the other ninja villages, while Rasa refused to risk Sand Village’s combat strength to rescue Gaara and Ōnoki announced that Rock Village would move to Leaf Village.
• Soseki used the Dream World to gather the Kage and their representatives, explaining that he had enabled communication across regions.
• Obito revealed that Akatsuki planned to capture the Jinchuriki and extract their tailed beasts, prompting Rasa to punch him repeatedly over Gaara’s capture.
• Obito told the gathered leaders that Akatsuki would need more than twenty days to extract the tailed beasts, so Gaara should still be safe for now.

Obito warned the gathered leaders that the Ten-Tails could destroy the world, and Miroku’s prophecy—secretly arranged by Soseki—convinced them of the threat. As the leaders faced the need to unite, Mui asked Soseki to let Grass Village join Leaf Village for protection.

• Rasa stopped attacking Obito, who explained that Akatsuki would continue its plan to summon the Ten-Tails and warned that its power could defeat them.
• Miroku confirmed that the Ten-Tails threatened the world and described her prophecy of a ruined land and a defeated shinobi alliance.
• Soseki projected scenes of the Ten-Tails’ destruction, terrifying the leaders and prompting Miroku to urge them to unite.
• Mui asked Soseki to let all of Grass Village become part of Leaf Village, saying Grass Village needed its protection to survive.

As villages offered to merge into Leaf Village, Soseki warned that Akatsuki could still summon the Ten-Tails and explained that revived legendary shinobi made the threat far greater than the leaders expected. He rejected killing a Jinchuriki as a precaution, warning that it could hand Akatsuki control over where and when a tailed beast revived.

• Mui and the Star Village leaders asked Soseki to merge their villages into Leaf Village, prompting other smaller villages to make the same request.
• Soseki reassured the leaders that the Priestess's vision was only one possible future, but warned them not to underestimate Akatsuki.
• Obito revealed that Akatsuki could use the Gold and Silver Brothers as a substitute for the Nine-Tails and had obtained the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu from a Leaf Village traitor.
• Soseki said Akatsuki had already summoned the First and Second Hokage, while Obito revealed that Uchiha Madara's remains and the graves of other villages' former Kage had also fallen into Akatsuki's hands.
• A attacked a shinobi who suggested killing a Jinchuriki, and Soseki explained that doing so could cause a tailed beast to revive near Akatsuki.

The shinobi leaders debated how to unite against Akatsuki, and Soseki proposed a Ninja Alliance that would preserve each village’s independence while pursuing peace. Mui enthusiastically saw Soseki’s plan as the dawn of a new era.

• Obito considered secretly trapping a Jinchuriki in his space but knew the others—and his senior—would not accept the plan.
• A and Rasa argued that the shinobi had to withstand Akatsuki’s coming attacks, while Ōnoki called for all villages to unite.
• Mui challenged Ōnoki’s proposal to gather under Leaf Village, arguing that the great villages should also commit to becoming one family.
• Soseki rejected merging the villages into Leaf Village and proposed an equal Ninja Alliance with an alliance government to mediate disputes.
• The Raikage asked whether villages could still wage war, and Soseki said the alliance would settle conflicts through mediation and pursue lasting peace.
• Mui recalled Soseki’s words from twelve years earlier and hailed his vision as Dawn’s Light.

Soseki persuaded the ninja villages to establish the Ninja Alliance and was chosen as its leader. He proposed moving the villages to the Leaf Village quickly, then defended Obito against calls for immediate punishment, leaving Obito temporarily protected by Soseki’s guarantee.

• Soseki urged the villages to unite, and the smaller villages, Sunagakure, Hidden Mist Village, and A agreed to join the Ninja Alliance.
• The assembled leaders and representatives chose Soseki as the alliance’s leader, and he accepted.
• Mei Terumi and Ōnoki raised concerns about transporting distant villages, so Soseki proposed using Obito’s space and his Flying Thunder God to move them within half a day.
• Several people demanded Obito be executed for his crimes, but Soseki asked them to wait until after the war and guaranteed Obito’s loyalty.
• The crowd accepted Soseki’s request to spare Obito for now, and Obito resolved not to disappoint him again.

Soseki organized the Shinobi Alliance and ordered villages to evacuate civilians before the enemy advanced, while Nagato dispatched reanimated legends to seize the Five-Tails and Eight-Tails. Uchiha Madara's group approached Iwagakure, where Madara planned to settle the score with Ōnoki.

• Soseki set a deadline for village leaders to begin evacuating civilians and allowed them to share the Priestess's prophecy to persuade them.
• The village leaders and others reacted to Soseki's appointment as leader of the Shinobi Alliance, while the Third Hokage learned of the alliance from Asuma.
• Nagato assigned Uchiha Madara's group to target the Five-Tails and sent Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju toward the distant Land of Lightning.
• Uchiha Madara and Hashirama Senju argued about their relative strength until Nagato threatened to erase their consciousnesses.
• Konan and Yahiko remarked that the legendary Hashirama Senju and Uchiha Madara were less reliable than Soseki.
• Uchiha Madara's group reached the outskirts of Iwagakure, and the Third Raikage vowed to settle his score with Ōnoki.

Madara attacked Iwagakure with a meteorite after Obito exposed his plan to use Nagato’s Rinnegan to revive him. Soseki kicked the meteorite away, then promised to hold off the enemies while Obito evacuated the remaining villagers.

• Madara noticed Iwagakure’s population rapidly dwindling and hurried toward the village, where Obito was sending protesting villagers into the Kamui Dimension.
• Madara recognized Obito, but Obito revealed to the arriving Third Raikage and others that Madara had arranged Nagato’s eye transplant and planned to use him for resurrection.
• Enraged, Madara transformed his Sharingan into the Rinnegan and summoned a meteorite with Tengai Shinsei, terrifying the villagers and the gathered shinobi.
• Soseki charged at the meteorite and kicked it toward Madara and the others, creating a vast crater when it struck.
• The surviving villagers cheered Soseki, who told Obito to evacuate everyone at once and promised to keep the enemies from interfering.

Soseki fought Madara and the Impure World Reincarnation forces with enormous Water, Wood, and Ice Release techniques while the Third Raikage explained the breadth of his abilities. The ice dome around the battlefield was broken, but Soseki unleashed an Ice Release sealing technique that threatened the reincarnated fighters.

• Madara attacked Soseki with Great Fire Destruction, and Soseki blocked the flames with a massive Water Formation Wall.
• The Third Raikage revealed that Soseki excelled in many disciplines, including Ice Release and Sage Arts, as Wood Release vines surged toward the fighters.
• Mu and the other reincarnated fighters destroyed Soseki's Wood Release attacks repeatedly, but the branches regenerated every few seconds.
• Nagato ordered the fighters to capture the Five-Tails Jinchuriki or threaten the villagers, but they found themselves trapped inside a massive ice dome.
• Nagato used Mu's Dust Release to shatter the ice dome, and Soseki then invoked Sage Art: Ice Release: Heavenly Descent.
• The Third Raikage warned that Soseki's Ice Release technique was an ultimate sealing technique that had once sealed the Four-Tails and could counter Impure World Reincarnation.

Soseki protected Iwagakure’s civilians while battling Madara, whose sealing technique and complete Susanoo devastated the village. Soseki ultimately broke through Madara’s defense and beat him into the revival state, leaving him captured in Soseki’s hand.

• Madara used Super Almighty Push to destroy more than half of Iwagakure and free the Impure World Reincarnation fighters from the blizzard’s frozen effects.
• Madara revealed his complete Susanoo, while Soseki summoned True Several Thousand Hands and clashed with him over the ruined village.
• Soseki sent Wood Release clones to protect fleeing civilians as Madara created Susanoo-clad clones to attack the Buddha statue.
• Soseki suddenly appeared before Madara, smashed through his Susanoo with repeated punches, and captured him after forcing him into the revival state.

Shimizu Soseki defeated Uchiha Madara and used him to persuade Nagato to stop the attack on Iwagakure for the day. With the enemy withdrawing, Soseki urged the devastated villagers to prepare to fight the Akatsuki.

• Shimizu Soseki held Uchiha Madara up by the scruff, while Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju mocked Madara's humiliating position.
• Soseki called on Nagato to stop the fighting and offered to return Madara in exchange for a fair battle that spared ordinary people.
• Nagato agreed to end the attack, and Soseki released Madara; Nagato then used Tobirama's Flying Thunder God Technique to leave with the others.
• Iwagakure's villagers mourned their destroyed homes until Soseki urged them to rally and retaliate against the Akatsuki.