Chapter Summaries

Katsuo forced Hiruzen Sarutobi to accept his terms by demonstrating his control over nature, then returned to the Uchiha Clan and discussed the clan’s future and Konoha’s newspaper. The chapter left Katsuo planning to build a new Uchiha estate over Root’s former headquarters and preparing for a clan meeting where he promised to kill fewer people.

• Katsuo summoned rain, wind, lightning, fire, and earthquakes over Konoha, terrifying the village and making Hiruzen Sarutobi agree to his terms.
• Katsuo promised to help end the war and told Hiruzen to maintain order in Konoha, then returned to the Uchiha Clan.
• Katsuo told Uchiha Feng that he had killed Fugaku, and Uchiha Feng asked him to show the clan more leniency.
• Katsuo proposed building an estate and high-rise buildings for his branch on the site of Root’s cleared headquarters.
• Uchiha Feng told Katsuo that Konoha had taken control of the newspaper and demoted Mita Kishisuke to Vice Director.
• Katsuo learned that Uchiha Feng had told Mita Kishisuke to run the public opinion campaign and joked that he would pretend he had not spoken.

After crushing Uchiha opposition and making plans to revive his parents, Katsuo returned to Konoha, where Danzō’s rebellion and the Third Hokage’s removal shook the shinobi world. The chapter left Jiraiya suspecting that Katsuo had caused the destruction and seized control of Konoha’s leadership.

• At the Uchiha clan assembly, four-year-old Itachi awakened his Double Tomoe Sharingan after seeing his father’s corpse, but Katsuo ignored him.
• Katsuo killed the blind, destitute Kari, then left a Cloud Shinobi’s head at his father’s grave and promised his parents he would bring them back to life.
• Konoha announced that Danzō had led Root in a failed rebellion, escaped, and been declared an SS-rank Rogue Ninja, while Minato replaced the Third Hokage.
• On the battlefield, Nawaki shared the news, and Orochimaru allowed Konan to return to Konoha to find her brother Katsuo.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya questioned how the upheaval had happened, and Jiraiya concluded that Katsuo had killed over a thousand shinobi and forced the Third Hokage to step down.

Orochimaru argued that Jiraiya and Tsunade could not abandon the battlefield to oppose Uchiha Katsuo, and suggested the forgotten Banishment Decree had provoked the conflict. Minato learned the truth behind Katsuo’s actions, while Katsuo invited Mikoto to see their new home.

• Orochimaru warned Jiraiya and Tsunade that withdrawing from the battlefield would be rebellion and that they could not defeat Katsuo.
• Orochimaru suggested the Third Hokage’s Banishment Decree had provoked Katsuo’s resistance and the deaths of over a thousand ninja.
• Yūhi Kurenai told Minato that Katsuo had defeated the Third Hokage, killed more than a thousand ninja, and pushed for Minato to become Fourth Hokage.
• Minato condemned the Third Hokage for provoking Katsuo and listened as Yūhi Kurenai briefed him on the battlefield.
• Katsuo and Mikoto shared an affectionate morning, and Katsuo offered to take her to see their new home.

Katsuo built a home for himself and Mikoto and six high-rises for Uchiha Feng's branch in Konoha, drawing Minato's attention. At an izakaya, Minato revealed that Uzumaki Keiga was his fiancée, and Katsuo made clear he had no intention of reconciling with the Third Hokage.

• Katsuo showed Mikoto a vacant site and used Sage Power to raise a four-story villa from the ground as their home.
• Katsuo used Sage Art: Earth Release: Building Technique to raise six ten-story buildings for Uchiha Feng's branch, startling villagers and prompting Minato to rush over.
• Katsuo greeted Minato, and the three went to an izakaya to eat and talk.
• Minato told Katsuo and Mikoto that Uzumaki Keiga was his fiancée and said his three disciples remained on combat missions in the Land of Grass.
• Minato said the Third Hokage had asked him to apologize, but Katsuo rejected the attempt to mend their relationship and said he would leave the old man alone unless provoked.

Katsuo agreed to help Minato with Konoha’s crisis and secured permission to borrow the Book of Seals, then prepared to negotiate with the Toad Clan at Mount Myōboku. He arrived at the Sage Land and revealed his presence while secretly sending the Water Truth-Seeking Orb toward the Sage Lake.

• Minato asked Katsuo to become Fourth Hokage, but Katsuo told him to take the position and promised to head to the battlefield after resting.
• Minato granted Katsuo the ruined marketplace area and agreed to let him borrow the Book of Seals for a day.
• Katsuo learned that his brother and Guy were at the Fire-Earth Battlefield and Nawaki was fighting in the Land of Hot Water.
• Katsuo asked Minato for blood to summon him to Mount Myōboku, and promised not to kill any toads or cause them further trouble.
• Katsuo used genjutsu to control a summoned toad, took its blood, and left for Mount Myōboku with it.
• Katsuo arrived at Mount Myōboku, sent the Water Truth-Seeking Orb toward the Sage Lake, and openly announced his return to the Toad Clan.

Katsuo arrived at Mount Myōboku claiming he had come to return the Sage Smiter and negotiate peace, but the Toad Clan attacked him anyway. After Katsuo disrupted the practitioners’ access to Natural Energy and killed one of them, the Three Great Toad Sages launched a combined assault that he blocked with his Earth Truth-Seeking Orb.

• The Three Great Toad Sages attacked Katsuo when Minato Namikaze's Summoning Contract fluctuated, but his Earth Truth-Seeking Orb shield stopped their Sage Arts.
• Sage Shenmiao summoned twelve Mount Myōboku practitioners, including Jiraiya, and Jiraiya questioned Katsuo about his intentions.
• Katsuo returned the Sage Smiter to Sage Shenmiao, who ordered everyone to attack despite the returned treasure.
• The practitioners discovered they could no longer absorb Natural Energy, and Katsuo killed one of them with a lightning spear.
• The Three Great Toad Sages used a combined release technique, but Katsuo's Earth Truth-Seeking Orb shield protected him from the attack.

Katsuo overwhelmed Mount Myōboku’s forces with Sage Lightning and powerful defensive techniques as the toads and half-sages struggled to fight back. After the Three Great Toad Sages trapped him in a sound-based genjutsu, Katsuo shattered it with a Yin Truth-Seeking Orb and escaped.

• Katsuo’s Sage Art: Water Wall overwhelmed Goemon, forcing the toads and practitioners to flee toward Toad Spring as the flood killed one fighter.
• Katsuo killed more practitioners with Sage Lightning while Gamabunta’s thrown blade was knocked aside by Katsuo’s Dao Ball.
• Jiraiya and three other half-sages entered Sage Mode, but their attacks failed against Katsuo’s Lightning Orb and earth shield.
• Sage Shenmiao ordered the toads to use Toad Song after their invisible attack failed, and the sound waves trapped Katsuo in a sealed water tank genjutsu.
• Katsuo shattered the water tank with a Yin Truth-Seeking Orb, leaving the Three Great Toad Sages stunned.

Katsuo defeated the Toad Clan at Mount Myōboku, took some of Sage Lake’s power, then healed the injured toads and ended their grudge. Back in Konoha, he warned Minato about powerful threats beyond the Five Great Ninja Villages and offered to teach him a self-created Sage Mode.

• Katsuo overwhelmed the Toad Clan in taijutsu, defeating the sages, Jiraiya, Gamabunta, and the other toads without killing them.
• Katsuo drained nearly one-third of Sage Lake into a Water Truth-Seeking Orb, then used its sage rain to heal the injured toads.
• Katsuo told the Toad Clan to abandon revenge, and Sage Shenmiao ordered Mount Myōboku sealed off from humans.
• Katsuo returned to Konoha, reassured Minato that his conflict with Mount Myōboku was over, and claimed that no one in the ninja world could currently match him.
• Katsuo warned Minato about powerful hidden beings and the Otsutsuki Clan, then promised to teach him his self-created Sage Mode the day after tomorrow.

Kushina returned to Konoha and reunited with Katsuo, who came back after a long absence. She welcomed him with tears and affection, then went to bathe while he promised to wait for her.

• Kushina returned to Konoha, learned Minato was about to become the Fourth Hokage, and handed over her mission.
• Kushina found her camp spotless and wondered whether Mikoto or Konan had cleaned it.
• Katsuo appeared at Kushina's camp and told her he was back.
• Kushina burst into tears in Katsuo's arms and made him promise not to leave without saying goodbye again.
• Katsuo affectionately rubbed his cheek against Kushina's and kissed her, and she went to bathe after asking him to wait.
• Kushina returned nearly an hour later with wet hair, leaving Katsuo spellbound by her beauty.

Katsuo reunited with Kushina, proved his identity, and told her about his twelve years away from Konoha. They embraced and kissed, discussed their future home and her place as his Second Sister, and the chapter ended with Katsuo pinning her down playfully.

• Kushina suspected Katsuo was an impostor because his appearance had changed and he no longer had the mole she remembered, but she recognized him when he called her the Ever-Victorious Red Hot Habanero.
• Kushina embraced Katsuo, and he told her he had spent twelve years in secluded cultivation after leaving Konoha.
• Katsuo said they would move into a four-story building he had constructed, while the six larger buildings were for his clansmen.
• Kushina learned Katsuo knew about her agreement with Mikoto to become his Second Sister, and she demanded that he take responsibility for her.
• Katsuo pinned Kushina beneath him and teased her about taking the next step.

Katsuo welcomed Kushina as his girlfriend, arranged free apartments for loyal Uchiha clansmen, and began testing whether stolen Sharingan pupil power could awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan. The first sixty One-Tomoe eyes brought his Three-Tomoe Sharingan close to saturation, so he planned to push past the threshold with Three-Tomoe eyes.

• Katsuo and Kushina woke together, and he told her to discuss decorating their new home with Mikoto.
• After Minato sent him the Book of Seals, Katsuo assigned Shadow Clones to study the Flying Thunder God Technique and Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.
• Katsuo offered Uchiha Feng's faction free long-term housing in six new buildings and asked Uchiha Lin to invite Uchiha Yan and Uchiha Qian's families as well.
• Katsuo visited Yamanaka Seiun, then returned to camp and prepared two hundred Sharingan for a pupil-power experiment.
• Katsuo absorbed pupil power from sixty One-Tomoe Sharingan into his Three-Tomoe eyes and sensed they were nearing saturation.
• Katsuo decided to use several pairs of Three-Tomoe Sharingan to try to break through the threshold.

Katsuo failed to awaken Mangekyō Sharingan despite absorbing enormous amounts of ocular power, but he conceived an evil plan involving the eyes. After spending time with Kushina, he secretly returned to the Uchiha Compound to visit Mikoto.

• Katsuo absorbed ocular power from six Three-Tomoe Sharingan and Fugaku's Mangekyō Sharingan, but his eyes remained Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Katsuo used the excess ocular power to summon his Mature Susanoo, but it lacked the Sword of Kusanagi, and he realized his eyes had not evolved.
• Katsuo considered transferring the ocular power into his blind Mangekyō eyes, then changed his mind after an evil idea occurred to him.
• Katsuo spent time with Kushina until she fell asleep, then secretly flew back to the Uchiha Compound.
• Katsuo entered Mikoto's bedroom and kissed her after assuring her that his barrier would keep their sounds from being heard.

Katsuo mastered the beginner-level Flying Thunder God Technique and made enchanted pendants for Mikoto, Kushina, and Konan. After reuniting with Konan and celebrating with the three girls, he sat by the bonfire to plan his next move.

• Katsuo blindfolded himself, summoned Shadow Clones, and mastered the beginner-level Flying Thunder God Technique using Minato's knowledge and experience.
• Katsuo shaped obsidian, ruby, and amethyst into heart-shaped gems, inscribed Flying Thunder God formulas on them, and made necklaces from Truth-Seeking Orb material.
• Katsuo gave Mikoto and Kushina their pendants at the renovated house, and they happily admired them.
• Konan returned to Konoha, ran into Katsuo's arms, and received the amethyst pendant he had made for her.
• Katsuo held a barbecue with Mikoto, Kushina, and Konan, carried the drunk girls into a tent, then sat by the bonfire to plan his next steps.

Katsuo taught Minato and the Uchiha Clan the basics of Fusion-Flow Sage Mode, entrusting Uchiha Sheng and Minato to pass it on while warning them about its dangers. Later, he asked Kushina to teach him sealing techniques, and they agreed to return together to Uzushio Village.

• Katsuo taught Uchiha Sheng and Minato how to perform Fusion-Flow Sage Mode and warned them to stop if they lost control of Natural Energy.
• Katsuo demonstrated balancing on a spinning stone slab, then told Uchiha Qian and the others to master balance before learning the next stage from Uchiha Sheng.
• When Uchiha Qian asked about true sage arts, Katsuo said, "The Way... is not lightly transmitted!" and left the clan members to practice on their own.
• Katsuo asked Kushina to teach him sealing techniques and showed her scrolls he had seized from Kirigakure, including secret methods from the Uzumaki Clan.
• After Katsuo told Kushina that Uzushio Village had become a ghost village, she agreed to return there with him.

Katsuo agreed to reinforce the failing Fire Earth Battlefield and used a Dao Ball to let Minato transport a Flying Thunder God marker there. After comforting Mikoto, Konan, and Kushina with pendants that could summon him, Katsuo arrived at the battlefield and secretly watched Uchiha Obito, Kakashi, and Rin Nohara, waiting for nightfall.

• Minato told Katsuo that the three battlefronts were in danger and asked him to go to the battlefield.
• Katsuo inscribed a Flying Thunder God formula on a fragment of his Dao Ball so Minato could send it to the Land of Earth battlefield.
• Katsuo told Mikoto, Konan, and Kushina he would leave the next day and gave them Flying Thunder God pendants that could summon him.
• Katsuo teleported to the Fire Earth border, restored an exhausted jonin's Chakra, and sensed the battlefield.
• Katsuo found Uchiha Obito, Kakashi, and Rin Nohara, then hid high above them and waited for nightfall.

Katsuo secretly incapacitated Kakashi, Rin Nohara, and Uchiha Obito, then took Obito’s Sharingan and transplanted his own eyes into Obito. After placing a safeguard against Obito’s Kamui, Katsuo restored his Mangekyō Sharingan and left beneath a blood-red moon.

• Katsuo sent Yin Release mist into Kakashi, Rin Nohara, and Uchiha Obito, knocking all three unconscious.
• Katsuo removed Obito’s Two-Tomoe Sharingan and absorbed their ocular power.
• Katsuo sealed a safeguard into his eyes so he could suppress Obito’s ocular power for a few seconds.
• Katsuo transplanted his own eyes into Obito and used Yang Release to connect the nerves and blood vessels.
• Katsuo returned his Mangekyō Sharingan to his own eye sockets and walked away after noticing the blood-red full moon.

Obito woke with excruciating pain as his Sharingan mutated into a horrifying Three-Tomoe form, while Katsuo watched from hiding. Katsuo then tried to restore his dormant eyes by absorbing the ocular power of hundreds of stored Sharingan, but gained only a single tomoe and turned to the Two-Tomoe eyes.

• Obito woke screaming, and Kakashi discovered his Sharingan had changed into a terrifying Three-Tomoe form.
• Kakashi restrained Obito as Rin fainted from seeing his eyes, then used Medical Ninjutsu to ease his pain.
• Katsuo decided to remain hidden and continued watching Obito, hoping to harvest his ocular power and Kamui.
• Katsuo went to a mountain peak and absorbed the ocular power of stored Sharingan eyes to revive his dormant Mangekyo.
• After draining hundreds of One-Tomoe eyes, Katsuo gained only one tomoe and began absorbing Two-Tomoe Sharingan instead.

Katsuo’s eyes reached the limit of absorbing ordinary Sharingan, though their ocular power continued to recover. As Konoha’s position worsened on the Fire Earth Battlefield, he went to reunite with Old Duy and meet Guy.

• Katsuo absorbed many Sharingan but remained at the Three-Tomoe stage, with his eyes turning deep crimson as they slowly recovered.
• Five days later, Obito had stabilized his eyes enough to stop digging them out, though he still avoided using their power.
• Katsuo saw that Konoha was retreating on the Fire Earth Battlefield and decided to intervene after visiting Old Duy and Guy.
• Katsuo blocked Old Duy’s kick and revealed himself, prompting his brother to embrace him and hear about his secluded training.
• Old Duy introduced Katsuo to Guy as his uncle and a great Konoha hero, and Guy hugged Katsuo’s thigh.

Katsuo gave Guy a powerful earth-infused Nunchaku and boosted his cellular strength, then left a Dao Ball incarnation to help Konoha end the Fire Earth Battlefield war. He set out to deal with the other battlefields and expected the war to end within a month.

• Katsuo teased Guy with a heavy earth ball, then forged it into Nunchaku that absorbed earth energy and grew heavier with each roll.
• Guy tried swinging the Nunchaku, struck his wrist, and received healing and strengthened cellular energy from Katsuo.
• Katsuo told Old Duy to double Guy’s Body Tempering Elixir dosage and offered to replenish Guy’s cellular energy every ten days or half a month.
• Katsuo created a Water and Lightning Dao Ball incarnation with thirty percent of his strength to help Konoha win the Fire Earth Battlefield war.
• Katsuo told Old Duy that he would handle the other battlefields and expected the war to end within a month.

Katsuo arrived in Amegakure to find Nagato, who had taken control of the village and called himself its god. After Katsuo demanded Nagato’s Rinnegan, Nagato attacked him, but Katsuo emerged unharmed and prepared to face the Six Paths of Pain.

• Katsuo flew into the Land of Rain and used his senses to search for Nagato in Amegakure.
• Nagato sensed a powerful intruder and went to confront Katsuo with the Six Paths of Pain.
• Nagato identified himself as Amegakure’s god and offered Katsuo a place in his organization.
• Katsuo demanded Nagato’s Rinnegan and reached for his eyes, prompting Nagato to use Shinra Tensei.
• Nagato’s attack hurled Katsuo into a building, but Katsuo walked out of the ruins unharmed and faced the six figures on the platform.