Chapter Summaries

Katsuo fought Nagato and the Six Paths of Pain in Amegakure, with both sides trading powerful attacks. After Katsuo’s earth spikes pierced all six Paths and a White Zetsu saved Nagato from being killed, Katsuo charged at him.

• Nagato and Deva Path Pain used Banshō Ten'in, but Katsuo steadied himself with his Truth-Seeking Orbs and defenses before surviving Asura Path’s missiles and laser cannon.
• Katsuo unleashed a Wind and Fire Dragon God, which Nagato’s Preta Path absorbed, while Katsuo discovered that the Wood Truth-Seeking Orb grew after absorbing White Zetsu.
• Nagato summoned powerful beasts and White Zetsu, and Katsuo covered Amegakure in flames with Sage Art: Skyfire Wildfire before Deva Path scattered them with Shinra Tensei.
• Katsuo used Sage Art: Earth Piercer to strike all six Paths of Pain with underground spikes, and a White Zetsu shoved Nagato clear of the lethal attack.
• Katsuo tore apart the giant hornbill and charged toward Nagato at tremendous speed.

Katsuo battled Nagato and the Six Paths of Pain across Amegakure, surviving Nagato’s ultimate repulsive attack and repeatedly breaking through the Pains’ defenses. Nagato’s Deva Path rescued him from Katsuo’s crushing assault, blasting Katsuo hundreds of meters away.

• Nagato used Super Almighty Push to blast Katsuo across Amegakure, then began restoring the Six Paths of Pain while Katsuo recovered from a massive crater.
• Katsuo charged again, endured the Pains’ attacks, and tore through the Deva Path’s Shinra Tensei before striking Nagato and the Pains with an invisible attack.
• Nagato transferred the other Pains’ ocular power and Chakra to the Deva Path, which used Banshō Ten'in and Shinra Tensei to keep Katsuo at bay.
• Katsuo used Sage Art: Wind Scythe Technique to force Nagato to spend another Shinra Tensei, then closed the distance with the Body Flicker Technique.
• Katsuo crushed Nagato against the ground by overpowering the Deva Path’s repulsive wall, but the Deva Path intervened and blasted him hundreds of meters away.

Katsuo overwhelmed Nagato’s Planetary Devastation and nearly killed him before Black Zetsu extracted him with a space-time technique. Nagato learned that his opponent was the legendary Uchiha Katsuo, the Demon God he had long hoped to meet as a fellow “god.”

• Nagato and Deva Path Pain used Planetary Devastation to lift Katsuo into the sky, but Katsuo summoned Susanoo and split the gravitational sphere with a Kusanagi slash.
• Katsuo’s next sword strike tore through Deva Path Pain’s Shinra Tensei and destroyed its body, but White Zetsu rescued Nagato from the attack.
• Black Zetsu used a space-time spell on White Zetsu to summon Nagato away from the battlefield, beyond Katsuo’s sensory range.
• Black Zetsu warned Nagato that he could not defeat Katsuo and that their future operations must avoid him until they gathered all nine tailed beasts.
• Nagato recognized Katsuo as the Demon God whose legends had inspired his own ambition to meet him as a god.

Katsuo absorbed the Rinnegan auxiliary eyes and awakened an Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, then traveled toward the Land of Rivers. Underground, Black Zetsu reported Katsuo’s strength to Uchiha Madara, who began searching for an agent as his life neared its end.

• Katsuo collected the Rinnegan auxiliary eyes from Pain’s corpses and absorbed their ocular power.
• Katsuo’s Yin Release suppressed the surge of ocular power, restoring his Mangekyō Sharingan as an Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and enlarging his Yin Truth-Seeking Orb.
• Katsuo flew toward the Wind-Fire Battlefield in the Land of Rivers.
• Black Zetsu told Uchiha Madara that Katsuo had nearly killed Nagato and that he had rescued Nagato with Madara’s Space-Time Spell.
• Uchiha Madara learned that Katsuo’s eyes had not gone blind and speculated about how he had gained his strength.
• Uchiha Madara told Black Zetsu they needed to choose an agent soon because Madara was barely able to survive.

Uchiha Madara ordered Black Zetsu to investigate a young Uchiha boy with unusual Sharingan. On the Fire-Earth Battlefield, Katsuo sent a clone to lead Konoha’s counterattack against Iwagakure, and the chapter ended as the Stone Ninja prepared to meet the advancing force.

• Uchiha Madara told Black Zetsu to settle Nagato, find the young Uchiha boy, and bring him in to see him.
• Katsuo’s Dao Ball clone arrived at Konoha’s command tent and ordered Yūhi Kurenai to assemble forces for a counterattack at dawn.
• Yūhi Kurenai warned Katsuo about Iwagakure’s Demolition Squad, and he reassured her before she left to mobilize the troops.
• Katsuo’s clone led Konoha’s assembled army toward Iwagakure’s headquarters, and Yūhi Kurenai rallied the troops as they set out.
• Old Dee ordered the Stone Ninja Demolition Squad to bring Exploding Clay and Exploding Tags for the coming battle.

Katsuo countered the Demolition Squad’s explosives with Lightning Release as Old Dee and his squad attacked from the air. After their clay weapons and C4 Garuda failed, Old Dee was left facing Katsuo’s contemptuous gaze.

• Old Dee led the Demolition Squad and Stone Ninja forces toward Konoha, where the squad spotted Katsuo standing atop a water dragon.
• Feilong ignored Old Dee’s warning, attacked Katsuo with a C3 clay bomb, and was killed by a water spear after Lightning Release stopped the bomb from detonating.
• Old Dee sent clay cranes after Katsuo, but his lightning serpents disabled them and the other squad members’ Exploding Clay.
• Katsuo destroyed the Exploding Tag kunai with water droplets, then neutralized Old Dee’s C4 Garuda with a vast web of lightning.
• Old Dee’s attempt to detonate the Nanoscale Bombs failed, leaving Katsuo unharmed and looking down at him contemptuously.

Katsuo wiped out the Iwagakure Demolition Squad with lightning and Storm Release attacks, then led three water dragons into the Stone Ninja forces. The chapter ended as his Great Waterfall Technique swept away their earth defenses and the dragons charged into their ranks.

• Katsuo killed the Demolition Squad members with high-energy water lances and Storm Release Lightning Spears after their bombs failed against his Lightning Release.
• Katsuo used Senjutsu: Lightning Strike Technique to strike the five remaining Clay Falcons, killing four and leaving Old Dee barely alive.
• Old Dee tried to escape on a falcon, but Katsuo killed him with Senjutsu: Black Dragon Piercing the Sun, annihilating the Demolition Squad.
• Yūhi Kurenai rallied the Konoha ninja to charge after the Demolition Squad fell, while the Iwagakure forces prepared to attack Katsuo and his water dragons.
• The Stone Ninja attacked the three water dragons with Earth Release techniques, but Katsuo's Great Waterfall Technique overturned their earthen wave and the dragons reached their ranks.

Katsuo led the destruction of the Iwagakure forces, helping Konoha win a decisive battle. Days later, Obito sacrificed himself to save Kakashi, but Uchiha Madara had him taken away and planned to recover his other eye.

• Katsuo used his water dragons and deadly rain to overcome the Stone Ninja's defenses and kill an Elite Jonin.
• Konoha's ninja army joined the battle, and after more than half a day of fighting, the Iwagakure army retreated in defeat.
• Kakashi and Obito infiltrated a cave to rescue Rin, where Obito saved Kakashi, gave him his eye, and was taken away by White Zetsu under Uchiha Madara's orders.
• Uchiha Madara learned that Obito had given his other eye to Kakashi and said he would find a chance to take it back.

Katsuo treated Kakashi’s damaged Sharingan after Rin’s imperfect transplant and promised to take responsibility for the eye. He offered to teach Rin the Mystical Palm Technique, then summoned an Elite Jonin from the Uchiha Clan as he continued treating Kakashi.

• Ōnoki grew furious after Katsuo’s Dao Ball clone shifted the Fire-Earth Battlefield’s balance and considered entering the battle himself.
• Kakashi endured severe pain from Obito’s transplanted Sharingan and refused Rin Nohara’s plea to remove it.
• Katsuo arrived at the wounded tent, put Kakashi unconscious, and used the Mystical Palm Technique to repair the eye’s optic nerves and blood vessels.
• Katsuo praised Rin’s medical skills, promised to take responsibility for Kakashi’s eye, and offered to teach her the Mystical Palm Technique.
• Katsuo summoned an Elite Jonin from the Uchiha Clan while continuing Kakashi’s treatment.

Katsuo treated Kakashi’s Sharingan and told Rin that he would decide whether Kakashi could keep it after a month. He then arrived at Konoha’s Wind-Fire Battlefield command center, learned that Sunagakure’s Rasa commanded the enemy, and ordered a full-scale attack.

• Katsuo gave Kakashi’s left eye several drops of Uchiha medicine and instructed Rin to continue treating it daily.
• Katsuo told Rin that Kakashi could keep Obito’s eye if he had no problems after a month, while secretly intending to take the Kamui Eye.
• Katsuo entered the Wind-Fire Battlefield command center and startled Nara Shikaku, Akimichi Chōza, and Yamanaka Inoichi.
• Nara Shikaku reported that Konoha’s forces were holding a defensive stalemate against Sunagakure under Rasa’s command.
• Katsuo ordered the army to abandon its defenses, assemble, and launch a full-scale offensive that afternoon.

Katsuo ordered Konoha’s forces to launch an immediate assault on Sunagakure’s camp, and Shikaku led the charge despite having no time to plan. The armies met on the Wind-Fire Battlefield, where Rasa recognized the approaching Katsuo as the Demon God.

• Katsuo ordered Shikaku and the Ino-Shika-Cho trio to mobilize Konoha’s forces and attack Sunagakure.
• Shikaku obeyed, personally leading the assembled Konoha army toward the enemy camp.
• A Sand Shinobi scout warned Rasa that Konoha’s entire force was charging, and Rasa ordered his army to meet them.
• Rasa asked the unfamiliar Konoha commander to identify himself, and Katsuo gave his name.
• Rasa recognized Katsuo as the Demon God as Katsuo walked toward the Sand Shinobi formation.

Uchiha Katsuo confronted the Sand Shinobi army, and his terrifying presence made even Fourth Kazekage Rasa panic. After Rasa ordered his troops to attack, Katsuo summoned a colossal humanoid skeleton that stopped their advance.

• Rasa attacked Katsuo with a tidal wave of Gold Dust, but Katsuo’s fiery red sphere melted it as he continued walking.
• Katsuo awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan, and Rasa realized the supposedly blind Demon God had returned to his prime.
• Rasa ordered the Sand Shinobi to charge and launched another Gold Dust assault to stall Katsuo.
• Black Flame erupted around Katsuo and stopped the Gold Dust with an invisible force.
• A nearly 180-meter-tall humanoid skeleton formed around Katsuo, halting the charging Sand Shinobi.

A colossal Complete Body Susanoo emerged on the Wind-Fire Battlefield and sent the Sunagakure forces into terror. As Rasa and the Sand Shinobi fled, the Susanoo unleashed a sword aura that slaughtered many of them and split a distant mountain, leaving its destructive reach uncertain.

• The Susanoo grew into a towering, armored Demon God, stunning Rasa and the shinobi on the battlefield.
• The Susanoo drew its longsword, filling the battlefield with dense white fog and prompting Rasa to order the Sand Shinobi to run.
• Rasa attacked the Susanoo with Gold Dust, then used the Body Flicker Technique to flee when he realized he could not stop it.
• A White Zetsu spotted the Susanoo raising its sword and screamed before falling from its tree.
• The Susanoo swung its sword, cutting through fleeing Sand Shinobi and splitting a distant mountain.
• The wielder remarked that the sword aura had been aimed a little too high.

Katsuo killed Rasa with the Sword of Kusanagi, turning the battle into a decisive Konoha victory, then returned to his camp and found Little Pepper at his villa. The chapter left off with Little Pepper startled by his arrival.

• Katsuo struck down Rasa and destroyed hundreds of Sand Shinobi with his Susanoo and Sword of Kusanagi.
• Nara Shikaku, Yamanaka Inoichi, and Akimichi Chōza rallied Konoha's forces, while the routed Sunagakure shinobi fled toward the Land of Wind.
• Katsuo left the battlefield after the victory was assured, and the three commanders agreed to celebrate.
• Katsuo used the Flying Thunder God Technique to return to his camp and saw that Uchiha Feng's branch had settled into the new buildings.
• Katsuo entered his villa, where Little Pepper was setting up barriers, and startled her by announcing his return.

Katsuo returned home and reunited with Kushina, then used his Truth-Seeking Orbs and a barrier to keep their intimate encounter private. Afterward, he slipped out the window, leaving Kushina to catch her breath before he announced his return from outside the villa.

• Katsuo came home, and Kushina leaped into his arms and welcomed him.
• Katsuo carried Kushina to her room and used Truth-Seeking Orbs to adjust the lighting, warmth, and bedding.
• Katsuo and Kushina continued their encounter for hours as Mikoto and Konan returned home, while a one-way barrier kept them from being heard.
• Konan searched for Kushina but did not open her room door, and Katsuo and Kushina continued undisturbed.
• Kushina told Katsuo to leave through the window, kissed him goodbye, and he announced his return outside the villa a minute later.

Katsuo returned home and reunited with Konan and Mikoto, then used the Yang Release Truth-Seeking Orb to condition Konan’s body. The family gathered for dinner, where Katsuo promised he could reshape their figures so they could eat without worrying about weight.

• Katsuo returned home, and Konan greeted him with an embrace before Mikoto welcomed him as her husband.
• Katsuo kissed Konan, then cuddled Mikoto while she went to prepare dinner.
• Katsuo called Konan to the living room and used the Yang Release Truth-Seeking Orb to condition her body.
• Kushina arrived home and teased Katsuo and Konan before joining Mikoto in the kitchen.
• The family ate dinner, and Katsuo served everyone extra rice while assuring them he could adjust their figures if they gained weight.

Katsuo learned that the daimyo had cut Konoha’s war funding and discovered the Crown Prince was pressuring Minato over the Hokage’s authority and Katsuo’s role. Katsuo teleported to the Hokage Office to intervene as the Crown Prince accused him of slaughtering Konoha.

• Katsuo heard from a female ninja that the daimyo had repeatedly urged Konoha to end the war and had reduced its military funding and supplies.
• Katsuo sensed Minato meeting the Crown Prince of the Land of Fire and decided to tell Minato that the war with the Land of Wind was already unavoidable.
• Katsuo left his shopping bags hanging on the female ninja and teleported to the Hokage Office after telling his wives he would be back.
• The Crown Prince berated Minato over his appointment, demanded to see Hiruzen Sarutobi, and questioned Konoha’s request for war resources.
• Minato defended his lawful appointment and said Katsuo could end the war, but the Crown Prince revealed that Danzo had told him about Katsuo and accused Katsuo of killing over a thousand people.

Uchiha Katsuo returned to the Hokage Office and confronted the Eldest Crown Prince after hearing him defend Danzo and condemn Katsuo. Katsuo threatened to kill the prince and announced that he would later slaughter the daimyo and let someone else rule the Land of Fire.

• The Eldest Crown Prince defended Danzo, while Minato explained that the Third Hokage had asked him not to truly move against the rogue ninja.
• Katsuo entered the Hokage Office and knocked out the prince's three Elite Jonin guards with his Sharingan.
• Katsuo demanded that the prince repeat his insults, mocked his appearance, and ordered him to stand.
• The prince obeyed Katsuo's threat and rose, then trembled when Katsuo fixed him with his Sharingan.
• Minato pleaded with Katsuo to consider the consequences for Konoha, but Katsuo said he would kill the daimyo and let someone else rule the Land of Fire.

Katsuo killed the eldest Crown Prince of the Land of Fire and told Minato to arrange a replacement Daimyo, while reporting victories on multiple fronts. He then revealed that Amegakure had fallen and reappeared beside Kushina, Konan, and Mikoto during their shopping trip.

• Katsuo killed the eldest Crown Prince after he refused to kneel, leaving Minato horrified.
• Katsuo told Minato he had killed the Fourth Kazekage and that the Wind-Fire Battlefield was nearly won.
• Katsuo ordered Minato to send the Crown Prince's ashes and a Flying Thunder God mark to the Daimyo's Residence, and to find a compliant successor or become Daimyo himself.
• Katsuo reported that his clone had pushed back the Land of Earth and that Amegakure was gone.
• Kushina, Konan, and Mikoto waited while shopping, and Katsuo suddenly appeared through Kushina's Flying Thunder God Pendant, startling her into dropping their purchases.

Katsuo encouraged Kushina, Mikoto, and Konan to develop their sage arts, then reflected on the next stage of his immortal path. The chapter ended with Mikoto asking when she would have a child with him.

• Katsuo carried the women’s shopping with his Wind Truth-Seeking Orb as Kushina, Mikoto, and Konan laughed and played together.
• At home, Katsuo cultivated while the women watched shows, then explained how they could prepare to sense Natural Energy through morning meditation.
• Kushina, Mikoto, and Konan agreed to wake early and practice calming their minds before returning to their rooms.
• Mikoto joined Katsuo, and he considered perfecting his Dao Balls while admitting he could only see the general direction of his immortal path.
• Mikoto asked Katsuo when she would have a child with him.