Chapter Summaries

Katsuo postponed having a child with Mikoto until he awakened the Rinnegan and secretly tempered her body with Sage Chakra. He then helped Mikoto, Konan, and Kushina try to sense Natural Energy, with Konan and Mikoto succeeding while Kushina still struggled.

• Katsuo told Mikoto that he wanted to wait until he awakened the Rinnegan before they tried to have a child, and Mikoto agreed to his plan.
• Katsuo sent Sage Chakra through Mikoto's body while she slept, hoping to strengthen her physique and help her sense Natural Energy.
• At four in the morning, Katsuo woke Kushina and the others and used a Yin Release Truth-Seeking Orb to dispel Kushina's sleepiness.
• Katsuo guided the three women in meditation, silenced their hearing, and flooded the room with Natural Energy to help them sense it.
• Konan sensed Natural Energy first after an hour, and Mikoto succeeded after an hour and a half.
• After two and a half hours, Kushina had still not sensed Natural Energy, and Katsuo judged that her restless mind would make cultivation difficult.

Kushina sensed Natural Energy and celebrated, then she and Katsuo improved the courtyard’s defenses with barriers powered by Sage Chakra and elemental energy. The barriers protected the household from spying and attacks, and Katsuo began considering how to develop a barrier that could restrict space.

• Kushina announced that she had finally sensed Natural Energy, and Katsuo reassured her after she worried she had been last.
• After breakfast, Katsuo and Kushina examined the courtyard’s anti-scrying and soundproof barriers while Mikoto and Konan planted flowers.
• Katsuo reinforced the existing barriers with Sage Chakra, making them conceal the house from Byakugan and other sensory techniques for about a month.
• Katsuo created Earth, Fire, and Wind Barriers, then had the three women add their Chakra so they could pass through and control the defenses.
• Katsuo asked Kushina about the Summoning Technique’s space-time spell because he wanted to develop a Space Barrier that could keep space-time users out.

Minato received delayed reports of Uchiha Katsuo’s overwhelming victories on the Wind-Fire and Fire Earth battlefields and ordered Konoha to celebrate. Ōnoki learned that Katsuo’s apparent rampage had also destroyed Amegakure, leaving him terrified by the scale and route of the devastation.

• Kushina told Katsuo she had made little progress understanding the Flying Thunder God Spell Formula and the Summoning Technique, and Katsuo suggested they study together that night.
• Minato read Nara Shikaku’s report describing Katsuo’s enormous Susanoo and his destruction of the Sand forces and Fourth Kazekage Rasa, then decided to summon Shikaku back to help with Hokage duties.
• Minato ordered Konoha to spread news of its victory, and the Konoha Newspaper Agency published Katsuo’s exploits.
• Ōnoki rejected a report that the Land of Wind had suffered a crushing defeat, but an urgent report said Amegakure had been destroyed by a black armored Demon God.
• A Stone Ninja read Konoha’s report that Katsuo had defeated the Stone forces with clones and settled the Wind-Fire Battlefield with his main body, prompting Ōnoki to trace the devastation across the map and collapse in despair.

Ōnoki and the Fourth Raikage received reports of Uchiha Katsuo’s overwhelming power and prepared for the consequences, while the Raikage resolved to fight him rather than surrender. The chapter ended with Kumogakure planning to evacuate its civilians and young shinobi as the Fourth Raikage faced a battle he expected to lose.

• Ōnoki ordered intelligence verified, battlefield units to stop fighting and prepare to withdraw, and concluded that the Land of Earth could not defeat Uchiha Katsuo.
• Killer B asked Gyūki whether Uchiha Katsuo was truly so terrifying, and Gyūki warned that even their combined strength gave them no chance against him.
• The Fourth Raikage told Killer B to take the young Genin, children, and women to safety and never return to Kumogakure, but Killer B refused to accept his plan.
• The Fourth Raikage explained that Uchiha Katsuo had saved Kumogakure for last because Cloud Shinobi had killed his father, then vowed to fight him and Konoha to the end.
• Reports of Uchiha Katsuo’s power spread through the shinobi world, while Kumogakure prepared to retreat and fight to the death.

Katsuo sent Uchiha clan members to distribute Flying Thunder God coordinates throughout the Ninja World and arranged for a coordinate sword to reach the Daimyo's Residence. Later, Konan read a newspaper article about him and asked to sleep beside him that night, which he gladly accepted.

• Katsuo called over Wangcai, and the puppy urinated on his chest while Konan laughed at him.
• Katsuo ordered twenty Uchiha clan members to bury Flying Thunder God coordinates around the Ninja World, spacing them far apart.
• Katsuo told the clan jonin to deliver a small sword carrying his Flying Thunder God coordinate to the Fourth Hokage for transport to the Daimyo's Residence.
• Konan read Katsuo a newspaper article praising his achievements and combat strength while resting in his arms.
• Konan asked Katsuo to sleep with her that night, and he agreed.

After the crown prince was killed in Konoha, the daimyo of the Land of Fire accused Konoha of rebellion and ordered a coalition to hunt Uchiha Katsuo. He began gathering forces and sought intelligence on Katsuo’s strength from Shimura Danzō.

• The daimyo of the Land of Fire heard the three Elite Jonin recount how Uchiha Katsuo killed the crown prince in the Hokage Office while Minato Namikaze stood by.
• The daimyo summoned Asuma Sarutobi and the Guardian Shinobi, ordered Asuma to secretly contact his father, and told him the Miyamoto Clan would help suppress the rebellion.
• The daimyo issued an SS-rank Demon Subjugation Order, recruiting jonin from across the Shinobi World and asking the four other great nations to send their jonin and Kage.
• The regional lords agreed to gather forces, and the daimyo asked Miyamoto Mutō about Katsuo’s strength; Mutō advised him to question Danzo.
• Shimura Danzō arrived at the Daimyo’s Residence, accepted the daimyo’s blame for the crown prince’s death, and said he would commit seppuku after the demon was slain.

Danzo warned the Daimyo of the Land of Fire that Uchiha Katsuo could not be defeated by numbers alone, prompting the Daimyo to seek the Miyamoto Sword God’s help and reject Minato’s attempt at reconciliation. In Konoha, Katsuo’s family relaxed together on Hokage Rock, ending with Kushina teasing him and getting carried on his back.

• Danzo told the Daimyo that only numerous powerful fighters could challenge Uchiha Katsuo and advised him to beg for mercy if he could not secure a Super Kage-level ally.
• Miyamoto Mutō offered to ask his father, the legendary Sword God, to leave seclusion and fight Katsuo.
• The Daimyo celebrated the Sword God’s promised intervention and dismissed Danzo’s doubts about his strength.
• The Demon Subjugation Order spread through the ninja world, and the Daimyo tore up Minato’s conciliatory letter and threw down the shortsword he had sent.
• Katsuo, Mikoto, Kushina, and Konan enjoyed the cherry blossoms from Hokage Rock while Katsuo and Kushina playfully quarreled over his rocking chair.

Katsuo secretly listened as Asuma Sarutobi told Hiruzen Sarutobi that the Daimyo had ordered an attack on him. Hiruzen warned Asuma that Katsuo could sense everyone in Konoha and urged him not to oppose Katsuo, while revealing he would no longer stand in Katsuo’s way.

• Katsuo sensed Asuma return to Konoha and teleported to the roof of Hiruzen Sarutobi’s house to eavesdrop.
• Asuma told Hiruzen that the Daimyo had ordered him to secretly gather men and kill Uchiha Katsuo.
• Hiruzen slapped Asuma for insulting Katsuo and warned him that Katsuo could sense everyone in Konoha.
• Hiruzen explained Katsuo’s Sage Mode, Mangekyō Sharingan, spatial teleportation, and enormous Susanoo, terrifying Asuma.
• Hiruzen said he had sent the Daimyo a warning and would not let Konoha ninja assist the attack.
• Hiruzen told Asuma he would no longer oppose Katsuo unless Katsuo threatened to destroy Konoha.

Katsuo confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi and Asuma, forcing them to reveal the daimyo’s plans and the Daimyo’s Residence’s hidden strength. He decided to let the daimyo prepare for battle and settle every threat at once.

• Hiruzen told Asuma not to return to the Daimyo’s Residence, and Asuma agreed to defy orders.
• Katsuo arrived and questioned Asuma about the daimyo’s plot to surround and kill him.
• Hiruzen ordered Asuma to reveal what he knew, and Asuma said the attack was planned for the following night at ten.
• Hiruzen described the Daimyo’s Residence’s Shadow-level protectors, including Miyamoto Mutō, and explained that the Five Great Nations’ daimyo residences would aid one another if a ninja village rebelled.
• Katsuo concluded the residence could have at least ten Shadow-level fighters and announced he would give the daimyo time to prepare before resolving everything in one battle.
• Katsuo warned Asuma against insulting people, cursed him with a prediction that he would die young, and left as Hiruzen and Asuma breathed in relief.

Katsuo told Minato he would personally confront the Cloud Shinobi in three days, while news spread that powerful fighters from across the ninja world were secretly gathering in the Land of Fire to answer its Demon Subjugation Order. Ōnoki chose to join the campaign and prepared Kitsuchi to lead Iwagakure if he died.

• Katsuo used his enhanced ocular technique to appear beside Minato on Hokage Rock, where Minato brought Uzumaki Keiga to join the others.
• Minato reported that the Land of Earth was withdrawing from the Fire Earth Battlefield, but the Lightning-Fire Battlefield was growing more intense; Katsuo vowed to face the Cloud Shinobi in three days.
• The ninja world learned that Katsuo had killed the Land of Fire's crown prince, and powerful fighters secretly headed for the capital to answer the Demon Subjugation Order.
• Granny Chiyo and ten Elite Jonin from Sunagakure joined the campaign, while the Land of Water sent ten Elite Jonin, including Kisame Hoshigaki.
• Ōnoki decided to go to the Land of Fire himself and told Kitsuchi to become Fourth Tsuchikage if he did not return, advising him to seek peace with Konoha if the campaign failed.

The Fourth Raikage accepted Iyun’s warning and issued an order to evacuate Kumogakure if he failed to return within three days. As powerful fighters gathered in the Land of Fire’s capital for the demon subjugation, Katsuo left home after filling the courtyard pool and tossing Kushina into it.

• The Fourth Raikage prepared to travel to the Land of Fire’s capital with Killer B and twelve Elite Jonin, ordering his army to avoid battle while he was away.
• Iyun challenged the Fourth Raikage’s plan and demanded a written order to disband the armies and evacuate Kumogakure if he did not return within three days.
• The Fourth Raikage accepted Iyun’s advice and ordered the evacuation of Kumogakure if he failed to return in time.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Fire questioned Miyamoto Mutō about his father and coordinated the assembled fighters, including Kage-level experts whose identities were concealed.
• Katsuo told Second Sister Uzumaki and Kushina he would return that night, filled the courtyard pool with water, and tossed Kushina into it before escaping with Flying Thunder God.

Katsuo ended the Fire Earth Battlefield conflict by annihilating the Stone Ninja camp, then waited outside the Land of Fire capital to confront the Daimyo’s assembled forces. When the elite shinobi attacked, he met them in battle and began cutting them down.

• Katsuo returned to the Fire Earth Battlefield, decided the war no longer needed to continue, and used Sage Art: Heavenly Rain of Purification to destroy nearly the entire Stone Ninja camp.
• Yūhi Kurenai arrived to find the Iwagakure forces gone and realized the war was over.
• Katsuo appeared in the Land of Fire capital, sensed the Daimyo and a dangerous old man, and left a Flying Thunder God marker before waiting outside the city.
• The Daimyo’s elite shinobi force deployed to confront Katsuo, with the Raikage brothers, Killer B, and Granny Chiyo among those present.
• Katsuo drew his marked White Longsword as the Fourth Raikage ordered an attack, and he began killing the charging shinobi in close combat.

Katsuo slaughtered Cloud Shinobi and fought the samurai Miyamoto Mutō, overwhelming him with brute force before turning his attention to the gathered enemies. When Danzo, Chiyo, Killer B, and other powerful fighters unleashed a barrage of attacks, Katsuo escaped with the Flying Thunder God Technique and reappeared on the ground with his sword.

• Katsuo cleaved through Cloud Shinobi, and Miyamoto Mutō praised his strength before challenging him to a duel.
• Miyamoto Mutō attacked with his Thousand Star Sword, but Katsuo blocked the strikes with the Earth Truth-Seeking Orb and sent him flying with a powerful blow.
• Katsuo destroyed a Lightning Clone, absorbed its lightning, and used the Lightning Truth-Seeking Orb to strike down more than ten enemies.
• Katsuo leaped into the sky and used the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique and Sage Art: Heavenly Rain of Purification, killing many shinobi.
• Danzo, Chiyo, Killer B, and other Kage-level fighters attacked Katsuo with a barrage of techniques, but he vanished with the Flying Thunder God Technique and returned to the ground holding his sword.

Katsuo fought the gathered Shadow-level powerhouses with Sage Arts, Space Ninjutsu, and overwhelming taijutsu, killing several while the survivors struggled to counter him. Kisame Hoshigaki revealed his allegiance to Katsuo by killing an injured enemy and kneeling before him.

• Katsuo unleashed Sage Art: Skyfire Wildfire, and Gyūki used its tails to draw in the flames and send a flaming tornado back at him.
• Katsuo evaded the Fourth Raikage’s attacks, then struck him with a punch that sent him flying before a sword attack forced Katsuo to abandon the finishing blow.
• Katsuo attacked the Shadow-level powerhouses with Flying Thunder God kunai and Sage Art: Earth Thorns, killing three and briefly killing Danzo before he revived with Izanagi.
• Katsuo used the Body Flicker Technique in his left eye to kill the sensory jonin who had detected his underground Earth Release.
• Kisame Hoshigaki ambushed and killed an injured Shadow-level powerhouse, then knelt before Katsuo and asked forgiveness for not recognizing him sooner.

Katsuo killed Danzō, but the Fourth Raikage sealed him in the Amber Purifying Pot, briefly convincing the surviving fighters that the battle was over. Katsuo shattered the Six Paths Tool with the Sword of Kusanagi and emerged in his towering Complete Body Susanoo, leaving Ōnoki horrified.

• Katsuo evaded Danzō’s wind attacks, interrupted his Izanagi with a Yin Truth-Seeking Orb, and snapped his neck.
• The Fourth Raikage captured Katsuo in the Amber Purifying Pot, and the fighters celebrated his apparent defeat.
• Katsuo battered the pot’s inner barrier, then used the Sword of Kusanagi to break the seal and destroy the artifact.
• The pot’s explosion sent the fighters flying and blinded them with the sword’s light.
• Ōnoki saw Katsuo’s colossal Complete Body Susanoo emerge through the fog and recognized it as the Demon God’s true form.

Katsuo overwhelmed the battlefield with his Complete Body Susanoo, killing the Fourth Raikage and Granny Chiyo and defeating the Eight-Tails Gyūki. As Katsuo prepared to finish Miyamoto Mutō, a powerful old man arrived and struck the Susanoo, leaving Katsuo facing a new threat.

• Katsuo killed the Fourth Raikage with the Susanoo's sword, and Killer B unleashed Gyūki in grief.
• Katsuo blocked Gyūki's Tailed Beast Bomb head-on, then kicked Gyūki into a mountainside and buried it beneath falling rocks.
• Katsuo cut down the fleeing Granny Chiyo and faced Miyamoto Mutō, who wounded the Susanoo's finger with his Empty Clarity Slash.
• Katsuo prepared to kill Miyamoto Mutō, but a powerful sword aura struck and damaged the Susanoo's chest.
• Katsuo recognized the attacker as the powerful old man he had sensed at the Daimyo's Residence.

Katsuo fought Miyamoto Buyō, the Miyamoto Clan’s strongest samurai, after rejecting his offer to bargain over the daimyo’s rule. Katsuo sealed Buyō’s Holy Sword, but Buyō began a powerful sword technique as the battle continued.

• Katsuo attacked Miyamoto Buyō with the Kusanagi Blade, but Buyō used his sword fingers to deflect its aura and survive the blow.
• Buyō offered compensation and swordsmanship lessons if Katsuo would stop opposing the daimyo, but Katsuo demanded the daimyo abdicate and rejected the offer when Buyō refused.
• Katsuo struck at Miyamoto Mutō, and Buyō deflected the attack, though Mutō was badly wounded by its passing force.
• Buyō sent his flying sword at Katsuo, who caught it barehanded after his defenses slowed it, then sealed its Sword Intent with a sealing technique.
• Buyō declared that he could fight without the Holy Sword and unleashed his Saint Technique: Empty Clarity Slash at Katsuo.

Katsuo defeated Miyamoto Buyō with Sage Art: Rainbow Light, but Ōnoki ambushed him with Dust Release and then attacked while he was badly wounded. The chapter ended with Katsuo's Susanoo ribs shielding him as Ōnoki's weighted Rock Fist began to crack them.

• Miyamoto Buyō's tracking sword-energy chain followed Katsuo's teleportation and shattered the lower half of his Complete Body Susanoo, forcing Katsuo to deactivate it.
• Katsuo revealed his greater Sage Power and challenged Miyamoto Buyō to use his strongest sword technique.
• Katsuo's Sage Art: Rainbow Light overwhelmed Miyamoto Buyō's Divine Skill: One Sword Under Heaven and swallowed the sword cultivator in its blast.
• Ōnoki struck the injured Katsuo with Dust Release, but Katsuo's Sage Power and Dao Balls stopped the beam from decomposing his body and began repairing his wound.
• Ōnoki followed up with Earth Release attacks, but Katsuo's Susanoo ribs blocked his Rock Fist as the Added-Weight Rock Technique began cracking them.

Katsuo survived Ōnoki’s Dust Release, killed the Third Tsuchikage, and captured the Eight-Tails after defeating Killer B. He left Kisame with a token and sent him away with a possible refuge in Konoha.

• Katsuo evaded Ōnoki’s Dust Release with the Flying Thunder God Technique, healed his wounds, and killed Ōnoki with a spatial sword strike.
• Kisame protected Katsuo during the battle, then followed his order to gather the corpses.
• Katsuo pursued Killer B, defeated him, removed the Black Iron Seal, and killed him as the Eight-Tails left his body.
• Katsuo placed the Eight-Tails under his control and decided not to seal it inside himself.
• Kisame reported that he had collected the corpses, and Katsuo gave him a token that would let him seek refuge in Konoha.

Katsuo killed the Land of Fire's daimyo and his Shadow-level protector, then looted the Daimyo's Residence for wealth and sealing techniques before returning to Konoha. He gave jewelry to Mikoto, Kushina, and Konan, but Kushina knocked him down after accepting her gift.

• Katsuo sensed the Land of Fire's daimyo and his Shadow-level protector, then killed them with Sage Art: Lightning Release: Kirin.
• Katsuo captured the guards and ninjas at the Daimyo's Residence, turned them into Impure World Reincarnation bodies, and summoned the jonin coffins underground.
• Katsuo raided the treasury and collected the Sealing Techniques from the armory before returning to Konoha.
• Katsuo gave jewelry to Mikoto, Kushina, and Konan, and Kushina stopped her anger when she saw her gift.
• Kushina punched Katsuo after he gave her the bracelet, then threatened him while Katsuo vowed to get revenge that night.