Chapter Summaries

Katsuo told Minato that he had killed the Fire Daimyo and everyone defending the residence, and ordered Konoha to seize the national treasury while confronting the other nations over their attack. Minato led a team to the capital overnight as Katsuo returned to his family and continued studying sealing techniques and training Flying Thunder God.

• Katsuo told Minato that the Fire Daimyo and all the defenders inside the Daimyo's Residence were dead, and that its wealth could be taken for Konoha.
• Katsuo explained that the other nations' daimyo had supported the Demon Subjugation Order, and that he had killed the Fourth Raikage, the Third Tsuchikage, and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki while crushing the Stone Ninja forces.
• Katsuo ordered Minato to demand compensation from the other nations and said he would replace any daimyo who refused to comply.
• Minato issued orders through the night, gathered Konoha ninja and transport, and personally led a team to seize the national treasury in the capital.
• Katsuo spent the night with Mikoto, Konan, and Kushina, then studied sealing scrolls while Shadow Clones practiced the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Katsuo divided the spoils from his victories among Konoha, the Uchiha, and his allies, while ordering the Miyamoto Clan’s destruction. The returning Konoha forces were welcomed home, and Katsuo reunited with Might Duy and brought young Guy through the admiring crowd.

• Mikoto joined Katsuo early in the morning, then went to cultivate with Konan while Katsuo explained that Uzumaki had only just gotten up.
• Minato returned to Konoha with the spoils accounting, and Katsuo assigned money for pensions, rewards, allies, research, and Konoha’s development.
• Katsuo ordered copies of advanced techniques and barrier arts sent to the Uchiha New Clan Grounds, and directed an elite Anbu squad to eliminate the Miyamoto Clan.
• The Konoha forces returned from the Wind-Fire and Fire Earth battlefields and received a grand welcome from the village leaders and residents.
• Katsuo embraced Might Duy at the village entrance, then led young Guy through the crowd to a welcome-back feast as Guy gained confidence under his uncle’s attention.

The Uchiha Clan received an enormous haul of cash from Katsuo, while Mikoto and her family marveled at the treasures he had taken from the Land of Fire’s national treasury as an apology. Katsuo also gave a fortune to Might Duy’s family, then returned home to find his three women overloaded with jewelry and ordered them to wear no more than three pieces at home.

• Uchiha Feng and Uchiha Sheng welcomed the carts of money, and Uchiha Sheng announced that the clan would share in the fortune.
• Konan hurried Mikoto to see twenty chests of precious treasures, and Mikoto explained that the Daimyo’s Residence had sent them as an apology for the Crown Prince insulting Katsuo.
• Uchiha Feng asked whether the Uchiha Clan Grounds had received money too, then left to count his family’s fortune.
• Katsuo gave stacks of banknotes to Might Duy’s family, and the overwhelmed couple fainted before accepting the gift.
• Katsuo returned home, where Mikoto, Kushina, and the third woman embraced him covered in jewelry, and he told them to wear no more than three pieces at home.

Envoys from several nations came to Konoha to deny responsibility for the Demon Subjugation Order and beg for mercy after Uchiha Katsuo destroyed the Land of Fire's Daimyo's Residence. Minato Namikaze agreed to speak to Katsuo, who refused to meet the envoys and questioned whether Minato would really send them away.

• Konoha prospered after Katsuo's actions, while envoys from the Land of Earth, Land of Wind, Land of Water, and Land of Waterfall tried to deny their nations' involvement in the Demon Subjugation Order.
• A Land of Lightning envoy knelt before Minato and declared that the daimyo was willing to submit to the Land of Fire, blaming the Raikage father and son for the conflict.
• The envoys offered compensation and asked Minato to calm Katsuo, but he told them to explain themselves to Katsuo directly.
• Minato agreed to speak to Katsuo after the envoys pleaded with him, warning them that he could not solve their problems for them.
• Minato used the Flying Thunder God Technique to reach Katsuo's house and told him the envoys were afraid to meet him.
• Katsuo said the envoys could go home, and Minato asked whether he truly intended to send them away.

Katsuo confronted envoys from the nations and demanded tailed beasts, forbidden techniques, and enormous payments. After learning that Yagura was not yet the Three-Tails Jinchuriki, Katsuo decided he needed to investigate what had happened to Kakashi's team.

• Katsuo summoned the nations' envoys, rejected their denials of responsibility, and threatened to destroy their leaders and ninja villages.
• Katsuo ordered the Land of Earth to provide the Four-Tails and Five-Tails Jinchuriki, the complete Dust Release technique, and both tailed beasts within ten days.
• Katsuo demanded the One-Tails Jinchuriki and One's Own Life Reincarnation from the Land of Wind, and the Fifth Kazekage agreed to comply.
• Katsuo questioned the Land of Water's jonin and learned that Yagura had not become the Three-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Katsuo demanded the Six-Tails Jinchuriki and ten billion ryō from the Land of Water, plus another ten billion ryō each from the Land of Earth and Land of Wind Daimyo's Residences.

Katsuo forced the visiting nations to surrender tailed beasts, recruited Kisame Hoshigaki, and planned a campaign against the Land of Lightning. Meanwhile, Obito witnessed Rin’s death and awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and Kamui.

• Katsuo ordered the Land of Waterfall to bring him the Seven-Tails or its jinchuriki, rejected the Land of Lightning envoy, and killed the envoy when he pleaded for mercy.
• Katsuo told the envoys to free Kisame Hoshigaki, then offered Kisame a place in Konoha; Kisame accepted and received permission to serve as a jonin.
• Katsuo resolved to reclaim the tailed beasts and told Minato he would go to the Land of Lightning the next day, asking whether Konoha would send people to collect the spoils.
• Minato told Katsuo that Kakashi was searching for the missing Rin Nohara, and Katsuo learned that Kakashi had transplanted Obito’s Sharingan.
• Obito followed White Zetsu to Kakashi and saw Kakashi kill Rin, then awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and Kamui.

Obito awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan, spared Kakashi, and returned to Madara to inherit his name and pursue the dream world. Katsuo sent allies to locate Kakashi and Nagato, then confronted Iyun at Kumogakure, questioning why the village expected mercy after starting another war.

• Obito slaughtered the Kirigakure Anbu but left Kakashi's Sharingan untouched, took Rin's corpse, and returned to Madara.
• Obito told Madara he would sever his ties to the world, and Madara instructed him to inherit the name Uchiha Madara before dying.
• Katsuo sent ten Uchiha clansmen to search for Kakashi and tasked Kisame with finding Nagato and Madara, giving Kisame Samehada.
• Katsuo arrived at Kumogakure and found much of the village had fled, then met Iyun, a former advisor to the Third Raikage.
• Iyun asked Katsuo to spare Kumogakure, but Katsuo blamed the village for launching the Third Shinobi World War after he had already taken revenge.

Katsuo destroyed Kumogakure after Iyun sacrificed himself, then followed his Lightning Truth-Seeking Orb to Cloud-Lightning Gorge. There, he began strengthening the orb with natural lightning and using the storm to cultivate Lightning Armor.

• Iyun covered himself in Exploding Tags and charged Katsuo's Complete Body Susanoo, dying in an explosion that earned Katsuo's respect.
• Katsuo cleaved Kumogakure and its Raikage Building in two with the Susanoo's Kusanagi Blade, killing some villagers and declaring that Kumogakure would cease to exist.
• Katsuo flew toward the Land of Lightning Daimyo's Residence, but his Lightning Truth-Seeking Orb led him to Cloud-Lightning Gorge.
• Katsuo sent the orb into the storm clouds, where it absorbed lightning and grew stronger, confirming his belief that natural power could strengthen his Dao Ball.
• Katsuo studied Kumogakure's Lightning Armor technique and used the gorge's lightning to temper his body, strengthening his Sage Body.

Katsuo completed his Lightning Truth-Seeking Orb, returned to Konoha, and reunited with Nawaki and Tsunade. He offered Tsunade Sage Mode, an improved Yang Seal, and money in exchange for permission to teach the Yin Seal to his wives, and she agreed.

• Katsuo finished tempering his body and perfected his Lightning Truth-Seeking Orb after seven days in Cloud-Lightning Gorge.
• Katsuo found the Land of Lightning Daimyo's Residence deserted, then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to return to his villa after sensing someone activate his mark.
• Katsuo endured a scolding from his three wives before meeting Nawaki at the Akimichi Clan's BBQ Restaurant.
• Tsunade complained about the Third Hokage's removal and Konoha's losses, then admitted she had gambled away the money Katsuo and Nawaki had given her.
• Katsuo offered Tsunade Sage Mode scrolls, an improved Yang Seal, and 1.3 billion ryo in exchange for consent to teach the Yin Seal to his wives, and Tsunade accepted.

Katsuo reunited with Orochimaru, who revealed that his research had rooted the arm from the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path into a strange tree. Katsuo identified it as the Ten-Tails and discovered that it could devour energy, including his Sage Chakra.

• Katsuo met Orochimaru in Konoha and thanked him for caring for Konan.
• Orochimaru told Katsuo that the research project involving the strange hand had produced results, and Katsuo flew with him to a hidden base in the Land of Sound.
• Orochimaru showed Katsuo the rooted Monster Tree, explaining that his cultivation method had consumed all of his Sage Spring Water.
• Katsuo identified the Monster Tree as the Ten-Tails and told Orochimaru that it was the Ten-Tails' true body.
• The Monster Tree bit Katsuo's arm, shattered its teeth, and stripped away his Lightning Release Armor and Sage Chakra.
• Orochimaru explained that the Monster Tree could devour many forms of energy and could eat people.

Katsuo and Orochimaru fed the Monster Tree Sage water and the corpses of powerful ninja, causing it to grow to over one hundred meters. When a moving, eye-like mark appeared above its mouth, Katsuo revealed that the tree was the ancestor of the Sharingan.

• Katsuo snapped off a branch from the Monster Tree, confirmed its eerie aura, and fed it back to the creature.
• Orochimaru admitted he had fed the tree corpses, including Hashirama's flesh, and said it preferred energy-rich nourishment.
• Katsuo fed the Monster Tree Sage water, and it rapidly grew after swallowing the water filled with Sage Chakra.
• Katsuo released the corpses of jonin who had tried to kill him and fed most of them to the Monster Tree while Orochimaru salvaged a few sets of parts for experiments.
• The Monster Tree grew beyond one hundred meters, broke through the underground base's ceiling, and developed a moving eye-like mark.
• Katsuo told Orochimaru that the Monster Tree was the ancestor of the Sharingan, leaving Orochimaru demanding to know how he knew.

Katsuo accelerated the Monster Tree’s growth with Sage Power until it became a miniature Ten-Tails, then subdued it with his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. He began forcing more Natural Energy into the beast, leaving Orochimaru worried it would explode.

• Katsuo told Orochimaru that he had learned about the Monster Tree from the Uchiha Clan’s stone tablet and said he planned to accelerate its growth and establish a summoning contract with it.
• Katsuo revealed his six Dao Balls and Sage Path power, shocking Orochimaru with the scale of his Chakra control and strength.
• Katsuo poured Sage Chakra into the Monster Tree until it grew over two hundred meters tall and began to take the shape of the Ten-Tails.
• The Monster Tree attacked Katsuo, but he struck it, then controlled it with his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Katsuo drew Natural Energy from within ten miles and fed it into the miniature Ten-Tails, prompting Orochimaru to fear that the overfilled beast would explode.

Katsuo fed Uchiha Madara’s remains to the Ten-Tails, making it grow into a massive and powerful beast. He then sealed it inside himself with his newly created Sage Power Seal, leaving the Ten-Tails contained as his source of power.

• Katsuo gave Orochimaru a piece of Uchiha Madara’s body imbued with Rinne Power and asked him to study it and prepare a reanimated replica using Katsuo’s cells.
• Katsuo fed the rest of Uchiha Madara’s torso to the Ten-Tails, causing it to grow to five hundred meters tall and develop ten tails and a nine-tomoe Sharingan.
• Katsuo decided to seal the conspicuous Ten-Tails inside his body and told Orochimaru he would make it his aid.
• Katsuo inscribed the Sage Power Seal on his abdomen, restrained the Ten-Tails with Colored Rings and sealing chains, and pulled it into the seal.

Katsuo tested his Ten-Tails Jinchuriki Mode and decided the beast’s power was less impressive than expected. Worried that Gyūki’s consciousness could interfere with the Ten-Tails’ power, he struck the Eight-Tails with his Soul Wound technique, leaving it barely breathing.

• Katsuo released part of his seal and found that the Ten-Tails greatly enlarged most of his Dao Balls, though its power felt underwhelming to him.
• Katsuo summoned Gyūki and told Orochimaru that the Eight-Tails belonged to him after he killed its Jinchuriki.
• Katsuo explained the relationship between the Ten-Tails and the tailed beasts, then considered whether their consciousnesses could prevent their power from merging fully.
• Katsuo decided to weaken Gyūki’s ability to think rather than destroy its consciousness, and used Soul Wound through his right eye.
• Gyūki thrashed in pain before collapsing barely alive, while Katsuo shed a bloody tear but expected his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan to recover.

Katsuo sealed the Eight-Tails Gyūki inside himself, where the Ten-Tails devoured it, then returned to Konoha with Orochimaru using the Flying Thunder God Technique. After an intimate afternoon with his wives, he taught Kushina and Mikoto about the Yang Seal.

• Katsuo used his sealing chains to capture the Eight-Tails Gyūki and fed it to the Ten-Tails in his sealing space.
• Katsuo returned to Konoha with Orochimaru using the Flying Thunder God Technique, and they agreed to visit Ryūchi Cave together the next day.
• Katsuo joined his wives at home and went upstairs with Mikoto while Kushina and Konan stayed behind.
• Katsuo learned that Kushina and Mikoto had stopped taking missions and were training for three hours each morning.
• Katsuo showed Kushina and Mikoto the Yang Seal and introduced it as a secret technique for preserving their looks.

Katsuo taught Kushina, Mikoto, and Konan the Yang Seal, then met Minato and learned that the other nations had not yet handed over their Tailed Beasts. He went to extract Shukaku from the Land of Wind’s Jinchuriki, leaving the old monk to face his fate as Shukaku panicked at Katsuo’s approach.

• Katsuo taught the Yang Seal to Kushina, Mikoto, and Konan, explaining that it would help them cultivate immortal techniques.
• Mikoto told Katsuo that Kakashi had returned and Minato was looking for him, so Katsuo went to the Hokage Office.
• Minato reported that the Land of Wind had sent its Jinchuriki and fulfilled its obligations, while the Land of Earth, the Land of Water, and the Land of Waterfall had not handed over their Tailed Beasts.
• Katsuo declared that he would extract Shukaku and seal the One-Tail inside himself, then headed to Konoha’s back mountain with Minato, the Third Hokage, and Nara Shikaku.
• Katsuo reassured the old monk that he would spare the Land of Wind if it did not oppose Konoha, then approached him as Shukaku screamed in terror.

Katsuo defeated and sealed Shukaku inside himself, naming the Ten-Tails Number Ten, while Minato and Hiruzen discussed whether Katsuo could be trusted. Katsuo then visited Kakashi, who was suffering from the Mangekyō Sharingan in his left eye.

• Katsuo chased down Shukaku, struck him with Soul Wound, and sealed him inside himself.
• The Ten-Tails devoured Shukaku, grew larger, and was named Number Ten by Katsuo.
• Minato ordered the others to keep the sealing secret, while Hiruzen reconsidered his past judgments of Katsuo.
• Kakashi struggled with the pain and uncontrollable power of his Mangekyō Sharingan and considered removing it.
• Katsuo visited Kakashi, who welcomed him inside and knelt in deference.

Katsuo helped Kakashi understand that the ninja world, rather than his father, was at fault for condemning Sakumo’s choice to save his comrades. Kakashi chose to surrender Obito’s eye for his restored original eye, but Katsuo knocked him unconscious and removed the Mangekyō Sharingan for himself.

• Kakashi asked Katsuo whether his father had been wrong to prioritize his comrades over a mission, and Katsuo said the ninja world was at fault for rejecting Sakumo.
• Kakashi declared that he wanted to become a strong person and change the ninja world as a ninja.
• Katsuo asked whether Kakashi could control his mutated Sharingan, and Kakashi admitted that he could not endure its chakra drain and pain.
• Katsuo offered to restore Kakashi’s original eye or replace the Sharingan with a normal Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and Kakashi chose to have his original eye restored.
• Katsuo knocked Kakashi unconscious, removed the Mangekyō Sharingan, and rejoiced that the eye had ripened.

Katsuo healed Kakashi, replaced his damaged left eye, and left him a Lightning Release technique scroll before turning his attention to the Uchiha Old Clan Grounds. There, he witnessed Feng’s aid easing the clan’s financial crisis as Michiko and the four-year-old Itachi struggled to keep the divided clan from falling apart.

• Katsuo chose to save Kakashi’s Mangekyo eye for later and used Yang Release to restore Kakashi’s left eye and heal his injuries.
• Kakashi woke with his vision restored and found a scroll for Lightning Release: Lightning God Armor.
• Uchiha Izumi delivered money from Feng to Michiko, helping the impoverished Old Clan Grounds amid worsening factional conflict and resentment toward the New Clan Grounds.
• Michiko recalled how Itachi’s Two-Tomoe Sharingan had quieted the clansmen and helped her remain Matriarch, while she hoped he would eventually save the clan.
• Michiko thanked Izumi for Feng’s help, then turned to feed the hungry four-year-old Itachi.

Uchiha Itachi saw a terrifying figure with Three-Tomoe Sharingan in the sky, but Michiko could see nothing and he kept the encounter to himself. Meanwhile, Katsuo trained Konan in sensing Natural Energy before the two were interrupted by Mikoto and Kushina, who nearly noticed what they had been doing.

• Uchiha Itachi saw a sinister figure in the sky and collapsed in terror, but Michiko found nothing there when she looked.
• Michiko comforted Uchiha Itachi, who refused to explain what had frightened him.
• At dinner, Konan said she could clearly sense Natural Energy, Mikoto reported inconsistent progress, and Kushina admitted she had sensed it only once.
• Katsuo trained Konan in balance and meditation, but she kept falling and eventually asked him to stop training with her for the night.
• After Mikoto and Kushina came to check on them, Katsuo dispersed the strange scent and redirected their attention.