Chapter Summaries

Katsuo confronted the Cloud Shinobi army and diverted a Tailed Beast Bomb away from Konoha’s forces. He then attacked the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, while the Third Raikage rushed to intervene.

• The Third Raikage led nearly ten thousand Cloud Shinobi into a decisive battle against Konoha, where Katsuo taunted him from the front line.
• Katsuo sensed a Tailed Beast Bomb approaching and used Earth Release: Earth Eruption to fling it over the armies, where it exploded miles away.
• The Yamanaka Clan Head rallied Konoha’s forces to attack the Cloud Shinobi as Katsuo charged the Two-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Katsuo appeared behind the Two-Tails Jinchuriki and nearly split her skull with his blade, but Matatabi sensed the danger and made her turn aside.
• The Third Raikage rushed toward Katsuo, while the Two-Tails Jinchuriki clawed at Katsuo’s abdomen.

Katsuo fought the Third Raikage and Muzi, the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, and unleashed his mature Susanoo after surviving their strongest attacks. The chapter ended with Susanoo appearing behind Matatabi as Muzi realized she could not escape.

• Muzi questioned how Katsuo knew Matatabi’s name, and Katsuo declared that he would claim the Tailed Beast after killing her.
• The Third Raikage struck Katsuo through his Susanoo and sent him flying, but Katsuo rose and opened the Sixth Gate to counterattack.
• Muzi blasted Katsuo with a powerful attack, but Matatabi sensed that he was still alive and warned her that he was going all out.
• Katsuo manifested a mature Susanoo and blasted the Third Raikage away with Yasakani no Magatama.
• Muzi released Matatabi’s full power, and Katsuo swung his Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi at the giant Cat Demon.
• Matatabi dodged the slash, but Katsuo vanished and appeared behind Muzi as Cloud Shinobi shouted warnings.

Katsuo wounded Muzi and Matatabi, then killed the Third Raikage after evading his ambush. As the Cloud Shinobi launched a furious assault, Katsuo began breaking Muzi’s seal to extract Matatabi.

• Katsuo used the Sword of Kusanagi to grievously wound Matatabi and discovered that the blade slowed the tailed beast’s recovery.
• The Third Raikage ambushed Katsuo, but Katsuo evaded his Hell Stab and used the Great Flame Immortal Burning Technique to destroy his internal organs.
• The Third Raikage begged for death, and Katsuo killed him with a thrust of his blade.
• Katsuo announced the Third Raikage’s death and offered the Cloud Shinobi a chance to surrender, but they charged to avenge their leader and inflicted heavy casualties on Konoha.
• Katsuo tore away Muzi’s clothing, disrupted her sealing formula with Chakra, and forced Matatabi to emerge from her body.

Uchiha Katsuo controlled Two-Tails Matatabi after Muzi’s death and used it to crush the Cloud Shinobi, ending the War of Lightning and Fire with Kumogakure’s surrender. Celebrated as a legendary hero, Katsuo unsettled Konoha’s leaders and then faced Cloud Shinobi survivors pleading for the Third Raikage’s body.

• After Muzi died, Katsuo controlled Two-Tails Matatabi with his Mangekyō Sharingan and turned it against the Cloud Shinobi.
• The Raikage Advisor ordered the Cloud Shinobi to surrender, and Katsuo killed those who refused before the rest laid down their weapons.
• Katsuo left the remaining matters to the Yamanaka Clan Head, and the War of Lightning and Fire ended.
• Konoha celebrated Katsuo’s victory, while Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, and Hiruzen Sarutobi worried about his power and discussed seeking his forgiveness.
• The Raikage Advisor and two other Cloud Shinobi leaders begged Katsuo to return the Third Raikage’s body, and Katsuo laughed at their plea.

Katsuo demanded that Kumogakure identify his father’s killer before reclaiming the Third Raikage’s body, while Madara plotted to turn Katsuo against the world. After receiving orders to reinforce the Land of Rain, Katsuo learned Konoha had made peace with Kumogakure and ordered the prisoners released, leaving him furious at the leadership’s decision.

• Katsuo told the Raikage Advisor that Kumogakure could reclaim the Raikage’s body once it found Uchiha Osamu’s killer, and the Yamanaka Clan Head warned the Cloud Shinobi to take the demand seriously.
• Black Zetsu reported that Katsuo had crushed the Land of Lightning and controlled the Two-Tails, prompting Madara to plan to manipulate Katsuo by targeting his companions.
• Katsuo received a Hokage order to reinforce the Land of Rain and a letter from Old Duy announcing that Might Guy had been born.
• The Yamanaka Clan Head told Katsuo that Konoha had agreed to release the surrendered shinobi and ally with Kumogakure against Iwagakure.
• Katsuo condemned Konoha’s leaders for undoing the gains of the war and said he had wanted the prisoners killed to cripple Kumogakure.

Katsuo interrogated the Cloud Shinobi who had killed his father, recovered his father's Sharingan, and returned the Third Raikage's body. He then threatened to kill every surrendered Cloud Shinobi unless Kumogakure handed over the Lightning Release Armor and ten billion ryo.

• The Raikage Advisor brought the Cloud Shinobi jonin who had killed Uchiha Osamu to Katsuo.
• Katsuo used his Sharingan to hypnotize the jonin, who confessed that he had killed Osamu and taken his eyes as a trophy.
• Katsuo tortured and beheaded the jonin, sealed his head in a Storage Scroll, and ordered the guards to dispose of the body.
• The Raikage Advisor returned Osamu's two Sharingan to Katsuo, and Katsuo gave him the Third Raikage's body in exchange.
• Katsuo rejected the Advisor's claim that the Hokage had ordered the Cloud Shinobi released and threatened to kill all the surrendered forces.
• Katsuo demanded the complete Lightning Release Armor and ten billion ryo, then admitted the Hokage had not authorized his demands.

Katsuo threatened to execute the surrendered Cloud Shinobi unless they paid a massive ransom, defying Konoha’s order to release them. He secured two days for the ransom and promised to distribute all ten billion ryo among the Konoha shinobi, including the fallen.

• Katsuo told the Raikage Advisor he had started the war and threatened the Cloud Shinobi, while denying to the Yamanaka Clan Head that he planned to defect from Konoha.
• Katsuo ordered the surrendered Cloud Shinobi executed, and the Raikage Advisor offered more money when a Konoha shinobi moved to kill the Third Raikage’s son.
• The Yamanaka Clan Head stopped the execution, and Katsuo gave the Raikage Advisor two days to prepare the ransom.
• Katsuo told the Konoha shinobi he would take none of the ten billion ryo and would share it among them, including those who had died.
• The Yamanaka Clan Head agreed to bear responsibility if the Hokage held them accountable.

Katsuo left the Land of Lightning ransom in the Yamanaka Clan Head’s hands and secretly went to the Land of Rain to protect Nawaki. When an Exploding Tag trap struck Nawaki’s supply mission, Katsuo killed the attacker and identified it as Black Zetsu.

• Katsuo told the Yamanaka Clan Head he would take responsibility and left him to distribute the Land of Lightning’s ransom.
• Two days later, the Raikage Advisor delivered the ransom, and Katsuo took the scroll containing the Lightning Release Armor while leaving ten billion to the Yamanaka Clan Head.
• Katsuo secretly monitored Nawaki in the Land of Rain and followed him when Orochimaru assigned him a supply-delivery mission.
• An Exploding Tag trap destroyed the supply cart, killed one Genin, and left Nawaki unconscious; a strange half-black, half-white creature then killed the Special Jonin protecting him.
• Katsuo attacked the creature with fire and his blade, pinned it to the ground, and recognized it as Black Zetsu.

Katsuo pursued Black Zetsu after ensuring Nawaki survived, while Konoha prepared to intensify its war against the Land of Rain. In the Land of Rain, Orochimaru warned Jiraiya not to provoke Katsuo, unaware that Katsuo had come for Nawaki rather than to support Konoha’s campaign.

• Katsuo left a Shadow Clone to protect Nawaki and pursued Black Zetsu underground after Black Zetsu escaped into the earth.
• Konoha’s forces fought Hanzo the Salamander’s army in a brutal war across the Land of Rain.
• Orochimaru told Tsunade, Jiraiya, and the Yuhi Clan Head that Katsuo had likely reached the Land of Rain, and Tsunade welcomed the news.
• After reading the intelligence report about Katsuo’s power, Jiraiya reacted with alarm, and Orochimaru warned him not to clash with Katsuo.
• The Yuhi Clan Head ordered the fighting escalated so the armies could launch a decisive battle when Katsuo appeared.

After seven days of pursuing Black Zetsu, Katsuo tracked it to a cave and confronted it alongside an elderly Uchiha Madara. Madara offered to share secrets about the Mangekyō Sharingan, beginning with the flaw in its eyes.

• Katsuo found the mutilated corpse of a young man and a piece of Black Zetsu’s shed body, then buried the victim.
• Katsuo learned that his Shadow Clone had been taken out and followed it to a cave, where he found Black Zetsu beside an old man.
• The old man, Uchiha Madara, offered to restore Katsuo’s sight, but Katsuo demanded that he hand over Black Zetsu.
• Black Zetsu cursed Katsuo, who responded with killing intent, and Madara offered compensation to avoid a fight.
• Katsuo asked to hear about the Mangekyō Sharingan, and Madara began explaining the flaw in its eyes, pointing to Katsuo’s right eye.

Madara told Katsuo that his Mangekyo Sharingan would inevitably go blind and revealed that ocular power from other Uchiha could replenish it. Katsuo demanded to learn how to extract that power, while Madara believed the method would bind Katsuo to his eyes and drive him to prey on his clan.

• Madara explained that a close relative’s Mangekyo eyes could awaken the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Madara told Katsuo he could replenish his left eye’s ocular power by plundering Sharingan from other Uchiha.
• Katsuo questioned the claim, then concluded that fusing extracted ocular power could explain how the Eternal Mangekyo worked.
• Madara confirmed that the Uchiha had kept secrets about their eyes, including Izanagi and Izanami.
• Katsuo asked Madara to teach him how to extract ocular power, and Madara agreed as compensation.
• Madara believed Katsuo’s dependence on ocular power would erode his mind and endanger other Uchiha, advancing Madara’s plan for the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

Katsuo used Uchiha Madara’s secret technique to absorb the ocular power from a Three-Tomoe Sharingan, increasing his power and slightly improving his vision. When Madara suggested gathering more eyes to restore his blind eye, Katsuo recognized the trap, and the chapter ended with Katsuo’s Nascent Susanoo grabbing Madara.

• Uchiha Madara gave Katsuo a scroll of hand seals and a Three-Tomoe Sharingan, then instructed him how to absorb its ocular power.
• Katsuo absorbed the Sharingan’s ocular power, which caused intense pain in his left eye while easing the pain in his blind right eye.
• Katsuo asked whether his blind eye could regain sight, and Uchiha Madara suggested that more ocular power might help.
• Uchiha Madara revealed that even many Sharingan had failed to restore his own sight, but suggested that gathering more might work.
• Katsuo recognized Madara’s proposal as an attempt to make him steal from the Uchiha Clan and refused to take the bait.
• Katsuo’s fusion completed, leaving his vision clearer and ocular power stronger, but his left eye bled as his Nascent Susanoo grabbed Uchiha Madara.

Katsuo fought Uchiha Madara with his black Susanoo, earth-style ninjutsu, and the Two-Tails, but Madara survived their combined attack. The battle remained unresolved as Katsuo sensed Madara was still alive.

• Katsuo's black Susanoo struck Madara and Black Zetsu, but Madara retaliated with Yasakani no Magatama and broke several of Katsuo's Susanoo bones.
• Katsuo collapsed the cave with Earth Release, but Madara emerged in a fully formed Susanoo and mocked him.
• Katsuo summoned the Two-Tails, which prepared a Tailed Beast Bomb while Katsuo trapped Madara's Susanoo with earth-style techniques.
• The Two-Tails fired its Tailed Beast Bomb at Madara, blasting apart the rock walls and the surrounding forest.
• Katsuo sensed that Madara had survived the explosion, though the attack had left his condition uncertain.

Katsuo used the Eight Gates to break free of Uchiha Madara’s Wood Release and rescue Two-Tails Matatabi, while Madara summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. Katsuo armored the Two-Tails in black Susanoo, leaving it empowered by destructive malice and ready to face the statue.

• Uchiha Madara restrained Two-Tails Matatabi with a wooden dragon and trapped Katsuo in a forest created by Deep Forest Emergence.
• Katsuo opened the Fifth and Sixth Gates, destroyed the trees with Morning Peacock, and charged to free the Two-Tails.
• Uchiha Madara summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, which frightened Four-Tails Son Goku into urging Roshi to flee to Iwagakure.
• Katsuo broke the wooden dragon with a kick and used his Sharingan to strengthen his control over Two-Tails Matatabi.
• Black flames and armor covered the Two-Tails, forming Majestic Attire: Susanoo and overcoming its fear of the Demonic Statue.

Katsuo and Uchiha Madara clashed with their strongest attacks, leaving both sides devastated as Madara escaped with Black Zetsu. Katsuo survived but the Two-Tails Matatabi died, and Kurama sensed its death from afar.

• Katsuo manifested a mist-shrouded Kusanagi sword through the Two-Tails, and Madara recognized its danger before charging with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Katsuo and Madara struck at the same time, and the collision blasted both giant beasts away while Katsuo’s sword aura tore through the statue’s punch.
• Black Zetsu took control of Madara’s ruined body and fled, while the Demonic Statue vanished and Katsuo collapsed with severe injuries.
• Katsuo treated his wounds, then found that the Two-Tails Matatabi had died and dispersed into energy.
• The other Tailed Beasts sensed Matatabi’s death, and Kurama rose and roared within his sealing space.

Uzumaki Mito suppressed the Nine-Tails as her life neared its end, while Katsuo left the battlefield after defeating Uchiha Madara, carrying the remains he had sealed away. Days later, war erupted between Konoha and Amegakure, and the Konoha Three-Nin debated how to face Hanzo without Katsuo.

• Uzumaki Mito used the Gates of the Great God to suppress the Nine-Tails and hoped a future jinchuriki could free it from hatred.
• Katsuo sealed away an arm of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and part of Uchiha Madara’s remains after Madara’s defeat.
• Katsuo headed for the Land of Rain, resolved to fight Black Zetsu and Madara to protect his loved ones.
• Hanzo launched a fierce battle against Konoha in the Land of Rain before Konoha’s army could make the first move.
• Tsunade worried about Orochimaru’s absence, and Orochimaru criticized Konoha’s leaders for holding Katsuo accountable.
• Jiraiya insisted the Three-Nin could win without Katsuo, while Orochimaru and Tsunade doubted his confidence.

Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru were named the Konoha Three-Nin after surviving a day of fighting Hanzo the Salamander. Uchiha Katsuo arrived blind, challenged Hanzo, and left him bloodied and unable to fight.

• Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru fought Hanzo the Salamander and their Summoning Beasts battled Ibuse until the Sannin were exhausted.
• Hanzo spared the Sannin and named them the Konoha Three-Nin, but Uchiha Katsuo arrived on the battlefield.
• Katsuo revealed that both his eyes were blind, then kicked Hanzo away and drove Ibuse back to the Summoning World with Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation.
• Hanzo attacked Katsuo with his scythe, but Katsuo dodged and opened the Eight Gates through the Seventh Gate.
• Katsuo struck Hanzo with Rising Sun, leaving him covered in blood and unable to fight.

Katsuo spared the defeated Hanzo the Salamander after the Konoha Three-Nin asked him to, and Konoha won the war against the Land of Rain. Back at camp, Katsuo punished Nawaki for going to the battlefield, revealed that he knew someone had targeted him, and warned Tsunade that the attackers were far beyond her strength.

• Katsuo stopped short of killing Hanzo the Salamander after Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru asked him to spare Hanzo’s life.
• Katsuo left Hanzo to the Sannin, and Konoha soon won the war against the Land of Rain.
• Katsuo tied Nawaki to a tree and whipped him for disobeying his warnings and going to the battlefield.
• Tsunade realized Katsuo had saved Nawaki from a threat he had anticipated, apologized, and thanked him.
• Katsuo told Tsunade that the attackers had escaped and warned her that pursuing them would be deadly; Jiraiya and Orochimaru were shocked by his account of the world’s hidden dangers.

Tsunade accepted Katsuo’s warning about Nawaki and agreed to let him train her brother, while Katsuo began pushing Nawaki through brutal, accelerated training. Katsuo also asked Orochimaru to repair his late father’s withered Sharingan and revealed that close blood relatives’ Mangekyo were needed to awaken a power beyond them.

• Katsuo assured Tsunade that Nawaki would not face danger again for the time being, and she accepted his warning.
• Tsunade told Nawaki to train seriously and agreed that Katsuo would guide him.
• Katsuo subjected Nawaki to grueling training with controlled doses of the Body Tempering Elixir, rapidly strengthening him.
• Katsuo gave Orochimaru his late father Uchiha Osamu’s One-Tomoe Sharingan and asked him to assess them.
• Orochimaru examined the dried eyes, recommended abandoning them, then offered to repair them when Katsuo insisted.
• Katsuo revealed that awakening a power beyond the Mangekyo required a matching pair of Mangekyo from close blood relatives, exciting Orochimaru.

Katsuo and Orochimaru used Sage Spring Water to revive Orochimaru’s withered eyes, then discussed the hidden treasures and dangers of Ryūchi Cave. Katsuo promised that when he was strong enough, he would lead Orochimaru into the cave’s depths.

• Orochimaru used Sage Spring Water to restore vitality to the withered eyes, making them suitable for transplantation.
• Katsuo and Orochimaru speculated that the Immortal Holy Lands might contain other treasures formed from Natural Energy.
• Orochimaru explained that powerful giant snakes and Ryūchi Cave’s strict demands kept him from reaching its depths.
• Orochimaru told Katsuo that Ryūchi Cave had rejected him as unfit to bear Sage Power and refused to teach him Sage Arts.
• Katsuo promised to grow strong enough to enter Ryūchi Cave with Orochimaru and uncover its secrets, and Orochimaru agreed to wait for that day.