Chapter Summaries

Katsuo's clone traveled through the Land of Water to Kirigakure and began killing the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. After killing Jūzō Biwa and Munashi Jinpachi, he continued his attack on the village.

• Katsuo's clone passed through the ruins of Uzushio Village and crossed the sea to Kirigakure.
• Katsuo's clone killed Jūzō Biwa at the village gate with a Water Release spear and took the Kubikiribōchō.
• Katsuo's clone killed two chūnin guards and sealed away the Kubikiribōchō.
• Katsuo's clone confronted Munashi Jinpachi and Jinin Akebino in a tavern.
• Katsuo's clone struck Munashi Jinpachi, causing his blood to burst from his body and killing him.

Katsuo killed Hozuki Mangetsu and Patriarch Hozuki, then used his power over water to slaughter Hozuki Clan ninja who tried to avenge them. The Third Mizukage ordered the remaining Seven Ninja Swordsmen recalled, and Katsuo headed to the Mizukage’s office while wondering whether Uchiha Madara was still alive.

• A Mizukage Advisor told the Third Mizukage that several wielders of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen’s blades were away from the village.
• Katsuo approached Hozuki Mangetsu, gave him Nuibari, then killed him when he accepted the sword.
• Patriarch Hozuki attacked Katsuo, but Katsuo drained the water from his body and killed him.
• Katsuo made the water-nature Chakra inside Hozuki Clan ninja erupt, killing several as they called for revenge.
• The Third Mizukage ordered the absent sword wielders recalled, and Katsuo demanded that the people and swords be brought back before heading to the Mizukage’s office.

Katsuo waited in the Mizukage’s office for the remaining Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and demanded Kirigakure’s sealing techniques. After threatening to destroy the village, he forced the Third Mizukage to order the major clans to submit their techniques within two hours.

• Katsuo questioned the Third Mizukage about the Three-Tails and explained that he had killed the Seven Ninja Swordsmen and Hozuki Mangetsu to prevent a future threat to his nephew.
• The Third Mizukage learned Katsuo was carrying out a mission, then refused his request for Kirigakure’s sealing techniques.
• Katsuo released enough sage power to crack the Mizukage’s office and accused the Land of Water of helping destroy Uzushio Village.
• The Third Mizukage backed down and offered to retrieve Kirigakure’s sealing techniques.
• Katsuo ordered every major clan to submit copies of its sealing ninjutsu within two hours or face the slaughter of its entire clan.

Katsuo gathered Kirigakure’s sealing techniques and killed the remaining ninja sword wielders, including Suikazan Fuguki, then offered Kisame Hoshigaki a chance to follow him. Kisame refused out of loyalty to the village, while Katsuo left the offer open for a future day.

• Kirigakure’s major clans collected sealing techniques for Katsuo, who sorted the techniques and later killed the wielders of the Twin Swords and the Thunder Sword.
• Katsuo learned that Suikazan Fuguki was resisting the Mizukage’s orders and went to his home, where Kisame Hoshigaki was among the shinobi surrounding it.
• Katsuo told Kisame to wait, entered Fuguki’s home, and emerged a minute later with Great Sword: Samehada after killing Fuguki.
• Katsuo asked Kisame to abandon Kirigakure and follow him, but Kisame refused to betray the village.
• Katsuo told Kisame he could seek him out if he ever grew tired of darkness and betrayal, then left Kisame wondering whether that future awaited him.

After two years of enlightenment, Katsuo awoke and rushed toward Konoha, worried about what he might find there. In Konoha, Uchiha Feng lay near death, lamenting that Katsuo had not returned, while Mikoto wept in the rain.

• Katsuo ended his two-year state of enlightenment after seeing a mysterious Dao Shadow bound by roots and hearing a heavenly voice cry for help.
• Katsuo woke, realized how much time had passed, and flew toward Konoha on a Wind Truth-Seeking Orb.
• Uchiha Feng's family and the Uchiha leadership gathered at his bedside as he neared death.
• Uchiha Sheng told Uchiha Feng that Katsuo could not return because his ties to Mount Myōboku remained and Konoha's Banishment Decree had not been lifted.
• Uchiha Feng regretted entrusting Mikoto to the wrong person, and Mikoto ran into the rain, crying out for Katsuo to come back.

Uchiha Katsuo returned to the Uchiha clan during a storm and reunited with the heartbroken Mikoto. After comforting her, he urged her to come with him to save his grandfather, while the Third Hokage sent Anbu to investigate the strange pillar of light.

• Mikoto threw Katsuo's old letter into the rain and cried that she hated him and did not want him anymore.
• A bolt of lightning struck, and a pillar of light pierced the storm clouds above the Uchiha clan.
• Katsuo appeared before Mikoto, apologized for returning late, and embraced her as she broke down in tears.
• The Third Hokage saw the pillar of light and, fearing Katsuo had returned, ordered Anbu to investigate.
• Katsuo comforted Mikoto and told her to come see his grandfather before it was too late.

Katsuo returned to the Uchiha compound and used a Yang Release Truth-Seeking Orb and Sage Chakra to revive his dying grandfather, Uchiha Feng. After three hours, Feng’s life had returned, though the orb had shrunk considerably.

• Katsuo arrived with Mikoto and ignored Fugaku and his family as he went to see Uchiha Feng.
• Katsuo shut the room and told Uchiha Sheng and the others that Feng could still live.
• Katsuo used the Yang Release Truth-Seeking Orb and Sage Chakra to revive Feng, whose heart stopped during the process.
• Katsuo worked on Feng for three hours, restoring his body and drawing black mist from his skull.
• The orb emerged much smaller, and Katsuo sealed Feng’s wound after confirming his heart was beating again.

Katsuo healed Uchiha Kuiko’s grandfather and used Yang Release to help Kuiko and her unborn child before resting with Mikoto. In private, he learned that he had been gone for twelve years and began telling Mikoto about his seclusion in the Death Forest.

• Katsuo restored Uchiha Kuiko’s grandfather’s health and said he would likely wake after sleeping.
• Katsuo corrected the baby’s position and blessed Kuiko and her child with Yang Release.
• Katsuo went to Mikoto’s room, where she asked where he had been and he admitted he had spent twelve years in seclusion in the Death Forest.
• Mikoto teased Katsuo about his awkward love letter, and they laughed together.
• Katsuo used Yang Release to strengthen Mikoto, then told her there was something even more comfortable.

After spending the morning with Mikoto, Katsuo reunited with the Uchiha family and explained that he had spent twelve years cultivating sage arts in the Death Forest. He promised to teach them a human-compatible form of Sage Mode in a few days.

• Mikoto woke beside Katsuo, examined his unusually soft and resilient body, and was healed by his Yang Release Truth-Seeking Orb after their private morning together.
• Mikoto greeted Uchiha Feng, who scolded Katsuo for calling him an old man and then told everyone to eat breakfast.
• Katsuo said he had not eaten a proper meal in over ten years and explained that he had spent the last twelve years cultivating in the Death Forest.
• Katsuo revealed that he had cultivated sage arts, surprising Uchiha Feng and the others, who knew Senju Hashirama had also used Sage Mode.
• Katsuo promised to teach the family his human-compatible Forced Fusion Style Sage Mode in a few days and warned that they would need to follow his guidance carefully.

Katsuo explained that ordinary people could not master his complete immortal arts quickly and recommended Sage Mode as a more attainable path. After learning how Mount Myōboku and Konoha had pressured his family during his twelve-year seclusion, he apologized and assured them he could resolve the matter, then learned that Uchiha Fugaku had become clan patriarch.

• Katsuo explained the long, difficult requirements of immortal cultivation and said most people in the room should pursue Sage Mode instead.
• Mikoto asked whether everyone could learn Sage Mode, and Katsuo said diligent cultivation could let them succeed.
• Uchiha Feng asked whether Katsuo had settled matters with Mount Myōboku, and Katsuo realized he had not known they had come looking for him.
• Uchiha Sheng recounted Mount Myōboku's pressure on Konoha and the Banishment Decree, prompting Katsuo to apologize for leaving his family worried.
• Katsuo assured everyone he could resolve the trouble with Mount Myōboku and Konoha whenever he wanted.
• Uchiha Sheng told Katsuo that Uchiha Fugaku had become patriarch three years earlier, and Katsuo questioned whether Fugaku was qualified.

Katsuo rejected the chance to take the Uchiha Patriarch seat and dismissed concerns about Konoha’s prohibition, then left with Mikoto to visit his old base. He learned that Kushina had been living there to keep Konoha from reclaiming it, though she did not yet know he had returned.

• Uchiha Feng explained that the Great Elder had arranged for Uchiha Fugaku to become Patriarch, and Katsuo refused Feng’s invitation to contest the position.
• Katsuo offered the Patriarch seat to Uchiha Sheng and Uchiha Chi, but Sheng declined and Feng said Chi was not suited to lead the clan.
• Katsuo suggested elevating Izumi-sensei or another capable branch jonin, while Feng decided Fugaku could remain Patriarch for now; Katsuo again refused the role.
• Feng asked how Katsuo would handle Konoha’s prohibition, and Katsuo said he wanted to see who dared enforce it before leaving with Mikoto.
• Mikoto told Katsuo that Kushina had been guarding his old base and was currently away on an escort mission, unaware that he had returned.

Katsuo learned that Kushina was living at his camp because she had nowhere else to go and still loved him, while Mikoto revealed that she and Konan loved him too. Ten years earlier, the three friends had agreed to share Katsuo and had kept their arrangement as they grew up.

• Mikoto told Katsuo that Minato was dating Uzumaki Keiga, who had become the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki instead of Kushina.
• Mikoto explained that Kushina had no home after Mito's death, had chosen to stay at Katsuo's camp, and had always liked him.
• Mikoto told Katsuo that she and Konan also loved him and that the three women had already agreed on their positions as his wives.
• Ten years earlier, Kushina, Mikoto, and Konan drank together at Katsuo's camp while he was away in seclusion.
• Kushina confessed that she loved Katsuo, and the three girls agreed not to become jealous over his future relationships.
• Mikoto recounted how they settled their order, with Mikoto first, Kushina second, and Konan third, and Katsuo asked her to tell him before arranging wives for him.

After returning to Konoha, Uchiha Katsuo killed Root operatives who were spying on him and confronted a group sent to enforce his expulsion. His bloody actions in the village’s market district left the Hokage, Danzo, and the Uchiha Clan’s Security Force to respond.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Konoha’s forces to ignore Katsuo and avoid contact with him.
• Katsuo sent Mikoto back to the clan and killed two Root members who had been monitoring them, deliberately letting a third escape.
• Danzo ordered his men to alert the Hokage and the Uchiha Clan’s Konoha Security Force, then sent ten Genin to expel Katsuo.
• Katsuo killed the first Genin with an invisible force in the middle of the market, causing panicked villagers to flee.
• The remaining nine Genin repeated the expulsion order, and Katsuo killed them all without moving or forming hand seals.

Katsuo attacked Root's headquarters with lightning after killing shinobi who had blocked his return to Konoha, prompting Hiruzen Sarutobi to confront him. Their clash escalated into a fight over Katsuo's punishment and Hiruzen's right to remain Hokage, while some shinobi hesitated to obey the order to capture him.

• Katsuo struck Root's headquarters with more than twenty lightning bolts, heavily damaging it and leaving Danzo's condition unknown.
• Anbu reported the attacks to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who ordered Katsuo's arrest, while Uchiha Fugaku mobilized the clan after hearing of Katsuo's actions.
• Konoha shinobi surrounded Katsuo, and Hiruzen Sarutobi attacked him with the Adamantine Staff; Katsuo's punch sent the weapon flying and injured Hiruzen's hand.
• Katsuo claimed that ten Genin had provoked him and accused Hiruzen of attacking a shinobi with merit without distinguishing right from wrong.
• Hiruzen ordered the shinobi to capture Katsuo, but some held back, and an Elite Jonin from the Yamanaka Clan sent others to evacuate civilians and seek the old Patriarch.

Katsuo shrugged off Konoha’s attacks and massacred its ninjas with his Truth-Seeking Orbs before four Elite Jonin trapped him in a sealing barrier. He noticed Fugaku and the Uchiha-led police force arriving and paused his assault as the trapped figure called for Fugaku’s help.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Konoha’s ninjas to attack Katsuo with different elemental releases, but Katsuo’s Truth-Seeking Orbs nullified them and turned the wind attack back on the attackers.
• Hiruzen ordered the ninjas to throw Exploding Tags and then use taijutsu, but Katsuo redirected the tags and burned the Akimichi ninja’s hand with a Fire Truth-Seeking Orb.
• A Nara ninja used the Shadow Imitation Technique on Katsuo, but Katsuo’s seventh Dao Ball devoured the shadow and drained the ninja’s Chakra.
• Katsuo unleashed wind and earth attacks that killed dozens of Konoha ninjas, prompting four Elite Jonin to trap him inside the Four Violet Flames Formation.
• Katsuo sensed Fugaku and the Uchiha-led police force approaching, held back from destroying the barrier, and heard the trapped figure call for Fugaku’s help.

Uchiha Fugaku arrived as Uchiha Katsuo fought to break free of the Four Violet Flames Formation and refused Katsuo’s plea for help, choosing instead to oppose him. Katsuo then appealed to the Uchiha clan to rescue him, while Konoha shinobi surrounded the clan in the marketplace.

• Fugaku arrived to find Konoha shinobi dead across the battlefield as the Third Hokage and the Elite Jonin struggled to contain Katsuo.
• The Third Hokage reinforced the Four Violet Flames Formation, and more shinobi joined until the barrier contracted around Katsuo.
• Katsuo begged Fugaku to help him escape and promised to make him the Fourth Hokage, but Fugaku said he would not help him.
• Fugaku accused Katsuo of betraying and endangering the Uchiha clan, and Katsuo urged the clan to strike once and free him.
• More than a thousand Konoha shinobi surrounded the Uchiha warriors as Katsuo appealed to their clan pride and promised to restore their glory.

Katsuo unleashed his Sage Power after a Hyuga jonin critically wounded Uchiha Dou, destroying the Flame Formation Barrier and killing hundreds of Konoha ninjas. He revived Dou and gathered his six loyal Uchiha supporters while his rain attack devastated the village, leaving the Third Hokage injured and most of the assembled force dead.

• Fugaku and Utatane Koharu persuaded most Uchiha Security Force members to leave the encirclement, but Uchiha Yan, Uchiha Lin, Uchiha Qian, Uchiha Dou, and two others stayed loyal to Katsuo.
• Uchiha Dou charged the Konoha forces, and a Hyuga jonin struck him with Gentle Fist, fatally damaging his heart.
• Katsuo erupted with Sage Power, shattered the Flame Formation Barrier, and attacked Konoha with deadly flames and rain, killing hundreds and injuring the Third Hokage.
• Katsuo healed Uchiha Dou and called the six remaining loyal Uchiha to his side.
• Katsuo unleashed Sage Art: Heavenly Rain of Purification, reducing the surrounding buildings to ruins and killing at least nine hundred Konoha ninjas.

Katsuo slaughtered Konoha’s remaining defenders with sage techniques, killed Uchiha Fugaku after defeating his Mangekyō genjutsu and Susanoo, and ordered the spared Uchiha to collect their dead clansmen’s eyes and bodies. He then stopped two people from fleeing and killed Hokage Advisor Utatane Koharu.

• Katsuo unleashed Sage Art: Earth Thorns, killing most of the remaining elites and more than a hundred Uchiha Clan members.
• Katsuo rebuked the Third Hokage with an invisible attack, then demanded that Fugaku reveal his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Fugaku used his Mangekyō ocular technique on Katsuo, but a black Dao Ball shattered the illusion.
• Fugaku summoned Susanoo, but Katsuo melted its skeletal claw with the Fire Truth-Seeking Orb, shattered the rest, and killed Fugaku with a punch.
• Katsuo ordered the fourteen spared Uchiha Clan soldiers to collect the dead clansmen’s eyes and return their bodies to the Uchiha Compound.
• Katsuo stopped two people from fleeing and stomped Utatane Koharu’s head into the ground, killing her.

Katsuo stopped the gathered shinobi from continuing the fighting and spared the wounded Third Hokage after Yamanaka Seiun pleaded with him. He stripped Hiruzen Sarutobi of the Hokage title, named Minato Namikaze as his successor, and ordered Root disbanded as Shimura Danzō was declared an S-rank rogue shinobi.

• Mitokado Homura cowered before Katsuo, and Yamanaka Seiun arrived with the clan forces as Konoha shinobi gathered around the massacre site.
• Katsuo confronted the wounded Third Hokage and warned the assembled shinobi to put down their weapons or suffer the same fate as the dead.
• Yamanaka Seiun begged Katsuo to spare the Third Hokage, and Katsuo agreed while the Third Hokage ordered everyone to retreat.
• Katsuo stripped Hiruzen Sarutobi of the Hokage title and instructed Mitokado Homura to announce Minato Namikaze as the Fourth Hokage.
• Katsuo ordered Root disbanded and Shimura Danzō declared an S-rank rogue shinobi.

Katsuo collected the Uchiha dead’s eyes and bodies, then tried to persuade Hiruzen Sarutobi that his power could reshape the violent ninja world into a peaceful New World. Hiruzen remained wary, but Katsuo’s vision left him tempted despite himself.

• Katsuo collected more than two hundred eyes, sealed them in a scroll, retrieved Fugaku’s eyes, and ordered the Uchiha bodies taken to the shrine for a clan meeting.
• Katsuo challenged Hiruzen Sarutobi to explain why they should remain enemies, offering to fulfill Hiruzen’s hopes for Konoha.
• Hiruzen accused Katsuo of selfishness, evil deeds, and causing war, while resolving himself to die.
• Katsuo argued that violence and cunning were inherent to the ninja world, then declared that he wanted to destroy its crooked path and build a peaceful New World.
• Hiruzen and the others were stunned by Katsuo’s argument, and Hiruzen found himself yearning for the New World even as he distrusted Katsuo.