Chapter Summaries

Kagami Uchiha accepted Tobirama Senju’s offer to become his student, believing he was serving Konoha despite the rift between their clans. Tobirama privately revealed that he intended to use Kagami’s convictions to divide the Uchiha Clan.

• At the Ninja Academy, Kagami Uchiha criticized the crowd’s praise of Yuto and worried that Uchiha pride could threaten Konoha’s balance.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Kagami that Tobirama Senju wanted to see him, and the two went to the Police Department.
• Kagami told Tobirama that he admired his dedication to Konoha and agreed to become his student despite the risk of being branded a traitor by the Uchiha.
• Tobirama announced Kagami’s appointment and privately thought that he could use Kagami to divide the Uchiha Clan.

The Sage of Six Paths merged with the Corrupted Hagoromo and returned to the Shinobi World in a decaying body, intending to face Ōtsutsuki Isshiki while remaining wary of threats from the distant stars. Meanwhile, Konoha announced the first Joint Chunin Exams, and Kyosuke planned to use the event to demonstrate Konoha’s dominance.

• The Sage of Six Paths explained that he had abandoned his decaying body, developed a way to create a Senjutsu Fruit, and caused the upheaval at Hozuki Castle to help his clone complete its task.
• The Sage of Six Paths merged his Spirit Form with the Corrupted Hagoromo, revived himself, and returned to the Shinobi World, unaware of the Corrupted Hagoromo’s mocking warning.
• The five great Hidden Villages agreed to Konoha’s first Joint Chunin Exams, as people questioned whether Konoha’s next generation could maintain its power.
• Yuto, Eri, and Kurama Jun asked Kyosuke to let them enter the exams, and Kyosuke revealed that all of the Ninja Academy’s Thirteen Guardians would participate.
• Kyosuke set his goal for the exams: by the Finals, no contestants from other Hidden Villages would remain.

Uchiha Yuto welcomed foreign contestants to Konoha and clashed with Chiyo after she insulted his sister, while he assessed the formidable young shinobi arriving for the Chunin Ninja Exams. As the other great villages sent their strongest candidates, including Cloud's Two-Tails Jinchūriki, Kyosuke expected Cloud's bid to restore its reputation to fail.

• Yuto and his teammates registered arriving contestants, and Yuto threatened Chiyo after she insulted Nagisa; an Uchiha shinobi frightened Chiyo unconscious with his Sharingan.
• Nagisa left with money from Yuto, who considered whether he should eliminate the Sunagakure contestants before meeting them on a future battlefield.
• Yuto registered Hanzō of the Salamander from Amegakure and recognized the boy as a dangerous fighter his own age.
• Ōnoki arrived from Iwagakure, and Yuto envied his ability to fly while Kurama Jun reflected on the villages' competition for prestige and missions.
• Contestants from Kirigakure and Kumogakure arrived, including Cloud's strongest young shinobi and its Two-Tails Jinchūriki.
• Kyosuke heard that Cloud had sent its Jinchūriki and predicted that the village would be disappointed in its bid to restore its reputation.

Konoha began the Joint Chunin Exams with a supervised Capture the Flag round, while Kyosuke and the village leaders observed the contestants. Far away, Isshiki completed his reincarnation ritual and was confronted by the Sage of Six Paths.

• Konoha replaced the written exam with Capture the Flag after the other villages rejected the Forest of Death rules.
• The Daimyō of the Land of Fire visited Eri, while Mu warned Ōnoki that Konoha's academy and points system could create a vast force of shinobi.
• Kyosuke delivered a long speech, and Sarutobi Sasuke officially started the first round of the exams.
• Yuto assigned Jun to defend their flag while he and Eri hunted rival teams, and Izuna joined Kyosuke to watch the matches.
• On a distant uninhabited planet, Isshiki completed his reincarnation ritual after more than 3,700 years and was met by the Sage of Six Paths.

Hagoromo battled Isshiki on a small planet, but Isshiki’s hidden attacks and superior strength forced Hagoromo to destroy the planet in an attempt to stop him. Isshiki survived, replenished his chakra from a juvenile Ten-Tails, and returned to the Shinobi World to continue the fight.

• Hagoromo clashed with Isshiki and realized his own strength was far below his opponent’s.
• Isshiki pierced Hagoromo’s torso with tiny Black Rods, prompting Hagoromo to summon his Perfect Susanoo and bind Isshiki with a sage talisman.
• Hagoromo struck Isshiki with the Susanoo’s sword, then detonated the planet with a Sage Talisman: Explosion when Isshiki remained hidden.
• Isshiki escaped the planet’s destruction through a Space Passage and reached a structure containing a juvenile Ten-Tails.
• Isshiki absorbed the Ten-Tails’ chakra to heal his injuries, then returned to the Shinobi World to resume his battle with Hagoromo.

As Yuto faced Kumogakure’s Two-Tails Jinchūriki in the Chunin Ninja Exams, Kyosuke gave him a cursed seal that let him overwhelm his opponent. The fight was interrupted when Isshiki appeared in the sky with the defeated Corrupted Hagoromo, warning Kyosuke that time was running out.

• Yuto promised Kyosuke he would win the Chunin Ninja Exams, and Kyosuke took him to the family’s Secret Laboratory to strengthen him with a cursed seal.
• Hiruzen defeated Ōnoki, while the future Third Raikage defeated Danzō in their respective matches.
• After the other contestants fought, Kyosuke and Yuto arrived dramatically at the arena, where Kyosuke enclosed the final match in a Four Red Yang Formation.
• Yuto activated Cursed Seal One and used his newfound power to overpower Kumogakure’s Two-Tails Jinchūriki.
• Isshiki appeared in the sky with the bloodied Corrupted Hagoromo and warned Kyosuke that he did not have much time left.

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki attacked Konoha during the Chunin Ninja Exams, overpowering its defenders and forcing Kyosuke to protect his family and villagers. Kyosuke returned to the stands after Izuna and Tobirama were defeated, facing Isshiki alone.

• Isshiki announced that he had come to seize Nine-Tails, kill the Hokage, and eliminate Six Paths, while Kyosuke ordered Konoha evacuated and raised the village to its highest alert.
• Isshiki dropped a massive cube on the spectators, but Kyosuke redirected it before Isshiki kicked him into the arena.
• Isshiki absorbed Senju Toka's Water Release and killed her and several Police Department members, then defeated Tobirama until Izuna intervened and Tobirama escaped using Flying Thunder God.
• Kyosuke recovered and sent Eri and Jun to help evacuate villagers, then teleported Yuto to safety with Mito before returning to the fight.
• Kyosuke found Izuna and Tobirama pinned by Isshiki's Black Rods, and Isshiki said he intended to keep them alive as feed.

Kyosuke and the others fought Ōtsutsuki Isshiki as he attacked Konoha, but even Yayoi Hyuga’s powerful Tenseigan technique only drove him back. As Kyosuke pursued Isshiki beyond the village, Madara Uchiha arrived and encountered the spirit of Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo.

• Kyosuke entered Sage Mode and attacked Isshiki, but Isshiki blocked his strikes and sent him crashing through Konoha into its outer wall.
• Uchiha Chō attacked Isshiki with her Susanoo, then pretended to accept his offer before he pierced her with black rods.
• Yayoi Hyuga arrived and unleashed the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, blasting Isshiki several kilometers away.
• Kyosuke told Yayoi to protect Konoha and pursued Isshiki, while the village struggled to withstand the shock waves from their battle.
• Madara Uchiha hurried toward Konoha after training at Ryūchi Cave, stopped when he sensed danger, and met Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo.

The Sage of Six Paths granted Madara Uchiha yin power, awakening his Tomoe Rinnegan, while Kyosuke struggled to adapt to a new dojutsu after Isshiki trapped him in another dimension. Hashirama gathered the power of past Asura incarnations and flew to Konoha, arriving just as Isshiki was wearing Madara down.

• Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo told Madara Uchiha about Isshiki's attack and gave him yin power, transforming his eternal Mangekyō Sharingan into a Tomoe Rinnegan.
• Kyosuke fought Isshiki with wide-area attacks, spent 200,000 System points on a dojutsu, and was sent to a time-stop alternate dimension.
• Isshiki attacked Madara, but Madara's Limbo shadows countered him, and his new eyes allowed him to create eight shadows.
• Kyosuke worked to adapt to his new dojutsu inside the alternate dimension while waiting for it to finish activating.
• Hashirama saw the graves of past Asura incarnations, received their gathered power, and flew toward Konoha despite the danger.
• Isshiki shattered most of Madara's shadows and drove him back before Hashirama arrived to help.

Hashirama and Madara combined their powers to unleash a devastating attack on Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, but the effort left them incapacitated. Kyosuke rescued them and faced the recovering Isshiki, opening the Eighth Gate to end the battle.

• Hashirama joined Madara against Isshiki, survived a black rod through the heart, and revealed a talisman that could restrict space-time ninjutsu.
• Hashirama summoned True Several Thousand Hands, and Madara clad its arms in Susanoo before they unleashed Top Transformed Buddha on Isshiki.
• Isshiki was battered and driven underground, while Hashirama and Madara exhausted themselves continuing their attack.
• Konoha shook under the assault as residents and visiting ninja feared for their safety.
• Isshiki recovered and rose from the crater, while Kyosuke brought the unconscious Hashirama and Madara to a secret base.
• Kyosuke confronted the approaching Isshiki and opened the Eighth Gate.

Uchiha Kyosuke used the Eight Gates Released Formation and the Afterlife squad’s Creation Rebirth to fight Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, ultimately destroying him at the cost of his own life. The aftermath left the Moon Base’s guards in panic, Mito and Nagisa grieving, and Madara missing as Konoha prepared to honor Kyosuke as a fallen hero.

• Kyosuke opened the Gate of Death, endured Isshiki’s attacks, and used a Yin–Yang Release Black Rod to draw life energy from the Afterlife squad and heal his injuries.
• Kyosuke shrank to Isshiki’s size, struck him with Evening Elephant, and then unleashed Eight-Phase Burst: Rakshasa’s Solo Dance, annihilating Isshiki while burning through his own life.
• The system confirmed Isshiki’s death and awarded Kyosuke 200,000 points, but Kyosuke’s body collapsed, and all thirty-six members of the Afterlife squad died.
• At Konoha’s underground shelter, Nagisa began crying and Mito’s talisman cracked as she struggled to contain her grief over Kyosuke.
• Madara left the secret base, saying he would protect the shinobi world from the shadows, while Konoha’s official account declared that Kyosuke had perished alongside the invading enemy and planned a statue in his honor.

Uchiha Yuto awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and challenged Tobirama Senju during the struggle for the Second Hokage position. His unusual abilities let him match Tobirama’s strength and land a seemingly impossible strike, leaving the duel’s outcome unclear.

• Tobirama Senju maneuvered to become Second Hokage while Uchiha Chō and Yayoi Hyuga opposed him, and he spread rumors to provoke conflict between the Uchiha and Hyuga clans.
• Uchiha Yuto became a jonin at thirteen and revealed that he had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, which had changed his personality as he grieved for his father.
• Yuto challenged Tobirama, and Uchiha Izuna pledged that the clan would stop interfering in the Hokage election if Tobirama won.
• At the duel, Yuto used Enemy and Ally of the Same Origin to match Tobirama’s abilities and threw his father’s Kusanagi Sword with the Unerring Strike, piercing Tobirama’s abdomen.
• Tobirama was left bewildered by Yuto’s seemingly impossible attack.

After Uchiha Yuto defeated Tobirama Senju, Yayoi Hyuga became Second Hokage and strengthened Konoha while preparing for threats from Kumogakure and Sunagakure. As the first Five Kage Summit approached, she chose Uchiha Chō and Yuto as her guards, and Yuto looked forward to facing the Raikage and Kazekage.

• Uchiha Yuto defeated Tobirama Senju, warned him not to target the Uchiha, and gained widespread praise.
• Yayoi Hyuga became Second Hokage as the Hyuga and Uchiha grew stronger, while the Senju became increasingly isolated.
• Yuto and Yayoi responded to Kumogakure and Sunagakure's hostility by working with Iwagakure and Kirigakure and imposing economic sanctions on their enemies.
• Sunagakure's financial troubles pushed Kazekage Reto to seek allies, and the five great hidden villages convened the first Five Kage Summit in the Land of Samurai.
• Yayoi selected Uchiha Chō and Uchiha Yuto as her guards, and Yuto prepared to face Raikage A and Kazekage Reto.

At the Five Kage Summit, Yayoi, Yuto, and Chō fought the other villages’ leaders after the Kazekage challenged Konoha’s territorial stance. Konoha won the confrontation and cemented its reputation as the shinobi world’s strongest village, while Kyosuke’s scientific research hinted at a future answer to the Ōtsutsuki’s regeneration.

• Reto demanded economic support from Konoha and sought control of the Land of Rivers, but Yayoi refused and challenged him and the Raikage when she realized they were testing Konoha.
• Reto boasted that he had once fought Kyosuke to a draw, enraging Yuto, who summoned his Three-Stage Susanoo and attacked the Kazekage.
• Chō challenged the Raikage, wounded him with her Great Naginata, and set off explosive tags that engulfed him.
• Yayoi fought the Mizukage and Tsuchikage, defeating Byakuren while Ishikawa warned Mu that Konoha’s Hokage was too fast for his Dust Release.
• The summit ended with Konoha overwhelmingly demonstrating its strength, and the other villages recognized that its power rested on a deep bench of fighters and Kyosuke’s legacy of Scientific Ninja Tools research.
• Kyosuke’s research companies continued developing technology under Yayoi, who might use it to find a way to harm the regenerating Ōtsutsuki.

Kyosuke’s plans for Konoha’s Scientific Ninja Tools contrasted with Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo’s discovery of the three factions and the threat they faced. After hearing Kaguya’s account, Hagoromo resolved to reform the Ten-Tails and unite the shinobi world, beginning with Konoha.

• Kyosuke planned four categories of Scientific Ninja Tools to strengthen Konoha and prepare it for a long extraterrestrial war, with Madara Uchiha guarding its future from the shadows.
• Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo visited Kaguya on the moon to learn more about the Ōtsutsuki after Isshiki’s death and Kyosuke’s reported death.
• Kaguya explained that Avalon advocated killing, Sainte-Hualie advocated ruling, and Jacob advocated coexistence, and revealed that Avalon held overwhelming power while the other factions were scattered or rejected.
• Kaguya told Hagoromo that Isshiki had sought a Chakra Fruit to ignite divine flame and join the Family Enforcement Squad, whose members could destroy Earth.
• Hagoromo concluded that his ideals had failed to protect the shinobi world and promised to reform the Ten-Tails and free Kaguya after igniting divine flame.
• Hagoromo said Ninshū would emerge to gather the tailed beasts and seek recognition from a major Hidden Village, starting with Konoha, while Kaguya doubted he could unite the shinobi world.

Uchiha Nagisa celebrated graduating from the Ninja Academy with her friends, but memories of her late father upset her and she hurried to meet her teammates. At the training ground, a man wearing the characters “Ninshū” attacked her and threatened to slaughter the Uchiha, prompting Yuto to rush to her aid.

• Uchiha Izuna ordered an investigation into the Senju after learning that Hashirama had gone to welcome a group of unknown visitors.
• Uchiha Nagisa celebrated her graduation with Yuto, Eri, Kurama Jun, and their friends, then arranged to meet her teammates for a bell-test discussion.
• Yuto became emotional as Nagisa brought up the bell test and remembered his late father, so Nagisa left with tears in her eyes.
• A clan ninja told Yuto that something terrible had happened to Nagisa, and Yuto set off with Eri to find her.
• At Training Ground No. 3, a middle-aged man insulted Kyosuke, defeated Nagisa and her teammates, and threatened to slaughter the Uchiha in revenge for his brother.
• Two Uchiha guards arrived to protect Nagisa, and the man gathered chakra, declaring that he would make a scene.

Yuto fought Kanami after Kanami injured Nagisa, while Yayoi confronted Mi Gujie, a Ninshū leader demanding Shinobi World unification. Hashirama stopped Yuto from killing Kanami and rejected Ninshū’s demands, leaving the conflict unresolved.

• Yuto found Nagisa injured at the training grounds and attacked Kanami after learning he had grabbed her by the hair.
• Yuto summoned Perfect Susanoo and battled Kanami’s Wood Golem as Yayoi confronted Mi Gujie, who demanded that she accept Ninshū’s plan to unify the Shinobi World.
• Yayoi attacked Mi Gujie, while Tobirama tried to stop Konoha’s forces from treating Ninshū as enemies and Uchiha Chō ordered the Ninshū members placed under surveillance.
• Yuto pierced Kanami’s Wood Golem with Cause and Effect Reversal, but Hashirama arrived and persuaded him to stop.
• Hashirama struck Kanami and told him that Konoha would not agree to Ninshū’s demands.

Hashirama rejected Ninshū’s demands and protected Uchiha Yuto and Uchiha Nagisa, prompting Konoha to declare Ninshū enemies and prepare for war. As Kanami traveled toward Iwagakure to seek allies and pursue revenge, Madara Uchiha intercepted him after learning Ninshū had attacked Nagisa.

• Hashirama comforted Uchiha Nagisa, praised Yuto for defending her, and warned Kanami that anyone who interfered with Konoha was his enemy.
• Kanami abandoned negotiations and left Konoha to approach other nations, while Yuto resolved to grow stronger by visiting Ryūchi Cave.
• Yayoi defeated Mi Gujie in their aerial battle and ordered a territory-wide warrant for Ninshū, along with a public list of its alleged crimes.
• Yayoi and Uchiha Chō recognized that Konoha’s conflict with Ninshū could draw the other nations into a war against them.
• Madara Uchiha learned that Ninshū had attacked Nagisa, struck Kanami on the road to Iwagakure, and demanded to know whom he had threatened to kill.

Ninshū allied with Cloud and Sunagakure against Konoha, while Yayoi and Uchiha Chō prepared for the growing threat and dealt with a traitor inside the Uchiha clan. On the moon, Yayoi learned that Kyosuke had prepared young Kāma bearers as vessels for his resurrection and consulted his will-made avatar, Number Two, about the crisis.

• Ninshū formed a defensive alliance with Cloud and Sunagakure, which planned to use it while continuing to target Konoha.
• Uchiha Chō reported thirteen clashes with Cloud and Sunagakure, and she and Yayoi discussed seeking Iwagakure's support and watching Kagami Uchiha, who had sided with the Senju.
• Yayoi left Konoha for the moon and inspected seven- and eight-year-old boys bearing Kyosuke's Kāma as vessels for his resurrection.
• Yayoi learned that Kyosuke had sealed his soul in a Shinigami mask to prevent Impure World Reincarnation and had arranged for Number Two to guide her.
• Number Two told Yayoi that Ninshū and Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo were not immediate threats and advised her to rely on Konoha's strength.

Madara ordered Tobi to investigate Konoha while Konoha and Kirigakure’s growing conflict erupted into a battle over the Land of Whirlpools. Uchiha Nagisa awakened her Mangekyō, and Izuna’s forces killed the Mizukage, leaving the shinobi world stunned.

• Madara explained the importance of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and sent Tobi to Konoha to gather intelligence.
• Tobirama intercepted Uzumaki Ashina’s request for help, but White Zetsu delivered word of Kirigakure’s attack to Yayoi, who mobilized reinforcements.
• Mito led Uchiha forces to aid the Land of Whirlpools, where Kirigakure’s assault gravely wounded her and routed Ashina.
• Nagisa awakened her Mangekyō during the fighting and held out until help arrived, while the Uchiha’s elite unit turned the battle against Kirigakure.
• At the beginning of Konoha Year 12, Izuna led a surprise attack that killed the Mizukage and his Shadow Guard, marking the first time a Kage had died on a battlefield.