Chapter Summaries

Aozora and Itachi subdued Uchiha Itachi during the Uchiha clan’s attempted extermination and debated how to save the family. Uchiha Itachi offered to help atone, and the group headed toward the arriving Konoha High Command.

• Aozora told Itachi that Uchiha Itachi’s crimes could not be erased, though saving the Uchiha from extermination was possible.
• Uchiha Itachi questioned Aozora’s confidence, and Aozora revealed that he had taken down the masked man claiming to be Uchiha Madara.
• Aozora and Itachi learned that Fugaku had likely dealt with the Root members who entered the Clan Compound.
• Uchiha Itachi offered his Mangekyo Sharingan and Shisui’s eye as proof of sincerity, asking to see how Aozora would resolve the family crisis and offering to atone.
• Aozora accepted the offer but said they might not need Uchiha Itachi’s help, then sensed the Konoha High Command arriving and led Itachi and Uchiha Itachi toward Fugaku.

After Root and ANBU attacked the Uchiha compound, Fugaku led the clan in killing the intruders as Hiruzen arrived with ANBU. Danzo pushed Hiruzen and Fugaku toward open conflict, hoping the crisis would bring him the position of Fifth Hokage.

• Hiruzen saw the signal flare, prepared for battle, and ordered Shikaku to assemble Konoha's Jonin near the Uchiha compound.
• Fugaku led the Uchiha in slaughtering Root ninjas while Tekka tormented two wounded ANBU who had helped attack the clan.
• Kakashi intervened to save the ANBU, and Tekka declared that the Uchiha would rebel if Konoha had come to wipe them out.
• Hiruzen confronted Fugaku, who demanded to know why ANBU had attacked Uchiha elders and children.
• Danzo dismissed Hiruzen's attempt to call the attack a misunderstanding and quietly withdrew, hoping the confrontation would lead to Hiruzen's downfall and his own rise as Fifth Hokage.

Sarutobi Hiruzen and Uchiha Fugaku failed to defuse the standoff, and a hidden attack triggered a battle between the Uchiha and Konoha forces. As the fighting raged, an unseen attacker struck Danzo and reached for his bandaged right eye.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen offered to investigate the Uchiha deaths, but Fugaku demanded an explanation and both leaders stalled for time.
• Danzo secretly launched an Explosive Tag kunai, Fugaku intercepted it, and both sides ordered their forces to attack.
• The Uchiha and ANBU exchanged fire and water techniques, and the ANBU suffered heavy casualties as the Uchiha used their numbers and Fire Release.
• Fugaku led the Uchiha elites against Sarutobi Hiruzen's Shadow Guard, while Hiruzen countered with Water Release and Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu.
• Blue Light weapons struck the Shadow Guard through the mist, and Danzo blocked one before an unseen figure appeared and caused pain around his bandaged right eye.

Aozora reclaimed Shisui's right eye and joined the Uchiha battle, shifting the fight against Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo in the clan compound. He took command of the Uchiha and ordered them to wait for Konoha's reinforcements, confident he could settle the clan's crisis when they arrived.

• Aozora took Shisui's right eye from Danzo before Danzo's concealed Root ninja emerged, then he, Itachi, and Uchiha Itachi attacked the ANBU.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen used Enma's Ruyi Jingu Bang to push back the Uchiha and gathered his wounded ANBU around himself and Danzo.
• Yashiro urged Fugaku to kill Hiruzen and Danzo before reinforcements arrived, but Fugaku asked Aozora what to do.
• Aozora revealed his powerful Sharingan and overwhelmed the Uchiha leaders with his chakra and killing intent, then ordered them to wait for reinforcements.
• Fugaku accepted Aozora's command and sent weaker clan members to gather the dead and comfort survivors while Hiruzen and Danzo waited for Konoha's ninja to arrive.

Uchiha Aozora confronted Sarutobi Hiruzen and the arriving Konoha reinforcements as the Uchiha refused to surrender. After Aozora exposed Danzō’s stolen Mangekyō Sharingan, Hiruzen ordered an attack, leaving the battle about to begin.

• Might Guy and several elite Jōnin arrived to reinforce the ANBU, and Sarutobi Hiruzen demanded that Fugaku surrender the Uchiha.
• Aozora declared that the Uchiha feared nothing, and Fugaku announced that Aozora’s will was his and the clan’s will.
• Hiruzen asked Aozora to stop fighting and promised to protect Uchiha civilians, while Danzō threatened the clan and demanded his eye back.
• Aozora showed Danzō’s stolen eye and accused him of taking a Mangekyō Sharingan, prompting the Uchiha and the allied clan leaders to suspect Danzō had harmed Shisui.
• Hiruzen silenced the compound and ordered the ANBU and Jōnin to attack after Aozora accused him of shielding Danzō.

Aozora trapped Sarutobi Hiruzen’s forces inside a massive barrier and declared that Shimura Danzō and the Konoha higher-ups who protected him deserved execution. He charged into the advancing Konoha shinobi, scattering the first fighters with a powerful shockwave.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered an attack as Aozora called for the Uchiha to fall back, and Aozora raised eight hills to form a large barrier around Hiruzen’s forces.
• Hiashi discovered that only Aozora, Itachi, and Uchiha Itachi were inside the barrier, and Aozora sent Itachi and Uchiha Itachi to guard its nodes.
• Aozora announced that he intended to fight, while Hiashi warned the others that Aozora had Chakra comparable to a Tailed Beast.
• Aozora accused Shimura Danzō of stealing the Uchiha bloodline limit and accused Sarutobi Hiruzen, Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, and other higher-ups of conspiring against the Uchiha and protecting Danzō.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered the ANBU and Jonin to kill Aozora, who charged toward them and knocked the first Konoha fighters into the air with a shockwave.

Aozora fought alone against Konoha’s elite force, overwhelming its ninja with his taijutsu and genjutsu as Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo watched for an opening. The Ino-Shika-Cho formation trapped him beneath Chōza’s enormous palm, and Aozora answered with a burst of golden Chakra.

• Uchiha Tielan raised an Earth Wall Jutsu barrier, where Fugaku and the other Uchiha elite questioned the Konoha High Command and reacted to Aozora’s challenge.
• Aozora broke an ANBU’s sword, killed the ANBU and a Jonin, and drove back Konoha’s attackers with his taijutsu.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered Kakashi’s squad to join the attack, and Might Guy, Asuma, and Yūhi Kurenai confronted Aozora.
• Aozora used Mirror Heaven Reversal to turn Kurenai’s genjutsu against her, then broke free of Shikaku’s Shadow Binding Technique and Inoichi’s Mind Body Switch Technique.
• Akimichi Chōza brought down a massive palm attack on Aozora, who erupted with golden Chakra instead of evading.

Aozora unleashed Susanoo and overwhelmed the Konoha ninja, while Tenzo's Wood Release briefly restrained the Divine General. Aozora shattered the wooden bindings and sent the attackers flying, then noticed a lightning-charged wooden strip coming toward him.

• Fugaku and the Uchiha watched Aozora defeat Konoha's elite jōnin and recognized Shikaku's coordinated Ino-Shika-Cho attack.
• Aozora manifested a golden Susanoo, knocked Chōza into the Barrier, and revealed its fully armored Divine General form.
• Danzo tried to pressure Hiashi into joining the fight, but Sarutobi Hiruzen told Hiashi to observe and ordered the ninja to attack with ninjutsu.
• Kakashi and Tenzo prepared a counterattack, and Tenzo used Wood Release to bind Aozora's Susanoo with thick wooden tendrils.
• The Konoha ninja rallied and attacked the bound Susanoo, but Aozora grew four additional arms, broke free, and struck them down with six golden swords.
• Aozora turned toward a lightning-charged wooden strip flying at him.

Kakashi attacked Aozora’s Susanoo, but Aozora caught him and tore out the eye Obito had given him. Kakashi fell from the Divine General and was rescued by a black-clad figure.

• Kakashi pierced the Divine General’s Third Eye with Chidori, but Aozora seized his wrist and struck him in the abdomen.
• Aozora lifted Kakashi by the neck and argued that the Uchiha had been driven into rebellion by Konoha’s suppression.
• Aozora reached for Kakashi’s left eye, which Kakashi said was Obito’s keepsake, and used Kamui to evade the spatial fluctuations.
• Aozora gouged out Kakashi’s left eye and threw him from the Divine General’s Third Eye.
• A black-clad figure caught Kakashi and carried him to a Jonin and a medical ninja.

Aozora confronted Konoha’s leaders and demanded justice for the Uchiha, using his Flame Dragon and threats to keep most ninja from intervening. He unleashed Heaven-Burning Sea-Boiling on Hiruzen and Danzo, leaving both leaders dead as the surviving Jonin watched in shock.

• Aiko treated Kakashi, and Might Guy opened six of the Eight Inner Gates to confront Aozora and reclaim Kakashi’s left eye.
• Aozora refused to return the Sharingan, revealed the Divine General’s golden Flame Dragon, and warned Guy that an attack would put everyone inside the Barrier at risk.
• Guy backed down to protect Kakashi and the other Jonin, while many ninja withdrew and Hiashi joined the Uchiha’s side.
• Aozora accused Danzo and Konoha’s higher-ups of stealing the Uchiha’s bloodline limit and demanded Danzo’s execution.
• Hiruzen trapped the Divine General with Underworld Swamp as Danzo attacked with Wind Release, but Aozora countered with Heaven-Burning Sea-Boiling.
• Aozora’s golden flames burned Danzo and the ANBU to ash, destroyed Enma’s cage, and killed Hiruzen.

Aozora’s golden flames repeatedly burned Danzo to ashes as he revived, while Konoha’s elites and the Uchiha watched in shock. After Danzo died for the tenth time and Aozora absorbed the flames, he ended the battle and declared that Hiruzen and Danzo’s crimes could not be erased by their punishment.

• Koharu and Homura sent ninja to secure Konoha and intercept Uchiha Clan Members, then learned that golden flames had engulfed the Uchiha Compound.
• Konoha’s elites and the Uchiha watched Aozora’s sea of golden flames melt the ground and feared its power.
• Danzo repeatedly revived inside the flames, but Aozora burned him to ashes ten times as the onlookers realized he had stolen a Uchiha technique that altered life and death.
• Golden Droplets surged across the Heavenly Book after Danzo’s tenth death, and Aozora absorbed the flames before dismissing the Susanoo.
• Aozora released the Barrier of Draw Ground as Prison, retrieved the Breathing Soil, and announced that the battle was over and the criminals’ sins remained.

Aozora condemned the Uchiha for their weakness while warning Konoha’s leaders that he would judge them at a High-Level Meeting. The meeting began the next day, and the village’s leaders were stunned when Aozora arrived with the Second Hokage.

• Aozora threatened to destroy Konoha if Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura skipped the meeting, then left as the Uchiha celebrated the barrier’s destruction.
• Aozora suppressed the Uchiha and berated them for their weakness, poor planning, and failure to resist the village leadership.
• Uchiha Itachi asked Aozora not to provoke the other clans, while Itachi offered his eyes to strengthen the Uchiha; Uchiha Itachi refused and went to see Sasuke.
• The next day, Konoha’s Jonin and elders gathered for the High-Level Meeting, where Aozora entered with the Second Hokage behind him.

Aozora summoned Tobirama Senju to judge his former disciples by presenting evidence of Danzo’s crimes before Konoha’s leaders. Tobirama left in a rage before hearing the full accusations against Sarutobi Hiruzen, while Aozora took over the proceedings.

• Tobirama Senju ordered the meeting to begin after Aozora revived him, and Aozora said he wanted the Second Hokage to see how his disciples had turned out.
• Aozora gave Tobirama documents detailing Danzo’s crimes, and Tobirama read allegations that Danzo worked with Orochimaru and Hiruko.
• Aozora punched Mitokado Homura into a wall when he interrupted, then ordered Hyuga Hiashi and Nara Shikaku to send clan ninja to investigate Root’s third base.
• Clan leaders found evidence of Danzo’s dealings with Orochimaru and black Sealing Jutsu Scripts on captured Root ninja, confirming the accusations.
• Tobirama Senju erupted in rage, but Aozora began listing accusations against Sarutobi Hiruzen before Tobirama rushed into a dark purple void.
• Aozora placed the intelligence beside Mitokado Homura and declared that the disciple would take the absent teacher’s place.

Aozora summoned Hashirama Senju to confront Konoha’s high command and expose Danzo’s crimes. Hashirama learned that Danzo and Orochimaru had used children with Senju blood for Wood Release experiments, and struggled to accept the revelation.

• Aozora summoned Hashirama Senju with the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu and told him that he had killed the Hokage.
• Aozora threatened to destroy Konoha with Hashirama, then explained that he had summoned him to witness the village being set right.
• Mitokado Homura began reading Aozora’s report but challenged the claim that Danzo had suppressed the Senju Clan.
• Aozora accused Danzo and Orochimaru of abducting fifty children with Senju blood for Wood Release experiments, with Sarutobi Hiruzen’s tacit approval.
• Aozora identified Tenzo as a descendant of Hashirama Senju, and Hashirama grew furious and demanded that Aozora deny the accusation.

Aozora exposed more of Shimura Danzō and Sarutobi Hiruzen’s crimes to Konoha’s leaders, prompting Hashirama Senju to apologize to Tenzo and rush into the Pure Land to confront the dead Hokage and Danzō. After Aozora pronounced Konoha’s four highest officials guilty of betraying the village, he prepared to leave, but Shikaku stopped him.

• Aozora told Hashirama Senju that Tenzo carried Hashirama’s cells and revealed Tenzo’s face, convincing Hashirama that his descendants had been used in experiments.
• Hashirama Senju broke free of Impure World Reincarnation, read the intelligence report, apologized to the gathered leaders and Tenzo, then rushed into the Pure Land.
• Aozora exposed Danzō’s persecution of Yamanaka Fu and Aburame Torune and his theft of Uchiha Shisui’s Sharingan, enraging their clans and the Konoha leaders.
• Mitokado Homura read the remaining intelligence, including Sarutobi Hiruzen’s crimes, while Utatane Koharu and Homura faced the leaders’ condemnation.
• Aozora declared Konoha’s four highest officials guilty of betraying the village and deserving death, then prepared to leave.
• Shikaku stood and called out to stop Aozora.

Aozora rejected Shikaku’s offer to join Konoha and become Hokage, leaving Konoha’s leaders to reorganize the village. He then took Itachi to Naka Shrine to investigate the Stone Tablet and the secrets of Sharingan evolution.

• Shikaku offered Aozora a place among Konoha’s elders and then the Hokage position, but Aozora refused and left using the Body Flicker Technique.
• Shikaku ordered Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu detained and directed the clans to form squads to sweep for and detain suspicious personnel.
• Aozora told Itachi that Hiruzen and the other higher-ups had been convicted and that the Uchiha Clan had been recognized as the victims.
• Aozora explained that Naka Shrine held a hidden chamber and a Stone Tablet containing secrets about the Sharingan’s evolution, then took Itachi there.
• Aozora proposed entering the shrine underground with Earth Release to avoid disturbing the Uchiha guards, and Itachi agreed.

Aozora and Itachi explored Naka Shrine, deciphering the stone tablet and questioning the Moon Eye Plan’s authenticity. They searched the hidden archives for secrets about the Uchiha and found Uchiha Madara’s biography.

• Aozora brought Itachi underground to Naka Shrine and explained that the stone tablet could be deciphered with the Sharingan.
• Aozora and Itachi read the tablet, learning about the Sage’s two sons and the Uchiha’s ancestry, while Aozora deciphered only a few words from its final section.
• Itachi recognized that Infinite Tsukuyomi would destroy the real world, and Aozora suggested someone might have altered the tablet.
• Aozora carved his name into the tablet, then he and Itachi searched the chamber and found hidden old books and scrolls.
• Aozora found information about Izanami and then discovered Uchiha Madara’s biography.

Aozora and Itachi learned that the Transcription Seal could transfer Mangekyō dōjutsu power, and Itachi began using it to try to evolve his eyes. As Itachi’s eyes absorbed chakra, Aozora considered whether to channel his Kamui Mangekyō power into his Heavenly Eye.

• Aozora and Itachi read Uchiha Madara's Biography and learned about the Uchiha Clan's Sharingan transplant experiments and the Transcription Seal.
• Aozora explained two possible ways to evolve a Mangekyō Sharingan, and Itachi chose to try transferring dōjutsu power with the Transcription Seal.
• Aozora and Itachi organized the books, then decided to attempt their Mangekyō evolution inside the Uchiha Clan Compound.
• Itachi used the Transcription Seal to transfer the dōjutsu power from Uchiha Itachi's Mangekyō into his own eyes, which began consuming his chakra.
• Aozora observed that Itachi's eyes showed no rejection and considered using his Kamui Mangekyō power to strengthen his Heavenly Eye.

Aozora waited for Itachi to complete the fusion of his Mangekyō, and Itachi awakened the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan along with Amaterasu. After testing his new power, Itachi rested as Shikaku and Kaede approached.

• Aozora's Three Tomoe right eye advanced into a Four Tomoe Sharingan while Itachi continued nurturing his eyes.
• After six days in seclusion, Itachi completed the fusion and awakened the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, which placed a heavy strain on his body.
• Itachi discovered that Tsukuyomi consumed less power and that he had awakened Amaterasu.
• At the Naka River, Itachi used Amaterasu against Aozora's Solar Flare, and the black flames began to fade faster.
• Itachi said he could summon an armored Susanoo but lacked the Chakra to test it, then dismissed his Eternal Mangekyō and received Aozora's advice to improve his physique.
• Shikaku and Kaede arrived as Aozora looked toward them.

Aozora refused Shikaku and Fugaku’s request to help stop Cloud, then began using Kotoamatsukami’s Mangekyo to evolve his own eyes. Inside the resulting spiritual space, he met Shisui, who trusted him and gave him a gift as his soul joined Aozora’s eyes.

• Aozora refused Shikaku and Fugaku’s request to eliminate Cloud’s Elite Squad and left with Itachi.
• Fugaku revealed his Mangekyo to Shikaku and offered to lead a team after Shikaku agreed to rely on him.
• Aozora began transferring the power of Kotoamatsukami’s Mangekyo into his own eyes with a Transcription Seal.
• Aozora broke through a vision of the Ninja Academy’s Will of Fire lesson and entered a spiritual space where he met Shisui.
• Aozora told Shisui about another time-space and how he had saved the Uchiha and avenged him by killing Danzo.
• Shisui trusted Aozora, thanked him, and merged his fading Spirit Body into the night sky as the Dōjutsu Power gathered in Aozora’s eyes.