Chapter Summaries

Aozora emerged from seclusion and agreed to rescue Fugaku’s endangered team in exchange for the Nara, Yamanaka, and Akimichi clans’ secret technique scrolls. He then revealed a new eye called the Tomoe Rinnegan, leaving Itachi astonished.

• Shikaku and Itachi waited anxiously while Fugaku’s team was trapped in the Haibara Mountain Range and needed rescue.
• Aozora emerged after completing his Mangekyo advancement and refused to help unless Konoha compensated him.
• Aozora demanded scrolls for the Mind Body Switch Technique, the Expansion Jutsu, and the Shadow Binding Technique, and Shikaku reluctantly agreed.
• After Shikaku left to fetch the scrolls, Aozora showed Itachi his newly transformed eyes and identified them as the Tomoe Rinnegan.

Aozora explained how his Sharingan had evolved into the Tomoe Rinnegan and described its Human Path and Hell Path abilities to Itachi. After receiving secret technique scrolls from Shikaku, Aozora and Itachi set out for the Haibara Mountain Range.

• Aozora told Itachi that Yin-Yang Fusion and All Creation had led to his Tomoe Rinnegan, which consumed enormous amounts of chakra and held six major Dōjutsu.
• Aozora described the Human Path's genjutsu, memory, and soul abilities, then explained that the Hell Path summoned Yama and could create Spirit Soldiers.
• Aozora produced crimson flames resembling Guren lotuses, surprising Itachi with his powerful Fire Release.
• Shikaku arrived with three scrolls containing the Three Clans' secret techniques and warned Aozora not to leak them.
• Aozora accepted the scrolls and intelligence, then he and Itachi headed for the Haibara Mountain Range.

Fukado led Yugito and the Cloud ninja to pursue the hidden Uchiha, and Yugito fired a Tailed Beast Ball at their mountain refuge. Fugaku blocked the attack with Susanoo and faced a second blast until two allies arrived to help.

• A Cloud Jonin used a mole to track the Konoha ninja to a cave, where Yugito’s Clone triggered a trap that destroyed the entrance.
• Fukado reasoned that the Uchiha could only be hiding in the western mountains and ordered Yugito to destroy them.
• Yugito formed and fired a Tailed Beast Ball at the mountain where Fugaku and the Uchiha were retreating.
• Fugaku awakened Susanoo and used it to withstand the Tailed Beast Ball, then urged the others to flee as Yugito began forming another.
• Fugaku rebuilt Susanoo despite his injuries and moved to block the second attack when two allies arrived and told him to leave the rest to them.

Itachi used his Susanoo and the Yata Mirror to reflect Yugito’s Tailed Beast Ball, then fought her in her Full Tailed Beast Transformation. The chapter ended with Itachi’s Susanoo cutting off one of the demon cat’s legs after their first exchange.

• Itachi awakened his Eternal Mangekyo and formed a half-bodied Susanoo, which reflected Yugito’s Tailed Beast Ball with the Yata Mirror.
• Aozora explained Susanoo’s forms and identified Itachi’s shield as the Yata Mirror, while Fugaku reacted with astonishment.
• Yugito transformed into the Two-Tails’ giant demon cat and advanced to confront Itachi’s Susanoo.
• Aozora told Fugaku to trust Itachi and let him temper his newly gained strength in battle.
• Yugito circled Itachi’s Susanoo and attacked, but Itachi blocked her claw with the Yata Mirror and cut off one of her legs with the Totsuka Blade.

Itachi used Susanoo to battle Two-Tails Matatabi while the Cloud Jonin joined the fight and pressured him. After drawing the Cloud shinobi together, Itachi unleashed Yasakani no Magatama, killing two and leaving the rest beneath a weakened Matatabi at the edge of a vast crater.

• Itachi's Susanoo cut into Two-Tails Matatabi, forcing her to switch to a faster, ranged fighting style.
• Fukado led the Cloud Jonin in attacking Susanoo, while Fugaku worried that Itachi would run out of Dōjutsu Power.
• Itachi lured the Cloud Jonin into a group, then formed Yasakani no Magatama in Susanoo's palm.
• Fukado ordered Shinsuke and Keita to raise earth walls and the other Cloud Jonin to flee toward Yugito, but the Tomoe pierced the walls and killed two shinobi in a massive explosion.
• The blast left a huge crater, with a weakened Matatabi at its edge and the five surviving Cloud Jonin beneath her.

Yugito and the Cloud forces retreated after Aozora and Itachi drove them off, and Aozora used his remaining time in the alternate world to develop his Heavenly Eye. Aozora and Itachi returned to their original time-space with diminished Dōjutsu Power but lasting gains, including Itachi’s awakened Mangekyō.

• Yugito detonated a Tailed Beast Ball to cover the Cloud forces’ retreat, and Aozora told Fugaku not to pursue them.
• Aozora returned to Konoha with Itachi, gave Fugaku teaching books and a Yin-Yang Eye cultivation method, then absorbed Obito’s Kamui Dōjutsu Power to awaken his Heavenly Eye.
• Aozora entered seclusion until the final day, when he and Itachi were pulled back to their original time-space at the Rōran Ruins.
• Itachi discovered he could no longer activate his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, but Aozora explained that its essence remained and that it had lost Dōjutsu Power.
• Aozora found that his own eyes had also lost Dōjutsu Power, while Itachi realized the journey had helped him awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Aozora discovered that the Heavenly Book had strengthened his Heavenly Eye and granted it two divine arts before he and Itachi began their return to Konoha. Pain and Orochimaru ambushed them in the desert, leaving Aozora facing Pain’s Shinra Tensei.

• Aozora found that the Heavenly Book’s Chakra had awakened his Heavenly Eye as an Eternal Mangekyo and formed one divine seat with the arts See Through Walls and Body Flicker Technique.
• Aozora and Itachi checked themselves, rested among the ruins, and flew toward Konoha on the Golden Winged Great Peng the next day.
• Orochimaru recognized that Deva Path Pain’s body was a puppet and dismissed Pain’s claim to be a god, while Pain warned him about his greed for the Rinnegan.
• Pain spotted Aozora and Itachi approaching, told Orochimaru to deal with Itachi, and flew out to confront Aozora.
• Aozora sensed a watcher and warned Itachi to stay alert, then recognized the invisible shockwave as Pain’s Shinra Tensei.

Aozora fought off Pain’s summoned beasts while Itachi was separated and attacked by Orochimaru’s summons. The Animal Path appeared and summoned the other five Paths, bringing the Six Paths of Pain together against Aozora.

• Shinra Tensei knocked Aozora and Itachi from the sky, and giant summoned beasts attacked them separately.
• Aozora killed a giant eagle, a chameleon, and the Three-Headed Hellhound with his swords and Blaze Release.
• Aozora recognized that Pain and Orochimaru were trying to divide the battlefield, but chose to test Pain rather than teleport to Itachi.
• The Animal Path emerged, confirmed Aozora’s Blaze Release was dangerous, and declared that Aozora had betrayed a god.
• The Animal Path summoned five strange figures, and the other five Paths of Pain arrived.

Aozora ambushed the Six Paths of Pain with a lightning-fast, curving Flying Dagger, killing the Animal Path and Hell Path before Pain could stop him. Pain retaliated with the Asura Path’s barrage of missiles, and Aozora raised an Earth Release mountain wall to block the attack as explosions engulfed the battlefield.

• Aozora launched a Wind Release-enhanced Flying Dagger that pierced the Animal Path’s head and continued toward the Deva Path.
• The Deva Path dodged the dagger, but it changed direction and struck down the Hell Path before the other Pains could intervene.
• Aozora taunted Pain and reflected that the Akatsuki’s failure to share intelligence had left Pain unprepared for his weapon’s capabilities.
• Pain recognized the Flying Dagger’s speed and ability to turn, then ordered the Asura Path to transform and unleash a vast missile barrage.
• Aozora unsealed a scroll and used Earth Release—Mountain Wall to raise stone barriers as the missiles struck and exploded.

Aozora outmaneuvered Pain’s Paths with a Chakra-absorbing Fire Clone that kept burning, forcing Deva Path Pain to unleash Planetary Devastation. As Itachi and Orochimaru were pulled toward the growing sphere, Aozora expanded his Three-Eyed Divine General to enormous size and flew toward it.

• Aozora evaded the Asura Path’s tracking missiles before the Human Path and Preta Path trapped him and attacked his soul and Chakra.
• Aozora detonated his Fire Clone, and its Nature Energy-fused flames burned the Preta Path from within despite his absorption ability.
• Deva Path Pain used Planetary Devastation, drawing rocks and sand into a black sphere and pulling Aozora, Itachi, and Orochimaru toward it.
• Aozora formed a golden Three-Eyed Divine General, spread its wings, and flew toward the sphere as he rapidly enlarged it beyond the size of mountains.

Aozora broke Pain’s Planetary Devastation with a single strike from his Susanoo, splitting the forming celestial body and leaving Deva Path Pain overwhelmed. As Orochimaru fled and Itachi watched in shock, Aozora confronted Pain and declared that the battle was already decided.

• Aozora enlarged his Three-Eyed Divine General and prepared to attack Pain’s expanding Planetary Devastation.
• Deva Path Pain used the Human Path and Asura Path to replenish his Chakra and Dōjutsu Power, then expanded the celestial body further.
• Aozora swung the Double-Edged Trident and split the celestial body in two, breaking the attraction that had been pulling everything skyward.
• Orochimaru released the Eight Branches Technique and escaped underground, while Itachi remained stunned by Aozora’s strength.
• Aozora turned his Divine General toward Deva Path Pain, who questioned how the Six Paths Sage’s moon-creation technique had been broken.
• Aozora mocked Pain as a false god and declared that his fate had already been decided.

Nagato decided to retreat rather than risk his life fighting Uchiha Aozora, while Deva Path Pain unleashed Shinra Tensei to damage Aozora’s Divine General before escaping. Aozora was left frustrated as the Six Paths of Pain disappeared, and he recalled the Immortal-Slaying Flying Dagger buried in the sand.

• Nagato coughed from the strain of controlling the Six Paths and considered confronting Uchiha Aozora, but Konan warned him against risking his life.
• Black Zetsu offered to heal Nagato’s legs and help awaken the Six Paths Sage’s Sage Body, prompting Nagato to decide to retreat.
• Deva Path Pain taunted Aozora and used Shinra Tensei, shattering much of the Divine General’s armor and disrupting its supply of Nature Energy.
• Aozora discovered that the Six Paths of Pain had escaped, cursed Deva Path Pain for fleeing after showing off, and recalled the Immortal-Slaying Flying Dagger from beneath the sand dune.

After Pain retreated, Aozora and Itachi returned to Konoha and reported their journey through time and battle to Fugaku. Fugaku ordered the Dragon Vein matter kept secret and its seal maintained, but Aozora interrupted him.

• Aozora explained why he had let Pain escape and considered using the Akatsuki Organization as a target for the hidden villages, while Itachi confirmed that Orochimaru had escaped during the battle.
• Aozora and Itachi flew back to Konoha as Sunagakure ninjas reached the battlefield and mistook its devastation for a meteor strike and a mirage.
• Kabuto confirmed that Aozora and Itachi were healthy, and Aozora asked him to help develop the Life Reaper Death Seal.
• Aozora and Itachi reported their time-space journey and battle with Pain to Fugaku and Kyūdai, revealing that the Uchiha in the other timeline had nearly been exterminated by Konoha High Command.
• Fugaku asked whether the Dragon Vein could enable time travel again, then began ordering the matter classified and the Dragon Vein kept sealed, but Aozora stopped him.

Aozora proposed using the Dragon Vein to create an artificial tailed beast that could be sealed into a jinchūriki and taken away as a Sage Jutsu training ground. After the group discussed the Akatsuki Organization, Fugaku discovered that Aozora had also stolen a scroll of Sunagakure's secret techniques.

• Aozora proposed establishing a Sage Jutsu sacred land with the Dragon Vein, and Itachi explained that Aozora's Sage Jutsu could strengthen the body and vitality.
• Aozora suggested turning the Dragon Vein into an artificial tailed beast, and Fugaku ordered information on jinchūriki compiled for the Sealing Squad to study.
• Aozora suggested he might obtain artificial tailed beast technology by capturing Shennong, while the group kept the Dragon Vein's information classified.
• Fugaku argued that Konoha was strong enough to prepare for the Akatsuki Organization without rushing into a confrontation.
• Aozora handed Fugaku two scrolls before leaving with Itachi, and Fugaku discovered that one contained stolen Sunagakure secret ninjutsu.

After resting from the Sunagakure mission, Aozora reviewed his gains, learned how divine positions worked, and discovered a method for granting godhood. He sent Kisame a secret letter about trying it, then began training and researching with his Shadow Clones.

• Aozora returned home, slept, and reviewed the techniques, Golden Droplets, clan secrets, and evolved eyes he had gained during the trip.
• Aozora considered developing the Kamui Dimension and decided he needed to seal the route Kakashi could use to enter it.
• Aozora learned from the Heavenly Book that divine positions held fixed inheritances and could be granted or stripped at a cost.
• Aozora decided to ask Kisame to try receiving godhood and sent him a secret letter warning him to hide his identity from the Akatsuki Organization.
• Aozora assigned Shadow Clones to study his newly acquired techniques and train while his original body cultivated and developed his eye and Hell Path abilities.

Kisame fought Sasori and Deidara, destroying Hiruko and forcing Sasori to reveal his true form and prepare his next move. In Konoha, Aozora visited Obito’s memorial with Kakashi and said he had come for Kakashi’s eye.

• Kisame received Aozora’s letter, then confronted Sasori and Deidara on the eastern coast of the Land of Fire.
• Deidara attacked Kisame with Clay Bombs while Sasori adapted Hiruko to move across the water.
• Kisame emerged from beneath the water, struck Hiruko with Samehada, and shattered it.
• Sasori stepped out of Hiruko and unfurled a scroll marked with the character “Three.”
• Kakashi visited Obito’s Memorial Stone, told him about recent events, and met Aozora at the cemetery.
• Aozora warned Kakashi to stay alert when speaking near the memorials, then told him he had come for Kakashi’s eye.

Aozora demanded Kakashi’s sealed Sharingan and revealed that Obito had been behind the Nine-Tails’ Rampage, leaving Kakashi devastated by the truth and his own possible role in exposing Minato’s wife’s childbirth. Aozora departed after promising Kakashi time to find a replacement eye before handing over Obito’s Sharingan.

• Aozora asked Kakashi to trade him Obito’s Sharingan, but Kakashi refused because it was a keepsake from his friend.
• Aozora told Kakashi that the Uchiha had uncovered and killed the mastermind behind the Nine-Tails’ Rampage, then revealed that the masked attacker had been Obito.
• Aozora explained that Kakashi’s left eye and Obito’s matching eye could have awakened their Mangekyō Sharingan together, prompting Kakashi to try to remove his eye himself.
• Aozora stopped Kakashi and offered him time to find a replacement eye before giving him the Sharingan, then told him to forget what he had said and left.
• Kakashi returned to the Memorial Stone and realized he might have leaked information about Minato’s wife giving birth, filling him with regret.

Kisame fought Sasori and Deidara on the eastern coast, overwhelming them with massive Water Release attacks but escaping despite Sasori’s poisoned puppets. Sasori and Deidara salvaged the battlefield, while Sasori remained certain the poison would eventually kill Kisame.

• Kisame flooded the battlefield and used a Great Waterfall Technique that shattered Sasori’s Iron Sand Wall and damaged the Third Kazekage puppet.
• Sasori’s puppets attacked Kisame from beneath the water, wounding him, but Kisame unleashed Samehada and destroyed many of them.
• Sasori sent a hundred puppets against Kisame’s Thousand Feeding Sharks, and the clash ended with dozens of damaged puppets left behind.
• Kisame escaped underground after disrupting the nearby Chakra, and Deidara failed to track him.
• Sasori said his poison would kill Kisame and ordered Deidara to help collect the scattered puppet limbs, prompting Deidara to complain that neither of them was a noble anymore.

Aozora intervened after Kisame was poisoned by Sasori, sending medicine and Kabuto to save him. Kisame survived, while Pain began the Akatsuki’s Tailed Beast collection plan and ordered the organization to recruit more rogue ninjas.

• Aozora received a message that Kisame had been poisoned and sent him medicine, then arranged for Kabuto to prepare detoxification supplies.
• Kisame used pain to stay conscious, injected Aozora’s medicine, and summoned Taiyi before collapsing.
• Taiyi brought Kabuto to Kisame, and Kabuto suppressed the poison and produced an antidote that saved him.
• Pain learned that Kisame’s body had not been found and that Orochimaru had defected, then decided the Akatsuki would begin collecting Tailed Beasts.
• Pain assigned each group two Tailed Beasts to capture and ordered the members to keep recruiting notorious rogue ninjas.

Nagato resolved to gather the tailed beasts and use the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to impose peace, despite the danger to his body. Meanwhile, Aozora reached Kisame and learned Sasori’s poison had fused with his heart, leaving Kisame facing a drastic question.

• Nagato told Konan that they needed to gather the nine tailed beasts and rely on the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to overcome Konoha and secure peace.
• Taiyi used Reverse Summoning to bring Aozora to Kisame’s cave, where Kabuto explained that the poison in Kisame’s heart kept producing toxins.
• Aozora and Kabuto studied the Life Reaper Death Seal and discussed testing it on death-row prisoners rather than risking their own lives.
• Kisame awoke, and Aozora introduced him to Kabuto, who had treated his poisoning.
• Aozora told Kisame that the poison would keep spreading as long as his heart beat and asked whether he could survive without his heart.