Chapter Summaries

Aozora explained to Nagato, Konan, and Kisame that he intended to bring peace to the Shinobi World by unifying it and changing its system. Nagato questioned whether Aozora could stay true to his ideals, and Aozora dismissed the concern as he offered to persuade even his enemies.

• Nagato asked what Aozora wanted, and Aozora said he sought peace at a lower cost while warning that Nagato and Konan could not defeat him or escape.
• Aozora said he had stopped Nagato and Konan because he wanted their cooperation to reduce the setbacks and sacrifices on his path to peace.
• Aozora argued that the Shinobi World's system perpetuated war and proposed unifying the world under one country.
• Aozora outlined how shared national identity, stable lives, and action against exploiters could contain conflict, then promised to have a Shadow Clone write books explaining the rest.
• Nagato and Konan objected to Aozora's arrogance but acknowledged that unification offered a more lasting approach than making the world experience pain.
• Nagato asked whether Aozora could remain committed if friends and loved ones opposed him, and Aozora replied that he could persuade them just as he had persuaded an enemy like Nagato.

Aozora persuaded Nagato to join him in pursuing peace, then had Nagato hand over the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and uncovered Zetsu’s tampering with it. After sealing the statue, Aozora warned Nagato that Uchiha Madara and Zetsu had planted other hidden dangers in his body and invited him to recover at Lingxiao Palace.

• Nagato accepted Aozora’s offer to work together for peace, despite Konan’s objections to handing over the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Aozora led Nagato, Konan, and Kisame to the mountains beneath Lingxiao Palace, where Nagato summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Aozora found that Zetsu had hidden White Zetsu inside the statue, expelled them, and killed the conscious ones.
• Aozora sealed the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path inside the mountain, severing Nagato’s connection to it.
• Aozora warned Nagato that Uchiha Madara and Zetsu had also tampered with his Rinnegan, cells, and right arm, then offered him a safe place at Lingxiao Palace to recover.

Zetsu visited Orochimaru in Otogakure and proposed working together against Konoha after revealing that Pain had joined it. Orochimaru learned that Zetsu wanted the Rinnegan, but his response to the offer remained unresolved.

• Orochimaru encountered Zetsu alone in his compound and demanded to know why he had come.
• Zetsu revealed that Pain had defected to Konoha and showed Orochimaru an image of Aozora and Nagato together.
• Orochimaru realized that Konoha had become an overwhelming threat and asked whom Zetsu represented and what he wanted.
• Zetsu offered better sacrifices and powerful corpses to help Orochimaru improve his Impure World Reincarnation.
• Orochimaru questioned Zetsu's motives, and Zetsu admitted that he had joined the Akatsuki Organization to seize the Rinnegan.

Zetsu recruited Orochimaru to help counter Aozora and Nagato, while Aozora told Fugaku and Kyūdai that Nagato had joined Konoha’s cause. The chapter ended with Konoha preparing for Zetsu to sabotage the fragile alliance among the shinobi villages.

• Zetsu offered Orochimaru a chance to obtain Uchiha Aozora’s Rinnegan and urged him to strengthen his Impure World Reincarnation, leaving five scrolls as a token of sincerity.
• Aozora surprised Fugaku and Kyūdai by revealing that he had subdued Nagato without a major battle.
• Aozora explained that Nagato had accepted his vision of peace and would carry out his plan, though he framed the arrangement as an agreement rather than submission.
• Aozora warned Fugaku and Kyūdai that Zetsu had escaped and could turn Nagato’s alliance with Konoha into a cause for conflict.
• Fugaku agreed that Konoha needed to prepare for the worst because the alliance among the Five Great Shinobi Villages remained fragile.

Konan and Nagato recovered in Lingxiao Palace and learned that Fū and Roshi were there, confirming how difficult their old plan to gather the tailed beasts would have been. They joined the Heavenly Court meeting as observers, where Aozora began proceedings.

• Fū delivered food to Konan and tried to befriend her, but Konan said she was busy.
• Nagato ate with Konan, revealed his recovery, and credited Aozora's techniques with removing Zetsu's lingering influence.
• Konan told Nagato that Fū and Roshi were in Lingxiao Palace, and they discussed how Konoha's control of several tailed beasts had made their old plan unlikely to succeed.
• Fū invited Konan and Nagato to attend the Heavenly Court meeting as observers, and Konan promised to teach Fū paper folding later.
• Nagato and Konan entered the central hall, assessed the assembled Kage-level members, and took their seats.
• Aozora welcomed Nagato and Konan, then announced the start of the meeting.

After witnessing the Deification ceremony, Nagato and Konan learned that Aozora could revive Yahiko through the Heavenly Court. They abandoned the Akatsuki Organization and joined Aozora’s group, leaving the Akatsuki Organization destroyed.

• Aozora ended the meeting, warned that a great war might break out, and urged everyone to prepare and collect divine artifacts or capture the remaining Jinchūriki.
• Kisame introduced his Divine General, Haku, while Tsunade, Itachi, and the other members departed to adjust to their divine seats.
• Nagato recognized that divine seats came from Tailed Beasts, and Aozora explained that his ability could transform their power into authority over heaven and earth.
• Konan asked about Resurrection, and Aozora explained that Heavenly Court members could learn the divine ability or spend Good Deeds Points to have him revive someone.
• After Aozora described the Heavenly Court, Konan chose to join so she could pursue Yahiko’s revival, and Nagato joined her.
• With Nagato and Konan leaving it, the Akatsuki Organization was declared destroyed.

A received two visits from White Zetsu, who claimed to have betrayed Akatsuki and urged Kumogakure to join forces against Konoha and Akatsuki. After the second visitor supplied detailed intelligence about Nagato and offered to arrange a replacement arm for A, the Raikage was left to consider the proposal.

• Shi advised A to strengthen protection for the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails by hiding them away.
• The first White Zetsu claimed he had defected from Akatsuki and offered to help Kumogakure, but A snapped his neck after White Zetsu provoked him about his missing arm.
• A ordered White Zetsu's body sent to the Intelligence Department, then learned another person claiming to be Zetsu wanted an audience.
• The second White Zetsu showed A a projection of Nagato and Aozora meeting and attacking him, then revealed detailed information about Nagato and the Rinnegan.
• White Zetsu warned that Konoha and Akatsuki could destroy the other villages, urged A to unite the shinobi villages against them, and offered to attach a replacement arm for A.

Aozora extracted most of Chōmei’s Chakra from Fū while preserving the Seven-Tails, then brought Nagato to Sunagakure to negotiate. He revealed Nagato’s Uzumaki relatives in Konoha and planned to use Nagato’s presence to intimidate Rasa.

• Fū asked Aozora to spare the Seven-Tails, and he agreed to try while extracting its Chakra.
• Aozora subdued Chōmei, absorbed most of its Chakra, and left a miniature Seven-Tails inside Fū before sending her to Kabuto for treatment.
• Aozora flew with Nagato toward Sunagakure and explained that Nagato would use the Uzumaki Clan crest as his symbol.
• Aozora told Nagato about Karin and Naruto, which strengthened Nagato’s interest in Konoha and his clan.
• Nagato assumed they were going to capture the One-Tail Jinchūriki, but Aozora said they were going to negotiate with Rasa and use Nagato to intimidate him.

Aozora and Nagato traveled to Sunagakure to seek an alliance while Rasa faced pressure from village elders to sacrifice Gaara. Aozora revealed that Konoha and the Akatsuki Organization were allied, leaving him and Nagato surrounded in Rasa’s Office as he challenged Sunagakure’s response.

• Aozora and Nagato arrived at One-Line Heaven and presented Fugaku’s sealed document to Sunagakure’s patrol, which escorted them toward the Kazekage Building.
• Sunagakure’s elders debated how to protect the village from the Akatsuki Organization, and one proposed killing Gaara to prevent the Akatsuki from targeting them.
• Rasa learned that Aozora had arrived, postponed the meeting, and ordered ANBU to protect Gaara before receiving the Konoha envoys.
• Aozora gave Rasa Fugaku’s letter and confirmed that the rumor of Konoha’s alliance with the Akatsuki Organization was true.
• Nagato dispelled his disguise and revealed his Rinnegan, prompting Rasa and his assistant to prepare for battle as six figures appeared around the visitors.
• Aozora calmly asked whether Sunagakure wanted to become Konoha’s enemy.

Aozora and Nagato intimidated Rasa into pledging Sunagakure’s support for Konoha’s plan to unify the Shinobi World. Rasa agreed to help defeat the other villages and surrender the One-Tail after the war, while Aozora promised Gaara would survive its extraction.

• Aozora and Nagato released their killing intent, overpowering Rasa’s Shadow Guard and forcing Rasa to declare Sunagakure Konoha’s ally.
• Aozora told Rasa that Konoha intended to unify the Shinobi World, and claimed the Land of Fire’s Daimyo belonged to the Uchiha lineage.
• Aozora instructed Rasa to accept any secret proposal to attack Konoha and report the meeting location, then have Sunagakure hold Iwagakure in check during the war.
• Aozora demanded that Sunagakure hand over the One-Tail after the war and promised that Gaara would survive its extraction.
• Rasa agreed that Sunagakure would fully cooperate with Konoha.

Jiraiya visited Aozora to ask about Nagato and how to prevent a war, but Aozora argued that returning the Tailed Beasts or surrendering Nagato and Konan would not end the villages’ hostility. Aozora said war might be avoided temporarily through fear, then began explaining that lasting peace would require rebuilding the world through war.

• Jiraiya visited Aozora and asked how his meeting with Nagato had gone.
• Aozora told Jiraiya that Nagato had abandoned his plan to make the world feel pain and pursue peace that way.
• Jiraiya proposed returning the Tailed Beasts to their villages to prevent war.
• Aozora argued that the other villages would still seek revenge and demand Nagato and Konan, leaving Konoha unable to satisfy them by retreating.
• Aozora said the villages might avoid war if they feared him and Nagato, but lasting peace would require rebuilding the Shinobi World through war.

After learning that Cloud planned a secret alliance against Konoha, Aozora and Fugaku prepared a surprise strike intended to give Konoha both the initiative and moral justification for war. Aozora led a team of powerful allies toward the Land of Fields to attack the meeting, while others stayed behind to defend Konoha.

• Aozora received Rasa's letter and the Fourth Raikage's invitation for Sunagakure to secretly ally with Cloud, then shared the intelligence with Jiraiya and Fugaku.
• Aozora judged that Sunagakure could be trusted but that the other villages had likely aligned with Cloud.
• Fugaku, Kyūdai, and Aozora discussed how to respond, and Aozora proposed attacking the Four Kage Summit while arranging for an enemy ninja to declare war on Konoha.
• Aozora chose Shisui, Tsunade, Jiraiya, Nagato, Kisame, and Konan to accompany him, while Itachi and others remained to protect the village.
• Aozora's team summoned two enormous birds and flew toward the Land of Fields.

At the Four Kage Summit, Black Zetsu convinced the other Kage that Konoha and the Akatsuki had conspired against their villages, and they agreed to unite against Konoha. Aozora’s group prepared to attack the summit as he arranged for Fugaku to declare war on Konoha.

• Darui escorted Ōnoki to the summit, where Rasa and Mei Terumī joined him and A in questioning the claim that Konoha and the Akatsuki had allied.
• Black Zetsu described Nagato’s and Aozora’s ties to Konoha and explained how the masked Uchiha had controlled the Fourth Mizukage, enraging Mei Terumī and alarming the other Kage.
• A accused Konoha of using the Akatsuki to capture tailed beasts and weaken the other villages, and Mei Terumī, Ōnoki, and Rasa agreed to unite against Konoha.
• Aozora, Nagato, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and their allies prepared a coordinated assault on the summit, with Aozora ordering them not to attack Rasa.
• Aozora contacted Taiyi and ordered someone to declare war on Konoha, and Taiyi arranged for the Ninja Crows to notify Fugaku.

Fugaku revealed that Cloud, Kirigakure, and Iwagakure had secretly allied against Konoha and ordered a counterattack, relying on Aozora and Nagato to strike the enemy leaders. He then told Konoha’s officials that he had reached an agreement with the Five Great Nations’ Daimyo to make this the Shinobi World’s final war and usher in a new era.

• White Zetsu broke into Konoha’s meeting room and declared war on Konoha on behalf of Cloud, Kirigakure, and Iwagakure.
• Fugaku received confirmation that the three villages had secretly allied in the Land of Fields, but White Zetsu snapped his own neck and turned into a tree before they could capture him.
• Fugaku told Konoha’s officials that Aozora and Nagato would assassinate the Three Kage, then ordered the village’s forces to attack and wipe out the three allied villages.
• Shikaku warned that destroying the villages could draw their Daimyo into a wider war, but Fugaku said he had already reached a consensus with the Five Great Nations’ Daimyo.
• Fugaku declared that the war would end the One Village, One Country system and urged the officials to join him in creating a new era.

Nagato and the other attackers launched a surprise assault on the Four Kage Summit, devastating the meeting site and killing or injuring many shinobi. After identifying the attackers and suspecting Zetsu of exposing their location, the Four Kage divided their forces to fight back.

• Rasa received a warning from his Ninja Crow and quietly prepared gold dust as the Raikage nominated himself to command the allied forces.
• Nagato attacked the meeting place with Shinra Tensei, overwhelming the Kage’s defenses and crushing the surrounding forest and buildings.
• A emerged from the ruins and learned from Ao that Kisame Hoshigaki, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, Shisui, Uchiha Aozora, Konan, and another powerful shinobi were attacking from several directions.
• The Kage suspected Zetsu had betrayed them, and A urged them to stop arguing and counterattack.
• A took the western and northern fronts, Ōnoki volunteered to face Nagato, Mei Terumī assigned Kirigakure to Kisame, and Rasa headed south to confront Jiraiya and Orochimaru.

Aozora slaughtered the Cloud Shinobi who refused to surrender, then defeated and killed the Fourth Raikage A in a brief fight. Killer B began his Full Tailed Beast Transformation to avenge A as Aozora calmly waited.

• Aozora used his flying weapons to kill the Cloud Shinobi who charged him and warned the survivors to surrender.
• An elite Jōnin rallied the Cloud Shinobi to fight, but Aozora used Banshō Ten'in and his weapons to kill them.
• A attacked Aozora at high speed while Killer B joined in with his Tailed Beast chakra, but Aozora repelled both of them with Shinra Tensei.
• Aozora teleported to A with the Flying Thunder God Technique, drove him into the ground, and burned him to Flying Ash with a Great Fireball.
• Killer B roared in grief and began his Full Tailed Beast Transformation while Aozora waited calmly.

Kisame overwhelmed Mei Terumī and Kirigakure’s forces on the eastern battlefield with his immense Chakra and Water Release. He spared the unconscious Mei Terumī and headed toward the center of the battlefield after sensing the Raikage’s Chakra disappear.

• Kisame told Mei Terumī to surrender, while she accused him and Uchiha Aozora of killing the Fourth Mizukage and creating the Bloody Mist Policy.
• Ao sensed that Kisame’s Chakra exceeded that of a tailed beast, and Mei Terumī attacked him with Lava Release.
• Kisame unleashed Tidal Wave, diluting Mei Terumī’s lava and sweeping away the Kirigakure ninjas.
• Mei Terumī lost consciousness in the flood, and Kisame lifted her onto Samehada after defeating the eastern force.
• Kisame spared Mei Terumī and carried her toward the battlefield’s center after sensing the Raikage’s Chakra vanish to the north.

Shisui overwhelmed Darui and Yugito with his Phantom Clones and Perfect Susanoo, then subdued the Two-Tails with his Sharingan. Darui fled to the northern battlefield, where he found the Fourth Raikage missing and the Cloud Shinobi under Sharingan control.

• Shisui's Phantom Clones and Body Flicker Technique slaughtered the Cloud Shinobi, driving the survivors into a panicked retreat.
• Darui electrified the water beneath Shisui's clones, while Yugito and the Two-Tails attacked Shisui and discovered his crow clone.
• Shisui summoned his Perfect Susanoo, overpowered Darui and the Two-Tails, and used his Mangekyo Sharingan to subdue Yugito and the beast.
• Darui fled toward the Fourth Raikage but found that the Raikage's Chakra had vanished and the northern battlefield's Cloud Shinobi had lost their lightless eyes to Sharingan control.
• Darui saw the octopus's head bearing pale-purple Tomoe Sharingan, stumbled into the ruins, and was overcome with despair.

Orochimaru tried to escape the battle, but Jiraiya and Rasa cornered him, forcing him to unleash Impure World Reincarnation and summon eleven former Five Kage. The resurrected Kage discovered they were controlled and sensed powerful enemies across an unfamiliar Shinobi World.

• Jiraiya stopped Orochimaru from fleeing and burned through his summoned venomous snakes, but Orochimaru escaped the flames and ran into Rasa's golden sand.
• Orochimaru recognized Sunagakure as Konoha's insider and summoned eleven former Kage with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Orochimaru used the resurrected Kage to block Jiraiya and Rasa, then fled the battlefield.
• The Second Hokage emerged from his coffin and attacked Jiraiya with a water blade, while Orochimaru's control prevented him from releasing the technique's restrictions.
• The resurrected Kage argued over who was responsible for their situation, then agreed to identify their enemy after the Second Tsuchikage sensed several impossibly powerful ninjas.

Nagato defeated Ōnoki’s Dust Release and fought the resurrected Kage as Aozora’s allies gathered around the captured Tailed Beasts and Mizukage. Aozora left Nagato to hold off the Kage and pursued Orochimaru, while Nagato confronted them.

• Nagato overwhelmed Ōnoki’s Dust Release, and Mu caught the falling Tsuchikage and explained that they had been revived with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Ōnoki told the resurrected Kage that Konoha and the Akatsuki were their enemies, then saw the Eight-Tails and Two-Tails under Sharingan control and learned that Mei Terumī had been captured.
• Aozora arrived and learned from Jiraiya that Orochimaru had summoned the Kage and escaped, then suspected Black Zetsu had helped him.
• Aozora flew after Orochimaru, but the Kage attacked him and he repelled their techniques with Shinra Tensei.
• Nagato confronted the Kage and declared that he would be their opponent.