Chapter Summaries

Yotsuki A escaped Kisame and fled with Shia before Ikura ambushed them, killing Shia, while Killer B withdrew after fighting Han. Ōnoki and Kawakita continued pursuing the Sand ninja, and Chiyo stayed behind to confront them so Pakura could escape.

• Yotsuki A carried Shia away from the battlefield, but Ikura's Great Five Elemental Bullet Technique killed her, and Yotsuki A continued fleeing toward his army.
• Killer B chose not to pursue Han, who rested before Iwagakure Anbu arrived to escort him back to the village.
• Ōnoki's forces kept pursuing the retreating Sand ninja, while Pakura and Chiyo struggled to evade Ōnoki, Roshi, and Kawakita.
• Chiyo urged Pakura to lead the surviving Sand ninja toward the Land of Wind, then charged Kawakita with her Ten Puppet Masters as Pakura fled.

Yichen disrupted the battle in Konoha, killing the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki and forcing Rasa to flee, then destroyed the Hyuga Main Family's residence as a warning. The fighting ended with Konoha badly damaged, Danzo driven from the Uchiha compound, and the other villages withdrawing to reconsider their positions.

• Yichen killed Kō with Light Release, causing the Seven-Tails' Chakra to dissipate and giving the Konoha Army an opening to injure Rasa.
• Rasa called to Ryosuke and fled, while Yichen destroyed the Hyuga Main Family's residence before leaving Konoha with Sokai and the others.
• Fugaku Uchiha trapped Danzo in a Mangekyō genjutsu, and Danzo escaped using Izanagi before fleeing with only about half of Root's forces.
• Shisui Uchiha and Kakashi worried as the injured Uchiha returned home, while Tsunade ordered Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shikaku to handle recovery and casualty counts.
• Yotsuki A withdrew toward the Land of Lightning, and Ikura and Tomoko led the six examinees out of the Land of Water as the Mist ninja halted their pursuit.

The Great Ninja War left Konoha weakened and unable to continue fighting, while the other villages assessed their losses and prospects. Iwagakure emerged as the strongest village, and Yichen reassured its leaders that Sokai remained loyal after awakening his Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo feared the Uchiha Clan's Mangekyō Sharingan and Izanagi, while Kakashi learned that many Uchiha had joined the War Faction and Tsunade hid his Mangekyō from the village.
• Rasa returned to Sunagakure wounded, learned of Chiyo's death and the village's heavy losses, and ordered Baki to seek an alliance with Konoha.
• The Cloud ninja returned with only about two thousand of the five thousand who had gone to Kirigakure, while Kirigakure regained recognition after Kisame held off Yotsuki A.
• Iwagakure was recognized as the war's strongest village after defeating Sunagakure and Konoha at little cost and seizing both armies' supplies.
• Yichen told Iwagakure's high-ranking officials that Sokai had awakened his Mangekyō and assured them that Sokai remained loyal.

Yichen used Iwagakure’s victory to demand reparations, mission rights, and territory from Konoha while offering Sunagakure support in taking land from the Land of Fire. After the three sides signed peace treaties, he considered how to keep Konoha weakened and began worrying about its powerful fighters and future threats.

• Yichen persuaded Iwagakure’s leaders to demand reparations and a share of Konoha’s missions, and to seek control of territory along Konoha’s northern border.
• Yichen proposed demanding funds from Sunagakure while secretly supporting its efforts to seize fertile land from the Land of Fire.
• Yichen and the others discussed Kumogakure’s senjutsu user, suspecting that the village had learned Mount Myōboku’s techniques from Jiraiya’s corpse.
• Mei reported Iwagakure’s victory to the daimyo, who provided military funds and sent representatives to negotiate with the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind.
• After Iwa ninja occupied the disputed region, the Land of Fire signed a treaty ceding it, transferring missions to Iwagakure, and paying war reparations; Yichen resolved to keep Konoha’s internal conflict going and reflected on its powerful fighters.

Iwagakure took control of the Land of the Falls, disbanded Takigakure, and established a branch there as Yichen waited to see whether other villages would object. In Konoha, Fugaku Uchiha told Izumi Uchiha that his Mangekyō Sharingan showed possible futures in which the Uchiha Clan was exterminated, and began considering whether Izumi and Sokai could change that fate.

• Yichen sent Kawakita and a thousand Iwa Ninja to surround Takigakure, and the Land of the Falls Daimyo ordered its ninja to disarm and accept Iwagakure's arrangements.
• Kawakita divided Takigakure's ninja among resettlement in the Land of Earth, dispersal to minor nations, and relocation to the Land of Rain, then oversaw a new Iwagakure branch in the Land of the Falls.
• The other major villages made no objections to Iwagakure's occupation, while Kirigakure sent congratulations, and Kawakita began overseeing construction of the branch.
• Yichen stayed in Iwagakure with his disciples for over a month, then began cultivating the Spirit Transformation Jutsu.
• Fugaku Uchiha revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan to Izumi Uchiha and explained that it showed possible futures in which the Uchiha Clan was exterminated.
• Fugaku Uchiha said Izumi and Sokai might change the clan's fate, and Izumi described her Mangekyō abilities: blocking an enemy's vision and seizing an enemy's ocular power.

Fugaku Uchiha warned Izumi Uchiha that the Mangekyō Sharingan could cause blindness and considered whether her ability to absorb dojutsu power could prevent it. Meanwhile, Tsunade strengthened Konoha's defenses and expanded Root, Kakashi brooded over Obito Uchiha, and Yichen settled Sakura Haruno's family in Iwagakure and accepted Sakura as his secret disciple.

• Fugaku Uchiha took Izumi Uchiha to Naka Shrine, where she learned that overusing the Mangekyō Sharingan led to blindness and that fusing a close relative's Mangekyō could awaken the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Fugaku Uchiha suggested Izumi Uchiha might preserve her eyesight by absorbing dojutsu power, then advised her to use her Mangekyō carefully.
• Tsunade increased Konoha's village patrols and approved Danzo's plan to expand Root, giving it priority in selecting future Ninja Academy graduates.
• Kakashi delivered Tsunade's document to Danzo, visited Obito Uchiha's and Rin Nohara's graves, and resolved to grow stronger so he could find Obito and ask why he had acted as he did.
• Yichen reassured Sakura Haruno's parents that they could live normally in Iwagakure and offered to accept Sakura as his disciple, asking them to keep it secret.
• Yichen let Sakura play with Little Rhino Dog and Little Chōmei instead of discussing discipleship with her, then left her parents reassured.

Yichen demonstrated the Spirit Transformation Jutsu and placed the Yata Mirror over Neji’s Caged Bird seal, though he could not confirm whether it would protect him. After Neji left, Yichen urged Iwagakure’s advisors to abandon a defensive mindset and aggressively pressure the Cloud ninja.

• Yichen welcomed Neji into Iwagakure and explained that breaking the Caged Bird would require studying sealing, souls, and Yin Release.
• Yichen used the Spirit Transformation Jutsu, entered Neji’s body, and shaped the Yata Mirror into a forehead protector over Neji’s Caged Bird seal.
• Yichen returned to his body and reassured Neji that the village would help him, while admitting the mirror’s protection was uncertain.
• Yichen discussed the Spirit Transformation Jutsu and the Yata Mirror with the advisors, then arranged for Neji to return.
• Yichen rejected Saka’s proposal to station forces along the Coastline and urged Iwagakure to harass the Land of Lightning and expand aggressively.

Yichen investigated an eerie underground temple and sealed the jar at its altar, only to realize that danger remained. The temple was a real ruin that Black Zetsu had chosen as bait for Obito Uchiha’s trap.

• Yichen trained Sokai in genjutsu and Sharingan use, guided Chiga’s sensory skills, and offered Sasagawa Ayumi broad support with her ninjutsu.
• Ogura Saki reported that an investigation of ghostly flames had uncovered a buried temple, and Yichen brought his disciples and the two tailed beasts to inspect it.
• Yichen sent a Shadow Clone to seal the jar on the temple’s altar, extinguishing the surrounding blue flames, then warned everyone to gather and prepare for battle.
• Black Zetsu revealed that he had selected a real ruin and planted part of his Yin Release body on the jar to lure Yichen in.
• Obito Uchiha refused to involve the other Great Ninja Villages, and Black Zetsu announced that Yichen had taken the bait before Obito ordered them to move out.

Yichen and his disciples were trapped in the real ruin by Obito Uchiha and the White Zetsu army, forcing Yichen to fight while protecting them. Obito Uchiha’s attack pierced Yichen’s chest, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Obito Uchiha sent the White Zetsu army underground toward Yichen, who activated Six-Tails Chakra Mode for himself and his four disciples.
• White Zetsu clones flooded the ruin and used Wood Release to overwhelm Yichen and threaten his disciples as his Shadow Clone vanished.
• Obito Uchiha attacked Yichen with Wood Release, but Yichen countered with a Water Pressure Line while maintaining Porcelain Release.
• Obito Uchiha exploited the loss of the disciples’ Tailed Beast Chakra and struck Yichen with Wood Spikes Technique.
• Yichen’s sword cut across Obito Uchiha’s shoulder as Obito Uchiha’s wooden spikes pierced Yichen’s left chest.

Yichen fought Obito Uchiha in an underground temple, using his disciples and Spirit Transformation Jutsu to force Obito to escape with Izanagi. After sealing dozens of White Zetsu clones and fleeing with his disciples, Yichen used Chiga’s ability to learn Obito’s direction and prepare to pursue him.

• Obito Uchiha discovered that Yichen had used the Hozuki Clan’s Water Release Technique to survive his attack, then targeted Yichen’s disciples to create an opening.
• Yichen and Sokai forced Obito to retreat by revealing Sokai’s Mangekyō Sharingan, while Yichen used Spirit Transformation Jutsu to attack Obito’s soul and make him activate Izanagi.
• Yichen sealed dozens of White Zetsu clones, and Obito ordered the remaining forces to retreat before escaping.
• Yichen entered Seven-Tails Chakra Mode, protected his four disciples, and led them out of the underground temple and into the sky.
• Chiga tasted Obito’s blood and identified the direction he had fled, giving Yichen a new lead on Obito’s whereabouts.

Yichen led an assault on Obito Uchiha’s underground base, destroying most of the White Zetsu army and recovering a piece of the Ten-Tails’ body. Obito escaped, and Yichen stayed behind with Chiga and Tsurugi to track his next move toward the Land of Hot Water.

• Obito Uchiha learned from Black Zetsu that Yichen’s Uchiha ally might have used a Mangekyō Sharingan technique, then returned to his base with the remaining White Zetsu.
• Yichen brought Ōnoki, Han, Roshi, Chiga, and Tsurugi to Obito Uchiha’s underground base in the Land of Fire.
• Yichen, Ōnoki, Roshi, and Han launched a coordinated bombardment that destroyed the base and left only a few hundred White Zetsu clones alive.
• Yichen showed Kokuō and Son Goku the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and Son Goku returned to Roshi after hearing Yichen explain Iwagakure’s common enemy.
• Yichen and Ōnoki cut a tentacle from the Ten-Tails’ body before Ōnoki, Han, and Roshi returned to Iwagakure.
• Chiga sensed Obito Uchiha heading toward the Land of Hot Water, and Yichen stayed with Chiga and Tsurugi to follow him.

Obito Uchiha lost most of his White Zetsu army when Yichen and Ōnoki attacked his base, then moved the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to a backup base. Tsunade investigated the devastated crater, while Yichen tracked the statue to the Land of Hot Water.

• Yichen's attack with Ōnoki's Dust Release and two Tailed Beast Bombs killed most of the White Zetsu troops and destroyed Obito Uchiha's newly transplanted Sharingan.
• Obito Uchiha survived with Izanagi, fled with Black Zetsu, and speculated that Sokai had a Mangekyō Sharingan ability that countered Kamui.
• Obito Uchiha moved the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to a backup base, where he and the Zetsu searched for signs that Yichen had tracked them.
• Yichen located the statue with Chiga and Tsurugi, then followed its disappearance to the Land of Hot Water without attacking the backup base.
• Tsunade arrived at the crater and concluded that Iwa ninja had attacked it with Dust Release, a blue Kekkei Tōta, and Tailed Beast Bombs.
• A Konoha ninja gave Tsunade detailed drawings of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

Tsunade and the other villages learned that the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path was the Ten-Tails' body, and Kumogakure, Konoha, and Sunagakure secretly joined forces to seize it. Their attack on Cloud Spring Mountain toppled the mountain and exposed the statue beneath it.

• Tsunade's intelligence ninja identified the monster in the illustration as a possible Ten-Tails, and she classified the information as the village's highest secret.
• Killer B relayed the Eight-Tails' explanation that the nine Tailed Beasts had been split from the Ten-Tails, and Kumogakure concluded that Iwagakure was secretly pursuing the Ten-Tails' body.
• The Fourth Raikage ordered contact with Konoha, and Tsunade also invited Rasa to join the operation so the three villages could share its risks.
• Tsunade, Rasa, and the Fourth Raikage secretly led their guards and elite ninja to Cloud Spring Mountain in the Land of Hot Water.
• Yugito's Tailed Beast Bomb, the allied ninja's Combination Ninjutsu, and Katsuyu's acid helped the three forces topple Cloud Spring Mountain and reveal the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

Obito Uchiha fought the allied forces of Konoha, Sunagakure, and Kumogakure while using the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, then captured Yugito and escaped. The Raikage proposed sealing the statue and exchanging it for Yugito, and Tsunade agreed.

• Tsunade questioned Obito Uchiha about his identity as the allied forces discovered the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path was the Ten-Tails' body.
• Yotsuki A attacked Obito Uchiha, but Obito used his intangibility to let the blow pass through him before the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path struck the allied forces.
• Rasa attacked Obito Uchiha with Gold Dust, and Shikaku Nara deduced that Obito could not control the statue while intangible.
• Obito Uchiha hid inside the statue's palm, then used the chaos to capture Yugito with Kamui while enduring a heavy blow from Yotsuki A and surviving through Izanagi.
• Obito Uchiha escaped, and Yotsuki A proposed sealing the statue and exchanging it for Yugito; Tsunade agreed on Konoha's behalf.

Rasa, Yotsuki A, and Tsunade arranged to seal the Ten-Tails' body and discussed countering Iwagakure, but Tsunade refused to commit Konoha to an attack. Yichen then infiltrated Kumogakure, where Darui recognized the White Zetsu diversion and suspected the Fourth Tsuchikage had entered the village.

• Rasa used a casualty report to avoid deciding whether Sunagakure would join Tsunade and Yotsuki A's cooperation, then agreed to exchange the Ten-Tails' body for Yugito with compensation from Kumogakure.
• Tsunade explained that an Uzumaki sealing technique could temporarily sever the mysterious person's connection to the Ten-Tails' body, and Shikaku Nara organized Konoha's Sealing Ninja to apply it.
• Rasa proposed that the three villages curb Iwagakure's development, but Tsunade would not agree to a joint attack; the three villages did agree to strike Iwagakure if it came for the Ten-Tails' body in the Land of Hot Water.
• After receiving intelligence about the Two-Tails and Kumogakure, Yichen flew to the Land of Lightning, used four clones and White Zetsu to trigger alarms, and entered Kumogakure disguised among its villagers.
• Darui learned that all five apparent intruders were White Experiments caught in Genjutsu, then sent for Killer B and concluded that the Fourth Tsuchikage had infiltrated Kumogakure.

Yichen infiltrated Kumogakure’s science museum and stole its research archives, but the Fourth Raikage trapped him inside the village with a perimeter barrier. Forced to abandon stealth, Yichen revealed his identity as the Raikage, Killer B, and Darui closed in.

• Yichen entered Kumogakure’s science museum under cover of night and used Storm Release to kill the sensory ninja guarding its barrier.
• Yichen and his Shadow Clones silently defeated the Anbu guarding the archives room and packed its research materials into scrolls.
• After Yichen finished the theft, a Chakra surge from the Raikage Building settled, and a barrier rose around Kumogakure to trap intruders inside.
• Yichen sensed aircraft carrying Jonin and realized Kumogakure had prepared to counter his invasion, so he left the museum through its main entrance.
• Yichen’s Porcelain Release wounded the guards, who sent a signal; Yichen then revealed his original appearance as the Raikage, Killer B, and Darui arrived.

Yichen fought the Fourth Raikage, Killer B, and Darui in the skies above Kumogakure while using Porcelain Release to destroy the village’s aircraft. The Cloud command analyzed his abilities and devised plans to wear him down, but Yichen overheard their discussion and launched a limited attack on the Cloud Ninja Army.

• Yichen flew above Kumogakure, dodged attacks from the Fourth Raikage, Killer B, and Darui, and spread Porcelain Mud across the sky.
• Yichen controlled the Porcelain Mud and rocks to crash several aircraft and batter the remaining ones while evading the trio’s attacks.
• The Cloud commander analyzed Yichen’s chakra control, sensory abilities, mental power, and Sage Mode, then outlined three strategies to kill him.
• Yichen overheard the Command Center’s analysis and plans through his Mind’s Eye, then launched Porcelain Release—Kunai Rain at the Cloud Ninja Army.
• The Cloud ninja raised their defenses, confident that prolonging the battle would favor them, while Yichen grew more wary of their changing tactics.

Yichen used Sage Jutsu and Porcelain Release to fight Kumogakure’s coordinated forces, but the Fourth Raikage and Killer B’s tentacles gradually cornered him. He exploited a hidden weakness in the village’s barrier and communications to escape, leaving the Fourth Raikage concerned about the Command Center.

• Yichen launched a large-scale counterattack with Sage-enhanced Ninjutsu, while Killer B’s tentacles helped the Fourth Raikage attack and cleared away Yichen’s Porcelain Mud.
• The Cloud ninja’s coordinated assaults restricted Yichen’s movements, and his B-rank Sage Jutsu inflicted heavy casualties without breaking the encirclement.
• Yichen used Shinra Tensei to knock the Fourth Raikage off course and escape a tightening trap, but the Cloud commander warned the forces to counter the technique.
• Yichen’s Fire Release weakened the Defense Barrier while Porcelain Mud he had secretly positioned destroyed Kumogakure’s communication devices and sealed Killer B’s tentacles.
• Yichen flew through the hole in the barrier and escaped as Darui’s Black Lightning struck behind him, while the Fourth Raikage realized the Command Center had gone silent.

After Yichen escaped Kumogakure’s attack and returned injured to Iwagakure, he learned that Kumogakure, Konoha, and Sunagakure were coordinating in the Land of Hot Water. He proposed creating trouble for the three villages and strengthening Iwagakure’s ties with Kirigakure through a deal involving its ninja swords.

• The Fourth Raikage learned that Yichen had destroyed Kumogakure’s communications and that Yichen possessed several bloodline abilities, then left for the Land of Hot Water while Darui stayed to assess the damage and steady the village.
• Darui counted Kumogakure’s casualties and losses, worrying that the attack had damaged the village’s morale and weakened its ability to fight Iwagakure.
• Yichen fled Kumogakure with an injury from Darui’s Black Lightning and returned to Iwagakure, where he confessed to the Advisor Group that the Fourth Raikage, Killer B, Darui, and Kumogakure’s ninja had attacked him.
• The Advisor Group criticized Yichen, then Saka told him that Kumogakure, Konoha, and Sunagakure had joined forces in the Land of Hot Water, with Tsunade and Rasa present.
• Yichen proposed creating trouble to keep the three villages occupied and using Iwagakure’s unused ninja swords to negotiate closer ties with Kirigakure.

Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu discovered that their connection to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path had been severed and planned to trade it to the Fourth Raikage while directing the Three Great Ninja Villages against Akatsuki. Meanwhile, the Fourth Raikage reported Kumogakure’s devastating defeat by Yichen, and Shikaku Nara proposed confining Yichen and forcing him into close combat.

• Obito Uchiha concluded that Yichen had tracked them with a Mangekyō Sharingan technique, then found he could no longer connect to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Black Zetsu blamed Konoha sealing techniques for severing Obito’s connection and suggested trading the statue to the Fourth Raikage while planting an Akatsuki ring to implicate Nagato.
• Obito Uchiha agreed to the trade and to using the ring to lead the Three Great Ninja Villages toward Akatsuki.
• The Fourth Raikage told Tsunade and Rasa that Yichen had escaped Kumogakure’s siege and left the village in ruins, then described Yichen’s formidable abilities.
• Shikaku Nara recommended restricting Yichen’s movement in a confined battlefield, filling the space with large-scale attacks, and having a close-combat specialist engage him.