Chapter Summaries

Yichen accidentally mastered Perfect Sage Mode while relaxing beside a lake in the Land of the Moon, then worked with Ōnoki to advance their Light Release and Dust Release training. Before returning to Iwagakure, Yichen learned that the lakebed held unusually dense stones created by an ancient battle and considered how to bring them back for the village.

• Yichen used structures from the little white sphere to improve his Light Release and brought Kamizuru Tsuruhime, Fujii Kusaka, and Haku out of Iwagakure to meet Ōnoki.
• While relaxing near Matsutani Shinya, Yichen instinctively absorbed Natural Energy and entered Perfect Sage Mode.
• Yichen explained his Light Release research to Ōnoki, and the two studied the little white sphere and exchanged ideas about Light Release and Dust Release.
• After half a month of discussion and practice, Yichen found that his Sage Chakra could completely suppress Light Release, while Ōnoki also advanced his Dust Release mastery.
• Ōnoki showed Yichen a dense stone from the lakebed and explained that ancient repulsive force had compressed the land, prompting them to discuss how to use the stones for Iwagakure.

Yichen moved two lakebeds from the Land of the Moon to the Land of Earth, then intervened in Konoha’s escalating conflict with the Uchiha Clan by helping Danzo leave the village. As Tsunade prepared to act against the Uchiha, Yichen and Sokai entered Konoha and confronted the Anbu squad assigned to take Kakashi away.

• Yichen and Ōnoki led Iwagakure’s shinobi in moving two lakebeds from the Land of the Moon, hiding one by the coast and placing the other in the Land of Earth.
• Saka reported that Konoha’s officials were preparing to eliminate the Uchiha Clan, and Yichen arranged for Danzo to leave Konoha in exchange for intelligence and other resources.
• Danzo accepted Yichen’s offer, secured a treaty and other benefits, and led Root out of Konoha without Tsunade’s approval, forcing her to change her plans and act sooner.
• Kakashi learned that the Konoha officials had ordered him to leave on a mission and worried that the Uchiha children would be killed.
• Yichen and Sokai entered Konoha through Root’s passage and subdued the Anbu squad sent to escort Kakashi away.

Yichen, Sokai, and Kakashi entered Konoha’s battle zone as the Uchiha Clan annihilation operation began, with Yichen targeting the rescue of Uchiha children and preparing to confront Tsunade’s allies. Hiruzen Sarutobi launched the assault on the Uchiha, leaving Shisui Uchiha confused and the clan’s defenses collapsing.

• Yichen persuaded Kakashi to cooperate in rescuing Uchiha children, and Kakashi followed him and Sokai despite knowing he would be branded a traitor.
• Tsunade’s barrier divided Konoha, and Yichen killed the Anbu guarding the entrance as Sokai rushed into the battle zone.
• Tsunade, Yotsuki A, Rasa, and Orochimaru moved to confront Yichen, while Kakashi split off to rescue people and Yichen directed Sokai and Izumi Uchiha to intercept Itachi Uchiha.
• Shikaku Nara worried that Iwagakure had made no other move, while Hiruzen Sarutobi began fighting the Uchiha Clan after receiving a warning to end the battle quickly.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi encouraged Shisui Uchiha to fight for the village and the future clan, and Shisui killed a Uchiha Chunin as Hiruzen began slaughtering the clan’s strongest fighters.

Yichen confronted Fugaku Uchiha during the Uchiha Clan massacre, persuaded him to fight Orochimaru, and took the clan’s scrolls before battling Tsunade, Rasa, and the Fourth Raikage with Light Release. Meanwhile, Shikaku Nara discovered Iwagakure’s hidden troop movement, and Ōnoki’s six-thousand-strong army reached Sunagakure’s First Line of Defense.

• Yichen challenged Fugaku Uchiha to choose a side, warned him that Orochimaru might target Itachi Uchiha, and convinced him to confront the threat; Fugaku gave Yichen the Uchiha Clan’s scrolls.
• Rasa tried to trap Yichen with gold dust, but Yichen vaporized it with Light Release, then drove Tsunade, Rasa, and the Fourth Raikage back with further attacks.
• Orochimaru entered Fugaku Uchiha’s home and fought him, while Tsunade summoned Katsuyu and called for reinforcements against Yichen.
• Shikaku Nara learned that Iwagakure had secretly moved forces through Teleportation Arrays and decided not to warn the Kazekage because Konoha still needed him to occupy Yichen.
• Ōnoki led six thousand Iwa ninja into the Land of Wind and reached Sunagakure’s First Line of Defense, where Ryosuke prepared the village’s defenses.

Sokai and Izumi fought Itachi Uchiha, whose Tsukuyomi was countered by Sokai’s Shared Damage while Izumi depleted Itachi’s Dojutsu Power. Yichen evacuated them from Konoha as the fighting and political crisis spread, leaving Tsunade watching Orochimaru and Fugaku Uchiha’s battle.

• Izumi and Sokai teamed up against Itachi, using Izumi’s Susanoo and Sokai’s Fire Release to pressure him until he manifested his own half-bodied Susanoo and trapped Sokai in Tsukuyomi.
• Sokai endured Itachi’s genjutsu torture, then used Shared Damage to inflict the same pain on Itachi and break the genjutsu; Izumi followed by draining Itachi’s Dojutsu Power.
• Hiruzen arrived and rescued Itachi from Izumi’s shuriken, then retreated with him when Sokai displayed his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Sokai persuaded Izumi to leave Konoha rather than continue fighting, and Yichen took them away on a Porcelain Platform.
• Itachi reported the Uchiha dojutsu abilities to Hiruzen, who declined to pursue them because Yichen’s forces were nearby.
• Shikaku reported that Iwa ninja branches had gone missing, prompting Rasa and the Fourth Raikage to return to their villages while Tsunade remained near Orochimaru and Fugaku’s battle.

Konoha’s Uchiha massacre ended with Fugaku Uchiha defeating Orochimaru, while Tsunade tried to keep Kakashi in the village and managed the fallout surrounding Itachi Uchiha and Sasuke Uchiha. Meanwhile, Iwa defeated Sunagakure’s First Line of Defense, looted the empty village, and withdrew to establish a smaller branch in the Land of Wind.

• Shikaku Nara told Tsunade that Kakashi had rescued Uchiha Clan children, while four Anbu were found dead in Kakashi’s home; Tsunade ordered Kakashi to remain as her guard.
• Danzo led Root in killing the Uchiha and taking their Sharingan, while Itachi Uchiha agreed to bear the blame and Tsunade promised to protect Sasuke Uchiha and keep him away from Iwa ninja.
• Fugaku Uchiha defeated Orochimaru by anticipating his trap with a Mangekyō Sharingan technique that let him see the future, and Itachi Uchiha used Tsukuyomi on Sasuke Uchiha, who awakened a Single-Tomoe Sharingan in each eye.
• Konoha publicly branded Itachi Uchiha an S-rank rogue ninja, while Tsunade kept Kakashi in the village and appointed him as her guard.
• Ōnoki, Ikura, Matsutani Shinya, and Roshi broke through Sunagakure’s defenses; Kawakita struck from behind, killed Ryosuke, and helped force the remaining Sunagakure ninja to surrender.
• Ōnoki ordered Iwa to loot Sunagakure and withdraw rather than occupy it, planning to establish a smaller branch in the Land of Wind and preserve the village’s status to maintain the ninja world’s balance.

After Sunagakure fell, Rasa abandoned the village and sought peace with Iwagakure, while Hiruzen Sarutobi returned to Konoha regretting the people he had sacrificed. Yichen’s High-Level Meeting then set Iwagakure’s plans for the Land of Wind, Sunagakure, and a campaign to weaken Konoha through internal strife.

• Rasa learned that thousands had died at the First Line of Defense and that Ryosuke was missing, then ordered Sunagakure’s survivors to establish a new village in the south and negotiate peace with Iwa.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi reflected on the people he had lost through his decisions and returned to Konoha, while Tsunade recalled the Konoha Army after learning Sunagakure had fallen.
• Yichen assigned Sokai an Honorary Advisor role, arranged new Iwagakure branches in the Land of Wind, and ordered an early graduation and Chunin Exams to provide more personnel.
• Yichen planned to demand Gold Dust reparations from Rasa, retain Sunagakure prisoners for labor and training, and later release them after Sunagakure rebuilt its forces.
• Yichen’s advisors chose to target Konoha by exploiting its internal divisions, while Sokai reported that Izumi Uchiha remained wary of Iwagakure but was not hostile.
• Yichen allocated part of the Uchiha Clan’s wealth to Sokai and the village treasury, then said he might tell Sasuke Uchiha the truth about the massacre to fulfill Fugaku Uchiha’s request.

Danzo used the Kakashi scandal, a public campaign, and a negotiated peace treaty to force Tsunade to resign, then became Konoha’s official Sixth Hokage. Tsunade left the village, while Yichen’s Iwagakure celebrated favorable settlements with Konoha and Sunagakure and began planning its next steps.

• Danzo spread claims that Kakashi had killed four comrades, but Tsunade diverted public attention by revealing the Hyuga Clan’s losses during its hunt for Orochimaru.
• Danzo worked with Kajiyamari to stage negotiations that made Danzo appear to secure peace, then used his newfound popularity to renew pressure on Kakashi and Tsunade.
• Yichen sent a newspaper to Konoha praising Danzo’s strength and publicizing Tsunade’s defeat by Yichen, helping Danzo turn villagers against Tsunade.
• Tsunade resigned in exchange for Danzo clearing Kakashi’s name, and Danzo became Konoha’s official Sixth Hokage as Tsunade departed with Shizune.
• Rasa accepted Iwagakure’s demands, including ceding nearly half the Land of Wind’s territory under military control and paying gold dust.
• Yichen celebrated the treaties with his advisors, ordered Kajiyamari recalled, and assigned the study and development of Konoha’s techniques and secret arts.

Yichen discovered that Fujii Kusaka’s flames attacked souls and left her with Katsuya and Natsuki to study Yin Release before entering seclusion to train in Light Release. Meanwhile, Kirigakure’s leaders weighed whether to oppose Iwagakure, ultimately chose to remain its ally for now, and sent a negotiation team to propose dividing control of the Land of Hot Water.

• Kamizuru Tsuruhime’s little bees died when Fujii Kusaka exposed them to her flames, and Yichen recognized that their deaths resembled the effects of Ghost Fire.
• Yichen tested Fujii Kusaka’s flames on Ghost Fire and concluded that they attacked souls, then left her with Katsuya and Natsuki to study Yin Release.
• Yichen sent Kamizuru Tsuruhime back to the village and entered secluded training to practice Light Release.
• Kisame and Kirigakure’s leaders reviewed Iwagakure’s growing strength and debated whether their village should change sides.
• Kisame decided Kirigakure would remain aligned with Iwagakure until it recovered the Six-Tails and Three-Tails, and Genji agreed to make Yuki Koru the Six-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Hozuki Mangetsu proposed dividing governance of the Land of Hot Water, and Kisame dispatched a negotiation team to Iwagakure to propose the plan and affirm Kirigakure’s loyalty.

Yichen returned from seclusion after Light Release began merging with his body and reviewed the village reports, including Rasa’s attempt to absorb Rōran into Sunagakure and his disciples’ progress. He sparred with Kawakita, assessed his swordsmanship, and advised him to conceal his sharp presence as he pursued mastery.

• Yichen ended his secluded cultivation after Light Release Chakra began transforming his body and found a large backlog of documents awaiting him.
• Yichen read reports about Rasa seeking to merge Rōran into Sunagakure, Takuya and Uzumaki Riori reaching Elite Jonin, and Deidara developing Explosion Release and Exploding Clay.
• Yichen summoned Kawakita and learned that he had mastered Konoha Style Swordsmanship and Takuya’s close-combat Movement Technique.
• Yichen sparred with Kawakita, who used his sword and Movement Technique to close the distance before Yichen ended the match with Shinra Tensei.
• Yichen advised Kawakita to hide his sharp presence and strive toward the realm of a Sword Master, then sent him away to train.

Yichen restored Deidara’s confidence, helping him reach Quasi-Kage before assigning him clerical work in Iwagakure. He also learned that Chiga could locate members of a clan through their blood and began using her ability to track the Hyuga and find scattered Uzumaki.

• Yichen tested Deidara’s Exploding Clay, showed him how Lightning Release could disable it, and reassured him that he was Iwagakure’s most talented native-born genius.
• Deidara regained his confidence, reached Quasi-Kage, and declared that he would train to become the Fifth Tsuchikage; Yichen assigned him to assist Kawakita with village affairs.
• Yichen reviewed Yoshimura Kazumasa’s hand-seal research and Takuya’s Movement Technique work, then learned that Chiga could sense members of a family or clan through their blood.
• Yichen had Chiga test blood from the Hyuga Clan and ordered her to monitor the clan for anyone leaving the Land of Fire.
• Yichen took Chiga to the Uzumaki residential area and explained her clan-sensing ability to selected Uzumaki, who gave Chiga blood so she could locate their scattered clansmen.

Yichen used Chiga’s Blood Sense to reunite the Uzumaki Clan members scattered across the ninja world, then partnered with Orochimaru to capture Hyuga Branch Family ninja and study the Caged Bird. Orochimaru successfully removed Iroha Hyuga’s seal, but Yichen feared the process would leave him mentally disabled.

• Yichen gave Uzumaki Riori two A-rank Fire Style Ninjutsu scrolls and learned from Chiga that about twenty Uzumaki Clan members were stranded outside Iwagakure.
• Yichen led Uzumaki Riori and two clan representatives across the ninja world, bringing the scattered Uzumaki Clan members back to Iwagakure.
• Yichen agreed to trade genetic material from Chiyo, Pakura, and Hanzo for the Uzumaki child in Orochimaru’s care, and left Snake Pit Village with the boy.
• Danzo discovered that Naruto’s Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal kept disappearing, then received reports that multiple squads led by Hyuga ninja had gone missing.
• Yichen and Orochimaru captured Hyuga Branch Family members for experiments, and Orochimaru claimed the research had revealed how to break the Caged Bird.
• Orochimaru removed Iroha Hyuga’s Caged Bird seal and left him with Yichen, who worried that the procedure could cause mental disability.

Yichen considered how Chiga’s Blood Sense might help him investigate breaking the Caged Bird, while Orochimaru’s attack on Konoha convinced the Hyuga Branch Family that the seal could be removed and weakened Hiashi’s control. In Iwagakure, Chiga located Uchiha Clan members beyond the village, and Yichen set out with Sokai and Izumi Uchiha to find one of them.

• Yichen learned that Iroha Hyuga’s soul was shattered, then considered using Chiga’s Blood Sense space to study the Caged Bird ritual; he returned Iroha and the rescued Uzumaki Clan boy to Iwagakure.
• Orochimaru attacked the search party in Konoha, captured Akira Hyuga, and escaped after Shisui Uchiha fought the reanimated First Hokage and Second Hokage.
• Hyuga Hiashi realized that Iroha and Akira could no longer be sensed through their Caged Bird seals, and rumors that Orochimaru had broken the seal spread through the Hyuga Clan.
• Danzo ordered Hyuga Hiashi to place the Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal on Branch Family members leaving on missions, further weakening Hiashi’s authority; Naruto then barged into Danzo’s office to challenge him.
• Chiga located four Uchiha Clan members outside Iwagakure, and Yichen took Chiga, Sokai, and Izumi Uchiha toward the one southwest of the village.

Yichen led Izumi Uchiha and Sokai to attack Obito Uchiha’s hideout, intending to rescue the children and let Izumi absorb Obito’s ocular power. Izumi’s dojutsu drained the Sharingan on Obito’s body before Yichen’s attack killed him, leaving Yichen stunned by the unexpected death and regretting the lost chance to take Obito’s eyes.

• Yichen briefed Izumi Uchiha and Sokai on the plan, then led them to Obito Uchiha’s hideout and assigned their roles.
• Yichen attacked with Porcelain Release, rescuing and sealing several children while Obito Uchiha retreated with two of them into Kamui Space.
• Izumi Uchiha used both Mangekyō Sharingan dojutsu on Obito Uchiha, sealing his vision and draining the ocular power from his eyes and right arm.
• Yichen’s Porcelain Kunai struck Obito Uchiha, and Yichen discovered that Obito had died after Izumi’s technique had ruined the Sharingan he could have used for Izanagi.
• Yichen returned to the village with Obito’s body and the rescued children, including Hozuki Suigetsu, and wondered why Obito had left him behind.

Kakashi learned that Obito's Sharingan had reacted, while Yichen killed Obito and negotiated with Kirigakure over rescued children. The chapter ended with Black Zetsu despairing over Obito's death and the collapse of his plans to revive Madara Uchiha and carry out the Moon Eye Plan.

• Kakashi realized Danzo's three supposed Uchiha disciples were likely children Fugaku Uchiha had secretly transferred, then later sensed a disturbance in his Sharingan and asked an Iwa intelligence ninja to learn what Yichen knew about Obito Uchiha.
• Yichen returned to Iwagakure with rescued children, questioned Hozuki Suigetsu, and told a high-level meeting that he had killed Obito Uchiha with Izumi Uchiha's help.
• Yichen's officials decided to keep Obito's death secret and trade Hozuki Suigetsu and the other children to Kirigakure for concessions, including Kirigakure's share in the Land of Hot Water.
• Kisame and Kirigakure's high-ranking officials approved the exchange, and Kirigakure handed the Land of Hot Water over to Iwagakure.
• Danzo and the Fourth Raikage sent intelligence agents to investigate Iwagakure and Kirigakure's closer ties.
• Black Zetsu learned Obito Uchiha had died and despaired because Nagato was out of control and he could no longer control the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

Yichen lured Shisui Uchiha and a Konoha Anbu force out of the village, then attacked them with the Sage Art: Great Five Elemental Bullet Technique. After Kakashi Hatake used Kamui to divert much of the blast, Yichen’s group defeated and captured Shisui, extracting Fugaku Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Yichen brought Chiga, Sokai, and Izumi Uchiha into the Land of Fire and discussed Izumi’s growing ability to absorb Dojutsu Power.
• Yichen staged a giant snake attack to lure Shisui Uchiha out of Konoha, and Danzo dispatched Shisui and Kakashi Hatake with an Anbu force.
• After an Aburame insect discovered Yichen’s group, Yichen attacked the Konoha force with the Sage Art: Great Five Elemental Bullet Technique.
• Kakashi Hatake used Kamui to transfer the center of the explosion, while Shisui Uchiha’s Susanoo saved some of the Konoha ninja.
• Yichen sent Sokai and Izumi to attack Shisui, and their Mangekyō Sharingan techniques left Shisui disoriented and nearly blind.
• Yichen trapped Shisui in Porcelain Mud and extracted Fugaku Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan.

Yichen returned to Iwagakure with the sealed Shisui Uchiha, then brought Atsumi Akino to study the shrinking passage into Obito Uchiha’s alternate dimension. Meanwhile, Black Zetsu identified Orochimaru as a possible new agent and planned to approach him after Obito’s death.

• Yichen sealed Shisui Uchiha further, ordered the group back to Iwagakure, and encouraged Sokai and Izumi Uchiha to improve by sparring with their captive.
• Yichen assigned Izumi Uchiha to help guard Shisui Uchiha, then brought Atsumi Akino to investigate the passage connecting the Ninja World and the Kamui Space.
• Atsumi Akino studied the passage and prepared to set a Flying Thunder God marker there while Yichen guarded the site and helped collect data.
• Black Zetsu learned that Yichen, Izumi Uchiha, and Sokai had killed Obito Uchiha and suspected Izumi Uchiha’s ability had prevented Obito from using Izanagi.
• Black Zetsu decided to approach Orochimaru as a possible replacement agent and ordered the White Zetsu clones to watch for a chance to learn Impure World Reincarnation.

After Yichen’s attack forced Kakashi’s team to retreat, Danzo punished Kakashi by making him a Root operative called Kō and ordered him to tutor Naruto Uzumaki. Meanwhile, Atsumi Akino secured a Flying Thunder God mark inside the Kamui Space and teleported herself and Yichen to an Iwa ninja branch as they returned to deal with Danzo.

• Kakashi and the surviving ninjas fled toward Konoha while Shisui Uchiha stayed behind to cover their retreat from Yichen and the Tsuchikage.
• Might Guy met Kakashi’s group, learned Shisui Uchiha had remained behind, and escorted the survivors back to Konoha.
• Danzo blamed Kakashi for losing Shisui Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan, placed the Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal on him, and gave him the Root codename Kō.
• Naruto Uzumaki burst into the Hokage’s Office, crashed into Kakashi, and left after declaring that he would become the Seventh Hokage.
• Danzo ordered Kō to recover and then tutor Naruto Uzumaki before Kakashi reported the battle; Danzo then called for Sasuke Uchiha.
• Atsumi Akino placed her Flying Thunder God mark inside the closing Kamui passage, demonstrated her improved teleportation, and transported herself and Yichen to an Iwa ninja branch.

Yichen settled Danzo’s dispute over Shisui Uchiha by trading Wood Style Experience for Shisui, while Konoha’s major clans secretly formed an Anti-Danzo Alliance. Back in Iwagakure, Yichen took Karin as a medical-ninjutsu disciple and used her rivalry with Sakura to push both girls to train harder.

• Yichen traded Danzo a copy of the Wood Style Experience scroll, and Danzo agreed to let the matter of Shisui Uchiha go while denying that Fugaku Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan belonged to Iwa ninja.
• Konoha’s clan heads secretly met, learned that Kakashi might have joined Root, and formed an Anti-Danzo Alliance that planned to investigate the Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal and wait for Hiruzen Sarutobi to approach them.
• Karin asked Yichen to teach her Medical Ninjutsu, and he accepted her as a disciple while telling her to keep her healing ability secret.
• Yichen announced that Karin was Sakura’s fellow disciple, then encouraged Sakura by giving her a Yin Release cultivation manual and urging her to surpass Karin.
• Yichen gave Karin medical study materials and encouraged her to work hard to regain Sakura’s friendship, prompting Karin to resolve to study and train.

Orochimaru heard Black Zetsu’s pitch for Madara Uchiha’s Moon Eye Plan but cared more about researching Black Zetsu’s body, while Yichen planned a field mission to help Haku gain combat experience. Yichen took Team Seven to the Land of Earth’s capital, where Fujii Kusaka impressed the daimyo by defeating a guard with her Yin Release-powered flames.

• Orochimaru injected Kimimaro Kaguya’s cells into Akira Hyuga’s body and concluded that their bloodlines were too weak to achieve Yin-Yang Fusion.
• Black Zetsu told Orochimaru about Madara Uchiha, the Moon Eye Plan, and the possibility of attaining the Tenseigan through the Byakugan and Shikotsumyaku.
• Orochimaru agreed to consider cooperating with Black Zetsu only if Black Zetsu submitted unconditionally to research on his body.
• Yichen trained Kamizuru Tsuruhime, Haku, and Fujii Kusaka, then decided to take Haku to Rōran for real combat experience.
• Yichen brought Team Seven to the daimyo’s residence and introduced Fujii Kusaka as one of the Guardian Ninja being trained for him.
• Fujii Kusaka’s flames surrounded a guard and attacked his mind, forcing Yichen to pull him free as the impressed daimyo requested a stronger opponent.