Chapter Summaries

After deducing that the Sage of Six Paths might be protecting Itachi Uchiha and Sasuke Uchiha, Orochimaru sent a team to retrieve Sasuke and ordered Kabuto Yakushi to investigate Tsunade. Meanwhile, the Ninja World reacted to Kumogakure’s destruction, Sunagakure’s gains, and reports of Yichen’s strength.

• Yichen welcomed little Gyūki, bringing the number of Tailed Beasts whose power he had obtained to five.
• Kabuto Yakushi reported that Kumogakure had fallen, the Fifth Raikage had died, and Sunagakure had seized Konoha’s branch in the Land of Wind.
• Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi analyzed the wars under Yichen and concluded that Yichen might be wary of someone connected to Itachi Uchiha and Sasuke Uchiha.
• Black Zetsu told Orochimaru that Sasuke could draw the attention of the person behind the Uchiha brothers, and Orochimaru ordered Sakon Ukon and the others to bring Sasuke back.
• Black Zetsu fled Snake Pit Village and planned to learn Impure World Reincarnation so he could revive Madara Uchiha.
• Orochimaru told Kabuto Yakushi to investigate Tsunade, while reports spread that Yichen had defeated the Hokage and Mizukage and that Iwa ninja had returned Konoha’s Land of Wind territory to Sunagakure.

Yichen oversaw Izumi Uchiha and Sokai’s fusion of purified Sharingan into a Giant Nine-Tomoe Rinne Sharingan, then returned to the moon to witness Neji’s Tenseigan awakening further. Back in Iwagakure, Neji could not break down the Death God’s Yin Release energy, leaving Yichen considering the Death Gods as a way to strengthen his soul.

• Baki announced that he would serve as Sunagakure’s acting Kazekage while the village kept a low profile and rebuilt its strength.
• After gaining Little Shukaku and Little Kokuō, Yichen watched Izumi Uchiha and Sokai fuse purified Sharingan, adding several Mangekyō pairs until they formed a Giant Nine-Tomoe Rinne Sharingan.
• Yichen ordered Izumi Uchiha and Sokai to recover and study the Giant Sharingan, then returned with Neji to the moon as Neji’s third fetal movement approached.
• Yichen sensed Neji’s eyes absorbing Tenseigan Chakra and beginning to awaken, then brought him back to Iwagakure and asked him to inspect a Shinigami Mask.
• Neji used Wheel Rotation Like Intent to pull the Death God from the mask but could not break it down, so Yichen considered using powerful souls like the Death Gods to strengthen his own soul.

Yichen discovered that Fujii Kusaka’s flames could extract absorbable Soul Power from the Death God, strengthening both her and Yichen. After using the boost to advance his Five Elements Fusion training, Yichen’s village continued its war of attrition against Konoha, leaving the village short-staffed as Orochimaru’s four infiltrators entered Konoha.

• Neji told Yichen that Fujii Kusaka’s flames could burn souls into pure energy, so Yichen traveled to the Daimyo’s Mansion and brought her back to Iwagakure.
• With Neji and Yichen restraining the Death God, Fujii Kusaka burned it and Yichen confirmed that he could absorb the Soul Power it released.
• Fujii Kusaka absorbed Soul Power, advanced to Elite Jonin, and spent nearly a month refining the Death God’s remaining power for Yichen to absorb.
• Yichen’s Soul Power nearly doubled, and he advanced his sixth layer of Five Elements Fusion training to about halfway before reaching his limit.
• Yichen sent Fujii Kusaka and Kamizuru Tsuruhime to the Land of Lightning to reunite with Haku, then resumed training while Konoha struggled with Iwagakure’s attrition tactics.
• As Konoha dispatched more ninja to defend its borders and fulfill missions, Orochimaru’s four infiltrators succeeded in entering the village.

Sasuke left Konoha after learning from the Iwa Village Bi-Monthly Report that Konoha's leaders had helped destroy the Uchiha Clan, and he awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan. After breaking Itachi Uchiha's Tsukuyomi and entering Iwa ninja territory, Sasuke sought refuge with Sokai Uchiha and Izumi Uchiha, prompting the local branch to notify Yichen.

• Sakon Ukon and his companions used a hidden operative to enter Konoha, then persuaded Sasuke to leave by promising information about the Uchiha Clan Annihilated.
• Kakashi and Itachi Uchiha followed Sasuke, while Itachi sent Sakon Ukon and the others into Anbu custody.
• Sasuke read old issues of the Iwa Village Bi-Monthly Report and confronted Itachi Uchiha, accusing him of betraying the Uchiha Clan and refusing to return to Konoha.
• Sasuke awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and used his Illusion-Breaking eye technique to shatter Itachi Uchiha's Tsukuyomi, then left him injured and crossed into the Land of Earth.
• Sasuke went to the Iwa ninja branch in the Former Northwestern Land of Fire and asked to meet Sokai Uchiha and Izumi Uchiha, so the branch sent word to Yichen.

Yichen investigated Sasuke’s defection to Iwagakure, verified his Mangekyō abilities, and used a selectively framed account of the Uchiha massacre to turn him against Konoha. Kakashi and Itachi arrived and subdued Sasuke, but an unseen force erased Yichen’s attack, leading him to suspect the Sage of Six Paths had intervened again.

• Yichen traveled to the Iwagakure branch, kept Sasuke behind a Porcelain Barrier, and demanded proof of his identity and ocular techniques.
• Quan Luo and Sokai verified Sasuke’s Illusion-Breaking and Amaterasu, then Quan Luo and Yichen explained the Uchiha massacre and Konoha’s treatment of the clan.
• Sasuke believed Yichen’s account, described how Orochimaru’s people helped him leave Konoha, and explained how he escaped Itachi’s Tsukuyomi.
• Itachi returned to Konoha and told Kakashi that Sasuke had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and defected, so they used Flying Thunder God to reach Sasuke.
• Kakashi knocked Sasuke unconscious while Itachi struck him, and Yichen launched Light Release at them.
• An unseen force twisted space and erased Yichen’s attack, making him suspect the Sage of Six Paths had intervened.

Yichen stopped Kakashi from taking Sasuke without a price, then called on the Sage of Six Paths to teach Izumi Uchiha and Sokai how to use the Giant Nine-Tomoe Rinne Sharingan. The Sage also explained how Hoshigakure’s star would aid Yichen’s Five Elements Fusion, and Yichen returned to the village with Itachi Uchiha sealed.

• Izumi Uchiha’s ocular techniques failed to disable Itachi Uchiha, while Kakashi used Kamui to destroy Sokai’s Susanoo; Yichen saved both allies and the two sides paused to negotiate.
• Yichen demanded that Kakashi leave behind Sasuke or Itachi Uchiha, or surrender his left eye; Itachi instead removed his own eyes and offered them, so Kakashi took Sasuke back to Konoha.
• After sealing Itachi Uchiha, Yichen called for the Sage of Six Paths, who appeared and taught Izumi Uchiha and Sokai how to communicate with the Giant Nine-Tomoe Rinne Sharingan and evolve their eyes.
• The Sage of Six Paths told Yichen that Hoshigakure’s star would become useful after he fused his first wisp of Chakra, and Yichen memorized his detailed guidance.
• Yichen told Izumi Uchiha that the Sage would not object to Konoha’s other ninja being killed, and instructed her to keep his existence secret; he then brought Itachi Uchiha and his companions back to the branch before returning to the village.

Kakashi brought Sasuke home and left him in Naruto’s care while he considered when to give Sasuke Itachi’s Mangekyō Sharingan. In Iwagakure, Izumi Uchiha awakened the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan through the Giant Sharingan, and Yichen completed the sixth level of Five Elements Fusion.

• Kakashi brought Sasuke to his home, where Naruto accepted the task of looking after him and Hinata continued her training.
• Yichen returned to Iwagakure with Izumi Uchiha and Sokai, then brought them to the Giant Sharingan and chose Izumi to attempt its power first.
• Izumi felt accepted by Iwagakure, advanced to quasi-Kage, and connected with the Giant Sharingan while Yichen entered her body with the Spirit Transformation Jutsu.
• The Giant Sharingan’s Chakra transformed Izumi’s eyes into the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and strengthened her body, while Yichen’s soul became more stable.
• Yichen told Izumi to study the Giant Sharingan’s abilities and promised Sokai he would prepare another source of First Hokage’s Cells.
• Yichen practiced Five Elements Fusion and completed the sixth level, then decided to wait for the Little White Ball Laboratory to collect data before attempting the seventh.

Haku, Fujii Kusaka, and Kamizuru Tsuruhime led Iwa ninja into an ambush against a powerful Cloud force, but the fight turned against them. Uzumaki Riori arrived in time to drive off the Cloud ninja, and Karin treated the wounded at the Command Center.

• Kamizuru Tsuruhime reported that two Iwa squads were approaching the Cloud ninja, so Haku and his companions repositioned to ambush the enemy as it attacked them.
• Haku, Fujii Kusaka, and Kamizuru Tsuruhime struck the eight Cloud ninja in the rear, but several Elite Jonin survived and the Cloud force overwhelmed the Iwa fighters.
• The Cloud ninja targeted Haku and his companions after recognizing them as Yichen's disciples, and Haku used Ice Release to protect them while Tsuruhime and Kusaka were injured.
• Haku's ice dragon kept the Cloud ninja at bay until Uzumaki Riori arrived with her Shadow Clones and Great Dragon Fire Technique, forcing the survivors to flee.
• Uzumaki Riori's Shadow Clones carried Haku, Fujii Kusaka, and Kamizuru Tsuruhime to the Command Center, where Karin treated their injuries and learned how Riori had rescued them.

Haku struggled with guilt over his failed rescue attempt and the deaths of his three subordinates, but Yichen helped him regain his resolve and choose to become an instructor. Meanwhile, Killer B and Mabui waited on Turtle Island for Samui and discussed whether Konoha could ever challenge Iwagakure.

• Aono Shinichi summoned Fujii Kusaka back to the village, and Haku and Kamizuru Tsuruhime decided to return with her.
• Yichen absorbed the souls of two Death Gods, spent a month processing research data, and emerged from seclusion to find Haku distressed and exhausted.
• Haku told Yichen that he blamed himself for the deaths of his three subordinates and the other losses during the mission, and Yichen urged him to honor their sacrifice by becoming stronger.
• Haku regained his resolve, reached quasi-Kage strength, and asked Yichen to make him an instructor so he could pass on the Will of Stone.
• Yichen spoke with his disciples, village elites, young geniuses, and Ninja Academy students, then advised Haku on teaching children.
• On Turtle Island, Killer B and Mabui worried that Samui had not returned and discussed relying on Konoha to oppose Iwagakure.

Killer B learned that the resistance in the Land of Lightning had been crushed and that Konoha and the Mist had obtained the Impure World Reincarnation technique. Meanwhile, Yichen used the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and a Giant Sharingan to help Sokai awaken the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, leaving Yichen’s soul strengthened and ready to absorb Death Gods again.

• Killer B ordered Turtle Island to relocate after Samui, Karui, and Omoi returned and reported that Iwa had wiped out nearly all resistance in the Land of Lightning.
• Samui told Killer B that Konoha had sheltered more than a hundred Cloud ninja and gave him the Hokage’s scroll detailing Impure World Reincarnation; Killer B told Samui to learn the technique on the mainland.
• Yichen brought Izumi Uchiha and Sokai to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, where he summoned Obito Uchiha through Impure World Reincarnation and had him connect the Giant Sharingan to the statue’s First Hokage’s Cells.
• Izumi Uchiha used the Giant Sharingan to absorb the cells, while Yichen told Obito Uchiha that the eye was the Nine-Tomoe Rinne Sharingan and revealed that Izumi had awakened the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Yichen dismissed Obito Uchiha and had Izumi Uchiha seal his soul in a Shinigami Mask, then returned to the village with the others after deciding not to move the Demonic Statue.
• Sokai resonated with the Giant Sharingan and awakened the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan; Yichen felt his soul condense and realized he could absorb Death Gods again.

Two years into the ongoing conflict, Konoha’s young elites prepared to face Neji’s approaching force, while Neji set out to test his newly increased power. The chapter also revealed how Shion overcame Moryo’s instinctive counterattack and reached the third stage of Yin Release.

• Konoha’s northern forces suffered heavy losses as Iwa ninja steadily advanced, and Hinata ordered her group to hold their temporary Command Center and send out more scouts.
• Shikamaru concluded that Neji and the other Iwa elites were targeting the camp, while Sasuke privately focused on defeating Neji despite his worsening eyesight from using the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Neji led Haku, Shion, Kurotsuchi, and the others toward Konoha’s camp, intending to destroy it and test his Tenseigan; Chiga reported that Naruto remained at the main camp.
• Shion’s soul became entangled with Moryo’s tentacles as she approached a new stage of power, and Yichen entered her body to cut the tentacles free and calm her.
• Yichen guided Shion to use her Miko Power to absorb Moryo’s power, and the Miko Seal transformed more of it into Miko Power until Shion reached the third stage of Yin Release.

Shion reached Kage level after absorbing the Miko Power, while Neji’s team fought Hinata’s group near the Konoha camp. After learning that the Mist and Cloud ninja might use Impure World Reincarnation, Yichen summoned Senju Tobirama and other dead fighters to obtain their knowledge and techniques, then shared the haul with Iwagakure’s leadership.

• Yichen taught Shion Soul Communication, explained that she had reached Kage level, and urged her to keep training so she could adapt to her power.
• Neji led Iwagakure’s young fighters toward the Konoha camp, while Chiga stayed behind and Sokai and Izumi Uchiha followed in secret.
• Hinata led Konoha’s fighters out to meet Neji’s group, and Sasuke fought Neji while Naruto and Hinata faced Haku and Shion.
• After receiving A-Tu’s report that the Mist ninja had mastered Impure World Reincarnation, Yichen summoned Senju Tobirama and questioned him about the jutsu and its counters.
• Yichen extracted Senju Tobirama’s and other reanimated fighters’ jutsu knowledge, then gave the techniques to Iwagakure’s leadership.
• Yichen regretted obtaining the techniques so late, since he believed there was too little time to train specialists before the coming battles among gods.

The Konoha 11 fought Kurotsuchi's group in the Land of Fire, but Shikamaru Nara ordered a retreat after Sai and Ino Yamanaka were injured and their opponents proved stronger. Sasuke refused to withdraw, while Hinata and Naruto continued fighting Haku, Shion, and Neji as the battle turned increasingly against them.

• Sakura turned Ino Yamanaka's Mind Body Switch Technique against her, injured Sai, and nearly forced Ino to stab herself before Shikamaru Nara stopped her with the Shadow Imitation Jutsu.
• Shikamaru Nara ordered a retreat, and Kiba Inuzuka, Choji Akimichi, and Tenten helped Rock Lee break free and cover the Konoha group's withdrawal.
• Kurotsuchi pressured Rock Lee until he opened the Sixth Gate, then pursued him; Rock Lee carried Kiba Inuzuka and Choji Akimichi as he fled.
• Sasuke ignored Shikamaru Nara's retreat signal and fought Neji with his third-form Susanoo, while Neji summoned a Rock Golem that matched it.
• Hinata threw Naruto toward Sasuke and faced Haku and Shion, who coordinated Ice Release and Sealing Jutsu to restrict her movement.
• Neji overwhelmed Naruto after Naruto entered his four-tailed state, striking his back and sending him flying.

Neji and the Iwa ninja overwhelmed Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata, but Kakashi rescued Naruto and Sasuke and escaped back to Konoha. Neji then continued toward Konoha’s temporary Command Center, while Iwa’s commanders agreed to exploit the injured Konoha fighters and expand the fighting into the southern Land of Fire.

• Naruto reached seven tails and Sasuke awakened his Fourth Form Susanoo, but Neji defeated both of them, leaving them unconscious.
• Hinata turned invisible and tried to reach Neji, but Kakashi arrived and fought Neji, Sokai, Haku, and Shion while attempting to rescue Naruto and Sasuke.
• Kakashi used a Wood Clone and Flying Thunder God to retrieve Sasuke, then escaped to Konoha with him and Naruto; Hinata had already retreated.
• Neji and the others found Konoha’s temporary Command Center evacuated, took its remaining supplies, and sent word to the Iwa Ninja Command Center.
• Aono Shinichi, Minamoto Shizuka, and Rion agreed to send forces into the southern Land of Fire while Sasuke and Naruto recovered.

Kakashi struggled to protect Konoha after Iwa ninja caused heavy losses among its deployed squads, while preparing Sasuke and Naruto to seek new power. Yichen recalled Neji and his allies to Iwagakure, then led a force toward Turtle Island to eliminate the Cloud ninja who had escaped there.

• Minamoto Shizuka, Aono Shinichi, and Rion suspected Kakashi's arrival had been deliberate and sent Iwa ninja squads into the Land of Fire to attack Konoha ninja.
• Kakashi learned that Iwa ninja had killed thousands of Konoha ninja, weighed the threat of Neji and Sokai, and ordered the remaining squads back to the village.
• Shikaku Nara agreed that Iwa seemed wary of Konoha but could not identify why, while Kakashi promised Sasuke a transplant using Itachi's Mangekyō Sharingan and told Naruto he could seek the Nine-Tails' power.
• Kakashi saw Hinata had reached Quasi-Kage level and returned to work on a response to Konoha's losses.
• Yichen praised Neji, Haku, and Shion for their mission, then gathered Iwagakure's experts after Chiga reported that their target had left.
• Yichen led the group by teleportation and Porcelain Platform toward Turtle Island, explaining that they had located it by monitoring Naruto Uzumaki and intended to eliminate the remaining Cloud ninja there.

Naruto obtained the Nine-Tails Chakra on Turtle Island, but Killer B’s attempt to relocate the island came too late to avoid Yichen’s attack. Yichen’s group fought Kumogakure’s Reanimated warriors, and by the end Yichen and Sokai had sealed the Third Raikage’s soul.

• Naruto failed to control the Nine-Tails at first, but Minato reinforced his seal and Naruto later succeeded with Kushina’s help.
• Yichen tracked Turtle Island and arrived with his allies as Killer B summoned the First through Third Raikage, former Jinchuriki, Kinkaku, Ginkaku, and Jiraiya.
• Yichen’s group engaged the defenders; Sokai used Susanoo to defeat Ginkaku and capture Kinkaku, while Shion sealed Kinkaku.
• Yichen trapped the Third Raikage with Porcelain Release and Light Release, then sealed his body beneath mud covered in Sealing Runes.
• Sokai used the Giant Sharingan to extract the Third Raikage’s soul and sealed it inside the Death God drawn from the Shinigami Mask.

Yichen’s forces defeated Kumogakure on Turtle Island, captured most of its reanimated warriors, and seized the village’s hidden supplies. Samui and the surviving Cloud ninja discovered the disaster and began suspecting Konoha of betraying them.

• Sokai sealed Kinkaku, Ginkaku, and the Third Raikage, while Neji killed Killer B and Yichen’s attempt to capture the Eight-Tails ended with the beast escaping into the sea.
• Natsuki and Shion sealed the First Raikage, and Izumi Uchiha reversed the Impure World Reincarnation on the Two-Tails Jinchuriki and captured his soul; Jiraiya reversed the technique himself, but Yichen later reincarnated and sealed him.
• Yichen’s group captured the remaining reanimated Cloud ninja, cleared Turtle Island, and recovered Kumogakure’s scrolls, weapons, research, and other supplies; Yichen also ordered one Cloud child to be left alive to carry suspicion back to Konoha.
• Naruto returned safely to Konoha, while Samui, Karui, and Omoi found Turtle Island gone and learned from a surviving child that Sokai had attacked it.
• Samui and the others tried to reincarnate the Cloud predecessors, but every attempt failed, leading them to conclude the warriors had likely been sealed.
• The surviving Cloud ninja debated seeking help from Konoha, but the child’s accusation and Samui’s memory of Kakashi’s invitation made her suspect Konoha had exposed their location to absorb the Cloud ninja staying there.

Yichen expanded his gains from Turtle Island and began training Uzumaki Riori, Neji, and Haku in Sage Arts after Riori’s uncontrolled Shadow Clones nearly set Iwagakure ablaze. In Konoha, Kakashi arranged for Naruto, Hinata, and Sasuke to train at the three Sage locations, then struck a deal with Orochimaru that left the Hyuga Branch Family exposed and ended with Orochimaru summoning the Sage of Six Paths.

• Kirigakure learned that the Iwa ninja had captured Turtle Island and dispersed its people into dozens of scattered branches, causing Yichen to abandon plans for a sneak attack.
• Yichen extracted Nine-Tails Chakra from Kinkaku and Ginkaku, created Little Kurama, and found its power and healing surpassed the other tailed-beast chakra he had tested.
• Uzumaki Riori filled Iwagakure with Shadow Clones preparing Great Fireball Jutsu, but Yichen stopped her and discovered she had advanced to Kage-level after losing sparring matches to Neji, Haku, Shion, Sakura, and Yakumo Kurama.
• Yichen took Uzumaki Riori, Neji, and Haku to train in Sage Arts, while Shion stayed to help supervise them.
• Kakashi sent Naruto to Mount Myōboku and arranged for Hinata to train at Shikkotsu Forest after Tsunade obtained the Slug Sage’s approval.
• Kakashi traded Orochimaru information about powerful Iwa ninja and a list of Hyuga Branch Family members for Sasuke’s training at Ryūchi Cave; after Sasuke left, Orochimaru called for the Sage of Six Paths, who finally appeared.

Konoha continued to decline while Iwagakure grew stronger, and Yichen used a piece of Black Zetsu to help Neji awaken his Sage-level Tenseigan. Yichen then helped Izumi Uchiha begin her own transformation, while Black Zetsu realized someone was destroying pieces of his body and decided to avoid Iwagakure.

• Konoha lost the Land of Fire's military funding, suffered mounting casualties, and dwindled to about three thousand mostly young ninja as Iwagakure prospered.
• Yichen used a piece of Black Zetsu's body to help Neji complete his transformation, awakening his Sage-level Tenseigan and prompting Yichen to advance his Five Elements Fusion training.
• Yichen, Neji, Sokai, and Izumi Uchiha examined Obito Uchiha's corpse and found another piece of Black Zetsu inside it.
• Yichen entered Izumi Uchiha's body as she used the Giant Sharingan to absorb the piece, triggering her transformation and awakening pale blue Rinnegan.
• Black Zetsu sensed that the piece inside Obito Uchiha had been destroyed, panicked, and resolved to avoid Yichen and the Iwa ninja.
• A White Zetsu clone told Black Zetsu that the Tsuchikage had visited the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path again.

Yichen traded Orochimaru time in exchange for Black Zetsu’s body, allowing Sokai to awaken a red Rinnegan. Sokai and Izumi Uchiha confronted Shisui Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha over the Uchiha massacre, then brought them to repent before the clan’s memorial, where they took their own lives.

• Black Zetsu fled in panic after learning Yichen had come to Snake Pit Village to meet Orochimaru.
• Yichen threatened Orochimaru and traded him time to evolve his eyes for the Black Zetsu body he possessed.
• Sokai used the body to awaken a red Rinnegan, and Yichen returned to his laboratory to pursue Five Elements Fusion.
• Sokai and Izumi Uchiha revealed their Sage-level strength and Rinnegan to Shisui Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha, challenging their defense of Konoha’s actions against the Uchiha Clan.
• Sokai and Izumi Uchiha had Katsuya reanimate Fugaku Uchiha and prevented Shisui Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha from killing themselves immediately.
• Sokai stripped Shisui Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha of the Uchiha name, sentenced them to death, and brought them to the clan memorial, where they repented before killing themselves.