Chapter Summaries

Orochimaru grew convinced that a major upheaval was coming and destroyed his prepared artificial body so he could create a stronger one using Naruto’s and Sasuke’s cells. Meanwhile, the Sound Four reached the burial ground at Uzushio Village, where the story recounted how the Uzumaki Clan had fallen after Konoha failed to rescue them in time.

• Orochimaru told Kabuto to hurry the mission because he sensed a major event approaching in the Ninja World.
• After considering the Great Toad Sage’s prophecy and recent upheavals, Orochimaru destroyed his prepared embryo and began designing a new one with Naruto’s and Sasuke’s cells.
• Kimimaro led the Sound Four through the ruins of Uzushio Village to the crude burial ground where Konoha had gathered the dead.
• The account explained that several shinobi villages had attacked the Uzumaki Clan, while Konoha hesitated to intervene and arrived only after Uzushio Village had fallen.
• Many Uzumaki survivors fled to other lands rather than seek refuge in Konoha, and the clan vanished from the Ninja World.

Kimimaro and the Sound Four searched Uzumaki remains for someone who could reveal where the Reaper Mask was kept. Their strongest find was only an ordinary Chunin who knew nothing about the Repository Hall, leaving Kimimaro without a lead.

• Kimimaro selected the remains he judged strongest, and Yamato used Impure World Reincarnation to revive an Uzumaki clansman.
• Kimimaro asked the revived clansman where the Repository Hall housing the Reaper Mask was, but the man said he did not know.
• After Yamato loosened the restrictions, the clansman explained that he was an ordinary Chunin and knew no clan secrets.
• Kimimaro realized the other Uzumaki remains were unlikely to know more, since stronger clansmen's corpses had been taken away by the villages that destroyed Uzushio.

Kimimaro and Akatsuki's Mist Squad clashed at a graveyard while both sought information about undoing the Reaper Death Seal. Meanwhile, Hyuga Kagami and the Uzumaki patriarch reached a shrine containing Reaper masks, where the patriarch said every mask was real.

• Kimimaro ordered another attempt to question the reanimated remains before Jugo and Haku warned that six people were approaching.
• Biwa Jūzō, Kisame Hoshigaki, Ryu, Lotus, Raiga Kurosuki, and Zetsu arrived and recognized that the Sound Four were seeking Uzumaki clan secrets.
• Zetsu and Kimimaro ordered their sides to attack, and Akatsuki's Mist Squad fought the Sound Four in the graveyard.
• Hyuga Kagami brought the Uzumaki patriarch to a ruined shrine in the Land of Whirlpools and explained how he had found the patriarch's remains.
• Hyuga Kagami asked which of the twenty-seven Reaper masks on the shrine wall was real, and the Uzumaki patriarch replied that they all were.

Hyuga Kagami learned that the Uzumaki Clan had collected twenty-seven genuine Reaper Masks and ordered Karin to take them all. He planned to ask the Third Hokage which Reaper the Fourth Hokage had summoned, while reflecting on why the Uzumaki Clan had been considered a threat.

• The Uzumaki clan head explained that each Reaper Mask could summon the Reaper and that wearing one made the Reaper Death Seal more powerful.
• Karin tried on a mask and asked to learn the Reaper Death Seal, but the Uzumaki clan head forbade it because the technique cost the user's life.
• Hyuga Kagami realized he needed to identify the Reaper summoned by the Fourth Hokage and decided to ask the Third Hokage.
• Hyuga Kagami ordered Karin to gather every Reaper Mask from the wall, and she began packing them up.
• Hyuga Kagami considered how the Uzumaki Clan's suicide technique could threaten powerful ninja and concluded that even the strongest had to remain cautious.

Hyuga Kagami and Karin sought information about undoing the Reaper Death Seal, but the Uzumaki clan chief led them to a secret vault that had already been looted. Hyuga Kagami identified Orochimaru as the thief and decided to let him handle using Impure World Reincarnation on the previous Hokage.

• Karin collected all twenty-seven Reaper Masks, and the Uzumaki clan chief admitted he did not know how to undo the Reaper Death Seal but knew of records in a secret vault.
• Hyuga Kagami, Karin, and the Uzumaki clan chief traveled to a remote cave in the Land of Fire, where the chief revealed that he had destroyed Uzushio Village's largest vault before it fell.
• The group found the cave vault open and emptied, and Hyuga Kagami discovered a small tunnel leading outside through a weak point in its defenses.
• Hyuga Kagami gave Karin's masks back to her and sent her with the Uzumaki clan chief to Base 4 to train and study Sealing Jutsu.
• Hyuga Kagami found a snake scale in the tunnel and identified Orochimaru as the thief, then decided to let him use Impure World Reincarnation on the previous Hokage.

After the Mist Squad and the Sound Four withdrew from Uzushio Village, a masked woman claiming to be the Sun God of God Organization visited Orochimaru with a deal. She offered the Reaper Mask in exchange for the other half of the Nine-Tails, leaving Orochimaru wary and intrigued.

• Zetsu ordered the Mist Squad to cancel its operation, and Black Zetsu decided they would abandon the other half of the Nine-Tails for now and pursue another plan.
• Haku, Kimimaro, Jugo, and Yamato agreed to leave Uzushio Village and report their encounter with Akatsuki to Orochimaru.
• A sun-masked visitor arrived at Otogakure, prompting Orochimaru and Kabuto to meet her.
• The visitor identified herself as the Sun God of God Organization and offered Orochimaru the Reaper Mask in exchange for the other half of the Nine-Tails.
• Kabuto was shocked that the Sun God knew about their secret plan to undo the Reaper Death Seal, while Orochimaru questioned how she knew he could do it.

Orochimaru accepted Sun God's offer and used a Reaper Mask to release the Fourth Hokage's soul, then performed Impure World Reincarnation to summon him. Sun God proposed releasing the Nine-Tails, leaving Orochimaru and Kabuto waiting to see how she would handle the danger to Otogakure.

• Orochimaru accepted Sun God's deal after considering the threat and the God Organization's knowledge of his plans.
• Orochimaru found the correct Reaper Mask among twenty-seven masks and prepared to perform the jutsu with Kabuto's help.
• Orochimaru used the Reaper Mask to make the phantom Reaper cut open its belly, releasing the Fourth Hokage's soul while wounding Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru performed Impure World Reincarnation and summoned the Fourth Hokage into the prepared sacrifice.
• Sun God said they should release the Nine-Tails, and Kabuto warned that it could destroy Otogakure as Orochimaru waited for her response.

Orochimaru and Kabuto tested whether "Sun God" could handle the Nine-Tails by releasing it in a remote canyon. She subdued the beast with golden rings and absorbed it into her palm, leaving Orochimaru and Kabuto stunned.

• Kabuto and Orochimaru doubted "Sun God" could take the Nine-Tails, but she insisted that they release it outside the village.
• Orochimaru and Kabuto brought the Fourth Hokage's Edo Tensei body to a remote canyon and prepared a way to trap the Nine-Tails if necessary.
• Orochimaru released the seal, and the Nine-Tails emerged from the Fourth Hokage's body.
• The Nine-Tails attacked "Sun God" as Orochimaru summoned the First Hokage and Second Hokage and Kabuto entered Sage Mode.
• "Sun God" emitted golden light and bound the Nine-Tails with rings until it shrank into a point of light that fell into her palm.

Shion, revealed as the “Sun God,” used her Miko powers to seal the Nine-Tails and complete her transaction with Orochimaru. After she left, Orochimaru and Kabuto discussed her overwhelming strength and Orochimaru ordered Disonas to accelerate his work, fearing he was running out of time.

• Shion sealed the Nine-Tails with a flash of immense chakra, leaving Orochimaru and Kabuto stunned.
• Shion put the sealed Nine-Tails away, collected the remaining twenty-six Reaper Masks, and left the canyon.
• Orochimaru told Kabuto he could not identify Shion’s Sealing Jutsu and wondered whether its power came from her technique or her own strength.
• Orochimaru and Kabuto reflected on the Nine-Tails seeking the Fourth Hokage’s opinion before attacking.
• Orochimaru told Kabuto to notify Disonas to speed up their work because he feared he had little time left.

Shion returned from sealing half of the Nine-Tails, and Hyuga Kagami urged her to gain combat experience while keeping his own Impure World body secret. In Konoha, Kakashi learned that graves across the Ninja World had been raided for powerful shinobi’s corpses, raising fears that someone was preparing Impure World Reincarnation.

• Hyuga Kagami waited nearby while Shion, disguised as the God Organization’s Sun God and wearing Type-Three Biological Armor, dealt with Orochimaru and Kabuto.
• Shion returned and gave Hyuga Kagami the bell artifact containing half of the Nine-Tails, then said the encounter had been easier than she expected.
• Hyuga Kagami explained that sealing had made the Nine-Tails easier to subdue and told Shion she needed real combat training.
• Kakashi arrived at a Konoha meeting and read a report that graves across the Ninja World, including those of past Kage, had been excavated.
• Jiraiya agreed that the stolen bodies were likely intended for Impure World Reincarnation, while Utatane Koharu said rumors blamed either Orochimaru or Akatsuki.

Konoha investigated the theft of corpses and suspected Orochimaru and Disonas were improving Impure World Reincarnation. Disonas demanded more time and more corpses from Kabuto, while secretly planning to obtain the Heavenly Spear.

• Kakashi, the Third Hokage, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Utatane Koharu discussed whether Orochimaru had stolen corpses to use Impure World Reincarnation.
• Utatane Koharu identified Disonas as a wanted serial killer and reported that he was working with Orochimaru to improve the technique.
• The Third Hokage assigned Kakashi to investigate Disonas, and Jiraiya asked to be notified if Orochimaru was involved.
• Kabuto confronted Disonas in a cemetery over his progress and warned that he had one week to fulfill his promise.
• Disonas demanded more corpses of skilled fighters and resolved to obtain the Heavenly Spear.

Karin, Shion, and the Uzumaki Clan leader took turns testing their sealing jutsu against the rampaging Nine-Tails. Karin restrained it with Adamantine Sealing Chains, and Shion demanded another turn.

• Karin sealed the Nine-Tails with the Four Symbols Seal, earning praise from the Uzumaki Clan leader.
• Shion trapped the Nine-Tails inside her Demon-Sealing Coffin, which withstood the blast of its Tailed Beast Ball.
• Karin complained that the Nine-Tails was useless, then challenged Shion to show her next technique.
• Karin bound the Nine-Tails with Adamantine Sealing Chains and declared herself the real Sun God.
• Shion flew into a rage and demanded another turn.

Shion and Karin continued competing to suppress the Nine-Tails, with Shion calming its rampage using a powerful sealing technique before Karin used her Rinnegan to control it. Karin left the contest unresolved and prepared to use Planetary Devastation if Shion had another answer.

• Karin released the Nine-Tails, and Shion used Purification Ring to disperse its tornado, suppress its chakra, and calm it.
• The Uzumaki Clan chief praised Shion’s sealing technique, while Karin struggled to find another suitable technique for the contest.
• Shion challenged Karin to take her turn, and Karin returned to the island as Shion released her seal and retreated.
• The Nine-Tails suddenly froze, and Shion discovered that Karin had used her Rinnegan to control it.
• Shion accused Karin of cheating, but Karin argued that the contest allowed any method and prepared to use Planetary Devastation next.

Karin used Planetary Devastation to trap the Nine-Tails and realized she had gained enough control of the Rinnegan to use Rinne Tensei. As Shion prepared her next move, Gaara persuaded Shukaku to stop sabotaging his Magnet Release training and support him instead.

• Karin unleashed Planetary Devastation, gathering the Nine-Tails and the island’s debris into a huge sphere in the sky.
• Karin recognized that her improved control of the Rinnegan let her use second-level techniques, including Rinne Tensei to revive Hyuga Kagami.
• The Uzumaki Clan Chief praised the power of Karin’s technique, and Shion put on the Miko’s Crown and announced it was her turn.
• Gaara and Shukaku discussed the Nine-Tails’ fate, and Gaara warned that Shukaku might be next to face the two women’s sealing techniques.
• Shukaku admitted it had secretly hindered Gaara’s Magnet Release training and promised to support him fully.

Hyuga Kagami assessed the threat posed by Otsutsuki Toneri while checking on Karin and Shion’s contest, then reviewed his chakra-gathering plans. He chose to investigate the Giant Pit and Disonas, hoping to find the two chakra units and funding he still needed.

• Hyuga Kagami watched Karin and Shion’s contest with the Nine-Tails and let it continue so they could gain combat experience.
• Hyuga Kagami considered whether Otsutsuki Toneri had fused the Tenseigan and concluded that a successful fusion would make him a major threat.
• Hyuga Kagami noted that he had acquired eight chakra units and still needed two more for his ritual.
• Hyuga Kagami reviewed his list of suspected chakra sources and circled the Giant Pit, which he remembered was linked to a strange item and the wanted criminal Disonas.
• Hyuga Kagami decided to investigate the Giant Pit and Disonas while seeking chakra and funds for his projects.

Hyuga Kagami discovered that the Giant Pit’s lush environment drew vitality from the surrounding land, while Kakashi confronted Kabuto and Disonas activated the Heavenly Spear. The enormous tower rose from the pit and fired a red beam into the sky.

• Hyuga Kagami reached the Giant Pit and concluded that something inside it absorbed earth vein energy, leaving the surrounding land barren.
• Hyuga Kagami detected ongoing fighting in the damaged village inside the pit.
• Kakashi pursued Yakushi Kabuto, who admitted Orochimaru’s group had conducted grave-robbing experiments but was surprised to hear that previous Kage’s bodies had been stolen.
• Disonas activated the glowing glass organ while Asuma’s team fought ninjas summoned through Impure World Reincarnation.
• Disonas activated the Heavenly Spear, causing a massive circular tower to rise from the Giant Pit and fire a red beam into the sky.

Disonas activated the Heavenly Spear, which drew natural energy from underground and filled the sky with destructive red lightning. As the bombardment spread, Hyuga Kagami realized it could devastate the entire surface unless someone stopped it.

• Disonas activated the Heavenly Spear, sending a crimson chakra pillar into the sky and gathering enormous storm clouds.
• Kakashi tried to stop Disonas with a Bond Sword, but Kabuto’s snake swallowed it and Kabuto said he needed Disonas alive to obtain the improved formula.
• Red lightning began striking the giant pit and its surroundings, destroying buildings, trees, lakes, and sections of the landscape.
• Hyuga Kagami examined the weapon with his Tenseigan and saw that it continued drawing natural energy from underground, threatening to spread destruction across the surface.

Hyuga Kagami watched Disonas climb the Heavenly Spear while its activation spread ominous clouds across the Ninja World. As Konoha sent Jiraiya and Tsunade to investigate, Obito revealed he had adapted to the Rinnegan and ordered Zetsu to prepare for the Ten-Tails’ revival.

• Hyuga Kagami wondered why Disonas was climbing the Heavenly Spear and examined the ancient book and glowing glass organ he had left behind.
• The Third Hokage learned that crimson storm clouds had spread from the Giant Pit and sent Jiraiya and Tsunade with reinforcements and the Sealing Team.
• The Third Hokage worried that the strange events might signal the major transformation predicted by the Great Toad Sage.
• Obito removed the bandages from his left eye and showed Zetsu that he had adapted to the Rinnegan.
• Obito ordered Zetsu to prepare the Ten-Tails’ revival while the Heavenly Spear drew attention elsewhere, then vowed to end the old era for Rin.

Obito summoned the restored Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and began extracting Tailed Beast chakra from the Jinchuriki under his control. After draining the previous One-Tail Jinchuriki and Yugito Nii, he prepared to extract the Three-Tails from Karatachi Yagura.

• Obito summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and confirmed that it was in excellent condition.
• Zetsu brought out the coffins and Jinchuriki, while Sasori and the Mist Squad joined Obito and Zetsu on the statue’s fingers.
• Obito and the others used the Phantom Dragon Nine Consort Seal to drain the previous One-Tail Jinchuriki, whose Reanimated body crumbled to ash.
• The statue opened one eye partway after extracting the residual One-Tail chakra, and Obito ordered the group to continue.
• The group drained the Two-Tails from Yugito Nii, causing her to die and leaving the statue’s second eye fully open.
• Zetsu ordered a White Zetsu clone to bring Karatachi Yagura beneath the statue for the next extraction.

Obito and the Akatsuki continued extracting Tailed Beasts to revive the Ten-Tails, but the increasingly powerful Demonic Statue of the Outer Path became harder to control. After the Eight-Tails was extracted, Obito devoted his Rinnegan to restraining the statue, leaving the Jinchuriki bodies used as the Six Paths of Pain lifeless.

• The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path absorbed the Three-Tails from a White Zetsu clone, and its third eye opened partway, causing Obito to cough up blood from the backlash.
• The statue absorbed the complete Four-Tails, Five-Tails, and Six-Tails, opening its fourth, fifth, and sixth eyes fully as its aura grew more terrifying.
• The statue tore apart the former Seven-Tails Jinchuriki's reanimated body, then broke its chains and began to go berserk, forcing Obito to use his Rinnegan to restrain it.
• Obito insisted that the extraction continue, and Zetsu, Sasori, and the Mist Squad resumed their work despite the danger.
• The Eight-Tails was extracted from Killer B, the statue's eighth eye opened fully, and the Jinchuriki bodies serving as the Six Paths of Pain collapsed as Obito concentrated his Rinnegan on controlling the statue.