Chapter Summaries

Ye Zi severely wounded Minato, forcing him to withdraw while Kushina stayed behind to face Ye Zi. As Kushina prepared to fight, Ye Zi unleashed a transformation powered by Senjutsu Chakra and black lightning, while his Wood Clone reached the hospital where Tsunade was.

• Ye Zi pierced Minato's abdomen with his blade and flooded his body with lightning before Minato teleported to the eastern district's outskirts.
• Kushina arrived, made a Shadow Clone to treat Minato, and ordered him to leave with the clone while she held Ye Zi back.
• Minato teleported away with Kushina's Shadow Clone, entrusting her with stopping Ye Zi and protecting Konoha.
• Kushina confronted Ye Zi with nine golden chains as Ye Zi resolved to wait for his Wood Clone to retrieve Kotoha's corpse rather than pursue the Nine-Tails.
• Ye Zi's Senjutsu Chakra stirred Natural Energy as black lightning and golden serpentine eyes emerged, while his Wood Clone arrived at the hospital where Tsunade was.

Ye Zi’s Wood Clone reached the hospital while Tsunade was forced to fight Dan, and the attack on Konoha continued elsewhere. Kakashi found his injured teammates, and Obito rescued Rin before the battle’s outcome was decided.

• Tsunade confronted Ye Zi’s Wood Clone at the hospital, but Dan appeared and began attacking her to make her dispel the slug technique.
• Ye Zi’s Wood Clone entered the hospital, defeated twelve Anbu with Natural Energy, and continued toward his destination.
• On Central Avenue, Hiruzen clashed with Hatake Sakumo as Orochimaru’s control over the Impure World Reincarnation bodies strengthened.
• Kakashi found Rin, Might Guy, and Kurenai injured at the training ground, while Obito was initially missing.
• Slugs treated the injured, and Obito appeared with a strangely shaped Sharingan and used the Flying Thunder God to free Rin from the stone pillar and take her elsewhere.

Ye Zi fought Kushina across the devastated wasteland, conserving his dwindling Senjutsu Chakra while refusing to endanger her. As Shisui and Itachi arrived, Ye Zi’s chakra reserves recovered and his transformed Mangekyō Sharingan let him evade Kushina’s hundreds of golden chains with ease.

• Ye Zi clashed with Kushina, breaking her golden chains and attacking while avoiding a lethal blow.
• Kushina summoned dozens of Shadow Clones, each wielding golden chains, and forced Ye Zi onto the defensive.
• Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi arrived, and Shisui revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan before telling Itachi to stay back.
• A clone returned refined Senjutsu Chakra to Ye Zi, who awakened a Mangekyō Sharingan fused with his serpent eye.
• Ye Zi used his transformed eye to perceive Kushina’s attacks clearly and effortlessly dodged the hundreds of chains, stunning Itachi.

Kushina borrowed more of the Nine-Tails' Chakra and overwhelmed Ye Zi with nearly two hundred Shadow Clones, forcing him to use Sage Art: Wood Release: Wood Forest. The roots destroyed the clones and advanced toward Kushina, while Shisui prepared to use Kotoamatsukami and Itachi watched in awe.

• Itachi watched Ye Zi evade Kushina's golden chains and felt his understanding of power expand.
• Kushina asked the Nine-Tails for more Chakra, then borrowed it despite his protests.
• Kushina created nearly a hundred Shadow Clones, each armed with golden chains, and sent them to surround Ye Zi.
• Ye Zi used Sage Art: Wood Release: Wood Forest to destroy the Shadow Clones and send roots toward Kushina.
• Shisui decided he would have to use Kotoamatsukami and retreated from the advancing roots, while Itachi watched from the edge of the eastern district.

Ye Zi’s enhanced Wood Release devastated the eastern district, and Shisui used Kotoamatsukami to try to change Ye Zi’s will. Meanwhile, Danzo learned that several shinobi had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and began plotting to steal Ye Zi’s eye.

• Ye Zi’s Senjutsu-enhanced Wood Release wiped out Kushina’s Shadow Clones and transformed much of the eastern district into a leafless forest, while Kushina and Shisui avoided the attack.
• Shisui joined Kushina, recognized Ye Zi’s Mangekyō Sharingan, and decided to use Kotoamatsukami to make Ye Zi work toward peace in the shinobi world.
• Shisui used the Body Flicker Technique to approach Ye Zi and activated Kotoamatsukami when Ye Zi looked into his eyes.
• A Root member reported to Danzo that Uchiha Fugaku, Obito, and Uchiha Shisui had awakened a higher form of the Sharingan, as had Ye Zi in his right eye.
• Danzo grew wary of the Uchiha Clan and planned to let Ye Zi escape before intercepting him and taking his eye.

Ye Zi broke free from Uchiha Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami by rejecting the imposed will and reaffirming that protecting his younger sister, Ye Rui, mattered most to him. He fought Shisui and Kushina before Obito intervened and teleported Kushina away, leaving Ye Zi wary of Obito’s Mangekyo.

• Uchiha Shisui used Kotoamatsukami on Ye Zi, but Ye Zi’s right eye blocked part of the attack as he confronted his own wishes in a mental illusion.
• Ye Zi rejected the illusion’s claim that shinobi-world stability outweighed his family and broke the mirror, freeing himself from Kotoamatsukami.
• Ye Zi attacked Shisui with his black blade, but Kushina pulled Shisui out of danger with a golden chain.
• Ye Zi destroyed Kushina’s Shadow Clones and struck at her, but Obito pushed her aside and took the slash with his intangible body.
• Obito told Kushina he was fine, then teleported away with her as Ye Zi recognized Obito’s Mangekyo.

Ye Zi analyzed Obito’s newly awakened Mangekyō ability while facing Obito, Shisui, and Kushina with little Senjutsu Chakra left. He discovered his right eye could automatically counter genjutsu, then narrowly dodged Obito’s Kamui and remained surrounded.

• Obito rescued Kushina with a space-time ability that let him turn intangible, and Ye Zi analyzed its properties.
• Obito revealed that awakening his Mangekyō had made his Flying Thunder God Technique easier to use, while Kushina and Shisui joined him against Ye Zi.
• Obito urged Kushina and Shisui to trust him and create an opening as they attacked Ye Zi from opposite sides.
• Shisui used the Self-Binding Technique genjutsu, but Ye Zi’s right eye activated automatically and he dodged Kushina’s golden chain.
• Obito used Kamui on Ye Zi’s right hand, but Ye Zi sensed the danger and shifted aside before space twisted around the targeted area.

Obito's newly awakened Mangekyō Sharingan left him unable to use Kamui, while Shisui revealed Susanoo and fought Ye Zi alongside Kushina. The battle continued until a tree grew rapidly beside the hospital, signaling to Ye Zi that his Wood Clone had finished its task.

• Obito's Kamui failed to tear off Ye Zi's arm, and its use caused pain that made Obito's Mangekyō Sharingan revert to the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Kushina and Shisui tried to create another opening for Obito, but he admitted he could not use Kamui for the time being.
• Shisui refused to retreat and manifested Susanoo, then attacked Ye Zi with its spiral sword.
• Ye Zi cracked Susanoo's outer layer with Blood, dodged Shisui's Chakra arrows, and kept fighting while Kushina's Shadow Clones and golden chains failed to restrain him.
• A tree began growing rapidly near the hospital, and Ye Zi realized his Wood Clone had completed its task.

Ye Zi held off Kushina and Shisui’s combined attacks while waiting for his Wood Clone to reach Orochimaru with Kotoha’s body. As Minato returned to the battle and Shisui withdrew, Orochimaru prepared to leave with the remaining Impure World Reincarnation bodies.

• Ye Zi repeatedly broke through Kushina’s Shadow Clones and deflected Shisui’s Susanoo attacks, while his Yin Lightning pierced Susanoo’s defense.
• Minato returned to the battlefield in Sage Mode as Shisui’s eyes failed and his Susanoo disappeared.
• Minato told Shisui to retreat with Obito, but Obito stayed behind, insisting that he could still fight.
• Shisui used the Body Flicker Technique to rejoin Itachi at the edge of the eastern district.
• The Wood Clone arrived at Orochimaru’s hideout with Kotoha’s body and an unconscious young woman, and Orochimaru prepared to leave with Hatake Sakumo and Dan Katō.

As Konoha’s forces drove back the attackers, they regrouped in the eastern district to confront Ye Zi. Ye Zi stayed behind to leave Konoha a parting gift, while Danzo waited in the shadows for him to weaken.

• White Zetsu left to collect Sharingan from the Uchiha Clan settlement after deciding not to watch the battle.
• Orochimaru suppressed Dan Katō’s consciousness and made him flee before Tsunade and the sealing team could stop him.
• Manda retreated to Ryūchi Cave, and Uchiha Fugaku used his Mangekyō Sharingan to help Hiruzen fight Hatake Sakumo until Orochimaru made Hatake Sakumo escape.
• Scorpion and Shin escaped with the Kazekage puppet after holding off Jiraiya and the Konoha ninja.
• Most of Konoha’s ninja headed to the eastern district, where Ye Zi stayed to prepare a parting gift as Danzo watched for him to tire.

Danzo waited for Ye Zi to weaken so he could seize his Mangekyō Sharingan while Konoha’s forces closed in around the ruined East District. As the village’s leaders gathered for the final confrontation, Obito stood ready to awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan again.

• Danzo and Root watched the battle from a distance as Danzo planned to take Ye Zi’s Mangekyō Sharingan after he escaped the encirclement and exhausted himself.
• Kushina and Minato held their positions while Ye Zi waited for Konoha’s forces to arrive, intending to escape underground and launch another attack.
• Thousands of Konoha ninja surrounded the East District, and Ye Zi told Minato and Kushina that he was returning the pain he had felt.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Hiruzen joined Minato and Kushina on the battlefield while Uchiha Fugaku watched with Shisui and Itachi.
• Fugaku told Shisui to discuss the Mangekyō Sharingan later and urged Itachi to observe the battle, while Obito prepared to activate his Mangekyō Sharingan again.

Ye Zi used his remaining Senjutsu Chakra to evade the Konoha leaders’ attacks and trigger a vast collapse beneath the East District. The chapter ended with the district and the surrounding area sinking into a gigantic hollow, trapping many Konoha ninja underground.

• Hiruzen asked Ye Zi to surrender, but Ye Zi prepared one final attack against the Konoha ninja surrounding him.
• Ye Zi spread Senjutsu Chakra deep beneath the ground as Hiruzen, Minato, Kushina, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Obito launched their attacks.
• Ye Zi used the Inorganic Reincarnation Technique to turn into mud and escape underground, evading most of the attacks.
• Minato and Kushina sensed Ye Zi racing beneath the earth toward the village wall, while the Wind Release: Rasengan exploded against the ground.
• The earth cracked and shifted beneath the East District and the surrounding area, dropping many Konoha ninja into a vast underground hollow.

Ye Zi escaped Konoha after trapping its ninjas in a massive pit, then was ambushed by Root members on his way to meet Orochimaru. He killed several attackers and began restoring his Chakra before Danzo arrived with seventy-six more Root members.

• Ye Zi left Konoha after trapping thousands of ninjas in a pit and assessed the damage caused by the attack.
• Ye Zi set out to meet Orochimaru and plan his return to the Land of Stone base.
• Twenty-six Root members ambushed Ye Zi, who demanded to know Danzo's whereabouts.
• Ye Zi killed the leading Root member and used his swordsmanship and Soul Transformation Technique against the others.
• Danzo arrived with seventy-six additional Root members as Ye Zi fought the remaining attackers.

Ye Zi, low on Chakra after a major battle, faced Danzo and nearly a hundred Root members trained to counter his abilities. As Danzo began unsealing his arm, the Root team’s coordinated assault pinned Ye Zi down while their genjutsu specialists sought an opening.

• Ye Zi used Chakra taken from a Root member to activate Lightning Release Armor, kill an opponent, and retreat to gain distance.
• Ye Zi revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan as Danzo prepared to unseal his bandaged right arm.
• Danzo’s Root members formed teams of close-combat, ninjutsu, genjutsu, and medical specialists to attack Ye Zi in coordination.
• Twenty-three close-combat specialists used precisely timed attacks to keep Ye Zi from moving freely while the other teams waited for an opening.
• Ye Zi began reconstructing the close-combat team’s fixed attack pattern as the genjutsu specialists adjusted their positions to target his eyes.

Danzo revealed his Sharingan arm and prepared to take Ye Zi’s eyes while Root’s teams attacked. Ye Zi used the Gotenjin to absorb genjutsu energy, then turned the assault against the close-combat team as Danzo ordered attacks that would also hit his own men.

• Danzo removed his bandages, exposed the Sharingan in his arm and right eye, and declared that he would take Ye Zi’s eyes.
• Root’s genjutsu team repeatedly ensnared Ye Zi, while he realized his right eye was absorbing the genjutsu energy.
• Ye Zi pretended to freeze under the genjutsu, allowing his spirit body to enter a Root swordsman and drain his Chakra before he escaped the coordinated attack.
• Ye Zi charged the close-combat team and killed its members, breaking their attempt to reform their combined attack.
• Danzo ordered the ninjutsu team to use its strongest wide-ranging techniques and the medical team to throw poisoned weapons, even though the attacks would hit the close-combat squad.

Ye Zi survived Danzo’s combined assault but was left with less than one-tenth of his Chakra. He chose to fight Danzo for his eight Sharingan, and after using a redirected shuriken to open a gap in Danzo’s guard, he pierced Danzo’s heart.

• Danzo’s fire-and-wind attack engulfed Ye Zi and the close-combat squad, but Ye Zi survived inside his Wood Release: Sealing Hall and emerged after killing a genjutsu shinobi who attacked him.
• Danzo ordered the remaining Root members to attack and killed anyone Ye Zi’s spirit possessed, preventing Ye Zi from absorbing much Chakra as he cut down the squad.
• With the Root members dead, Ye Zi and Danzo both decided to kill the other, and they clashed with blades as Danzo relied on his Sharingan to track Ye Zi.
• Danzo used Wind Release: Vacuum Sphere, but Ye Zi dodged the air bullets and pressed him with swordsmanship and shuriken.
• Ye Zi redirected one shuriken into Danzo’s back, seized the momentary opening, and pierced Danzo’s heart.

Ye Zi fought Danzo, repeatedly piercing his heart and forcing him to use Izanagi, which consumed the Sharingan on his arm to erase each death. Danzo remained unable to overcome Ye Zi’s swordsmanship, and the chapter ended with Ye Zi foiling Danzo’s attempt to trade his life for an injury.

• Ye Zi’s heart-piercing attack seemed to kill Danzo, but Danzo used Izanagi to erase his death and reappeared behind Ye Zi for a surprise attack.
• Ye Zi sensed Danzo and blocked his blade, then suppressed him in close combat and pierced his heart again, causing another Sharingan on Danzo’s arm to close.
• Danzo kept his distance and used Wind Release attacks, but Ye Zi dodged most of them and inferred that each Sharingan could avert one death.
• Danzo sent a Shadow Clone at Ye Zi, but Ye Zi used lightning-wrapped Shuriken to distract and cut it down before resuming their blade fight.
• Danzo deliberately exposed an opening and tried to stab Ye Zi while being pierced, but Ye Zi shoved him away and made his counterattack miss.

Ye Zi fought Danzo through Izanagi’s repeated reversals, enduring Wind Release attacks and exhausting himself to overcome Danzo’s remaining lives. He finally stabbed Danzo when the latter had neither enough Chakra nor an available Izanagi, then watched cautiously as Danzo’s breathing weakened.

• Danzo used Izanagi to survive Ye Zi’s fatal strike, sacrificing a Sharingan and revealing that he could reverse death several more times.
• Ye Zi’s Lightning Release Armor faded, and he endured Danzo’s Wind Release attacks to close the distance and resume their sword fight.
• Danzo used Izanagi again after Ye Zi stabbed him, losing another Sharingan as both fighters became exhausted.
• Ye Zi charged through repeated Wind Release attacks, briefly reactivating Lightning Release Armor to reach Danzo.
• Ye Zi overpowered Danzo’s sword and stabbed him in the chest, while Danzo lacked the Chakra and cooldown opportunity to use Izanagi.
• Danzo collapsed and questioned Ye Zi about using his corpse for Impure World Reincarnation, while Ye Zi kept his distance and waited for him to stop breathing.

After killing Danzo, Ye Zi recovered Kotoha’s corpse and brought Shizune back to the Land of Stone as a sacrifice. At the base, he prepared Impure World Reincarnation to revive Kotoha, hesitated over using the forbidden technique on her, then chose to proceed.

• Ye Zi confirmed Danzo was dead, took the four remaining Sharingan, and burned Danzo’s body before leaving.
• At Orochimaru’s cave, Ye Zi collected Kotoha’s corpse and ordered White Zetsu to carry the unconscious Shizune as a living sacrifice.
• Scorpion left separately, while Ye Zi, Orochimaru, Uchiha Jin, and White Zetsu destroyed the cave and headed back to the Land of Stone.
• After returning to the base, Ye Zi gathered Kotoha’s DNA and prepared the Impure World Reincarnation ritual with Shizune as the sacrifice.
• Ye Zi hesitated over whether reviving Kotoha would make her sacrifice herself for him again, but decided to perform the technique.

Ye Zi used Impure World Reincarnation to bring Kotoha back from the Pure Land, and the two reunited despite her cracked, lifeless body being unable to feel. As they embraced, Ye Zi resolved to find a way to truly revive her.

• Ye Zi performed the Impure World Reincarnation ritual using Shizune’s body and waited for Kotoha to awaken.
• Kotoha woke and assumed Ye Zi had died too, but he reassured her and explained that he had summoned her soul back with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Kotoha told Ye Zi she was happy to see and hold him again, even though she could not feel anything.
• Ye Zi and Kotoha kissed and embraced, acknowledging the limits of her returned body.
• Ye Zi vowed to truly revive Kotoha while Orochimaru and Uchiha Jin waited silently outside the room.