Chapter Summaries

Obito Uchiha used Wood Style to escape Mei Terumi’s Lava Style Mucus field and fought Qi Shuang across a thorny forest. Qi Shuang resisted Obito’s Sharingan Genjutsu again and continued his attack.

• Mei Terumi sent a mucus dragon at Obito, while Qi Shuang made ice footholds to move across the corrosive field.
• Qi Shuang’s movement gave Obito the idea to grow a thorny forest beneath himself, lifting him above the mucus and filling the barrier space with vines.
• Obito used the thorns as stepping stones to charge Qi Shuang and Mei Terumi, and Qi Shuang met him with his Ice Spear.
• Frost spread along Obito’s wooden weapon, forcing him to release it and retreat.
• Obito cast Sharingan Genjutsu on Qi Shuang, but Qi Shuang’s blue-lit right eye resisted it and he continued pursuing Obito.

Qi Shuang and Mei Terumi struggled to keep Obito from capturing her as he phased past their attacks and repeatedly targeted her. Qi Shuang summoned a small figure whose familiar voice made Obito hesitate, asking where he was.

• Obito evaded Qi Shuang’s Ice Spear with his Phasing ability and wondered how Qi Shuang’s blue-lit eye had disrupted his Genjutsu.
• Mei Terumi attacked Obito with Earth Release, but he phased away and moved through a thorny branch toward her.
• Qi Shuang warned Mei Terumi, and she blocked Obito’s first attack with a mucus wall before his clone burst into smoke.
• Obito tried to attack Mei again, but Qi Shuang’s Water Colliding Wave forced him to phase and let Mei escape the strike.
• Obito ignored Qi Shuang and pursued Mei, while Qi Shuang released a scroll and summoned a small figure.
• As Obito prepared to absorb Mei into his Pocket Dimension, the summoned figure asked, “Where... is this place?”

Obito Uchiha recognized a girl who looked like Rin Nohara, and the encounter shook his convictions as he struggled to face her. Black Zetsu warned that Obito might betray the organization, while Kakuzu arrived and discovered two familiar figures inside the Flame Barrier.

• Obito Uchiha heard Rin Nohara's voice and turned to see a girl who looked exactly like her.
• The girl's presence made Obito panic, hide his face, and question the convictions he had followed since Rin's death.
• Black Zetsu told White Zetsu that Obito might abandon their plan and ordered him to warn the person at the base to guard against Obito's betrayal.
• White Zetsu relayed Black Zetsu's warning through the underground clones.
• Kakuzu found Zetsu near the Flame Barrier, asked about the missing man and woman, and saw two familiar figures inside it.

Kakuzu and Black Zetsu discovered that Qi Shuang and Mei Terumi were inside Obito’s barrier, while Kakuzu failed to break through its intense heat. Inside, Qi Shuang stopped the resurrected Rin Nohara from attacking and revealed that he controlled her with a talisman, leaving Obito to realize Qi Shuang had used Impure World Reincarnation.

• Kakuzu followed Black Zetsu’s explanation that Qi Shuang and Mei Terumi had entered the barrier from above, then scorched his fist when he tried to punch through it.
• Mei Terumi questioned Qi Shuang about Rin Nohara’s appearance and how she had come out of his Sealing Scroll.
• Rin charged at Mei Terumi and Qi Shuang, but Qi Shuang used a talisman inside her body to immobilize her.
• Qi Shuang explained that the talisman controlled the movements of the dead, prompting Obito to recognize Rin as a product of Impure World Reincarnation.
• Obito asked in disbelief how Qi Shuang could use Orochimaru’s Impure World Reincarnation.

Qi Shuang revealed to Rin Nohara that the One-Eyed Mask was her former companion Obito Uchiha, who had survived his apparent death and been rescued by a powerful figure. Rin rejected the claim and pursued Obito, while Black Zetsu feared Qi Shuang was closing in on their secret.

• Mei Terumi asked Qi Shuang about Orochimaru, and Qi Shuang evaded the question before asking Rin why he had released her.
• Qi Shuang controlled Rin with a talisman and revealed that the One-Eyed Mask was Obito Uchiha, but Rin dismissed the claim because she and Kakashi had buried him after the Kannabi Bridge War.
• Qi Shuang explained that a powerful figure had rescued Obito, healed his injuries, and allowed him to fake his death; Kakuzu applauded while Black Zetsu grew uneasy.
• Rin challenged Qi Shuang's story, citing Obito's fatal injuries, and Qi Shuang urged her to question the masked man herself.
• Qi Shuang sent Rin after Obito, who fled from her, while he explained to Mei Terumi that Obito had survived after a White Zetsu Clone's regenerative tissue repaired his body.

Qi Shuang revealed to Rin Nohara that Obito Uchiha had caused the Nine-Tails’ rampage and Minato Namikaze’s death, forcing Obito to remove his mask and confess. Rin recognized him and confronted him, while Qi Shuang threatened Obito with Rin’s remains and soul before preparing to settle their score.

• Qi Shuang began revealing Obito Uchiha’s role in the Nine-Tails’ attack, but Obito tried to stop him and attacked with Wood Style: Hellish Landscape.
• Qi Shuang told Rin Nohara that Obito had kidnapped Kushina Uzumaki, released the Nine-Tails, and caused Minato Namikaze’s death; people outside the battlefield overheard the revelation.
• Rin rejected Qi Shuang’s claims until Obito removed his mask, apologized, and confirmed his identity, and Rin demanded to know why he had done it.
• Black Zetsu concluded that Obito Uchiha might defy the plan for Rin Nohara and decided he could no longer trust him.
• Mei Terumi asked Qi Shuang who had saved Obito, but Qi Shuang dismissed the rescuer as a rotten old man and prepared to fight Obito.
• Qi Shuang threatened to destroy Rin Nohara’s remains and have her soul tortured if Obito left the barrier.

Qi Shuang and Mei Terumi fought Obito Uchiha while Rin Nohara’s emotions were suppressed, and Obito tried to use Rin’s Reanimated Body as a chance to escape. After Qi Shuang split Rin’s body with an Ice Spear, Obito seized the opening and placed his hand on her.

• Obito Uchiha reluctantly accepted Qi Shuang’s conditions as Qi Shuang suppressed Rin Nohara’s emotions and attacked alongside Mei Terumi.
• Obito phased through Qi Shuang’s Ice Spear and reached for Rin, but Mei Terumi’s Lava Style dissolved Rin’s body before she reformed.
• Obito realized that damaging Rin’s Reanimated Body briefly immobilized her and planned to use that opening to pull her into his Pocket Dimension.
• Mei Terumi switched from Lava Style to Water Release after Qi Shuang warned her, while Obito phased through their attacks and reached for Rin.
• Rin slashed Obito’s hand with a Kunai, and Qi Shuang’s Ice Spear then tore her body in two as Obito dodged and placed one hand on her.

Obito tried to seize Rin Nohara but was drawn into Qi Shuang’s plan, which forced him to enter his own Pocket Dimension and confront Qi Shuang. Qi Shuang impaled Obito with ice, but Obito’s eerie smile left his fate uncertain.

• Obito used Kamui to pull Rin Nohara into his Pocket Dimension, but Qi Shuang went in with her, while Mei Terumi attacked Obito from outside.
• Mei Terumi used Lava Release and Boiling Release to pressure Obito, and Obito realized that using Phasing would expose him to Qi Shuang inside the Pocket Dimension.
• Obito released the fiery barrier, ordered Kakuzu to handle Mei Terumi, and entered the Pocket Dimension to deal with Qi Shuang.
• Qi Shuang ambushed Obito with Ice Release, froze him in place, and pierced his heart with an Ice Spear.
• Qi Shuang shattered the spear inside Obito, causing ice spikes to burst through his body, but Obito smiled and praised the attack.

Qi Shuang learned that Obito Uchiha had survived his killing strike by using Izanagi, and the two resumed their fight in the Pocket Dimension. Qi Shuang planned to exploit the brief gaps between Obito’s uses of the jutsu before his fifteen-minute limit forced him out.

• Qi Shuang recognized that Obito Uchiha had used Izanagi to turn his apparent death into a false dream, and Obito attacked him with a wood spike.
• Obito chased Qi Shuang and launched a Great Fireball Technique, while Qi Shuang realized Izanagi and Obito’s spare Sharingan could make the fight a battle of attrition.
• Obito discovered that Rin had vanished from the Pocket Dimension and demanded to know where Qi Shuang had hidden her.
• Qi Shuang said he had sealed Rin back into a scroll and charged Obito, intending to attack during the gaps between Izanagi activations before his fifteen minutes ran out.
• When Qi Shuang mentioned Izanami as a possible counter to Izanagi, Obito’s expression changed, but he reassured himself that Qi Shuang had no Sharingan and could not use it.

Qi Shuang tried to outlast Obito’s Izanagi, but Obito revealed he had spare Sharingan to prolong the technique. Qi Shuang launched a timed assault and pursued Obito as he replaced an eye, but Obito escaped the floating rock with Kamui.

• Obito showed Qi Shuang containers of spare Sharingan and claimed he could keep using Izanagi by replacing his eyes.
• After counting the time, Qi Shuang used Ice Release: Ice Dragon Bullet Technique and scattered the ice dragon into chunks to approach Obito from an unexpected angle.
• Obito’s left eye went blind as Izanagi’s time limit ended, so Qi Shuang attacked with Kunai and Explosive Tags to prevent him from replacing it.
• Obito used a wooden vine to block the Kunai, then sent a clone to distract Qi Shuang while he replaced his eye.
• Qi Shuang used Ice Release Body Flicker Technique to reach Obito, but Obito jumped into the dimensional gap and used Kamui.

Qi Shuang and Obito Uchiha fought in the Pocket Dimension while Mei Terumi held off Kakuzu and Hozuki Mangetsu outside. After neither could secure a decisive victory, Qi Shuang brought out Rin Nohara and demanded that Obito swear to leave the Hidden Mist forever.

• Qi Shuang found that Obito Uchiha had escaped the Pocket Dimension to replace his eye, while Mei Terumi used her Lava Style Mucus domain to keep Kakuzu and Hozuki Mangetsu at bay.
• Obito Uchiha returned outside, transplanted a Sharingan, and entered the Pocket Dimension after using Izanagi to survive Qi Shuang's ambush.
• Obito and Qi Shuang clashed again, but Obito recognized that he could not win and asked what Qi Shuang wanted in exchange for Rin Nohara.
• Qi Shuang summoned Rin Nohara without waking her and demanded that Obito swear in her name to take his people away from the Hidden Mist forever.

Qi Shuang forced Uchiha Obito to leave Kirigakure by bargaining with Rin Nohara’s Reanimated Body and bones. After securing a ten-year delay before returning Rin’s bones, Qi Shuang offered Obito a way to make Rin truly alive, leaving Obito suspicious but tempted.

• Qi Shuang threatened to destroy Rin Nohara’s bones and make her Reanimated Body kill her former friends, so Uchiha Obito swore to leave Kirigakure and received Rin’s scroll.
• Qi Shuang revealed that Rin’s existence depended on Impure World Reincarnation and claimed her bones could summon her soul again, making Obito realize Qi Shuang still held leverage.
• Qi Shuang agreed to return Rin Nohara’s bones in ten years, and Obito accepted the delay and swore to stay away from the Land of Water.
• Qi Shuang offered to explain how Rin could become truly alive and escape Impure World Reincarnation, and Obito demanded to know the method.

Qi Shuang told Uchiha Obito that he could revive Rin Nohara with Rinne Rebirth if he obtained the Rinnegan, and Obito realized the revelation was meant to drive a wedge between him and his ally. As Qi Shuang’s fifteen-minute visit ended, Obito was left tempted to pursue Rin’s revival on his own.

• Qi Shuang explained the five requirements for Rinne Rebirth and said Obito already met all but the Rinnegan requirement.
• Qi Shuang revealed that the Rinnegan’s current keeper was beside Obito and could use Rinne Rebirth, but would not spend it to revive Rin.
• Obito recognized Qi Shuang’s disclosure as an open scheme to sow discord within their organization, yet began considering taking the Rinnegan for himself.
• Qi Shuang warned Obito to keep his vow, then left the Pocket Dimension as Tagorihime began forming hand seals.

Mei Terumi fought Kakuzu and Hozuki Mangetsu until Mangetsu seized her, while Tagorihime used reverse Summoning Jutsu to pull Qi Shuang out of Obito Uchiha’s Pocket Dimension. Qi Shuang returned just in time to save Mei Terumi, leaving Obito shocked by his escape.

• Mei Terumi struggled against Kakuzu’s clones and Hozuki Mangetsu as her chakra ran low and the agreed fifteen-minute wait ended.
• Kakuzu grabbed Mei Terumi by the neck, but Mangetsu used Oily Slide to rush through the slime field and cast Water Prison Technique on her.
• Mangetsu severed Kakuzu’s arms with an explosive sword strike, then carried Mei Terumi away in a water sphere before returning Kakuzu’s arms to him.
• Tagorihime performed reverse Summoning Jutsu, pulling Qi Shuang from Obito Uchiha’s Pocket Dimension and leaving Obito staring in shock.
• Qi Shuang appeared before Tagorihime, who told him he had arrived just in time to save Mei Terumi.

Qi Shuang rescued Mei Terumi from Hozuki Mangetsu and learned that Tagorihime had summoned him out of Obito Uchiha’s Pocket Dimension. As a devastating explosion struck the distant battlefield, Obito chose to stop fighting and watch what happened.

• Qi Shuang used Tagorihime’s help to intercept Hozuki Mangetsu and froze the Water Prison, freeing Mei Terumi.
• Qi Shuang removed the Ice Release chakra from Mei Terumi and told her that his opponent had agreed to withdraw, leaving the Hozuki Clan as their remaining threat.
• Kakuzu deduced that Tagorihime had used the Reverse Summoning Technique to bring Qi Shuang out of Obito Uchiha’s Pocket Dimension.
• Kakuzu asked Obito Uchiha whether they should withdraw, but a massive explosion destroyed buildings across the distant battlefield.
• Obito Uchiha decided they would stop fighting and watch the spectacle.

Obito Uchiha revealed that Konoha had sent Kirigakure’s Six-Tails to devastate the battlefield, forcing Qi Shuang and Mei Terumi to hurry back and stop it. As Qi Shuang carried Mei Terumi away, Hozuki Masamune ordered Mangetsu to capture her, and someone rose into the air after them.

• A Tailed Beast Ball exploded on the battlefield, and Qi Shuang and Hozuki Mangetsu blamed Obito Uchiha.
• Obito Uchiha said the Six-Tails was his second gift and claimed Shimura Danzō had sent it from Konoha.
• The Six-Tails appeared amid the destruction, and another explosion struck a distant part of the battlefield.
• Mei Terumi urged Qi Shuang to return and stop the Six-Tails, while Hozuki Masamune ordered Mangetsu to keep her there.
• Qi Shuang used the Floating Technique to carry Mei Terumi away, and Obito Uchiha let them go.
• Qi Shuang thanked Tagorihime and promised her a reward, as she noticed a figure rising into the air after them.

Qi Shuang and Mei Terumi survived Hozuki Mangetsu’s explosive clone by sealing themselves in ice, but Mangetsu continued pursuing them toward the battlefield. As the Six-Tails rampaged, Obito decided to watch the fight before capturing it and quietly ordered White Zetsu to send a clone to the prison.

• Qi Shuang warned Mei Terumi and Tagorihime that the giant flying figure was Hozuki Mangetsu’s special clone using Explosive Vapor, and Tagorihime retreated.
• Qi Shuang encased himself and Mei Terumi in ice just before the clone exploded, and the blast hurled them away while its scorching vapor melted much of the ice.
• Qi Shuang dispelled the remaining ice and flew toward the battlefield with Mei Terumi, while Hozuki Mangetsu sent the shrinking clone after them.
• Obito and Kakuzu watched hail formed from the clone’s superheated vapor fall to the ground, and Obito told Black Zetsu that he would wait before capturing the Six-Tails.
• Obito remembered something and quietly told White Zetsu to send a clone to the prison.

Qi Shuang used Ice Release to cool Hozuki Mangetsu’s explosive clone, preventing it from building enough heat to explode as Mangetsu pursued him and Mei Terumi. The chase continued onto the battlefield, where Qi Shuang’s repeated attacks kept the clone’s heat in check.

• Mei Terumi fired water bullets at Hozuki Mangetsu’s pursuing clone, but it dodged them and continued chasing.
• Qi Shuang used Ice Release: Needle Rain Technique to pierce the clone with icy senbon, which absorbed heat and condensed its internal water.
• Mei Terumi recognized that Qi Shuang’s attack was countering the clone’s heat-absorption process rather than damaging its oil body.
• Hozuki Mangetsu realized the clone’s internal water was freezing, pulled it out of the icy senbon field, and tried to warm it through friction.
• Qi Shuang sent another wave of icy senbon at the clone, removing the heat it had regained as the pursuit reached the battlefield.

As the Six-Tails devastated the battlefield, Qi Shuang and Hozuki Mangetsu suspended their fight to gather survivors and confront the beast. Qi Shuang began absorbing Natural Energy to enter Sage Mode while Obito and Black Zetsu watched.

• Qi Shuang showed Hozuki Mangetsu the devastation and urged him to stop fighting over Mei Terumi.
• Qi Shuang told Mei Terumi to gather survivors and sealing personnel while he tried to suppress the Six-Tails.
• Hozuki Mangetsu abandoned his order to capture Mei Terumi, released his clone, and left to rally his surviving troops.
• Qi Shuang rose into the sky and began absorbing Natural Energy to enter Sage Mode.
• Black Zetsu recognized that Qi Shuang could use Senjutsu and warned Obito that the power would make him even more dangerous.

Obito and Kakuzu learned that Qi Shuang’s power was Senjutsu, while Mei Terumi and Kaki Keiichi ordered their forces to withdraw as the rampaging Six-Tails devastated the battlefield. The clans prepared to seal the beast again, and Kaki Keiichi blamed Konoha and the Hozuki Clan for the disaster.

• Black Zetsu explained to Obito that Senjutsu used Natural Energy, which the Sharingan could not perceive, and warned that Qi Shuang would make capturing the Six-Tails difficult.
• Obito and Kakuzu chose to observe Qi Shuang’s Sage Power, and Kakuzu recalled how Hashirama Senju had defeated him with a single Wood Release clone.
• Mei Terumi ordered her forces to retreat, leave elite jonin behind to cover them, and gather sealing specialists and tools to seal the Six-Tails again.
• Kaki Keiichi learned that the Six-Tails had caused the Kaki Clan to lose about forty percent of its forces and blamed Konoha’s Anbu and the Hozuki Clan.
• Kaki Keiichi ordered his troops to withdraw while elite jonin restrained the Six-Tails and covered the retreat.