Chapter Summaries

Zabuza and Itachi killed Shi, forcing the Land of Lightning's army to retreat while A chose to delay a major counterattack. On the Land of Earth battlefield, Kitsuchi's force encountered two Federation fighters who summoned enormous winged monsters.

• Haku reinforced Zabuza's squad as Zabuza fought the Kumogakure elite Jonin Shi in the mist.
• Shi tried to escape Zabuza's mist, but Itachi trapped him in a Sharingan genjutsu and killed him.
• The Land of Lightning's forces retreated, and A accepted Darui's plan to harass the Federation while waiting for intelligence from the Land of Earth.
• Kitsuchi led his army toward the Land of Earth frontier and clashed with General Sento over his command.
• Two Federation fighters approached Kitsuchi's force, and one summoned vacant-eyed people who transformed into enormous winged monsters.
• Kitsuchi ordered his troops to prepare for battle as Sento recoiled in fear.

Kitsuchi’s forces were overwhelmed by the satori, and he ordered a retreat after failing to restrain Muku. Back at camp, the satori attacked again as Hozuki Suigetsu, Kimimaro, Jugo, and Muku confronted Kitsuchi.

• The satori broke through Kitsuchi’s defenses and slaughtered the Land of Earth’s troops, while Muku transformed and escaped Kitsuchi’s Earth Mountain Technique.
• Kitsuchi ordered his army to retreat, then learned General Sento had disappeared and arranged for Kurotsuchi to carry intelligence to the Land of Rain battlefield.
• The satori launched a surprise attack on the camp, where Hozuki Suigetsu, Kimimaro, Jugo, and Muku confronted Kitsuchi.
• Kitsuchi turned Suigetsu into water with a Rock Fist and attacked the others with Earth Spikes, but they dodged and began transforming.

Ōnoki arrived after the Land of Earth’s forces suffered heavy losses, then ordered Han and Roshi to lead a surprise attack on the Land of Rain. Yamei prepared to join the war, while Obito set plans in motion to exploit the fighting.

• Akatsuchi joined Kitsuchi in the Land of Grass, but the two struggled against Muku, Kimimaro, Jugo, and Suigetsu, and both were badly injured.
• Obito decided to target the Four-Tails and Five-Tails Jinchuriki and had Kabuto prepare Impure World Reincarnation before sending him to Ryūchi Cave.
• Yamei told Shisui to monitor the Land of Lightning and planned to go to the battlefield the next morning.
• Ōnoki arrived at the Land of Rain, learned of Kitsuchi and Akatsuchi’s defeat, and ordered Han and Roshi to attack the Land of Rain.
• Han and Roshi led their forces toward Pain, who prepared the defenders for battle as the two sides met.

Pain’s Six Paths overwhelmed Han and Roshi until Ōnoki intervened against them. Yamei then appeared before the Land of Earth forces, and when Ōnoki refused to withdraw, Yamei summoned three immense dragons to end the battle quickly.

• Han and Roshi attacked Pain’s Six Paths, but the Paths absorbed chakra, recovered from damage, and defeated Roshi with Shinra Tensei.
• Ōnoki joined Han and Roshi, blocked an attack, and used Dust Release against Pain, but the Preta Path absorbed it before Han destroyed that Path.
• Yamei appeared among the Land of Earth forces, greeted Kurotsuchi, and asked Ōnoki to withdraw his troops.
• Roshi challenged Yamei, who briefly paralyzed him with a look, but Ōnoki declared that the battle could not be avoided.
• Yamei summoned three enormous mirrors and released an ice dragon, a gold dragon, and a Crystal Dragon, leaving Ōnoki and the Land of Earth forces awestruck.

Yamei defeated Ōnoki’s forces, captured the Four-Tails, the Five-Tails, and Kurotsuchi, and took several techniques before heading for the Land of Lightning battlefield. Ōnoki refused to retreat and ordered his forces to begin harassment attacks at noon.

• Ōnoki summoned a Stone Golem and urged Roshi and Han to fight as Yamei sent three giant dragons against them.
• Yamei used his Sharingan to dismantle Ōnoki’s Stone Golem, subdued the Four-Tails and Five-Tails, and captured Kurotsuchi.
• Yamei took the Four-Tails, the Five-Tails, and Kurotsuchi, then incapacitated Ōnoki and acquired three techniques.
• Yamei returned to the Rain Country camp and left for the Land of Lightning battlefield while Pain and Fū stayed behind.
• Black Zetsu and Obito found the ruined battlefield and decided to send the Reanimation Corps to the Land of Lightning.
• Ōnoki refused to retreat and ordered his forces to harass the enemy with small units starting at noon.

After receiving no news from the Land of Earth, A led the Land of Lightning forces into a surprise attack, only to find Sasuke and his allies waiting behind a barrier. As the battle broke out between the two sides, Obito and Black Zetsu watched from nearby and prepared to act while Yamei was absent.

• A ordered the Land of Lightning army to attack the Federation, fearing the Land of Earth had already fallen.
• Sasuke’s forces raised a crimson barrier around A, Killer B, and the Land of Lightning troops, then engaged them in battle.
• Sasuke fought A and Killer B, while Itachi and the other fighters faced their opponents across the battlefield.
• A confronted Sasuke and Itachi as the two Uchiha brothers launched Great Fireball Techniques against him and Killer B.
• Obito and Black Zetsu arrived near the battlefield, noted that the Four-Tails and Eight-Tails were present and Yamei was absent, and Obito began a summoning technique.

Obito and Black Zetsu assembled an Impure World Reincarnation army and sent it to seize the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails on the Land of Lightning battlefield. Obito withdrew after Yamei’s presence threatened him, while Yamei considered using Magic Hand on the reincarnated fighters.

• Kabuto, controlling Hanzō of the Salamander, summoned an army of dead ninjas, including the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and the Gold and Silver Brothers.
• Obito sent the reincarnated army toward the Land of Lightning, where it attacked after the Four Red Yang Formation was opened.
• Sasuke, Itachi, and the others recognized Impure World Reincarnation, and both the Federation and Land of Lightning forces ordered retreats.
• The reincarnated ninjas pursued Killer B and Yugito, while A, Dodai, and others rushed to defend them.
• Obito entered the Kamui Dimension to capture Yugito but sensed Yamei’s lethal threat and fled; Yamei then considered testing Magic Hand on the reincarnated ninjas.

Yamei sealed the Impure World Reincarnation troops and demanded that Kumogakure surrender the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails. When A and the Tailed Beasts resisted, Yamei overwhelmed them, and the chapter ended as a colossal Susanoo appeared amid their attempted escape.

• Yamei used Myriad Gods Seal to bind and seal the Impure World Reincarnation ninjas.
• Dodai and the Tailed Beasts recognized Yamei's Sage's Eyes and warned that he posed extreme danger.
• Yamei demanded Kumogakure surrender and hand over the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails, but A refused and challenged him.
• A, Killer B as the Eight-Tails, Yugito as the Two-Tails, and Darui attacked Yamei; he drained A's Chakra and kicked him away.
• Gyuki and Matatabi tried to flee after Yamei blocked their attacks, but a Tailed Beast Bomb struck his Susanoo, and a colossal three-hundred-meter giant appeared.

Yamei captured Yugito and Killer B, then brought them and other prisoners to the Mount Sumeru Divine Realm, where he declared his intention to unify the shinobi world. He harvested abilities from the Jinchuriki and undead shinobi, leaving with new powers and Nine-Tails Chakra sealed in two metal spheres.

• Yamei split Gyuki and Matatabi’s Tailed Beast Bombs with Susanoo, captured Yugito and Killer B, and took Darui’s Storm Style and lightning techniques.
• A refused to surrender and ordered his forces to withdraw and regroup for a night raid.
• Yamei brought Kurotsuchi, the captured Jinchuriki, and undead shinobi to the Mount Sumeru Divine Realm and said the Federation would unify the shinobi world.
• Yamei sent Kurotsuchi and the four Jinchuriki to the Land of Waves and copied their abilities.
• Yamei discovered that Magic Hand worked on the undead, harvested their bloodline abilities, and extracted Nine-Tails Chakra from the Gold and Silver Brothers’ bodies.

Yamei began a massive analysis to fuse his ninjutsu and elemental abilities, then ordered his allies to launch an operation against the forces refusing to withdraw from the war. The chapter left the operation underway as Yamei awaited its results and the outcome of his own twenty-four-hour derivation.

• Yamei started a twenty-four-hour analysis to fuse elemental ninjutsu and most of his Kekkei Genkai, while retaining the Rinnegan and Byakugan.
• Yamei learned from Izumi, Wuwei, and Pain that enemy forces had not withdrawn and were continuing to harass their fronts.
• Yamei used Empathy to bring commanders from the different battlefields together for a briefing.
• Yamei ordered his allies to begin an operation against the forces that refused to withdraw.
• Deidara, Sasori, Hidan, and Kakuzu prepared to move out, and Yamei ended their argument and sent them off.

Akatsuki members attacked Iwagakure and Kumogakure while Kakuzu and Hidan targeted the Land of Earth’s Daimyo’s Mansion. The assaults plunged both villages into chaos as the group carried out Yamei’s orders.

• Kisame and Tobi struck Iwagakure with a massive water torrent, broke through its Earth Walls, and fought the village’s ninja as flooding spread.
• Kakuzu entered the Land of Earth’s Daimyo’s Mansion to discuss funding while Hidan fought its guards and continued his Evil God ritual outside.
• Kakuzu waited for Hidan and prepared Yamei’s Chakra orb to travel to the Land of Lightning’s Daimyo’s Mansion.
• Deidara and Sasori breached Kumogakure’s barrier with bombs and unleashed explosions and puppets against the village’s ninja.

After the Federation attacked Iwagakure and the Daimyo's Mansion, the Land of Earth and Land of Lightning forces began withdrawing. A stayed behind to rescue Killer B and Yugito, and Yamei transported him to a strange, peaceful space for a face-to-face meeting.

• Kitsuchi learned that the Federation had attacked Iwagakure and the Daimyo's Mansion, then ordered the Land of Earth army to retreat.
• A realized the daimyos would end the war, ordered Darui to withdraw, and entrusted Kumogakure to him if A did not return.
• A left alone to confront Yamei and try to rescue Killer B and Yugito.
• Izumi reported the Land of Lightning's retreat, and Yamei concluded the war was over.
• Yamei used his Dojutsu Power to transport A into a sunny, grassy space and seated him across from himself.

After Yamei ended the war and returned home, the Sacred Radiance Federation was officially established, and news of its victory sent the four great nations into turmoil. Gaara and Tsunade began considering how their villages should respond to the Federation.

• Yamei subdued A in a genjutsu, confirmed that the Tsuchikage had retreated, and announced the war’s end before returning to the Land of Waves.
• Yamei learned that Shisui had assigned the four Jinchuriki to labor reform and that Pakura had taken Kurotsuchi into her courtyard.
• The Sacred Radiance Federation was formally established, and its ideals sparked celebration among its citizens and alarm among the people of the four great nations.
• After hearing that the armies of Earth and Lightning had been defeated and were seeking peace, the Land of Wind’s daimyo asked Gaara to withdraw his troops, and Gaara agreed in exchange for compensation.
• Tsunade met with Konoha’s leaders and shinobi to discuss the daimyo’s order to disband their assembled forces and how Konoha should handle its relationship with the Federation.

Konoha’s leaders discussed opening diplomatic relations with the Sacred Radiance Federation, while the other nations responded to its military pressure and formally recognized its standing. As the ninja world entered the Era of Six Nations, Yamei appeared behind Tsunade while she was insisting she did not want him to visit.

• Nara Shikaku suggested that Konoha establish diplomatic relations with the Federation, and Tsunade approved the plan.
• Konoha’s Rookie Nine, except Naruto and Sasuke, gathered at Yamei’s home, where Neji prepared to seek like-minded people and Shikamaru and the others considered balancing their loyalties through Tsunade.
• The Land of Lightning’s daimyo recognized the Federation and offered to bear its war losses, and Ōnoki agreed to a similar proposal from the Land of Earth’s daimyo.
• The Land of Fire, the Land of Wind, and the Land of Water also declared their positions, formally ushering in the Era of Six Nations.
• Tsunade told Yūhi Kurenai that Yamei probably would not handle the postwar matters, then Yamei appeared behind her and asked what she had said was absolutely impossible.

Yamei returned home with Tsunade and Yūhi Kurenai, reunited with Ino, Hinata, and Tenten, and promised to show them the Federation the next day. When Tsunade asked whether he would stop expanding, Yamei reaffirmed his plan to unify the ninja world and revealed an unfamiliar threat from beyond it.

• Yamei teased Tsunade at the Hokage Building, then left with her and Yūhi Kurenai while Shizune declined to join them.
• Yamei returned home and affectionately greeted Ino, Hinata, and Tenten before telling everyone about his recent experiences.
• Ino and Tenten asked to visit the Federation, and Yamei promised to take them there the next day.
• Tsunade asked whether Yamei had further plans now that the Sacred Radiance Federation had been established, and he declared that he would unify the ninja world.
• Tsunade questioned whether unification could guarantee peace after Yamei and his companions were gone.
• Yamei showed the women unfamiliar white-robed beings through an illusion and said future turmoil would eventually bring the nation closer to peace.

Yamei spent the night with Ino after she feared being left behind, then discovered a new ninjutsu in the Mount Sumeru Divine Realm. He named it Return of Ten Thousand Laws and continued preparing for Kaguya Otsutsuki’s revival.

• Ino came to Yamei’s room and asked him not to send her away, worried that the Land of Waves women had reached him before she had.
• Yamei realized Ino and possibly Hinata and Tenten felt neglected, and he responded tenderly to Ino.
• The next morning, Hinata and Tenten served breakfast while Tsunade teased Yamei about the night; Yamei tricked Tsunade when she threatened him with a Painful Heaven Foot.
• After Tsunade left for the Hokage Building with Shizune, Yamei checked on Ino and entered the Mount Sumeru Divine Realm.
• Yamei examined a newly derived jutsu that controlled nine elemental powers and could form ninjutsu by thought, then named it Return of Ten Thousand Laws.
• Yamei considered using the jutsu in his plans to revive Kaguya Otsutsuki and left the divine realm, noting that he still needed to complete another jutsu.

Yamei welcomed Hanabi and brought her along with Hinata and the others to his residence in the Land of Waves, where the women from Konoha and the Land of Waves met and quickly became acquainted. Near noon, Yamei prepared to attend the Federation Assembly Hall with Pakura and the other councilors.

• Hanabi recognized Yamei and explained that Hiashi had sent her to bring Hinata home, so Yamei sent clones to notify the Hyuga and Yamanaka Clans.
• Yamei brought Hanabi inside, reassured Hinata, and agreed to let Hanabi join their trip to the Federation.
• Yamei transported the women to his Land of Waves residence, where they met Pakura, Mikoto, and the other women living there.
• Kurenai, Pakura, and Mikoto greeted one another, and Hanabi's arrival helped the women overcome their initial awkwardness and begin talking together.
• Yamei prepared to attend the Federation Assembly with Pakura, Shion, Konan, Fukashiro Shizuka, and the other councilors.

Yamei oversaw the federation’s new laws and inauguration, then handled diplomatic requests and decided how captured Jinchuriki would live under the new government. After agreeing to send Kurenai and the others home, he prepared to transport them away.

• Yamei opened a week-long meeting to establish the federation’s laws, then attended the inauguration ceremonies as its president.
• Izumi told Yamei that Orochimaru’s research departments had begun work, while the search for White Zetsu and Obito had found nothing.
• Yamei approved visit requests from Sunagakure and Konohagakure and dismissed the requests from Kumogakure and Iwagakure as attempts to reclaim Jinchuriki and other captives.
• Yamei told Yugito she could attend reeducation school or die when he extracted the Two-Tails, and she chose to live; he also told Kurotsuchi to study.
• Kurenai asked Yamei to send her, Ino, Hinata, and Hanabi home, and Yamei agreed before activating a flash of white light beneath them.

Yamei returned Ino, Hinata, and Hanabi to their families in Konoha, then spent the night there before heading back to the Federation. The next day, he arrived at a mission site where Hidan was preparing a ritual and Kakuzu had brought the target’s corpse.

• Yamei brought Ino to the Yamanaka Clan, where her parents welcomed her and reassured her that they would support her choices.
• Yamei escorted Hinata and Hanabi to the Hyuga Clan, where Hanabi proposed that they elope and marry Yamei together.
• Hyuga Hiashi confronted Yamei at the clan entrance, then watched him leave with a complicated expression.
• Yamei spent time with Shikamaru and others and Tsunade, rested overnight in Konoha, and returned to the Federation the next day.
• Yamei arrived at a mission site and found Hidan preparing a blood ritual while Kakuzu waited with the corpse of an evil rogue ninja.

Yamei questioned Hidan about the Evil God Cult and learned that Hidan’s immortality came from its experiments. He traveled to the Land of Hot Water to investigate the cult, where he unexpectedly found Temari and invited her to bathe with him.

• Hidan finished healing from his wounds and gave Yamei a book about the Evil God Cult after Yamei threatened him.
• Yamei read that Hidan had joined the cult in Hot Water Village, become its only successful experimental subject, and led it into a disastrous war before joining the Akatsuki Organization.
• Yamei traveled to the Land of Hot Water to search for the Evil God Altar and sensed Temari in the main city.
• Yamei found Temari at a hot spring establishment and teased her about coming there instead of returning to the Land of Wind.
• Yamei realized Temari had little experience with hot springs and invited her to bathe with him.