Chapter Summaries

Amakawa Mingren denounced Konoha’s ruling system during a live broadcast and declared he would destroy the village, then killed Sage Fukasaku with a single blow. As Konoha citizens fled and its destruction countdown neared its end, Tsunade sent Shikaku Nara to question Mingren about broadcasting the slaughter.

• Amakawa Mingren condemned Konoha’s elites for monopolizing resources and exploiting ordinary people, and vowed to erase Konoha and establish new rules.
• Sage Fukasaku dismissed Mingren’s accusations as a pretext for annexing Konoha and urged people to sacrifice themselves to stop him.
• Amakawa Mingren struck Sage Fukasaku, blasting him through Konoha’s wall and killing him; Sage Shima cried out in shock.
• Konoha citizens fled the village after the wall was shattered, while Tsunade had no way to stop the exodus.
• Shikaku Nara met Amakawa Mingren before dawn and asked whether he cared about his public image; Mingren defended broadcasting the slaughter to show the strength of the Amegakure Allied Forces.

Mingren prepared to destroy Konoha, declaring that killing the ninja would bring peace to the civilian population. As allies and hidden factions converged on the village, Tsunade organized the evacuation while Naruto remained asleep underground, and the attack was about to begin.

• Mingren told Shikaku Nara that he would kill tens of thousands of ninja to free the hundreds of millions of civilians, and Shikaku called him a madman.
• Hanzo's Water Clones sealed off Konoha's outskirts as Gaara arrived to support the village and offered to take Naruto to Sunagakure if Konoha fell.
• Obito Uchiha, Black Zetsu, and White Zetsu came to Konoha to wait for a chance to take Nagato's Rinnegan, while Itachi and Nagato kept Naruto asleep underground.
• Obito visited Nohara Rin's grave, learned Sasuke's eye fusion was nearly complete, and left to watch Konoha's destruction.
• Mingren's forces gathered for the attack, with Nohara Rin and Kushina disguised among his ANBU, as Tsunade checked on Konoha's evacuation.

Hanzo’s forces began their attack on Konoha, scattering to draw its defenders away while Ying destroyed the village with Natural Energy. Kakashi tried to ambush Ying, but her advanced Chakra Armor nullified his attack.

• Tsunade chose Danzō’s underground Root hideout as an evacuation site, then ordered Konoha’s ninja to split into teams and pursue the scattered Amegakure ninja.
• Mingren stayed behind as Hanzo’s forces dispersed, while Ying and Asuka headed toward their assigned destinations.
• Ying reached central Konoha and unleashed a pillar of white light, beginning the destruction of the village.
• Sakura helped evacuate residents until Iruka took over and sent her to assist injured people elsewhere.
• Kakashi attacked Ying with Lightning Tiger Massacre, but her Chakra Armor absorbed the strike, and she turned to face him.

Hiruko used his Chimera Technique and fused Ninja Tech to devastate Konoha, while Asuka and the Sound Four sealed off the Hokage Building to search for the Scroll of Seals. Shennong faced Konan as their battle began, and the chapter ended with Konoha in view.

• Hiruko slaughtered Konoha ninja with his fused Chakra Armor, Kusanagi Sword, and Fortress Cannon, absorbing their Ninjutsu through the Chimera Technique.
• Asuka trapped Konoha ANBU in Genjutsu and had the Sound Four raise the Four Violet Flames Formation around the Hokage Building.
• Asuka questioned the captured ANBU about the Scroll of Seals while Shennong watched the operation unfold.
• Konan confronted Shennong, and he opened the Sixth Gate of the Dark Eight Inner Gates to begin their fight.
• The chapter closed on the sight of spring greenery across Konoha.

Neji returned to Konoha, killed three former comrades, and continued toward the village as Might Guy, Rock Lee, and Tenten pursued him. Hizashi Hyuga revealed that Amegakure could suppress the Caged Bird Seal and urged the Hyuga Branch Family to defect, leaving the Main Family shaken.

• Neji killed three Konoha ninja who blocked his path, confirming his status as a rogue ninja.
• Might Guy, Rock Lee, and Tenten recognized Neji’s actions as evidence that he had accepted the Amegakure Emperor’s ideology and pursued him.
• Hizashi Hyuga confronted Hyuga Hiashi and the Hyuga Clan members, urged them to join Amegakure, and resisted the Main Family Elder’s attempt to activate his Caged Bird Seal.
• Hizashi explained that Amegakure’s Sealing Law Seal and medical techniques could suppress the Caged Bird Seal, then showed the Branch Family his own seal as proof.
• The Hyuga members used their Byakugan to see that Neji’s Caged Bird Seal had been removed at the cost of his Byakugan, and Hizashi declared that Amegakure was working toward removing the seal without harm.

The Hyuga Main and Branch Families began fighting as Hiashi confronted Hizashi over the clan’s Heaven’s Mandate and the Ōtsutsuki on the moon. At Konoha’s entrance, Mingren faced Tsunade, while Kakashi and Choza’s group fought Ying and suffered heavy losses.

• The Main Family Elder ordered Hiashi to kill Hizashi and Neji, and Hiashi vowed to purge the rebels to protect the Hyuga Clan’s Heaven’s Mandate.
• Hizashi revealed his Dark Chakra power and confronted Hiashi as the brothers began fighting with Gentle Fist.
• Tsunade confronted Mingren at Konoha’s entrance, and Mingren threatened to make her suffer as Orosuke Hime had.
• Choza, Choji, and others joined Kakashi against Ying, whose Natural Energy blast wiped out the support team except for Choza and Choji.
• Kakashi explained Ying’s Natural Energy and Sage Mode abilities as he, Choza, and Choji hid in a crater to plan their next move.

Ying fought Kakashi, Choza, and Choji until Hanzo arrived and helped her defeat them. After Choji survived Ying’s attack, Kakashi tried to protect him with his Mangekyo Sharingan, but Hanzo killed Kakashi, and both Hanzo and Ying left Choji behind.

• Kakashi, Choza, and Choji attacked Ying, but she broke free of their chains and struck all three with Dark Sage Chakra.
• Hanzo appeared in time to block Kakashi’s Lightning Cutter and save Ying from the attack.
• Ying killed Kakashi with a chakra-launched nail, while Choji survived her blast and mourned his father and teacher.
• Kakashi activated his Mangekyo Sharingan to give Choji time to escape, but Hanzo used his Body Flicker Technique to cut Kakashi’s throat.
• Ying leaped away without pursuing Choji, and Hanzo left after Kakashi died.

Asuka attacked Konoha’s defenders to seize the Scroll of Seals, which Mingren needed to pursue his goal of transcending the boundary between life and death. She cornered Shibi Aburame and Shino Aburame inside a Four Violet Flames Formation, with Shino holding the scroll.

• ANBU Team 5 failed to stop a Fusion Summoned Beast formed by Yi, Er, and San.
• Shennong overwhelmed Konan’s paper attacks and taunted her about Yahiko and Nagato.
• Asuka identified the Scroll of Seals as her target and used Ibuse’s poison and an Explosive Flame Array against the Aburame Clan guards.
• Shino escaped the burning ruins with the Scroll of Seals but found himself trapped by Tayuya’s Four Violet Flames Formation.
• Asuka used the Body Flicker Technique and Chakra Flow to kill the Aburame fighters until only Shibi Aburame and Shino Aburame remained, then demanded the scroll.

Asuka stole the Scroll of Seals and set the next stage of the Konoha Destruction Plan in motion while Neji confronted Guy over his choice to join the Amegakure Allied Forces. Their fight escalated as Neji unveiled Demon Transformation, and Tsunade heard Konoha being attacked from all sides.

• Asuka took the Scroll of Seals after Shibi died and Shino was badly wounded, then ordered the Sound Four to prepare for the next stage of the plan.
• Neji led Guy, Lee, and Tenten away from Konoha and rejected Guy's appeal to abandon his revenge and revolutionary cause.
• Guy and Neji began fighting, with Guy opening the Eight Inner Gates and Neji using Chakra Burning, Sacrifice, and Evasion to wound him.
• Neji declared he could not retreat and transformed into a demon-like form with wings as Guy prepared to use Morning Peacock.
• Tsunade heard explosions as Konoha came under attack from all sides.

Mingren confronted Tsunade over the Five Great Nations’ oppression of smaller nations as his allies began withdrawing from Konoha. As he rose over the village, he prepared to make its people understand pain.

• Choji reported that Kakashi and Choza Akimichi had been killed, and Tsunade vowed to defeat Mingren.
• Mingren unleashed his killing intent, freezing the Konoha forces and arguing that the great nations’ peace came at the expense of smaller lands.
• Mingren’s message prompted Hanzo, Ying, Hiruko, Shennong, and Asuka’s group to withdraw from Konoha or move to carry out their next actions.
• Hizashi Hyuga defeated Hiashi, killed the Main Family Elder, and led the Hyuga clan away from the coming destruction.
• Mingren flew above Konoha and declared that those who did not understand pain could not understand true peace.

Mingren unleashed “The Ivan,” a Chakra nuclear blast that annihilated Konoha and its training grounds. Naruto arrived to find the village in ruins, Kakashi dead, and survivors looking to him to confront the Amegakure Emperor.

• Mingren hurled “The Ivan” into Konoha as the Amegakure Ninja withdrew beyond the village’s borders.
• The blast destroyed Konoha, Hokage Rock, the surrounding mountains, and all forty-four training grounds.
• Tsunade used Summoning Technique to have Katsuyu protect the people nearby, and Sakura and the others awoke amid the devastation.
• Sage Shima reverse-summoned Naruto, who discovered the wasteland and sensed Kakashi’s corpse among the casualties.
• Sage Shima told Naruto that the Amegakure Emperor had attacked Konoha and killed her husband.
• Tsunade recognized Mingren’s responsibility and condemned him as Naruto rushed toward the survivors.

Hinata rushed toward Naruto while Neji ended his fight with Might Guy and flew away, promising they would meet again. Mingren’s forces and the surviving defenders assembled for a final battle, leaving Naruto, Nagato, and Itachi to face him as Kakashi’s death pushed Naruto’s anger to its limit.

• Hinata ran toward Naruto, while Hizashi told Hanabi not to stop her and to look after Hiashi.
• Neji told Might Guy that his mission and goal were complete, then flew away after promising to grow stronger and return.
• Animal Path summoned the remaining Pains and Summoned Beasts as Gaara arrived carrying Itachi, and Shima summoned the Mount Myōboku toads.
• Tsunade confronted Mingren, and Naruto stepped forward to fight him while asking Tsunade to keep everyone else out of the battle.
• Tsunade confirmed Kakashi’s death through her silence, intensifying Naruto’s fury, and Mingren remarked that the moment was a good opportunity.

Mingren refused to let Ying fight Naruto Uzumaki and confronted Naruto himself, challenging his calls for peace and exposing his hypocrisy. Naruto attacked with Sage Art: Wind Style: Rasenshuriken as Itachi, Pain, and Gaara prepared to support him, leaving the battle poised to begin.

• Ying volunteered to fight Naruto Uzumaki, but Mingren told her to stand down and said he would face Naruto himself.
• Mingren warned that Naruto's unusual power and Protagonist Halo made him dangerous, then declared that he would defeat the Bloodline Theory.
• News of Konoha's destruction reached the other nations, and the Four Great Nations and the Land of Iron went on full combat alert.
• Mingren challenged Naruto's calls for peace by asking why he would not accept Amegakure's attack after telling the Raikage to stop pursuing Sasuke.
• Naruto formed Shadow Clones and raised Sage Art: Wind Style: Rasenshuriken while Itachi, Pain, and Gaara prepared to act alongside him.

Mingren overwhelmed Naruto’s allies with his transformed strength, but Naruto rallied them to keep fighting. When Mingren launched another punch, Itachi shielded them with Susanoo and the Yata Mirror.

• Mingren destroyed the summoned beasts with a punch that stunned the fighters and observers watching the broadcast.
• Naruto threw a Sage Art: Wind Style: Rasenshuriken, but Mingren stopped it with his bare palm.
• Mingren swept away ten Hellhounds with a Dark Chakra storm, leaving them unable to return soon.
• Naruto declared that Konoha’s ninja would never surrender, raising the morale of his allies.
• Mingren gave Konan a final chance to persuade Nagato, but she said she shared Nagato’s decision.
• Mingren punched toward the group, and Itachi raised Susanoo and the Yata Mirror to protect them.

Mingren dismantled Naruto’s support forces to drive him toward despair, shrugging off Pain’s attacks and killing the reinforcements around him. He turned toward Asura Path Pain after slaughtering the ANBU, while Naruto and the others were left reeling from their losses.

• Mingren rapidly incapacitated Gamabunta, Gamakichi, Gamahiro, and Pain’s other summoned beasts, prompting Itachi to warn that Mingren was deliberately erasing their fighting strength.
• Deva Path Pain used Shinra Tensei against Mingren, but Mingren ignored it and continued his attack.
• Mingren struck Sage Shima into the sky, killing her as Naruto Uzumaki cried out in grief.
• Mingren shattered the barrier around Tsunade’s ANBU and killed them, then evaded Tsunade’s attack and slaughtered most of ANBU Sixth Squad, including Uzuki Yugao.
• Asura Path Pain fired a laser at Mingren, but Mingren dodged it through his danger precognition and vanished toward Asura Path.

Mingren defeated three of Pain's bodies and withstood Nagato's Planetary Devastation, astonishing the observers watching the battle. The chapter ended as Mingren spread Dark Chakra across the artificial celestial body.

• Mingren destroyed the Asura Path and crushed the Hell Path Pain's head before defeating the Animal Path, Human Path, and Outer Path with a roar.
• Itachi watched Mingren's fight and considered how to exploit his weakness, while Deva Path Pain prepared Planetary Devastation.
• Deva Path Pain formed a massive artificial celestial body that trapped Mingren as the battle was broadcast live.
• Mingren stood atop Planetary Devastation, endured its gravity, and shattered the rocks pressing in around him.
• Mingren moved to the far side of the artificial celestial body and spread Dark Chakra across it.

The Emperor turned Nagato’s Planetary Devastation into a blazing black meteor that threatened to destroy Konoha and its underground shelter. Nagato appeared in person and shattered the meteor, leaving Tsunade and Sakura to protect everyone from the falling debris.

• Pain realized the black star was falling toward the ground and warned everyone to flee, while Asuka, Hanzo, Hiruko, and Shennon raised the Four Red Yang Formation to shield Amegakure’s side.
• Itachi calculated that the meteor could destroy the Konoha Underground Shelter, and Naruto Uzumaki tried to stop it with Sage Art: Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, but its Dark Chakra blocked the attack.
• Itachi told Nagato it was time for his real body to act, and Konan preserved the Deva Path Pain’s body as Nagato appeared at the Konoha Ruins.
• Nagato used Asura Assault to fire a laser through the meteor, stopping its descent and blasting it into fragments.
• Tsunade and Sakura smashed the falling stones to protect everyone.

Nagato, Itachi, and Naruto joined forces to attack the unscathed Amakawa Mingren, but he shattered Itachi’s Susanoo and survived Nagato’s Asura Attack and Naruto’s Rasenshuriken by regenerating his head. Mingren turned to confront Nagato while Naruto shouted for Itachi, whose fate remained uncertain.

• Choji helped clear rubble as Nagato’s Planetary Devastation was shattered, giving Konoha hope, but Mingren descended unharmed.
• Naruto, Nagato, and Itachi attacked Mingren together, with Itachi using the Heavenly Cloud sword to pierce his Chakra Armor.
• Mingren struck the Yata Mirror with a barrage of punches, shattering it and blasting Itachi and Susanoo away.
• Nagato pierced Mingren’s head with Asura Attack, and Naruto’s Sage Art: Wind Style: Rasenshuriken also hit him.
• Mingren regenerated his head with Dark Chakra and told Nagato he had deliberately allowed the attacks to test their power and deepen their despair.
• Naruto shouted for Itachi as Mingren turned to face Nagato.

Amakawa Mingren overwhelmed the fighters in Konoha’s ruins and challenged Naruto Uzumaki’s ideal of peace. He revealed that Konoha and other great nations had repeatedly invaded the Land of Rain, leaving Naruto shaken by the truth about his village’s past.

• Mingren cut Tsunade in half with a distant slash, then crushed Naruto into the ground when he shouted at him.
• Mingren questioned Naruto’s ideal of peace and declared that Konoha ninja had helped devastate the Land of Rain and his village.
• Mingren silenced Nagato by slamming him into a pit before he could speak.
• Mingren told Naruto that the great nations had repeatedly invaded the Land of Rain and that Konoha ninja had killed Nagato’s parents.
• Naruto looked to Gaara for confirmation, and Gaara’s silence left Naruto’s worldview shaken.

Mingren challenged Naruto Uzumaki’s ideals and explained that he intended to unify the Ninja World and prove humanity could advance without Ōtsutsuki blood. After Mingren knocked down Hyuga Hinata, Naruto’s despair and rage triggered his Partial Tailed Beast Transformation, leaving the others scrambling to respond.

• Mingren told Naruto Uzumaki he would spare him and described his plans for unifying the Ninja World and resolving its injustices.
• Hyuga Hinata attacked Mingren, confessed her love for Naruto Uzumaki, and used Twin Lion Fists, but Mingren’s aura sent her crashing to the ground.
• Mingren reminded Naruto of the suffering Konoha had inflicted on others, pushing Naruto past his breaking point.
• Naruto Uzumaki entered Partial Tailed Beast Transformation as Nagato, suppressed by Mingren, could not stop him.
• Tsunade ordered Sakura to pull Hinata away while she continued recovering.