Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Tokimitsu returned to the battlefield after killing Ōnoki, where Hanzō of the Salamander and Karatachi Yagura defeated the Third Raikage. With the Raikage beheaded, the Stone and Cloud Allied Ninja Army’s defeat became inevitable, and Tokimitsu ordered the Shogunate forces to accept surrenders.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu burned Ōnoki’s remains to ash, spared the ordinary stone in his hand, and kept it in his ninja tool bag.
• Hanzō of the Salamander and Karatachi Yagura teamed up against the Third Raikage, using poison, water techniques, and Yagura’s Tailed Beast transformation to wear him down.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu returned to the Shogunate army as its forces fought off an ambush by thousands of Ninja Snakes.
• Hanzō of the Salamander beheaded the poisoned and weakened Third Raikage, while Karatachi Yagura attacked the allied army’s flank.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu declared the battle over and ordered his forces to spare those who surrendered and tell the Takigakure Ninja to prepare a victory feast.

After the Shogunate defeated the allied Rock and Cloud forces at the Waterfall Plains, Kitsuchi surrendered and Uchiha Tokimitsu laid out Iwagakure’s future under Shogunate rule. The White Snake Sage sent Tagorihime to search for Asura’s sealed summoning contract, while Konoha’s leaders debated their next move and Hatake Sakumo prepared to visit the Land of Waterfalls.

• Kitsuchi ordered the Rock Ninjas to surrender, removed his forehead protector, and allowed Uchiha forces to take him into custody.
• The Shogunate routed the Rock and Cloud troops, and Uchiha Tokimitsu told Kitsuchi that Iwagakure’s legacy would continue under Shogunate authority.
• The White Snake Sage ordered Tagorihime to enter the Ninja World and search for Asura after his summoning contract stopped responding, while she forgave Garaga for fleeing.
• Hatake Sakumo learned that the Third Tsuchikage and Third Raikage had died, and Konoha’s leaders worried about the Shogunate’s plans and their own place in the new order.
• Hatake Sakumo announced that he would travel to the Land of Waterfalls the following day.

After Kumogakure’s army collapsed and the Land of Lightning fell to the Shogunate, the Great Toad Sage sought the Sage of Six Paths’ help as Mount Myōboku faced destruction. Hagoromo proposed that Mount Myōboku seek refuge in a New World beyond the eastern seas, leaving the Great Toad Sage uncertain about abandoning its homeland.

• Uchiha Kamon’s forces broke the Cloud Village Ninja Army after news of the Waterfall Plains battle arrived, and Uchiha ninja captured A, Killer B, and other leaders during the retreat.
• The Land of Lightning’s Daimyo took his own life, while people in the occupied regions welcomed the Shogunate forces.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu ordered an assault on Cloud-Thunder Gorge and sent the battle report to Kitsuchi, then returned to drinking with Hatake Sakumo.
• The Great Toad Sage, fearing Mount Myōboku would be destroyed, asked the Sage of Six Paths to use the Pure Land to save it.
• Hagoromo said the old plan had failed and suggested Mount Myōboku seek a way out in a New World beyond the Hurricane Barrier.
• The Sage of Six Paths vanished before explaining whether he intended to take the Pure Land, leaving the Great Toad Sage unsure what to do.

Uchiha Tokimitsu reassured Hatake Sakumo that Konoha’s clans would have a place in the coming order, while the Oceanic Fleet re-established contact with headquarters and learned of the Shogunate’s victories. The fleet prepared to turn its frontier exploits into auspicious omens supporting Tokimitsu’s rise, and Konoha’s leaders moved toward endorsing the Shogunate’s reforms.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu promised Hatake Sakumo that he would arrange roles for Konoha’s ninja clans in the new order.
• Uchiha Runbu received a high-classified radio message, confirmed headquarters was safe, and sent a reply establishing contact.
• Uzumaki Ashina ordered Uzumaki Kushina to notify Tokimitsu, who replied that he would arrive soon.
• Uchiha Runbu informed the fleet of the Shogunate’s victories and proposed presenting recovered treasures as auspicious omens to support Tokimitsu’s ascent.
• Hatake Sakumo told Konoha’s clan leaders that Tokimitsu had promised places for its ninja in the new order, then ordered preparations for a Two Houses Conference.

Uchiha Tokimitsu prioritized the stranded Oceanic Fleet, reassured its sailors, and ordered them to establish a forward base. As he prepared the Mihei Alliance Meeting, Pakura urged Rasa to step down as Kazekage and accept the Shogunate’s control to preserve Sunagakure, leaving Rasa to consider her warning.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu reviewed the Oceanic Fleet’s reports about the strange calm sea beyond the Hurricane Barrier and sent the fleet a message of thanks and encouragement.
• Uchiha Runbu replied that the fleet would serve Tokimitsu, then ordered it to establish a forward base and await the barrier’s disappearance before plotting a return route.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu returned to Fubo Castle to prepare for the Mihei Alliance Meeting, while Rasa received the invitation and wondered what it would mean for Sunagakure.
• Pakura confronted Rasa and demanded that he voluntarily resign as Kazekage, prompting the two to clash with their Magnet Release and Scorch Release techniques before moving to a meeting room.
• Pakura offered to dissolve the Inspection Department and the Radical Faction if Sunagakure’s name and status were preserved, and warned Rasa that Mount Myōboku and Ryūchi Cave might become the Shogunate’s next targets.
• Pakura left after warning that the Land of Water’s puppet Daimyo was preparing to abdicate, while Rasa pondered her claim that he who understood the times was a hero.

Black Zetsu decided to attend the Mihei Alliance Meeting while planning to confront Tobi over Free Iwagakure and the White Zetsu. In Fubo Castle, Kakuzu received a representative’s credentials and discovered he could move freely, leaving him to enjoy an unfamiliar taste of ordinary life.

• Black Zetsu agreed to send Kazahana Sōsetsu to the Mihei Alliance Meeting and decided to visit Tobi after learning Free Iwagakure had gained the Shogunate’s approval.
• Nagato told Black Zetsu that the Four-Tails Jinchuriki had died in battle and the Five-Tails Jinchuriki had been captured, leaving the Tailed Beasts largely under Shogunate control.
• An Attendant Ninja gave Kakuzu credentials naming him the Waterfall Ninja Traditional Faction’s representative and registered his Chakra for an identity card.
• Kakuzu learned that his credentials allowed him to travel in designated areas of Fubo Castle and that he had voting rights at the alliance meeting.
• Kakuzu wandered through the city, bought dumplings, and enjoyed experiencing freedom and ordinary public life.

Uchiha Tokimitsu secured support for a new system that reassessed jonin ranks and established the Ninja World United Council as the New Government’s legislative core. The chapter ended with Asura and Kakuzu accepting their appointments as senator and representative.

• At the Fubo Castle reform meeting, the Hyuga Clan Head questioned reassessing jonin ranks, while the Nara, Akimichi, and Yamanaka Clan Heads backed Uchiha Tokimitsu’s plan to demote unqualified ninja.
• Torifu Akimichi proposed reassessing defeated villages’ jonin individually, and Uchiha Tokimitsu approved the approach while granting Konoha, Kirigakure, the Grass Ninja, and Amegakure favorable rank treatment.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu established a two-house Ninja World United Council, appointed Uchiha Shifang and Hatake Sakumo as its speakers, and declared that the Uchiha Clan would hold the Tailed Beasts and Jinchuriki.
• The Attendant Ninja offered Asura a Senate seat and Kakuzu a House of Representatives seat, and both accepted their appointments.

At the Mihei Alliance Meeting, Uchiha Tokimitsu dissolved the old authorities of Iwagakure and Kumogakure, established a united Ninja World government and council, and was crowned Emperor with Uchiha Makoto as Empress. As the Uchiha Dynasty began, Black Zetsu heard the broadcast and broke down, looking toward the hidden moon and calling for its mother.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu declared the Ninja Village Era over and secured unanimous votes to abolish Iwagakure and Kumogakure’s former governing institutions and establish the Ninja World United Government.
• The representatives of Iwagakure and Kumogakure swore loyalty to Uchiha Tokimitsu, while Hatake Sakumo announced his election as Grand Administrator and the appointments of Uchiha Shifang and Hatake Sakumo to lead the council’s houses.
• Rasa offered the Land of Wind’s political authority and Tailed Beast to the new government, and Uchiha Tokimitsu appointed him Regional Administrator of the Southwest Regional Government.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu’s government announced a new division of the Ninja World into six districts and three provinces, with military administration imposed on the provinces during the villages’ transformation.
• Hatake Sakumo proposed Uchiha Tokimitsu as the Ninja World’s Emperor, and Uchiha Tokimitsu took the throne with Uchiha Makoto as his Empress.
• Black Zetsu heard the broadcast in an underground ice cave in the Land of Snow, fled into the snow beneath the sun, and collapsed while calling for its mother.

Uchiha Tokimitsu established the Ninja World Government, appointed regional officials, reorganized the ninja armies, and assigned Kakuzu and Asura new roles. Afterward, he wondered where Indra had reincarnated and why the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path had not appeared.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu announced the Dynasty’s Kaihuang era and appointed political and military officials across the Ninja World Government.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu placed the former Konoha departments under direct central control and created government agencies, including the Police General Directorate and Internal Affairs Force.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu reorganized the ninja forces into Dynasty armies and a navy, separated military command from civil administration, and confined surrendered Kumogakure and Rock Ninja to resettlement regiments.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu tasked Kakuzu with abolishing Genji territory and reorganizing its Private Army, promising him command of the Dynasty Army Garrison Fourth Army.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu appointed Asura director of an Imperial Family Anti-Corruption Agency staffed by former Internal Affairs and Intelligence personnel.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu wondered who Indra had reincarnated as and why the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path had not appeared.

Black Zetsu brought Uchiha Madara’s preserved corpse to Konoha, hoping to offer it to Uchiha Tokimitsu and become his ally. When Tokimitsu finally visited Tokimitsu Shrine, Black Zetsu emerged just as the Sage of Six Paths manifested, leaving all three startled by the unexpected encounter.

• Black Zetsu decided Uchiha Tokimitsu was an enemy of the Sage of Six Paths’ lineage and resolved to approach him as a friend, but struggled to choose a gift.
• Black Zetsu chose Uchiha Madara’s corpse, packed the coffin in ice, and tunneled toward Konoha after explaining its departure to Nagato.
• Tobi returned to the Land of Snow base, discovered Madara’s coffin was missing, and wondered whether Madara had revived and left on his own.
• Black Zetsu hid beneath the statue at Tokimitsu Shrine and waited more than ten days for Tokimitsu to visit.
• When Tokimitsu came to worship, Black Zetsu emerged as a misty phantom of the Sage of Six Paths appeared, and Tokimitsu and Black Zetsu recognized Hagoromo.

Uchiha Tokimitsu confronted Black Zetsu and a phantom of Otsutsuki Hagoromo in the temple, destroying Hagoromo’s projection whenever it tried to pressure him about the New World. He left Black Zetsu alive for now after the creature claimed to be an envoy of the Rabbit Goddess and offered Tokimitsu a gift.

• Black Zetsu emerged while Otsutsuki Hagoromo’s phantom appeared, and Tokimitsu immobilized Black Zetsu with Five-Colored Divine Light.
• Tokimitsu challenged Hagoromo’s identity and destroyed his projection and statue after Hagoromo tried to lecture him about protecting the people.
• Hagoromo returned and urged Tokimitsu to use the New World’s resources to strengthen the Ninja World, but Tokimitsu rejected his offer and blasted the phantom apart again.
• Tokimitsu questioned Black Zetsu, threatened to kill him, and loosened the light’s restraint when Black Zetsu signaled that he understood.
• Black Zetsu claimed the Rabbit Goddess had sent him as an envoy and offered Tokimitsu a great gift to save himself.

Uchiha Tokimitsu forced Black Zetsu to reveal its supposed gift, which turned out to be Uchiha Madara’s preserved corpse. After discovering Black Zetsu had read his book and accepting its flattery, Tokimitsu opened the coffin and rejoiced that Madara was dead, while Black Zetsu believed its plan had succeeded.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu demanded a gift from Black Zetsu and tested its claimed knowledge with questions it could not answer.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu used Genjutsu to make Black Zetsu reveal that its gift was Uchiha Madara, whose corpse was hidden beneath the Goddess’s statue.
• Black Zetsu claimed it had found and preserved Madara’s body, and Uchiha Tokimitsu uncovered the coffin while questioning how Madara’s broken limbs had healed.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu learned that Black Zetsu had read <Tokimitsu's Sayings (One Million Copies Commemorative Edition)> and agreed to protect it after hearing its praise.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu kicked open the coffin, saw Madara frozen in Mysterious Ice, and celebrated his death as Black Zetsu concluded its plan had succeeded.

Uchiha Tokimitsu accepted Black Zetsu's submission but ordered Namikaze Minato to investigate it while Orochimaru and Uzumaki Ashina traced the mysterious ice from Uchiha Madara's coffin. The chapter left Black Zetsu confident in its cover story, unaware that Minato already suspected it and was extending the investigation.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu named Black Zetsu Little Blackie and assigned Namikaze Minato to investigate it for seven days.
• Namikaze Minato took Black Zetsu to the New Area Police Station and monitored it overnight.
• Uzumaki Ashina and Orochimaru identified the Land of Lightning and the Land of Snow as likely sources of the mysterious ice, and Uchiha Tokimitsu ordered a search of both regions.
• During questioning, Black Zetsu claimed it had lived near the coast of the Land of Lightning and revealed a former habitat in the Meteorite Mountain Range.
• Namikaze Minato treated Black Zetsu's answers as suspicious and warned that its investigation might be extended because it gave no precise coordinates.

Orochimaru’s search for the Mysterious Ice succeeded after the Ninja World Government’s drilling disturbed Tobi beneath the Land of Snow. Uchiha Tokimitsu received the ice and ordered forces into the region, promising Orochimaru a surprise the next day.

• Orochimaru and Uzumaki Ashina disguised their search for the Mysterious Ice as a campaign to locate Chakra metal deposits.
• Nagato told Tobi that the base would move deeper underground, but Tobi stayed behind to wait for Black Zetsu.
• Orochimaru ordered a Jonin to drill deep wells in the Land of Snow, and the drilling broke into Tobi’s underground ice cave.
• Tobi mistook the excavation for a sign that Black Zetsu had protected Uchiha Madara’s coffin, then left for the Secret Base in the Land of Birds.
• The Jonin brought Orochimaru a block of Mysterious Ice, and Orochimaru recognized it as matching the sample Uchiha Tokimitsu had given him.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu ordered Lord Shiina to send the Strategic Support Troops into the Land of Snow and told Orochimaru to prepare for a surprise the next day.

Uchiha Tokimitsu sent Uzumaki Ashina to find Black Zetsu’s hidden base while Namikaze Minato kept Black Zetsu detained and tricked it into providing a Chakra signature. Ashina’s searchers located a vast underground cave, while Nagato stopped Sasori from scouting the surface, leaving the hidden group unaware of the growing search.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu ordered Uzumaki Ashina to locate Black Zetsu’s lair and warned him to avoid alarming its occupants.
• Namikaze Minato promised Black Zetsu official identity papers in exchange for its Chakra, then had a verification device carrying its signature sent to the Land of Snow.
• Uzumaki Ashina’s ninja used the residual Chakra to find a huge underground cave after searching for a day and a night.
• Sasori asked Nagato for permission to scout the surface, but Nagato refused and sent him back to excavate.
• Nagato’s refusal kept him from discovering the signs of the ninja army gathering above ground.

Uchiha Tokimitsu launched Operation Sweep the Hamlet, using mass detonations and the Steel Ground Barrier to expose Black Zetsu’s underground base. He captured Nagato and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, but was left baffled when Nagato claimed that Uchiha Madara was his father.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu approved Uzumaki Ashina’s plan to seal the Land of Snow’s underground with the Steel Ground Barrier and ordered the operation to begin at noon the next day.
• Uzumaki Ashina relayed the detonation order, and the ninja army set off Explosive Tags beneath the Land of Snow, bringing down the underground base’s frozen soil ceiling.
• Sasori realized the base was under attack and found the Steel Ground Barrier had blocked escape, while Nagato went deeper underground to control the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu and the Imperial Guard descended into the exposed pit, defeated Nagato, knocked down the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and captured White Zetsu alive where possible.
• Nagato cursed Uchiha Tokimitsu and vowed to avenge his father, then identified Uchiha Madara as his father, leaving Tokimitsu stunned.

Uchiha Tokimitsu captured Nagato, removed his Rinnegan, and destroyed Black Zetsu’s lair, taking the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and more than a thousand White Zetsus. Black Zetsu was still detained when Tokimitsu confronted it with Nagato and the stolen treasures, leaving it trapped and forced to lower its head.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu burned away Nagato’s Chakra, sealed him, and had a Medical Ninja replace his Rinnegan with Sharingan.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu’s Imperial Guard captured the White Zetsus and Sasori while Tokimitsu seized the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and withdrew.
• Black Zetsu sensed that something was wrong but stayed in the immigration detention center rather than risk losing its chance to infiltrate Uchiha Tokimitsu’s side.
• Namikaze Minato escorted Black Zetsu, now registered as Little Black, from detention to Uchiha Tokimitsu’s office.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu revealed Nagato’s new Sharingan and confronted Black Zetsu about Uchiha Madara, Otsutsuki Kaguya, and Nagato’s supposed parentage.
• Black Zetsu realized its lair and possessions were gone, stopped trying to escape, and lowered its head.

Uchiha Tokimitsu made Black Zetsu submit and assigned Nagato to work with Yahiko and Konan. After the fleet reached Mount Myōboku’s route, Tokimitsu mobilized a huge force to conquer it, while the Great Toad Sage planned to send a thousand Ninja Frogs to a newly discovered world and face the invasion himself.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu exposed Black Zetsu’s failed plan, accepted its submission, and ordered the Imperial Guard to take it away.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu assigned Nagato to a team with Yahiko and Konan under Namikaze Minato’s supervision.
• The Task Force Fleet completed its route to Mount Myōboku, and Uchiha Tokimitsu mobilized more than thirty thousand personnel for an expedition against it.
• As the Mount Myōboku forces panicked over the approaching army, the Great Toad Sage told Sage Fukasaku that the clan must relocate to a richer New World beyond a Storm Barrier.
• The Great Toad Sage gave Sage Fukasaku a Broacade Pouch and ordered him to take a thousand Ninja Frogs, while the Great Toad Sage chose to face the Uchiha army with the rest of the clan.

The Great Toad Sage chose to remain behind and fight the Uchiha clan while the Sage of Six Paths prepared to evacuate the Ninja Frogs to the New World. Meanwhile, Uchiha Tokimitsu sent his fleet into battle, planned the Mount Myōboku campaign, and accepted Ryūchi Cave’s offer to serve the Dynasty in exchange for a chance at Dragon Transformation.

• The Great Toad Sage created a flesh-and-blood clone to impersonate Fukasaku and buy time for the Sage of Six Paths to evacuate the Ninja Frogs.
• Uchiha Runbu received Uchiha Tokimitsu’s order to annihilate the fleet ahead, capture prisoners, and interrogate them, then advanced with twenty warships.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu told Uzumaki Ashina he would deploy all Nine Tailed Beasts against Mount Myōboku and have Shisui help restrain the newly captured Eight-Tails.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu confronted the White Snake Sage after she secretly entered the palace and rejected her request to halt the volcanic reconstruction project above Ryūchi Cave.
• The White Snake Sage offered Ryūchi Cave’s service in return for a chance at Dragon Transformation, and Uchiha Tokimitsu agreed on the condition that Ryūchi Cave first speak with Orochimaru and serve as the vanguard.

Uchiha Tokimitsu assembled the Dynasty Navy and Ninja army to launch an expedition against Mount Myōboku, while Uchiha Runbu’s fleet unexpectedly entered a battle in the New World and attacked both sides. The Navy Colonel recognized the fleet as the supposed Mist Pirate Group and ordered a close-quarters assault as Uchiha Runbu’s ninja countered with Water Style.

• Kisame Hoshigaki, Uchiha Shiina, Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Uzumaki Ashina reported that the Navy, army, logistics, research, and engineering forces were ready for the expedition.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu ordered the assembled forces to board their ships and sail toward Mount Myōboku.
• Uchiha Runbu’s battleships emerged from a Shadow Concealment Barrier and bombarded a World Government Navy and pirate fleet fighting in the Calm Sea Area.
• Uchiha Runbu’s battleships crippled the enemy ships, while a cruiser squadron arrived to encircle the fleeing pirates.
• The World Government Navy Colonel gathered officers for a boarding attack, but Uzumaki Ichiraku ordered explosive-tag kunai to intercept them.
• Uchiha Runbu and twenty Jonin attacked the surviving Navy officers with Water Style, prompting the Colonel to identify them as the Mist Pirate Group and charge through the waves.