Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Yoichi refused Senju Tobirama’s demand to pursue Uchiha Madara, arguing that Madara would eventually have to come to Konoha. Meanwhile, Madara moved to claim Nagato’s Rinnegan, and the chapter ended with Uchiha Fugaku taking Konan hostage.

• Uchiha Yoichi warned Senju Tobirama that Konoha Ninja could not act against Uchiha Madara without orders, and Tsunade took Tobirama away to show him the village.
• Uchiha Yoichi explained to Hatake Sakumo that he would wait for Madara to approach Konoha and advised Sakumo to learn Sage Mode.
• Tsunade told Senju Tobirama that Uchiha Yoichi had revived Nawaki, while Tobirama resolved to revive Hashirama Senju with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Uchiha Madara ordered White Zetsu to take the Edo Tensei combatants to capture the wild Three-Tails and set out to reclaim Nagato’s Rinnegan.
• Uchiha Madara confronted Nagato, Konan, and Uchiha Fugaku, and Fugaku manifested Susanoo and seized Konan.

Uchiha Madara defeated Nagato and Konan, used Nagato to revive himself, and set plans to capture the remaining Jinchuriki. The chapter left Nagato barely alive and ended with Uchiha Yoichi asking Lady Kushina about Jiraiya’s return to Konoha.

• Uchiha Fugaku revealed his betrayal, and Konan escaped his Susanoo’s grasp with her Paper Style Technique.
• Uchiha Madara overwhelmed Nagato’s Six Paths, disabled the Summoning Beasts, and defeated Nagato and Konan with his Susanoo.
• Black Zetsu possessed Nagato and used the Reanimation Technique to revive Uchiha Madara, who recovered his Rinnegan.
• Uchiha Madara ordered Black Zetsu and Uchiha Fugaku to pursue the other Jinchuriki while leaving Nagato barely alive.
• Konan woke after Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Fugaku left, while Uchiha Yoichi asked Lady Kushina about Jiraiya’s return to Konoha.

Uchiha Yoichi taught Sasuke and the others Moon Breathing, then secretly extracted Asura Chakra from Naruto. The chapter ended with the chakra returning to Yoichi and triggering a powerful reaction in him and the surrounding plants.

• Uchiha Yoichi learned Moon Breathing from a check-in draw and decided to teach it to Sasuke.
• Senju Tobirama revived Hashirama Senju, who chose to meet Uchiha Yoichi before deciding how to deal with Uchiha Madara.
• Uchiha Yoichi taught Sasuke, Naruto, Haku, Kimimaro, and Uchiha Itachi Moon Breathing.
• Uchiha Yoichi took Naruto into the forest, entered his body with Spiritualistic Clone Technique, and forcibly extracted Asura Chakra.
• Uchiha Yoichi reclaimed the Asura Chakra, causing the surrounding grass and trees to burst into renewed growth.

Uchiha Yoichi extracted and erased Asura’s Chakra from Naruto, then absorbed enough of it to evolve his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan into the Rinnegan. He tested his new Yomotsu Hirasaka Dojutsu, which let him drain and restore life force, and returned to the village with its power demonstrated.

• Uchiha Yoichi removed Asura’s Chakra from Naruto, leaving Naruto unharmed, while Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki sensed Asura’s power fading and resolved to guard the Six Paths Chakra.
• Uchiha Yoichi spent the afternoon refining the extracted Chakra and gradually erasing Asura’s will from it.
• After his Chakra reached equilibrium with the Asura Chakra, Uchiha Yoichi’s Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan evolved into the Rinnegan, and he tested its attraction and repulsion powers in the basement.
• Uchiha Yoichi discovered that his evolved Rinnegan granted him Yomotsu Hirasaka, a one-kilometer domain that let him drain life force from living things and restore it to a withered tree.
• Uchiha Yoichi tested the Dojutsu further, consumed some Life Energy, and headed back toward the village.

Uchiha Yoichi prepared for a coming war against Sunagakure while meeting Hashirama Senju and Senju Tobirama, who revealed that the Sage of Six Paths had warned them about him. The chapter ended with Hashirama trusting Yoichi over the Sage’s judgment.

• Uchiha Yoichi used Yamatsumi to restore Yugito’s energy, then went to the Hokage Building.
• Uchiha Yoichi told Yakushi Nonō to warn Pakura that Uchiha Madara might target Sunagakure for the One-Tail, and he discussed Konoha’s preparations and economic pressure on the Land of Wind.
• Tsunade brought Hashirama Senju and Senju Tobirama to meet Uchiha Yoichi, and Hashirama recognized the Chakra necklace Yoichi wore.
• Hashirama Senju revealed that the Sage of Six Paths had told him Uchiha Madara planned to gather the Tailed Beasts and activate the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Uchiha Yoichi revealed that he also possessed the Rinnegan, after which Hashirama explained that the Sage wanted him and Madara to seal the third Rinnegan.
• Hashirama Senju said he trusted Uchiha Yoichi and believed the Sage of Six Paths had misjudged him.

Uchiha Yoichi offered to revive Hashirama Senju, explaining that his newly awakened Dojutsu would make the cost negligible, and Hashirama had not yet answered. Elsewhere, the Ino-Shika-Cho clans agreed to submit to Konoha, while Jiraiya visited Kushina and learned she wanted Minato's body recovered.

• Hashirama Senju told Uchiha Yoichi that he would not attack Konoha and planned to look around the changed village before returning to the Pure Land.
• Uchiha Yoichi asked Hashirama Senju whether he wanted to be revived, and Hashirama Senju, Senju Tobirama, and Tsunade reacted with surprise.
• Nara Shikaku, Yamanaka Inoichi, and Akimichi Choza told Hiruzen Sarutobi that their clans would admit their mistake and submit to the Fifth Hokage's orders.
• Jiraiya met Naruto Uzumaki outside Minato Namikaze's house, then asked Kushina whether he could train Naruto as his disciple.
• Kushina asked Jiraiya about recovering Minato's body and claimed she wanted him revived through Impure World Reincarnation so he could see Naruto.
• Uchiha Yoichi explained that reviving Hashirama Senju would now cost only a little Chakra and asked again whether he wanted to be revived.

Uchiha Yoichi demonstrated that his Rinnegan could gather and transfer Life Energy, and Hashirama Senju agreed to let him collect enough to revive him. Meanwhile, the Akatsuki attacked Sunagakure, captured Gaara, and brought him to Uchiha Madara, who began sealing him and the Three-Tails.

• Uchiha Yoichi took Tsunade, Hashirama Senju, and Senju Tobirama outside Konoha and used Yomotsu Hirasaka to drain the forest's Life Energy, then transferred some of it to Tsunade.
• Hashirama Senju agreed to let Uchiha Yoichi gather enough Life Energy to revive him, while Senju Tobirama rejected his help and said he would seek a way to revive himself.
• Sasori of the Red Sands helped the Akatsuki launch a surprise attack on Sunagakure with more than ten Edo Tensei bodies, and Rasa and Pakura fought to stop them.
• Pakura warned Rasa that the enemy might be targeting Gaara, but Rasa ignored her; after the Edo Tensei attackers withdrew, a wounded Anbu reported that Uchiha Fugaku and another attacker had captured Gaara.
• Pakura organized aid for Sunagakure's wounded and urged Rasa to contact Konoha and face the enemy together, while Rasa demanded an explanation from Konoha.
• Black Zetsu and White Zetsu delivered Gaara to Uchiha Madara, who began sealing him and the Three-Tails with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

After Sunagakure lost the One-Tail to the Akatsuki Organization, Pakura openly urged the village to join Konoha and left with her supporters. Meanwhile, the Great Toad Sage gave Jiraiya a pill and a talisman for a future crisis, and a weakened Nagato and Konan arrived at Konoha seeking help.

• Rasa and Pakura argued over Sunagakure’s losses as officials discussed compensation and seeking Konoha’s aid.
• Pakura revealed that the Akatsuki Organization, which had revived Uchiha Madara, was collecting the Tailed Beasts, then declared Sunagakure should join Konoha and left with her followers.
• The Great Toad Sage told Jiraiya he might never find the Child of Destiny and entrusted him with a Sage’s Pill and a Sage’s Talisman for a future crisis.
• Fukasaku questioned the Great Toad Sage about the pill, learned it was Mount Myōboku’s only one, and privately worried about Jiraiya.
• Konan brought the failing Nagato to Konoha and told the Security Force they had important intelligence, hoping to make the village save him.

Uchiha Yoichi returned to Konoha, revived Hashirama Senju with the Life Energy he had gathered, and received Hashirama and Tobirama’s Six Paths Chakra. The next day, Yoichi became the Fifth Hokage, assigned Shisui to lead Jonin duties, and was informed that Konoha’s clan leaders wanted to meet him.

• Jiraiya learned that Nagato was dying from a forbidden jutsu and went to see him, but Tsunade said conventional treatment could not save him.
• Yoichi gathered Life Energy by draining a forest, then used it to revive Hashirama Senju at the Senju Clan Compound.
• Hashirama and Tobirama gave Yoichi their Six Paths Chakra, and Hashirama asked for missions as a Konoha ninja.
• Hatake Sakumo passed the Hokage hat to Yoichi, who declared himself the Fifth Hokage before the cheering villagers.
• Yoichi ordered Shisui to return to the village and assigned him as a leading Jonin, then learned that Shikaku, Inoichi, and Choza had requested an audience.

Uchiha Yoichi restored the Ino-Shika-Cho clans’ positions and handled Konoha’s affairs before visiting Konan in prison. He learned that Uchiha Fugaku planned to infiltrate Konoha with White Zetsu and target the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, while Konan offered any price to make him save Nagato.

• Nara Shikaku apologized on behalf of the Ino-Shika-Cho clans, and Uchiha Yoichi restored their positions on the condition that they obey the village’s orders.
• Yūhi Kurenai massaged Uchiha Yoichi in his office, but Hyuga Satomi interrupted them with reports from the Anbu.
• Uchiha Yoichi read reports about Sunagakure’s attack and Konan’s demand to see him, then went to the prison.
• Konan begged Uchiha Yoichi to save Nagato, and his Sharingan Genjutsu revealed that Uchiha Fugaku planned to use White Zetsu to create chaos, kidnap the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, and take Uchiha Itachi away.
• After Uchiha Yoichi said Konan had no information left to trade, she offered to pay any price if he saved Nagato.

Konan agreed to serve Uchiha Yoichi and help Konoha win over civilians in the Land of Rain in exchange for Nagato’s life. After visiting Kushina and hearing about Naruto and Sasuke’s fight, Yoichi told Mikoto that Uchiha Fugaku might return to influence Itachi.

• Konan gave up her body to persuade Uchiha Yoichi to save Nagato, and Yoichi said Nagato would be placed in a nearby cell.
• Yoichi tasked Konan with becoming Konoha’s Angel in the Land of Rain and persuading its civilians to join the Land of Fire.
• Yoichi visited Kushina, and she agreed to hear news about Minato Namikaze while they were together.
• Naruto told Kushina that he and Sasuke had beaten a Genin who mocked him for not having a father, and Kushina treated Naruto’s injuries.
• Yoichi learned that Sasuke had fought alongside Naruto, then advised Itachi to develop leadership skills.
• After dinner, Yoichi told Mikoto that Uchiha Fugaku might return to incite Itachi.

Uchiha Yoichi absorbed Asura, Indra, and Six Paths Chakra, strengthening his Rinnegan and gaining the ability to create Truth-Seeking Orbs; he also drew Potara Earrings and considered using them to fuse with his Kamui clone. He then gathered Konoha’s leaders and announced plans to annex Sunagakure, with Pakura’s support and the village weakened by Uchiha Fugaku and Sasori.

• Uchiha Yoichi and Mikoto agreed not to monitor or warn Itachi about Uchiha Fugaku, while Yoichi said Fugaku would not be spared if captured again.
• Uchiha Yoichi extracted Indra’s Chakra from Sasuke and absorbed it with Asura and Six Paths Chakra, evolving both eyes into Six-Tomoe Rinnegan and expanding his abilities.
• Uchiha Yoichi drew Potara Earrings and considered growing his Kamui Mangekyo clone so he could fuse with it.
• Uchiha Yoichi restored Nagato’s vitality and had the Anbu place him near Konan in the underground prison.
• Uchiha Yoichi convened Konoha’s leaders and announced that Uchiha Fugaku and Sasori had attacked Sunagakure, abducted its One-Tail Jinchuriki, and weakened the village.
• Uchiha Yoichi said Pakura could rally more than a thousand Sand ninjas to support merging with Konoha, and Senju Tobirama endorsed the plan to annex the Land of Wind.

Uchiha Yoichi sent a force led by Senju Tobirama to help Pakura’s faction in Sunagakure while Uchiha Madara focused on capturing the Two-Tails. Uchiha Fugaku reached Konoha and secretly reunited with his son, Uchiha Itachi.

• Uchiha Yoichi appointed Senju Tobirama to lead the campaign against Sunagakure and dispatched more than thirty powerful ninjas ahead of the main force.
• Black Zetsu told Uchiha Madara that Konoha’s forces were heading for Sunagakure, and Madara chose to send Uchiha Fugaku to capture the Two-Tails instead.
• Uchiha Fugaku asked to bring his son along, and Uchiha Madara agreed.
• Uchiha Mikoto sent Uchiha Itachi to school with a large lunch, and Itachi set off with Haku and Kimimaro.
• Uchiha Itachi spotted a secret mark, followed it to a secluded construction site, and found his father, Uchiha Fugaku.

Uchiha Itachi met his estranged father, Uchiha Fugaku, who told him a story that cast Uchiha Yoichi and Mikoto as conspirators and claimed Yoichi had stolen Fugaku’s Mangekyō Sharingan. Conflicted by Fugaku’s accusations and his own happy life at home, Itachi asked Yoichi to train him, leaving his real reasons unspoken.

• Uchiha Fugaku tested Uchiha Itachi’s Illusion Technique, then spoke with him and urged him to leave the Ninja Academy early.
• Uchiha Fugaku claimed Uchiha Yoichi and Uchiha Mikoto had schemed against him and that Yoichi had stolen Fugaku’s Mangekyō Sharingan, then offered to secretly teach Itachi Uchiha techniques.
• Uchiha Itachi arrived late at school, hid his distress from Haku and Kimimaro, and found himself unsure whether to trust Fugaku’s accusations after seeing Mikoto’s happiness at home.
• Uchiha Yoichi visited Kushina, then returned home and spent the evening with his family.
• Uchiha Itachi asked Uchiha Yoichi to guide his training, and Yoichi agreed to test his strength in the courtyard.

Uchiha Yoichi tested Itachi’s combat skills, then explained Forbidden Jutsu and let the children inspect two scrolls. After Itachi’s doubts about his father faded, Yoichi demonstrated the devastating power of Lightning Instant at the seaside and brought everyone home.

• Itachi attacked Yoichi with shuriken, smoke, and Fire Release techniques, but Yoichi assessed his tactics and stopped him.
• Yoichi noticed Itachi’s Two Tomoe Sharingan and asked why he was so eager to gain strength; Itachi requested to learn Forbidden Jutsu.
• Yoichi explained Forbidden Jutsu and showed Itachi Konoha’s Scroll of Seals and his own scroll, warning him against dangerous S-rank techniques.
• Itachi read the scrolls, felt reassured about Yoichi and Konoha, and concluded that preserving the village’s peaceful life mattered.
• At Sasuke’s request, Yoichi took the children and his disciples to the seaside and demonstrated Lightning Instant, creating a massive trench and towering tsunamis.
• Yoichi returned everyone to their senses and brought them back, telling them they could reach his level through diligent cultivation.

Uchiha Fugaku taught Itachi Sharingan techniques and tried to recruit him into a plan to capture Yugito and leave Konoha. Itachi told Mikoto about the scheme, and she decided to confront Fugaku with help from Mina and Kushina.

• Uchiha Fugaku taught Itachi Sharingan genjutsu and Izanagi, then urged him to help capture Yugito as part of the Moon Eye Plan.
• Itachi pretended to agree to Fugaku's request, then returned home and learned that Fugaku was not there that night.
• Itachi told Mikoto that Fugaku had returned and intended to manipulate him into targeting Yugito.
• Mikoto revealed that she and Uchiha Yoichi already knew about Fugaku's plan, but Yoichi had trusted Itachi to choose what to do.
• Itachi proposed having Shisui and the Security Force capture Fugaku, while Mikoto decided to handle him herself with Mina and Kushina's help.

Mikoto enlisted Mina, Yugito, and Kushina to help capture Uchiha Fugaku after he returned to Konoha and tried to use Yugito to advance his plans. Itachi lured Fugaku into a prepared trap, and the chapter ended as Fugaku summoned Armored Susanoo against the women surrounding him.

• Mikoto told Mina and Yugito about Fugaku's plans, then recruited Kushina after informing Yoichi's clone at Konoha Hospital.
• Itachi led Yugito to a forest south of Ninja Amusement Park, where Fugaku appeared and revealed that he intended to capture her.
• Itachi fired a signal flare, triggering the Four Violet Flames Formation and an Adamantine Sealing Barrier around Fugaku.
• Fugaku realized Itachi had betrayed him, argued that the village's peace was false, and attacked Mikoto with Fire Release: Dragon Fire.
• Mikoto, Kushina, and Yugito fought Fugaku, using fire techniques and Adamantine Chains to block his attacks and prevent his escape.
• As Mikoto unleashed Fire Release: Dragon Flame Song Technique, Fugaku summoned Armored Susanoo.

Uchiha Fugaku attacked Mikoto and the others, but Kushina and Yugito overwhelmed him before Itachi stopped his attempt to kill his mother. Fugaku was captured and Black Zetsu escaped, while Itachi hoped to persuade his father to spare Fugaku.

• Uchiha Fugaku summoned Susanoo and charged at Mikoto, but Kushina bound it with her Adamantine Chains.
• Fugaku escaped underground and unleashed Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence, turning the battlefield into a forest as the women searched for him.
• Fugaku emerged behind Mikoto, but Itachi struck him with shuriken and Yugito punched him into the Adamantine Barrier.
• Mikoto thanked Yugito and embraced Itachi, while Kushina realized Black Zetsu had escaped after the barrier disappeared.
• Shisui captured Tobi and handed him to Uzumaki Mina to be sealed, while the injured Fugaku was taken toward the village.
• Itachi learned Fugaku was alive and began thinking about asking his father to spare him.

Tsunade gave birth to Uchiha Yoichi’s daughter, Uchiha Yoko, and discussed moving into his new residence while continuing her Gene Energy research. Meanwhile, Konoha questioned the captured Uchiha Fugaku and brought pressure to bear on Sunagakure, where Pakura’s defection and Konoha’s offer left Rasa unable to act.

• Tsunade held her newborn daughter and agreed to name her Uchiha Yoko, while Uchiha Yoichi urged Tsunade to move with Yoko to his new residence.
• Tsunade said she planned to resume researching Gene Energy and develop a Gene Modification Needle after resting for several months.
• Uchiha Masato had the captured Uchiha Fugaku sealed and transferred to the Interrogation Squad, while Uchiha Shisui reassured Uchiha Itachi and took Orochimaru to the Security Force to see the sealed creature.
• Pakura confronted Rasa and the Sand Ninja High-Ranking Officials, revealed Konoha’s offer to Sunagakure’s villagers, and challenged Rasa to choose between war and letting the villagers join Konoha.
• Senju Tobirama and Hashirama Senju appeared beside Pakura and warned Rasa against attacking, then left with Pakura as Rasa roared in anger.

Rasa and Chiyo chose to prepare Sunagakure for a desperate battle against Konoha rather than accept Pakura’s Village Merger Plan. As villagers began leaving for Konoha’s oasis settlements, Senju Tobirama warned Pakura that Rasa’s forces might attack, leaving both sides braced for war.

• Rasa grew furious when Pakura’s allies and Konoha occupied the eastern exit and promoted the Village Merger Plan, then summoned his subordinates to discuss how to respond.
• Chiyo argued that Konoha’s surveillance made poison ineffective and urged Rasa to commit Sunagakure’s full strength to destroying Pakura’s faction and forcing Konoha to halt its advance.
• Rasa accepted Chiyo’s plan and ordered Karura to distribute the village’s stored resources to its Anbu, Jonin, and Chunin for the coming fight.
• Pakura’s forces circulated merger applications among villagers, while Konoha Wood Style users built settlement sites where families could relocate and live in oases.
• Senju Tobirama warned Pakura that Rasa might make a desperate attack and told her to bring two more Konoha Ninja Corps into Sunagakure that night.