Chapter Summaries

Konoha’s forces advanced across the Land of Wind and Rain while Pakura pressed Mei Terumi to choose between Konoha and Kirigakure, and Hanzō prepared to flee with his shinobi. Uchiha Yoichi acquired a new trading ability, and Black Zetsu led Uchiha Madara toward the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki.

• Uchiha Shinji ordered Konoha’s shinobi to advance after their combined Wind and Fire Ninjutsu routed the Daimyo of the Land of Wind’s army, while Pakura directed the campaign to seize the capital.
• Pakura told Mei Terumi that she could leave for Kirigakure or speak with the Fifth Hokage, and warned that Kirigakure could not withstand Konoha.
• Senju Tobirama’s forces continued taking territory in the Land of Rain, so Hanzō ordered Ame no Suke to gather the Rain Ninja and flee to the Land of Earth with Amegakure’s savings.
• Uchiha Yoichi restored Minato Namikaze’s arm, received Kushina’s sealed scroll of recordings, and drew the Transdimensional Trading ability, which let him exchange ginseng for twenty years of lifespan.
• Black Zetsu told Uchiha Madara that Iwagakure had located the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki and planned to send him to persuade the Four-Tails and Five-Tails, so Madara decided to investigate.

Uchiha Yoichi traded away Yin and Yang Power and gained Kaguya Ōtsutsuki’s All-Killing Ash Bones, while Jiraiya collapsed and was taken to Mount Myōboku. Black Zetsu sensed Kaguya’s awakened will and hurried to push Uchiha Madara to gather the Tailed Beasts sooner.

• Black Zetsu told Uchiha Madara that the Four-Tails and Five-Tails would revive near Iwagakure, where the Eight-Tails planned to persuade them to cooperate.
• Uchiha Yoichi accepted a trade involving Yin and Yang Power, used Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei—Release, and gained Kaguya Ōtsutsuki’s All-Killing Ash Bones.
• Uchiha Yoichi left Yoko with Mina and went to test his new ability, while Jiraiya returned to Konoha and visited Minato Namikaze’s home.
• Jiraiya collapsed in pain after arriving at Naruto’s training session, and Minato Namikaze took him to Mount Myōboku for Sage Fukasaku to examine.
• Black Zetsu sensed Kaguya Ōtsutsuki’s awakened will, realized the Ten-Tails had revived, and set off to urge Uchiha Madara to gather the Nine Tailed Beasts sooner.

Minato brought the unconscious Jiraiya to Mount Myōboku, where Hagoromo possessed his body and revealed that Kaguya’s seal had been broken and the Ten-Tails’ return was approaching. Meanwhile, Uchiha Yoichi took his children and disciples to the Land of Whirlpools and sealed Ghidorah inside Sasuke, whose newly gained lightning power proved difficult to control.

• Minato carried Jiraiya to Mount Myōboku, and the Great Toad Sage helped Hagoromo descend into Jiraiya’s body.
• Hagoromo told Gamamaru that Kaguya’s will had awakened, the Previous Indra Reincarnation was gathering the Tailed Beasts, and another enemy had emerged.
• Hyuga Satomi told Yūhi Kurenai she was going to confront the Hyuga Clan elders without involving Uchiha Yoichi.
• Uchiha Yoichi asked his children and disciples whether they wanted to become Jinchuriki, and they agreed to receive suitable Exotic Beasts.
• Uchiha Yoichi summoned and subdued Ghidorah in the Land of Whirlpools, then Uzumaki Mina and Kushina sealed it inside Sasuke.
• Sasuke unleashed powerful golden lightning after the sealing, so Uchiha Yoichi decided to add another layer to his seal until Sasuke learned to control his new power.

Sasuke gained Ghidorah’s power, and Jiraiya returned from Mount Myōboku able to use Perfect Sage Mode. Uchiha Yoichi then sealed the Frost Dragon Sadair inside Haku, leaving the group to return to Konoha as Haku began adjusting to her new abilities.

• Sasuke’s new Ghidorah abilities left Karin clinging to Uchiha Yoichi and made Naruto worry that Sasuke would call him a loser.
• Kushina promised to secure an Exotic Beast for Naruto, while Minato privately resolved to stay with his family until Jiraiya returned.
• Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki returned Jiraiya’s body after recovering at Mount Myōboku, and Jiraiya discovered he could maintain Perfect Sage Mode on his own.
• Uchiha Yoichi summoned the Frost Dragon Sadair and defeated it after it froze the area around the barrier.
• Uzumaki Mina and Kushina sealed Sadair inside Haku, who began gaining control over the Frost Dragon’s cold and ice abilities.

Minato Namikaze decided to return to the Pure Land, while Uchiha Yoichi used an illusion to break Obito and Nohara Rin’s remaining connection. Naruto became the Jinchuriki of the Golden Behemoth King, and Minato’s departure left Kushina grieving as she concealed her pregnancy.

• Jiraiya visited Minato Namikaze, who said he had decided to return to the Pure Land despite Jiraiya’s offer to seek a way to revive him.
• Nohara Rin told Uchiha Yoichi that Obito kept sending her messages through the Security Force, so Yoichi took her to Obito’s cell and trapped Obito in an illusion of his ideal life.
• When Obito’s illusion ended, he heard Nohara Rin with Uchiha Yoichi in the neighboring cell and lost himself in rage and denial, insisting that he was Konoha’s hero and Hokage.
• Uchiha Yoichi summoned the Golden Behemoth King, and Naruto Uzumaki became its Jinchuriki after Karin, Kimimaro, and Itachi declined it.
• Minato Namikaze told Kushina he was returning to the Pure Land and departed from his Reanimated Body, while Kushina concealed that she was pregnant.

Uchiha Yoichi comforted Kushina after Minato Namikaze left, and Kushina finally resolved to let go of Minato. Yoichi traded Life Energy through [Transdimensional Trading] for part of the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame and three Storage Rings, while Gu Yuan received a pill that could save Xun'er; the chapter ended with Yoichi sending the imprisoned Obito to Orochimaru.

• Uchiha Yoichi found Kushina after Minato Namikaze left, and Kushina gave in to Yoichi and repeatedly said she no longer wanted Minato.
• Uchiha Yoichi restored Kushina with Life Energy and left after telling her the child was fine; Kushina cleaned the house before making breakfast for Naruto.
• Uchiha Yoichi negotiated a trade through [Transdimensional Trading], exchanging nearly all his Life Energy for half the source flame of the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame and three high-grade Storage Rings.
• Gu Yuan received a Life Energy pill in exchange for the trade, learned that the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame's effects on Xun'er had eased, and went to check on her.
• The Security Force reported that Obito had refused food and claimed to be a Konoha hero or the Fifth Hokage, so Uchiha Yoichi ordered them to send him to Orochimaru.

Kitsuchi and Killer B tried to persuade the resurrected Four-Tails to aid Iwagakure, but Uchiha Madara arrived with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and attacked the gathered forces. Elsewhere, Uchiha Yoichi began refining the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame with Haku’s help, while Hyuga Hiashi prepared to meet Hyuga Satomi as the Main House faced pressure to change its system.

• Kitsuchi and Killer B entered Flower Fruit Mountain, where the Four-Tails attacked them before Gyuki and Kitsuchi restrained him and explained that other Tailed Beasts had been captured.
• The Four-Tails agreed to help Iwagakure on the condition that they did not seal him, but Uchiha Madara appeared and summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path containing five Tailed Beasts.
• Uchiha Madara activated the Rinnegan and used Rinbo, preventing Kitsuchi and the others from escaping as the Eight-Tails and Four-Tails prepared to fight him.
• Uchiha Yoichi extracted the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame and used Truth-Seeking Orbs to seal it before refining part of it while Haku repeatedly froze him.
• Hyuga Hiashi refused to use the Caged Bird against Hyuga Satomi and went to speak with her as the Hyuga Clan gathered, leaving the Main House facing possible changes to its system.

Hyuga Satomi gave Uchiha Yoichi a roster of 831 Hyuga ninjas, and he assigned her and Yūhi Kurenai to organize new Security Forces. Meanwhile, Uchiha Madara captured the Eight-Tails and moved toward the Five-Tails, while Kitsuchi survived to warn Ōnoki and Dodai; Kushina settled into life with Naruto and began showing signs of pregnancy.

• Hyuga Satomi gave Uchiha Yoichi a list of 831 Hyuga ninjas, and he tasked her and Yūhi Kurenai with arranging Security Forces in the Sand Special District and Amegakure District.
• Uchiha Madara left Flower Fruit Mountain after capturing the Eight-Tails and said he would pursue the Five-Tails, while Black Zetsu let the surviving Stone Ninjas live.
• Kitsuchi woke after treatment and told Ōnoki and Dodai that Uchiha Madara had killed Killer B and was collecting the Tailed Beasts, prompting them to prepare for the Five-Tails’ resurrection and contact the Fourth Raikage.
• Kushina told Jiraiya that Minato had returned to the Pure Land and said she planned to raise Naruto, then took Naruto to train with Sasuke and Haku.
• Kushina declined Mina’s Salted Meat Cake because it made her nauseous, and she laughed off Mina’s questions about her stomach.

Uchiha Yoichi sealed the Light Element Dragon Elsas inside Karin, who fainted after being overwhelmed by its power. Meanwhile, Uchiha Madara learned that a large Iwagakure and Kumogakure force was approaching and prepared to fight them.

• Karin asked Uchiha Yoichi for an exotic beast, and he gave her Gates as her exclusive Summoning Beast.
• Uchiha Yoichi failed to find suitable beasts for Karin, Kimimaro, or Itachi until he summoned the Light Element Dragon Elsas on the final day of his Random Summon ability.
• Uchiha Yoichi defeated Elsas with help from his Kamui Clone and Potara Fusion, then sealed the dragon inside Karin with Mina and Kushina.
• Karin fainted after Elsas's Light Element filled her body, and Uchiha Yoichi reassured everyone that she would recover after digesting its power.
• Uchiha Madara sensed the battle, sent a White Zetsu clone to investigate, and learned that more than two thousand Stone and Cloud Ninja led by the Third Tsuchikage and Fourth Raikage were approaching.
• Uchiha Madara declined to eliminate the nearby scouts and waited for the approaching army, while Black Zetsu anticipated the capture of the Five-Tails.

Ōnoki and Fourth Raikage A led the Stone Ninja and Cloud Ninja in a planned attack on Uchiha Madara, but Madara overwhelmed them with Perfect Susanoo. After sparing the few survivors, Madara learned that the Five-Tails was close to reviving and went to see it.

• Ōnoki and Fourth Raikage A received the scouts’ report and organized their forces to surround Uchiha Madara.
• Uchiha Madara let the Stone Ninja and Cloud Ninja attack him, then absorbed Ōnoki’s Dust Release with his Rinnegan.
• Fourth Raikage A knocked Susanoo off balance, but Madara summoned Perfect Susanoo and devastated the allied forces with five slashes.
• Ōnoki and Fourth Raikage A survived, and Madara stopped attacking after his promised fifth slash.
• Black Zetsu told Uchiha Madara that the Five-Tails’ Chakra was gathering, and Madara went to see its imminent revival.

Uchiha Madara gathered the Five-Tails and enough Nine-Tails chakra to revive the Ten-Tails, but Black Zetsu revealed his betrayal and transformed it into Kaguya Ōtsutsuki. After Kaguya defeated Madara and drained his chakra, she cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi, leaving Uchiha Yoichi to shield his home as the moonlight spread.

• Uchiha Madara sealed the Five-Tails into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and used chakra from the Gold and Silver Brothers to begin the Ten-Tails’ revival.
• Ōnoki ordered the surviving Cloud and Stone ninja to retreat, while he stayed behind to delay Uchiha Madara if necessary.
• Black Zetsu revealed that he was Kaguya’s will, transformed the Ten-Tails, and revived Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki defeated Uchiha Madara, trapped him in the Snow World, and absorbed his chakra.
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi, and Uchiha Yoichi used Susanoo to shield his home from its light.

Uchiha Yoichi undid the Infinite Tsukuyomi and flew to confront Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, who trapped him in altered dimensions but failed to stop him. The chapter ended with Kaguya’s body suddenly moving against her will as she caught his Truth-Seeking Orb blade between her palms.

• Uchiha Yoichi dispelled the Infinite Tsukuyomi from the moon, awakening those trapped by it while Kaguya Ōtsutsuki continued drawing Chakra through the God Tree.
• Uchiha Yoichi tested Crossing the Underworld Marsh on a God Tree branch, then continued toward Kaguya Ōtsutsuki as its roots turned victims into White Zetsu.
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki attacked Uchiha Yoichi with an All-Killing Ash Bone and shifted them into a Gravity Space, but Uchiha Yoichi used his physical strength to approach her.
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki moved them into the Snow and Ice Space and froze Uchiha Yoichi, but he melted free with golden flames and charged at her.
• Uchiha Yoichi attacked with a Truth-Seeking Orb blade, and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki’s hands moved against her will to catch it between her palms.

Uchiha Yoichi subdued Kaguya Ōtsutsuki and forced her to become his guardian, then followed her into another dimension when she tried to escape. Kaguya agreed to help retrieve the Divine Trees, and the two returned to the Ninja World.

• Black Zetsu attacked Uchiha Yoichi, but a Kamui Clone rescued Yoichi and sent Black Zetsu into the Kamui Dimension.
• Yoichi used his ability on Kaguya and questioned her about knowing him; she recalled that he had stolen her collected Secret Techniques a thousand years earlier and said she had prayed to him while sealed.
• Yoichi explained that Ōtsutsuki Urashiki was dead and Isshiki was still in the Ninja World, then offered Kaguya the choice of being sealed or becoming his guardian.
• Kaguya agreed to become Yoichi's guardian, and he asked her what she had done since he left.
• Kaguya shifted herself to the Primeval Space, but Yoichi followed using the Flying Thunder God Marks he had placed on her.
• Kaguya asked Yoichi to take her back and retrieve all the Divine Trees, and she used Amenominaka to return them to the Ninja World.

Uchiha Yoichi returned to Konoha with Kaguya Ōtsutsuki after learning about the Otsutsuki Clan and persuading her to become his guardian. As the village welcomed them, Jiraiya ambushed Yoichi and revealed himself as Hagoromo, beginning an attack on Kaguya as well.

• Kaguya dismissed the God Tree and freed those trapped by the Infinite Tsukuyomi, then told Yoichi about the Otsutsuki Clan and its members.
• Yoichi persuaded Kaguya to return to Konoha with him, while she sealed Black Zetsu's consciousness and opened a space passage.
• Hashirama Senju and Senju Tobirama learned that the Infinite Tsukuyomi had ended, and Yoichi arrived at Konoha with Kaguya.
• Jiraiya stabbed Yoichi from behind, used Six Paths: Planetary Devastation to seal him in a mass of stone, and fought the Konoha shinobi who tried to stop him.
• Jiraiya revealed himself as Hagoromo, and Kaguya condemned him and Hamura for sealing her away and blocking her hope of resisting the Otsutsuki.

Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki revealed himself through Jiraiya and tried to seal Uchiha Yoichi, forcing Konoha’s fighters to battle him and move the fight into Kaguya’s space. Yoichi fused with his Kamui Clone, defeated Hagoromo, and returned with the nearly dead Jiraiya, leaving Jiraiya’s future allegiance unresolved.

• Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki revealed his true form and attacked Konoha’s forces after declaring that he intended to seal Uchiha Yoichi.
• Hashirama Senju and Senju Tobirama fought Hagoromo while Tsunade tried to reach Yoichi’s seal, but a Truth-Seeking Orb explosion devastated the area outside Konoha.
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki used Amenominaka to transport the battle into her Desert Space, where Senju Tobirama, Tsunade, and Hashirama planned to rescue Yoichi.
• Uzumaki Mina and Yugito gave Tailed Beast Chakra to Yoichi’s Kamui Clone, allowing it to enter the Desert Space and release Yoichi from the seal.
• Yoichi fused with his Kamui Clone, overwhelmed Hagoromo, and drained his Chakra until he returned to Jiraiya’s form.
• Yoichi saved Jiraiya from death, brought him back to Kaguya and the others, and said they would return to Konoha to discuss what came next.

After Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo’s attack, Uchiha Yoichi briefed Konoha’s leaders on the Otsutsuki threat and confronted Jiraiya over Mount Myōboku’s role. He stripped Jiraiya of his place in the village and began preparing for further action, including an unusual request to Ryūchi Cave.

• Uchiha Yoichi returned to Konoha, recounted the Infinite Tsukuyomi and Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo’s attack, and assigned Hatake Sakumo to form an intelligence unit to search for Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.
• Orochimaru reported that his experiments with Otsutsuki Urashiki’s cells could grant people powerful Kekkei Genkai.
• Uchiha Yoichi told Jiraiya that Mount Myōboku had to be eradicated and demanded that Jiraiya choose between Konoha and the toads; Jiraiya refused to attack Mount Myōboku.
• Uchiha Yoichi ordered Uchiha Shisui to have Jiraiya’s Chakra sealed and announced that Konoha would no longer recognize him as a ninja.
• Uchiha Yoichi arranged for Senju Hashirama to deal with Uchiha Madara and summoned Ichikishimahime, asking her to tell Ryūchi Cave’s Great Snakes not to eat for a month.

Uchiha Yoichi prepared to destroy Mount Myōboku in a month and arranged for Jiraiya’s escape so he could track him there. Jiraiya fled Konoha, but the Security Force spotted him and continued searching after he vanished.

• Uchiha Yoichi told Tagorihime and Tagitsuhime to warn White Snake Sage that he would attack Mount Myōboku in one month, and he gave Ichikishimahime a cup of blood after she demanded it.
• Uchiha Shisui took the injured Jiraiya to Konoha Hospital, where Orochimaru visited him and Jiraiya begged him to remove his seals.
• Orochimaru undid Jiraiya’s seals and gave him Soldier Pills, allowing Jiraiya to create a Shadow Clone and escape through the hospital window.
• Uchiha Yoichi told Shisui that he had prompted Orochimaru to help Jiraiya so a clone could follow Jiraiya to Mount Myōboku, and he gave Shisui a Gene Energy cultivation scroll.
• Jiraiya escaped Konoha in a toad, summoned Gamako, and asked him to have Gamabunta summon him urgently.
• The Security Force found Jiraiya and attacked, but he used a substitution and vanished in a cloud of smoke as they continued searching.

Jiraiya confronted the Great Toad Sage about the Sage of Six Paths possessing him and learned why Mount Myōboku had arranged the attack on Uchiha Yoichi. After discovering Yoichi’s Flying Thunder God marks on his back, Jiraiya realized Mount Myōboku was exposed, but the toads could not simply evacuate.

• Orochimaru told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Jiraiya had chosen Mount Myōboku over Konoha, leaving Hiruzen fearing for his former student's life.
• Jiraiya reached Mount Myōboku and asked Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima whether they had enabled the Sage of Six Paths to possess him and attack the Hokage.
• The Great Toad Sage confirmed that an ancient pill let Hagoromo communicate through Jiraiya, then explained that they had tried to stop Kaguya Ōtsutsuki’s resurrection and considered Uchiha Yoichi a threat.
• Jiraiya warned the toads that Konoha would attack Mount Myōboku, but Sage Fukasaku said its hidden location and barrier would protect it.
• Jiraiya spotted three Flying Thunder God marks on his back and realized Uchiha Yoichi had deliberately let him escape to locate Mount Myōboku.
• Jiraiya urged the toads to flee, but the Great Toad Sage and Sage Fukasaku recognized that Mount Myōboku’s dependence on the Toad Oil Pool made evacuation impossible.

Jiraiya learned that Mount Myōboku could not evacuate and prepared to leave after recovering, while the Great Toad Sage feared the prophecy of the toads' destruction. Uchiha Yoichi assembled Konoha and Ryūchi Cave forces to attack Mount Myōboku, and the chapter ended as the summoned army arrived and prepared to fight.

• The Great Toad Sage and Sage Fukasaku told Jiraiya that Mount Myōboku could not be moved, and Jiraiya agreed to recover before deciding his next steps.
• Uchiha Yoichi received word that Mei Terumi had joined Konoha and ordered her to return to the village to strengthen herself.
• Uchiha Yoichi selected one hundred and fifty Ninja and prepared them alongside Ryūchi Cave's snakes for an assault on Mount Myōboku.
• Hyuga Satomi asked Uchiha Yoichi to treat her like Nohara Rin, and she became intimate with him before Yūhi Kurenai returned to the office.
• Uchiha Yoichi left Yūhi Kurenai behind to manage the village, then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to bring the assault force to Mount Myōboku.
• The Ninja summoned more than three hundred Great Snakes, and Uchiha Yoichi summoned Gates, Ichikishimahime, Tagorihime, and Tagitsuhime as the attack began.

Uchiha Yoichi’s forces broke into Mount Myōboku and began slaughtering its toads while Jiraiya guarded the scroll that could restart the barrier. Uchiha Yoichi reached the Great Toad Sage as the battle continued, leaving Mount Myōboku’s fate in his hands.

• Uchiha Yoichi ordered Hyuga Satomi to destroy Mount Myōboku’s barrier, and her Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion split the mountain with a vast chasm.
• Uchiha Yoichi sent the Great Snakes from Ryūchi Cave and Gates into Mount Myōboku, while the Konoha ninjas followed to help kill the toads and prevent escapes.
• Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima went out to fight, while the Great Toad Sage instructed Jiraiya to wait by the Toad Oil Pool with the scroll for restarting the barrier.
• Orochimaru, Garaga, and the other Great Snakes attacked the toads; Gamahiro was overwhelmed and torn apart despite Gamabunta and Gamaken trying to save him.
• Uchiha Yoichi entered the Sage Hall and confronted the Great Toad Sage, saying he had come early because he feared it might escape.