Chapter Summaries

Ulquiorra and Koyata negotiated with the Japanese Army, selling them intelligence about Orochimaru and learning that Japan planned to side with Akatsuki in the Fourth Shinobi World War. The chapter left Utsunomiya Taro preparing to lead a team against Orochimaru, while Xu Yue welcomed Japan’s plans as a way to advance his own agenda.

• Senba Taro and Utsunomiya Taro recognized Ulquiorra and Koyata as Veteran Intruders and reconsidered the Penguin Merchant Guild’s strength.
• Ulquiorra offered Japan intelligence on Orochimaru and the option to buy or join the investigation; Utsunomiya agreed to pay one S-Rank Plot Point.
• Ulquiorra and Koyata reached a cooperation agreement with the Japanese Army, exchanging Orochimaru intelligence for hints about Japan’s plans.
• The Japanese Army revealed that it intended to ally with Akatsuki during the Fourth Shinobi World War and strike the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Utsunomiya Taro led a team to investigate Orochimaru, hoping to exploit his sealed hands and the conflict with Konoha.
• Xu Yue approved of Japan’s plans because they would help him pursue his own objectives.

Xu Yue's team reached the area near Tenchi Bridge and camped while waiting for their meeting with Orochimaru. Nearby, Japanese Army and Tokko Reincarnators learned that Snow would test Xu Yue, whom they suspected was Uchiha Yue, as the mission began.

• Snow questioned Xu Yue about their destination as the team traveled, but he withheld the information while selling it to Japan for an S-Rank Plot Point.
• Xu Yue told the team they were going to Tenchi Bridge to meet Orochimaru, then built four cabins and had them camp until the agreed time.
• A group of Reincarnators watched the team from nearby, and Kenji Dohihara told Utsunomiya Taro that Snow had reported a possible big fish among them.
• Kenji Dohihara revealed that Snow suspected their leader was Uchiha Yue and said she would personally test him during the mission.
• Snow left her cabin, looked around, and entered the neighboring cabin.

Xu Yue gathered intelligence and drew Yuki toward further tests after giving her a Demon Ninja class change, then led the group to meet Orochimaru at Heaven and Earth Bridge. The chapter ended with Orochimaru approaching Xu Yue while displaying a Six-Tomoe Rinnegan.

• Kenji Dohihara told the watching Japanese Reincarnators that Yuki's sacrifice was for the Empire as sounds continued from the cabin through the night.
• Xu Yue learned that Yuki possessed the Yuki-hime and Tamamo-no-Mae inheritances, but failed to break through her loyalty to Japan.
• Yuki woke with the Demon Ninja class change and increased body cell activity, and Xu Yue offered her the possibility of further advancement through additional tests.
• Xu Yue, Yuki, Sakura, and Naruto left for their appointment at Heaven and Earth Bridge, where Naruto said he was eager to learn about Sasuke.
• Orochimaru and Kabuto approached Xu Yue, and Orochimaru revealed a Six-Tomoe Rinnegan in his left eye.

Orochimaru confronted Xu Yue after assimilating part of Sasuke's consciousness and awakening Indra's Chakra, convinced he had gained godlike power. Xu Yue effortlessly struck him down, but Orochimaru then began manifesting a Complete Body Susanoo.

• Xu Yue recognized that Orochimaru had fused with Sasuke's consciousness and awakened Indra's Chakra, reaching Six Paths-level power.
• Orochimaru declared that Sasuke's power surpassed Xu Yue's and rose above the bridge as his aura scattered the clouds.
• Xu Yue revealed his Rinne-Tenseigan and used Banshō Ten'in to drag Orochimaru from the sky and slam him onto the bridge.
• Orochimaru questioned what Xu Yue was and then began forming a Complete Body Susanoo, breaking apart the bridge beneath him.

Xu Yue defeated Orochimaru after testing his strength and told him that the Tailed Beasts could help him become the Ten-Tails’ Jinchuriki. Orochimaru escaped, and Xu Yue turned to confront the Japanese Reincarnators who had been waiting nearby.

• Xu Yue and Orochimaru fought in their Complete Body Susanoo, devastating the surrounding terrain before Xu Yue dispelled Orochimaru’s Susanoo with a single forceful attack.
• Xu Yue told Orochimaru that he needed the Tailed Beasts to become the Ten-Tails’ Jinchuriki; Orochimaru inferred that Xu Yue wanted him to keep Zero in check and then sank into the earth to escape.
• Kabuto fled, while Xu Yue told Naruto and Sakura that Orochimaru had escaped and that he had sensed part of Sasuke’s aura; he asked Snow to look after them.
• Xu Yue said he would deal with the nearby Reincarnators, and Snow sent an urgent warning before trying to persuade him not to fight again.
• Kenji Dohihara received Snow’s warning, ordered his group to run, and prepared to use an Escape Scroll; Xu Yue appeared behind the ambush and remarked that Kenji seemed to know quite a lot.

Xu Yue confronted Kenji Dohihara and the Japanese Reincarnators, revealing that he had already prevented their escape and knew about Utsunomiya Taro’s past mission. He offered the group a choice between cooperating to survive or dying, using Utsunomiya Taro’s supposed betrayal to weaken their resolve.

• Utsunomiya Taro recognized Xu Yue, and a Tokko Reincarnator identified him as Uchiha Yue’s Bond Inheritor with the strength of an Intruder.
• Kenji Dohihara connected Xu Yue to the purple giant seen during the New York incident and deduced that Utsunomiya Taro had encountered him on a previous mission.
• Xu Yue confirmed Dohihara’s suspicions while Utsunomiya Taro denied them, unable to reveal the truth because of his agreement.
• Kenji Dohihara’s arm crumbled to dust as he tried to use his Escape Scroll, revealing that Xu Yue had already stopped him from escaping.
• Xu Yue offered the Reincarnators a choice between life and death and used the claim that Utsunomiya Taro had betrayed them to press them into cooperating.

Utsunomiya Taro submitted to Xu Yue’s side after Kenji Dohihara died, while Snow took command of Tokko for the final mission. As rival forces maneuvered around Konoha and Akatsuki, Zhang Zuolin and Cao Kun prepared to confront an Akatsuki team entering the Land of Fire.

• Utsunomiya Taro told Snow that Kenji Dohihara had died after they encountered Orochimaru, then handed her contact information for the other Elite Reincarnators.
• Snow took full command of Tokko for the mission’s final stage and said it could not be interfered with.
• Xu Yue returned Naruto and Sakura to Konoha, left to investigate Orochimaru, and sent Itachi information that might help Sasuke and his brother.
• Beiyang purged Konoha as the Qing Court and Japan withdrew after covert clashes, while the factions uncovered other forces operating in secret.
• Zhang Zuolin told Cao Kun that an Akatsuki team was near the Land of Fire and planned to probe them if they ventured farther in.
• Kakuzu and Hidan captured the Two-Tails and continued deeper into the Land of Fire.

Xu Yue’s Wood Clone waited in Konoha with the allied Reincarnators while Zhang Zuolin and Cao Kun led an ambush. When an information blockade cut off contact with the Marshals, Xu Yue ordered the others to send reinforcements.

• Butcher asked Xu Yue’s Wood Clone whether they had news of the target, and Xu Yue said he could send a message only at great cost to favorability.
• Hollow Noodle urged the group to stop relying on indigenous powerhouses and boasted about his experience while discussing Italy and the mission’s political situation.
• Osprey reported that Zhang Zuolin and Cao Kun had taken Konoha ninjas to set an ambush and were now unreachable inside an information blockade.
• Xu Yue concluded that the Marshals were essential to the operation and ordered everyone to prepare to go to their aid.

Beiyang’s allied Intruders gathered near Konoha and learned that Taiping Dao would provide intelligence while remaining outside the conflict. Xu Yue’s group headed to support Kakashi’s side, where Konoha’s elite ninja were facing Japan’s Reincarnators amid several disrupted battles.

• Pig King, Osprey, and Xu Yue curtailed Hollow Noodle’s elaborate plans and agreed to follow Beiyang’s orders.
• A Taiping Dao member offered intelligence, explaining that the Qing Court was their mortal enemy and that two battlefields had formed.
• Xu Yue, Hollow Noodle, Hollow Rice Noodles, and Ice Cream set out for Kakashi’s battlefield while Hollow Noodle tried to explain another plan.
• Taiping Dao’s intelligence revealed that Kakuzu and Hidan’s attacks had thrown Zhang Zuolin and Cao Kun’s battle into chaos, while a Japanese Reincarnator had died mysteriously.
• Xu Yue’s group continued toward Kakashi, Might Guy, Asuma, and Kurenai, whose team faced a force prepared to ambush the reinforcements.

Kakashi and Might Guy's team fought a group of powerful Intruders, but the enemy's veteran fighters began to turn the battle in their favor. Xu Yue and his companions received a mission to protect Kakashi, Might Guy, and Kurenai as they raced toward the fight.

• Eunuch Ling and the Zheng Lan Banner Lord ambushed the reinforcements, while Kakashi and Might Guy held them off and their allies struggled against three other Intruders.
• Kakashi used Kamui to tear away nearly half the Banner Lord's body, but the Banner Lord regenerated with medicine and revealed that Kakashi's Sharingan had displayed a mysterious Four-Tomoe ability.
• Drained by Kamui, Kakashi saw his team taking casualties as Might Guy's Seven Gates began to wear him down.
• Eunuch Ling's side decided to end the fight quickly, and the fighter facing Might Guy unleashed elusive attacks and needles.
• Xu Yue and his three companions received a Will of Fire mission to protect Kakashi, Might Guy, and Kurenai, and agreed to risk themselves for the potential rewards.

Xu Yue and three reinforcements arrived as Kakashi and Might Guy’s team neared defeat, then Xu Yue used a costly ability to make the enemy fight powerful duplicates of themselves. He left Eunuch Ling and Zheng Lan Banner Lord immobilized and confronting the gap between their intelligence and Xu Yue’s actual strength.

• Might Guy, Kakashi, Asuma, Kurenai, and the surviving Anbu regrouped after losing ground to Eunuch Ling and the other four enemies.
• Xu Yue’s Wood Clone arrived with Hollow Noodle, Hollow Rice Noodles, and Ice Cream, giving Kakashi and the others confidence to retreat.
• Eunuch Ling and Zheng Lan Banner Lord discussed targeting Xu Yue and divided up their opponents, believing the reinforcements had arrived too late to matter.
• Xu Yue stabbed an Asauchi into the ground and created weaker duplicates of Eunuch Ling and Zheng Lan Banner Lord, which fought the originals’ group alongside the other reinforcements.
• Xu Yue immobilized the real Eunuch Ling and Zheng Lan Banner Lord, while the two realized their intelligence had badly underestimated him.

Xu Yue joined Hollow Noodle’s battle and killed three Intruders, while Hollow Noodle and the others finished off the rest. After returning to the injured Konoha team, Xu Yue headed with them to check on Zhang Zuolin, where a tense standoff had formed between Cao Kun and Zhang Zuolin, Kakuzu and Hidan, and two Japanese Intruders.

• Xu Yue attacked after Hollow Noodle urged him to join the fight and killed three enemy Intruders by exploiting their weaknesses.
• Hollow Noodle secured the final two kills but received only an A-Rank guaranteed reward, while Xu Yue said his reward was only slightly better.
• Xu Yue’s Wood Clone stabilized Kakashi, Might Guy, and the other injured Konoha members before they hurried back to the village.
• Cao Kun and Zhang Zuolin faced Kakuzu and Hidan alongside Utsunomiya Taro and Senba Taro, with the three groups locked in a tense balance.

Kakuzu and Hidan were caught in a standoff as rival groups tried to recruit them and reinforcements arrived. Cao Kun and Zhang Zuolin killed Senba Taro with Utsunomiya Taro’s help, leaving Cao Kun suspicious and uneasy about what he had witnessed.

• Kakuzu regretted killing one of Senba Taro’s teammates and recognized that he and Hidan were outnumbered.
• Senba Taro and Cao Kun tried to persuade Kakuzu and Hidan to join their respective sides while trading taunts.
• Dragon Eagle, Osprey, and Pig King arrived, and Cao Kun ordered them to restrain Kakuzu and Hidan as he fought Senba Taro.
• Zhang Zuolin and Utsunomiya Taro suddenly joined Cao Kun in attacking Senba Taro, who died from their combined assault.
• Cao Kun warned Zhang Zuolin that the attack might be a trick, but Zhang Zuolin hinted that appearances could be misleading, deepening Cao Kun’s unease.

Xu Yue used Kyōka Suigetsu and Zhang Zuolin’s threat to recruit Cao Kun into the Penguin Merchant Guild, while the group continued its mission after killing Senba Taro. Kakuzu and Hidan refused to surrender, but Kakuzu faltered when he saw the approaching group.

• Xu Yue dispelled Kyōka Suigetsu after Zhang Zuolin forced Cao Kun to join the Penguin Merchant Guild under a special agreement.
• Cao Kun accused Zhang Zuolin of betrayal, but Zhang insisted that he had acted according to his principles and had only brought Cao Kun into the guild.
• Osprey and the others recovered from Kyōka Suigetsu’s false perception and saw Cao Kun and Zhang Zuolin kill Senba Taro; Utsunomiya Taro escaped with a random teleportation scroll.
• Zhang Zuolin asked Kakuzu and Hidan to surrender, but Kakuzu refused and declared he would rather die than be taken prisoner.
• Kakuzu noticed four figures approaching and recognized someone familiar, then reconsidered after adding that he might surrender if their food was good.

Kakuzu and Hidan were taken to Konoha as prisoners, while Xu Yue chose to keep Hidan alive for observation. After Akatsuki learned that Orochimaru had captured the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki, Jiraiya arrived in the Land of Rain to investigate Akatsuki’s leader and found the country had changed.

• Kakuzu and Hidan followed the Konoha group to prison, with Hidan mistaking Kakuzu’s wish to rest for a secret plan.
• Tsunade and Xu Yue discussed the captured pair, and Xu Yue said he wanted to study Hidan’s faith and unusual divine protection.
• Cao Kun, Zhang Zuolin, and the allied reinforcement corps relaxed in Konoha after their successful operation.
• Akatsuki learned that Orochimaru had captured Takigakure’s Seven-Tails Jinchuriki, and Zetsu suggested Sasuke had been killed.
• Itachi dismissed Zetsu’s claim about Sasuke and said he would deal with Orochimaru himself.
• Jiraiya entered the Land of Rain to investigate Akatsuki’s leader and noticed that the country’s long-running internal conflict seemed to have ended.

Jiraiya learned that Hanzo of the Salamander had fallen and suspected Akatsuki was behind the upheaval in the Land of Rain. As Akatsuki prepared to confront three intruders, two rival spies entered the country, and Jiraiya decided to follow them.

• Jiraiya interrogated two Rain ninja and learned that Hanzo of the Salamander had been defeated.
• Nagato detected three powerful intruders, and Konan and Yahiko left to deal with them while Deva Path Pain remained behind.
• Hanzo of the Shogunate Gate entered the Land of Rain in disguise to investigate the disappearances of Elite Reincarnators.
• Huang Wenjin spotted Hanzo and planned to find the source of the disappearances first, then kill Hanzo and blame Beiyang.
• Jiraiya noticed both Hanzo and Huang Wenjin and decided to follow them to learn how Akatsuki would respond.

“Hanzo” investigated the Land of Rain but was confronted by Konan and Yahiko, who blocked his escape. Jiraiya recognized his former students and resolved to learn what had changed them, while Huang Wenjin was exposed and Yahiko attacked him.

• Konan attacked “Hanzo,” who deduced that the Land of Rain was ruled by a self-proclaimed god after Hanzo of the Salamander’s defeat.
• “Hanzo” tried to talk his way out, then fled with afterimages, but Konan’s Water Release forced him out of hiding.
• Yahiko arrived to block “Hanzo’s” retreat, leaving him trapped between two powerful opponents.
• Jiraiya recognized Yahiko and Konan as his former disciples and concluded that Nagato was the god who had killed Hanzo of the Salamander.
• Jiraiya struck Huang Wenjin with a pebble, breaking his invisibility and revealing him to everyone.
• Yahiko sealed off the area with Earth Release pillars and lunged at Huang Wenjin.

Jiraiya, Yahiko, Konan, Huang Wenjin, and Hanzo fought as Nagato’s Beast Path Pain entered the battle. Huang Wenjin and Hanzo sided with Jiraiya, who entered Sage Mode and destroyed several Summoning Beasts, but Pain then summoned two figures with Rinnegan.

• Jiraiya trapped Yahiko, Konan, Huang Wenjin, and Hanzo inside the Rock Dwelling Toad’s stomach, but a giant Summoning Beast tore open the barrier.
• Jiraiya recognized Yahiko and Konan as his former students and confronted the Rinnegan-wielding newcomer, while Huang Wenjin urged Hanzo to join forces with him.
• After Beast Path Pain attacked, Yahiko and Konan withdrew, and Huang Wenjin and Hanzo joined Jiraiya against the Summoning Beasts.
• Huang Wenjin and Hanzo protected Jiraiya while he prepared senjutsu Chakra, and Jiraiya entered Sage Mode and defeated several Summoning Beasts.
• Beast Path Pain summoned two figures who also possessed Rinnegan.

Huang Wenjin and Hanzo helped Jiraiya identify the Six Paths of Pain, and Huang Wenjin’s talismans empowered Jiraiya to defeat three of them with a powerful illusion. As Jiraiya tried to seal their bodies, three more appeared, and the Hell Path repaired the fallen Pains, leaving all Six Paths assembled against them.

• Huang Wenjin and Hanzo learned that the enemies possessed the Rinnegan, signed an agreement to share intelligence, and helped Jiraiya question them.
• Huang Wenjin identified the three Pains as incarnations of one person, and Jiraiya used their single abilities to confirm they were divided clones.
• Huang Wenjin boosted Jiraiya with talismans, allowing him to fight the three Pains until he trapped them with Demonic Illusion: Toad Confrontation Chant and killed them.
• Jiraiya recognized the corpses and began preparing to seal them, but another Pain struck him and blasted him outside.
• Huang Wenjin brought Hanzo to Jiraiya and placed a healing talisman on him as three more Pains appeared and the Hell Path repaired the fallen bodies.

Jiraiya fought the Six Paths of Pain with support from Huang Wenjin and Hanzo, but Deva Path Pain suddenly overwhelmed him. Xu Yue arrived with the other Rinnegan, while Huang Wenjin and Hanzo realized that their escape had been blocked and that Xu Yue was a Reincarnator.

• Jiraiya insisted that he could handle all six opponents if he learned the abilities of the three who had just appeared, so Huang Wenjin and Hanzo stayed to support him.
• Jiraiya fought fiercely in Sage Mode and held off five Paths of Pain until Deva Path Pain used Shinra Tensei to send him flying.
• The Six Paths of Pain attacked Jiraiya together, broke his arm, and pinned him to a wall with Black Rods.
• Huang Wenjin and Hanzo offered to join Akatsuki, then tried to flee with Escape Scrolls when the Pain trio rejected them, but the scrolls turned to dirt.
• A mission correction triggered, requiring Jiraiya’s death and the Six Paths of Pain’s survival, and Huang Wenjin and Hanzo saw multiple SS-Rank rewards.
• Xu Yue appeared beside the pinned Jiraiya and revealed the other Rinnegan; Hanzo recognized him as Konoha’s Advisor Yue, and Huang Wenjin and Hanzo stayed still in fear.