Chapter Summaries

Xu Yue revealed his Rinnegan and confronted Nagato’s Six Paths of Pain, explaining how he obtained the eye and revived Yahiko. Nagato rejected Xu Yue’s claims and unleashed a massive Shinra Tensei, leaving Hanzo and Huang Wenjin grievously injured in the blast.

• Jiraiya and the Six Paths of Pain were shocked when Xu Yue revealed his Rinnegan and pulled the Black Rods from his body.
• Deva Path Pain accused Xu Yue of stealing Uncle Yue’s corpse, and Xu Yue removed his mask and changed his face to Uncle Yue’s.
• Xu Yue blocked the Six Paths of Pain’s attacks and explained that he had joined Nagato’s group, obtained the Rinnegan through the Reincarnation of Heavenly Life Technique, and helped revive Yahiko.
• Nagato called Xu Yue a liar and declared that the world had to experience pain before it could grow.
• Deva Path Pain unleashed a massive repulsive force that flattened the surrounding landscape and sent Hanzo and Huang Wenjin flying, grievously injuring them.

Xu Yue effortlessly defeated the Six Paths of Pain, captured Jiraiya, and killed Hanzo after Hanzo tried to surrender. He turned his attention to the terrified Huang Wenjin and began asking about the Penguin Merchant Guild.

• Hanzo tried to flee after the attack, but Huang Wenjin stopped him and explained that Xu Yue remained untouched by the blast.
• Xu Yue mocked Nagato's power, destroyed five Paths of Pain, and gave Hell Path Pain medicine that could regenerate severed limbs.
• Hell Path Pain took the medicine and left, while Xu Yue refused to release Jiraiya and sealed him for safekeeping.
• Hanzo declared that he would surrender, but Xu Yue killed him, saying he hated traitors.
• Xu Yue judged Huang Wenjin's unusual perception could be useful and asked him whether he had heard of the Penguin Merchant Guild.

Xu Yue turned Huang Wenjin into a mole and considered annexing Taiping Dao, while Qing and Japanese leaders reacted to Hanzo’s death and the destruction of the Land of Rain. The chapter left Utsunomiya Taro presiding over a meeting as the weakened coalition debated its next move.

• Huang Wenjin abandoned his faith in Taiping Dao and pledged himself to Xu Yue, who planned to use him to pressure the legion and pursue its annexation.
• Xu Yue learned about Taiping Dao’s history, distinctive cultivation path, and powerful members from Huang Wenjin.
• Qing and Japanese factions discovered that Hanzo had died and the Land of Rain had been razed, putting their forces on alert.
• The Qing and Japanese leaders gathered to discuss their mounting losses, the coming attack on Konoha, and recruiting two Veteran Intruders from the Penguin Merchant Guild.
• With most Japanese leaders dead or absent, Utsunomiya Taro became the highest-ranking Japanese representative present and took charge of the meeting.

Utsunomiya Taro steered the Qing Court and Japan away from a direct attack on Konoha, while Nagato prepared to confront the man who had given him the Rinnegan. Naruto continued training with Xu Yue, and a mysterious Akatsuki figure appeared above Konoha.

• Utsunomiya Taro persuaded the meeting to call off the operation against Konoha and leave the danger to the people inside.
• Nagato rejected Yahiko and Konan’s pleas, removed the Black Rods, and decided to capture the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki alive before confronting Xu Yue.
• Naruto mastered using Nine-Tails Power and Sage Mode together, while Xu Yue reassured him that Jiraiya was recovering somewhere secluded.
• Hollow Noodle continued criticizing Xu Yue’s Wood Clone until a figure in a Black robe with Red Clouds appeared above Konoha.
• Konoha’s vigilant ninja spotted the hovering figure and raised the alarm.

Nagato unleashed Super Shinra Tensei and flattened Konoha, while the village’s leaders faced the destruction and prepared to evacuate the survivors. Nagato descended onto the white ground, leaving Konoha’s fate uncertain.

• Snow recognized Nagato as Akatsuki’s leader and used a Random Movement Scroll to escape Konoha with her intelligence.
• Nagato declared that he would make Konoha experience pain, then launched Super Shinra Tensei at the village.
• Hollow Noodle was swept away by the blast while Xu Yue’s Wood Clone finished drawing his portrait.
• Tsunade and the council saw Konoha flattened and recognized that Yue’s warning and preparations had protected the villagers.
• Danzo asked where Yue was, but the Third Hokage said the leaders needed to focus on evacuating the villagers.
• Nagato descended onto the remains of Konoha, now a vast expanse of white ground.

Xu Yue brought Naruto out to face Nagato, and Naruto demonstrated the strength of his combined Sage Mode and Nine-Tails power before Xu Yue rescued him from Chibaku Tensei. Xu Yue then prepared to fight Nagato himself, while the surviving Allied Corps members considered retreating at the village’s edge.

• Nagato approached the protected area, but Xu Yue and Naruto appeared before him as his targets.
• Xu Yue sent Naruto to test his newly mastered abilities, and Naruto fought Nagato with Sage Mode and the Nine-Tails’ power.
• Nagato countered Naruto’s attack with Shinra Tensei, then used Chibaku Tensei to pull him into the sky.
• Xu Yue pulled Naruto back down, and Naruto admitted that Nagato was strong.
• At Konoha’s edge, Osprey and the surviving Allied Corps mourned Hollow Noodle and debated whether to retreat.
• Xu Yue announced that he would demonstrate how to use a Jinchuriki’s power alongside Sage Mode.

Xu Yue revealed his Ten-Tails Jinchuriki-like power to Naruto and Nagato, prompting Nagato to attack him with a massive Chibaku Tensei meteor. The meteor stopped just above the ground when Xu Yue casually held it up, leaving Naruto and the watching Konoha forces stunned.

• Xu Yue transformed into a Six Paths-like form and explained that he had obtained power derived from the Ten-Tails by combining its shell with Chakra from the nine Tailed Beasts.
• Nagato, shaken by Xu Yue's power, attacked him and Naruto with a gigantic Chibaku Tensei meteor.
• Naruto fired Tailed Beast Bombs at the meteor but could not damage its immense outer layers.
• The Konoha elders prepared a Reverse Four Red Yang Formation as the burning meteor descended toward the ground.
• Xu Yue stopped the meteor a man's height above the ground by casually supporting it with one hand.

Xu Yue stopped Nagato’s meteorite attack, shattered it, and let Nagato leave with his remaining Rinnegan. After Danzo tried to blame Xu Yue for Konoha’s destruction, Xu Yue restored the village and left with Naruto, while the select few who understood what they had witnessed remained stunned.

• Xu Yue stopped Nagato’s meteorite, crushed it into dust, and told Nagato that he was not strong enough.
• Nagato gave up on fighting and flew away after Xu Yue let him keep his remaining Rinnegan.
• Danzo accused Xu Yue of failing to protect Konoha and suggested he had acted with ulterior motives, while Naruto, the Third Hokage, and Tsunade defended Xu Yue.
• Xu Yue restored Konoha with a single stomp, and the villagers accepted the explanation that it had all been an Illusion Technique.
• Xu Yue dragged Naruto away to continue their training, leaving a select few shaken by the truth of what they had seen.

After Uchiha Yue restored Konoha from Nagato’s attack, Japan’s alliance planned to manipulate the formation of the Allied Shinobi Forces and later side with Akatsuki. The Five Kage agreed to meet in the Land of Iron to discuss the alliance, while Danzo considered the threat and opportunity posed by the new situation.

• The Beiyang allied corps watched Konoha’s complete restoration from a distance and could not determine what had happened.
• Utsunomiya Taro told the Sino-Japanese Alliance that Beiyang had suffered few losses, revealed their cooperation with the Penguin Merchant Guild, and proposed organizing the Allied Shinobi Forces before betraying them to support Akatsuki.
• Danzo learned that villages were proposing an Allied Shinobi Forces and wondered whether Uchiha Yue’s restoration of Konoha had involved Izanagi.
• With Akatsuki’s attacks giving the villages common cause, the Sino-Japanese Alliance helped advance the proposal, and the villages agreed to hold a Five Kage Summit in the Land of Iron.

Obito and Black Zetsu learned that Xu Yue had gained power comparable to the Ten-Tails and considered joining forces with Orochimaru. Meanwhile, Zhang Zuolin stayed confident as the Allied Shinobi Forces gathered, while Beiyang’s allies began discussing escape plans with Xu Yue.

• Obito and Black Zetsu discussed Xu Yue’s Ten-Tails-like power, the Allied Shinobi Forces, and Orochimaru’s proposal to trade the Seven-Tails for chakra and Demonic Statue fragments.
• Black Zetsu suggested that Orochimaru could provide powerful reinforcements through Impure World Reincarnation.
• Zhang Zuolin and Cao Kun’s allies warned that one village could not withstand the gathering forces, but Zhang Zuolin insisted that Uchiha Yue would be enough.
• Osprey sympathized with Xu Yue over being led by Zhang Zuolin and Cao Kun, then advised him to use an Escape Scroll rather than waste a rare rebirth item.

Tsunade led Konoha’s delegation to the Five Kage Summit in the Land of Iron, where the Sino-Japanese Alliance chose to prioritize its political goals over confronting Zhang Zuolin’s forces. The Fourth Raikage tried to provoke Konoha but fled after spotting a terrifying outsider, leaving the summit’s attendees confused.

• Tsunade brought Danzo, Zhang Zuolin, Kakashi, Might Guy, and other Konoha representatives to the Five Kage Summit, while Xu Yue’s Wood Clone joined the delegation’s support staff.
• The Sino-Japanese Alliance learned that Zhang Zuolin had brought many powerful fighters and decided to avoid a major confrontation until the ninja-world Coalition Forces had been established.
• Mifune welcomed the Land of Fire delegation and escorted its members to their separate camp.
• A, the Fourth Raikage, mocked Konoha for bringing outsiders, and Zhang Zuolin calmly defended their right to attend.
• A abruptly stopped provoking Konoha after seeing an outsider among its delegation, then retreated to his tent in a sweat, convinced the reports about Uchiha Yue’s fight with Akatsuki’s leader were false.

As the Five Kage Summit approached, Tengu considered a way to enter the meeting while Xu Yue secured Takigakure a seat by defeating Mifune. The Five Kage and their attendants entered the hall and noticed the unexpected Takigakure seat.

• Osprey and Pig King discussed the Land of Lightning delegation and warned their allies to stay on alert.
• Tengu offered to use his bonds to try to attend the summit, and Utsunomiya Taro told him to proceed.
• Xu Yue told Osprey he planned to attend the summit as Takigakure's representative.
• Xu Yue defeated Mifune and persuaded him to let Takigakure have a place in the summit hall.
• The Five Kage and their attendants arrived and spotted the extra seat marked with Takigakure's symbol.

Xu Yue entered the Five Kage Summit as Takigakure’s representative, challenging the great villages’ effort to exclude minor villages. The Kage took their seats rather than oppose him, but Tengu prepared to use the five villages’ united backing against him.

• The Fourth Raikage objected to Takigakure’s representative attending, and Tengu and Chojuro supported excluding minor villages from the summit.
• Xu Yue entered, declared he was present only because Takigakure had lost the Seven-Tails, and identified himself with a handwritten representative placard.
• Tsunade sat down, the Fourth Kazekage and Ōnoki followed, and the Fourth Raikage and Mei Terumi also took their seats.
• Tengu recognized Xu Yue from the Beiyang files and decided he could use the five great villages’ shared opposition to minor-village participation against him.

At the Five Kage Summit, Tengu tried to argue that small shinobi villages should not have equal standing with the Five Great Shinobi Villages, but the other Kage rejected him and he realized a new participant had changed the situation. As Tengu reacted to the task rewards and his lost opportunity, a masked figure appeared in the summit venue.

• Ōnoki invited Tengu to speak, and Tengu argued that representatives of small shinobi villages should not sit as equals with the Five Kage.
• A cursed Tengu's argument, while Ōnoki pretended to forget what Tengu had said and Mei Terumi ordered him to step back.
• Chojuro whispered that Takigakure's backer was close to Mei Terumi and wealthy, leading Tengu to suspect that Xu Yue's influence had changed the Kage's attitudes.
• A task notification appeared, and Tengu realized its dazzling rewards meant he had misjudged the opportunity and the reason A had changed his stance.
• A figure in a black robe with red clouds and a spiral mask emerged from a distortion at the center of the summit.

Obito infiltrated the Five Kage Summit and revealed his Moon Eye Plan, while Xu Yue’s strength was exposed when he knocked the Fourth Raikage aside. The chapter ended with Mei Terumi asking Xu Yue whether Obito’s account was true.

• Obito entered the summit, called himself Madara Uchiha, and startled the Five Kage.
• The Fourth Raikage’s attack passed through Obito and struck Tengu, but Xu Yue slapped the Raikage away before his blow hit Tengu.
• The Fourth Raikage’s lightning blade pierced Tengu’s chest, and Tengu died after cursing him.
• Obito explained that his purpose was the Moon Eye Plan and described the Ten-Tails and the Sage of Six Paths.
• Mei Terumi asked Xu Yue whether Obito’s explanation was true.

Xu Yue helped persuade the Five Kage to form the Allied Shinobi Forces after Obito declared war, and the alliance was announced to the assembled shinobi. Xu Yue returned safely to his allies, while Tengu was carried out dead after the summit.

• Mei Terumi exposed Xu Yue as Takigakure's representative, and Xu Yue confirmed Obito's claims about his identity.
• Obito demanded the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails and declared the Fourth Great Ninja War before vanishing.
• Xu Yue proposed forming the Allied Shinobi Forces, and the Fourth Raikage, Tsunade, Mei Terumi, the Fourth Kazekage, and Ōnoki agreed.
• Xu Yue warned the Five Kage that Orochimaru had joined forces with Akatsuki again.
• The Five Kage announced the formation of the Allied Shinobi Forces, prompting celebrations among the Reincarnators.
• Xu Yue returned to Osprey, Pig King, and the others, while Tengu was carried out on a stretcher, dead and bloodied.

Obito chose to attack the Allied Shinobi Forces before capturing the remaining tailed beasts, while both sides prepared for war. As one hundred thousand White Zetsu launched a surprise assault amid unrest in the Allied camp, the forces fell into chaos and the Beiyang Alliance could do little to change the battle.

• Obito decided to use the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and have Nagato act first, relying on Orochimaru to buy time before capturing the remaining tailed beasts.
• The Allied Shinobi Forces gathered nearly all their strength, while the Five Kage placed the Great Names under special protection and assigned Uchiha Yue to guard the Nine-Tails and Eight-Tails.
• Osprey reported that the Sino-Japanese Alliance had taken over the Second Division, and Pig King suspected its members planned to turn against the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Old grudges sparked conflicts across the divisions just as the detection unit warned that the enemy was approaching underground.
• One hundred thousand White Zetsu erupted into the camp, causing heavy losses and scattering the Allied forces into a chaotic melee.
• The Beiyang Alliance fought off nearby White Zetsu but could not affect the larger battle, and its members blamed Zhang Zuolin and Cao Kun for ignoring their warnings.

Xu Yue used Bakudo #77—Tenteikūra to reveal the White Zetsu hidden among the Allied Shinobi Forces, enabling the shinobi to slaughter them. The Sino-Japanese Alliance began transmitting intelligence about Xu Yue, but a mysterious force abducted their first messenger, Intel One.

• Young Prince Zaizhen urged the Japanese Navy Major General to strike the chaotic Allied Shinobi Forces, but the Major General said the White Zetsu attack was not supposed to cause a major defeat.
• Xu Yue received a triggered mission to eliminate the White Zetsu and told Osprey and the others that he could sense them.
• Xu Yue cast Bakudo #77—Tenteikūra, marking the White Zetsu in red for the Allied Shinobi Forces and turning the battle into a one-sided massacre.
• Utsunomiya Taro ordered the Sino-Japanese Alliance to begin transmitting intelligence and designated Xu Yue as a target for elimination.
• Intel One prepared to use an Escape Scroll, but the world froze and an unseen hand dragged him through a rift before the battlefield resumed moving.

The Five Kage consolidated the Allied Shinobi Forces after the White Zetsu attack, while Zaizhen’s allies marked Xu Yue as a target. Obito and Zetsu shifted to buying time for Nagato, whose transformation with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path was still underway.

• The Five Kage rallied the Allied Shinobi Forces after the White Zetsu attack caused tens of thousands of casualties, and the Sino-Japanese Alliance stopped interfering.
• Zaizhen, Utsunomiya Taro, and Hattori Kogoro raised Xu Yue’s threat level and planned to force him to use a Rebirth Authority.
• Obito and Zetsu concluded that the White Zetsu attack had revealed Xu Yue’s motives and discussed using Kabuto to stall for time.
• Nagato continued integrating with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path while Yahiko and Konan watched over him.
• Obito and Zetsu told Yahiko and Konan that they would join the effort to delay their enemies, and Obito reassured them that Nagato could protect himself.

The Allied Shinobi Forces learned that Akatsuki was using an Impure World Reincarnation army to delay their search, so they assigned powerful fighters and Reincarnators to surprise-attack teams. Cao Kun led a team into the forest, where revived shinobi blocked their path as Japanese Reincarnators appeared behind them.

• Japan revealed that its final intelligence report said Akatsuki had deployed an Impure World Reincarnation army.
• Tsunade, Ōnoki, and Mei Terumi discussed the threat, and the Coalition Forces assigned strong fighters and Sealing Teams to confront the revived shinobi.
• Cao Kun and Zhang Zuolin each led a Beiyang team out of camp, while the Sino-Japanese Alliance also split up and left to ambush them with Akatsuki's help.
• Cao Kun led Pig King, Osprey, Hollow Rice Noodles, and six Konoha Anbu through the forest as Osprey questioned whether they should meet Zhang Zuolin.
• Several Impure World Reincarnation fighters blocked Cao Kun's team, while Japanese Navy Reincarnators led by two rear admirals appeared behind them.