Chapter Summaries

Madara used White Zetsu as a sacrifice to reincarnate himself with Impure World Reincarnation, while Nagato sensed a new Rinnegan ability and grew more suspicious of his eyes. Madara returned with much of his strength and planned to investigate the Guardian Council and meet the Fourth Mizukage.

• Madara fused with two White Zetsu to create a powerful sacrifice, then entrusted Zetsu with carrying out Impure World Reincarnation.
• Nagato told Yahiko and Konan that he sensed a new connection and an ability he called the Outer Path, while Yahiko and Konan urged caution about the Rinnegan.
• Nagato declined to ask Satoru-shisong for help, saying he believed he could control his eyes and would not force their power if it proved dangerous.
• Madara returned through Impure World Reincarnation with nearly seventy percent of his peak strength and rapid Chakra recovery.
• Madara told Zetsu that they would secure their rear base, investigate the Guardian Council, and meet the Fourth Mizukage the next day.

Yagura discussed Kirigakure’s role in the Guardian Council and the return of the Seven Ninja Blades, then visited the Kaguya Clan’s island to investigate possible ties to the Third Mizukage’s enemies. There, Madara appeared and attacked him, demanding to know if Yagura would dance too.

• Yagura and Kirigakure’s leaders praised the return of the Seven Ninja Blades, discussed Ao’s safety, and agreed to reopen the blades’ inheritance.
• Yagura left the meeting and headed to the Kaguya Clan’s island, questioning Isobu about the clan’s possible dealings with the Third Mizukage’s hidden allies.
• Isobu warned Yagura that someone was approaching, and a masked man emerged from Kirigakure’s mist.
• The man revealed himself as Madara and admitted that he had helped the Third Mizukage finish what needed to be done.
• Yagura attacked Madara with the Three-Tails’ chakra, but Madara caught him by the throat and asked whether he would dance too.

Madara used his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan to control Yagura and the Three-Tails, then turned his attention to Kirigakure. In Sunagakure, Rasa chose Baki as a potential councilor and considered making him Shukaku’s Jinchuriki, but agreed to test the sealing ritual on someone else first.

• Madara explained that his reincarnated body had regained much of the Rinnegan’s power and used Genjutsu to subdue Yagura and control the Three-Tails.
• Rasa worried that Sunagakure lacked young leaders strong enough to represent it on the Guardian Council, and Chiyo and Ebizo discussed the available candidates.
• Rasa rejected Scorpion as a candidate because he had killed the Third Kazekage, then agreed with Chiyo that Baki should serve as Sunagakure’s councilor.
• Rasa proposed sealing Shukaku into Baki to strengthen him, but Chiyo warned that Shukaku might rampage again and that Baki’s potential made the risk too great.
• Rasa ordered Sunagakure to find the ninja most compatible with Shukaku and prepare to test the Jinchuriki sealing ritual.

Satoru chose a site for the Guardian Council headquarters and used arcane energy, Kurama’s Chakra, and Dragon Vein power to raise an uninhabited island into a floating city. The chapter ended with him naming it the Sky City, the hub of the Shinobi World.

• Satoru began searching for a Guardian Council headquarters that was independent of the Five Great Hidden Villages, imposing, and mobile.
• Aluneth suggested that Satoru build a floating city, and Satoru agreed to use his arcane research and power to create one.
• Satoru persuaded Kurama to lend his Chakra in exchange for three Arcane Crystals each day.
• Minato and Konoha’s residents heard a booming sound and saw a massive, purple-lit island flying toward the village.
• Satoru told Minato he had lifted the uninhabited island from the South Sea and declared it the Sky City, the hub of the Shinobi World.

Satoru explained how the island could become a permanent floating city and chose a site for the Guardian Council headquarters near the Land of Rain. Minato then volunteered a name, and Satoru settled on Takama-ga-hara.

• Satoru explained that an Anti-Gravity Crystal Matrix powered by the Book of Medivh could keep the island aloft indefinitely once he finished preparing its foundation.
• Satoru told Minato he planned to place the floating city over the northeastern Land of Fire, near the Land of Rain, where it could serve as a transportation hub.
• Satoru said the Land of Fire Daimyo had agreed to sponsor the headquarters, and Minato reacted with surprise.
• Minato offered to help and, when Satoru had no task for him, suggested names for the city.
• Minato proposed “Loftily Guarding the Peace of Heaven, Earth, and the Original Continent,” then shortened it to “Takama-ga-hara,” which Satoru accepted.

Satoru used Aluneth and the energy gathered by Kurama to begin constructing Takama-ga-hara, a floating city and the Guardian Council’s headquarters. Minato watched as the city rose from the island, and Satoru declared it would be the future of the Shinobi World.

• Satoru and Aluneth prepared to use the Dragon Vein and Kurama’s energy to build a city on Takama-ga-hara.
• Satoru cast a spell that covered the island with a barrier and filled it with Natural Energy, astonishing Minato.
• Satoru activated a vast magic array and began raising the city’s buildings from the island’s materials.
• Minato recognized the rising tower as the Trial Tower from Satoru’s projected city plan.
• Kurama watched the construction through a spatial gate and praised Satoru’s use of his power.
• Satoru planned Takama-ga-hara’s districts, teleportation hub, training tower, and underground laboratory.

Madara Uchiha and Zetsu visited Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan, urging Nagato to use the Rinnegan to create a new world. Yahiko rejected Madara’s plan and defended the Guardian Council’s pursuit of peace through communication, while Nagato recognized Zetsu as similar to creatures they had encountered before.

• Madara identified himself to Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan and claimed his organization had long guided those who possessed the Rinnegan.
• Madara invited Nagato to join him, arguing that the Rinnegan could create a world without war, hatred, or suffering.
• Yahiko rejected Madara’s offer and argued that peace required people to understand one another rather than rely on power.
• Madara dismissed Yahiko’s ideals and claimed the Guardian Council’s efforts were doomed to fail, then left with Zetsu.
• Nagato told Yahiko that Zetsu resembled the strange creatures from their battle with Hanzō and Danzo, and Yahiko worried that Madara’s arrival made matters troublesome.

Nagato discussed Madara's threat with Yahiko and Konan, then decided to investigate the Rinnegan's secrets despite Yahiko's concerns. He met Madara alone and demanded to know how Madara intended to use the Rinnegan's power.

• Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan considered Madara's identity, his connection to the Rinnegan, and his plan to create a new world.
• Nagato decided to gather information from Madara to protect their ideals, and Yahiko agreed after urging him to inform Satoru-shisong.
• Nagato followed the Rinnegan's faint guidance and met Madara alone.
• Madara asked whether Nagato had reconsidered his offer, but Nagato demanded more information about the Rinnegan's secrets and Madara's plan.
• Nagato pointed out Madara's actions in the Land of Rain and asked how he intended to use the Rinnegan's power.

Madara told Nagato that the Sage of Six Paths had left behind a stone tablet revealing a path to remake the world, and claimed Nagato was destined to carry it out. Nagato resisted Madara’s persuasion, but Madara showed him a genjutsu and revealed his plan to place the entire Shinobi World in a dream under his control.

• Madara explained that White Zetsu formed an intelligence network across the Shinobi World.
• Madara claimed the Sage of Six Paths had abandoned Ninshu after it failed to end war and left a stone tablet describing a better path.
• Madara told Nagato that the Rinnegan made him the one destined to complete the Sage’s unfinished undertaking.
• Nagato calmed himself, questioned Madara’s claims, and insisted he would judge the path for himself.
• Madara trapped Nagato in a genjutsu and described using the moon to cast it over the entire Shinobi World, creating a perfect dream world.

Nagato returned to Amegakure shaken after Madara Uchiha revealed the Eye of the Moon Plan and dangerous uses of the Rinnegan. Satoru exposed Madara’s lie about the Rinne Rebirth Technique and revealed that the Sage of Six Paths’ stone tablet was in Konoha.

• Nagato told Yahiko and Konan that Madara had presented the Eye of the Moon Plan as the Sage of Six Paths’ true legacy.
• Yahiko summoned Satoru, who arrived and questioned Nagato about the most dangerous Rinnegan technique Madara had described.
• Nagato explained that the Outer Path: Rinne Rebirth Technique could revive the dead at the cost of enormous Chakra.
• Satoru revealed that the technique always killed its user, and Yahiko realized Madara intended Nagato to sacrifice himself to revive him.
• Satoru told Nagato that he knew about the Rinnegan because the Sage of Six Paths’ stone tablet was in Konoha.

Satoru accompanied Uchiha Fugaku into the Uchiha Clan’s hidden chamber to examine the Sage of Six Paths’ stone tablet and discuss its secrets. Fugaku sought Satoru’s interpretation of the tablet’s clue about powers beyond the Mangekyō Sharingan, and Satoru ended the discussion by proposing an engagement between their unborn children.

• Uchiha Fugaku revealed the secret entrance to Naka Shrine’s underground chamber and told Satoru that Madara Uchiha had once shown the stone tablet to Hashirama Senju.
• Satoru recognized that Fugaku had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and deduced that its ability let him calculate possible futures.
• Fugaku explained that the Sharingan could decipher parts of the tablet, which described its evolution and the power to control tailed beasts.
• Fugaku asked Satoru to interpret the tablet’s cryptic clue about uniting Yin and Yang to attain All Things in Nature, and Satoru pointed to Yang Release and the Senju.
• Satoru suggested arranging a marriage between Fugaku and Karin’s unborn children, leaving Fugaku speechless.

Satoru told Uchiha Fugaku that someone claiming to be Madara Uchiha had approached Nagato, prompting Fugaku to deduce how Madara had survived and awakened the Rinnegan. They agreed that Nagato should be brought to discuss the stone tablet as Madara’s return threatened to draw the Guardian Council into action.

• Satoru revealed that someone claiming to be Madara Uchiha had approached Nagato, and Fugaku immediately connected Nagato’s Rinnegan to the stone tablet’s secrets.
• Fugaku used his Mangekyō Sharingan to deduce that Madara survived with Izanagi, stole Hashirama’s power at the Valley of the End, and evolved his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan into the Rinnegan.
• Fugaku concluded that Madara had returned to Konoha to reread the stone tablet, though some details remained beyond his eye’s power to discern.
• Satoru explained that Madara needed Nagato’s Rinnegan to accomplish something and proposed bringing Nagato to share what he knew about the tablet.
• Fugaku agreed to involve Nagato, and Satoru warned that Madara’s return meant the Guardian Council needed to gather intelligence on him.

Satoru considered why Madara had approached Nagato and concluded that Madara planned to use him to carry out the tailed-beast plan before being revived. He brought Nagato to meet Uchiha Fugaku and examine the stone tablet, where Nagato found that Madara’s claims about the Eye of the Moon plan were true.

• Satoru reasoned that Madara had likely approached Nagato to manipulate him into collecting the tailed beasts and later reviving Madara.
• Satoru brought Nagato through a portal to a secret chamber, where he introduced him to Uchiha Fugaku.
• Fugaku explained that his Sharingan had reacted to Nagato’s Rinnegan and acknowledged its superiority to the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Satoru showed Nagato the Uchiha stone tablet that Madara had claimed was left by the Sage of Six Paths.
• Nagato read the tablet and recognized its references to the Eye of the Moon, the Ten-Tails, the God Tree, and Infinite Tsukuyomi, confirming Madara’s account.

Satoru calmed Nagato and Uchiha Fugaku after they learned the stone tablet described the Infinite Tsukuyomi, and questioned whether its message reflected the Sage of Six Paths’ true intentions. He proposed consulting Kurama and destroying the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, while planning to let Madara make the first move against the Tailed Beasts.

• Nagato became distraught after recounting the tablet’s plan to create a world through the Infinite Tsukuyomi, and Satoru urged him to stay calm.
• Satoru told Nagato and Uchiha Fugaku that the tablet could be genuine while its message had been altered or was wrong, noting that they had already disproved its Sharingan evolution requirements.
• Nagato realized Madara had concealed the fatal cost of the Rinne Rebirth Technique and intended to use him, then suggested bringing Madara under control.
• Satoru said they could learn about the Sage of Six Paths by asking the Tailed Beasts, and offered to question Kurama, with whom he had a good relationship.
• Satoru explained that destroying the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path was the most permanent way to prevent the Ten-Tails’ revival and said he and Kurama had made progress toward doing so.
• Satoru advised Nagato and Uchiha Fugaku to play along with Madara for now and let him target the Tailed Beasts first, hinting that he had a plan.

Satoru proposed that Nagato form Void, a covert intelligence organization that would cooperate with Madara while monitoring him and gathering information on the tailed beasts. Yahiko approved the plan, and Nagato reaffirmed his resolve to resist the Infinite Tsukuyomi and protect the Shinobi World.

• Nagato told Satoru that Madara and Zetsu could evade his perception, making it dangerous to send his people to Madara.
• Satoru proposed that Nagato use the Rinnegan and Madara's plant-men to form Void, recruit rogue ninja, and gather intelligence while keeping track of Madara.
• Satoru said Kakuzu could participate in Void's economic system and that Madara could be allowed to believe he had placed a spy near Satoru.
• Nagato discussed the proposal with Yahiko and Konan, and Yahiko approved Void as an intelligence organization while promising to manage Akatsuki.
• Nagato recalled that the Infinite Tsukuyomi had nearly tempted him with the chance to see his parents again, but Yahiko encouraged him to reject the false world and stand by their chosen path.

Satoru visited Nawaki and Karin Uzumaki at Konoha Hospital to meet their newborn daughter, Karin, and gave her a one-use teleportation pendant. As Takama-ga-hara’s inauguration approached, the elders celebrated Konoha’s growing generation of children and looked forward to Kushina’s upcoming birth.

• Satoru visited the hospital on the day Nawaki and Karin Uzumaki’s daughter was born, and Tsunade began planning the baby’s training.
• Nawaki and Dianthus named the newborn Karin, and Satoru mocked the names chosen for several other newborns.
• Mito Uzumaki and Sarutobi Hiruzen watched over Karin with the Telescope Technique and discussed the children of Konoha’s shinobi becoming classmates.
• Satoru gave Karin a pink pendant that could teleport its user to Konoha once, and Nawaki put it around her neck.
• Satoru revealed that every other child would receive a pendant too, despite warning Nawaki that the item was precious.

Satoru opened permanent portals linking Takama-ga-hara to the Five Great Hidden Villages as the Guardian Council was officially established. The Five Kage and daimyo arrived at the new neutral headquarters, where Satoru welcomed them and offered to show them around.

• The Five Great Nations and Five Great Hidden Villages announced the Shinobi World Peace Joint Declaration and established the Guardian Council in Takama-ga-hara.
• Orochimaru joined the Guardian Council to lead its research institute, while Yakushi Kabuto praised his teacher, Satoru.
• Satoru used Aluneth, The Book of Medivh, and Dragon Vein energy to open five permanent portals, synchronizing Chakra supplied by the Hidden Villages.
• The Five Kage and the five daimyo traveled through the portals to Takama-ga-hara and greeted Satoru.
• The daimyo argued over the Land of Fire Daimyo's sponsorship of the council before Satoru offered to show the visitors around.

Satoru recognized that Madara had placed Yagura under powerful Genjutsu but chose not to expose the control, deciding to prepare against Madara instead. After the inauguration festivities, Satoru convened the Guardian Council’s first full meeting and declared its mission to resolve disputes peacefully and replace war with contests in the Trial Tower.

• Satoru noticed that Yagura was controlled by Madara’s Genjutsu and decided not to reveal it.
• Satoru concluded that Madara remained too powerful to confront directly and resolved to make targeted preparations while Yagura’s control continued.
• After the daimyos and Five Kage departed from Takama-ga-hara’s banquet, Satoru gathered the Guardian Council in the central Trial Tower.
• Satoru outlined the Council of Six, Execution Force, Research Institute, and Planning Bureau, along with the officials responsible for each.
• Satoru urged the Council to settle conflicts through negotiation and, when necessary, let young elites compete in the Trial Tower instead of going to war.

Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki welcomed their son, Naruto Uzumaki, while Satoru freed Kurama from a portal. When a Summoning Contract activated and something struck at Kurama, Satoru shielded him and identified Madara Uchiha as the threat.

• Kushina gave birth to Naruto under heavy security, and Minato, Kushina, and Mito named him Naruto Uzumaki.
• Mito visited the newborn, then left with Sarutobi Hiruzen, while Jiraiya departed to find Tsunade.
• Satoru opened a portal and freed Kurama, who startled Naruto and teased Minato about the baby’s name and Uzumaki bloodline.
• Satoru, Kurama, and Aluneth bickered until the Summoning Contract on Kurama activated and an unseen force attacked him.
• Satoru enclosed Kurama in an Arcane Shield, told Minato to guard the room, and said he was going after Madara Uchiha.

Kurama explained to Minato that Madara had tried and failed to summon him, while Satoru severed the contract’s connection. In the Land of Waterfall, Satoru appeared before Madara and greeted him as the Guardian Council chairman, leaving them face to face.

• Kurama told Minato that Madara’s Summoning Technique had failed because Satoru’s space-time barrier severed its connection.
• Kurama asked Minato and the others to bring the child with a Chakra contract so he could meet his junior.
• Madara searched the Land of Waterfall for Takigakure and investigated the Seven-Tails’ whereabouts.
• Madara sensed the Nine-Tails’ Summoning Contract and repeatedly failed to summon Kurama.
• Satoru appeared before Madara and introduced himself as the Guardian Council chairman.