Chapter Summaries

Kakashi’s team encountered Hidan while racing toward the Aurora Society’s hideout and the Kazekage, and Sasuke and Kakashi each cut him apart, only for Hidan to regenerate. As Neji led the others onward, Black Zetsu moved its plan ahead of schedule and persuaded Ōnoki to begin the Fourth Ninja World War.

• Neji sensed an ambush, and Sasuke and Kakashi attacked the black-robed Hidan, who introduced himself as an Aurora Society member codenamed Z.
• Neji and Sasuke stopped Hidan from striking Sakura and Tenten, but Hidan’s severed hand exploded into corrosive flesh and blood before he regenerated.
• Sasuke used Time Zero and a lightning-infused sword technique to cut Hidan into pieces, but Hidan reassembled himself with an undying body.
• Kakashi stayed behind to fight Hidan while Neji led Sakura, Tenten, and Sasuke onward toward the Aurora Society’s hideout and the Kazekage.
• In a cave, Uchiha Itachi warned Black Zetsu to prove useful and ended their communication, leaving Black Zetsu to fear for its life.
• Black Zetsu contacted Ōnoki in Iwagakure and demanded his help; Ōnoki agreed to start the Fourth Ninja World War.

Ōnoki committed Iwagakure to confronting Konoha, while Sasuke and his team reached the cave where Gaara was being held. Sasuke entered ahead of the others and encountered someone who looked like the Second Hokage.

• Ōnoki told Kurotsuchi and Kitsuchi that the opportunity to act had arrived and ordered Deidara to stop Konoha's people, with Akatsuchi sent to support him.
• Kakashi stayed behind to hold off Hidan while the Konoha group followed Pakkun's tracking to a cave containing Gaara.
• Sasuke struck the boulder sealing the cave, discovered it was protected by a barrier, and used a Shadow Clone strengthened by a wooden plaque to help remove the five talismans.
• Neji, Tenten, and Sakura went to remove the other talismans while Sasuke waited at the entrance, but the boulder collapsed and he rushed inside.
• Sasuke found Gaara lying injured and froze when a silver-haired figure in blue armor appeared before him, resembling the Second Hokage.

Sasuke confronted the First and Second Hokage, whom Black Zetsu controlled, while trying to learn where Uchiha Itachi was. After Sasuke wounded Black Zetsu with Natural Energy, Black Zetsu ordered the Hokage to kill her, and the chapter ended as Tobirama unleashed a water-and-explosive-tag attack.

• Sasuke entered the cave and narrowly avoided Tobirama Senju’s Flying Thunder God attacks before cutting him in half with Time Zero.
• Sasuke attacked two concealed figures with Fire and Wind Release, but Hashirama Senju countered with Wood Release and transformed the cave into a forest.
• Black Zetsu appeared with Hashirama and Tobirama, admitted it controlled them, and refused to tell Sasuke where Uchiha Itachi was.
• Sasuke pierced Black Zetsu and used stored Natural Energy to wound it, forcing Black Zetsu to recognize her Sage Jutsu.
• Black Zetsu ordered Hashirama and Tobirama to kill Sasuke, and Tobirama struck her with a water dragon that left her badly injured.
• Tobirama followed up with a tsunami packed with explosive tags as Hashirama rescued Black Zetsu.

Sasuke unleashed Lightning Style Instant Roar Mode and overwhelmed the First and Second Hokage, but the technique exhausted her before she could kill Black Zetsu. As the Hokage moved to restrain her, a mysterious girl appeared behind Sasuke and ordered them to stop.

• Black Zetsu ordered the First and Second Hokage to capture Sasuke alive after recognizing Indra's Chakra within her.
• Sasuke activated Blood Burst and Time Zero, beheading the Second Hokage and cutting down what turned out to be a Wood Clone of the First Hokage.
• The First Hokage trapped Sasuke with Wood Dragon Jutsu, but she escaped with Wind Blade and restored herself with Strength of a Hundred Seal: Release.
• Sasuke activated Lightning Style Instant Roar Mode, destroyed the First and Second Hokage, and aimed a lightning spear at Black Zetsu.
• Sasuke collapsed after exhausting her Chakra, and a mysterious girl appeared behind her and said, "Stop."

Eriyi rescued Sasuke and Gaara from the reincarnated Hokage, then faced Deidara and Black Zetsu as they tried to escape with Gaara. Meanwhile, Uchiha Sōgetsu discussed the coming war and his investigation of the Chaos Sea with Adam, revealing that he planned to make Black Zetsu confront a monstrous version of its mother.

• Eriyi appeared before Sasuke, stopped the First and Second Generation, and destroyed them with a single strike, while Sasuke learned that Gaara was being carried away by Black Zetsu and Deidara.
• Deidara attacked Eriyi and Sasuke with explosive clay birds, but Eriyi shielded them with Word of Power: Glass Vatican City and prepared to use Judgment against their pursuers.
• Uchiha Sōgetsu met Adam in the Church of Bones, where Adam outlined how Ōnoki and the Aurora Society would spark the Fourth Great Ninja War and bring about a Five Kage Summit.
• Uchiha Sōgetsu told Adam that the Chaos Sea’s Blasphemy Stone Tablet had formed from God's corpse and that accommodating the Chaos Sea would require resisting God's consciousness.
• Uchiha Sōgetsu said he intended to let Black Zetsu revive its mother as a terrifying monster because Black Zetsu had spied on and plotted against him.

Eriyi fought Deidara and Black Zetsu, then unleashed a devastating attack that nearly killed Gaara before Akatsuchi rescued them. Akatsuchi declared that Iwagakure had become the Rock God Empire and would wage war on the Five Great Ninja Villages, but Eriyi struck him with Sasuke’s sword as he escaped.

• Eriyi severed Deidara’s arm and destroyed the First and Second Generation after Black Zetsu sent them to stop her.
• Eriyi unleashed her Nine-Layered Tower attack, creating a massive crater and nearly catching Gaara in the blast.
• Akatsuchi emerged in a Stone Giant with Gaara, Deidara, and Black Zetsu, then announced Iwagakure’s renaming as the Rock God Empire and declared war on the Shinobi World.
• Akatsuchi and the others escaped on Deidara’s giant bird after he challenged the Konoha group to deliver his message to the Kage.
• Eriyi borrowed Sasuke’s sword and hurled it through the sky, piercing Akatsuchi as he fled.

Sasuke and her allies failed to rescue Gaara, while news of Iwagakure’s alliance with the Aurora Society and the First and Second Hokage being controlled pushed Konoha to prepare for war. In Iwagakure, Ōnoki threatened Black Zetsu into proving his usefulness as their plans to gather the Tailed Beasts and summon the God Tree advanced.

• Eriyi comforted Sasuke after Gaara was abducted, then left before Kakashi and Chiyo arrived.
• Sasuke told the group that Ōnoki and Iwagakure had joined the Aurora Society and planned to seize the Tailed Beasts, while the First and Second Hokage had also been controlled.
• Tsunade ordered Shizune to keep the intelligence secret and summon Jiraiya as Konoha prepared for the possibility of war.
• Kurotsuchi questioned the injured Deidara and Akatsuchi, who described being overwhelmed by a powerful female Akatsuki member.
• Ōnoki threatened to abandon Black Zetsu unless he offered more than the ability to summon the God Tree, and Black Zetsu promised one hundred thousand White Zetsu clones and revived fighters.
• Ōnoki assigned Deidara, Akatsuchi, Kitsuchi, and Kurotsuchi to capture Tailed Beasts while Black Zetsu set out to extract the One-Tail’s Chakra.

Tsunade asked Jiraiya to help unite the Five Kage against Ōnoki and the Aurora Society, while he revealed that the Shinobi World faced an apocalyptic change tied to monsters and a prophecy. Jiraiya said the world’s survival depended on finding the Child of Destiny, but urged Shizune to keep fighting even when their efforts seemed futile.

• Shizune caught Jiraiya peeping at the women's bathhouse, then brought him to Tsunade for an urgent meeting.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya agreed that the Five Kage should gather to oppose Ōnoki's Iwagakure and the Aurora Society, and Jiraiya agreed to act as an intermediary.
• Jiraiya told Tsunade that monsters were appearing across the Shinobi World, leaving behind dangerous powers, and that the Aurora Society was connected to them.
• Jiraiya explained that the Great Toad Sage had foreseen the End of an Era unless they found the Child of Destiny, whose choice would determine whether the Shinobi World survived.
• Shizune despaired over the prophecy, but Jiraiya told her that they still had to struggle so they would have no regrets.

After returning from Sunagakure, Sasuke, Sakura, and Kakashi rested at a hot spring inn before Shinnō lured the two girls to his remote clinic, where they discovered that his patients were pregnant men and women. Meanwhile, Uchiha Sōgetsu and Adam sensed an otherworldly presence targeting Sasuke, and Sōgetsu prepared to intervene.

• Temari comforted Sasuke and thanked Konoha for helping Sunagakure rebuild, while Kankuro pledged the village's support against the Aurora Society and Iwagakure.
• Neji Hyuga, Might Guy, Tenten, and the former Might support squad headed ahead to report, while Kakashi, Sakura, and Sasuke traveled home more slowly.
• Sakura and Sasuke rested at a hot spring inn, where Sasuke shared her resolve to keep training and her hope of bringing Naruto back.
• Sasuke and Sakura met Shinnō at a fireworks festival, agreed to visit his clinic, and Sasuke secretly used Summoning Jutsu to alert Kakashi.
• At Shinnō's remote clinic, Sakura and Sasuke found that the patients were all pregnant, including men.
• Uchiha Sōgetsu and Adam sensed a presence from beyond the planet targeting Sasuke, and Sōgetsu stepped into the turbulent sea of the mind to confront it.

Sasuke and Sakura confronted Shinnō in a courtyard where he had imprisoned pregnant women and used a strange power to create monstrous plant creatures. Sasuke fought Shinnō and his Zero Tail Void, but after shielding Sakura from a Tailed Beast Bomb, she was left gravely injured and Shinnō declared that he would train her as a vessel for the Mother Goddess.

• Sasuke stopped Shinnō from attacking Sakura and exposed that she had suspected him from the start.
• Shinnō unleashed blood-red vines and flesh monsters inside a sealed courtyard, forcing Sasuke and Sakura to fight for their lives.
• Sasuke used Blood Burst and Time Zero to destroy the monsters and pin Shinnō to a wall, but he survived and revealed his connection to the Mother Goddess.
• Sasuke engulfed Shinnō in a combined Fire and Wind Release attack, but he emerged fused with the Zero Tail Void.
• Zero Tail fired a Tailed Beast Bomb at Sakura, and Sasuke shielded her, suffering severe injuries.
• Shinnō sensed Sasuke’s scent, called her a clean container, and vowed to train her for the Mother Goddess.

Sasuke unleashed her strongest techniques against Shinnō, but his monstrous transformation overwhelmed her after she destroyed the courtyard. Just as Shinnō moved to capture the unconscious Sasuke and Sakura, a meteor crashed into the mountaintop, summoned by Uchiha Sōgetsu.

• Sasuke used Creation Rebirth and fought Shinnō with Chidori and Time Zero, but his rapid healing let him survive her attacks and knock her into a wall.
• Sasuke activated Instant Roar and hurled a Thunder Spear at Shinnō, devastating the courtyard and leaving her badly injured.
• Shinnō survived the blast as a horrifying, tentacled creature, and its appearance caused Sakura and Sasuke to lose consciousness.
• Shinnō tried to capture Sasuke, but a meteor fell from the sky and flattened the mountaintop.
• Uchiha Sōgetsu watched the destruction and calmly remarked that a meteor had happened to fall there.

Uchiha Sōgetsu and Adam investigated Shinnō after a meteorite failed to kill him, discovering that his strange Mythical Creature Form seemed connected to the Degenerate Mother Goddess. Sasuke and Sakura were found unconscious at the mountain’s foot, while the crimson moon left Uchiha Sōgetsu wondering whether the Degenerate Mother Goddess had noticed them and intervened.

• Uchiha Sōgetsu struck Shinnō’s courtyard with a meteorite, but Shinnō survived and began regenerating while Second Pillar was missing.
• Adam entered Shinnō’s Consciousness Island and observed that his Mythical Creature Form seemed more connected to offspring and the Degenerate Mother Goddess than to the Mother or Moon pathways.
• Kakashi found Sasuke and Sakura unconscious at the mountain’s foot, and Sasuke told him about Shinnō’s experiments and the pregnant captives.
• Kakashi and Sasuke discussed Sky Ninja Village’s disappearance and Shinnō’s Zero Tail Void before deciding to leave the mountain and report to Tsunade.
• Uchiha Sōgetsu looked up at the crimson moon and wondered whether the Degenerate Mother Goddess had noticed them and intervened.

Adam entered Shinnō’s bizarre Consciousness Island and discovered it was filled with powerful offspring of the Degenerate Mother Goddess. As he ventured inside, Uchiha Sōgetsu confronted the Mother Goddess’s influence in the Spirit World and forced the unknown power there back into slumber, though the Spirit World’s force nearly broke through into the Material World.

• Adam sent a consciousness double into Shinnō’s black, tentacle-filled Consciousness Island, where it was surrounded by Demigod-level monsters and returned its memories before dissolving.
• Adam entered the island himself while concealing his Spirituality, and Uchiha Sōgetsu noticed that his soul connection had been cut off.
• Shinnō became possessed, and Uchiha Sōgetsu used Spiritual Vision to reveal the Degenerate Mother Goddess’s presence in the Spirit World.
• Uchiha Sōgetsu silenced Shinnō and the surrounding voices, then used a story written in Hermetic Script to try to drive the Mother Goddess’s influence from the Spirit World.
• When the Mother Goddess began spreading her Breeding authority into the Material World, Uchiha Sōgetsu summoned meteors and attracted an unknown Spirit World existence to attack her.
• Uchiha Sōgetsu borrowed the minds of the Dragon World to make the unknown existence return to slumber, but its power violently shook the Spirit World and tore at the Material World.

Uchiha Sōgetsu entered Shinnō’s deeper consciousness with the Secret Angel and Sasriel to investigate the Degenerate Mother Goddess’ influence and search for Adam. In Konoha, Tsunade told Kakashi that Iwagakure and the Aurora Society had captured six Tailed Beasts and prepared him to join an alliance meeting, while Jiraiya planned to take Sasuke and Sakura to negotiate with Orochimaru over Naruto.

• Uchiha Sōgetsu found a Black Forest in Shinnō’s subconscious and suspected its connection to the Degenerate Mother Goddess and The Black Goat of the Woods.
• The Secret Angel erased the forest’s attacking offspring, and Uchiha Sōgetsu summoned Sasriel to help investigate what lay deeper within.
• Kakashi returned to Konoha with Sasuke and Sakura and reported that the town in the Land of Rivers had vanished along with everything within a hundred-kilometer radius.
• Tsunade told Kakashi that she had arranged an alliance meeting in the Land of Iron and that Iwagakure and the Aurora Society had captured the Two-Tails through the Seven-Tails.
• Tsunade assigned Kakashi to accompany her and Might Guy to the meeting and said Jiraiya would seek Orochimaru’s cooperation to protect Naruto.
• Kakashi asked Tsunade to let Sasuke travel with Jiraiya, and Tsunade confirmed that Jiraiya would take Sasuke and Sakura to Otogakure to negotiate with Orochimaru.

Tsunade traveled to the Land of Iron for the Five Kage Summit, where Uchiha Hikari revealed that White Zetsu had infiltrated the Anbu escort and helped her reach the summit safely. As the Kage began discussing the threat posed by the Aurora Society and Iwagakure, Ōnoki unexpectedly appeared and declared war on the world.

• Tsunade, Kakashi, and Might Guy encountered Uchiha Hikari after she killed a disguised White Zetsu that had infiltrated the Anbu escort.
• Uchiha Hikari explained that White Zetsu had wiped out three Anbu squads, then escorted Tsunade's party to the Land of Iron before vanishing.
• Tsunade arrived at the summit and learned that the other representatives had also faced White Zetsu attacks, though they had reached safety.
• The Raikage blamed Konoha for White Zetsu and argued with Tsunade and Chiyo before Mifune began the meeting.
• Ōnoki burst into the summit and declared that he was declaring war on the world.

Ōnoki of Both Scales infiltrated the Five Kage Summit and demanded that the villages hand over the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails, but the leaders refused. Konan revealed that she belonged to the Twilight Hermit Society, which had already begun preparing to lead the coming war.

• Ōnoki of Both Scales appeared inside the summit undetected, demonstrated his power over the Five Kage, and offered to spare them if they surrendered the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails.
• Ōnoki of Both Scales recognized Konan, invited her to join the Aurora Society, and learned that she could escape using a mystical item from the Door pathway.
• The Raikage, Tsunade, Chiyo, Mei Terumi, and Nagato refused Ōnoki of Both Scales' offer, and he vanished after warning them that they would meet on the battlefield.
• The Five Kage questioned Konan, who restrained the Raikage and introduced herself as a member of the Twilight Hermit Society.
• Konan met with the Twilight Hermit Society, where White Fang agreed to provide the Five Kage some assistance and the members discussed the war's progress.
• Lord Adam ended the meeting and said the ritual would be completed when the right moment arrived.

Jiraiya's team rested overnight in a wooden house Yamato created, but Sasuke and Sakura were caught in a terrifying haunting that made their teammates vanish. The chapter left Sakura facing a ghostly presence as skeletal hands covered her eyes.

• Jiraiya told Sasuke to rest, and Yamato built a two-story wooden house for the team.
• Sasuke stayed awake, heard knocking and whispers, and discovered Sakura had vanished from her bed.
• An invisible presence searched the room before a deathly pale face appeared behind Sasuke and said, "Found... you!"
• Sakura woke alone, found Jiraiya, Yamato, and Sasuke missing, and saw bloody handprints crawling toward her.
• Sakura fled upstairs and tried to escape through a window, but saw a blood-red moon and felt skeletal hands cover her eyes.

Sasuke was trapped in a Genjutsu that recreated the Uchiha Clan’s downfall, where Uchiha Itachi tortured her with visions of her mother’s death to intensify her hatred. Sasuke awakened her Mangekyo before losing consciousness, and Itachi left her in the wooden house, saying she still needed to grow stronger.

• Sasuke awoke in a blood-smeared warehouse, recognized the Uchiha Residence under a blood moon, and realized she was caught in a Genjutsu of the clan’s downfall.
• Sasuke found Uchiha Itachi and attacked him with several techniques, but he overpowered her and said her hatred was not strong enough.
• Uchiha Itachi dragged Sasuke to the main residence and forced her to watch visions of her pregnant mother, Uchiha Kokomi, being tortured and giving birth to her.
• Sasuke’s anguish and hatred awakened her Mangekyo, after which she lost consciousness.
• Uchiha Itachi returned Sasuke to the wooden house, left her beside Sakura, and said she needed to grow more before he could devour her.

Jiraiya uncovered White Zetsu’s deception and fought it after it transformed into a Sequence 4 Black Knight. Uzumaki Naruto appeared and bound White Zetsu, revealing that the battle had helped him complete his own advancement to Sequence 4.

• Sasuke awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan after a nightmare left her unresponsive, and Jiraiya decided to take her to Otogakure for treatment.
• Jiraiya realized the Yamato leading them was an impostor and used Sage Mode to expose White Zetsu.
• Jiraiya and the two Sages of Mount Myōboku attacked White Zetsu, but it survived and transformed into a Sequence 4 Black Knight.
• White Zetsu unleashed a wave of darkness, forcing Jiraiya to prepare to hold it off while the others escaped.
• Uzumaki Naruto appeared, bound White Zetsu with glowing runes, and said the encounter had let him complete the ritual to advance to Sequence 4.

Naruto captured the Sequence 4 White Zetsu and brought Jiraiya, Sakura, and Sasuke to Otogakure, where Jiraiya asked Orochimaru for help against the Aurora Society and Iwagakure. Orochimaru refused to return to Konoha, and the chapter ended with him identifying Jiraiya’s sealed relic as the Extraordinary Characteristic of The Wheel of Fate.

• Half an hour earlier, Naruto demonstrated his Sequence 5 Traveler abilities before Orochimaru told him that a Sequence 4 Black Knight had followed his friends to Otogakure’s border.
• Naruto used Adamantine Sealing Chains and several recorded abilities to suppress and seal White Zetsu, transforming his spirituality as he prepared to complete a Promotion Ritual.
• Naruto brought Jiraiya, Sakura, and the unconscious Sasuke through a Gate of Light to Otogakure, where Orochimaru said Naruto could treat Sasuke’s sealed spirit body.
• Jiraiya asked Orochimaru to help Konoha oppose the Aurora Society and Iwagakure, but Orochimaru agreed only to hand the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki over to him and warned that the Tide of the Era was coming.
• Jiraiya considered seeking power from a strange system and showed Orochimaru a mysterious relic, which Orochimaru identified as the Extraordinary Characteristic of The Wheel of Fate.