Chapter Summaries

Orochimaru accepted Bai Ye’s offer and released Impure World Reincarnation, ending the battle and allowing the revived shinobi to depart. Obito realized Bai Ye had defeated Madara Uchiha, while Black Zetsu considered retreating and Tsunade rejected Tobirama Senju’s advice about controlling Bai Ye.

• Bai Ye promised Orochimaru protection from punishment and a place to conduct research, and Orochimaru agreed to release Impure World Reincarnation.
• Hashirama Senju’s body began to crumble, and he left the future of the Shinobi World to Bai Ye.
• Black Zetsu feared Madara Uchiha had lost and considered hiding again, while Obito waited for news before deciding whether to flee.
• Tobirama Senju told Tsunade to keep Bai Ye in check and suggested that children could become his weakness, but Tsunade said Bai Ye could not be controlled that way.
• Mū praised Ōnoki as the revived shinobi and their souls departed, leaving the White Zetsu unable to resist the villages’ forces.
• Obito saw Bai Ye arrive and concluded that he had defeated Madara Uchiha.

After defeating Madara Uchiha, Bai Ye returned to face Obito, White Zetsu, and Black Zetsu, while the Allied shinobi prepared to end the war. Bai Ye revealed that Black Zetsu was not Madara Uchiha’s will, leaving Obito stunned and Black Zetsu fearing that his true identity had been exposed.

• Black Zetsu told Obito to flee after Madara Uchiha’s defeat, but Obito hesitated to abandon the war and live in hiding.
• Bai Ye confirmed that Madara Uchiha had been dealt with, and the Raikage urged him to attack Obito immediately.
• Bai Ye ordered the shinobi to deal with White Zetsu and Obito while he handled Black Zetsu.
• Black Zetsu decided to let Bai Ye appear to kill him so he could return to hiding without being pursued.
• Bai Ye told Black Zetsu that he was not Madara Uchiha’s will, alarming Obito and making Black Zetsu suspect that Bai Ye knew his true origin.

Bai Ye revealed that Black Zetsu was Kaguya Otsutsuki’s will and exposed how Madara had manipulated Obito from childhood. Obito accepted that his life had been orchestrated, while Black Zetsu searched for a way to escape Bai Ye and avoid being sealed.

• Obito gave up trying to escape after he realized Bai Ye had locked down the space needed for Kamui, and he asked to learn the truth before dying.
• Bai Ye identified Black Zetsu as Kaguya Otsutsuki’s will and explained how Black Zetsu had manipulated Madara and guided events across the Shinobi World.
• Bai Ye told Obito that Madara had arranged Rin’s death, planted a talisman in Obito, and shaped his despair to make him carry out the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Black Zetsu confirmed that Madara had chosen and manipulated Obito from childhood, leaving Obito to realize that his life and actions had served Madara’s plan.
• Black Zetsu considered escaping with Obito’s Kamui but doubted Obito would help him and began searching for another way out.

Bai Ye explained to Obito that the Moon Eye Plan was real to Madara but that Black Zetsu had manipulated them all, then demanded Obito accept responsibility for his crimes. Obito surrendered, and as the war neared its end, Nagato urged Konan to think about her own future.

• Black Zetsu weighed fleeing but decided to wait and see whether Obito fought, regretting that he had not escaped after Madara Uchiha's defeat.
• Obito asked whether the Moon Eye Plan had been fake, and Bai Ye explained how Black Zetsu had manipulated Madara, Obito, and Nagato in turn.
• Bai Ye told Obito he had to die, citing his crimes against Mist Village, Konoha, and the Uchiha, and Obito accepted defeat and gave up resisting.
• Nagato observed that the Fifth Great Ninja War was about to end and reflected on how he, too, had been used.
• Nagato told Konan to consider her own future and said she should stop following him after spending so many years supporting his plans.

Nagato encouraged Konan to choose her own future and decided he wanted to open a clinic. After Bai Ye sealed Black Zetsu and declared the war over, he received a massive reward that granted him every power from Naruto Shippuden.

• Nagato told Konan she could pursue whatever she wanted, while he hoped to open a small clinic; Konan agreed to think about her future.
• Obito stopped resisting, and Bai Ye sealed Black Zetsu in a scroll after foiling his attempt to escape.
• Bai Ye ordered the remaining White Zetsu eliminated and the battlefield cleaned up, declaring the first stage of the Shinobi World's crisis resolved.
• Bai Ye considered the Otsutsuki threats still ahead, including Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, Momoshiki Otsutsuki, and Urashiki Otsutsuki.
• The system rewarded Bai Ye for changing Kaguya Otsutsuki's fate and completing the Naruto Shippuden storyline, granting him all powers from the series.
• Bai Ye felt his new power surge through him as his eyes became a blood-red Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan and a Six-Tomoe Rinnegan.

After the war ended, Bai Ye returned to Konoha and planned to focus on developing the village while adapting to his newly acquired ocular abilities. As Shikaku Nara raised concerns about the growing population, Bai Ye said he was waiting for someone, and Orochimaru and Kabuto approached the village.

• Bai Ye reflected on his new eye abilities and decided he would need time to learn how to use them.
• Bai Ye told Tsunade and the others that the war was over and that they would discuss developing the village after returning and cleaning up the battlefield.
• Tsunade remarked that the Great Ninja War had ended in a single day, and the others acknowledged that Bai Ye had been responsible for their victory and light losses.
• Shikaku Nara warned Bai Ye that Konoha had taken in too many people, and Bai Ye said he was waiting for someone before addressing the problem.
• Orochimaru and Kabuto traveled toward Konoha, and Orochimaru told Kabuto he trusted Bai Ye not to break his promise.

Orochimaru arrived in Konoha with Kabuto and was escorted to Bai Ye, where he accepted a place to conduct experiments and agreed to take on research. Tsunade accompanied him after losing her money gambling, and Bai Ye’s offer to Orochimaru reminded her of how he had once promised her an easy return before giving her a heavy workload.

• Orochimaru and Kabuto arrived near Konoha, and Anbu members escorted Orochimaru into the village while Kabuto remained under surveillance.
• Tsunade ran into Orochimaru and joined him on his way to see Bai Ye, partly because she wanted money for gambling.
• The Anbu brought Orochimaru and Tsunade to Bai Ye’s office and then left them with him.
• Bai Ye offered Orochimaru a place for experiments and asked him to begin research, which Orochimaru accepted.
• Tsunade recognized that Bai Ye’s offer echoed the promise he had made before giving her a heavy workload.

Bai Ye brought Orochimaru back to conduct research, promising to use White Zetsu for experiments and steering him away from human testing and his pursuit of immortality. Orochimaru agreed to work with Bai Ye in exchange for answers, then began by asking about Kaguya Otsutsuki, the Sage of Six Paths, and the origins of the Hyuga clan.

• Tsunade realized Orochimaru might enjoy research and wondered what deal he had made with Bai Ye.
• Orochimaru asked whether Bai Ye would provide human subjects for experiments, and Bai Ye offered White Zetsu instead.
• Bai Ye told Orochimaru to abandon his pursuit of immortality and said many experiments did not require human testing.
• Orochimaru said he had given up researching the Uchiha and asked Bai Ye to share knowledge in return for his research help.
• Tsunade stayed to listen as Orochimaru asked Bai Ye about the Otsutsuki clan, the Sage of Six Paths, and the Hyuga clan's Byakugan.

Bai Ye explained the origins and limits of the Byakugan and Sharingan to Orochimaru and Tsunade, revealing that the Byakugan could evolve into the Tenseigan. Orochimaru learned the missing condition for awakening the Rinnegan: Ashura and Indra’s Chakra.

• Orochimaru told Tsunade that the Sage of Six Paths was Hagoromo Otsutsuki, and Bai Ye explained that Hagoromo inherited power from his mother, who ate the God Tree’s fruit.
• Bai Ye said the Hyuga clan had not fully inherited or developed Hamura’s power, and Orochimaru concluded that the Byakugan had an undiscovered path of evolution.
• Bai Ye confirmed that his unusual eyes were the evolved form of the Byakugan, and told Orochimaru that this dojutsu was called the Tenseigan.
• Tsunade questioned whether Bai Ye had transplanted several bloodlines, and Bai Ye attributed his powers to atavism rather than transplantation.
• Orochimaru asked what else was needed to awaken the Rinnegan, and Bai Ye answered that it required Ashura and Indra’s Chakra.

Bai Ye explained why the Rinnegan was dangerous and suggested cloning as a way for Orochimaru to escape the drawbacks of Living Corpse Reincarnation. The discussion ended with Bai Ye warning Tsunade that the ninja world might face future enemies, leaving Orochimaru eager to learn what they would need to prepare for.

• Orochimaru asked why Ashura and Indra had not inherited the Sage of Six Paths' powers, and Bai Ye explained the conditions for creating the Rinnegan and its cost to users such as Nagato.
• Orochimaru defended Living Corpse Reincarnation, but Bai Ye pointed out that repeated reincarnations weakened his soul and suggested cloning a body from his own genes.
• Tsunade objected to the idea of cloning, while Bai Ye and Orochimaru discussed using a clone with Living Corpse Reincarnation.
• Bai Ye reflected on eventually stepping down as Hokage after helping develop the village.
• Bai Ye warned Tsunade that future dangers might exceed what she could handle, and Orochimaru realized Bai Ye might know about enemies yet to come.

Bai Ye explained to Tsunade and Orochimaru that the Otsutsuki clan were the ninja world's future enemies, then assigned Orochimaru new research and a laboratory. After Orochimaru left, Tsunade confronted Bai Ye about the village rumors and insisted he keep paying her gambling debts.

• Tsunade asked whether Madara Uchiha had been the final enemy, and Bai Ye explained that the Otsutsuki clan posed a greater threat and that Kaguya Otsutsuki remained sealed.
• Orochimaru asked about the Otsutsuki clan and sage arts, and Bai Ye told him to research sage arts, cloning, and technology while abandoning work on Hashirama Cells and the Sharingan.
• Bai Ye arranged for the Anbu to take Orochimaru to a laboratory, and Orochimaru left the two alone.
• Tsunade complained about the village rumors, but Bai Ye offered progressively smaller sums as she argued with him.
• Tsunade reminded Bai Ye that he had promised to pay her gambling debts, and Bai Ye questioned whether she expected him to cover all her living expenses too.

Tsunade mooched gambling money and food from Bai Ye while he worked on plans for Konoha’s future. After Shikaku reported that the village needed another expansion, Bai Ye ordered work to begin on an underground subway, leaving its design and power source to Orochimaru.

• Tsunade demanded two million from Bai Ye, recognized it as the money she had just lost, and stayed to get food rather than spend her gambling funds.
• Bai Ye explained to Tsunade that he had brought Orochimaru to research the technologies needed for his plans to build a new village.
• Shikaku reported that Orochimaru had arrived and presented a revised layout for Konoha as more people moved into the growing village.
• Tsunade warned them not to move her casino, and Shikaku said the expansion would require relocating some areas and planning for ordinary people’s transportation.
• Bai Ye told Shikaku to avoid provoking too much opposition and begin hollowing out the ground beneath Konoha for a subway, with Orochimaru handling its inventions and energy source.

Bai Ye left Shikaku to handle Konoha’s infrastructure work and departed with Tsunade. On the moon, Hamura urged Hagoromo to stop overseeing the ninja world, but Hagoromo explained that he had long manipulated events and controlled the Pure Land to counter Kaguya’s contingency and the Otsutsuki threat.

• Bai Ye explained that Konoha needed Orochimaru’s scientific talent and left Shikaku to manage the village’s infrastructure plans.
• Tsunade criticized Bai Ye for abandoning his work, then chose to leave with him, leaving Shikaku to handle everything.
• On the moon, Hamura told Hagoromo that Bai Ye seemed capable of protecting the ninja world and urged him to stop watching over it so closely.
• Hagoromo said the Otsutsuki threat remained and revealed that he had allowed Indra and Ashura’s chakra to reincarnate as part of his plan to seal Black Zetsu.
• Hagoromo explained that he controlled the Pure Land and could prevent souls from returning, making revival dependent on his permission.

Otsutsuki Hamura challenged the Sage of Six Paths' distrust of Bai Ye and urged him to let the Shinobi World follow its own path. After realizing Bai Ye was likely stronger than him, the Sage of Six Paths relaxed and agreed to leave matters to the younger generation.

• The Sage of Six Paths admitted to Hamura that Bai Ye's unexplained powers made him feel unable to control the Shinobi World, so he had become wary of Bai Ye.
• Hamura argued that the Sage of Six Paths was interfering too much and should judge Bai Ye by his actions rather than by the mystery of his abilities.
• Hamura pointed out that Bai Ye had sealed Kaguya Otsutsuki and helped the Shinobi World improve, and suggested they wait to see whether he remained trustworthy.
• Hamura asked whether the Sage of Six Paths could defeat Bai Ye, and the Sage admitted he probably could not.
• The Sage of Six Paths laughed at his own worry and agreed to return to the Pure Land and let the younger generation handle things.

The Sage of Six Paths accepted Hamura's advice and decided to stop investigating Bai Ye, while Bai Ye turned to the Uchiha clan to address Itachi and Obito's role in the clan's downfall. The chapter ended with Bai Ye asking the clan to decide how the two should be punished.

• The Sage of Six Paths told Otsutsuki Hamura he would leave Bai Ye alone, then visited Mount Myoboku and confirmed his decision with the Great Toad Sage.
• Shikaku reported that the village had progressed according to Bai Ye's arrangements, and Bai Ye decided it was time to deal with Itachi and Obito.
• Bai Ye returned to the Uchiha clan, where its members had gathered to discuss the two men being treated as traitors for their part in the Uchiha Clan Downfall Night.
• Bai Ye asked the gathered Uchiha what they would do, prompting them to debate whether to kill Itachi or imprison him permanently.

Bai Ye decided that Itachi Uchiha and Obito Uchiha would lose their Sharingan, be expelled from the Uchiha clan, and spend the rest of their lives in prison. Itachi accepted the sentence and chose to atone rather than take his own life.

• Bai Ye proposed removing the traitors’ Sharingan, stripping their Uchiha identities, and imprisoning them for life, and the clansmen approved.
• Shisui Uchiha, Uchiha Fugaku, Uchiha Mikoto, and Sasuke felt relieved that Itachi would live, while Sasuke planned to thank Bai Ye.
• Bai Ye dismissed the gathered clansmen after confirming the punishment, and Shisui went to tell Itachi the decision.
• Itachi was surprised that he would not be executed, but accepted the sentence Shisui described.
• Itachi told Shisui that he would atone rather than die, so his family would not bear the consequences of his suicide.

Shisui reassured Itachi that his family had not been punished for his actions. Meanwhile, Uchiha Jin tried to arrange blind dates for Bai Ye, but Bai Ye rejected the unreliable profiles, leaving the Uchiha clan to blame Jin rather than accept that Bai Ye had chosen someone else.

• Shisui told Itachi that his family was not suffering because of his actions, and Itachi felt relieved.
• Uchiha Jin brought Bai Ye profiles for potential brides and urged him to choose an Uchiha woman to preserve the clan’s bloodline.
• Bai Ye found Tsunade’s profile among the submissions and learned Uchiha Jin’s group had collected profiles without confirming whether the women had submitted them themselves.
• Bai Ye returned the profiles and told Uchiha Jin to stop the blind-date service because it was unreliable.
• Uchiha clan members confronted Uchiha Jin about Bai Ye’s choice, assumed he had chosen Tsunade, and Jin told them the mistake had been his.

Uchiha Jin had the clan investigate whether the women listed for Bai Ye had chosen to participate themselves. Tsunade confronted Shikaku over her submitted form, then encountered Orochimaru walking freely through the village.

• Uchiha Jin explained that the clan needed to ask each woman whether she had submitted her own application, and the ninjas began checking.
• Tsunade suspected Shikaku had submitted her matchmaking form and confronted him, but he denied doing it.
• Shikaku privately admitted to Inoichi Yamanaka that he had suggested the submission as a way to give Tsunade a chance, even though he expected Bai Ye might reject the applications.
• Tsunade left without discovering who had submitted her form and decided not to confront Bai Ye.
• Tsunade encountered Orochimaru, who explained that he was free to walk around because he was conducting research and was not a prisoner.

Orochimaru returned to Konoha and crossed paths with Tsunade, while Nagato, Konan, and Jiraiya decided to travel the ninja world together. In the Uchiha clan, Uchiha Jin asked Uchiha Izumi to take the initiative to grow closer to Bai Ye so his bloodline would remain with the Uchiha.

• Orochimaru misunderstood Tsunade's suspicion about the submitted information and left without explaining himself.
• Konan rejected Nagato's attempt to arrange a new life for her, and Nagato revealed that he did not have much longer to live.
• Jiraiya invited Nagato and Konan to travel the ninja world with him, and they agreed to go.
• The Uchiha discovered that people whose information they had returned were troubled by the clan's verification of their submissions.
• Uchiha Jin explained that he wanted Bai Ye's bloodline to remain with the Uchiha and asked Uchiha Izumi to take the initiative.
• Uchiha Izumi agreed to do her best to grow closer to Bai Ye, despite knowing that he would decide whether to choose her.

Bai Ye worried that the village’s many matchmaking arrangements had left him overwhelmed and unable to find someone on his own. He sought sympathy from the Chat Group, whose members mistook his vague complaint for a looming Otsutsuki threat before he revealed the real problem.

• Shisui questioned why Bai Ye seemed unhappy about being introduced to potential partners, and Bai Ye explained that he feared the arrangements had exhausted his chances to meet someone himself.
• Bai Ye admitted he could not choose among the many women suggested to him, including Kurenai Yuhi, Tsunade, Konan, Mei Terumi, and Uchiha Izumi.
• Bai Ye sent Shisui away, considered his future duties and blind dates, and opened the Chat Group to find someone to talk to.
• The other Bai Ye group members teased him, then grew concerned when he hinted that something was wrong in the Naruto World.
• After they speculated about Otsutsuki Shibai and other threats, Bai Ye revealed that he was simply tired of being sent from one blind date to another.