Chapter Summaries

Bai Ye chose a controllable T-Virus evolution path and entered Umbrella’s laboratory with Ada Wong to obtain the G-Virus and recruit Annette Birkin. After Bai Ye subdued William Birkin, Annette agreed to help research the virus in exchange for rescuing Shirley, and begged Bai Ye to stop William’s mutation.

• Bai Ye chose the T-Virus evolution that could strengthen people without creating an uncontrollable monster army, and received three samples for Red Queen to study.
• Bai Ye and Ada Wong entered the laboratory, where William Birkin had transformed into his G-1 form and was attacking Annette.
• Bai Ye blocked William’s charge and pinned him down while Ada cut off a piece of his flesh and preserved it as a G-Virus sample.
• Annette asked Bai Ye to kill William, and Bai Ye offered to protect Shirley and have Annette continue researching the G-Virus.
• Annette agreed to help and demanded that Bai Ye stop William, who became more agitated and showed signs of further mutation when he heard Shirley’s name.

Bai Ye killed William by repeatedly attacking the G-Virus’s weak point, then rescued Shiho Miyano and Jill from the Raccoon City Police Station. He brought both women into his organization and left them with the warning that the fused world had changed beyond recognition.

• Annette agreed to help Bai Ye improve the G-Virus in exchange for his promise to spare William and return Shiho Miyano safely; she also demanded that Shiho stay by her side.
• Annette revealed William’s shoulder eye as his weakness, and Bai Ye beat him until his regeneration failed, then took tissue samples and burned the rest of his body.
• Bai Ye left Ada Wong and Annette to collect supplies, stole Umbrella’s research data, and went to the Police Station, where he killed Brian Irons and rescued Shiho Miyano.
• Bai Ye saved Jill from a Tyrant, and Jill agreed to join his organization as its third-in-command.
• Jill asked whether Bai Ye had been modified, and he let her believe he had while explaining that the fused world had made ordinary life and old assumptions dangerous.

Bai Ye and Jill evacuated Raccoon City with Shiho and recruited Claire, who agreed to join their tiny organization to help find Chris. After leaving the city, Bai Ye gained a world called Realms and a Thor rail sniper rifle, while the Raccoon City storyline came to an end.

• Annette confirmed over the radio that Shiho was safe, and Ada Wong warned Bai Ye and Jill that Umbrella Corporation planned to destroy Raccoon City with a missile.
• Bai Ye, Jill, and Shiho met Claire at the Police Station, where Jill told her Chris was not in the city and Bai Ye recruited her as the organization's fourth-in-command.
• The group drove out of Raccoon City toward Ada Wong's meeting point, and Claire learned their organization had only five members.
• As they passed a sign for Silent Hill, Bai Ye received two lottery draws for changing Jill's and Claire's fates.
• Bai Ye won Realms, a world shaped by its user's heart and creations, and Thor, a rail sniper rifle enhanced with electromagnetic launch technology.

Bai Ye rejected the demands of the envoys from Cloud, Stone, and Sand, declaring that Konoha would fight rather than surrender. He announced the start of the Fourth Great Ninja War and left the envoys stunned as Konoha's leaders rallied behind him.

• Biohazard Byakuya said Thor had limited ammunition and needed Red Queen's research before it could be mass-produced.
• Bai Ye considered the coming conflict with the other ninja villages an opportunity, while suspecting the Sage of Six Paths was secretly watching him.
• Tsunade questioned Bai Ye about the looming war, and Bai Ye insisted he would not let Konoha fall under his leadership.
• Shikaku brought the four villages' envoys and Konoha's clan leaders and elite ninja to the Hokage's office.
• The Cloud, Stone, and Sand envoys demanded money, supplies, and Secret Techniques in exchange for peace, while Genji represented Mist Village's wish to avoid war.
• Bai Ye declared that he had started the war and ordered the envoys to tell their villages that the Fourth Great Ninja War had begun.

Bai Ye prepared Konoha for war against Cloud Village, the Stone Ninja, and Sand Village, confident he could defeat their combined forces. After arranging the battlefields with Jiraiya and Pakura, he privately told Tsunade she would still have to face Sand Village despite her hemophobia, challenging her to confront her past.

• Genji objected to Bai Ye’s declaration of war, but Bai Ye threatened to cut off Konoha’s supplies and warned Mist Village it might be purged if it stayed out; Genji left to report back to Mei Terumi.
• Bai Ye rejected Shikaku’s cautious plans and proposed gathering the enemy forces in Waterfall Country so he could wipe them out in one battle; Shikaku agreed to invite the Three Kage and recall Jiraiya.
• Bai Ye assigned Jiraiya to the Stone Ninja, himself to Cloud Village, and Pakura to Sand Village after revealing that she had joined Konoha to take revenge on Rasa for betraying her.
• After dismissing the others, Bai Ye told Tsunade that she still needed to go to the Sand Battlefield and asked whether she wanted to overcome her hemophobia.
• Tsunade accused Bai Ye of needing her to ease his burden, and Bai Ye reminded her that she had killed hundreds of people whose families had also suffered.

Bai Ye provoked Tsunade into confronting her hemophobia, and she finally overcame it after biting his arm and looking at the blood. Her recovery changed her fate, giving Bai Ye a draw opportunity that awarded him Wood Release, while Tsunade stormed off furious.

• Bai Ye challenged Tsunade’s beliefs about killing and mocked her fear of blood, provoking her to attack him in the Hokage’s Office.
• Bai Ye restrained Tsunade and spent three days pressuring her to bite him and face blood, while Shikaku and Hyuga Hiashi waited outside.
• Tsunade finally bit Bai Ye, looked at his blood, overcame her hemophobia, and punched him away before rushing to the restroom.
• Bai Ye received a draw opportunity for changing Tsunade’s fate and drew Wood Release.
• Shikaku and Hyuga Hiashi questioned Bai Ye about the three-day standoff, and Tsunade’s furious shout echoed through the Hokage Building.

Bai Ye revealed his Wood Release to Tsunade, persuaded her to help unite the Shinobi World, and drew Kirigakure into Konoha’s side. As the other three villages prepared for war, the Fire Daimyo threatened to cut Konoha’s funding unless Bai Ye backed down.

• Bai Ye restrained Tsunade with Wood Release, then demonstrated Hashirama Senju’s techniques from a scroll to prove he had not gained the ability through experiments.
• Bai Ye argued that the Daimyo’s control over ninja and resources caused wars, and Tsunade agreed to help him in exchange for gambling expenses being covered after unification.
• Mei Terumi and Genji decided Kirigakure had to side with Konoha, while Mei demanded that Bai Ye investigate the Uchiha who had controlled Yagura.
• A, Ōnoki, and Rasa began preparing to fight Konoha after it refused to compromise.
• The Fire Daimyo and his ministers condemned Bai Ye’s decision to start a war and threatened to cut off Konoha’s funding unless he stopped it.

Bai Ye persuaded Konoha's leaders to overthrow the Daimyo and seize control of the Land of Fire, then led the attack on the Daimyo's Mansion. By dawn, his forces had purged the capital and major cities, and White Zetsu spread news of Konoha's revolution across the world.

• After the Daimyo withheld supplies and demanded Bai Ye resign, Bai Ye argued that Konoha should overthrow the nobles and unite the shinobi world; Jiraiya questioned him but was swayed by his case for reform.
• Bai Ye revealed he could use Flying Thunder God to reach the capital, and Hiashi and other clan leaders agreed to join his campaign.
• Bai Ye sent his clones to secure the capital, then entered the Daimyo's Mansion with Fugaku, Shisui, and their squads; Shisui's team defeated the Twelve Guardian Ninja while Bai Ye killed ministers and forced the Daimyo to surrender his resources.
• After leaving the mansion, Bai Ye ordered Fugaku to use genjutsu to extract the nobles' wealth and kill the Daimyo and his loyalists; that night, his forces slaughtered them across the capital and major cities.
• By dawn, White Zetsu had spread news worldwide that Konoha had killed the Land of Fire's ruling nobles and planned to establish a new order.

Bai Ye persuaded Mei Terumi to cooperate with Konoha in abolishing the Daimyos and uniting the shinobi villages, while she secured conditions for Mist Village. Their talks ended without a marriage alliance, and the killing of the Land of Water’s Daimyo pushed the Shinobi World toward war.

• The Daimyos panicked after Konoha killed the Land of Fire’s Daimyo, while Asuma resolved to avenge his father and the Sarutobi clan.
• Mei Terumi confronted Bai Ye, who proposed abolishing the Daimyos and uniting the shinobi villages; she agreed to cooperate after setting conditions, including killing the Land of Water’s Daimyo and revealing what he knew about the Masked Man.
• Genji proposed that Bai Ye and Mei Terumi marry to cement the alliance, but both refused a political marriage and said they would only be together if they fell in love.
• Bai Ye told Shikaku he planned to install Pakura as Kazekage after killing Rasa and to bring the other villages under his control.
• The Land of Water’s Daimyo and nobles were killed overnight, and Mei Terumi blamed Sand Village, bringing Konoha and Mist Village into a confrontation with Sand Village, Cloud Village, and the Stone Ninja.

Bai Ye planned to deepen distrust between the other nations’ Daimyo and shinobi villages while Konoha and Mist Village faced a growing coalition. Cloud Village and Iwagakure agreed to combine forces against Konoha, and Ōnoki began mobilizing for an invasion of the Land of Fire.

• Bai Ye told Shikaku to send forged letters urging the other Kage to kill their Daimyo, with copies planted to appear intercepted by Daimyo intelligence agents.
• Samui advised A that Cloud Village could not imitate Konoha’s rapid takeover of the Land of Fire, so A agreed to join Ōnoki’s plan to unite their forces against Konoha.
• Samui told A that Sarutobi Asuma wanted to join the attack against Konoha; A accepted him without meeting him, while Asuma secretly planned to kill Bai Ye and the Uchiha before claiming the Hokage position.
• Ōnoki ordered Kitsuchi to mobilize Iwagakure’s shinobi toward the border of Waterfall Country and Frost Country, aiming to eliminate Konoha and seize the Land of Fire.
• Ōnoki told Kurotsuchi to stay beside him during the coming battle, but she protested that she no longer needed his protection.

Akatsuki delayed its Tailed Beast plan while Konan prepared explosives, and Bai Ye led Konoha toward a decisive battle after rescuing Karin and her mother from the Grass Ninja. The rival forces assembled on the plains, where Ōnoki saw Bai Ye and was reminded of an old acquaintance.

• Obito urged Nagato to begin capturing the Tailed Beasts, but Nagato and Konan refused until they had prepared enough explosive tags to counter him.
• Nagato decided to fund Konan's explosive-tag preparations by targeting wealthy nobles and merchants, while Zetsu cautioned Obito against rushing the plan.
• Bai Ye's squad killed a group of Grass Ninja and rescued Karin and her mother, whom Bai Ye ordered returned to Konoha.
• Bai Ye received Asura chakra for changing Karin's fate and wondered whether combining it with Indra's Chakra could help him awaken the Rinnegan.
• Bai Ye arrived at the front and called for an immediate decisive battle, which Ōnoki and A agreed to meet on the plains.
• Ōnoki saw Bai Ye in armor and was struck by a terrible memory of an old acquaintance from his youth.

Bai Ye faced the Shinobi Alliance alone, overwhelming its front lines and trapping Kurotsuchi while Ōnoki and A countered his first massive lightning attack. After they destroyed it, Bai Ye revealed that another attack was coming, leaving the Alliance in renewed despair.

• Bai Ye ignored Jiraiya and the others’ warnings and stepped onto the battlefield alone as the Shinobi Alliance hesitated.
• Bai Ye unleashed Great Fire Annihilation, then charged through the Stone Ninja and killed many with his taijutsu.
• Kurotsuchi attacked Bai Ye with Earth Spikes and flew out of his reach, but Bai Ye used the Flying Thunder God to seize her by the throat.
• Bai Ye warned Ōnoki that using Dust Release would kill Kurotsuchi and revealed a Thunder Welcome forming overhead from the steam.
• Ōnoki destroyed much of the Thunder Welcome with Dust Release, and A and Killer B finished it with a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Bai Ye asked whether they could stop a second attack, plunging the Shinobi Alliance back into despair.

Bai Ye gained Yin-Yang Release and confronted five Jinchuriki, using the Flying Thunder God Technique to overwhelm them. As the Tailed Beasts prepared to attack Konoha’s forces, Bai Ye unleashed Sage Art: Gate of the Great God to crush them beneath descending torii gates.

• A second Thunder Welcome struck the battlefield, killing many shinobi, while Bai Ye kept Kurotsuchi captive and planned to use her as leverage against Ōnoki.
• Bai Ye changed Kurotsuchi’s fate, earned a lottery draw, and obtained Yin-Yang Release.
• Bai Ye challenged Yugito, Roshi, Han, Kaede, and Killer B, and the five Jinchuriki surrounded him.
• Bai Ye used the Flying Thunder God Technique and taijutsu to strike the Jinchuriki faster than they could respond.
• The Jinchuriki prepared Tailed Beast Bombs against Konoha’s forces, but Bai Ye invoked Sage Art: Gate of the Great God and sent red torii gates crashing down on the five Tailed Beasts.

Bai Ye used Wood Release to suppress the five Tailed Beasts and leave the Shinobi Alliance on the brink of defeat, while Obito and Zetsu debated whether to revive Madara Uchiha. He exposed Asuma's hypocrisy before killing him, and the chapter ended with Bai Ye receiving rewards for changing Asuma's and Kurenai Yuhi's fates.

• Bai Ye trapped the five transformed Jinchuriki with Sage Art: Gate of the Great God, and Zetsu warned Obito that Bai Ye's power threatened their plans.
• Obito chose to keep watching instead of reviving Madara Uchiha, while Black Zetsu decided he could no longer rely on him.
• Jiraiya explained that Bai Ye's Wood Release was Sage Art and had been awakened naturally, prompting speculation about Bai Ye's Senju blood.
• Bai Ye seized Asuma from the Shinobi Alliance, mocked him for benefiting from Hiruzen Sarutobi's influence, and rejected his defense of leaving Konoha.
• Asuma tried to rally Kakashi, Might Guy, and Kurenai Yuhi against Bai Ye, but they refused to join him.
• Bai Ye accused Asuma of hypocrisy and beheaded him, then received one lottery chance each for changing Asuma's and Kurenai Yuhi's fates.

Bai Ye used his Complete Susanoo to crush the Shinobi Alliance and defeat A and Ōnoki, then offered the defeated villages a place in a united shinobi system. Ōnoki agreed to surrender pending peace talks, and as the war ended, Black Zetsu urged Obito to warn Nagato that Akatsuki had to act immediately.

• Bai Ye used two lottery draws to obtain Sage Chakra and Sage's Talisman, then chose the Sage Chakra of Ryūchi Cave.
• Bai Ye attacked the Shinobi Alliance with his Complete Susanoo, overwhelming A and Ōnoki and killing many shinobi as Orochimaru, Black Zetsu, Jiraiya, and the Konoha forces watched.
• Bai Ye offered the Alliance surrender terms and described a single village where shinobi from all villages would share power and resources.
• A challenged Bai Ye to taijutsu and was decisively defeated, then acknowledged Bai Ye as the strongest fighter he had faced.
• Ōnoki agreed that the Stone Ninja would surrender pending peace talks and asked Bai Ye to return Kurotsuchi; Bai Ye accepted, and declared the war over.
• Black Zetsu told Obito to return to the Akatsuki and warn Nagato to act immediately.

Nagato questioned whether the Akatsuki’s Tailed Beast plan was still needed now that Bai Ye was unifying the Shinobi World, and sent Konan to investigate Konoha and ordinary life there. Meanwhile, Obito and Zetsu recruited Orochimaru to use Impure World Reincarnation against Konoha, leaving them with an agreement to revive several past leaders.

• Obito warned Nagato that Bai Ye’s unification of the Shinobi World threatened the Akatsuki’s plans, and Nagato agreed to send Konan and Zetsu to gather intelligence in Konoha.
• Nagato told Konan to judge whether Konoha could truly bring peace and said he would resist Madara and the others if they tried to control him.
• Obito and Zetsu decided to seek Orochimaru’s help and traveled to his laboratory in Otogakure.
• Orochimaru considered attacking Zetsu and Obito, but Zetsu offered a deal instead of bringing him back to the Akatsuki.
• Zetsu asked Orochimaru to use Impure World Reincarnation to revive Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and other Kage, and the two sides reached an agreement.

Tsunade learned that Bai Ye had defeated the Stone Ninja and Cloud Village, while Konoha and Mist Village prepared to fight Sand Village. As Pakura confronted Rasa over his betrayal, Bai Ye arrived with proof and exposed the political motive behind her sacrifice.

• Tsunade told Shizune that Bai Ye had ended the northern battle, and Shizune reported that he had used the Senju clan's Sage Art, Gate of the Great God.
• Tsunade informed Mei Terumi and Pakura that the Stone Ninja and Cloud Village had surrendered, then led Konoha and Mist Village forces toward a decisive battle with Sand Village.
• Rasa and Chiyo prepared to attack, but they were stunned when Pakura appeared among the opposing forces and accused Rasa of branding her a traitor after sending her to die for an alliance with Mist Village.
• Bai Ye arrived using a Flying Thunder God kunai, and Mei Terumi produced documents proving Rasa had sent Pakura to Mist Village.
• Rasa admitted that he had sacrificed Pakura to secure peace and protect Sand Village, and Bai Ye accused him of using the village as a pretext to remove a political rival.

Bai Ye arrived at the Sand battlefield, where Pakura defeated Rasa and the Sand Ninja faced the choice of surrendering to Konoha. After learning that the Cloud Village and Stone Ninja had already surrendered, Chiyo agreed to let Sand Village join Bai Ye’s Ninja Alliance, and the chapter ended with her urging the Sand Ninja to accept the end of the war.

• Bai Ye arrived on the Sand battlefield, confirmed he had settled the northern front, and let Pakura confront Rasa alone.
• Pakura gained the advantage over Rasa, while Bai Ye stopped the Sand Ninja from interfering and killed the Conservative Faction members who attacked him.
• Bai Ye told Chiyo that the Cloud Village and Stone Ninja had surrendered, then showed her a scroll proving their agreement.
• Chiyo accepted that Sand Village had to surrender, and Bai Ye offered it one of the Ninja Alliance’s five seats.
• Pakura defeated Rasa, who died after thanking her for sparing their children, and Bai Ye received a lottery draw for changing Rasa’s fate.
• Pakura announced that the Sand Ninja would join the Ninja Alliance, and Chiyo urged them to surrender and move to Konoha.

Bai Ye unified the ninja villages into the Land of Shinobi and gained the Rinnegan, while Itachi Uchiha rejected his rule and expected the new alliance to collapse. Akatsuki discussed the changes and sent Zetsu and Konan to infiltrate Konoha.

• Bai Ye became leader of the five decision-makers and named the unified country the Land of Shinobi, then coordinated its resettlement and reorganization.
• Bai Ye used three lottery draws to obtain a Sage Jutsu Selection Scroll, the Rinnegan, and Itachi Uchiha's Mangekyo eye technique, leaving him confident he could face Madara Uchiha.
• Kisame told Itachi Uchiha that Konoha had unified the Shinobi World, and Itachi insisted Bai Ye's rule would eventually collapse.
• Kakuzu focused on Akatsuki's shrinking income and agreed to rob Gato in Wave Country after Pain suggested it.
• Sasori raised the danger Bai Ye's expansion posed to Akatsuki, and Pain said someone had already gone to investigate Konoha.
• Zetsu and Konan arrived outside Konoha and agreed to enter separately while the village was being rebuilt.

Konan explored the unified Land of Shinobi and began to doubt whether the Akatsuki should capture the Tailed Beasts and destroy its growing peace. After Bai Ye finally approached her, she was preparing to tell Nagato what she had learned.

• Konan entered the Land of Shinobi, bought a limited-edition perfume from a child from the Snow Country, and spent the day exploring and shopping.
• At Ichiraku Ramen, Konan saw Bai Ye with Naruto, Sasuke, and Neji, while Bai Ye considered recruiting the Akatsuki.
• Bai Ye told Neji he would speak with Hiashi about removing Neji's Caged Bird and challenging the Hyuga clan's Branch House system.
• After observing the village's policies and its welcoming crowds, Konan began questioning the Akatsuki's plans and decided to tell Nagato what she had seen.
• Bai Ye finished several days of government work, found Konan still in Konoha, and greeted her as they met again.