Chapter Summaries

Dodai held Ōnoki back while Rasa and Mei Terumī considered surrendering to Konoha, leaving Sunagakure and Kirigakure unwilling to join the fight. Ōnoki tried to recruit Dodai, but Dodai urged him to surrender; the chapter ended as Tsunade arrived with Konoha reinforcements and ordered them to let Dodai go.

• Dodai fought Ōnoki, while Rasa considered surrender and Mei Terumī joined him in questioning whether the alliance could defeat Konoha.
• Rasa ordered Sunagakure’s forces to stand down, and Mei Terumī told Kirigakure’s forces to retreat when reinforcements arrived.
• Ōnoki asked Dodai to surrender and offered to spare him, hoping to use him as a valuable asset.
• Dodai refused, said he had chosen to die, and urged Ōnoki to surrender for Iwagakure’s sake.
• Tsunade arrived with a group of Konoha powerhouses and ordered the others to let Dodai go.

Tsunade forced Ōnoki to let Dodai and the former Kumogakure group leave with Konoha without a fight. Later, Mei Terumī and Rasa admitted they could not see a way to resist Konoha, and Rasa proposed that Sunagakure and Kirigakure defect together.

• Tsunade warned Ōnoki that attacking Dodai would mean war with Konoha, and Ōnoki let the group pass.
• Dodai returned to Tsunade and accepted that he and the former Kumogakure ninjas now belonged to Konoha.
• Tsunade led Konoha and the former Kumogakure group away while Iwagakure, Kirigakure, and Sunagakure stayed silent.
• Mei Terumī said the alliance was pointless and suggested surrendering to Konoha, while Ōnoki stayed silent.
• Rasa said he could not confidently persuade Sunagakure and offered to purge its opposition before defecting with Mei Terumī.

Mei Terumī advised Rasa against killing Sunagakure’s dissenters, arguing that they could preserve their influence by resolving disagreements internally. Ōnoki then agreed that Iwagakure would join Konoha, and the three Kage reached a confidential plan to secure the transition.

• Mei Terumī urged Rasa to avoid killing Sunagakure’s opponents and explained how they could remain allies within Konoha.
• Rasa accepted Mei Terumī’s advice and asked Ōnoki to reveal Iwagakure’s decision.
• Ōnoki considered Iwagakure’s weakness and his people’s future, then agreed to surrender to Konoha and deal with the Opposition Faction.
• Ōnoki proposed keeping the decision secret, asking Konoha for help maintaining security, and swiftly controlling dissenters.
• Rasa, Mei Terumī, and Ōnoki signed a letter of intent and sent trusted teams toward Konoha’s Northern War Zone.

Uchiha Jin learned that Iwagakure, Kirigakure, and Sunagakure had followed Kumogakure in surrendering to Konoha, and he explained to Konan why the villages preferred joining a stable institution to resisting or submitting to Akatsuki. The chapter left Jin criticizing Akatsuki’s leaders for lacking the ability to build and govern a lasting faction.

• Uchiha Jin read the report that Iwagakure, Kirigakure, and Sunagakure had surrendered to Konoha after Kumogakure, and he concluded that their losses made surrender sensible.
• Konan questioned why the major Shinobi Villages would give up so quickly instead of fighting Konoha.
• Uchiha Jin explained that village leaders weighed the costs and benefits of surrender, while the villages would never submit to Akatsuki because it could not guarantee their safety or future.
• Uchiha Jin told Konan that Konoha’s established institutions and rules provided stability and continuity even when a Kage changed.
• Uchiha Jin dismissed Akatsuki’s leaders as incapable of building and governing a lasting faction.

Uchiha Jin agreed to accept Iwagakure, Sunagakure, and Kirigakure into Konoha and prepared to travel to the Northern War Zone with Konan. Nohara Rin asked to accompany him and urged him to take Uchiha Tsuki as well, leaving him stunned and unsure how to respond.

• Konan accepted that the Akatsuki she had once hoped for was gone, and Uchiha Jin decided to accept the Three Great Ninja Villages and head to the Northern War Zone with her.
• Uchiha Jin told Konan to ask Senju Hashirama to protect Konoha while he was away.
• At the Uchiha Compound, Uchiha Jin told Nohara Rin that Iwagakure, Sunagakure, and Kirigakure wanted to join Konoha and that he expected the Shinobi World to be unified.
• Nohara Rin asked Uchiha Jin to let her go with him, and he agreed despite the rules.
• Nohara Rin then asked him to take Uchiha Tsuki into his care, but Uchiha Jin was shocked because he had no romantic feelings for her.

Uchiha Jin agreed to marry Uchiha Tsuki after Nohara Rin brought up her situation. Uchiha Tsuki was overwhelmed with gratitude, while Jin went to receive Senju Hashirama, who had arrived to visit.

• Uchiha Jin reflected on Uchiha Tsuki's place in his household and agreed to arrange a marriage and grand wedding for her.
• Nohara Rin thanked Uchiha Jin and said she would share the good news with Uchiha Tsuki.
• Uchiha Tsuki told Uchiha Jin that the First Generation had come to visit, and he instructed her to bring Senju Hashirama to the reception room.
• Nohara Rin told Uchiha Tsuki that Uchiha Jin had agreed to marry her soon, and Uchiha Tsuki cried and thanked Rin.

Senju Hashirama asked Uchiha Jin to let him join the Northern War Zone, but his unusual initiative made Jin suspect that he had sensed an unseen danger. Hashirama began searching his memories for a warning sign while Jin remained determined to unify the Shinobi World and gather the Fortune he needed.

• Senju Hashirama told Uchiha Jin he wanted to go to the Northern War Zone, arguing that his Impure World Reincarnation body was easier to counter and Konoha needed strong defenders in his absence.
• Uchiha Jin found Hashirama's unsolicited request out of character and wondered whether he was an impostor, but confirmed that his chakra and reincarnated body were genuine.
• Uchiha Jin asked whether Hashirama had experienced an intuition, chill, or other vague warning that something was wrong.
• Senju Hashirama denied sensing anything, then grew serious as Jin explained how the subconscious could detect dangers that the conscious mind overlooked.
• Uchiha Jin waited while Hashirama thought, resolved to uncover the danger and press ahead with unifying the Shinobi World to obtain Fortune for his Small Pagoda.

Senju Hashirama described his ominous intuition, leading Uchiha Jin to suspect that Mount Myōboku and Jiraiya might be used to oppose Konoha’s unification. Jin summoned Sage Katsuyu and asked her to take him and Hashirama to Shikkotsu Forest to speak with her Main Body.

• Senju Hashirama recalled feeling a sudden pain in his soul and growing anxiety about the Hokage Transfer Order.
• Uchiha Jin concluded that hidden powers were preparing to obstruct his unification plans and identified Jiraiya and Mount Myōboku as likely threats.
• Senju Hashirama offered to fight for the unification of the Shinobi World, but Uchiha Jin asked whether he could use the Summoning Technique.
• Senju Hashirama summoned Sage Katsuyu, who greeted him and Uchiha Jin.
• Uchiha Jin asked Sage Katsuyu to reverse-summon him and Senju Hashirama to Shikkotsu Forest so he could speak with her Main Body.

Uchiha Jin signed a Summoning Contract with Shikkotsu Forest and was brought with Senju Hashirama to meet Sage Katsuyu. Seeing that Katsuyu had no Chakra aura, Jin asked how she had done it, wondering if he could abandon the Chakra system and escape the threat of the Otsutsuki.

• Katsuyu said Jin needed a Shikkotsu Forest Summoning Contract to be reverse summoned, so she brought him a scroll and he signed it.
• Jin and Senju Hashirama sensed a connection to Shikkotsu Forest and allowed themselves to be summoned there.
• Katsuyu led Jin and Hashirama to her Main Body, which emerged from a towering mountain.
• Jin noticed that Shikkotsu Forest's natural energy was far denser than the Shinobi World's and contained no Chakra residue.
• Jin asked Sage Katsuyu how she had eliminated her Chakra aura, and Katsuyu fell silent.

Katsuyu explained the Old Era origins and purposes of the Three Great Sage Regions to Uchiha Jin. She revealed that Shikkotsu Forest was a burial ground where Chakra was difficult to cultivate, while Mount Myōboku and Ryūchi Cave had served different roles before becoming linked to the modern Shinobi World.

• Katsuyu told Uchiha Jin that Shikkotsu Forest had originally been Bone Forest, a refuge exiled into another dimension by Old Era gods and powerhouses.
• Uchiha Jin considered the vanished Old Era gods and other beings, then asked Katsuyu how Mount Myōboku and Ryūchi Cave differed from Shikkotsu Forest.
• Katsuyu explained that Mount Myōboku had sheltered living beings, Shikkotsu Forest had served as a memorial and place of inheritance, and Ryūchi Cave had been a place for training and deadly trials.
• Katsuyu said Gamamaru had betrayed the Old Era survivors by joining the Otsutsuki, while the White Snake Sage later embraced Chakra but kept Ryūchi Cave hidden from them.
• Katsuyu revealed that Shikkotsu Forest had no true Sage Art and that she had devised its Senjutsu Chakra herself, which only Hashirama had successfully cultivated.

Uchiha Jin questioned Katsuyu about Shikkotsu Forest’s position in the conflict over the Shinobi World. Katsuyu said she would remain neutral, and Jin ended by asking whether Mount Myōboku planned to act against Konoha.

• Uchiha Jin asked Katsuyu which faction Shikkotsu Forest supported and whether it intended to pass down the Old Era’s legacies.
• Katsuyu explained that she was a neutral observer with no interest in the Shinobi World and that Shikkotsu Forest’s location protected it from the Otsutsuki.
• Katsuyu said Chakra had transformed humanity, making the Old Era’s cultivation methods incompatible with modern humans and preventing them from inheriting Shikkotsu Forest’s legacies.
• Uchiha Jin thanked Katsuyu and asked whether she was in contact with Gamamaru and the White Snake Sage, and whether Mount Myōboku had recently contacted Hagoromo or planned to threaten Konoha.

Uchiha Jin learned from Katsuyu that Hagoromo could not easily leave the Pure Land and would likely only give Jiraiya limited support. After failing to use the Old Era inheritances, Jin returned to Konoha and invited Senju Hashirama to ask him anything about the threats ahead.

• Jin questioned Katsuyu about Hagoromo, the Pure Land, and Mount Myōboku’s likely response to his plans.
• Katsuyu explained that Hagoromo and Hamura had sacrificed their bodies to transform the Yellow Springs into the Pure Land, and that Hagoromo could manifest in the living world only at great cost.
• Jin and Senju Hashirama searched Shikkotsu Forest for half a day but found that Jin could not cultivate the Old Era inheritances because his Chakra lineage made him incompatible with them.
• Jin asked Katsuyu to send them back, and she returned Jin and Hashirama to the Uchiha Compound in Konoha.
• Jin told the worried Hashirama that he would now answer all his questions about the hidden threats.

Uchiha Jin told Senju Hashirama the history of the Otsutsuki, the Sage of Six Paths, and the Senju-Uchiha feud, then explained his theory that Hagoromo had engineered the Shinobi World's wars to prepare for the Otsutsuki threat. Hashirama accepted that he needed to grow stronger and reaffirmed his determination to unify the Shinobi World.

• Senju Hashirama asked Uchiha Jin to explain whatever he thought was important because Hashirama's mind was overwhelmed.
• Uchiha Jin recounted Kaguya and Isshiki's arrival, Kaguya's rebellion, and how Hagoromo and Hamura sealed her and shaped the Shinobi world's history.
• Uchiha Jin theorized that Hagoromo had manipulated Indra and Asura's reincarnations and the Senju-Uchiha wars to cultivate powerful people against the Otsutsuki.
• Uchiha Jin warned Senju Hashirama that his alliance with Uchiha Madara had disrupted Hagoromo's plans, and that his own efforts to unify the Shinobi World would disrupt them further.
• Senju Hashirama recalled sensing and sealing a force that had influenced his thoughts, which he believed was Asura's Chakra.
• Senju Hashirama said he would revive, grow stronger, fight the Otsutsuki threat, and pursue the unification of the Shinobi World.

Uchiha Jin put Senju Hashirama in charge of Konoha and arranged for forces from the four war zones to secretly return, while he left with Nohara Rin and Konan. Hashirama watched over Konoha as the mobilization gathered strength, determined to protect its peace even from the Sage of Six Paths.

• Senju Hashirama accepted command of Konoha and agreed to keep Kumogakure's civilians and ordinary forces under protection while Uchiha Jin mobilized the elite troops.
• Uchiha Jin gave Senju Hashirama a Flying Thunder God Kunai and left Konoha with Nohara Rin, Konan, and two Anbu squads.
• Kakashi ordered half the Jonin and Anbu in the Eastern War Zone to return with Sakumo, while Orochimaru ordered the same from the Southern War Zone and chose to lead them himself.
• Fugaku and Shisui obeyed the mobilization orders in the Western and Central War Zones, and Jonin secretly began returning to Konoha.
• Senju Hashirama looked over Konoha and vowed not to let anyone, not even the Sage of Six Paths, plunge it into bloodshed.

Uchiha Jin arrived at the Northern War Zone as Tsunade oversaw the relocation of Kirigakure, Sunagakure, and Kumogakure into the Land of Fire. He briefed Tsunade, Tobirama, and Minato on the threat from Jiraiya, Mount Myōboku, and the Sage of Six Paths, then ordered preparations for the coming battle.

• Tsunade accelerated the relocation of the Three Great Ninja Villages after receiving Jin’s warning about Jiraiya and Mount Myōboku.
• Uchiha Jin reached the frontline and was welcomed by Konoha’s Ninja as he entered the command tent with Tsunade.
• Jin explained that the Sage of Six Paths was the true hidden enemy and said unifying the Shinobi World would give him power to oppose him.
• Jin ordered Tsunade to disperse the relocated people throughout the Land of Fire and integrate them into it.
• Jin tasked Minato and Tobirama with bringing Ōnoki, Rasa, and Mei Terumī to Konoha’s battlefield, and restricted who could learn about the Sage of Six Paths and the Otsutsuki.
• Tsunade, Tobirama, and Minato reacted grimly to the revelation but did not consider retreating.

Senju Tobirama and Tsunade agreed to oppose the Sage of Six Paths after learning he had manipulated the Shinobi World, while Namikaze Minato suggested persuading Jiraiya to disrupt his scheme. Tsunade rejected the idea, insisting that Jiraiya could not be persuaded.

• Senju Tobirama condemned the Sage of Six Paths for treating the Shinobi World as a nursery and vowed to fight him.
• Tsunade promised to carry out the task Uchiha Jin had assigned her despite her limited strength.
• Namikaze Minato proposed persuading his teacher Jiraiya, arguing that the Sage of Six Paths would need Jiraiya to advance his scheme.
• Tsunade told Namikaze Minato to give up, explaining that he did not know Jiraiya well and that she understood him from their time as teammates.

Tsunade warned Minato that Jiraiya would never abandon Mount Myōboku, and Uchiha Jin ordered Konoha to prepare for an imminent battle by secretly bringing fighters and civilians back from the Northern War Zone. After the transfers, Jin invited the Kage of the Three Great Ninja Villages to talks and promised them fair treatment after their villages joined Konoha.

• Tsunade told Minato that Jiraiya trusted Mount Myōboku above Konoha and would not be persuaded to change sides.
• Uchiha Jin ordered Tsunade to manage the Northern War Zone and directed Tobirama and Minato to secretly transfer fighters back to Konoha.
• Konoha rapidly divided and relocated civilians from the Three Great Ninja Villages throughout the Land of Fire.
• By the following afternoon, Tobirama and Minato had transferred the strong fighters, and Jin invited the Three Great Kage to talks.
• Jin promised the Kage that their people would not face discrimination after their villages merged into Konoha, though their benefits would remain below those of Konoha-born residents.

Uchiha Jin secured the three other Kage’s cooperation by promising practical benefits and revealed that Konoha was preparing for a major battle. Ōnoki, Rasa, and Mei Terumī secretly headed to Konoha with elite teams, where they discovered that Senju Tobirama and Namikaze Minato had returned.

• Uchiha Jin discussed benefits with Ōnoki, Rasa, and Mei Terumī, and all three pledged to follow his orders.
• Uchiha Jin told the Kage that Konoha was preparing for a major battle and asked them to send elite forces secretly back to Konoha.
• The next afternoon, Ōnoki, Rasa, and Mei Terumī followed Konoha Anbu toward Konoha while Tsunade took charge of the front lines.
• The three Kage entered a tent and were stunned to see Senju Tobirama and Namikaze Minato alive.
• Namikaze Minato transported Rasa away, while Senju Tobirama departed with Ōnoki using Flying Thunder God.

Jiraiya returned to Konoha, determined to fight Uchiha Jin for the sake of peace, but Konoha detected him and prepared to confront him outside the village. The chapter ended with Jin rejecting Jiraiya’s challenge to a fair fight and declaring that victory mattered more than dignity or justice.

• Jiraiya approached Konoha alone, blaming Uchiha Jin for the Shinobi World’s turmoil and vowing to fight him.
• Konan reported Jiraiya’s approach to Uchiha Jin, who checked with Nagato and learned that the Akatsuki had shown no unusual movement.
• Uchiha Jin led Konoha’s gathered powerhouses outside the village to intercept Jiraiya before a battle could damage Konoha.
• Jiraiya arrived, realized Konoha had anticipated him, and mocked Uchiha Jin for bringing such a large force.
• Uchiha Jin dismissed Jiraiya’s appeal to a one-on-one fight and said he would use any means necessary to win.

Uchiha Jin rejected Jiraiya’s attempt to persuade the Reanimated Strongmen and challenged him to settle their dispute through strength. Jiraiya used an unexpected seal to begin releasing their Impure World Reincarnation, leaving Uchiha Jin scrambling to stop them from returning to the Pure Land.

• Jiraiya asked Senju Hashirama, Senju Tobirama, Hatake Sakumo, and the other Reanimated Strongmen to return to the Pure Land, but they refused to change sides.
• Uchiha Jin dismissed Jiraiya’s appeal and argued that both sides were trying to impose their ideals, so strength should decide the Shinobi World’s future.
• Uchiha Jin revealed his Mangekyo and prepared to fight, while Senju Hashirama and the others also readied themselves for battle.
• Jiraiya formed an unusual hand seal and activated a release that caused the Reanimated Strongmen’s bodies to crack apart.
• Uchiha Jin realized Otsutsuki Hagoromo had likely given Jiraiya a way to undo the Impure World Reincarnation and feared the Strongmen would return to the Pure Land.