Chapter Summaries

After Hatake Sakumo killed Chiyo’s son and daughter-in-law, Gojo Yoru brought Orochimaru and Jiraiya to the White Fang Front, where they reunited with Tsunade and Sakumo. As the Konoha forces prepared for a possible Sand Village Jinchuriki attack, Orochimaru and Jiraiya stayed to help defend the front.

• Hatake Sakumo killed Chiyo’s son and daughter-in-law in a sudden strike, sending Chiyo into a rage and forcing Konoha’s forces to retreat.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen sent Orochimaru and Jiraiya to the White Fang Front, and Gojo Yoru transported them there with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Gojo Yoru reunited with Tsunade and Hatake Sakumo, and Tsunade discussed his growth and Chakra capacity.
• Gojo Yoru admired Tsunade’s beauty and recalled that he had encouraged her to cultivate the Yin Seal early, preserving her appearance and improving her physique.
• Orochimaru warned that Sunagakure might deploy a Jinchuriki and exploit the limits of Gojo Yoru’s Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Orochimaru and Jiraiya agreed to remain at the front, while Tsunade and Hatake Sakumo prepared to disperse forces and assign Barrier Squads.

Sarutobi Hiruzen sent Gojo Yoru to the Iwagakure front to stop Han, the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, from using a Tailed Beast Ball while leaving Shimura Danzō's command undisturbed. After reviewing intelligence about Han's strength, Gojo Yoru prepared to face him himself.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen told Gojo Yoru that Iwagakure had deployed its Five-Tails Jinchuriki and ordered him to assassinate or restrain the Jinchuriki before he could use a Tailed Beast Ball.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen gave Gojo Yoru a scroll for Shimura Danzō and authorized him to ignore Danzō's orders if necessary.
• Gojo Yoru teleported to Shimura Danzō's tent and delivered the scroll, which instructed Danzō to let Gojo Yoru handle the Jinchuriki independently.
• Shimura Danzō gave Gojo Yoru the intelligence gathered on Han, including reports of his powerful Boiling Release attacks and chakra-cloaked defense.
• Gojo Yoru asked whether Han could fully transform into the Five-Tails, then said he would gather intelligence and confront him himself.

Gojo Yoru fought Han and Mu no Ki, survived a surprise Dust Release attack through his phasing ability, and revealed that his power came from Space-Time Release rather than Storm Release. After Mu no Ki’s warning exposed the secret, Gojo Yoru pursued Han and killed him with a devastating full-power Laser Beam, leaving Iwagakure without its Five-Tails Jinchuriki.

• Han hunted a Konoha squad, but Gojo Yoru arrived and killed Han’s Shadow Clone with a slash before splitting an incoming Void Dog Cannon with his Chakra Blade.
• Han entered Half-Tailed Beast Transformation and attacked Gojo Yoru through dust clouds, while Gojo Yoru used his sensing ability to destroy Han’s Shadow Clones.
• Mu no Ki’s Shadow Clone trapped Gojo Yoru in Dust Release: Frontier Separation Technique, but Gojo Yoru survived by phasing and realized that Mu no Ki had targeted him.
• Gojo Yoru killed Mu no Ki’s Shadow Clone with a black-red Laser Beam, and Mu no Ki identified Gojo Yoru’s power as Space-Time Release before vanishing.
• Gojo Yoru released both Yin Seals and pursued Han with two Shadow Clones as Mu no Ki ordered Iwagakure to help Han retreat.
• Gojo Yoru teleported beside Han and fired a controllable, full-power black-red cannon blast that erased Han and carved a massive slope through the forest; Kitsuchi later told Mu no Ki that Han was dead.

Gojo Yoru’s battle with Han exposed his ability to merge into space and use Space-Time Release, ending the Second Shinobi World War early and making him the Ninja World’s most feared rising power. The chapter left nations and powerful figures weighing how to oppose him, while Konoha treated him as a future leader and a bloodline worth inheriting.

• Gojo Yoru killed Han with Space Annihilation, and Ōnoki used the defeat to reveal Yoru’s Space-Time Bloodline to the Ninja World.
• Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Hatake Sakumo learned from Orochimaru that Yoru could convert Chakra into Space-Time Nature Transformation and recognized his extraordinary potential.
• Chiyo understood that Space-Time Release had killed her younger brother, and Sunagakure withdrew from the war.
• Uchiha Madara took an interest in fighting Yoru, but Black Zetsu abandoned plans to assassinate him and chose to remain hidden.
• The Third Raikage recognized Yoru as a potential rival, while Shimura Danzō learned the truth and saw his hopes of becoming Hokage collapse.
• Gojo Yoru admitted his Space-Time Bloodline to Shimura Danzō and Sarutobi Hiruzen, and Konoha’s clans began regarding him as a powerful, inheritable bloodline.

After the Second Shinobi World War, Gojo Yoru became a worldwide celebrity for ending the conflict with his Space-Time Bloodline, while Konoha protected him and the people around him reacted to his fame. The chapter ended with Hanzo explaining to Yahiko why Gojo Yoru’s ability could make him the strongest ninja in history.

• Newspapers publicized the war’s casualties and Gojo Yoru’s achievements, making him the conflict’s greatest winner and drawing crowds and commissions to Konoha.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen rejected requests to employ Gojo Yoru and withheld missions until he improved his perception and Medical Ninjutsu.
• Uzumaki Kushina confronted Gojo Yoru for hiding his Space-Time Bloodline, then forgave him and agreed to protect him from assassination and poison.
• Namikaze Minato accepted that he could not catch up to Gojo Yoru after learning about the Space-Time Bloodline.
• Nagato asked Konan about Space-Time, while Konan privately rejoiced at Gojo Yoru’s fame and hoped to see him again.
• Hanzo told Yahiko that Gojo Yoru’s Space-Time Bloodline defied ordinary counters and could make him the strongest ninja in history.

After Konoha held a burial ceremony to mark the end of the Second Shinobi World War, Gojo Yoru celebrated his Jonin promotion with the Konoha Sannin and agreed to live with Tsunade while studying Medical Ninjutsu. He frightened Hiruko away from an attempt to target him, and Tsunade began training Uzumaki Kushina as her prospective disciple, leaving Yoru to imagine them becoming the New Sannin in the next war.

• Konoha held a solemn burial ceremony for the fallen, and the Second Shinobi World War was officially declared over.
• Gojo Yoru celebrated his Jonin promotion with Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya, then agreed to stay at Tsunade's house as he studied Medical Ninjutsu.
• Gojo Yoru sensed Hiruko following him and used genjutsu to show him a terrifying vision, making Hiruko abandon his plan to steal Yoru's Kekkei Genkai.
• Tsunade began teaching Medical Ninjutsu to Gojo Yoru and Uzumaki Kushina, intending to train Kushina as her successor.
• Over the next two months, Gojo Yoru studied Medical Ninjutsu and the Spirit Transformation Technique while helping Tsunade and Kushina cook and joining their gambling games.

After a year of cultivation, Gojo Yoru developed Spatial Perception, a powerful sensory technique that let him see in every direction and read Chakra, but he could use it without hand seals only while releasing his double Yin Seal. The limitation convinced him that his coming Third Evolution would transform his Chakra control and potentially enable seal-less ninjutsu and space-time teleportation.

• Gojo Yoru kept strengthening Konoha’s defenses around himself while Konan, Yahiko, Nagato, and Uzumaki Kushina grew stronger through paths altered by his influence.
• Gojo Yoru and Uzumaki Kushina trained in sword combat and taijutsu on a snow mountain, with Gojo Yoru fighting blindfolded as his new perception improved.
• Gojo Yoru released his double Yin Seal and used Spatial Perception to predict Uzumaki Kushina’s movements, defeat her attacks, and force her to concede.
• Gojo Yoru explained that Spatial Perception combined a three-hundred-and-sixty-degree view with Chakra sensing, but required hand seals unless he released the Yin Seal.
• Gojo Yoru concluded that the technique’s control bottleneck foreshadowed a Third Evolution that could let him perform ninjutsu without seals and use space-time teleportation.

Gojo Yoru tested the Spirit Transformation Technique with Uzumaki Kushina and discovered that combining it with Space-Time Chakra transformed it into a far more powerful technique. He left the experiment eager to explore its new abilities, including using the Flying Thunder God Technique while in spirit form.

• Gojo Yoru teleported with Uzumaki Kushina to a cave, where she memorized an unconscious ninja’s Chakra signature and watched him use the Spirit Transformation Technique.
• Gojo Yoru’s spirit form left his body, but Kushina could no longer sense his Chakra or life fluctuations; she confirmed that his body remained warm and solid when she touched it.
• Gojo Yoru realized the technique’s unusual interaction with his body might help him solve his failed Space-Time Shadow Clone experiment, then used his Yin Seals to combine Space-Time Chakra with Yin Release Chakra.
• Gojo Yoru successfully created a transparent black Space-Time spirit form that resisted soul-targeting abilities and concealed its presence at a higher dimension.
• Gojo Yoru discovered that his new spirit form could perceive the Nine-Tails’ seal and use the Flying Thunder God Technique, greatly improving his ability to travel and protect himself.

Gojo Yoru tested whether Mind's Eye of the Kagura could detect his possession, then used his concealed Space-Time spiritual body to visit Konan. After reconnecting with her and hearing about her growth, he returned to Uzumaki Kushina without revealing where he had gone and took her to a hot spring.

• Gojo Yoru possessed an unconscious ninja while Uzumaki Kushina used Mind's Eye of the Kagura, and she detected his Chakra signature appearing in the body's brain.
• Gojo Yoru formed his Space-Time spiritual body and traveled to the valley where Konan and Nagato were staying, evading the nearby White Zetsu and Tobi.
• Gojo Yoru entered Konan's body and reunited with her in a spiritual space, where she told him about developing Paper Release and training Nagato.
• Gojo Yoru promised to visit Konan more often and teach her ninjutsu, then left when his Space-Time Chakra was nearly exhausted.
• Gojo Yoru returned to his body, reassured Uzumaki Kushina, and diverted her questions by suggesting they visit a hot spring.

Five years after the Second Shinobi World War, Gojo Yoru remained the Ninja World's celebrated Space-Time Ninja as Konoha entered Year 41. Sarutobi Hiruzen asked him to become a Jounin Instructor for a promising class that included Asuma, and Yoru left to discuss the role with Kushina.

• The chapter described how Gojo Yoru's Space-Time Bloodline had ended the Second Shinobi World War and inspired villages across the nations to establish Space-Time Research Departments.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen praised Gojo Yoru's perfect mission record and asked him to become a Jounin Instructor for next year's early graduates, including Asuma.
• Gojo Yoru said he would discuss the offer with Uzumaki Kushina, and Sarutobi Hiruzen agreed there was no need to decide immediately.
• Gojo Yoru walked through the Hokage Building as villagers and ninja greeted him, while his Phasing let him pass through women who tried to approach him.
• Gojo Yoru met Uzumaki Kushina, who had bought ingredients, and teased her as they headed home together.

Gojo Yoru agreed to become a Jounin Instructor, while he, Kushina, and Tsunade discussed Konoha’s overwhelming strength and the talented young shinobi coming of age. The chapter ended with Gojo Yoru forcing Tsunade to write another IOU after she lost at cards, as Kushina photographed the scene.

• Gojo Yoru scolded Tsunade for neglecting her duties and reminded her that she still owed him a huge amount of rent and gambling debt.
• Gojo Yoru told Kushina that Sarutobi Hiruzen wanted him to become a Jounin Instructor, and he decided to accept the role to repay the Hokage’s kindness.
• Tsunade explained that Kushina could not become an instructor while she remained an uncontrolled Jinchuriki, and Kushina accepted that she would sit out missions for a while.
• Gojo Yoru, Kushina, and Tsunade discussed the gifted students and powerful shinobi in Konoha, and Gojo Yoru wondered how the Third Shinobi World War could break out against such strength.
• After Tsunade lost at cards, Gojo Yoru demanded an IOU, and Kushina took a photograph of him holding Tsunade down as she tried to escape.

Gojo Yoru continued preparing to become a Jounin Instructor while Orochimaru made a breakthrough in his Space-Time research. Meanwhile, Uchiha Madara summoned Senju Tobirama with the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu and made him his unwilling spokesperson in a plan to target Gojo Yoru.

• Gojo Yoru helped Orochimaru test a miniature black hole, and Orochimaru hinted at a breakthrough in Space-Time research and plans to take another disciple.
• Gojo Yoru taught at the Ninja Academy, observed Hatake Kakashi's generation, and selected future subordinates as more students applied for early graduation.
• White Zetsu reported that Gojo Yoru was watching Obito's Elite Class, and Uchiha Madara ordered an experiment using the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.
• Uchiha Madara revived Senju Tobirama using a White Zetsu clone as the sacrifice, and Tobirama recognized Madara and discovered that the technique had brought him back at nearly full strength.
• Uchiha Madara told Senju Tobirama about Gojo Yoru's Space-Time Bloodline and declared that Tobirama would serve as his spokesperson in a plan to make him the Ninja World's greatest villain.

Gojo Yoru and Uzumaki Kushina survived an assassination attempt by Uchiha Madara using Senju Tobirama and Mu, exposing Spatial Perception and the limits of the Spore Technique. Madara then targeted Hanzo of the Salamander and Yahiko in the Land of Rain, trapping them in a barrier and flooding it with Water Release.

• Gojo Yoru and Uzumaki Kushina traveled with a merchant caravan while their Shadow Clones scouted ahead and their real bodies took photographs by a waterfall.
• Gojo Yoru detected a White Zetsu clone and stopped Mu’s surprise Dust Release attack, then identified the assassination plan as a combination of the Spore Technique and Senju Tobirama’s Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Gojo Yoru teleported away with Uzumaki Kushina, while Uchiha Madara concluded that Gojo Yoru had detected the Spore Technique and spatial fluctuations.
• Hanzo of the Salamander trained Yahiko in the Water Body Flicker Technique, but Uchiha Madara arrived in Senju Tobirama’s Impure World Reincarnation body and trapped them inside a barrier.
• Hanzo of the Salamander recognized the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu and ordered Yahiko to summon Ibuse, but Uchiha Madara filled the barrier with Water Release: Water Shockwave.

Uchiha Madara killed Hanzo of the Salamander and rescued Yahiko from the explosion, then revealed that Hashirama Cells had awakened Wood Style in him. Yahiko agreed to work with Madara to avenge Hanzo, while learning that two other shinobi of his era also possessed Wood Style.

• Hanzo of the Salamander tried to escape with Yahiko as Senju Tobirama attacked them with powerful Water Style techniques inside the barrier.
• Hanzo led Yahiko into smoke to evade the water jet, but the smoke particles transformed into Explosive Tags and detonated; Hanzo shielded Yahiko and died in the blast.
• Yahiko awoke badly burned in an underground space and learned from Uchiha Madara that Hanzo was dead and Madara had saved him.
• Uchiha Madara explained that White Zetsu's Spore Technique had helped rescue Yahiko and that Hashirama Cells had awakened Wood Style in his body.
• Yahiko agreed to repay Madara and seek revenge for Hanzo, then learned he was the third shinobi of his era to possess Wood Style.

Uchiha Madara manipulated Yahiko into protecting the future Rinnegan wielder, while Gojo Yoru warned Sarutobi Hiruzen about an attack involving the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu. The chapter ended with news that Hiruko had stolen forbidden techniques and defected, making him a prime suspect.

• Uchiha Madara convinced Yahiko that he was destined to protect the Rinnegan's chosen host and promised to train him and send Tobi to help him restore order in Amegakure.
• Uchiha Madara introduced Tobi, who could enhance Yahiko's strength, defenses, chakra, and Wood Style.
• Gojo Yoru reported to Sarutobi Hiruzen that the Second Tsuchikage had attacked him using the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu and a Flying Thunder God seal.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered the Forbidden Jutsu Library surrounded and tasked Gojo Yoru and Kushina with searching Konoha for anyone parasitized by the attacker's allies.
• An Anbu reported that the Forbidden Jutsu Library had been robbed and Jonin Hiruko had defected, prompting Sarutobi Hiruzen to regard him with killing intent.

Gojo Yoru searched Konoha for White Zetsu infiltrators while preparing Uzumaki Kushina to face Uchiha Madara, and Orochimaru began researching the sealed clones and the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu. At graduation, Gojo Yoru became a Jounin Instructor and deliberately disrupted Sarutobi Hiruzen’s team arrangements by choosing two additional students.

• Gojo Yoru persuaded Sarutobi Hiruzen to be cautious about Hiruko, and an Anbu report revealed that only the incomplete Chimera Technique scroll was missing while Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade pursued Hiruko.
• Gojo Yoru and Uzumaki Kushina searched Konoha, where Gojo Yoru found White Zetsu clones parasitizing civilians and sealed them with help from the Barrier Squad and Seal Squad.
• Uzumaki Kushina trained for half a year to develop the Good Evil Perception version of the Mind's Eye of the Kagura, while Gojo Yoru planned further training to increase her strength.
• Orochimaru studied the sealed White Zetsu clones, concluded that the mastermind behind the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu was not from Konoha, and obtained permission from Sarutobi Hiruzen to research forbidden techniques.
• On March 20, Konoha 42, the early-graduation candidates passed their assessment, and Gojo Yoru became a Jounin Instructor with Sarutobi Asuma and two students of his own choosing.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen felt troubled by Gojo Yoru's choices and rearranged the teams after Gojo Yoru deliberately disrupted his plans.

Twelve prodigies graduated early from the Ninja Academy and received their team assignments and Jounin Instructors. Team 2 ended up under Gojo Yoru, whose choice to place Nohara Rin alongside Yūhi Kurenai and Sarutobi Asuma left his hidden stand itching to swing its axe.

• Yuya announced the four teams, placing Hatake Kakashi, Uchiha Obito, and Might Guy together, and assigning Sarutobi Asuma, Yūhi Kurenai, and Nohara Rin to Team 2.
• Namikaze Minato took Team 1 as its Jounin Instructor, while Dan Katō led Team 3 and an unnamed stern Jonin led Team 4 away.
• Team 2 waited for its late instructor as Yūhi Kurenai and Nohara Rin discussed their hopes, while Sarutobi Asuma reached for a cigarette.
• Gojo Yoru appeared beside Sarutobi Asuma, immobilized him with a hand on his shoulder, and revealed himself as Team 2's Jounin Instructor.
• Gojo Yoru joked that he had used his privilege to group the two girls together, while Nohara Rin's placement left the hidden NTR Warrior behind him eager to swing its axe.

Gojo Yoru took command of Team 2, introduced himself to Sarutobi Asuma, Yūhi Kurenai, and Nohara Rin, and planned to train them while protecting Rin from Uchiha Madara’s schemes. He assigned them a Survival Exercise for the next morning, while elsewhere Yahiko emerged from an underground passage after half a year, transformed and scarred.

• Gojo Yoru transferred Nohara Rin into his command to disrupt Uchiha Madara’s plans and change her fate.
• Gojo Yoru introduced himself to Team 2, then had Sarutobi Asuma, Yūhi Kurenai, and Nohara Rin share their specialties, interests, and dreams.
• Gojo Yoru considered how each student’s talents could be developed and resolved to train Team 2 across ninjutsu, taijutsu, and genjutsu.
• Gojo Yoru scheduled a Survival Exercise at the Number Two training ground for nine the next morning, then vanished.
• Yahiko emerged from an underground passage in a rain-soaked forest after half a year, his body wrapped in white material and half his face scarred by burns.

After Hanzo's death, Yahiko reclaimed Amegakure and used a Wood Clone to begin consolidating control, while his real body left on another mission. Three days later, Nagato and Konan continued their work as the Ninja World's most feared bounty-hunting pair.

• Yahiko mourned Hanzo and vowed to take over Amegakure and fulfill his teacher's ideals.
• Sagawa returned authority to Yahiko, who revealed his Wood Clone and ordered Sagawa to help secure the village while his real body departed.
• Sagawa recognized Yahiko's Wood Style as a power that could make him a new God of Shinobi and gathered Amegakure's Jonin for a meeting.
• Nagato exchanged a bounty in the Land of Swamps and reunited with Konan, who refused to rest because she did not want to involve civilians.
• Nagato followed Konan as the two continued their travels, renowned as a powerful bounty-hunting pair.

Yahiko confronted Nagato and Konan in the mountains and demonstrated Wood Style after they tested his strength with powerful attacks. The battle escalated into a forest-wide clash, leaving Yahiko dodging Konan’s explosive paper Shuriken amid the burning trees.

• Nagato attacked Yahiko with a massive Wind Style technique, while Konan protected herself with a Three-Way Barrier.
• Yahiko endured Nagato’s windstorm unharmed and answered with Wood Style: Birth of a Sea of Trees.
• Nagato used Lightning Style Chakra Body Activation to move through the spreading forest, while Konan flew into the sky and joined the fight.
• Konan launched Wind Style-infused paper Shuriken that were actually Explosive Tags, setting off explosions throughout the forest.
• Yahiko dodged Konan’s aerial bombardment as the forest became a fiery battlefield.