Chapter Summaries

Genji and the Mist Village elders arrived at the battlefield expecting to defend the village, then condemned Mei Terumi for making terms with Uchiha Jin. Mei challenged them over their absence during the crisis and confronted their authority as the elders turned their anger toward Jin.

• Genji revoked Mei Terumi's Mizukage candidacy and led a hundred elite shinobi toward the village center.
• The Mist group found that the Three-Tails had disappeared and its chakra had grown faint, prompting them to assume the beast and Akatsuki had fought each other.
• Genji and the elders reached the battlefield, saw Mei Terumi, Yagura, the Leaf shinobi, and Akatsuki, then accused Mei of betraying the village.
• Mei asked where the elders had been during the invasion, Yagura's defeat, and the Three-Tails' rampage, then released her chakra and knocked civilians and elders off balance.
• An elder argued that Mei should have waited for the Council of Elders and challenged Jin's right to decide the Mist Village's future.

Mei Terumi confronted Lord Genji and the elders after they accused her of betraying Kirigakure, while Uchiha Jin stood aside and left the village dispute to her. Mei revealed her greatly increased power and declared that submitting to Jin would give Kirigakure a path to rise, leaving some younger shinobi wavering.

• Lord Genji and the elders accused Mei Terumi and Uchiha Jin of betraying Kirigakure and ordered them to surrender.
• Uchiha Jin dismissed the confrontation as Kirigakure's family business and stood aside.
• Mei Terumi unleashed a tremendous surge of Chakra that stunned Lord Genji and the elders.
• Mei challenged the elders for arriving only after the village's crisis had passed and accused them of preserving the Bloody Mist's decline.
• Mei declared that Jin could lead Kirigakure to a new future and that submitting to him would be an honor, making some younger shinobi hesitate.

Mei Terumi fought back against Genji and the Kirigakure elders after they incited the villagers against her. As the battle turned against Genji and the crowd continued shouting, Uchiha Jin stepped forward and silenced everyone with his presence.

• Genji turned the villagers against Mei Terumi, who attacked and fatally corroded an elder with her Lava Style.
• Genji struck Mei Terumi with his cane and gained the upper hand, prompting the elders and civilians to renew their insults.
• Kisame joined the fight and attacked Genji with the Great Shark Bullet Technique, allowing Mei Terumi to battle him from the other side.
• The elders accused Mei Terumi of conspiring with an Akatsuki rogue ninja, and the civilians shouted for her death.
• Uchiha Jin stepped forward, and his overwhelming pressure silenced the battlefield.

Uchiha Jin killed a civilian and empowered Mei Terumi, who defeated Genji and massacred Kirigakure’s elders, bringing the old era to an end. Elsewhere, Uchiha Itachi struggled to believe Future Sasuke’s claim that he had killed Jin.

• A civilian insulted Uchiha Jin, and Jin killed him with a glance, terrifying the crowd and Kirigakure’s shinobi.
• Uchiha Jin gave Mei Terumi a purple pill that raised her power beyond the Kage Level.
• Mei Terumi used her enhanced abilities to kill Genji and then massacred Kirigakure’s elders at Uchiha Jin’s command.
• Mei Terumi knelt before Uchiha Jin, who gained control of Kirigakure and its resources.
• Uchiha Itachi recalled Future Sasuke’s claim that he had killed Jin and struggled to accept it.

Uchiha Jin offered Future Sasuke a chance to travel back in time and save his second older brother, while Itachi confronted the truth about his alternate self's actions. Jin then began reshaping Kirigakure's government under his control.

• Future Sasuke told Itachi that his alternate self had massacred the Uchiha Clan and killed his second older brother, who had tried to stop him.
• Jin suggested using Impure World Reincarnation, then offered to send Future Sasuke back in time with the Plow so he could save his brother.
• Future Sasuke accepted that he would have to wait while Jin prepared the time-travel journey.
• Jin ordered Mei Terumi to stabilize Kirigakure, then rejected her plan as too slow and inefficient.
• Jin abolished Kirigakure's Mizukage system and elders' council and announced the Kirigakure United Committee as the village's highest governing body.

Uchiha Jin installed a new leadership structure in Kirigakure and left Mei Terumi to rebuild the village under his authority. In Leaf, the other Kage learned that Jin had captured Karatachi Yagura and destroyed Kirigakure’s Council of Elders.

• Jin named himself president of Kirigakure’s United Committee and appointed Mei Terumi secretary-general, ordering her to gather the survivors and establish the new government.
• Mei Terumi announced the end of the Mizukage system and vaporized the elders who opposed the committee, leaving the survivors too afraid to resist.
• Jin took the unconscious Karatachi Yagura as his trophy and departed with Itachi, Kisame, Scorpion, and future Sasuke, while Mei Terumi stayed to rebuild Kirigakure and send resources to Leaf.
• Fourth Raikage A, Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki, and Fourth Kazekage Rasa waited at Leaf’s Five Great Shinobi Villages Joint Office and complained about their situation.
• A Cloud intelligence shinobi reported that Karatachi Yagura had been captured, Isobu subdued, and Genji and the Council of Elders wiped out, prompting Raikage A to seize him in disbelief.

News that Uchiha Jin had taken control of Kirigakure sent shockwaves through the Shinobi World, thrilled the Leaf’s leadership, and prompted the Hyuga Clan and other wavering families to pledge loyalty to the Uchiha. When the Raikage, Tsuchikage, and Kazekage confronted Sarutobi Hiruzen and demanded Jin’s surrender, Jin returned to the Hokage’s Office.

• A report identified Uchiha Jin as the one who had taken control of Kirigakure, formed its United Committee, and placed Mei Terumi, Kisame Hoshigaki, and Sasori under his authority.
• Uchiha Fugaku celebrated Jin’s achievement while Leaf leaders discussed recognizing Kirigakure’s new regime and forming an alliance.
• Hyuga Hiashi decided to bring gifts to the Hokage Building and pledge the Hyuga Clan’s loyalty to Fugaku, as other Leaf families also rallied to the Uchiha.
• A, Ōnoki, and Rasa confronted Sarutobi Hiruzen and demanded that the Leaf hand over Jin and stop interfering in Kirigakure.
• Uchiha Jin entered the Hokage’s Office as the three Kage pressured Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Uchiha Jin arrived at the Hokage's Office with Karatachi Yagura captured and declared that he would rule the Shinobi World and claim more Jinchuriki. Ōnoki and Rasa were left terrified and resigned after the future Sasuke gravely wounded Raikage A with Shinra Tensei.

• Uchiha Jin entered the office with Itachi, Kisame, Sasori, the future Sasuke, and the unconscious Karatachi Yagura, whose capture stunned the three Kage.
• Uchiha Jin tossed Yagura onto the floor, dismissed the Kage's objections, and claimed Kirigakure belonged to him.
• Raikage A charged at Uchiha Jin, but the future Sasuke struck him with Shinra Tensei and hurled him into the wall.
• Uchiha Jin told Ōnoki and Rasa that he would make the rules, establish an organization above the villages, and demand more Jinchuriki.
• Ōnoki and Rasa faced the extent of Uchiha Jin's power and silently accepted that the era of the Five Kage had ended.

Uchiha Jin founded the Divine Court and demanded that the shinobi villages accept his rule, forcing Ōnoki and Rasa to submit. He appointed Sarutobi Hiruzen an honorary advisor and made Uchiha Fugaku the Court’s first Executive Officer, leaving the former Kage to face the consequences of the new order.

• Jin announced the Divine Court as an organization above all shinobi villages and declared himself its sole ruler, demanding unified administration and an end to independent conflicts.
• Jin threatened to erase Iwagakure, prompting Ōnoki to accept his orders; Rasa also bowed and pledged Sunagakure’s obedience.
• A regained consciousness, saw Ōnoki and Rasa submit, and fell silent despite his resentment.
• Jin made Sarutobi Hiruzen an Honorary Advisor and ordered him to retire from authority as Hokage.
• Jin appointed Uchiha Fugaku as the Divine Court’s first Executive Officer, and Fugaku pledged his loyalty.

Jin established the Divine Court and ordered Iwagakure, the Cloud Village, and Sunagakure to surrender their Jinchuriki within a week, threatening to destroy any village that refused. After Ōnoki and Rasa submitted and left Konoha with the unconscious A, news of the Divine Court's establishment spread through the village.

• Jin ordered Ōnoki and Rasa to send their villages' Jinchuriki to the Divine Court headquarters in Konoha within a week.
• Ōnoki and Rasa protested that surrendering their Jinchuriki would leave their villages vulnerable.
• Jin threatened to seize the Jinchuriki himself and destroy disobedient villages if the Kage refused.
• Ōnoki and Rasa agreed to obey Jin's decree.
• Ōnoki and Rasa left Konoha carrying the unconscious A as news of the Divine Court and the Kage's submission spread through the village.

After Uchiha Jin founded the Divine Court and declared himself its Divine Master, Konoha’s clans rushed to pledge loyalty, with the Hyuga clan offering gifts and a daughter to serve him. As Uchiha Fugaku welcomed the new order, Jin contacted Mei Terumi, who bowed before him.

• Konoha celebrated Jin’s rule, and visitors crowded the Uchiha District to meet Executive Officer Uchiha Fugaku.
• Hyuga Hiashi offered the Divine Court gifts, Gentle Fist secrets, and the service of Hinata or Hanabi as a sign of the Hyuga clan’s loyalty.
• Fugaku accepted the Hyuga clan’s submission on behalf of the Divine Court, and Hiashi left relieved that his clan had secured its support.
• The Nara, Akimichi, Yamanaka, and smaller clans also sent gifts and pledged loyalty, reshaping Konoha’s power structure around the Uchiha.
• Jin used an ancient scroll to contact Mei Terumi in the Land of Water, and she knelt and bowed to him.

Mei Terumi reported that Kirigakure had been brought under the United Committee, and Jin discussed the village’s leadership and Yagura’s recovery. Jiraiya and Tsunade then confronted Jin about his plans for the Jinchuriki, and Jiraiya warned that Jin had lost his humanity.

• Mei Terumi told Jin that Kirigakure’s leadership had been replaced, 47 opponents had been dealt with, and most of the village supported the United Committee.
• Mei Terumi said she would accept the Mizukage position if Jin wanted, but preferred to remain his chief secretary, and reported that Yagura had awakened with an unstable mental state.
• Uchiha Itachi informed Jin that Jiraiya and Tsunade had come to see him, and Jin invited them into his office.
• Tsunade accused Jin of claiming to save the world after defeating three Kage and taking their Jinchuriki, while Jin defended his approach as a more efficient way to establish peace.
• Jiraiya asked whether Jin planned to gather all the Jinchuriki from the three great villages, and Jin confirmed that he wanted to leave those villages unable to resist.
• Jiraiya told Jin that he had changed and no longer seemed to have humanity.

Jin explained that he had forcibly unified the shinobi world to prepare for the Ōtsutsuki Clan, an alien threat that would soon arrive to harvest the planet’s Chakra Fruit. Jiraiya and Tsunade remained uneasy about Jin’s methods but agreed to help confront the coming danger.

• Jin defended his rule to Tsunade, arguing that the shinobi world had little freedom and that extreme reforms could end its wars.
• Jiraiya questioned whether Jin’s system could survive without him, and Jin said he was preparing for a greater threat unknown to them.
• Jin revealed that the Ōtsutsuki Clan harvested Chakra Fruit from planets and that their advance team would soon reach their world.
• Jin explained that gathering all nine Tailed Beasts would create a Resonance useful against the Ōtsutsuki, and that he had unified the villages by force to prepare.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade set aside their objections long enough to agree to help Jin face the coming threat.

Jin assigned Tsunade to build a medical-ninja training system and Jiraiya to gather intelligence, then learned that Nagato was organizing an alliance against the Divine Court. Nagato and Kusagakure's leader prepared to exploit Jin's demand that the Great Villages hand over their Jinchuriki.

• Jin asked Tsunade to establish a medical-ninja training system and tasked Jiraiya with monitoring the Ōtsutsuki Clan and unrest in the villages.
• Itachi reported that Nagato was secretly contacting Kusagakure, Takigakure, Amegakure, and other villages to plan a joint operation.
• Jin decided to let the opposition act so he could discover how many forces still rejected his rule.
• Nagato told Konan that many small villages opposed the Divine Court and argued that Jin's rule was vulnerable to rebellion.
• Kusano told Nagato that Kusagakure and its allies would form an alliance against the Divine Court and proposed using Jin's order to surrender the Jinchuriki as an opportunity.

Nagato agreed to Kusano’s plan to capture Yugito during her transfer to the Leaf, while the injured Raikage secretly prepared to let the attack happen. Yugito continued training, unaware that both the Akatsuki alliance and Kumogakure’s plans threatened her transfer.

• Kusano persuaded Nagato to break with Uchiha Jin and target a Jinchuriki, and Nagato chose Yugito for an attack in three days.
• The injured A learned that Kumogakure had to send Yugito to the Leaf within four days and condemned the transfer as a humiliation.
• An Anbu reported that Nagato was organizing an attack during Yugito’s transfer with Kusagakure, Takigakure, and other factions.
• A ordered Kumogakure to send an elite escort and secretly make sure it did its best to protect Yugito, leaving room for the attack to succeed.
• Yugito trained alone outside Kumogakure and wondered bitterly whether she was being sent away like cargo again.

Darui and Yugito agreed to cooperate with a staged kidnapping so Yugito could avoid being sent to the Leaf. Nagato’s forces ambushed the Kumogakure escort in a border valley, and the chapter ended with a Kusagakure shinobi holding Yugito at kunai-point.

• Darui told Yugito that Kumogakure planned to let Nagato’s forces abduct her during the escort, and Yugito agreed to play along.
• Nagato positioned the Six Paths of Pain and allied shinobi from Kusagakure, Takigakure, and smaller villages to capture Yugito alive.
• Darui led the escort into the valley and pretended to resist when Nagato’s forces launched their ambush.
• Pain used Shinra Tensei against the escort, while the Kumogakure shinobi formed a ring around Yugito with a deliberate opening.
• A Kusagakure shinobi broke through, grabbed Yugito, and threatened her with a kunai as Darui pretended to rush to her rescue.

Deva Path Pain subdued the Grass Ninja and captured Yugito, the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, before retreating into the valley. Darui and the others remained behind with the wounded.

• Deva Path Pain subdued the Grass Ninja and seized Yugito.
• Pain told Yugito to come with him and vanished into the valley with her.
• Darui pounded the ground and shouted that it was not over, while Pain said he would be waiting.
• The other attackers retreated, leaving a field of wounded behind.
• Darui and the others rested where they were.

Sasuke began Divine Court’s campaign against villages that resisted, destroying Amegakure with his Rinnegan before confronting Nagato over Yugito. The chapter left Sasuke facing Nagato’s remaining Paths of Pain as he absorbed Asura Path Pain’s missile attack.

• Jin ordered Sasuke to punish rebellious villages and demand the Four-Tails and Eight-Tails from Kumogakure, threatening to destroy the village if it refused.
• Sasuke used Super Almighty Push to devastate Amegakure and collapse its steel towers, burying Nagato beneath the ruins.
• Nagato survived the destruction, and Sasuke demanded that he hand over Yugito and return to the Leaf.
• Nagato refused and sent the remaining Paths of Pain against Sasuke, who repelled them with Shinra Tensei.
• Asura Path Pain fired missiles at Sasuke, who responded with Preta Path: Chakra Absorption.

Sasuke defeated Nagato, destroyed Amegakure, and took Nagato alive for Uchiha Jin. He then attacked Kusagakure, where Kusano and the village’s ninja resisted as Sasuke began cutting them down.

• Sasuke used the Rinnegan’s powers to defeat the Six Paths of Pain and capture Nagato alive.
• Sasuke declared that Amegakure no longer existed and warned its survivors not to rebuild it or seek revenge.
• In Kusagakure, Kusano and the elders learned that Amegakure had been destroyed and debated whether to resist Divine Court.
• Sasuke arrived at Kusagakure after its patrols disappeared, and Kusano gathered fewer than two hundred ninja to defend the village.
• Sasuke repelled the Grass ninja’s attacks with Shinra Tensei and absorbed their jutsu with the Preta Path.
• Sasuke used Banshō Ten'in to pull a group of Grass ninja toward him and drew his Kusanagi Sword.

After destroying Kusagakure, Sasuke confronted Takigakure and demanded its surrender and the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki. Fū refused to go with him and transformed into Choumei, leaving Sasuke poised to attack.

• Sasuke killed Kusagakure chief Kusano and destroyed the village with Chibaku Tensei.
• After learning Kusagakure and Amegakure had been wiped out, Shibuya decided Takigakure should prepare to surrender.
• Sasuke reached Takigakure and demanded that the village hand over Fū and disband or face destruction.
• Shibuya agreed to Sasuke's terms to spare the villagers, and Fū was brought before him.
• Fū refused to leave Takigakure, transformed into Choumei, and attacked Sasuke with poisonous scales.
• Sasuke repelled the scales and rushed toward Choumei with his Kusanagi Sword, but someone shouted, "Stop!"