Recaps

Cloud Village and Iwagakure attacked Leaf to seize Naruto and Hinata, overwhelming the defenders despite Fugaku and Shisui’s efforts. As the invaders reached for the children, a mysterious figure in Uchiha robes appeared and froze the battlefield with his presence.

• Fugaku confronted the Raikage and Ōnoki, who demanded that Leaf hand over Naruto and Hinata.
• Fugaku used Susanoo to shield the children, but the Raikage shattered it while Ōnoki drove back Leaf’s reinforcements with Dust Release.
• Yugito and an Iwagakure Elite Jonin moved to capture Naruto and Hinata, while Sasuke and Hiashi failed to stop them.
• Shisui rushed into the fight using the Cursed Mark kunai Jin had left behind, but Ōnoki’s stone monster forced him away from the children.
• As Yugito and the stone monster reached for Naruto and Hinata, a spatial ripple appeared and a Uchiha-clad figure emerged, freezing everyone in place.

Uchiha Jin arrived as Raikage A and Yugito threatened Naruto, Hinata, and Sasuke, then stopped A's attack without moving. He promised to save them and spread a huge Water Release domain across the Forest of Death, leaving the enemy ninja trapped inside.

• Uchiha Jin appeared above the battlefield and confronted the Cloud and Iwagakure forces as they held Naruto, Hinata, and Sasuke.
• Raikage A charged at Naruto but was repelled by an unseen force and thrown backward.
• Yugito threatened to kill her captives, while Sasuke pleaded with Jin to save them.
• Jin reassured Sasuke and activated Toad Sage Mode and Water Release: Who'll Fix the Great Dam?!
• Jin covered the Forest of Death in a Water Release domain spanning more than ten kilometers and declared that they would go all out.

Uchiha Jin subdued Yugito and unleashed a devastating attack that incapacitated nearly two hundred shinobi from the Cloud and Iwagakure. He then confronted Ōnoki, who remained in the air above Hinata.

• Jin used Kamui: Distortion to kill a Cloud Shinobi, frightening the assembled fighters as Raikage A urged them not to panic.
• Jin trapped Yugito with Senra Heart Chain, sealing her Chakra and stopping her transformation into the Two-Tails’ Cat Demon Form.
• As the Iwagakure and Cloud shinobi prepared to attack, Jin sent black threads through their defenses and incapacitated nearly two hundred elites.
• Jin turned to Ōnoki and asked whether the Tsuchikage needed him to dig a grave, while Ōnoki’s stone hand still hovered above Hinata.

Jin returned to the battlefield and subdued two hundred Elite Jonin, earning the Leaf shinobi’s cheers. Ōnoki and the Raikage then joined forces to attack him, and Jin calmly faced their combined assault.

• Jin subdued two hundred Elite Jonin in two moves, and the Leaf shinobi cheered as Naruto admired him.
• Ōnoki confronted Jin, who taunted him by pointing to the War Fan emblem on his clothes.
• Ōnoki attacked Jin with a stone hand aimed at Hinata and Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive Forest.
• Fugaku formed a Susanoo to protect Jin, but Ōnoki’s Dust Release erased it almost instantly.
• The Raikage charged Jin with Lightning Oppression Horizontal Chop while Ōnoki’s Dust Release attacked from above.
• Jin watched the two attacks approach and murmured that white light was still light.

Jin activated Golden Body of Light and let the Raikage’s punch and Ōnoki’s Dust Release pass through him, causing their attacks to collide and devastating the Raikage. Jin emerged unharmed, while the injured Raikage accused Ōnoki of setting him up.

• Jin activated Golden Body of Light as the Raikage charged him and Ōnoki prepared Dust Release.
• The Raikage’s fist and Ōnoki’s Dust Release passed through Jin and collided, unleashing a massive blast.
• The collision badly injured the Raikage, who was hurled into a cliff with his right arm and chest devastated.
• Ōnoki realized that Jin had never tried to dodge, while Jin stood unharmed and praised Golden Body of Light.
• The Raikage recovered enough to accuse Ōnoki of setting him up.

Jin defeated Raikage A and Ōnoki in the Forest of Death, crushing Ōnoki’s Dust Release and striking him down with the Senra Heart Chain. The Leaf shinobi hailed Jin as their god, while Sasuke and Naruto watched in awe.

• Ōnoki realized Jin had used space-time ninjutsu to evade their attacks, and Raikage A remained embedded in the rock wall.
• Ōnoki tried to escape, then fired Dust Release at Jin from above.
• Jin formed a hand from the Senra Heart Chain, crushed the Dust Release, and impaled Ōnoki, who fell into a ditch.
• The Leaf shinobi cried out that Jin was their god and swore their loyalty to him.
• Sasuke felt his pride turn to admiration for his older brother, and Naruto excitedly called Jin his god.

After defeating the invading forces, Jin gained new traits from Yugito and Raikage A and questioned Ōnoki about how the shinobi reached Konoha. Ōnoki offered a century of peace in exchange for Iwagakure’s captives, but Jin rejected his threat, and Ōnoki froze when Jin caught him trying to flee.

• Jin copied Yugito’s Two-Tails Jinchuriki trait and left one Senra Heart Chain fastened around her neck.
• Jin copied Raikage A’s Lightning Style Chakra Mode and fused it with Cloud Style Body Technique to gain the Lightning Style Cloak trait.
• Jin asked Ōnoki who had brought the invading shinobi to Konoha, and Ōnoki offered to reveal the information if Iwagakure’s shinobi were released.
• Sasuke objected to negotiating with the invaders, reminding the clan heads that they had attacked Konoha and kidnapped Naruto and Hinata.
• Jin rejected Ōnoki’s offer and asked whether the defeated side thought it could threaten Konoha.
• Ōnoki tried to fly away, but Jin’s warning stopped him in place.

Jin forced Ōnoki to face him after devastating much of the Forest of Death, then demanded enormous compensation from Iwagakure for the Leaf’s losses. When Ōnoki tried to bargain over revealing who had helped breach the Leaf’s defenses, Jin killed an Iwagakure jonin, and Ōnoki agreed to tell him.

• Jin stopped Ōnoki from fleeing, copied his Late Bloomer trait, and agreed to spare the captured Iwagakure shinobi in exchange for compensation.
• Ōnoki offered five million ryo, but Jin demanded three hundred billion ryo and a ton of gold.
• Ōnoki said Iwagakure could manage the money but could not supply a ton of gold, and Jin suggested they pan for it.
• Jin demanded to know who had helped Iwagakure break through the Leaf’s defenses, but Ōnoki tried to negotiate a lower price for the information.
• Jin used the Spore Technique to kill an Iwagakure jonin, and Ōnoki hurriedly agreed to reveal who had helped.

Sarutobi Hiruzen tried to keep Tenzo and the Anbu from intervening in the village’s defense, but learned that Uchiha Jin had helped defeat Cloud Village and Iwagakure’s invasion. At the Forest of Death, Ōnoki revealed that Orochimaru had supplied the technique used to control a Hyuga corpse, prompting Jin to suspect Impure World Reincarnation.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen stopped Tenzo from leaving with Anbu loyal to him, while Tenzo realized the gathering was about politics rather than protecting the village.
• An Anbu reported that Cloud Village and Iwagakure had been crushed, their Raikage and Tsuchikage captured, and no Leaf shinobi killed; he added that Uchiha Jin had returned.
• Kakashi ordered Sarutobi Hiruzen to stay put, and Tenzo joined Kakashi as the Third Hokage hurried home.
• Ōnoki told Jin that Cloud Village’s Byakugan came from the Hyuga Branch Family member taken three years earlier and that someone in the Leaf had leaked its defenses.
• Ōnoki explained that they had controlled the corpse rather than forcibly taking its eyes, and said Orochimaru had provided a forbidden technique.
• Jin suspected that Orochimaru’s technique was Impure World Reincarnation.

Uchiha Jin forced Ōnoki and Raikage A to help rebuild Konoha after their attack, using pain and threats to make them work. He assigned Ōnoki to make bricks and A to haul rocks, while Yugito volunteered to fire the bricks.

• Jiraiya heard that Orochimaru was pursuing Impure World Reincarnation and left Konoha, while Jin considered whether Jiraiya was still suited to teach Naruto.
• Nara Shikaku and Fugaku asked Jin what to do with the captured shinobi, and Jin proposed making the attackers perform labor reform instead of imprisoning them.
• Jin used his Senra Heart Chain and Spore Technique on Ōnoki, then ordered him to turn battle debris into powder and fire it into bricks.
• Jin ordered the wounded Raikage A to haul rocks to the planned industrial district and threatened to kill Cloud Village elites if he disobeyed.
• Yugito rose and volunteered to fire the bricks.

Jin forced Yugito to submit, but Matatabi took control and transformed into the Two-Tails. When Matatabi prepared a Tailed Beast Bomb, Jin struck it back into the beast’s mouth, where it exploded.

• Jin used the black Senra Heart Chain to make Yugito crawl toward him while the Raikage struggled and protested.
• Blue flames erupted from Yugito, and Matatabi took over her body, causing the gathered shinobi to prepare for a Tailed Beast rampage.
• Matatabi fully emerged as a giant blue cat and challenged Jin before gathering a Tailed Beast Bomb in its mouth.
• Jin struck Matatabi with a Super Sage Mode Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm, knocking the unstable Tailed Beast Bomb back down its throat.
• The Tailed Beast Bomb exploded inside Matatabi’s mouth.

Jin let Kurama reach Naruto and helped the boy awaken the Nine-Tails' power after the Two-Tails' Tailed Beast Bomb exploded inside it. The chapter ended as a massive crimson opening appeared above the Forest of Death and Nine-Tails Chakra poured out.

• Jin struck the Two-Tails' Tailed Beast Bomb back into its mouth, causing it to explode inside the beast and leave it badly injured.
• Ōnoki and the Raikage watched in shock as Jin overwhelmed the Two-Tails with a single palm strike.
• Kurama contacted Jin through Chakra and demanded to be released after seeing the Two-Tails grab Naruto by the throat.
• Jin told Naruto to fight the Two-Tails, then activated the Nine-Tails' power and Tailed Beast Cloak traits through their joined hands.
• Kurama opened his cage with Jin's help, and a huge crimson maw appeared in the sky as Nine-Tails Chakra flooded the Forest of Death.

Kurama emerged in full form and overwhelmed Matatabi after it grabbed Naruto. He beat the Two-Tails into submission and left it declaring Shukaku the youngest brother.

• The awakened Cloud and Iwagakure prisoners, including Raikage A, were stunned by the Nine-Tails' overwhelming power.
• Kurama struck Matatabi, crushing the paw it had used to grab Naruto and pinning its body in a pit.
• Kurama clawed Matatabi's head and lifted it into the air as it struggled to escape.
• Kurama repeatedly slapped Matatabi until it begged for mercy and called him Big Brother Kurama.
• Kurama asked who was older, him or Shukaku, and Matatabi declared Shukaku the youngest.

Jin defeated Matatabi and discovered that tailed beasts and their Jinchuriki counted as separate targets for his trait-copying ability, though his attempt to copy Matatabi’s trait failed. When the Nine-Tails tried to return to Naruto’s sealing space, Jin blocked it, leaving the beast trapped outside as he hinted at a plan.

• The Nine-Tails beat Matatabi into submission, while Jin used his Senra Heart Chain to bind Yugito inside the sealing space.
• Jin’s ability listed Matatabi’s traits as copyable, but his attempt to copy one failed.
• The Nine-Tails declared that Jin could handle the rest and began withdrawing from Naruto’s chakra cloak.
• Jin blocked the Nine-Tails from returning to its sealing space and asked how long it had been since they last met.

Uchiha Jin agreed to spar with the Nine-Tails, who took him to the Valley of the End and transformed for their fight. Meanwhile, the chained Cloud and Iwagakure shinobi were forced to rebuild, as Ōnoki and the Raikage hoped the Nine-Tails would defeat Jin and remove their chains.

• Jin laughed after failing to copy the Two-Tails and told the Nine-Tails he wanted to spar with it.
• The Nine-Tails nervously suggested they fight somewhere else, and Jin agreed before ordering the Cloud and Iwagakure shinobi to rebuild.
• Jin left black chains on the strongest prisoners, and the Raikage discovered he could no longer use chakra.
• Ōnoki told the Raikage to wait for the Nine-Tails to beat Jin, hoping that would make their chains disappear.
• Jin and the Nine-Tails arrived at the Valley of the End, where the Nine-Tails transformed and challenged him to show how much he had grown.

At the Valley of the End, Jin faced Kurama as the Nine-Tails unleashed a series of powerful attacks. Jin evaded or absorbed them, and the chapter ended as Kurama hesitated with its claw a meter from Jin.

• Jin followed Kurama to the Valley of the End, where Kurama challenged him to show how much he had improved.
• Kurama fired a massive Tailed Beast Bomb at Jin, who used Double Kamui to transfer it into the Kamui Dimension.
• Kurama launched three more Tailed Beast Bombs, but Jin dodged them and appeared on the shoulder of the Senju Hashirama statue.
• Kurama charged Jin with a claw attack, and Jin activated Three Feet Before Me: Repulsion Force.
• Kurama reached within a meter of Jin, then hesitated because Jin still had not reacted.

Uchiha Jin used a mysterious repulsive power to break the Nine-Tails’ paw and fling him into Uchiha Madara’s statue. The Nine-Tails attacked again, but Jin’s tricks left him striking the statue and then injuring his own nose.

• The Nine-Tails struck at Jin, but his paw rebounded off a rigid force and broke.
• Jin blasted the Nine-Tails into Uchiha Madara’s statue, shattering its arm and shoulder.
• The Nine-Tails pulled himself free and challenged Jin, who taunted him from beneath Senju Hashirama’s feet.
• The Nine-Tails swept his tails down, but hit the statue instead of Jin.
• The Nine-Tails spotted Jin on his nose and slammed both paws down, only to strike himself and stagger backward in pain.

Jin effortlessly dodged Kurama’s barrage of Tailed Beast Bombs and taunted him, prompting the Nine-Tails to unleash a violent outburst that still failed to harm him. As Jin demanded Kurama surrender, six black chains appeared beside the Nine-Tails.

• Kurama launched ten Tailed Beast Bombs across the Valley of the End, but Jin dodged each blast with Flying Thunder God.
• Shinobi in the Leaf and Ōnoki and A watched the distant explosions and realized how devastating the battle was; A noticed that Yugito had disappeared.
• Matatabi arrived in the valley and cheered for Jin to beat Kurama.
• Jin stood unharmed on Kurama’s head and mocked his fur, driving the Nine-Tails into a furious outburst that shook the valley.
• Jin told Kurama his attacks could not reach him and demanded that he surrender, as six black chains appeared beside the Nine-Tails.

Jin used the Senra Heart Chain to suppress Kurama, then gained the Instant Tailed Beast Bomb trait. He suspected Orochimaru was behind the Raikage and Tsuchikage’s advance force and planned to visit the Third Hokage, whom he had kept alive to draw Orochimaru out.

• Jin’s black chains overwhelmed Kurama, who begged him to stop and fell into the pool while Matatabi laughed.
• Matatabi took control of Yugito’s body, tore her tattered clothes, and posed coyly for Jin, who showed no interest.
• Jin received the Instant Tailed Beast Bomb trait after defeating Kurama and wondered whether his Yin Chakra and Wood Release could let him use it.
• Jin reasoned that Orochimaru might have manipulated the Raikage and Tsuchikage and would eventually come for the Third Hokage.
• Jin decided to visit the Third Hokage, whom he had spared because a living Sarutobi Hiruzen could help draw Orochimaru out.

Jin dismissed Matatabi’s attempt to seduce him and went to the Hokage’s Office, where Sarutobi Hiruzen faced him after the battle. Jin effortlessly repelled the Anbu’s attack, killing all eight and leaving the office silent.

• Matatabi, controlling Yugito, tried to seduce Jin, but he mocked her and threatened to burn her to ash.
• Jin vanished from the Valley of the End, leaving Matatabi embarrassed and the Nine-Tails humiliated by her behavior.
• Jin appeared in the Hokage’s Office, where Sarutobi Hiruzen realized the Nine-Tails had failed to stop him.
• Eight Anbu Elite attacked Jin with shuriken and kunai to protect Hiruzen.
• Jin stopped the weapons with a force field and repelled them, killing all eight Anbu.

Uchiha Jin defeated the Anbu guarding the Hokage's Office and looted their corpses to steal their traits. His display of power frightened Sarutobi Hiruzen so badly that Hiruzen offered him the Hokage position and snapped to attention when Jin addressed him.

• Jin's attack killed several Anbu, and most of the guards outside froze in fear until Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered them not to interfere.
• Jin checked his system notifications, saw that copying Utatane Gyakufuu's trait had failed, and used Nine-Tails chakra to loot the corpse instead.
• Jin successfully plundered Taijutsu Mastery and Fuinjutsu Affinity from Utatane Gyakufuu, then continued looting the other bodies.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen removed his Hokage hat and offered the position to Jin, claiming he was old and frail.
• Jin addressed Sarutobi Hiruzen, who immediately snapped to attention and answered, leaving Jin baffled by the turn of events.

Jin confronted Sarutobi Hiruzen in the Hokage's Office and forced him to promise to use the Reaper Death Seal when a future crisis required it. He left after revealing that he knew Hiruzen had secretly sent Konoha's defense map to the Cloud Village and Iwagakure, leaving the Third Hokage shaken and resigned.

• Jin approached Sarutobi Hiruzen in the Hokage's Office and demanded that he use the Reaper Death Seal to resolve a future problem.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen agreed, then protested that Jin was destroying Konoha by forcing him to accept such a sacrifice.
• Jin asserted his power by cracking the iron door and desk, then warned Hiruzen to remember his words.
• Jin revealed that he knew Hiruzen had secretly sent Konoha's defense map to the Cloud Village and Iwagakure before leaving the office.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen feared the secret would become public, thought of Danzo, and finally accepted his fate.

Jin enhanced Spore Technique into the Spore God trait and went to test it at the Forest of Death. There, he healed Ōnoki’s back and immediately ordered him back to work on Konoha’s reconstruction.

• Jin used an Epic Enhancement Point to turn Spore Technique into the gold-grade Spore God trait, which planted Chakra spores and gradually influenced people’s attitudes toward him.
• Jin headed to the Forest of Death to test his new ability while more than two hundred elite Jonin worked on reconstruction.
• Ōnoki used Dust Release to turn boulders into fine foundation material as Iwagakure Jonin collected it.
• An Iwagakure Jonin scolded Ōnoki for wasting material, and Ōnoki strained his back while working.
• Jin appeared and used a red Chakra cloak to heal Ōnoki’s back, then told him to get back to work.

Uchiha Jin used Spore God to give the exhausted workers Tailed Beast Cloaks as Ōnoki and Fourth Raikage A quarried and processed stone for construction. The chapter left Jin watching Yugito use her flames to fire bricks under Yamanaka Torifu’s direction.

• Ōnoki resumed breaking down stone after Jin teased him, while Jin gave the Iwagakure squad Tailed Beast Cloaks to restore their strength.
• Fourth Raikage A hauled massive boulders for Ōnoki, then asked Jin for a Tailed Beast Cloak and returned to work with its help.
• Iwagakure shinobi used Gōriki-shiki no Jutsu to carry freshly made bricks to the west.
• Yugito fired flames into a kiln while Yamanaka Torifu ordered her to control the temperature and cool the bricks with water.
• Jin watched Yugito work and thought of a sexy wildcat stirring up trouble online.

Jin crushed a strike by the Cloud Shinobi prisoners and gave Shikaku a chakra whip to enforce their obedience. Shisui then told Jin that Orochimaru had gone to the Land of Wind.

• The Cloud Shinobi prisoners stopped felling trees and demanded better food, prompting Shikaku to confront them.
• Jin appeared and lashed the protesting Cloud Shinobi with sealing chains until they fell silent and returned to work.
• Jin gave Shikaku a whip formed from black Chakra and told him to use it on prisoners who refused to obey.
• Shisui arrived and reported that Orochimaru had gone to the Land of Wind.