Chapter Summaries

Tendo nearly sided with Black Zetsu, but Konan stopped him after invoking Uchiha Madara, and Itachi raised Susanoo to protect Jin. Jin’s Mangekyo began changing and released black chakra that overwhelmed Itachi and destabilized Susanoo, just as Black Zetsu rushed to seize him and a mysterious chain technique appeared.

• Tendo moved to confront Itachi, but Konan stopped him and hinted at Uchiha Madara, so Tendo held back.
• Black Zetsu used the Mayfly Technique to approach Jin from underground, but Itachi blocked him with Susanoo.
• Jin’s Mangekyo began changing, and black liquid chakra fell from his eyes and pierced the ground.
• Itachi was overwhelmed by the black chakra, spat blood, and watched his Susanoo begin to crumble.
• Black Zetsu charged toward Jin again, but chains filled the space around him as the voice of the Samsara Heart Chain sounded.

Jin awakened Yin Release and used the Forest of a Thousand Realms Heart Chains to threaten Black Zetsu, but he exhausted himself and was rescued by Jiraiya. Pain’s forces remained in the ruins while Konan and Nagato considered the strange chains and Jin’s abilities.

• Black Zetsu invaded Jin, but Jin’s newly awakened Yin Release formed six chains that pierced Black Zetsu’s consciousness and nearly captured him.
• Black Zetsu escaped into the ground after Jin withdrew the chains, and Jin learned that attaching Yin Release to Adamantine Sealing had created the Forest of a Thousand Realms Heart Chains.
• Jin collapsed from depleted Chakra and severe head pain, so Jiraiya fought off Pain’s attack and used a reverse summoning to escape with him.
• Deva Path Pain gathered the remains of the other Pains, while Black Zetsu lay trembling and Konan wondered whether Jin could restore Nagato’s vitality.
• Nagato examined the black rods behind him and reflected on Jin’s eyes and chains.

As Konoha’s investigation exposed corruption and hidden Root forces, its leaders discovered signs that shinobi from other villages had infiltrated the Forest of Death. Fugaku strengthened security and ordered protection for Jin and Jiraiya, while suspecting the Raikage and Tsuchikage were preparing for a wider conflict.

• Shikaku reviewed financial records linking unexplained spending to abandoned Root outposts and worried about reports of a Byakugan near them.
• Choza found that meat consumption had fallen while vegetables and grains had increased, and set out to investigate the unusual logistics figures.
• Inoichi detected a coded Kumogakure message near the Forest of Death and realized it had appeared deep inside Konoha territory.
• An Uchiha Jonin reported battle traces of Lightning and Earth Release in the Forest of Death, with at least five foreign Chunin-level shinobi suspected of infiltrating.
• Fugaku ordered Hyuga Fu to have the southeastern checkpoints investigated again and sent out more scouts and sensory teams to protect Jin and Jiraiya.
• Fugaku suspected the Raikage and Tsuchikage had recognized Konoha’s weakness and wondered whether the Fourth Great Ninja War was approaching.

After suffering severe mental exhaustion from awakening Yin Release, Jin began absorbing Natural Energy at Mount Myōboku, throwing the holy land’s senjutsu into chaos. The Great Toad Sage dismissed his power as unrelated to Indra, while the toads discovered Jin was draining their Senjutsu Energy.

• Jin retched black Chakra fluid after merging with the Reincarnation Rule Fragment, and Jiraiya worried over his injuries.
• Jin asked Jiraiya to train in Sage Mode, then absorbed Natural Energy beneath the waterfall and instantly formed Sage Mode markings.
• Jiraiya tried to absorb Natural Energy but fled when Jin’s presence made it violent and altered the waterfall’s energy.
• Sage Fukasaku reported Jin’s Yin Release to the Great Toad Sage, who said it had nothing to do with Indra and told him to carry on as usual.
• A fierce wind swept across Mount Myōboku, and Fukasaku recalled the chaos Jin had caused during his previous visit.
• Fukasaku sent the toads away from the waterfall, but one little toad noticed its Senjutsu Energy was being stolen by Jin.

Uchiha Jin forcibly absorbed Mount Myōboku’s Natural Energy for three days, draining its waterfall and deep pool as the toads and Sage Fukasaku watched helplessly. After recovering, Jin declared that the Leaf had entered the world and took Jiraiya back with him, while Sage Fukasaku accepted his departure because he was different.

• Jin unleashed a powerful pull that drew in Mount Myōboku’s Natural Energy and Senjutsu Chakra, leaving the toads unable to gather any.
• Sage Fukasaku warned Jin that absorbing so much Natural Energy could turn him to stone, but the force kept Fukasaku and Jiraiya at a distance.
• The Great Toad Sage woke, wondered whether change would begin on Mount Myōboku, and went back to sleep after accepting the destruction as a possible new beginning.
• After three days, Jin stopped absorbing energy, leaving Mount Myōboku’s waterfall and deep pool drained dry.
• Jin told Jiraiya that the Leaf had entered the world, then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take them away.
• When the toads protested that Jin had left Mount Myōboku without its Senjutsu Energy, Sage Fukasaku said Jin was different.

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.