Chapter Summaries

Bai Yue coerced Tsunade into helping him with a secret project by demonstrating that he could create life with Yin-Yang Release. At his secret base, he formed a humanoid figure that Tsunade recognized as Kushina.

• Bai Yue teased and restrained Tsunade until he offered her ten million Ryo to help him.
• Bai Yue created a living bird with Yin-Yang Release, astonishing Tsunade and the Nine-Tails.
• Bai Yue promised Tsunade another ten million Ryo after the task and led her to his secret base.
• Bai Yue made two Shadow Clones guard the entrance and began forming hand seals as Yin-Yang Release Chakra gathered into a humanoid figure.
• Tsunade recognized the figure as Kushina and burst into tears.

Bai Yue revived Kushina and left Tsunade to care for her, confident that witnessing the Resurrection Jutsu would keep Tsunade in Konoha. He later learned that he was already Konoha’s Fifth Hokage and brushed off preparations for his Succession Ceremony.

• Bai Yue completed Kushina’s revival, and Tsunade confirmed that her sister was alive but too weak to stay conscious.
• Tsunade covered the unclothed Kushina with Bai Yue’s clothing, then argued with him about his lack of preparation and his Byakugan.
• Bai Yue arranged for Hyuga Bun to fetch Shizune and returned to rest, thinking about how Tsunade’s experience with the Resurrection Jutsu might draw her in.
• Anbu woke Bai Yue and urged him to attend the Succession Ceremony, revealing that he had already become Konoha’s Fifth Hokage.
• Bai Yue told the Anbu to proceed with the ceremony as planned and said he would arrive at the critical moment.

Bai Yue took Danzo and the Flying Thunder God Squad directly to Sunagakure to force the village to submit. After Sunagakure sent its aerial Sandbird Squad to attack, Bai Yue destroyed the squad in a single strike, leaving both sides stunned.

• Bai Yue appointed Shiranui Genma and the other members of the Flying Thunder God Squad as his personal guards.
• Bai Yue teleported Danzo and the squad straight to the skies above Sunagakure, demonstrating his ability to travel there instantly.
• Chiyo and Ebizo prepared Sunagakure's forces to capture Bai Yue alive and warned their troops about his flying Ninjutsu.
• Bai Yue threatened Chiyo and told Sunagakure he had chosen a difficult path to make the village submit willingly.
• A commander sent the Sandbird Squad to attack Bai Yue's group, and Bai Yue killed its members with Earth Release: Lion's Roar - Earth Scroll.

Bai Yue surrounded Sunagakure with four enormous sand lions and demanded the village submit or die. After the attack devastated much of the village and endangered its civilians, the Sand Ninja began calling for surrender, and Bai Yue asked Chiyo about the village’s leadership.

• Bai Yue raised four gigantic sand lions around Sunagakure, leaving the Sand Ninja stunned and Danzo excited by his power.
• More than a hundred Sand Ninja combined their Earth Release to raise a wall, but a sand lion shattered it with one swipe.
• A Sand Jonin rallied the frightened defenders, who joined forces and attacked the lions, but their techniques had no effect.
• Bai Yue demanded submission or death as the lions advanced, destroying half the village and exposing civilians hiding underground.
• Sand Ninja called for surrender as Ebizo and Chiyo struggled to decide what to do, and Bai Yue silenced the village before asking Chiyo about the Sand Ninja leadership.

Bai Yue forced Sunagakure to surrender, devastated much of the village, and ordered its Jonin to accompany him to Konoha for his inauguration. As Chiyo began preparing the village for absorption into Konoha, Shikaku Nara anxiously waited for Bai Yue, who had yet to appear at the ceremony.

• Chiyo surrendered, and Bai Yue unleashed a destructive Earth Release technique followed by Silver Tensei Burst, leaving seven-tenths of Sunagakure in ruins and injuring Namiashi Raidō with flying debris.
• Bai Yue ordered Sunagakure's Jonin and Special Jonin to gather, then selected them to accompany him to Konoha and declared that the village would temporarily be called Nameless Village.
• Chiyo assured Bai Yue that Sunagakure would not resist, while Ebizo noted that their early surrender might bring benefits and Chiyo ordered Sand Ninja to replace their forehead protectors with Konoha ones.
• Shikaku Nara grew anxious because more than half of Bai Yue's inauguration ceremony had passed without the Fifth Hokage appearing.

Bai Yue returned to Konoha with hundreds of captured Sunagakure ninja and announced that Sunagakure had been erased and its shinobi incorporated into Konoha. As Shikaku managed the jubilant crowd, a hidden observer worried that Nagato might not be able to defeat Hyuga Baiyue and considered advancing the plan.

• Shikaku Nara spotted Bai Yue returning with Danzo, the Flying Thunder God Squad, and hundreds of frightened Sunagakure ninja, then reassured the crowd that the Fifth Hokage had captured them.
• Bai Yue ordered Shikaku to register the Sand Ninja as Konoha Chunin and Special Jonin and announced that Sunagakure was erased from the Ninja World.
• Konoha's villagers erupted in cheers at the news, while Bai Yue teleported away and left Shikaku to arrange the incorporation.
• Danzo approved of Bai Yue's actions, while an ordinary-looking ninja in a dark corner wondered whether Nagato could defeat Hyuga Baiyue and considered moving the plan forward.

Bai Yue returned home after a tumultuous day and visited the recovering Kushina, telling her about Naruto and bringing her an album of his childhood photos. Kushina laughed with him, then grew furious at the embarrassing pictures and vowed to beat Bai Yue once she recovered.

• Bai Yue left the Hokage succession proceedings and returned home to check on Kushina.
• Bai Yue answered Kushina’s questions about Naruto, including his training with Jiraiya and his closeness with Sasuke Uchiha and Gaara.
• Bai Yue revealed that Mikoto was dead, and Kushina cried over missing Naruto’s childhood before Bai Yue comforted her.
• Bai Yue brought Kushina an album filled with funny and embarrassing photos of Naruto.
• Kushina laughed at the photos, then silently resolved to beat Bai Yue after she recovered.

Bai Yue settled into his role as Hokage, delegated paperwork, and reviewed matters concerning Sunagakure and Kakashi. After receiving intelligence from Itachi Uchiha, he approved Kakashi’s mission to escort Kazahana Koyuki back to the Land of Snow and gave him another task.

• Bai Yue complained about waking early, then told Tsunade she would become a Hokage advisor and offered her a chance to resurrect someone.
• Bai Yue teleported to the Hokage’s office, asked Shikaku to form a Staff Department, and instructed him to treat Gaara and his siblings as ordinary Sunagakure ninja.
• Shikaku told Bai Yue that Kakashi had top-secret intelligence and had been requested for a mission to escort Kazahana Koyuki to the Land of Snow.
• Bai Yue read the intelligence Itachi Uchiha had sent through Kakashi and passed it to Shikaku.
• Bai Yue approved Kakashi’s mission, and Kakashi accepted it to settle his score with Nadare Rōga.
• Bai Yue told Kakashi he had one more task for him.

Baiyue handed Team 8 to Kakashi, ordered Shikaku to demand Ao’s head and Byakugan from Kirigakure, then detected and confronted a disguised White Zetsu. Black Zetsu escaped after Baiyue killed the White Zetsu host, while Konoha’s Anbu began investigating the transformed tree.

• Baiyue assigned Kakashi to lead Team 8 on the mission and told Shikaku to demand Ao’s head and Byakugan from Kirigakure.
• The Nine-Tails alerted Baiyue to intense malice, and Baiyue used his Byakugan to spot a disguised Anbu near the Hokage Building.
• Baiyue confronted the disguised White Zetsu at Hokage Rock and ordered the Anbu and Flying Thunder God Squad to stand back.
• Baiyue questioned White Zetsu about wanting a mother, then snapped its neck when it refused to reveal its purpose.
• Black Zetsu fled as the dead White Zetsu transformed into a tree, and the Anbu summoned the Sealing Squad and Intelligence Division to investigate.

Black Zetsu was alarmed by Bai Yue’s strength and returned to the Land of Rain to report, while Bai Yue encountered Fuji Fuyuki and Naruto before considering several movie-related objects worth investigating. Black Zetsu then enlisted Hidan and Kakuzu for a mission, prompting Hidan to threaten him.

• Black Zetsu feared Bai Yue would thwart his plan to revive Kaguya Otsutsuki and set off for the Land of Rain to report what he had learned.
• Bai Yue stopped Fuji Fuyuki’s horse in the street, then greeted Naruto, who asked to learn Rainbow Chakra after watching a movie.
• Fuji Fuyuki slipped away while Bai Yue told Naruto Rainbow Chakra was useless and then vanished to think about Mōryō, Zero-Tails, the Box of Paradise, and the Dragon Vein.
• Black Zetsu returned to the Land of Rain and encountered Hidan and Kakuzu, who were preparing to hunt bounty targets.
• Black Zetsu told Hidan and Kakuzu to come along because he might need their help, and Kakuzu stopped Hidan from attacking him.

Black Zetsu told the Akatsuki that Hyuga Baiyue had defeated and was absorbing Sunagakure, while Naruto’s team was heading to the Land of Snow. Pain sent several Akatsuki members to ambush Naruto there, unaware that the Land of Snow was about to receive powerful visitors.

• Black Zetsu reported that Bai Yue had overwhelmed Sunagakure and warned that his strength could make capturing the One-Tail or Nine-Tails difficult.
• Konan told Pain that Ōnoki had offered two billion for Bai Yue’s assassination, and Kakuzu argued the reward should be at least five billion.
• Pain ordered Kakuzu, Hidan, Deidara, and Sasori to ambush Naruto in the Land of Snow, then added Itachi and Kisame after Black Zetsu warned Bai Yue might teleport to support him.
• Pain tasked Black Zetsu with continuing to search for the One-Tail’s location.
• Kazahana Dōtō looked forward to reclaiming the Hexagonal Crystal, unaware of the Akatsuki’s plans for the Land of Snow.
• Naruto, Sakura, and Kiba Inuzuka found filmmaking disappointing, and Akamaru stopped barking after the crew scolded him.

Bai Yue visited Orochimaru’s secret base to collect two Forbidden Jutsu scrolls and discussed Orochimaru’s possible return to Konoha, the Sky Ninja, and White Zetsu research. He left to tour the base with Kimimaro accompanying him, while Tayuya recognized him and remembered the terror he had caused in Konoha.

• Kimimaro attacked Bai Yue with Ten Fingers Bullet, but Bai Yue used Orochimaru as a shield and Kimimaro accidentally injured his revered master again.
• Bai Yue took the Living Corpse Reincarnation and Impure World Reincarnation scrolls from Orochimaru, who washed them before Bai Yue stored them away.
• Bai Yue learned Danzo was funding Orochimaru and said Orochimaru could return to Konoha, though Orochimaru chose to stay away for now.
• Bai Yue asked Orochimaru to investigate the Sky Ninja, Zero-Tails, and Sky Fortress, and to bring back the Body Activation Technique for study.
• Orochimaru described White Zetsu as a promising vessel for Living Corpse Reincarnation and a source of the First Hokage’s Wood Release power.
• Orochimaru ordered Kimimaro to accompany Bai Yue and treat him with respect, while Tayuya encountered Bai Yue and recalled his terrifying power.

Bai Yue took Tayuya into the True Illusionary Realm and learned that Orochimaru and his followers had become his subordinates. After Hyuga Seisen tried to assassinate him, Bai Yue captured him, intending to use him for Toneri.

• Bai Yue teased Tayuya about wanting power, then took her into the True Illusionary Realm.
• Kabuto Yakushi told Kimimaro that Orochimaru and the others now served Bai Yue, and that Bai Yue had cured Kimimaro's bloodline disease.
• Hyuga Seisen attacked Bai Yue, but Hyuga Goruryu restrained him.
• Hyuga Goruryu explained how the Hyuga Clan had changed after the new Singing Bird Seal was introduced and Hyuga So's branch lost its standing.
• Bai Yue took Hyuga Seisen away and told Hyuga Goruryu to tell Hiashi that he had a use for him.

Bai Yue visited Tayuya in the True Illusionary Realm and explained its power, then helped Toneri receive transplanted Byakugan so he could pursue awakening the Tenseigan. After revealing the Tenseigan’s strength, Bai Yue offered Tayuya a pair of Sharingan.

• Bai Yue greeted Haku, teased him about his feminine appearance, and sent him back to Zabuza.
• Bai Yue reassured Tayuya that residents of the True Illusionary Realm could grow stronger through their beliefs and told her she would soon no longer need her device.
• Bai Yue summoned Toneri and Hyuga Seisen, transplanted Seisen’s Byakugan into Toneri, and used Tenseigan Dōjutsu Power to speed their evolution.
• Bai Yue sent Toneri back to Otsutsuki Hagoromo and explained to Tayuya that the Tenseigan rivaled the Rinnegan and had formidable offensive power.
• Bai Yue showed Tayuya his own Tenseigan and offered her a pair of Sharingan taken during the Uchiha Clan Massacre Night.

Bai Yue promised Tayuya the Sharingan before leaving the True Illusionary Realm and meeting Tsunade at a Konoha bathhouse. As Tsunade drank, she asked whether resurrection was truly a good thing, and Bai Yue defended Kushina Master’s Wife’s return.

• Bai Yue told Tayuya that the Sharingan could evolve and promised to give her the eyes, then pulled her into his arms.
• Bai Yue met Tsunade on the streets of Konoha, and Tsunade told him to bathe because of the smell on him.
• Bai Yue and Tsunade went to a village bathhouse, where the owner brought them to a divided private pool and Tsunade ordered alcohol.
• Bai Yue hummed and ate fruit in the hot spring while Tsunade drank and became muddled.
• Tsunade asked Bai Yue whether resurrection was a good thing, and he replied that Kushina Master’s Wife’s return made those attached to her happy.

Bai Yue refused Tsunade’s request to revive Nawaki and Dan Katō, then checked Kushina’s recovery and told her she could soon begin rehabilitation. Kushina looked forward to seeing Naruto again.

• Tsunade burst into Bai Yue’s hot spring to demand that he drink with her, and he restrained her until she sobered up.
• Tsunade asked Bai Yue to revive two people, but he refused and teleported away.
• Bai Yue returned home, dressed, and went to check on Kushina because Tsunade had not returned to care for her.
• Shizune reported that Kushina’s condition was stable, and Bai Yue confirmed her recovery was progressing well.
• Bai Yue told Kushina to start moving her limbs for rehabilitation, and she eagerly anticipated seeing Naruto soon.

Bai Yue discussed Konoha’s growing influence, its former Sand Ninja, and plans to pressure Kirigakure while arranging more help for Shikaku. In the Land of Snow, the Akatsuki confronted Kazahana Dōtō, and Hidan was caught in Dōtō’s attack as the fight began.

• Bai Yue learned that former Sand Ninja were mostly integrating well and that the Land of Wind planned to send Konoha five billion Ryo in military funds.
• Bai Yue ordered Shikaku to threaten Kirigakure over Ao and arranged for Ebizo and possibly Chiyo to help with village affairs.
• Kazahana Dōtō welcomed the Akatsuki Organization at his palace after a Snow Ninja crashed through the gates.
• Kazahana Dōtō attacked the five Akatsuki members with Black Dragon Blizzard Kill, but Hidan was struck by the attack as he entered the hall.
• Kazahana Dōtō used Twin Dragon Blizzard Kill, and Itachi Uchiha countered with Fire Release while Hidan remained injured.

Sasori’s team defeated Kazahana Dōtō and learned of his Great Secret Treasure, while Kakashi’s group discovered that six Akatsuki members were responsible. Kakashi ordered the ship to turn back and flee, but Deidara’s explosive attack struck as they tried to leave.

• Sasori took over the fight against Kazahana Dōtō, and Kakuzu interrogated the poisoned leader after Sasori’s puppet defeated him.
• Kakuzu forced Kazahana Dōtō to reveal the Great Secret Treasure, while Itachi looked into the distance in thought.
• Sandayu urged Kazahana Koyuki to return to the Land of Snow, but she resisted because of her trauma.
• A messenger told Koyuki that Kazahana Dōtō and the Snow ninja had been killed by six people wearing Black Cloaks with Red Clouds.
• Kakashi recognized the attackers as Akatsuki, warned that they might be targeting Naruto, and ordered Sandayu to turn the ship around.
• Deidara shouted, “Art is explosion!” and rained white clay down on the ship, triggering an explosion.

Kakashi and his companions were ambushed by Deidara and the other Akatsuki members, while Sasuke charged at Itachi and Naruto confronted Kisame. Kakashi warned the others to escape by ship as he prepared to protect the younger fighters.

• Deidara attacked Kakashi and Shino from the air, but Kakashi revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and Shino sent a swarm of Kikaichū after him.
• Kisame, Kakuzu, Hidan, Sasori, Itachi, and the other Akatsuki members appeared, and Sasuke immediately attacked Itachi with a Great Fireball Technique.
• Sasuke's and Itachi's fireballs canceled each other out, and Sasuke charged at Itachi with Chidori.
• Naruto entered Tailed Beast Mode and attacked Kisame with a Rasengan, but Samehada absorbed the attack and chakra while injuring Naruto.
• Kakashi stopped Kiba from joining the fight and told Sandayu and the others to escape by ship when they had the chance.

Sakura used the Spirit Transformation Technique to help Kakashi kill Kakuzu, but Sasori deployed powerful puppets that injured Kiba and Akamaru. As the battle continued, Sakura-ge charged at Deidara while Kakuzu unexpectedly returned.

• Kakashi ordered Sakura, Hinata, and Shino to escort the others away while he, Naruto, and Sasuke held off the attackers.
• Sakura activated the Spirit Transformation Technique, possessed Kakuzu, and struck his soul until Kakashi pierced his heart with Chidori.
• Sasori summoned puppets of Kazahana Dōtō and the Third Kazekage, and Kiba and Akamaru charged them with Fang Over Fang.
• The puppets used iron sand and ice techniques to injure Kiba and Akamaru, while Sasori prepared another attack.
• Sakura-ge charged toward Deidara, but Kakuzu reappeared and warned the others about her.