Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Akira defeated Kakuzu’s challenge with Wood Release, securing Shisui’s promise that the God Organization would be his if he won. The chapter ended with Akira leaving, while Kakuzu took out his frustration on the unconscious Juzo Biwa.

• Uchiha Akira kicked Juzo Biwa into a cave wall, knocking him unconscious, and Shisui told Kisame Hoshigaki and Kakuzu that Akira would lead the God Organization if they defeated him.
• Kakuzu split into five figures with Earth Grudge Fear and attacked Akira, confident that his coordinated assault would win.
• Uchiha Akira summoned six wood clones and had them create thirty Wood Golems, which overwhelmed Kakuzu and recalled his old fear of Hashirama Senju.
• Kakuzu surrendered, and Kisame Hoshigaki raised his hands to surrender as well.
• Uchiha Akira dismissed the Wood Golems and clones, warned Kakuzu to stay grounded, and vanished.
• Kakuzu kicked the still-unconscious Juzo Biwa in anger.

Uchiha Akira returned to the Senju Clan and reunited with Tsunade, who had begun to see him as a way to revive her clan. After they spent the night together, Akira gave Tsunade his blood to strengthen her, and she awakened Wood Release.

• Juzo Biwa woke up confused, and Kakuzu falsely told him their side had won against Uchiha Akira.
• Uchiha Akira returned to the Senju Clan and learned from Tsunade that Naruto and Neji had been sent to battlefields at Iwagakure and Sunagakure.
• Tsunade explained that she wanted to revive the Senju Clan, and she and Uchiha Akira spent the night together.
• Uchiha Akira gave Tsunade his blood, and wooden spikes erupted around her as she awakened Wood Release.

Tsunade awakened Wood Release while she and Uchiha Akira spent half a month together. When Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived, desperate for Akira to save Konoha from its failing fronts and the Feudal Lord’s threat to cut off aid, Akira confronted him and demanded that he negotiate with the Feudal Lord instead.

• Tsunade gained Wood Release, with power that enhanced her physical constitution and brought her close to Unmarked Healing.
• Tsunade hid Akira’s return from Hiruzen Sarutobi and told him Akira had not come back from the Kumogakure front.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi revealed that Konoha was losing ground to Iwagakure and Sunagakure and might lose the Feudal Lord’s support, then asked Akira to drive the enemy forces away.
• Uchiha Akira appeared and stopped Hiruzen Sarutobi with his Mangekyō Sharingan, accusing him of concealing the truth about the Senju Clan from Tsunade.
• When Hiruzen Sarutobi offered to approve the Uchiha Clan’s return to Konoha’s center, Akira rejected his authority and ordered him to notify the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire.
• Uchiha Akira threatened Hiruzen Sarutobi, who fled in panic.

Hiruzen Sarutobi arranged for the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire to meet Uchiha Akira, hoping to secure his support against Iwagakure and Sunagakure. Akira demanded that all reclaimed territory belong to the Uchiha Clan, and the Daimyo's fury gave way to panic when Kumogakure attacked from the east.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi persuaded the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire that Konoha could repel Iwagakure and Sunagakure and deserved a reward.
• The Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire saw Uchiha Akira's Uchiha emblem and questioned whether the clan could be trusted because of the Nine-Tails's Rampage.
• Uchiha Akira told the Daimyo that he would reclaim invaded land only if every piece went entirely to the Uchiha Clan.
• The Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire threatened Akira and vowed to withdraw all support from Konoha.
• An aide warned the Daimyo that Kumogakure was attacking from the east and that the Land of Fire was being invaded from three sides.
• The Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire realized that defeat could cost him his lands, resources, and residence to rival daimyo and their samurai.

Uchiha Akira restrained Hiruzen Sarutobi after Hiruzen admitted he could not control him. Akira then offered the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire two choices, beginning with Konoha severing its ties to the Land of Fire.

• The Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire ordered Hiruzen Sarutobi to drive Iwagakure and Sunagakure's ninjas out.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi said he could not order Uchiha Akira around, and Akira restrained him with Sage Art: Gate of the Great God.
• Akira threatened Hiruzen Sarutobi, who fell silent rather than risk being killed.
• Akira told the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire that he had two choices and offered to sever all ties between Konoha and the Land of Fire.
• The Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire protested that Konoha could not abandon him after accepting his support for so many years.

Orochimaru attacked Uchiha Akira to test the limits of his power, but Akira turned Orochimaru’s summoned snakes against him with his Mangekyō Sharingan. Akira offered to show Orochimaru the heights a ninja could reach, and Orochimaru agreed to lead him to the Mangekyō Sharingan he had obtained.

• Orochimaru reflected on his lifelong search for the meaning of life and sought answers in Uchiha Akira.
• Akira appeared behind Orochimaru on the battlefield and challenged him to measure a god’s will.
• Orochimaru used Shadow Multi-Snake Hand to restrain Akira, but Akira’s Mangekyō Sharingan made Orochimaru’s summoned snakes restrain their master instead.
• Orochimaru became excited by Akira’s power and declared that he wanted to discover life’s meaning through him.
• Akira explained that each person had to find their own meaning and offered to show Orochimaru the limits of a ninja.
• Orochimaru agreed to take Akira to the Mangekyō Sharingan, while Akira anticipated that doing so would bring him closer to obtaining the Rinnegan.

Jiraiya summoned Fukasaku and Shima to defend Konoha against Uchiha Akira, whose Rinnegan powers overwhelmed their attacks. Akira then unleashed a world-spanning ability and summoned a colossal meteor over Konoha, leaving Jiraiya terrified as it fell.

• Jiraiya summoned Fukasaku and Shima after recognizing Akira's Rinnegan, and the two sages reacted with alarm at the legendary eyes.
• Jiraiya, Fukasaku, and Shima combined oil, wind, and fire into Gōka Mekuri, but Akira absorbed the entire attack with the Preta Path.
• Akira entered Sage Mode instantly and taunted Jiraiya about his difficulty mastering it.
• Akira activated Eternal Present of the World, then summoned Susanoo and used Tengai Shinsei.
• A meteor hundreds of meters wide appeared over central Konoha, and Jiraiya trembled in fear as it descended.

Uchiha Akira demonstrated the Rinnegan’s power by destroying Konoha’s battlefield with meteors, then restoring everyone through his Eternal Present of the World. He declared his plan to unify the Ninja World under his sole authority, leaving Jiraiya unable to reconcile his hopes for peace with the realities of war.

• Jiraiya urged Konoha’s ninja to flee, but Uchiha Akira summoned a second, larger meteor that devastated the battlefield and apparently killed nearly everyone.
• Orochimaru survived underground, and Uchiha Akira used Eternal Present of the World to restore Konoha, the land, and the dead ninja to their earlier state.
• Uchiha Akira explained that his ability could anchor living beings and objects to a state, letting them recover from injury or death for half an hour.
• Uchiha Akira told Jiraiya he had founded an organization to make the entire Ninja World obey one voice, and Jiraiya accused him of being an ambitious schemer.
• Uchiha Akira challenged Jiraiya’s belief that mutual understanding and the Child of Prophecy could end war, while Jiraiya insisted he would never rule as a tyrant.
• A Kumogakure ninja killed a disarmed Konoha ninja and defended the act as part of their nations’ conflict, prompting Uchiha Akira to criticize Jiraiya’s ideals and declare his intention to unify the Ninja World.

Uchiha Akira challenged Jiraiya’s belief that love and understanding could bring peace, forcing him to confront his own contradictions and habit of running away. As Jiraiya asked whether Akira would harm Konoha, Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived and offered to grant Akira any conditions, including land.

• Jiraiya defended his faith in love and understanding, but Uchiha Akira pointed to the Konoha ninja killed by a Kumogakure ninja as evidence against it.
• Uchiha Akira questioned how Jiraiya would handle wars involving Konoha and other villages, then challenged his willingness to ignore conflicts between Iwagakure and Sunagakure.
• Jiraiya struggled to answer as Uchiha Akira accused him of repeatedly running away, recalling his choices concerning Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Konoha during the Third Ninja World War.
• Uchiha Akira told Jiraiya to step back and reminded him that he had promised Hiruzen Sarutobi to protect his Konoha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi rushed in and urged Uchiha Akira to return, offering to accept any conditions and let him keep all the land he had reclaimed.

Uchiha Akira left Konoha with a thousand ninjas and more than ten thousand family members as Konoha faced defeat on several fronts, then built a new city in the north of the Land of Fire. Six months later, he visited Orochimaru’s laboratory with Tsunade, who discovered several naked Orochimarus in containers.

• Uchiha Akira rejected Hiruzen Sarutobi’s offer and invited Konoha’s ninjas to leave with him, taking their families to safety.
• A thousand ninjas and more than ten thousand family members followed Uchiha Akira, while Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that the Iwagakure and Sunagakure fronts were collapsing and that Naruto Uzumaki and Hyuga Neji had been taken away.
• Six months later, Uchiha Akira had built a vast city in the north of the Land of Fire while the three great ninja villages surrounded Konoha without attacking.
• Uchiha Akira and Tsunade visited Orochimaru’s underground laboratory, where Tsunade saw several naked Orochimarus in containers.

Uchiha Akira gave Orochimaru his Rinnegan and used its power to resurrect Nawaki. Tsunade reunited with her brother, who mistook her for someone who had died, and punched him after Akira assured her he would survive.

• Uchiha Akira removed his Rinnegan and handed it to Orochimaru, warning him against betrayal.
• Orochimaru implanted the Rinnegan and used Immortality Reincarnation to transfer himself into a clone as Akira began a resurrection technique.
• Akira summoned a coffin and used the Rinnegan's power to bring Nawaki back from the dead.
• Tsunade embraced Nawaki, who asked why she had died so soon and complained about losing his source of paper offerings.
• Akira told Tsunade that he had added his cells to Nawaki's body, and Tsunade punched her brother.

Uchiha Akira and Orochimaru revived Minato Namikaze using the Rinnegan, and Minato awoke wary but grateful. Akira told him Konoha was likely already on the verge of collapse, leaving Minato to confront the state of the village.

• Akira let Orochimaru proceed with reviving Minato and warned him that the Fourth Hokage might not be willing to cooperate.
• Orochimaru released the Reaper Death Seal, then switched bodies to avoid being consumed by the Reaper.
• Minato awoke in the laboratory, sensed that he was still in the Ninja World, and guarded himself when he saw Orochimaru.
• Minato thanked Akira for reviving him but promised not to help with anything that violated his principles or harmed Konoha.
• Akira told Minato he had no need to harm Konoha because it likely already existed in name only.

Uchiha Akira tested Minato Namikaze’s loyalty to Konoha, then sent him to learn about the current Ninja World while promising to revive Kushina. After Minato left, Tsunade worried that Akira had paid a terrible price to revive Nawaki, and Akira pretended to collapse so she would care for him.

• Uchiha Akira told Minato Namikaze that Konoha was in danger, and Minato prepared to return before learning Naruto Uzumaki was safe with Akira.
• Minato asked why Akira had revived him, and Akira said he had been testing Minato’s loyalty and instructed him to learn about the current Ninja World before meeting again in the Land of God.
• Uchiha Akira said he planned to revive Kushina and teased Minato about finding Naruto a stepfather, prompting Minato to promise he would return.
• Tsunade noticed Akira looked pale and worried that he had paid a great price to revive Nawaki.
• Uchiha Akira spat out blood and pretended he could not move, telling Tsunade that she would have to tend to everything.

After spending half a month with Tsunade, Uchiha Akira learned that the Hyuga Branch Family had defied Hiruzen Sarutobi’s orders, and Neji blamed himself for teaching them archery. As Konoha’s defenses held under pressure, Hiruzen confronted Hyuga Shota and demanded that Hyuga Hiashi control his clansmen.

• Orochimaru questioned whether the Rinnegan had suffered lasting damage, and Uchiha Akira knocked him unconscious with a scarlet gaze.
• After half a month, Uchiha Akira heard that the Hyuga Branch Family had resisted Hiruzen Sarutobi’s orders.
• Hyuga Neji apologized to Uchiha Akira for teaching the Branch Family the Art of the Bow and Arrow, and Akira reassured him and promised he had prepared something to strengthen him.
• Uchiha Akira left to watch the Hyuga affair, while Neji resolved to train harder and remain devoted to his teacher.
• Konoha’s outer defenses had fallen, but its Anbu kept the other villages cautious by targeting their strongest ninja.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi accused Hyuga Shota of wanting to surrender and ordered Hyuga Hiashi to discipline the Branch Family.

As Konoha’s clan leaders debated surrender, Hyuga Shota and Shimura Danzo openly supported it, turning the vote against Hiruzen Sarutobi. The vote stood at six to six until Inuzuka Aka chose surrender to spare the Inuzuka Clan’s remaining ninja dogs and friends.

• Hyuga Hiashi claimed he could not interfere with the Branch Family, and Hiruzen Sarutobi realized the Hyuga Main Family had backed the push for surrender.
• Hyuga Shota argued that Konoha had already lost and should surrender to preserve lives and fighting strength, while Utatane Koharu rebuked him.
• Uchiha Akira watched unseen from the Hokage Building roof and wondered whether Kumogakure had offered the Hyuga Clan benefits.
• Shimura Danzo supported surrender and proposed a vote among the thirteen clan heads, prompting Hiruzen Sarutobi to call for a show of hands.
• The vote reached a six-to-six tie before Inuzuka Aka raised the back of his hand for surrender, explaining that the Inuzuka Clan could not endure more fighting after losing nearly all its ninja dogs.

Hiruzen Sarutobi accepted Konoha’s surrender after Shimura Danzo forced the decision, and Minato Namikaze concluded that Konoha had long since rotted. The victorious villages celebrated, while Uchiha Akira approved the Raikage’s plan to punish the Hyuga and Shimura clans after recruiting them.

• Shimura Danzo used the 7:6 vote to force Hiruzen Sarutobi to accept surrender, and Konoha raised white flags across all three battlefields.
• Minato Namikaze reflected on Konoha’s treatment of Naruto and the Uchiha Clan and decided surrender might be its best possible ending.
• Ōnoki celebrated Iwagakure’s victory, while Rasa and Chiyo rejoiced that Sunagakure had defeated Konoha.
• Uchiha Akira arrived at the Kumogakure front and praised the Raikage for secretly recruiting the Hyuga Clan and Shimura Clan.
• Uchiha Akira told the Raikage that the Hyuga Clan had insulted Neji, and the Raikage promised to make both clans low-ranking in Kumogakure.

Uchiha Akira left the division of Konoha’s spoils to the Raikage, while Minato Namikaze’s return forced the other villages to preserve a larger share for Konoha. After confronting Hiruzen Sarutobi over Naruto and the Uchiha Clan, Minato visited the Land of God and grew curious about Akira’s rule, then heard that Iwagakure had come looking for trouble.

• Uchiha Akira told the Raikage to subdue Konoha and warned him that Minato Namikaze had been revived.
• The Raikage, Rasa, Ōnoki of Both Scales, and Hiruzen Sarutobi argued over the Land of Fire’s territory until Minato Namikaze appeared and stopped them from stripping Konoha of most of its land.
• The Raikage and Ōnoki sidelined Rasa and agreed to divide the spoils, leaving Sunagakure with only one-fifth of the land after Konoha’s share.
• Minato Namikaze questioned Hiruzen Sarutobi about Naruto’s treatment, the Uchiha Clan’s downfall, and Kushina’s property income, then left Konoha without accepting Hiruzen’s hopes of his return.
• Minato visited Kamimura in the Land of God, heard how Akira had saved Kamimura’s family, and wondered how bad Akira could be if he protected ordinary people.
• Minato returned to the Land of God and heard Uchiha Akira order his forces to seize their weapons and take down Iwagakure.

Uchiha Akira revived Minato Namikaze, recruited him, and sent Kakashi to investigate a masked Uchiha in Akatsuki in exchange for the chance to revive Rin Nohara. At the Land of God’s border, Akira stopped Ōnoki’s attack on Mei Terumi and realized Uchiha Obito had used the conflict as cover to take Iwagakure’s Five-Tails jinchuriki.

• Uchiha Akira revived Minato Namikaze, who pledged loyalty to him, and Akira extracted the Nine-Tails and sealed it into the Sealing Immortal Gourd.
• Kakashi reunited with Minato, then hesitated to surrender his Sharingan’s Kamui but agreed to investigate a masked Akatsuki member who was likely an Uchiha.
• Uchiha Akira, Minato Namikaze, Kakashi, and Itachi went to the border, where Ōnoki of Both Scales and Mei Terumi were confronting each other.
• Ōnoki attacked Mei Terumi with Dust Release, but Uchiha Akira absorbed the technique with the Preta Path and challenged him.
• Uchiha Akira realized Uchiha Obito had used the clash as a diversion to take Iwagakure’s Five-Tails jinchuriki.

Uchiha Akira showed Mei Terumi and the Kirigakure delegation around the Land of God, defending its surveillance and public safety policies. He openly welcomed people and ninja from other villages, even as Mei Terumi warned that this would make him an enemy of every ninja village.

• A Kumogakure ninja told Mei Terumi that Tsunade was Uchiha Akira’s girlfriend, prompting Mei Terumi to declare that she wanted to meet her and would not give up on Akira.
• Uchiha Akira led Mei Terumi, Ao, Chojuro, and the others through the peaceful Land of God, where Mei Terumi noticed the patrols and cameras.
• Ao criticized the surveillance for restricting ninja freedom, but Mei Terumi and Uchiha Akira argued that security and ordinary people’s safety mattered more; Ao admitted he had thought too narrowly.
• Uchiha Akira told the delegation that anyone could enter the Land of God after review, while people with crimes would be excluded.
• Mei Terumi warned that recruiting people and ninja from other villages would make Uchiha Akira an enemy of every ninja village, but he dismissed them as rabble.

Uchiha Akira revealed his ambitions to the visiting leaders and marked Mei Terumi with a Flying Thunder God Mark while warning her to investigate Kirigakure’s Mizukage. After learning that the other nations’ Daimyo had invaded the Land of Fire, he planned to use Kotoamatsukami to bring them under his control and reshape the Ninja World.

• Uchiha Akira told the visitors he would not attack other ninja villages but would destroy any that tried to restrain him.
• Uchiha Akira warned Mei Terumi to have Ao investigate Kirigakure’s Mizukage and placed a Flying Thunder God Mark on her shoulder.
• Ao questioned Mei Terumi about the mark, and she rebuked him for pushing away a powerful Kage-level ally.
• Uchiha Itachi told Uchiha Akira that the other nations’ Daimyo had sent samurai to invade the Land of Fire, while the Feudal Lord of the Land of Water had been excluded.
• Uchiha Akira ordered the Feudal Lord of the Land of Water brought to him and planned to use Kotoamatsukami to control the Daimyo.