Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Sanpo and Uchiha Mikoto discussed arranging partners for Itachi and Shisui, then Sanpo assigned them a long-term intelligence mission with a team that included Izumi and Saya. The chapter ended as Shisui promised to protect the team and complete the mission.

• Uchiha Sanpo visited Uchiha Mikoto, reconciled with her after neglecting her, and proposed matching Uchiha Itachi with Uchiha Izumi.
• Uchiha Mikoto agreed that Izumi suited Itachi, and Sanpo proposed sending them on a long-term S-rank mission led by Uchiha Shisui.
• Uchiha Mikoto suggested Uzuki Yugao as a match for Shisui, but Sanpo steered her toward Uchiha Saya instead.
• Uchiha Sanpo summoned Shisui, Itachi, Izumi, Nawaki, Anko Mitarashi, and Saya to the royal study and assigned them to gather intelligence across multiple countries.
• Uchiha Izumi blushed at the mission roster, Uchiha Itachi showed anticipation about the journey, and Uchiha Shisui promised to protect the team.

Uchiha Sanpo weakened Matatabi, erased its memories, and released it near Kumogakure before hunting Roshi in the Land of Earth. He defeated Roshi and Son Goku, extracted most of the Four-Tails' chakra, and began altering their memories.

• Uchiha Sanpo used genjutsu to drain Matatabi's chakra, erased its memories, and left it in a forest near Kumogakure.
• Uchiha Sanpo detected Roshi in a mine tunnel and disguised himself before challenging him.
• Roshi attacked Uchiha Sanpo with Lava Release, but Sanpo countered his techniques with Ice Release.
• Roshi transformed into Son Goku, and Uchiha Sanpo froze the Four-Tails and knocked both him and Roshi unconscious.
• Uchiha Sanpo extracted eighty percent of Son Goku's chakra and began changing Roshi and the Four-Tails' memories.

Uchiha Sanpo tracked down Han, the Five-Tails’ jinchūriki, and defeated him to take Kokuō’s chakra. After altering Han’s memories and leaving him alive but unconscious, Sanpo said he only needed the Eight-Tails to gather chakra from all nine Tailed Beasts.

• Kumogakure patrol ninja found a weakened Matatabi, and the Fourth Raikage, A, ordered the area sealed and preparations made to find a new jinchūriki.
• Uchiha Sanpo met Han and questioned how he had built a trusting partnership with Kokuō.
• Han activated Boil Release Mode and fought Sanpo, but Sanpo’s attacks overwhelmed him.
• Han transformed with Kokuō, and Sanpo used a super-heavy punch to knock the Five-Tails unconscious.
• Sanpo absorbed Kokuō’s chakra, erased Han’s related memories with Genjutsu: Sharingan, and left via Flying Thunder God.

Shisui’s squad reached Red Rock Peak, where they admired a rare sunset and moonrise, weathered unexpected snow in a shelter Nawaki built, and witnessed the Golden Mountain at Sunrise. After finding no unusual activity, they left for their next assignment in the Land of Hot Water.

• Shisui led the squad to Red Rock Peak, where they watched the sun and moon shine together as Izumi drew Itachi and Saya admired the stars with Shisui.
• Nawaki offered Anko red bean cake, and she accepted while teasing him about carrying too much.
• When snow began falling heavily, Nawaki used Wood Release to build a wooden shelter for the squad.
• At dawn, Izumi woke Itachi to see a sea of clouds, and the squad watched the rising sun turn a distant snowy mountain gold.
• Itachi reported finding no unusual activity, and Shisui led the squad toward its next assignment in the Land of Hot Water.

After Sasuke Uchiha injured students with a Great Fireball, Uchiha Sanpo banned him from using ninjutsu and arranged for him and his friends to train under Chen Baojun. Sasuke accepted Chen Baojun as his teacher after losing their duel, and the four boys began rigorous taijutsu training.

• Naruto defeated Sasuke Uchiha with Shadow Clones, prompting Sasuke to secretly learn Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique.
• Sasuke Uchiha used a Great Fireball against Naruto's clones, and stray flames scorched nearby students before an Anbu intervened.
• Uchiha Sanpo temporarily forbade Sasuke from using ninjutsu and sent him to learn taijutsu from Chen Baojun alongside Xingchi, Bai Qi, and Uchiha Shiryu.
• Sasuke Uchiha challenged Chen Baojun to a taijutsu duel and was quickly thrown to the ground.
• Chen Baojun let Sasuke use ninjutsu, then countered his Great Fireball with Konoha Dragon God and defeated him again.
• Sasuke Uchiha accepted Chen Baojun as his teacher, and Uchiha Shiryu asked to learn Konoha Dragon God after the four boys began training together.

Uchiha Sanpo rejected a formal takeover of the Land of Whirlpools and laid out a long-term plan to let the Land of Fire’s succession crisis destabilize rival nations while the Land of Water grew stronger. He ordered a defensive garrison and covert meddling, then told Mabui he intended to unify the Ninja World but would not move against Kumogakure for ten years.

• Mabui reported that the Daimyo of the Land of Fire had died, and Uchiha Sanpo summoned Namikaze Minato and his advisers to discuss the succession crisis.
• The council reviewed the five princes’ alliances and Enshiko’s offer to trade the Land of Whirlpools for support, prompting Nara Shikaku to propose taking the territory in the Uzumaki Clan’s name.
• Uchiha Sanpo rejected a formal occupation, warning that it could unite the princes and rival nations against the Land of Water, and explained his strategy of prioritizing long-term development.
• Uchiha Sanpo ordered Kazami Tomohiko to prepare a cautious garrison, directed Nara Shikaku to spread false information among the princes, and refused to provide Enshiko military support.
• After the meeting, Uchiha Sanpo told Mabui he planned to unify the Ninja World and said Kumogakure would have ten years before he might act against it.

Mabui told Yugito Nii that Uchiha Sanpo was preparing to unify the shinobi world and that Kumogakure was unlikely to withstand New Konoha's strength. They decided not to warn the Fourth Raikage and instead planned to seek Sanpo's favor by having a child, while worrying that his new secretary, Uzuki Yugao, had caught his attention.

• Mabui reported to Yugito Nii that Sanpo was discussing unrest in the Land of Fire, a garrison in the Land of Whirlpools, and the eventual unification of the shinobi world.
• Yugito Nii proposed sending the intelligence to the Fourth Raikage, but Mabui explained that New Konoha's forces and powerful clans made resistance by Kumogakure futile.
• Yugito Nii agreed not to inform the Raikage, and Mabui suggested that having Sanpo's child might persuade him to spare Kumogakure.
• Mabui said she would try to arrange a meeting with Sanpo, but warned that he had been paying special attention to his new secretary, Uzuki Yugao.
• Yugito Nii and Mabui considered whether Sanpo's interest in Yugao was fleeting before footsteps from the courtyard interrupted their talk.

Uzuki Yugao struggled with her feelings for Uchiha Sanpo while remembering Gekko Jifeng’s disappearance, and Yugito prepared to appeal to Sanpo for Kumogakure’s sake. The chapter ended with Yugito deciding to try to please him in hopes of securing her homeland’s future.

• Uzuki Yugao reminisced about her school days with Gekko Jifeng and the six years since he was sent on a secret border mission.
• Uchiha Sanpo visited Yugao, treated her gently, and sent her home to rest, leaving her torn between her feelings for him and her concern for Jifeng.
• Mabui prepared Kumogakure-style rice cakes and planned to tell Sanpo that Yugito wanted to invite him over.
• Yugito worried that she had to rely on pleasing an enemy and bearing children to give Kumogakure hope, then resolved to do her best to please Sanpo.

Foreign nations seized border cities across the Land of Fire as Sarutobi Hiruzen struggled to contain the invasion. After an ambush left Sarutobi Shinnosuke injured, medical ninja told him an old injury had made him infertile, leading him to doubt that Konohamaru was his son.

• The Land of Lightning, Land of Earth, and Land of Wind sent forces into the Land of Fire, while the Fifth Prince gained a foothold in the south.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen received reports of advancing foreign forces and severe losses as Enshi Xiu ordered the front lines to hold their cities.
• Black shadows ambushed Sarutobi Shinnosuke, wounded him, and left him unconscious.
• Medical ninja told Sarutobi Shinnosuke that an old injury had made him infertile, prompting him to question whether Konohamaru was his biological son.
• Sarutobi Shinnosuke tried to attack Konohamaru with a kunai, but two Sarutobi jonin stopped him as he demanded to know whose child Konohamaru was.

After Sarutobi Shinnosuke learned Konohamaru was not his biological son, Sarutobi Hiruzen revealed he had arranged for Konohamaru to become the Sarutobi heir. As the Land of Fire fell into chaos, Hiruzen urged Shinnosuke to accept Konohamaru and take his family to the Land of Whirlpools for safety.

• Hatano Yui had the Sarutobi Shadow Guards bind Shinnosuke and take him to Sarutobi Hiruzen after he frightened Konohamaru and accused her of betraying him.
• Shinnosuke demanded to know who Konohamaru's real father was, and Hiruzen admitted he had arranged for Yui to have a child because Shinnosuke could not father one.
• Hiruzen told Shinnosuke that the Sarutobi Clan needed an heir and warned that the chaos in the Land of Fire threatened the clan's survival.
• Shinnosuke protested that he could not raise another man's child as his own, but Hiruzen asked him to treat Konohamaru as a Sarutobi and preserve the clan's bloodline.
• Hiruzen ordered Shinnosuke, Yui, and Konohamaru to travel in disguise to the Land of Whirlpools, gave Yui Storage Scrolls, and warned them to conceal their identities.

Sarutobi Shinnosuke and Hatano Yui tried to escape with Konohamaru, but Sarutobi Sosuke and other Sarutobi clan members ambushed them over their belief that Hiruzen had abandoned the clan. Shinnosuke died, and after Yui revealed Konohamaru was Hiruzen’s child, Sosuke still moved to kill him as Yui fought to intervene.

• Sarutobi clansmen learned Shinnosuke planned to flee with Konohamaru and agreed to ambush them near the mass grave.
• Shinnosuke, Yui, Konohamaru, and two Anbu left through a secret passage and reached the forest outside the city.
• Yui sensed the ambush, raised an Earth-Style Wall against the attackers’ kunai, and fought Sosuke and his men.
• A Sarutobi ninja stabbed Shinnosuke, who died after urging Yui to escape with Konohamaru.
• Yui revealed that Konohamaru was Hiruzen’s child, but Sosuke insisted he should die and swung his blade at him.
• Yui unleashed Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet, but she was still too late to stop Sosuke.

Sarutobi Sosuke brought Shinnosuke and Konohamaru’s heads to confront Sarutobi Hiruzen and rally the clan against him, but Sarutobi Aoba’s allies captured Sosuke and his supporters. Hiruzen regained the clansmen’s backing while secretly deciding they all had to die.

• Sarutobi Sosuke entered the clan compound with Shinnosuke and Konohamaru’s severed heads and accused Sarutobi Hiruzen of abandoning the clan.
• Sarutobi Sosuke urged the clansmen to force Hiruzen to step down, and Sarutobi Aoba and a group of young clansmen appeared to support him.
• Sarutobi Aoba’s allies ambushed Sosuke’s group, severed their tendons, and took them to the dungeon to await Hiruzen’s judgment.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen praised Aoba and urged the clansmen to unite rather than destroy the clan through infighting.
• The clansmen renewed their support for Hiruzen, who secretly resolved to kill them all.

As the civil war devastated the Land of Fire, the Shimura, Utatane, and Mito Clans tried to flee, but Sarutobi Hiruzen intercepted and captured them. He had the clans’ prisoners publicly executed, leaving Sarutobi elders helpless as his rule grew more ruthless.

• The Shimura, Utatane, and Mito clan heads agreed to flee the Land of Fire through the north gate with their people.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen learned of their plan and ordered the Protectorate Allied Forces to intercept them.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen’s forces battled the three clans, killing the Shimura and Utatane clan heads and capturing most of the survivors.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen held a public trial and ordered every captured member of the three clans executed.
• Sarutobi elders watched the executions, alarmed by Sarutobi Hiruzen’s increasingly cold-blooded actions.

With his territory shrinking under attacks from Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure, First Prince Enshi Xiu sought help from Uchiha Sanpo of the Land of Water. Sanpo refused to send troops on Enshi Xiu’s terms and instead requested a meeting with the First Prince and the Fifth Prince.

• Enshi Xiu’s ministers debated whether to seek aid from the Land of Water as the three nations seized territory and cut supply routes.
• Enshi Xiu agreed to offer five eastern cities and an annual grain tribute of five hundred thousand koku in exchange for military support.
• An envoy traveled to the Land of Water with Enshi Xiu’s letter while Uchiha Sanpo discussed the conflict with Kazami Tomohiko and chose to wait rather than advance.
• Uchiha Sanpo received the envoy and refused to provide support on the offered terms.
• Uchiha Sanpo asked the envoy to arrange a meeting with the First Prince and the Fifth Prince.

Uchiha Sanpo planned to mediate the war in the Land of Fire while using the pause to draw wealth and talent into the Land of Water. He assigned cultural development and outsider policies to Kazami Tomohiko and Hyuga Hiashi, then said he would negotiate with the eldest and fifth princes himself.

• Uchiha Sanpo told the council he intended to mediate the war in the Land of Fire and outlined plans to expand the Land of Water’s influence through diplomacy, cultural industries, and policies for outsiders.
• Namikaze Minato questioned why the Land of Water should end a conflict that benefited it, while Hyuga Hiashi warned that the princes and neighboring nations might resist mediation.
• Nara Shikaku warned that the great nations could annex smaller countries and expand their territories, and Uchiha Sanpo said the Land of Water needed to strengthen itself before that happened.
• Uchiha Sanpo said five years would allow the Land of Water’s plans to take root and seven years could bring it control of the Land of Fire; he assigned cultural development to Kazami Tomohiko and outsider policies to Hyuga Hiashi.
• After the council, Kazami Tomohiko asked how Uchiha Sanpo would handle the eldest and fifth princes, and Uchiha Sanpo said he would meet them to discuss mediation terms and reassure the nobles.

Uchiha Sanpo offered to mediate the Land of Fire's war if Enshi Xiu and Enshiko acknowledged the second, third, and fourth princes' territories. Both princes agreed, and Sanpo promised to negotiate the withdrawal of foreign troops while staying out of the Land of Fire's internal affairs.

• Enshi Xiu and Enshiko waited at Wanghai Pavilion in Chiba as the Land of Water's warships and flags dominated the harbor.
• Uchiha Sanpo arrived with Kazami Tomohiko and proposed that the princes recognize the territories of the second, third, and fourth princes in exchange for mediation.
• Sanpo revealed that the old Daimyo had anticipated the crisis and left money for the princes to live in the Land of Water if they were defeated.
• Sanpo warned that continued fighting could let the Lands of Earth, Lightning, and Wind divide the Land of Fire, and offered them five to ten years of peace if they accepted the territories.
• Enshiko agreed first, and Enshi Xiu followed on the condition that the three nations withdraw their troops and the Land of Water avoid interfering in internal affairs.
• Sanpo accepted their conditions and promised to negotiate with the three nations.

Uchiha Sanpo used his God's Eye to locate Kumogakure’s camp and confronted the Fourth Raikage and Killer B. After copying and surpassing the Raikage’s Lightning Release techniques, Sanpo used God Speed to beat him into a mountainside, leaving him buried beneath rubble.

• Uchiha Sanpo left the mediation meeting and used God's Eye and the Heavenly Transfer Technique to reach Kumogakure’s camp.
• The Fourth Raikage, A, and Killer B confronted Sanpo, who declared that he had come to beat them up.
• A attacked with Lightning Release: Lariat, but Sanpo dodged and copied his Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
• Sanpo struck A with a stronger Lariat, sending him crashing through the camp’s defensive palisade.
• A activated Cell Activation and attacked with Guillotine Drop, but Sanpo caught his ankle and flung him into a crater.
• Sanpo used God Speed at escalating levels to batter A into a mountainside, burying him beneath the rubble.

Uchiha Sanpo overwhelmed Kumogakure’s forces with his enormous Complete Body Susanoo, defeated Killer B and the Eight-Tails, and forced the village to accept his demands. He flew north, leaving the Fourth Raikage and Killer B to pass his ultimatum to the Third Prince, Enshiryu.

• Killer B transformed into the Eight-Tails and attacked Uchiha Sanpo, who answered by summoning a Susanoo over six hundred meters tall.
• Susanoo seized the Eight-Tails and endured eight Tailed Beast Bombs without significant damage.
• Uchiha Sanpo drained the Eight-Tails’ chakra while Kumogakure’s ninjutsu failed to hurt Susanoo, leaving Killer B unconscious and back in human form.
• Uchiha Sanpo ordered the Third Prince, Enshiryu, to sign a war mediation agreement and threatened to destroy Kumogakure and the Land of Lightning if they refused or interfered again.
• Uchiha Sanpo flew north as the defeated Fourth Raikage and Killer B urged Kumogakure to relay his terms.

Uchiha Sanpo challenged Ōnoki, Roshi, and Han outside Iwagakure, then demonstrated that his Susanoo could withstand and counter their attacks. He revealed its full scale by expanding it to more than 1,000 meters tall, towering over the village and surrounding mountains.

• Uchiha Sanpo arrived outside Iwagakure in his Susanoo and demanded that Ōnoki discuss mediating the war in the Land of Fire.
• Ōnoki attacked with Dust Release, but Sanpo's black Susanoo blade disrupted the technique.
• Roshi and Han transformed into Son Goku and Kokuō and fired Tailed Beast Bombs, which failed to damage the Susanoo.
• Ōnoki launched Dust Release again, but Sanpo's black chakra-covered shield disrupted and dispersed it.
• Uchiha Sanpo infused his Susanoo with Celestial Sage Mode chakra and expanded it to more than 1,000 meters tall, dwarfing Iwagakure and the surrounding mountains.

Uchiha Sanpo used his thousand-meter Susanoo to seize and drain the Four-Tails and Five-Tails, overwhelming Iwagakure and defeating Ōnoki’s attempt to stop him. He left after ordering Ōnoki to make Enshi Qiang sign a mediation agreement, while Iwagakure was left in silence and despair.

• Ōnoki and the Iwagakure ninja stared in terror at Uchiha Sanpo’s thousand-meter Susanoo, which they believed surpassed even Uchiha Madara’s power.
• Uchiha Sanpo grabbed Son Goku and Kokuō in the Susanoo’s hands and drained their chakra until Roshi and Han collapsed out of tailed beast mode.
• Ōnoki attacked with Dust Release, but a black chakra barrier dispersed the jutsu before it could reach the Susanoo.
• Uchiha Sanpo ordered Ōnoki to tell Enshi Qiang to sign a mediation agreement in the Land of Fire’s capital the next afternoon, threatening to destroy Iwagakure and the Land of Earth if they refused or interfered again.
• Uchiha Sanpo vanished with the Susanoo, and Ōnoki watched over the defeated Roshi and Han as Iwagakure fell into dead silence.