Chapter Summaries

Tamura Hiroshi and his allies forced the Third Raikage through a dangerous experiment that created Lightning Sage Mode, then repaired his body with Greer energy. The Third Raikage awakened in the hospital ward, while Dodai reproached him for risking Kumogakure’s stability.

• Hatake Sakumo weighed whether to use the Yin Seal Kumogakure had sent him, deciding that the power could help protect himself and Kakashi.
• Uchiha Kagami advised his clansmen to avoid a decisive battle with Kumogakure for now, and Tamura Hiroshi continued researching lightning senjutsu with Karura and the Third Raikage.
• Karura modified the toad heart, and Tamura Hiroshi, Uzumaki Tamayou, and the Uzumaki kunoichi prepared a sealing barrier for the Third Raikage’s experiment.
• The Third Raikage combined Black Lightning with natural lightning to suppress and absorb the Great Toad Sage’s senjutsu power, forming Lightning Sage Mode after enduring a day of dangerous experimentation.
• Tamura Hiroshi anchored the new senjutsu chakra in the Third Raikage’s body and used Greer energy to repair his near-collapsed physique.
• The Third Raikage woke in the ward and said he could defeat the weakened Great Toad Sage, while Dodai warned him that his recklessness endangered Kumogakure.

The Third Raikage prepared to attack Mount Myōboku, while Tamura Hiroshi proposed using a Space Gate and the World Tree to seize the Summoning Realm with fewer casualties. As the group readied for battle, Karura learned her parents had died and asked Tamura Hiroshi to bring her younger brother to Kumogakure.

• The Third Raikage ordered Tamura Hiroshi to gather lightning so they could attack Mount Myōboku after he recovered.
• Tamura Hiroshi and over a hundred Uzumaki Ninja filled the modified Red Gourd with liquid lightning over five days, and the Third Raikage set their departure for two days later.
• Tamura Hiroshi proposed sending a World Tree root through a Space Gate to claim the Summoning Realm, and the Third Raikage agreed to use his plan.
• Mikoto Uchiha asked to join the battle, while Uzumaki Kushina wondered whether Minato Namikaze was the child of destiny and Uchiha Hikari dismissed destiny in favor of power.
• Karura asked Tamura Hiroshi to bring her family to Kumogakure, and he told her that her parents had died on the Frontline and promised to bring Yashamaru.
• Mikoto Uchiha asked Tamura Hiroshi to bring her father, but he refused, insisting Uchiha Retsuyō should remain loyal to the Uchiha.

Kumogakure invaded the Summoning Realm with the World Tree and fought the Three Great Sages, killing the Great Toad Sage and capturing the central region. The Third Raikage ordered his forces to secure the realm and recruit its remaining Summoning Beasts while Tamura Hiroshi considered how to improve the Raikage’s weapon.

• The Third Raikage entered the Summoning Realm through Mount of Lost, then Tamura Hiroshi brought over a hundred Kumogakure fighters through a spatial portal and used the World Tree to spread paralyzing roots across the realm.
• Tamura Hiroshi created a thunderstorm while the Great Toad Sage confronted the invasion, and the Third Raikage, Tamura Hiroshi, and Uchiha Hikari fought him as the White Snake Sage fled and the Slug Sage arrived.
• The Great Toad Sage and the Slug Sage reunited, but Uchiha Hikari dropped a hundred powerful bombs on them, destroying the Slug Sage’s body and gravely wounding the Great Toad Sage before she cut him in half.
• Tamura Hiroshi found no souls from either Sage, but he and Uchiha Hikari concluded that the Great Toad Sage had escaped using a special bead and that the Slug Sage had left part of herself behind.
• The Third Raikage ordered Yuye and the Uzumaki Ninja to alter the barrier and sent the others to find Summoning Beast clans, while Tamura Hiroshi thanked his badly injured teacher and heard him ask for help repairing his shattered spear.

Tamura Hiroshi and the Third Raikage planned to improve Lightning Sage Mode while Kumogakure consolidated its conquest of the Summoning Realm. As the Great Toad Sage sought refuge in Jiraiya and the White Snake Sage empowered Orochimaru’s infant body, Katsuyu revealed that Senju Chōsu had received First Hokage cells.

• The Third Raikage asked Tamura Hiroshi to develop a new Lightning Release power and promised him a sample of Black Lightning.
• Yozuki A and the others returned to the Frontline while Tamura Hiroshi cleared Mount of Lost and investigated the entrance to the Summoning Realm.
• Tamura Hiroshi’s Shadow Clone and Black Zetsu searched the Great Toad Sage’s temple as the Great Toad Sage escaped to Jiraiya and had him swallow his orb.
• The White Snake Sage placed her orb in Orochimaru’s infant body, and Orochimaru sent some of her power to Tamura Hiroshi as agreed.
• Tsunade learned that Kumogakure had conquered the Summoning Realm and could not help reclaim it, while Katsuyu told Senju Chōsu that First Hokage cells had been transplanted into him.

Senju Chōsu accepted the Slug Sage’s help to stabilize Hashirama’s cells and prepare to fuse with Tobirama’s cells. Meanwhile, the Sky Ninja Village’s attempt to steal Kumogakure’s Shinigami Jinchuriki plan reached its first dangerous moment when its leader summoned the Shinigami himself.

• The Slug Sage gave Senju Chōsu her Senjutsu Chakra orb and asked him to help reclaim Shikkotsu Forest from Kumogakure, explaining how the village had conquered the Summoning Realm.
• The Slug Sage helped Senju Chōsu move Hashirama’s cells to his heart and stabilize them with Sage Mode, then confirmed he could also fuse with Tobirama’s cells.
• Tamura Hiroshi returned to Kumogakure as the Sky Ninja Village fused Zero-Tails with the Phoenix and launched its Aerial Fortress toward the Land of Whirlpools.
• Black Zetsu revealed he had manipulated the Sky Ninja Village’s plan, while Shimura Danzō traveled to the Land of Whirlpools and sensed something unusual to the east.
• The Third Raikage and Uzumaki Tamayou prepared a ritual using hundreds of Death God Masks, but the Sky Ninja leader copied the ritual after the Third Raikage left to intercept an attack.
• The Sky Ninja leader activated the altar and summoned the Shinigami, whose many gazes left him frozen with terror.

Kumogakure captured the Sky Ninja airborne fortress and its technology while Tamura Hiroshi’s plan drew the Sage of Six Paths’ attention to Ōtsutsuki Isshiki. Shimura Danzō captured the Zero-Tails and ordered Root to develop it as a vessel for the Box of Paradise’s power.

• The Death Gods’ power dragged the Cursed Seal from the Divine Doctor into the Pure Land, where the Sage of Six Paths sensed Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s chakra and resolved to lure him out.
• The Third Raikage and Kumogakure forces overwhelmed the Sky Ninja fortress while Scorpion destroyed fleeing Sky Ninja aircraft, and Tamura Hiroshi released the Zero-Tails as bait for Shimura Danzō.
• Shimura Danzō pursued and captured the Zero-Tails, while Tamura Hiroshi killed Shen Nong and Black Zetsu confirmed that Danzō had taken the bait.
• The Sage of Six Paths summoned the Sky Ninja leader’s soul, noticed Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s chakra, and left the leader’s body soulless for the Little Ten-Tails to devour.
• Kumogakure salvaged the airborne fortress’s control and energy rooms, gathered its valuable technology, and destroyed the remaining structure to conceal its capture.
• Yakushi Nonō reported that the Zero-Tails could absorb negative emotions and produce Dark Chakra, and Shimura Danzō ordered Root to fuse it with First Hokage’s cells and test the Box of Paradise’s power on it.

Tamura Hiroshi moved the Summoning Realm’s vortex to Cloud Thunder Gorge, securing the realm for Kumogakure. Back home, he discussed recruiting Uchiha Naori and his plans involving Pakura, while Mikoto Uchiha and Karura reflected on their uncertain ties to him and their villages.

• Black Zetsu suggested merging the Heavenly Stone Gate with the vortex using Princess Kaguya’s Yin-Yang Release, and Tamura Hiroshi sealed the stabilized portal inside the Sealing Space.
• Tamura Hiroshi opened a Space Tunnel to the Third Raikage, then he and the Third Raikage rushed to Cloud Thunder Gorge and released the vortex there.
• The Third Raikage celebrated Kumogakure’s acquisition of the Summoning Realm, and Dodai arrived to help manage the new territory.
• Mikoto Uchiha asked Tamura Hiroshi to bring Uchiha Naori in to assist with the Genjutsu World project, and he considered using Uchiha Kagami to influence her.
• Tamura Hiroshi told Karura he was testing Lord Rasa’s judgment through his plans for Pakura, while Karura explained that she had accepted Rasa moving on.
• Karura spent the night with Tamura Hiroshi, while Mikoto Uchiha wrestled with her anger and worries about the Uchiha clan’s future.

Tamura Hiroshi fused the powers of the Three Great Sages into a pure Senjutsu energy that nourished the body, then shared it with the Third Raikage. The Third Raikage supported Hiroshi becoming the Fourth Raikage, and Hiroshi agreed while planning to assume a new identity.

• Tamura Hiroshi spent eight days sightseeing with Karura before returning to the Summoning Realm to study the White Snake Sage's energy.
• Tamura Hiroshi used Princess Kaguya and Little Ten-Tails's power to fuse the three sages' energies, producing stable, fundamental Senjutsu energy that absorbed natural energy and strengthened bodily cells.
• Tamura Hiroshi gave the Third Raikage a portion of the new energy, and the Third Raikage tested it and felt his body being nourished.
• The Third Raikage told Tamura Hiroshi that A had recommended him as the next Raikage, and Hiroshi accepted while proposing that he take a new identity.
• The Third Raikage said Dodai would arrange Hiroshi's identity and named the next Great Ninja War as the stepping stone to becoming the Fourth Raikage.

Tamura Hiroshi returned to the Frontline, strengthened his allies with primal Senjutsu, and confirmed Yozuki A’s decision to support Hiroshi as Kumogakure’s future Kage. He also discussed Izumi Shimura and Mito Uzumaki, then continued preparing a powerful clone to impersonate the Fourth Raikage.

• Tamura Hiroshi returned to the Frontline, where Yozuki A explained that responsibility and the threat of future enemies had led him to give up the Kage position in Hiroshi’s favor.
• Tamura Hiroshi gave Yozuki A primal Senjutsu, and Yozuki A revealed that he had recently reached Kage-level strength.
• Tamura Hiroshi shared Senjutsu with Uchiha Hikari, Uzumaki Kushina, and Uzumaki Kousou, then explained that Izumi Shimura was not involved in Shimura Danzō’s plot and that Mito Uzumaki’s soul had been consumed by a Shinigami.
• Tamura Hiroshi watched a clone being grown in Little Ten-Tails and planned to combine it with clones carrying several Kekkei Genkai to create a disguised Fourth Raikage.
• Tamura Hiroshi summoned a spirit axe from Fugaku Uchiha’s Susanoo and decided to collect more axes to forge a weapon for his false identity.

Tamura Hiroshi attended the Four Village Alliance conference in Amegakure, where he offered Kumogakure’s tailed-beast, sealing, and senjutsu knowledge in exchange for special metals. Afterward, he negotiated privately with Hanzō to trade Ryūchi Cave senjutsu instruction for Garaga’s reverse scale and flesh.

• Tamura Hiroshi used the Heavenly Transfer Technique to travel alone to Amegakure for the alliance conference.
• Ōnoki, the Third Kazekage, Karatachi Yagura, and Hanzō discussed the war and the consequences of Kumogakure conquering the Three Great Sage Lands.
• Tamura Hiroshi offered Tailed Beast Bomb methods, sealing techniques, and the Three Great Sage Lands’ senjutsu inheritance in exchange for special metals; Ōnoki and the Third Kazekage agreed, while Karatachi Yagura said he needed the Mizukage’s approval.
• After the conference, Hanzō invited Tamura Hiroshi to dinner and asked to obtain senjutsu despite Amegakure’s shortage of special metals.
• Tamura Hiroshi offered Hanzō Ryūchi Cave senjutsu training in exchange for bringing back Garaga’s reverse scale and a piece of its flesh, and Hanzō asked for details about the snake.

Tamura Hiroshi explained Senjutsu to Hanzō, then secretly visited Pakura and strengthened her Scorch Release with the Yachihoko Seal and Amaterasu. He left Pakura considering her new abilities and her place in the coming war, while privately planning to make her a target for her own village.

• Hanzō agreed to pursue the reverse scale, and Tamura Hiroshi explained the dangers and requirements of Senjutsu training.
• Tamura Hiroshi used a barrier and Earth Style to enter Pakura’s room, gave her Scorpion’s letter for Chiyo, and told her Karura was alive in Kumogakure.
• Tamura Hiroshi placed the Yachihoko Seal on Pakura, improving her chakra control, then fused Amaterasu into her Scorch Release and formed an Amaterasu Scorch Release Rasengan.
• Tamura Hiroshi warned Pakura about Shimura Danzō and Orochimaru’s experiments and taught her the Rasengan, claiming she could have imitated Minato Namikaze.
• Pakura questioned whether she could live in Kumogakure given her role in the attack on Uzushio Hidden Village, but insisted she would not leave Sunagakure and focused on mastering the Rasengan.
• Tamura Hiroshi fell asleep beside Pakura while secretly intending to make her strength provoke Sunagakure’s leaders into turning against her.

Tamura Hiroshi found Yahiko, Nagato Uzumaki, and Konan living as war orphans in the Land of Rain, then treated them to food, clothes, and a bath. He told them why Hanzō had gone to war and described Konoha’s role in the destruction of Uzushio Hidden Village, leaving Yahiko and Nagato questioning their view of Konoha.

• Tamura Hiroshi found the sleeping Yahiko, Nagato Uzumaki, and Konan in a ruined hut and discussed the Rinnegan and Konoha’s growing power with Black Zetsu.
• When Nagato woke, Tamura Hiroshi introduced himself and took the three children to eat, buy clothes, bathe, and share a hotpot meal.
• Yahiko asked why Tamura Hiroshi had come to the Land of Rain, and Tamura Hiroshi explained that he was attending the Four Kage Summit and argued that Hanzō had gone to war to protect Amegakure from Konoha’s economic pressure.
• Tamura Hiroshi said he would take Nagato to Kumogakure, but Yahiko questioned him and asked why Nagato could not go to Uzushio Hidden Village.
• Tamura Hiroshi told the children that Konoha had helped destroy Uzushio Hidden Village and described Shimura Danzō’s secret sabotage during the invasion, leaving Yahiko and Nagato silent and unsettled.

Tamura Hiroshi explained the Tailed Beasts and the cycle of wars to Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan, then helped the children begin training in their chakra natures. Nagato chose to remain in the Land of Rain, and Hiroshi arranged for the three to stay with Hanzō and receive instruction from several allied ninjas.

• Tamura Hiroshi told Konan, Nagato, and Yahiko about the Tailed Beasts, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki Uzumaki Kuuhina, and the recurring wars in the Ninja World.
• Nagato declined Hiroshi's offer to leave for Kumogakure because he wanted to stay with his friends in the Land of Rain, so Hiroshi promised to introduce them to a teacher.
• Hiroshi tested the children's chakra natures and found that Nagato had all five, Yahiko had wind, water, and fire, and Konan had wind, water, and earth; Nagato also had Yin and Yang Release, while Konan had Yang Release.
• Hiroshi brought the children to Hanzō's residence and recruited Pakura, Jinin Akebino, and Kitsuchi to teach them the fundamentals of the five chakra natures.
• Hiroshi explained that Kumogakure had agreed to protect scattered members of the Uzumaki clan in return for the Uzushio Hidden Village's treasures, then sent the children to bed.
• Konan took Little Dot back to her room after it had spent the evening following Hiroshi.

Tamura Hiroshi studied Garaga’s reverse scales and Tagitsuhime’s blood, then secretly awakened Wood Release in Nawaki Senju during a staged attack. Nawaki survived under the protection of a living tree, leaving Tsunade and Senju Chōsu waiting for him to wake and regain control.

• Tamura Hiroshi asked Pakura to teach him Wind Release nature transformation, and she agreed after seeing his existing foundation.
• Hanzō returned badly injured after fighting Garaga, gave Tamura Hiroshi the snake’s reverse scales and Tagitsuhime’s blood, and received Ryūchi Cave’s Senjutsu inheritance.
• Tamura Hiroshi used Tagitsuhime’s blood to enhance his Sage Jutsu Curse Mark, gaining hovering abilities, and had its dragons devour the reverse-scale fragments to strengthen themselves.
• After learning that Nawaki Senju had gone on a mission, Tamura Hiroshi used Yachihoko and the Little Ten-Tails’ chakra to awaken Wood Release in him.
• Black Zetsu staged an attack that killed Nawaki’s companions and badly injured him, triggering his Wood Release to protect and heal him.
• Tsunade and Senju Chōsu arrived and found Nawaki enclosed in a tree that attacked anyone who approached, so they waited for him to wake and control it.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō plotted how to eliminate Nawaki after he awakened Wood Release, while also investigating the Four Kage Summit and seeking Senjutsu. In Kumogakure, Tamura Hiroshi gave Hanzō a Sage Jutsu Curse Mark in exchange for special metals, and Hanzō left as hidden observers confirmed the trade.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura discussed the threat Nawaki's Wood Release posed and Hiruzen said he had made arrangements beyond informing Danzo.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the elders considered the Four Kage Summit in Amegakure, suspected a Senjutsu trade, and decided Hiruzen would approach Orochimaru about Senjutsu.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi visited the sealed Second Tsuchikage and considered using Mangekyō Sharingan genjutsu to control Impure World Reincarnation vessels.
• Shimura Danzō planned to have Iwagakure attack so he could eliminate Nawaki amid the chaos, and he warned Orochimaru not to provoke Kirigakure by targeting its Three-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Tamura Hiroshi helped Hanzō stabilize a Sage Jutsu Curse Mark, and Hanzō exchanged a scroll of special metals for it before leaving to test his new power.
• Jinin Akebino and Kitsuchi realized Hanzō had discovered their hiding places, while Pakura continued practicing Fire Release: Rasengan and resolved not to go to Kumogakure with Tamura Hiroshi.

Tamura Hiroshi completed Kumogakure’s trades with the other villages and helped them coordinate against Konoha after sharing intelligence about its experiments. He stayed in Amegakure, where he trained with Hanzō and watched Hanzō test Konan, Yahiko, and Nagato Uzumaki, ending with Hanzō asking why they wanted to become ninja.

• Pakura questioned Tamura Hiroshi about Kumogakure trading Senjutsu, and he explained the village’s need for allies against Konoha and the Three Great Sage Lands.
• Ōnoki, the Third Kazekage, and Karatachi Yagura exchanged payment for Tailed Beast techniques and Senjutsu scrolls with Tamura Hiroshi, then shared intelligence about Konoha’s human experiments and Wood Release research.
• The three representatives agreed to reinforce their forces and attack Konoha, then departed while Tamura Hiroshi stayed behind in Amegakure.
• Tamura Hiroshi sparred with Hanzō, praised his swordsmanship, and gave him the Death God’s Scythe; Hanzō pledged friendship between Amegakure and Kumogakure.
• Hanzō tested Konan, Yahiko, and Nagato Uzumaki in Taijutsu, and the three worked together to challenge him until he ended the examination and asked why they wanted to become ninja.

Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato became Hanzō’s students and received gifts from Tamura Hiroshi, who then infiltrated Konoha Camp to watch Hiruzen Sarutobi’s plot against Nawaki. After an explosive ambush left Nawaki nearly dead, Tamura Hiroshi saved him with a White Zetsu body and brought him to the Land of Hot Water camp, where Nawaki learned what had happened.

• Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato shared their wishes with Hanzō, who accepted them as students and gave them Tamura Hiroshi’s scrolls and sickles.
• Tamura Hiroshi and Black Zetsu discussed Hiruzen Sarutobi’s plan to use Senju Kōmizu and Explosive Tags against Nawaki, then Tamura infiltrated Konoha Camp to wait.
• Senju Kōmizu poisoned Nawaki’s guards and detonated Explosive Tags, while Tamura’s Flying Thunder God seal saved Nawaki’s head from the blast.
• Sarutobi Sasuke, resurrected by Hiruzen Sarutobi through Impure World Reincarnation, killed Kōmizu and took his body away as Hiruzen prepared to manage the fallout.
• Tamura Hiroshi stabilized Nawaki by grafting his head onto a spore White Zetsu body, then brought him to Uzumaki Kushina and Uzumaki Kousou at the Land of Hot Water camp.
• Nawaki recalled Kōmizu’s attack and saw his damaged condition in a mirror as Tamura promised that they were working on regrowing his body.

Nawaki learned that Tamura Hiroshi had arranged his rescue and planned to use his injuries to persuade Tsunade to join Kumogakure, then agreed to help protect his clan and sister. Tamura sent him to Kumogakure for care before discussing schemes involving Pakura and the Uchiha, and finally fought Uchiha Hikari at sea.

• Tamura Hiroshi told Nawaki that Kumogakure planned to rescue the Senju women and children after the Third Hokage's faction wiped out the clan's elite, and Nawaki agreed on the condition that Tsunade would be safe.
• Nawaki learned that Tamura had used the Flying Thunder God Technique Formula to save him and that Hiruzen Sarutobi's faction had also targeted him before; Kushina said they had destroyed Uzushio Hidden Village and killed her family.
• Tamura sent Nawaki to Kumogakure, where Uzumaki Tamayou took charge of his care and comforted him.
• Tamura explained that he intended to use Pakura's battlefield success to undermine Rasa and was exploring whether Scorch Release could help him absorb and refine solar energy.
• Tamura learned that three Uchiha had awakened Mangekyō Sharingan, discussed their abilities, and decided not to attack them yet.
• Uchiha Hikari challenged Tamura to a duel at sea, where she attacked with her Flying Thunder God Technique and Tamura managed to parry her strikes.

Tamura Hiroshi defeated Uchiha Hikari in a genjutsu, then fought Izumi Shimura at the Land of Hot Water Frontline while the Four Village Alliance discussed Konoha’s threat. Meanwhile, Tsunade learned that Nawaki had been killed, and suspicion fell on Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō.

• Tamura Hiroshi used Tsukuyomi Space to overpower Uchiha Hikari, shaved her head, and warned her that her Mangekyo ability could be countered.
• Tamura Hiroshi told Yozuki A and Fukai that the Four Kage summit had shared intelligence about Konoha’s Wood Release experiments to help preserve the alliance.
• Tsunade and Senju Chōsu returned from battle to learn that Nawaki and the clan elders had been killed, and Senju Chōsu suspected Hiruzen Sarutobi’s faction.
• Orochimaru confronted Shimura Danzō over Nawaki’s death, then warned him that following Hiruzen Sarutobi would prevent him from becoming Hokage.
• Tamura Hiroshi fought Izumi Shimura for hours, evaded her explosive tags, and stole their storage scroll before she withdrew to seek greater power.

Tamura Hiroshi abducted Izumi Shimura and trapped her in a Tsukuyomi illusion before developing Golden Lightning Release and Golden Lightning Sage Mode on the frontline. He helped Black Zetsu fuse ten cultivated clones, discussed the Dragon Vein and a possible time-based Dojutsu, and learned that Uchiha Kagami and Uchiha Naori were still weighing a risky attack plan.

• Izumi Shimura left the frontline, but Tamura Hiroshi ambushed her with Hanzō's poison and carried her to a cave, where he trapped her in a Tsukuyomi illusion for three days in reality.
• After three months of training, Tamura Hiroshi developed Golden Lightning Release, then used liquid lightning and Senjutsu Chakra to form Golden Lightning Sage Mode and demonstrated its speed to Yozuki A, Fukai, and Uchiha Hikari.
• Black Zetsu told Tamura Hiroshi that Shimura Danzō had obtained the World-Destroying Black Lotus and fused it with Dark Chakra, then helped fuse ten cultivated bodies into a stable, burly young man.
• Tamura Hiroshi and Black Zetsu discussed Rōran's Dragon Vein and investigated Uchiha Sora's Mangekyō Dojutsu, confirming that one technique restored its user's body to a recorded state, like Izanagi.
• Black Zetsu sensed that Uchiha Fugaku's concealed arm carried increasingly stable Wood Release Chakra, then overheard Uchiha Naori and Uchiha Kagami discuss the clan's reluctance to use Izanami and the prospect of attacking the Cloud Ninja Army directly.