Chapter Summaries

Rasa lured Pakura into an ambush, where Haruko’s explosive betrayal left her gravely injured, but Tamura Hiroshi secretly rescued her and brought her to Tsunade and Karura for treatment. Pakura learned that Hiroshi had engineered the events to sever her ties with Sunagakure; she remained furious as she recovered in his care, though their bickering gradually softened her hatred.

• Rasa’s plan led Pakura and her companions into a Root ambush, where Haruko poisoned Pakura and detonated over a thousand Explosive Tags, apparently killing them all.
• The Yachihoko Seal teleported Pakura’s remains to Tamura Hiroshi, who preserved her life force and sent her to the Summoning Realm for treatment by Tsunade and Karura.
• Tamura Hiroshi admitted that he had provoked Rasa into targeting Pakura so she would break with Sunagakure and become a citizen of Kumogakure; Pakura awoke and vowed to kill him.
• Tsunade, Karura, and Hiroshi treated Pakura’s severe burns and broken bones, restored her face, and began rebuilding her back while Hiroshi repeatedly provoked her.
• Hiroshi carried Pakura to Karura’s dormitory and continued caring for her as they argued about his schemes, Swift Release, and his plans to marry her and have children.
• As Pakura recovered, her hatred of Hiroshi gradually ebbed into anger, and she instinctively leaned against him.

Tamura Hiroshi completed a transformation that let his body continuously absorb Natural Energy and remain in Sage Mode, then prepared to reclaim Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's Initial Sphere Space. Ye Cang confronted him at his villa, newly empowered by the Star Meteorite's energy and joined by Natsuhi Star, and the chapter ended before their long-awaited fight began.

• The Third Kazekage, Rasa, and Chiyo investigated the destroyed base and found no clear evidence of what had happened to Ye Cang, while Chiyo privately suspected Rasa and Rasa worried Ye Cang might still be alive.
• The war's samurai armies plundered and slaughtered civilians across the Land of Fire, while Tamura Hiroshi remained unaware and trained in the Summoning Realm.
• Tamura Hiroshi inscribed Senjutsu runes into every cell in his body, giving him a Sage Body that absorbed Natural Energy and converted refined chakra into Senjutsu Chakra.
• Tamura Hiroshi and Black Zetsu discussed the Sage of Six Paths' aging and Tamura Hiroshi's plans to develop lightning- and fire-based Senjutsu before reclaiming Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's Initial Sphere Space.
• Tamura Hiroshi returned to his villa to rest, but Ye Cang arrived with Star Meteorite-powered wings and Natsuhi Star, ready to fight him.

Tamura Hiroshi defeated Tsunade and the other women despite their preparations, then punished them by inserting tubes before explaining that his training had raised his speed to three times the speed of sound. Meanwhile, Orochimaru and Fugaku Uchiha worked to awaken Uchiha Kagami’s Mangekyō Sharingan, while Hiruzen Sarutobi secretly prepared for the coming decisive battle.

• Tsunade, Uchiha Mikoto, Uchiha Naori, Izumi Shimura, Pakura, and Natsuhi Star tried to trap Tamura Hiroshi in a Four Red Yang Formation, but he dislocated their limbs with his speed.
• Tamura Hiroshi inserted tubes into the defeated women, then told Tsunade that his Sage Body had raised his maximum speed to three times the speed of sound.
• Karura told Tamura Hiroshi that the Frontline remained quiet, while the Land of Fire suffered heavy losses, lost nearly half its territory, and saw its Daimyo killed.
• Orochimaru examined Uchiha Kagami as Fugaku Uchiha used an illusion about Naori to try to awaken Kagami’s Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Fugaku Uchiha and Orochimaru discussed Jiraiya’s Dust Release and their concern that Hiruzen Sarutobi might also have mastered it.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi continued trying to fuse Dust Release on a remote island while preparing his Mangekyō Sharingan and Impure World Reincarnation forces for the expected decisive battle.

Tamura Hiroshi and Black Zetsu awakened Princess Kaguya and Little Ten-Tails’ Six-Tomoe Rinnegan, opened the Initial Sphere Space, and absorbed it into Tamura’s Sealing Space. The effort left Tamura gravely injured, and Tsunade and the others took charge of his treatment, leaving him helpless in their hands.

• Tamura Hiroshi and Black Zetsu removed Nagato Uzumaki’s Rinnegan, extracted its powers, and returned the eyes before escaping to the Summoning Realm.
• Princess Kaguya and Little Ten-Tails evolved into wielders of the Six-Tomoe Rinnegan, fused into the Jade Rabbit, and opened a path into the Initial Sphere Space.
• Princess Kaguya regained her consciousness by absorbing chakra in the Initial Sphere Space and recognized Tamura Hiroshi as her little brother.
• Tamura Hiroshi studied Madara Uchiha’s Dojutsu Power while Black Zetsu spent two months laying a sealing array, then drew the Initial Sphere Space into Tamura’s Sealing Space.
• The absorption left Tamura Hiroshi’s body badly twisted, and Tsunade carried him to her laboratory and began treating him as Mikoto Uchiha, Pakura, Uchiha Naori, and Izumi Shimura joined in.

Dark Izumi transformed after consuming Tamura Hiroshi’s flesh, prompting Tsunade and the others to take some of him to evolve their own bodies. While recovering, Tamura Hiroshi worked with Black Zetsu to develop the Initial Sphere Space, then challenged the newly strengthened group to a serious fight.

• Dark Izumi’s body mutated as she devoured Natural Energy, and Tsunade ordered Mikoto Uchiha and the others to bind her while she examined the transformation.
• Tsunade offered Tamura Hiroshi’s flesh to help the girls evolve, and Karura accepted a portion before taking him back to the villa to recover.
• Tamura Hiroshi discussed modifying the Initial Sphere Space with Black Zetsu, then planted a World Tree seed there and began planning to add plants, animals, and Natural Energy.
• After recovering, Tamura Hiroshi equipped the Vajra Wish-Granting Dragon Armor and summoned Tsunade and the others for a decisive fight.
• Tsunade, Mikoto Uchiha, Uchiha Naori, Izumi Shimura, Pakura, and Senju Nawaki used their new abilities to face Tamura Hiroshi, who attacked without holding back.

Tamura Hiroshi defeated Tsunade and the others, then subjected them to painful Evil God Rituals and hair-pulling before learning that five Pocket Dimensions surrounded their world. He planned to recover and then join the approaching war between Konoha and the Four Village Allied Forces.

• Tsunade, Nawaki, Mikoto Uchiha, Uchiha Naori, and Pakura combined their attacks to trap Tamura Hiroshi and drive a powerful Rasengan into him, but he broke free with Getsuga Tensho and defeated them.
• Tamura Hiroshi took the group to Karura's research area, reattached their limbs, sealed their chakra, and performed the Evil God Ritual on Nawaki and Tsunade before tormenting them with tape and hair-pulling.
• Karura and Uzumaki Tamayou brought food to Tsunade and the others, while Tamura Hiroshi and Dodai discussed the Pocket Dimensions he had discovered and the threat they might contain.
• Dodai reported that the Four Village Allied Forces had strengthened their Tailed Beast Jinchuriki and Kage, who were preparing for an all-out attack.
• Tamura Hiroshi said he would rest for a few days before going to the battlefield, and Dodai agreed to notify the Third.

Tsunade and the others recovered in the hospital after enduring the Evil God ritual, while Karura explained that it had granted them heightened senses and an immortal body. Tamura Hao prepared to return to the war after four days of rest, then visited the hospital and provoked the women with his teasing, confessions about his erotic novels, and threats against the Sand Village.

• Tsunade learned from Karura that the Evil God ritual had permanently heightened their senses and made them nearly immortal, though the women remained furious with Tamura Hao.
• Tamura Hao considered the strengthened four-village alliance and its senjutsu-enhanced fighters, developed Purple Lightning, and prepared to leave after his hair grew back.
• Tamura Hao visited the hospital and teased Pakura and Tsunade, then carried Uchiha Mikoto into their bed despite her protests.
• Tamura Hao told Tsunade, Uchiha Juri, and the others how he had written erotic novels after working at bathhouses and studying the books he found.
• Uchiha Juri confronted Tamura Hao about the trouble his stories had caused the Uchiha clan, and Pakura warned him that his novels could make him enemies throughout the ninja world.
• Tamura Hao threatened to wipe out the Sand Village, and Pakura angrily insisted that he would not dare.

Tamura Hiroshi returned to Kikyō Mountain Castle, revealed that he had cultivated a Sage Body, and helped his companions undergo a weaker transformation using serum made from his cells. After Uchiha Hikari asked how to evolve her Mangekyō Sharingan, Tamura agreed to test his secret technique on her and cast Limited Tsukuyomi.

• Tamura Hiroshi returned to Kikyō Mountain Castle and told the Third Raikage, Yozuki A, and Fukai that he had cultivated a human Sage Body.
• Tamura gave his companions Sage Body serum, and they used Senjutsu Chakra to aid their bodily transformations.
• Tamura noticed Uchiha Hikari’s Three Lightning Sage Jutsu Curse Marks and discussed how Swift Release and other bloodlines might enhance physical combat.
• Uchiha Hikari pressed Tamura to reveal how to evolve the Mangekyō Sharingan, and she kissed him and declared herself his woman in exchange for his secret technique.
• Tamura explained that his technique drew on Tsukuyomi to increase Dojutsu Power, then used Princess Kaguya’s Six-Tomoe Rinnegan as the basis for Limited Tsukuyomi on Hikari.

Uchiha Hikari and her blonde counterpart spent a century ruling an illusion world before merging into one person and returning to reality with stronger eyes. Tamura Hiroshi then returned to Konoha Camp, where Orochimaru showed him Kurenai Yuhi’s experimental eyes and sought help with their lingering rejection.

• Uchiha Hikari and the blonde Hikari joined forces in the Limited Tsukuyomi, conquered the Ninja World, and ruled the Empire of Light while Tamura Hiroshi served as their consort.
• After a century in the illusion, the two Hikari fused their chakra and Dojutsu Power, returned to reality, and perfected Uchiha Hikari’s Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Tamura Hiroshi overpowered the two girls after they returned, then went to Konoha Camp and was welcomed by Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru showed Tamura Hiroshi that Kurenai Yuhi’s eyes had gained Dojutsu Power by combining the Sharingan and Ketsuryūgan, though rejection remained.
• Tamura Hiroshi asked whether Orochimaru knew the Uchiha Clan’s Transcription Seal, and Orochimaru explained that it stored ocular techniques temporarily rather than fusing them with an eye.

Tamura Hiroshi traded Orochimaru information on Minato Namikaze’s Light Release for samples of Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails flesh, while Orochimaru created a genjutsu-enhancing Cursed Seal for Kurenai Yuhi. As the Four Village Allied Forces prepared to attack, Minato remained unable to gain Nine-Tails’ trust, and Orochimaru announced that the decisive battle would begin within days.

• Orochimaru sealed his Dojutsu Power into a new Cursed Seal on Kurenai Yuhi, allowing her to amplify her genjutsu with Yin Release Chakra.
• Tamura Hiroshi refused Orochimaru’s offer to join him and traded records of Minato Namikaze’s Light Release for samples of Hyuga cells and Chakra, promising to obtain flesh from the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails.
• Tamura Hiroshi read Orochimaru’s records, learned how Minato had developed Light Release, and concluded that Nine-Tails’ Chakra had helped Minato survive dangerous bloodline fusions.
• Minato Namikaze failed to persuade Nine-Tails to share its perfect Chakra Mode, while Jiraiya warned him not to bear the burden of ending the war alone.
• Orochimaru told Minato Namikaze and Jiraiya that the Four Village Allied Forces were nearly ready and the decisive battle would begin within days.

Tamura Hiroshi studied Minato Namikaze’s Light Release and used it to guide his own development of a silver Light Release, surviving a dangerous bloodline transformation. As Uchiha Hikari prepared to leave the coming decisive battle because she was pregnant, Yozuki A and Fukai began their own chakra fusions, while Hikari considered another way to help.

• Tamura Hiroshi discovered that Uchiha Hikari was pregnant and told her to avoid the decisive battle and train Wind, Fire, and Yang Release instead of transforming her bloodline during pregnancy.
• Tamura Hiroshi explained that he would use Light Release to challenge Minato Namikaze, then went to the Third Raikage’s residence to develop it.
• Tamura Hiroshi combined Swift Release and Fire Release into silver Light Release and endured a day-long, painful transformation with Black Zetsu’s secret help.
• After recovering with Nutrient Solution, Tamura Hiroshi estimated that Light Release had raised his burst speed from three to four times the speed of sound.
• Yozuki A began fusing Lightning and Earth Release, and Fukai began fusing Wind and Lightning Release into Swift Release.
• Uchiha Hikari watched Uzumaki Kushina and Uzumaki Kousou and began considering how she could contribute despite being unable to fight.

Tamura Hiroshi discussed the limits of combining Kekkei Genkai and the coming war with the Third Raikage, while Uchiha Hikari returned to the Summoning Realm after revealing she was pregnant. There, Hikari saw Karura’s formidable new weapons and reunited with the others, who worried about the war and their allies’ survival.

• Tamura Hiroshi explained that preserving Swift Release interfered with evolving Light Release, and he and the Third Raikage discussed how Kumogakure and Konoha might approach the war.
• Uchiha Hikari sealed enough of her chakra and Dojutsu Power into Uzumaki Kushina and Uzumaki Kousou to let each manifest a Perfect Susanoo for half an hour, then Tamura Hiroshi sent her to the Summoning Realm.
• Uchiha Hikari met Karura, who demonstrated her Mobile Flying Blades, Thousand Blades sword, and Magnet Release techniques before learning that Hikari was pregnant.
• Karura hosted a dinner where Uchiha Hikari told the others about her pregnancy and answered questions about her age, Uchiha Kagami, and Uchiha Fugaku.
• Mikoto Uchiha hoped that Uchiha Fugaku and the others would survive the war, and Karura called everyone to dinner.

Konoha launched a surprise assault on Kikyō Mountain Castle during a thunderstorm, and Tamura Hiroshi joined the Allied Forces as the battle spread across the city and battlefield. The chapter left Tamura facing Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Minato Namikaze as Orochimaru opened with Sage Art: Deep Forest Emergence.

• Konoha used Tailed Beast Bombs to disperse the storm clouds and began its surprise attack, while Tamura Hiroshi sent the Raijin Clone back to Kumogakure.
• Tamura Hiroshi sensed a Flying Thunder God formula inside the city as Fugaku Uchiha, Uchiha Kagami, and Senju Chōsu appeared with Susanoo-clad wooden golems.
• Uzumaki Kushina and Uzumaki Kousou formed a Perfect Susanoo and helped the Allied Forces hold off the three wooden golems, while Yozuki A and Fukai fought Konoha’s shinobi outside the city.
• Tamura Hiroshi clashed with Jiraiya and spoke with Minato Namikaze before Orochimaru arrived and challenged him with his Kusanagi Sword.
• Orochimaru used Sage Art: Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence to send a flood of rapidly growing trees toward Tamura Hiroshi.

Tamura Hiroshi overwhelmed Minato Namikaze despite Jiraiya and Orochimaru’s efforts, forcing Orochimaru to unleash a life-draining Wood Release technique. Hiroshi dismantled the giant Buddha, and the chapter left him facing Minato and Jiraiya while they took his apparent fatigue as a possible weakness.

• Tamura Hiroshi evaded Jiraiya’s Senjutsu Dust Release and fought Minato Namikaze, whose Mangekyō Sharingan and Light Release still could not keep up with him.
• Orochimaru used Hero Water to unleash Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands, creating a giant wooden Buddha at the cost of his life force.
• Tamura Hiroshi severed the Buddha’s neck and began dismantling it, forcing Orochimaru to withdraw and abandon the technique.
• Minato Namikaze returned to Jiraiya and noticed Hiroshi’s labored breathing and dimmed silver glow, believing his chakra reserves might be limited.
• Tamura Hiroshi continued holding Minato and Jiraiya at bay while concealing how much strength he still had.

Tamura Hiroshi defeated Uchiha Kagami’s attempt to blind him and held Minato at bay as the battle across the city continued. When Ōtsutsuki Sari raided the battlefield for Jinchuriki, Tamura intercepted him and claimed the captured Tailed Beast Clone Jinchuriki, bringing Little Ten-Tails close to completion.

• Minato entered Kurama Mode and combined it with Sage Mode, but he still could not land a hit on Tamura Hiroshi.
• Uchiha Kagami tried to blind Tamura Hiroshi with Mokumokuren, but the technique affected the Twin Dragons instead, and Tamura beheaded Kagami.
• Minato and Tamura Hiroshi remained locked in a standoff while the battle inflicted heavy losses on both sides.
• Ōtsutsuki Sari attacked the Jinchuriki, captured the Tailed Beast Clone Jinchuriki, and failed to take the three main Jinchuriki.
• Tamura Hiroshi pursued Ōtsutsuki Sari, forced him to retreat, and sent the captured Jinchuriki into Initial Sphere Space for Little Ten-Tails to absorb.

Tamura Hiroshi helped turn the battle against the Senju faction by targeting its leaders and securing the Giant Tenseigan’s power, while Hiruzen Sarutobi’s revived army and the Four Great Shinobi Villages overwhelmed the Senju forces. He brought Tsunade, Nawaki, Mikoto Uchiha, and Uchiha Naori to the Senju Clan Land so they could gather clansmen willing to leave for Kumogakure.

• Senju Tobirama summoned more than a thousand revived shinobi, negotiated Kumogakure’s support, and joined the Third Raikage’s forces against Fugaku Uchiha and Senju Chōsu.
• Senju Chōsu and the revived Senju ancestors raised the Wood Release Great Buddha, but the allied Kage-level fighters, Tailed Beast Jinchuriki, and revived army attacked them while Minato Namikaze was persuaded not to intervene.
• Tamura Hiroshi stole Fugaku Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan, and Hyuga Hiashi escaped with Fugaku before Ōtsutsuki Sari trapped them and extracted the Giant Tenseigan.
• Tamura Hiroshi shattered the Giant Tenseigan and absorbed its Dojutsu Power while the Third Raikage held off Ōtsutsuki Sari, allowing Hiashi to escape with Fugaku.
• Tamura Hiroshi told Tsunade that Hiruzen Sarutobi’s revived army had destroyed the Senju shinobi, then brought Tsunade, Nawaki, Mikoto Uchiha, and Uchiha Naori through a Space Tunnel to the Senju Clan Land.
• Tamura Hiroshi asked Tsunade to gather the clan members willing to move to Kumogakure and kept Shadow Clones near her group while maintaining the Space Gate.

Tamura Hiroshi and Uchiha Mikoto visited her dying father, Uchiha Retsuyō, and tried to recruit Uchiha clan members to Kumogakure. Hiroshi also told Uchiha Yue that he had killed Kagami and offered to take her and Shisui away; afterward, he discussed dojutsu with Orochimaru and proposed an experiment.

• Uchiha Retsuyō reunited with Mikoto, learned she had awakened the Mangekyo and Senjutsu, and agreed to choose Uchiha for Kumogakure.
• Hiroshi told Retsuyō that Fugaku had survived but lost both eyes, and that Hiroshi had killed Uchiha Kagami; Retsuyō sent out Shadow Clones to recruit clan members.
• Hiroshi and Uchiha Naori told Uchiha Yue that Kagami was dead, offered to take her and Shisui to Kumogakure, and gave her Naori's training scroll; Yue chose to remain in Konoha.
• Hiroshi and Naori argued over how much he had lied before a tremor from the Senju Clan Land suggested a fight had begun.
• Hiroshi discussed Mangekyo evolution with Orochimaru, then offered an idea for improving Orochimaru's transplanted eyes.

Tamura Hiroshi opened a Space Gate from Konoha to Kumogakure and led a mass departure of Senju, Uchiha, Hyuga, Hatake, and other clan members. The loss of thousands of people and Hatake Sakumo’s departure left Konoha weakened as Hiruzen Sarutobi prepared to negotiate a ceasefire.

• Tamura Hiroshi suggested a way to combine Mangekyo patterns, prompting Orochimaru to leave and pursue experiments.
• Tsunade brought Senju clan members through the Space Gate, while Nawaki’s Wood Golem and the collapse of the Hokage Cliff showed his rejection of Konoha.
• Mikoto Uchiha, Uchiha Naori, and Uchiha Retsuyō led Uchiha members through the gate, and Hyuga Branch Family members entrusted their children to Tamura Hiroshi.
• Sakurako Hatake brought her family and clan members to Kumogakure, and Tamura Hiroshi’s invitation drew more Konoha clans and families through the gate.
• Tamura Hiroshi returned to Kikyō Mountain Castle and reported the gains to the Third Raikage, who sent Yozuki A and Fukai to retrieve Hatake Sakumo.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi allowed Hatake Sakumo to leave for Kumogakure and asked Jiraiya and Minato Namikaze to accompany him to the Land of Iron for ceasefire talks.

Hatake Sakumo joined Kumogakure after learning how its leaders had planned his recruitment, while insisting he would not attack former Konoha comrades unless they struck first. At a summit on the armistice and the next war, the allied villages agreed to acquire a dangerous soul-extraction jutsu and support Hiruzen Sarutobi as Hokage to keep Konoha divided.

• Tamura Hiroshi told Hatake Sakumo that Lord Dodai had arranged the plans and gifts meant to make Sakumo stronger and wary of Konoha, and the Third Raikage accepted Sakumo's condition for joining Kumogakure.
• Tamura Hiroshi gave Hatake Sakumo the modified Kusanagi Sword: Lightning Blade and said it would be completed after Sakumo visited Turtle Island.
• The Third Raikage, Ōnoki, Rasa, and Terumi Kyu discussed armistice terms, and Tamura Hiroshi explained the Reaper Death Seal and Kumogakure's Underworld Reincarnation Technique before they agreed to purchase the latter.
• The allied Kage discussed Minato Namikaze's power and agreed that the Four Village Alliance had to remain united against Konoha.
• The Third Raikage proposed that the villages support Hiruzen Sarutobi remaining Hokage, and Ōnoki, Rasa, and Terumi Kyu agreed to ease some armistice terms to preserve Konoha's internal divisions.

Tamura Hiroshi attended the second Five Kage Summit, presented his famed swords and sword techniques to Kusayama Ichiro, and persuaded Minato to distrust Konoha's leaders. Mito Uzumaki decided to go to Kumogakure, while Hiruzen Sarutobi returned to Konoha puzzled by the unexpectedly mild armistice terms and learned Shimura Danzō had not returned.

• Tamura Hiroshi showed Masamune and Zangetsu to Kusayama Ichiro, described his sword techniques, and asked him to arrange an exchange visit for Land of Iron samurai to Kumogakure.
• Tamura Hiroshi warned Minato Namikaze that Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō might have exploited him and Uzumaki Kuhina, and Mito Uzumaki appeared from Minato's seal.
• Mito Uzumaki agreed to accompany Tamura Hiroshi to Kumogakure to guide the Senju clansmen, then told Minato to protect himself and Kuhina.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Jiraiya, and Minato left the summit, where Jiraiya and Hiruzen wondered why the Four Great Shinobi Villages had offered such mild armistice terms.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi returned to Konoha, checked that Minato had not marked him with a Flying Thunder God formula, and summoned Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura.
• Utatane Koharu told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Shimura Danzō had not returned, and Hiruzen showed the others the armistice agreement, which contained the Four Great Shinobi Villages' original terms unchanged.