Chapter Summaries

Orochimaru ordered the allied shinobi villages to control their Daimyos or kill them if they resisted, while planning to spread the Nether Ninja Village’s influence. When the Sea Ninja Village’s coup failed, Miyashi Hizokurou, Tengetsu, and Hidan arrived to help attack the Land of Sea Daimyo’s residence.

• Orochimaru received reports that over a dozen small shinobi villages had mostly taken control of their Daimyos.
• Tian Qingcheng killed the Land of Waterfalls Daimyo after the ruler insulted him and refused to submit, then installed an obedient minister in his place.
• A spy exposed the Sea Ninja Village’s coup plans, allowing the Land of Sea Daimyo to defeat the village and prepare his residence for another attack.
• Orochimaru sent Miyashi Hizokurou to assist, and Miyashi brought Tengetsu and Hidan to the Sea Ninja Village using their communication rings.
• Miyashi told the Sea Ninja Village leader to take his shinobi to the Daimyo’s residence, where Hidan and Tengetsu led the assault.
• Hidan broke through the Daimyo’s defenses, killing guards and sacrificing the two Jonin while arrows pierced his body.

Miyashi Hizokurou helped Sea Ninja Village seize control of the Land of Sea and investigated whether the minor nations had truly submitted to the Nether Ninja Village. He exposed the Artisan Country Daimyo’s attempt to retain power and ordered Shimizu to begin distributing unaltered unification leaflets, while the Daimyo tried to undermine the campaign.

• Hidan sacrificed the Land of Sea Daimyo, and Miyashi Hizokurou installed an acting Daimyo and ordered Sea Ninja Village to govern the country and promote the Nether Ninja Village’s ideas.
• Miyashi Hizokurou investigated the minor nations and discovered that the Artisan Country Daimyo still controlled the country despite Takumi Village’s report of submission.
• The Artisan Country Daimyo secretly contacted the Five Great Nations and planned to use his influence over Takumi Village to retain power and counter the Nether Ninja Village.
• Miyashi Hizokurou sent Shimizu a leaflet and ordered him to print and distribute it without changing its wording.
• The Artisan Country Daimyo ordered Shimizu to add a statement claiming he endorsed the Nether Ninja Village’s ideas, hoping to make the public associate the campaign with him.

Miyashi Hizokurou uncovered the Daimyo of Artisan Country’s attempt to interfere with Nether Ninja Village’s plans, and Shimizu helped eliminate the Daimyo’s faction. Orochimaru then extended Nether Ninja Village’s rule across the subordinate countries, where its new administration advanced smoothly as the chapter ended with Orochimaru and En no Gyōja walking through a prosperous village.

• Miyashi Hizokurou showed Shimizu the altered promotional notice, explained the Daimyo of Artisan Country’s scheme, and ordered Shimizu to support Nether Ninja Village.
• Shimizu mobilized Takumi Village’s ninjas, who wiped out the Daimyo of Artisan Country’s faction two days later.
• Miyashi Hizokurou installed Nether Ninja Village personnel in Artisan Country and inspected the other subordinate countries before reporting to Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru ordered the countries and ninja villages to come under Nether Ninja Village’s unified rule and sent elite units to promote its ideals and stabilize the regions.
• After more than half a month of smooth progress, Orochimaru and En no Gyōja walked through Nether Ninja Village, where a little boy offered them roasted meat.

The Sage of Six Paths reclaimed Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju’s souls, then harvested Soul Origin from the imprisoned shinobi in the Pure Land. With Madara’s will weakening, he also turned his attention to Hyuga Shin’s preparations in the Shinobi World.

• Tsunade Hime left Konoha with Senju Nawaki after growing furious with Hiruzen Sarutobi and her grandfathers’ support for him.
• The Sage of Six Paths recalled Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju to the Pure Land, and Hiruzen Sarutobi failed to summon them again.
• The Sage of Six Paths harvested Soul Origin from the Pure Land’s pyramid of imprisoned shinobi, including Hashirama Senju and former Hokage.
• The Sage of Six Paths urged the weakened souls to train and strengthen themselves before leaving his underground prison.
• The Sage of Six Paths sent a clone into the Shinobi World to find and dismantle the measures Hyuga Shin had left behind.

The Sage of Six Paths pursued Hyuga Shin’s hidden Forbidden Jutsu across the Shinobi World, but its automatic spatial jumps repeatedly thwarted him. Hyuga Shin monitored the chase from the Small World and decided to let the jutsu finish its mission before recovering the Tenseigan.

• The Sage of Six Paths sent part of his Soul Body into the Shinobi World and began tracking Hyuga Shin’s signal-transmitting Forbidden Jutsu.
• Three days later, the Sage of Six Paths found the hidden space in the Land of Snow, but it jumped away as he attacked it.
• The Sage of Six Paths spent four more days searching for the space after its Chakra ran out and made it harder to track.
• Hyuga Shin observed the pursuit from the Small World and chose not to intervene, prioritizing his studies of the Indestructible Realm.
• Hyuga Shin planned to use the Forbidden Jutsu once more to send information to the Nether Ninja Village, then retrieve the Tenseigan before the Sage of Six Paths destroyed it.

Hyuga Shin sent his final information-transmission message while the Sage of Six Paths closed in, and the Daimyo of the Five Great Nations agreed to join the fight against the Nether Ninja Village. Hyuga Shin escaped the destroyed Forbidden Jutsu space with its restored Tenseigan, while the conflict across the Shinobi World intensified.

• The Sage of Six Paths searched for Hyuga Shin's hidden Forbidden Jutsu space for more than half a month before detecting its active Chakra fluctuations.
• The Kage of the Five Great Shinobi Villages persuaded the Daimyo of the Five Great Nations to intervene after reports revealed the Nether Ninja Village had killed daimyo and taken over small countries.
• The Daimyo of the Five Great Nations agreed to deploy their forces alongside the Five Great Shinobi Villages against the Nether Ninja Village.
• Hyuga Shin activated the information-transmission Forbidden Jutsu and sent Chakra information to most of the ninja in the Shinobi World.
• The Sage of Six Paths located and attacked the Forbidden Jutsu space, but Hyuga Shin escaped using the laws of space and took the restored Tenseigan with him.

Hyuga Shin’s final memory transmission revealed that he, Uchiha Madara, and Hashirama Senju had once planned to unify the Shinobi World before Madara and Hashirama abruptly turned against the ideal. The memories left many ninjas questioning the Sage of Six Paths’ influence and strengthened support for the Nether Ninja Village, while the Sage raged and Shin’s information network came to an end.

• The Sage of Six Paths destroyed Hyuga Shin’s Forbidden Jutsu, but Shin’s final memory transmission still reached ninjas across the Shinobi World.
• The memories showed Hyuga Shin, Uchiha Madara, and Hashirama Senju agreeing to unify the Shinobi World, capturing Tailed Beasts as weapons, and preparing to end war.
• Hyuga Shin’s memories revealed that Madara and Hashirama suddenly rejected their plan, fought each other, and left Shin critically injured when he tried to stop them at the Valley of the End.
• Hyuga Shin told the memory’s viewers that the Sage of Six Paths had altered Madara and Hashirama’s minds to preserve a chaotic Shinobi World, and urged them to join the Nether Ninja Village.
• Shikatoshi Nara and Shikaku Nara recognized how the memories supported Shin’s claims, while the Sage of Six Paths grew furious and Tsunade Hime considered taking her younger brother to the Nether Ninja Village.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Four Kage saw the Nether Ninja Village gain stronger support, as Hyuga Shin announced that this would be his final information transmission.

After Hyuga Shin’s final message cast doubt on the Sage of Six Paths, the Sage summoned the Five Kage and ordered them to prepare a full-scale assault on the Nether Ninja Village. The story left the villages preparing for war in one month, while the Sage planned to deal with Uchiha Madara and join the invasion.

• The Nara father and son discussed the Nether Ninja Village’s growing strength and chose to remain neutral while weighing which side could protect their clan.
• Hozuki Mangetsu reached Kage Level and, three days later, Orochimaru made him an elder of the Nether Ninja Village.
• The Sage of Six Paths postponed his attack because Uchiha Madara’s will was resurging, then secretly gathered the Five Kage and urged them to destroy the Nether Ninja Village.
• The Five Kage warned that Hidan’s curse and En no Gyōja threatened their forces, and the Sage promised to find a way to deal with them.
• The Sage ordered Hiruzen Sarutobi to use Impure World Reincarnation in a month so he could bring former Kage into the Shinobi World and help destroy the Nether Ninja Village.

Tsunade Hime arrived at the Nether Ninja Village with Nawaki and questioned Orochimaru about Hyuga Shin’s claims. After learning how the Sage of Six Paths drained the living and controlled souls in the Pure Land, she became convinced that the revelations were true, and Orochimaru sought to bring her into the village’s camp.

• Tsunade Hime and Nawaki arrived at the Nether Ninja Village, and Orochimaru welcomed them.
• Tsunade Hime asked Orochimaru whether Hyuga Shin’s claims about the Shinobi World and the dead were true.
• Orochimaru explained that the Sage of Six Paths drained shinobi’s life force and harvested souls in the Pure Land for Chakra.
• Orochimaru transferred Hyuga Shin’s information to Tsunade Hime, while Nawaki asked to receive it too and was refused.
• Tsunade Hime recognized the truth in the revelations and recalled that Elder Shin had sealed the Will of the Six Paths inside them when he revived Nawaki.

Tsunade Hime joined the Nether Ninja Village after learning the Sage of Six Paths had manipulated the Shinobi World and threatened her family’s souls. Orochimaru took her and Senju Nawaki to the Small World, where they purged the Sage’s hidden will and officially joined the village.

• Tsunade Hime told Orochimaru she would join the Nether Ninja Village and inherit her grandfather’s goal of uniting the Shinobi World.
• Orochimaru explained that Hyuga Shin had hoped Tsunade Hime would discover the truth for herself, then recognized signs that the Sage of Six Paths had invaded her and Senju Nawaki again.
• Orochimaru contacted Miyashi Hizokurou, who opened a passage to the Small World and escorted the group there.
• Tsunade Hime and Senju Nawaki entered the array and used the Power of Heaven and Earth to purge the Sage of Six Paths’ hidden will from their bodies.
• Tsunade Hime and Senju Nawaki officially became members of the Nether Ninja Village.

Orochimaru appointed Tsunade Hime a core elder and prepared the Nether Ninja Village for war, but learned the Five Great Shinobi Villages and Five Great Nations planned a full-scale attack in twelve days. At a core elders' assembly, Miyashi Hizokurou proposed striking first with En no Gyōja's Forbidden Jutsu, and the meeting ended with Tsunade Hime, Pakura, and Hozuki Mangetsu objecting to the destruction of their former homes.

• Orochimaru appointed Tsunade Hime Minister of the Medical Department and ordered the village branches to send two-thirds of their strongest fighters to headquarters.
• Orochimaru activated informants in the Five Great Shinobi Villages, then learned that the villages and Five Great Nations planned to attack in twelve days.
• Orochimaru summoned the core elders to discuss the threat, noting that the enemy might receive help from the Sage of Six Paths.
• Miyashi Hizokurou proposed that the Nether Ninja Village strike first and use En no Gyōja to devastate the Five Great Shinobi Villages.
• Tsunade Hime, Pakura, and Hozuki Mangetsu opposed the plan because it would kill innocent people and destroy their former villages.

Orochimaru held a vote on Miyashi Hizokurou’s ruthless proposal, which aimed to secure the Nether Ninja Village’s survival and advance its ideals. The proposal passed twelve to three, and Tsunade Hime began voicing her objections after the vote.

• Orochimaru defended Miyashi Hizokurou’s proposal and called for a show-of-hands vote.
• Kakuzu, Hidan, Sasori, Hiruko, En no Gyōja, Shirafuji Shizuka, Kaguya Changming, and Ishii supported the proposal, while Pakura, Tsunade Hime, and Hozuki Mangetsu opposed it.
• Pakura argued that Sunagakure could still be guided, and Sasori dismissed her objections.
• Tian Qingcheng and Oda Kazuya deferred to Orochimaru, while Miyashi Hizokurou supported his own proposal.
• The proposal passed by a vote of twelve to three, and Tsunade Hime began voicing her displeasure.

Orochimaru accepted a compromise giving Tsunade Hime, Hozuki Mangetsu, and Pakura chances to prevent their villages from going to war with the Nether Ninja Village. Miyashi Hizokurou traveled to Konoha with Tsunade Hime, En no Gyōja, and Hidan, where he began both a public effort to gather the village and a secret meeting tied to the Hyuga Clan.

• Tsunade Hime, Hozuki Mangetsu, and Pakura opposed Orochimaru's plan, so Miyashi Hizokurou proposed giving them chances to rally their villages against war and, failing that, to spare the villages after killing their Kage.
• Orochimaru approved Miyashi Hizokurou's proposal and assigned him to carry it out with En no Gyōja, Hidan, and Tsunade Hime.
• Miyashi Hizokurou and his companions arrived near Konoha, and he sent them to wait while he entered the village using Space Ninjutsu.
• Miyashi Hizokurou sent a clone to find Hizashi Hyuga and summoned him to the Forest of Death to hear Hyuga Shin's final instructions.
• Miyashi Hizokurou planned to use the opportunity to help the Hyuga Clan leave Konoha and escape its main-and-branch family system.

Miyashi Hizokurou entered Konohagakure and attacked the Hokage Building, prompting Hiruzen Sarutobi to activate a barrier designed to restrict Space Ninjutsu. Miyashi sensed the barrier but believed it posed little threat, and his real objective had already been achieved by drawing powerful clans and Elite Ninja from other villages to the battlefield.

• Miyashi Hizokurou confronted four Elite Jonin on his way to the Hokage Building and forced them to let him pass.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi watched Miyashi approach and prepared a Sealing Barrier meant to counter his Space Ninjutsu.
• Miyashi slashed the Hokage Building with a forty-meter Sword Qi attack, killing many guards and enraging Hiruzen.
• Hiruzen ordered the Space Lockdown Barrier activated and summoned the major clans; once it was ready, he led an attack on Miyashi.
• Miyashi sensed the barrier's spatial restrictions but judged them manageable and recognized that his commotion had drawn powerful Ninja to the battlefield.

Miyashi Hizokurou brought Tsunade Hime, En no Gyōja, and Hidan into Konoha so Tsunade could warn its leaders about the Sage of Six Paths and urge them to abandon war against the Nether Ninja Village. Hidan killed Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Miyashi Hizokurou left the Konoha ninja an hour to decide whether to continue the conflict.

• Miyashi Hizokurou stopped fighting Hiruzen Sarutobi and opened a space-time portal, bringing Tsunade Hime, En no Gyōja, and Hidan into Konoha.
• Tsunade Hime told the clan leaders that the Nether Ninja Village's warnings were true and urged Konoha to surrender rather than start a war.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected Tsunade Hime's claims and prepared to summon the previous Hokage with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Hidan used Blood-Death to pierce Hiruzen Sarutobi's chest, and his guards could not save him.
• Tsunade Hime warned the Konoha ninja about the Sage of Six Paths, while Miyashi Hizokurou gave them an hour to decide whether to continue the war before leaving with his companions.

After Miyashi Hizokurou killed Hiruzen Sarutobi, Konoha's leaders debated whether to fight the Nether Ninja Village or submit to its ultimatum. Shikatoshi Nara and Shimura Danzō swayed the assembly toward preserving the village, and more than eighty percent voted to temporarily bow.

• Konoha's leaders gathered to decide how to respond to the Nether Ninja Village after Miyashi Hizokurou killed Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Jiraiya returned and strengthened the faction calling for revenge and war.
• Shimura Danzō warned that Miyashi Hizokurou could destroy Konoha with his Forbidden Jutsu and urged the leaders to prioritize the village's survival.
• Mitokado Hiko, Utatane Koharu, Torifu Akimichi, and Shikatoshi Nara supported temporarily setting aside Hiruzen's death and bowing to the Nether Ninja Village.
• Shikatoshi Nara argued that preserving Konoha's people and strength mattered more than revenge, and Shimura Danzō called for a vote.
• More than eighty percent of the assembly raised their hands in favor of temporarily bowing to the Nether Ninja Village.

Konoha’s leaders voted to bow temporarily to the Nether Ninja Village, then debated who should take charge as interim Hokage. Danzo’s bid for the position collapsed after Jiraiya, Shikatoshi Nara, and clan heads rejected his suitability.

• Jiraiya accepted the vote to suspend plans for war, while wondering why Tsunade Hime had joined the Nether Ninja Village.
• Danzo announced that Konoha would temporarily bow and asked the assembly to recommend someone to lead negotiations.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu supported Danzo, while the major clan heads held back and others considered Jiraiya and Shikatoshi Nara as alternatives.
• Danzo asked Jiraiya and Shikatoshi whether they would object to him becoming interim Hokage, but neither endorsed him.
• Hyuga Hiko and Yamashiro Uchiha criticized Danzo’s fitness for the position, citing his conduct and missing arm.
• Jiraiya refused to support Danzo, and Shikatoshi agreed that Danzo was unfit, undermining his chance to become interim Hokage.

After Hiruzen Sarutobi died, the Sage of Six Paths claimed his soul before Hirazaki Harukawa could take it. In Konohagakure, the clans chose Torifu Akimichi as interim Hokage, leaving Danzo disappointed.

• The Sage of Six Paths sensed Hiruzen Sarutobi's death and took his Soul Body before Hirazaki Harukawa could steal it.
• The Sage of Six Paths confronted Hirazaki Harukawa, who refused to back down and continued to threaten his claim on souls.
• Danzo lost his chance to become interim Hokage and left the conference room after the clans chose another candidate.
• Yamashiro Uchiha nominated Torifu Akimichi, and Shibo Aburame, Gō Inuzuka, Hyuga Hiko, Minato Namikaze, and others supported him.
• Shikatoshi Nara confirmed that the Ino-Shika-Cho Clans supported Torifu, who accepted the interim Hokage Position until a successor to the Fourth appeared.

Miyashi Hizokurou secured Konoha’s agreement to peace, while Tsunade Hime challenged Jiraiya’s beliefs and invited him to see proof of the Nether Ninja Village’s claims. Jiraiya entered the Small World with Tsunade to investigate, as Miyashi Hizokurou left Konoha with En no Gyōja and Hidan.

• Miyashi Hizokurou arrived in Konoha with Tsunade Hime, En no Gyōja, and Hidan, where Torifu Akimichi announced that Konoha chose peace.
• Miyashi Hizokurou accepted Konoha’s terms, promising the Nether Ninja Village would not attack as long as Konoha upheld the agreement.
• Jiraiya questioned whether Tsunade Hime had been controlled, and Tsunade answered that he had been misled and challenged him to verify the truth about the Sage of Six Paths.
• Tsunade Hime offered to show Jiraiya proof, and Jiraiya agreed to go despite the other Konoha elites’ suspicions.
• Shikatoshi Nara secretly messaged Miyashi Hizokurou, who opened a space passage and sent Tsunade Hime and Jiraiya into the Small World.
• Miyashi Hizokurou left Konoha with En no Gyōja and Hidan.

After learning that the Sage of Six Paths and the Great Toad Sage had manipulated him, Jiraiya asked Tsunade Hime to take him to Nether Ninja Village. Miyashi Hizokurou then brought Pakura and two companions to Sunagakure to begin persuading the village to surrender.

• Torifu Akimichi organized the Leaf's recovery efforts and struggled to decide how to hold the Third Hokage's funeral.
• Miyashi Hizokurou's clone helped Hizashi Hyuga clear the Will of the Six Paths from his body and gave him tools to strengthen himself and escape danger.
• Jiraiya realized the Great Toad Sage had used him as a pawn against Nether Ninja Village, then asked Tsunade Hime to take him to meet Orochimaru.
• Miyashi Hizokurou returned to Nether Ninja Village with Jiraiya and Tsunade Hime, then messaged Pakura about preparations to visit Sunagakure.
• Miyashi Hizokurou took Pakura, En no Gyōja, and Hidan to the outskirts of Sunagakure, where Hidan complained about the desert and Pakura threatened him.