Chapter Summaries

Miyashi Hizokurou, Pakura, Hidan, and En no Gyōja entered Sunagakure and confronted its shinobi on their way to meet Rasa. Hizokurou demanded that Sunagakure withdraw from the joint military operation against the Nether Ninja Village and never wage war on it again, or face destruction.

• Miyashi Hizokurou led Pakura, Hidan, and En no Gyōja past Sunagakure's patrols and toward the Kazekage Building.
• Pakura revealed herself to Arashi Kaze and said the group had come to meet Rasa, but Hidan's killing intent and advancing reinforcements heightened tensions.
• Sunagakure shinobi attacked with Wind Release, and Pakura blocked their techniques and ordered them to stop.
• Miyashi Hizokurou revealed his identity, causing Sunagakure's elites to recognize him and back down.
• Rasa, Granny Chiyo, the elderly councilors, and Bunpuku arrived to confront the visitors.
• Miyashi Hizokurou demanded that Rasa end Sunagakure's joint military operation against the Nether Ninja Village and promise never to wage war against it.

Jiraiya questioned Orochimaru about the Nether Ninja Village’s plan to overthrow the Sage of Six Paths and unify the Shinobi World. Orochimaru defended the cause despite the bloodshed it would require, leaving Jiraiya silent and unable to refute him.

• Tsunade told Orochimaru that Konohagakure had abandoned its plan to attack the Nether Ninja Village after Hiruzen Sarutobi’s death and the threat posed by Hīzō, En no Gyōja, and Hidan.
• After Tsunade left, Orochimaru sent his aides away and invited Jiraiya to ask his questions.
• Jiraiya asked how unification could defeat the Sage of Six Paths, why the Kage were not shown the truth, whether the villages would honor their agreement, and how the Three Great Sage Regions were involved.
• Orochimaru explained that Elder Shin planned to replace the Chakra system with a new cultivation system, said the Sage of Six Paths’s body could not leave the Pure Land, and rejected seeking the Kage’s support.
• Orochimaru said war and bloodshed were necessary for unification and asked whether Jiraiya would accept brief suffering in exchange for lasting hope.
• Jiraiya fell silent, realizing he could not argue against Orochimaru’s reasoning.

Miyashi Hizokurou and his allies confronted Sunagakure and demanded it abandon its plans to join an attack on the Nether Ninja Village. Rasa and the village leaders debated whether to resist or accept peace, with the decision still unresolved.

• Miyashi Hizokurou, Hidan, and En no Gyōja intimidated Rasa and Sunagakure’s shinobi, while Pakura urged the village to accept peace and revealed that the Third Hokage had been killed.
• Miyashi Hizokurou gave Sunagakure an hour to decide and went with En no Gyōja and Hidan to the roof of the Kazekage Building.
• Rasa ordered Arashi to summon Sunagakure’s Elite Jonin and clan heads to a meeting at the elders’ residence.
• Granny Chiyo presented the village’s choices, and the assembled leaders debated whether to fight, feign cooperation, or bow their heads to secure peace.

Sunagakure’s leaders chose to make peace with the Nether Ninja Village rather than risk the village’s destruction. Miyashi Hizokurou and his companions left after securing Sunagakure’s promise, without signing an agreement.

• En no Gyōja told Pakura that his Forbidden Jutsu could destroy Sunagakure, while Hidan hoped the village would fight so he could offer sacrifices to Lord Jashin.
• Granny Chiyo urged Rasa to temporarily bow to the Nether Ninja Village, and Rasa accepted her recommendation.
• Rasa, Chiyo, and the elders met Miyashi Hizokurou’s group, and Chiyo declared that Sunagakure would withdraw from the joint plan against the Nether Ninja Village and make peace.
• Miyashi Hizokurou warned Sunagakure not to target the Nether Ninja Village again, then opened a space-time passage and left with his companions.
• Rasa, Chiyo, and the elders were surprised that Miyashi Hizokurou departed without signing an agreement.

Miyashi Hizokurou learned that Shikatoshi Nara and Shikaku Nara had joined the Nether Ninja Village as informants after confirming the truth about the Will of the Six Paths. The next morning, he and his allies entered Kirigakure, where the former Ninja Blade wielders fought their old comrades and Hizokurou threatened Karatachi Yagura and the village.

• Miyashi Hizokurou received his clone’s memories and learned that Shikatoshi Nara and Shikaku Nara had verified the truth and agreed to serve as informants in Konohagakure.
• Miyashi Hizokurou welcomed the Nara father and son, gave them communication rings, and sent them back to the Nara estate.
• The next morning, Miyashi Hizokurou and his companions entered Kirigakure, where Juzō Biwa, Raiga Kurosuki, and Munashi Jinpachi attacked their former comrades.
• The street battle drew reinforcements and forced civilians to evacuate as Miyashi Hizokurou and his group headed for the Mizukage Building.
• Hozuki Mangetsu urged Kirigakure to abandon the alliance and make peace, but Karatachi Yagura and the village’s leaders rejected his proposal and insulted him.
• Miyashi Hizokurou warned Kirigakure against attacking again while En no Gyōja gathered power and Hidan displayed a vial of Karatachi Yagura’s blood.

Miyashi Hizokurou and his companions pressured Karatachi Yagura and Kirigakure to submit to Nether Ninja Village, but a Kaguya elder’s attack turned the negotiations into a deadly clash. The chapter ended with Kirigakure facing a five-minute ultimatum while Karatachi Yagura struggled to choose what to do.

• En no Gyōja and Hozuki Mangetsu warned Karatachi Yagura and the Kirigakure elders that Nether Ninja Village had defeated the other villages and demanded their cooperation.
• A Kaguya Clan elder attacked Miyashi Hizokurou and his companions, prompting Hidan and other fighters to join the battle.
• Miyashi Hizokurou drew the elder’s blood, and Hidan used Blood-Death to kill him.
• Karatachi Yagura ordered the Kirigakure Ninja to stand down after the elder died, abandoning his plan to seize Hidan.
• Miyashi Hizokurou gave Kirigakure five minutes to submit, while Hozuki Mangetsu tried to persuade its leaders and Karatachi Yagura grew increasingly distressed.

Karatachi Yagura accepted the Nether Ninja Village’s demands, while the Sage of Six Paths planned to destroy it and worked to make Minato Namikaze learn Impure World Reincarnation. Miyashi Hizokurou then arrived at Iwagakure, where Ōnoki prepared to confront him and defend the village.

• Karatachi Yagura agreed that Kirigakure would leave the Five Villages Allied Forces and abandon its plans against the Nether Ninja Village, though he secretly vowed to retaliate if he found a way to counter the curse techniques.
• Hirazaki Harukawa escaped with Elder Kaguya’s soul before the Sage of Six Paths could reach it, and the Sage decided to focus on Madara and the Nether Ninja Village while infiltrating Minato Namikaze’s will.
• Miyashi Hizokurou returned to the Nether Ninja Village with En no Gyōja and Hidan, then chose to approach Iwagakure before Cloud Village.
• Miyashi Hizokurou contacted Ishii, who reported that none of the Iwagakure ninja wanted to return and expected Ōnoki to choose correctly.
• Miyashi Hizokurou, En no Gyōja, and Hidan revealed themselves to Iwagakure’s sensory ninja, prompting Ōnoki and a group of elders to block them at the gates.
• Ōnoki resolved to protect Iwagakure and insisted that Miyashi Hizokurou defeat him directly rather than rely on curse techniques.

Miyashi Hizokurou forced Ōnoki to accept peace with the Nether Ninja Village after threatening Iwagakure with En no Gyōja’s Furious Heaven. In Konohagakure, Minato Namikaze remained unaware of the Six Paths’ influence as he prepared for a date with Kushina.

• Miyashi Hizokurou stopped Hidan from attacking Ōnoki and offered En no Gyōja as a challenger instead.
• Ōnoki refused to risk En no Gyōja using Furious Heaven in Iwagakure, and Miyashi Hizokurou rejected his demands to save face.
• Ōnoki agreed that Iwagakure would not attack or interfere with the Nether Ninja Village, and Miyashi Hizokurou departed with his companions.
• Miyashi Hizokurou chose not to visit Kumogakure that day, since the Five Kage alliance had already fallen apart.
• Minato Namikaze resisted an unexplained urge to learn Impure World Reincarnation, unaware that the Will of the Six Paths was influencing him.
• Minato Namikaze prepared to go on a date with Kushina, who had missed Hiruzen Sarutobi’s death while away on a mission.

Miyashi Hizokurou traveled to Cloud Village with En no Gyōja and Hidan to demand that it stop targeting Nether Ninja Village, after the other four villages had agreed to withdraw. The Fourth Raikage A rejected the demand and challenged why Miyashi had come to threaten Cloud Village.

• Miyashi Hizokurou admired Nether Ninja Village’s thriving streets and decided he would try to leave future crises to Orochimaru.
• Miyashi Hizokurou summoned En no Gyōja and Hidan, and the three traveled to Cloud Village by way of Valley of Clouds and Lightning.
• Cloud Village shinobi spotted the trio and escorted them toward the Raikage’s office as word was sent to the Fourth Raikage A.
• Miyashi Hizokurou told the Fourth Raikage A that the Five Ninja Villages Alliance had disbanded and demanded Cloud Village promise to coexist peacefully with Nether Ninja Village.
• The Fourth Raikage A refused to submit and asked why Miyashi had come to threaten Cloud Village after the other villages had already withdrawn.

Kumogakure’s leaders chose to yield to the Nether Ninja Village and avoid war after weighing the danger of resisting Miyashi Hizokurou, Hidan, and En no Gyōja. The mission ended successfully, and En no Gyōja returned to Nether King Orochimaru with his report.

• Killer B proposed luring Miyashi Hizokurou and the others out of the village and attacking them, but Raikage A rejected the plan.
• Mokai and other Kumogakure shinobi argued that the village should yield to protect its people, and the elders and Raikage A agreed.
• Raikage A told Miyashi Hizokurou that Kumogakure would accept the Nether Ninja Village’s demands and coexist peacefully.
• Miyashi Hizokurou warned Kumogakure not to scheme or wage war against the Nether Ninja Village again, then left with En no Gyōja and Hidan.
• Hidan went to seek a reward from the Evil God, while En no Gyōja compiled the mission report and returned to Orochimaru.

Hyuga Shin created a fourth clone to explore the Sage cultivation method and investigate the Pure Land. The clone reached the Sage Realm, discovered the World Will and the Three Great Insect Sages’ motives, and shared the rule of time with Hyuga Shin.

• Hyuga Shin cultivated a White Zetsu clone and sent it to the Dragon Vein in Rōran to train in Senjutsu.
• The fourth Hyuga Shin clone absorbed the Dragon Vein’s Natural Energy and reached the Sage Realm after seven days.
• The clone discovered that Sage Realm cultivators could live for thousands of years and that he had mastered the rule of time.
• Hyuga Shin learned that the Three Great Insect Sages restricted new sages because Natural Energy was limited and its depletion could destroy the world.
• The clone revealed that the World Will had bestowed the rule of time, leaving Hyuga Shin wary of becoming bound to this world’s Sage path.

Hyuga Shin’s fourth clone became Sage Hyuga Shin and set out to explore the Pure Land, while the Three Great Insect Sages discovered that an unknown human had used the Dragon Vein to become a Sage. They decided to seal the Dragon Vein and hunt the new Sage if they found him.

• Hyuga Shin learned that Sages could enter the Pure Land but were limited by its rules and the conflict between its energy and Natural Energy.
• Hyuga Shin sent his fourth clone, now called Sage Hyuga Shin, toward the Pure Land while his real body remained in seclusion to cultivate the Indestructible Realm.
• The Three Great Insect Sages realized the World Will had changed because an unknown human had secretly become a Sage.
• The White Snake Sage, Great Slug Sage, and Great Toad Head Sage investigated and concluded that the new Sage had used the Dragon Vein to break through.
• The Three Great Insect Sages agreed to seal the Dragon Vein, and the White Snake Sage blamed the Great Toad Head Sage for Jiraiya’s time travel.

The Three Great Insect Sages sealed the damaged Dragon Vein near Roran, while the Nether Ninja Village grew more organized under Orochimaru. Curious about the village and its influence, the Sages visited and were astonished to find all three of their contractors gathered there.

• The Great Slug Sage, White Snake Sage, and Great Toad Head transformed into human forms and traveled to the Dragon Vein near Roran.
• The three Sages reinforced the Dragon Vein’s seal, and the Great Toad Head took some of the Queen of Roran’s blood to preserve her lineage’s ability to regulate it.
• Jiraiya remained at the Nether Ninja Village and grew to admire Hyuga Shin after learning about his past and ideals.
• Orochimaru appointed Kaguya Changming, Shirafuji Shizuka, Tsunade Hime, and Ishii to lead the village’s military police, Anbu, medical, and intelligence departments.
• The White Snake Sage invited the Great Slug Sage and Great Toad Head to visit the Nether Ninja Village, where they discovered all three Sages’ contractors had gathered.

Uchiha Madara secretly preserved his own will against the Sage of Six Paths and ordered Black Zetsu to find a successor. Black Zetsu identified eleven-year-old Obito Uchiha as a promising candidate, despite his poor talent.

• Uchiha Madara realized his plan had let him resist the Sage of Six Paths' control and asked Black Zetsu about the search for a successor.
• Black Zetsu reported that Fugaku Uchiha and the other candidates failed to meet Madara's standards, so Madara ordered him to search younger Uchiha students.
• Fugaku Uchiha and his family celebrated the birth of Itachi Uchiha as the Uchiha Clan welcomed visitors and gifts.
• Black Zetsu searched the Ninja Academy for four days and found Obito Uchiha, whose personality and circumstances fit nearly all of Madara's requirements despite his lack of talent.

Black Zetsu reported Obito Uchiha’s potential to Madara, while the Five Daimyos pressured the Five Kage to keep opposing the Nether Ninja Village. In the village, Jiraiya and Tsunade Hime encountered the Three Great Sages, who recognized them as former contracted partners.

• Black Zetsu left Konohagakure to report Obito Uchiha’s potential as a candidate to Madara.
• The Five Daimyos met with the Five Kage, demanded to know why they had canceled the planned invasion, and threatened to cut off their financial support.
• The Five Kage told the Five Daimyos they still intended to fight the Nether Ninja Village if they found a way, easing the daimyos’ fears.
• Orochimaru learned of the meeting but was not worried that the Five Great Shinobi Villages would attack the Nether Ninja Village again.
• Jiraiya invited Tsunade Hime to a feast, and she called Orochimaru to join them.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade Hime passed the Three Great Sages, whose expressions revealed their anger and satisfaction at seeing their former contracted partners.

The Three Great Insect Sages investigated the Nether Ninja Village and found that its shinobi, including Tsunade Hime and Jiraiya, had shed the Will of the Six Paths. After measuring the world’s shifting Great Trend, they discovered the village’s drive to unite the Shinobi World had already gained four-tenths of it.

• The Three Great Insect Sages watched Orochimaru meet Tsunade Hime and Jiraiya at a barbecue restaurant and learned that the two had left Konohagakure and no longer carried the Will of the Six Paths.
• The sages examined the Nether Ninja Village’s powerful shinobi and found that most Jonin had also purged the Will of the Six Paths.
• Miyashi Hizokurou sensed the sages nearby and warned Orochimaru, Tsunade Hime, and Jiraiya through their information rings.
• The three sages returned to their sacred lands and used secret techniques to examine the Great Trend in the Shinobi World.
• The sages discovered that the Nether Ninja Village’s unification trend held four-tenths of the Great Trend, while the Sage of Six Paths’ Chakra system held six-tenths.

Orochimaru and his allies discussed the Three Great Sages’ intentions and the secrets behind the Shinobi World’s power systems, while Hyuga Shin explored the Pure Land. Meanwhile, Uchiha Madara chose Obito Uchiha as his successor and set Black Zetsu to watch and guide him.

• Orochimaru, Tsunade Hime, and Jiraiya learned from Miyashi Hizokurou that the Three Great Sages had left and discussed whether they might intervene against the Nether Ninja Village.
• Orochimaru vowed to break his contract with Ryūchi Cave, while telling Tsunade Hime and Jiraiya to keep their contracts for now.
• Miyashi Hizokurou suggested that Orochimaru ask Oda Kazuya about the differences between Natural Energy and the Chakra system, and Orochimaru resolved to continue the village’s plans.
• Hyuga Shin’s fourth clone entered the Pure Land, surveyed its blood-red landscape and powerful souls, then flew toward its heart to uncover its secrets.
• Black Zetsu told Uchiha Madara about Obito Uchiha, whom Madara selected as his successor and ordered Black Zetsu to monitor with White Zetsu spores and clones.

Hyuga Shin infiltrated the Shinigami Toyama Kazumi’s territory and uncovered how the Five Kings exploited souls in the Pure Land. After learning that the Sage of Six Paths had been lured there by the World Will, he left suspecting that the Sage was its pawn.

• Hyuga Shin entered the territory of the Shinigami, concealed his presence, and learned that ordinary souls were being drained and devoured.
• Hyuga Shin took control of a powerful steward’s soul and searched its memories for secrets about the Pure Land.
• Hyuga Shin learned that over a hundred powerful souls lived beyond the Five Kings’ territories and that the Five Kings’ duty was to maintain the Pure Land.
• Hyuga Shin discovered that the World Will had lured the Sage of Six Paths into the Pure Land, where he unknowingly served its interests.
• Hyuga Shin learned the identities of the Five Kings and that ordinary souls were reincarnated only after the Shinigami had exhausted their value.
• Hyuga Shin erased the steward’s memories and withdrew, suspecting that the Sage of Six Paths was merely a pawn of the World Will.

Hyuga Shin learned from his clone that the Shinobi World’s Will might be manipulating events, so his original body resolved to remain hidden in the Small World until reaching the Indestructible Realm. In the Pure Land, Hyuga Shin confronted Hirazaki Harukawa at the border of the Sage of Six Paths’ domain and used threats to discourage him from attacking.

• Hyuga Shin received his fourth clone’s discoveries and suspicions, then decided to strengthen the Small World’s defenses and stay there until reaching the Indestructible Realm.
• Hyuga Shin observed that Hirazaki Harukawa’s followers worshiped him and unknowingly surrendered their essence through their faith.
• Hyuga Shin flew toward the Sage of Six Paths’ domain and encountered Hirazaki Harukawa near the border.
• Hirazaki Harukawa questioned Hyuga Shin about his arrival and his connection to the Sage of Six Paths.
• Hyuga Shin demanded that Hirazaki Harukawa introduce himself and threatened to destroy his soul-harvesting plans if he attacked.
• Hirazaki Harukawa argued that Hyuga Shin could not freely interfere in the Pure Land, while Hyuga Shin insisted he could find and disrupt the Evil God’s garden.

Hyuga Shin, calling himself Taiyi Sage, traveled with Hirazaki Harukawa to confront the Sage of Six Paths and test his power in the Pure Land. Meanwhile, Orochimaru ordered the Nether Ninja Village to restore control over its branches and eliminate the rebellious Daimyo.

• Hyuga Shin introduced himself to Hirazaki Harukawa as Taiyi Sage and said he wanted to fight the Sage of Six Paths alone, while Hirazaki Harukawa offered to watch.
• Hirazaki Harukawa opened a spatial portal and brought Hyuga Shin near the Sage of Six Paths' palace, where the Sage sensed their arrival while interfering with Minato Namikaze's will.
• The Sage of Six Paths emerged from his palace and was surprised to find another Sage in the Shinobi World; Hyuga Shin faced him for the first time.
• Orochimaru learned that Daimyo in several small countries were plotting to restore the old order and had tried to win over Nether Ninja Village branch ninjas.
• Orochimaru ordered the branch ninjas to return and sent Kaguya Changming and an elite unit to eliminate the Daimyo; Hidan insisted on joining them.