Chapter Summaries

Hyuga Shin was pressured by nine former Kage working together, then took the fight into the air with powerful attacks and a Rock Giant. The battle remained deadlocked, and Hashirama Senju recognized Hyuga Shin as a worthy opponent without realizing he was still holding back.

• Tobirama Senju and the other former Kage coordinated attacks that wounded Hyuga Shin and forced him to keep escaping with Space Ninjutsu.
• Hyuga Shin rose into the sky and used Tengai Shinsei, but the former Kage destroyed the meteor before it could cause major damage.
• Hyuga Shin summoned a Rock Giant and attacked the battlefield, but Tobirama Senju used Flying Thunder God to carry grounded Kage to their airborne allies.
• Hyuga Shin unleashed Palm of Heavenly Destruction, but Tobirama Senju moved the former Kage out of its range while Hashirama Senju shielded Hiruzen Sarutobi, Ōnoki, and the others with a Wood Golem.
• Hashirama Senju judged that Hyuga Shin could fight him at full strength, unaware that Hyuga Shin was still concealing some of his power.

Hyuga Shin freed Orochimaru from the Sage of Six Paths' control and entrusted him with the Nether Ninja Village and his ideals. After making his escape from the battlefield, Hyuga Shin sent Orochimaru to reunite with the organization.

• Hyuga Shin realized the Sage of Six Paths was using Orochimaru and asked his main body to help remove the Sage's will.
• Hyuga Shin isolated Orochimaru in a pocket dimension while his main body's primordial spirit entered Orochimaru's soul space and erased the Sage of Six Paths' will.
• Orochimaru awakened and told Hyuga Shin how difficult it had been to resist the Sage's control.
• Hyuga Shin gave Orochimaru his knowledge and theories, sealed his soul space, and entrusted him with leading the Nether Ninja Village.
• Hyuga Shin withdrew from the battlefield, and Otsutsuki Hyuga Shin sent a clone to take Orochimaru to the Nether Ninja Village members.

Hyuga Shin introduced Orochimaru as his successor to the Nether Ninja Village and warned its members that his life was nearing its end. Back on the battlefield, he planned to seal some of the revived Kage as the Sage of Six Paths struggled to understand how Shin had freed Orochimaru from his influence.

• Hyuga Shin told the Nether Ninja Village that Orochimaru was his chosen successor and urged everyone to support him and continue their goal of unifying the Shinobi World.
• Hyuga Shin's clone warned Hidan that his secret technique had likely been exposed and gave him labeled blood samples from the village Kage, while Oda Kazuya doubted Shin's claims about his impending end.
• Tsunade Hime tried to persuade Hashirama Senju to stop the effort to kill Hyuga Shin, but he refused under the Sage of Six Paths's influence.
• Hyuga Shin faced attacks from the revived Kage and the Jinchuriki, then resolved to seal several of the flying Second Kage to reduce the pressure.
• The Sage of Six Paths grew furious after Hyuga Shin rapidly erased his spiritual will from Orochimaru, while the Three Great Insect Sages also failed to uncover how he had done it.

Hyuga Shin used his Space Ninjutsu to seize and seal several reanimated Kage before Hashirama Senju entered the battle to face him. Their fight escalated from ninjutsu clashes to Hashirama’s giant wooden Buddha, and it ended with Hashirama attempting to grab Shin with wooden arms.

• Hyuga Shin ambushed four pursuing Kage, seized Third Kazekage Tensho and Second Mizukage Hozuki Gengetsu, and sealed them in the Small World.
• Hyuga Shin returned and used Space Ninjutsu to capture and seal three more Kage while Tobirama Senju and the two Raikage A evaded his attacks.
• The Sage of Six Paths urged Hashirama Senju to join the fight, and Hashirama appeared on the battlefield despite Tobirama’s offer to support him.
• Hyuga Shin and Hashirama Senju exchanged powerful Wood Release, repulsion, Fire Release, and Wind Release techniques without gaining a clear advantage.
• Hashirama Senju summoned Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands, and Hyuga Shin cut through many of its wooden arms with his Seven Swords of Heijin Dance.
• Hashirama Senju used Wood Release: Hotei Technique to send wooden arms up beneath Hyuga Shin and try to seize him.

Hyuga Shin and Hashirama Senju fought to a stalemate until Shin used clones and Space Ninjutsu to gain the upper hand. Tobirama Senju briefly intervened but withdrew at Hashirama’s insistence, while he told Tsunade Hime that Shin threatened the Shinobi World’s order.

• Hyuga Shin attacked Hashirama Senju with several kinds of ninjutsu, but Hashirama blocked or endured them with the Wood Release Great Buddha.
• Hyuga Shin used Space Ninjutsu and eight clones to confuse Hashirama and land a slash, giving him the advantage.
• Tobirama Senju arrived to help Hashirama, but Hashirama ordered him to stand down and Tobirama returned to the spectators.
• Tsunade Hime asked Tobirama to make peace with Hyuga Shin, but Tobirama called Shin dangerous and said the Shinobi World had no place for him.
• The narration revealed that the Sage of Six Paths controlled powerful souls in the Pure Land, though Hyuga Shin knew little about its secrets.

Hashirama Senju revealed that he had gained Six Paths Power, mastered Space Ninjutsu, and could fly, then transformed and fought Hyuga Shin with powerful Senjutsu attacks. Shin also revealed his own Six Paths-level power and Otsutsuki features, and their battle escalated across the ruined landscape.

• Hashirama used Space Ninjutsu to surprise Hyuga Shin and wound him, then revealed that he could fly as well.
• Hashirama transformed with a white Chakra cloak, six Tomoe, Truth-Seeking Orbs, and a Yin-Yang Release staff.
• Hyuga Shin transformed into an Otsutsuki form with a white Chakra cloak, Truth-Seeking Orbs, blue eyes, and a Yin-Yang Release weapon.
• The Sage of Six Paths realized Shin had uncovered Otsutsuki power and resolved not to let him spread the method.
• Hashirama blocked Shin's Storm Release: Light Fang and countered with Senjutsu, then attacked with four clones using five different nature releases.
• Hashirama and Shin fought across the sky and ground, leaving the grassland devastated.

Hyuga Shin and Hashirama Senju fought to a standstill with Space Ninjutsu, Yin-Yang Release, and powerful taijutsu, then escalated their battle with Wood Release techniques. The fight continued into the night without either gaining the advantage, while the onlookers struggled to comprehend their strength.

• Hyuga Shin and Hashirama Senju traded attacks across the expanding battlefield, while the Hokage and Tailed Beasts watched from a distance.
• The Nine-Tails complained about Hashirama Senju capturing and defeating it, and the Sage of Six Paths worried that Hyuga Shin had become too powerful to contain.
• Hyuga Shin used Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence against Hashirama Senju, then summoned his own True Several Thousand Hands to battle Hashirama’s wooden Buddha.
• Hyuga Shin and Hashirama Senju continued fighting after sunset, with neither gaining a decisive advantage despite their prolonged battle.
• Minato Namikaze questioned whether the Third Generation was the strongest Hokage, embarrassing Hiruzen Sarutobi and prompting Minato to apologize.

Hyuga Shin and Hashirama Senju fought through the night without either gaining the upper hand, while the Sage of Six Paths became frustrated by his failed attempts to control Orochimaru and retrieve the sealed souls. The Sage appeared on the battlefield and turned the watching ninjas against Hyuga Shin, while Hyuga Shin prepared to use his own death to expose the truth.

• The Five Great Shinobi Villages ordered their ninjas to retreat after realizing their numbers and sealing plan could not stop Hyuga Shin.
• Hashirama Senju attacked Hyuga Shin with the Senjutsu: Gate of the Great God, but Hyuga Shin escaped using Space Ninjutsu.
• The Sage of Six Paths failed to erode Orochimaru's soul or undo Hyuga Shin's seals, then decided to send his Soul Body from the Pure Land into the Shinobi World.
• The Sage of Six Paths appeared before the gathered ninjas and claimed Hyuga Shin was a heretic who was defaming him.
• Hyuga Shin noticed the Sage's arrival and continued with his plan to create a shocking finale and plant doubts among the ninja ranks.

Kushina let Kurama speak with the Sage of Six Paths, who explained his prophecy and plans for the Tailed Beasts. After trying to rally the shinobi against Hyuga Shin, the Sage faced the Kage’s refusal to join a battle they considered hopeless.

• Kushina opened part of her seal, and Kurama emerged to demand that the Sage explain when the Child of Prophecy would appear.
• The Sage explained that he had created the Nine Tailed Beasts from the Ten-Tails, promised them a protector, and repeatedly adjusted his plans after Asura’s reincarnations failed to befriend them.
• The Sage assured Kurama that the Child of Prophecy might appear within thirty years, and Kurama returned to Kushina’s body.
• The Sage urged the gathered shinobi to join forces against Hyuga Shin and restore peace to the Shinobi World.
• Ōnoki said that most of the assembled fighters could not contribute to the battle, and the Five Great Shinobi Villages’ Kage agreed.

The Sage of Six Paths took control of Minato Namikaze’s body and joined Hashirama Senju and the reanimated Kage in their fight against Hyuga Shin. Despite being badly injured and nearly out of Chakra, Hyuga Shin kept attacking, leaving the battlefield devastated as the fight continued.

• The Sage of Six Paths asked a Kage or Jinchuriki to lend him a body, and Ōnoki, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and others volunteered.
• The Sage chose Minato Namikaze, took control of his body, and entered the battle alongside Hashirama Senju and the four surviving reanimated Kage.
• Hashirama Senju, the Sage controlling Minato Namikaze, and Tobirama Senju overwhelmed Hyuga Shin with sustained attacks, and the Sage pierced Shin’s chest with a lightning sword.
• Hyuga Shin countered with Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion and many other techniques, destroying the four supporting reanimated Kage repeatedly while struggling to recover from his injuries and Chakra loss.
• Hyuga Shin refused to flee, and his attacks wrecked the battlefield across a ten-kilometer radius, frightening the Kage and Jinchuriki watching from afar.

Hyuga Shin sacrificed his Otsutsuki bloodline and Tenseigan to broadcast the Sage of Six Paths’ secrets and his own ideals to every shinobi. The technique succeeded, but Hyuga Shin was left aged, eyeless, and near death, while the Sage of Six Paths realized that his plans had been disrupted.

• The Sage of Six Paths and Hashirama Senju attacked Hyuga Shin as he denounced the Sage’s control over the shinobi world.
• Hyuga Shin contacted his main body, which sent divine sense to stun the Sage of Six Paths and Hashirama Senju.
• Hyuga Shin faced the sun and unleashed the Super Great Ninja World Information Transmission Technique, sending hidden truths and his ideals across the Shinobi World.
• Hyuga Shin’s Chakra ran out, his Tenseigan disappeared, and his Otsutsuki bloodline was consumed by the technique.
• The Sage of Six Paths and Hashirama Senju recovered, and the Sage saw that Hyuga Shin was near death and demanded to know what he had done.

Hyuga Shin let the Sage of Six Paths impale him, using his apparent death to escape back to Nether Ninja Village and trigger the release of Impure World Reincarnation. The Sage of Six Paths returned to the Pure Land as its passage to the living world closed, believing Hyuga Shin was certain to die.

• Hyuga Shin told the Sage of Six Paths that his death would become a banner for those seeking truth, then let the Sage run him through with a Yin-Yang Release spear.
• The Sage of Six Paths pulled out his weapon and threw Hyuga Shin down, but a spatial fluctuation carried the dying clone to Nether Ninja Village.
• Orochimaru caught Hyuga Shin and, following his instructions, released Impure World Reincarnation to close the passage between the Pure Land and the living world.
• The Sage of Six Paths realized the passage was closing and returned to the Pure Land, convinced Hyuga Shin would die from his injuries.

After the Sage of Six Paths returned to the Pure Land, the Five Great Shinobi Villages delayed attacking the Nether Ninja Village while they sought a way to counter its Cursemancer. Orochimaru became the Second Nether King and set out plans to strengthen the village, while seven captured experts learned that Hyuga Shin’s warnings about the Sage were true and were asked to join the Nether Ninja Village.

• The Sage of Six Paths gave Minato Namikaze and Hiruzen Sarutobi the Impure World Reincarnation formula, then returned to the Pure Land to reassure the Five Great Shinobi Villages and the Tailed Beasts.
• The Five Great Shinobi Villages chose to retreat and regroup, planning to find and kill the Nether Ninja Village’s mysterious Cursemancer before launching another attack.
• With the support of the village’s core members, Orochimaru took office as the Second Nether King and proposed seven plans to develop the Nether Ninja Village.
• Miyashi Hizokurou visited the seven experts in the Small World, where they had recovered, discovered the Will of the Six Paths within themselves, and had it removed with the Power of Heaven and Earth.
• Miyashi Hizokurou asked the seven experts to join the Nether Ninja Village and oppose the Sage of Six Paths, but Kagami Uchiha questioned what they could accomplish after Hyuga Shin’s death.

Miyashi Hizokurou asked the captives to choose whether to join the Nether Ninja Village, become its friends, or remain its enemies. Shirafuji Shizuka and Kaguya Changming joined, while most of the others refused; Pakura stayed behind to consider her choice.

• Shirafuji Shizuka and Kaguya Changming agreed to join the Nether Ninja Village if it helped rescue their families from Kirigakure.
• Heifeng refused to join, Ebizo offered friendship between Sunagakure and the Nether Ninja Village, and Pakura asked for three days to decide.
• Explosion Release Gari rejected the Nether Ninja Village's plan, and Kagami Uchiha chose to remain loyal to Konohagakure and his clan.
• Miyashi Hizokurou condemned the refusals, declared that the next meeting would make them enemies, and led Kagami Uchiha, Explosion Release Gari, Ebizo, and Heifeng to the spatial teleportation formation.
• Pakura apologized to Ebizo for staying behind, and Ebizo encouraged her to follow her heart.

After Miyashi Hizokurou released the four visitors from the Small World, Hidan’s group ambushed them separately, and Hidan killed Cloud Village Elder Heifeng. The Evil God claimed Heifeng’s soul before the Sage of Six Paths could, while Hiruko secured the body for Orochimaru.

• Miyashi Hizokurou sent Kagami Uchiha and the other three near the Nether Ninja Village and let them leave, but mysterious ninja attacked them after they crossed the Land of Grass border.
• Cloud Village Elder Heifeng reflected on why he had rejected Miyashi Hizokurou’s offer to join the Nether Ninja Village as he traveled home.
• Hidan used the blood he had collected to strike Heifeng through the chest, then killed him with the Power of the Evil God.
• The Evil God took Heifeng’s soul from the Pure Land before the Sage of Six Paths could claim it, and the Sage suspected who had intervened.
• Hiruko sealed Heifeng’s corpse to take it to Orochimaru, while Hidan waited at a distance and savored his successful long-range attack.

Hidan and Kakuzu hunted Ebizo, using Hidan’s curse to kill him from a distance. Hidan then traveled with Hiruko to meet Sasori and continue after the next targets.

• Hidan and Hiruko used a Space Scroll to join Kakuzu, who had tracked Ebizo and collected his blood.
• Kakuzu fought Ebizo and explained that the Nether Ninja Village considered him an enemy for refusing to join them.
• Hidan used Ebizo’s blood to activate his curse, piercing his own heart and killing Ebizo from a distance.
• Kakuzu collected Ebizo’s corpse, then returned to the village while Hidan and Hiruko headed for another target.
• Hidan and Hiruko arrived beside Sasori, and Hidan slung an arm around him before Sasori threatened to cut him apart.

Hidan and Hiruko killed Explosion Release Gari, then joined En no Gyōja and Hozuki Mangetsu to defeat and kill Kagami Uchiha. In the Pure Land, the Sage of Six Paths caught the Evil God trying to steal Kagami’s soul, exposing the rival competing with him for souls.

• Sasori gave Hidan a tracking rune disk and Gari’s blood, then returned to Nether Ninja Village while Hidan pursued Gari with Hiruko.
• Hidan and Hiruko caught up with Explosion Release Gari, and Hidan killed him and recovered his body.
• Hidan and Hiruko arrived at the battle between En no Gyōja, Hozuki Mangetsu, and Kagami Uchiha, who had obtained their blood but could not escape.
• Kagami Uchiha stabbed Hidan through the heart, but Hidan survived and used his blood to perform his curse technique.
• Hidan, aided by Hiruko, En no Gyōja, and Hozuki Mangetsu, immobilized Kagami Uchiha and killed him.
• The Sage of Six Paths discovered the Evil God trying to steal Kagami Uchiha’s soul after the Evil God had taken the first three souls.

Hirazaki Harukawa and the Sage of Six Paths fought over stolen souls in the Pure Land, while Orochimaru strengthened the Nether Ninja Village’s position after its victory over the Five Great Shinobi Villages. The chapter left the village gaining fame and Uzumaki Ayano advancing in her training.

• Hirazaki Harukawa denied stealing souls from the Sage of Six Paths, and the two began a devastating battle in the Pure Land.
• Hidan, En no Gyōja, Hiruko, and Hozuki Mangetsu returned to Nether Ninja Village with Kagami Uchiha's corpse after completing their mission.
• Orochimaru gave Hiruko Kagami Uchiha's corpse for his Chimera Technique research and secured the collected corpses to limit the Sage of Six Paths's leverage.
• Orochimaru spread news of the Nether Ninja Village's victory over the Five Great Shinobi Villages, boosting its reputation, missions, and recruitment.
• Miyashi Hizokurou trained Uzumaki Ayano, whose physique had awakened and whose abilities included large Chakra reserves, sensory skills, and rapid healing.

Uzumaki Ayano confessed her feelings to Miyashi Hizokurou, who rejected her by explaining that she might be mistaking dependence for love. He then asked Sasori to pursue her, hoping to redirect her attention.

• Uzumaki Ayano confessed to Miyashi Hizokurou during a training lesson, but he said he had no time for romance and regarded her as a little sister.
• Miyashi Hizokurou suggested Ayano’s feelings came from dependence and urged her to focus on becoming stronger, leaving her to question what she truly felt.
• Miyashi Hizokurou ended the lesson early and went to the First Training Ground to find Sasori.
• Miyashi Hizokurou told Sasori that he wanted him to help Uzumaki Ayano and pursue her, claiming they should revive the Uzumaki Clan together.
• Sasori was left speechless when he realized Miyashi Hizokurou’s mission was to set him up with Ayano.

Scorpion accepted Miyashi Hizokurou’s request to help Uzumaki Ayano overcome her trauma, while Hyuga Shin emerged from seclusion and activated a plan to spread his account of the Shinobi World’s hidden history throughout the Five Great Shinobi Villages. The chapter ended with shinobi across the villages debating whether his claims about the Sage of Six Paths were true.

• Miyashi Hizokurou persuaded Scorpion to visit Uzumaki Ayano and help her move past her trauma.
• Hyuga Shin ended his seclusion after making little progress on the Indestructible Realm and decided to activate the Super Great Ninja World Information Transmission Technique.
• Hyuga Shin sent a clone into the Shinobi World to activate the technique, which spread his message across the Five Great Shinobi Villages.
• Shinobi across the villages debated the message, while veterans of the battle against the Nether Ninja Village questioned their Kages’ explanations.