Chapter Summaries

The Nine-Tails took control of Naruto in a Partial Hollowfication Mode and survived the Four-Man Lightning Squad’s attack. It killed Kitane, then charged toward the Daimyo’s Mansion, slaughtering samurai who tried to stop it.

• The Four-Man Lightning Squad’s combined Lightning Style attack failed to harm Naruto, who rose from the ruins covered in Bone Armor.
• Uzuki Yugao recognized Naruto, but the Nine-Tails declared it was not the naive boy and killed Kitane with a single charge.
• The Nine-Tails explained that it was unfamiliar with Naruto’s body and its new Hollowfication form, then set its sights on the Daimyo’s Mansion.
• The Nine-Tails rushed toward the mansion, claiming that anyone who blocked its path counted as an enemy.
• The Nine-Tails crushed the samurai who formed a human wall and continued toward the Daimyo’s Mansion.

The Daimyo and the nobles sheltered behind the Fire Temple’s Sealing Iron Wall while a bloodied white monster slaughtered the defenders outside. Yamato recognized the creature as the Nine-Tails occupying Naruto Uzumaki’s body, but could not understand why it resembled a Hollow.

• The Daimyo ordered his samurai captain to investigate the unrest and learned that Yamato was requesting an audience.
• The white figure smashed both Diamond Stone Statues, destroyed the Sealing Iron Wall, and slaughtered the ninja, samurai, and monks defending the mansion.
• The monster’s attack reached the banquet hall, where the nobles saw the blood-soaked courtyard and recoiled in terror.
• Yamato recognized Naruto Uzumaki’s face but realized the figure was the Nine-Tails controlling Naruto’s body.
• Yamato wondered why the Nine-Tails had taken on a form resembling a Hollow.

Naruto broke the necklace that had restrained the Nine-Tails’ chakra and chose to kill the Fire Daimyo himself. Yakushi Kabuto revealed that he and the servants were agents of the God Sect acting under Prince Yuan Liton, and Naruto began to attack the Daimyo.

• Yamato and the surviving fighters restrained Naruto long enough to draw out some of his chakra with the First Hokage’s necklace.
• Naruto regained his blue-eyed appearance, recalled the necklace as his first gift, then broke it and destroyed Yamato’s wooden prison with a surge of chakra.
• The disguised maids and cooks killed the nobles and the Daimyo’s guards, while the old cook unmasked himself as Yakushi Kabuto and introduced himself as a Cardinal of the God Sect.
• Kabuto said he acted at Prince Yuan Liton’s command and explained that Naruto’s choices had nearly ruined their plan.
• Naruto refused Kabuto’s offer to kill the Daimyo and prepared a Hollow Flash, telling the Daimyo that he had to cut some things away himself.

After Shisui’s funeral, Iruka told Sasuke that Naruto had helped the Evil God Sect massacre the Daimyo and others, leaving Sasuke refusing to believe it. Hyuga Yunchuan announced Konoha’s mission to restore order in the Capital City and uncover the full truth.

• At Ichiraku Ramen, Ayame and Teuchi noticed ninja rushing through Konoha as news of a crisis spread.
• Uchiha mourned Shisui at Naka Shrine while a hidden figure watched his coffin before vanishing.
• Iruka told Sasuke that Naruto had joined the Evil God Sect in killing the Daimyo, nobles, and hundreds of others, and that the Hokage Office planned to declare him an S-rank Missing-nin.
• Sasuke rejected the accusations, demanded to speak with Hyuga Yunchuan, and ran from the shrine.
• Hyuga Yunchuan told assembled ninja that the Daimyo and senior officials had been killed and ordered them to suppress the Capital City’s chaos and investigate the incident.

Hyuga Yunchuan rallied Konoha’s ninja to investigate Naruto Uzumaki’s alleged massacre rather than condemn him on the Daimyo’s Mansion’s accusations alone, and ordered them to depart for the Capital City. As the expedition formed, Sasuke was allowed to join, while Yunchuan recognized Uchiha Itachi’s strange ability to distort recognition and chose not to interfere.

• Hyuga Yunchuan argued that Konoha needed evidence and an investigation before it condemned Naruto, then ordered every squad to prepare for the Capital City.
• Kakashi admitted he did not believe Naruto would slaughter people without a reason, and Yunchuan said they would find out what had happened despite the Daimyo’s Mansion’s authority.
• An Anbu ninja reported that Uchiha Sasuke wanted to join the party, and Yunchuan approved his request.
• Hyuga Yunchuan sensed a Dojutsu distorting his recognition of Uchiha Itachi, understood that it could not overcome his resistance, and decided to let Itachi act.

As the Capital City struggled to recover from chaos, Yuan Liton lured his brother Enshiu into a slum shack and revealed his plan to remake the Land of Fire. After killing Enshiu with a new Earth Style technique, Yuan Liton left the ruined seat of power behind and set out to take his next step.

• Yuan Liton organized patrols and persuaded the Fire Temple monks to help restore order in the Capital City.
• Enshiu arrived in the city disguised and met Yuan Liton in a slum shack, where he demanded the Daimyo's seal.
• Yuan Liton shattered the seal, revealed his alliance with the Evil God Sect, and showed Enshiu a scroll describing new chakra and Hand Seal techniques.
• Enshiu seized Yuan Liton and threatened to kill him, but Yuan Liton used a simplified seal to kill Enshiu with Earth Style: Hand of Fertile Soil.
• Yuan Liton ordered the shack cleaned, left the seal and Daimyo's seat behind, and walked toward the slum dwellers as he prepared to take his second step.

Hyuga Yunchuan led Konoha’s forces to rescue the Capital City of the Land of Fire from a Hollow invasion, then forced his way into the city despite Chiriku’s objections. As the civilians cheered for him, Uchiha Sasuke pursued a familiar chakra presence into the forest, where Uchiha Itachi and Zetsu were waiting.

• Hollows overwhelmed the city’s defenses, and Nanwu ordered the defenders to abandon the city and protect Prince Yuan Liton and the civilians during a western escape.
• Hyuga Yunchuan and Konoha’s ninja arrived, cleared the southeastern defense line, and fought the Hollows until the invasion was stopped at heavy cost.
• Chiriku challenged Konoha’s entry into the city, but Hyuga Yunchuan used a surge of chakra to force open the gates and declared that his word was the order.
• Uchiha Sasuke sensed a familiar chakra and left the group to pursue it, so Hatake Kakashi went after him on Hyuga Yunchuan’s orders.
• Uchiha Itachi watched Sasuke from the forest with Black Zetsu and White Zetsu, while Black Zetsu planned to make Sasuke awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan and eventually obtain the Rinnegan.

Naruto met Yakushi Kabuto on a cliff, received a Konoha forehead protector, and learned how Danzo’s betrayal led Kabuto to become a Cardinal of the Evil God Sect. Sasuke interrupted their conversation and confronted Naruto, who admitted he had made his own choice.

• Yakushi Kabuto gave Naruto a Konoha forehead protector and explained how Danzo’s schemes and the director’s lost memory led him to abandon Konoha and join the God Sect.
• Naruto listed Danzo’s past crimes, then said he planned to travel to other countries and recreate what had happened in the Land of Fire.
• Yakushi Kabuto invited Naruto to join the Evil God Sect, but Sasuke attacked him with a lightning arrow and declared that Naruto would not go with him.
• Naruto told Yakushi Kabuto to leave, and Kabuto warned that neither of them had exposed their tracks before leaping from the cliff.
• Sasuke asked whether Naruto had been framed, and Naruto apologized and said his actions were the choice he had made.

Naruto rejected Sasuke’s attempt to bring him back to Konoha and left after their fight awakened Sasuke’s Mangekyō Sharingan. Meanwhile, Hyuga Yunchuan made Karin his secretary and seized control of the Land of Fire’s capital, preparing to confront its officials.

• Naruto and Sasuke argued over Naruto’s mission to end the divide between ninja and civilians, then fought when Sasuke refused to let him pass.
• Naruto absorbed Sasuke’s Lightning Release, broke free, and injured Sasuke’s eye; Sasuke cut Naruto’s right eye before Naruto told him that only killing him could stop him.
• Naruto walked away without resisting, and Sasuke awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan after Naruto disappeared into the forest.
• Hyuga Yunchuan told Karin that he trusted her completely, appointed her his secretary, and set out with her to investigate the Daimyo’s bedchamber.
• Nanwu and the Guardian Shinobi found the Daimyo’s Elite Samurai Guard attacking Konoha Anbu outside the bedchamber.
• Hyuga Yunchuan killed the samurai leader and his men, declared the capital under his control, and ordered officials to assemble in the Main Hall.

Hyuga Yunchuan took the throne in the Capital City after announcing that the Crown Prince had been killed and Yuan Liton had renounced succession. He declared that the Daimyo system should end, exposed the officials’ complicity in Kazuma’s human experiments, and left the hall bloodied after killing several officials.

• Officials in the Land of Fire’s council hall speculated that Hyuga Yunchuan intended to install the Crown Prince as Daimyo, while Yuan Liton arrived alone.
• Hyuga Yunchuan entered with Karin and Hatake Kakashi, sat on the throne, and announced that the Crown Prince had been killed by the Evil God Sect.
• Yuan Liton renounced his claim to succession and pledged the Land of Fire’s obedience to Hyuga Yunchuan, prompting officials to protest.
• Hyuga Yunchuan declared that a Daimyo should not exist, and Karin distributed dossiers documenting Kazuma’s human experiments and officials’ approval of them.
• Hyuga Yunchuan accused the officials of complicity and killed several, including the Minister of the Left, as their heads rolled and blood spread across the hall.

Hyuga Yunchuan announced a unified government under the Hokage, explaining that the Akatsuki’s hidden military buildup made radical reform necessary. As he reorganized Konoha’s institutions into national departments, Yuan Liton revealed techniques from Naruto’s teacher, Yunshi, whose identity shocked the Konoha ninja.

• Hyuga Yunchuan asked whether the Daimyo should continue to exist, then proposed the Shadow-Governance Unification System with the Hokage as the nation’s sole core.
• Yuan Liton questioned how the Land of Fire would function without a Daimyo, and Hyuga Yunchuan explained that the old system weakened the nation against looming threats.
• Hyuga Yunchuan presented reports showing that the Akatsuki had secretly amassed enough resources to equip a huge army and produce thousands of Flying Ninja Tools and Puppets.
• Hyuga Yunchuan declared that Konohagakure would cease to exist as a separate entity and outlined plans to integrate its departments into the Land of Fire’s government.
• Yuan Liton offered scrolls containing the Basic Meditation Technique and Nine Syllables Protection Method, and Hyuga Yunchuan demonstrated that the latter could simplify Ninjutsu.
• Yuan Liton said Naruto Uzumaki had received the techniques from his teacher, Yunshi, prompting the Konoha ninja to realize that Naruto’s teacher was Ōtsutsuki Yunshi.

Hyuga Yunchuan announced sweeping reforms to make the Land of Fire’s government, military, and chakra training more centralized and accessible, while secretly using the new techniques to gather spiritual energy for his Hogyoku plan. After the officials left, Konoha’s leaders speculated that Naruto and Hanzo were vessels for Ōtsutsuki reincarnation techniques, and Yunchuan warned that Akatsuki might soon emerge from hiding.

• Hyuga Yunchuan ordered the Basic Meditation Technique and Nine Syllables Protection Method taught nationwide, alongside ordinary schools and a new Education Department.
• Yunchuan outlined rules for Hokage succession and authority, integrated Konoha into the Land of Fire’s standing military, and declared that the country would no longer have a Daimyo.
• The officials accepted Yunchuan’s commands, and his Hogyoku’s positive and negative completion percentages increased as he absorbed their spiritual energy.
• After the officials left, Jiraiya and the Konoha leaders discussed the possibility that Ōtsutsuki Yunshi was alive inside Naruto and that Hanzo was another Ōtsutsuki vessel.
• Yunchuan said Yunshi and the Ōtsutsuki behind Akatsuki were likely unable to act personally, but Naruto still needed to be pursued as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Yunchuan warned that Akatsuki’s channels had been cut off and that the group would likely stop hiding, urging Konoha to prepare.

Pakura reported that Hyuga Yunchuan had taken control of the Land of Fire and proposed a Fifth Shinobi World War, while Orochimaru and Obito discussed their plans amid tightened security against Akatsuki. Orochimaru agreed to postpone the operation against Ryūchi Cave, and Obito reminded him of their plan to obtain Nagato’s Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

• Pakura brought Orochimaru intelligence from the Land of Fire, and Obito explained that Konoha’s Perception Barrier had made gathering Kekkei Genkai ninjas too dangerous.
• Orochimaru learned that Naruto Uzumaki had assassinated the Daimyo and that Hyuga Yunchuan had taken control, abolished the Daimyo system, and begun sweeping reforms.
• Pakura reported that Hyuga Yunchuan had invited the other Kage to a summit and proposed forming a Shinobi alliance to fight Akatsuki and Hueco Mundo in a Fifth Shinobi World War.
• Orochimaru recognized the reforms as part of a larger plan, then postponed his operation against Ryūchi Cave because the White Snake Sage had hidden its entrances.
• Obito warned Orochimaru not to forget their agreement, and Orochimaru confirmed that he still intended to obtain Nagato’s Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

Orochimaru prepared to pursue the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and continued his ruthless evolution, while Danzo confronted him with a forbidden jutsu to secure his cooperation. The chapter ended with Danzo demanding revenge on Hyuga Yunchuan.

• Obito and Orochimaru maintained their alliance over the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and Orochimaru ordered Pakura to accompany him and Ebizo to the Five Kage Summit.
• Orochimaru bound Manda with Iron Sand and consumed him in his chamber, where Black Zetsu and White Zetsu arrived with an old acquaintance.
• Orochimaru met the mutated Danzo in the desert outside Sunagakure and mocked him when Danzo proposed a deal.
• Danzo used Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu to summon a figure wearing a Pale Bone Mask, making Orochimaru reconsider the deal.
• Danzo demanded Orochimaru help him kill Hyuga Yunchuan and make him serve Danzo even after death.

Ōnoki considered whether Iwagakure could imitate Hyuga Yunchuan’s takeover of the Land of Fire, but feared the political risks and the Daimyo’s growing suspicion. A raven then delivered a message from Jugo of the Evil God Sect, while the Fourth Raikage left a tense meeting with the Land of Lightning’s Daimyo furious at the distrust shown toward Kumogakure.

• Kitsuchi told Ōnoki that the Land of Earth’s Daimyo had invited him to the capital and was offering aid, and Ōnoki concluded the Daimyo feared a takeover like Hyuga Yunchuan’s.
• Ōnoki explained that Iwagakure could not easily copy Yunchuan’s reforms and considered exploiting an external crisis, but rejected cooperation with Akatsuki or the Evil God Sect.
• A raven entered Ōnoki’s office and identified its speaker as Jugo, a Bishop of the Evil God Sect, while Ōnoki tested him with stone spears.
• Jugo surrounded Ōnoki and Kitsuchi with insects and said he had come because of their shared predicament and goal, after which Kitsuchi left the office.
• The Fourth Raikage traveled away from the Land of Lightning’s capital with Dodai and Shi and angrily condemned the Daimyo’s officials for distrusting Kumogakure during the looming threats.

The Fourth Raikage encountered Raiga Kurosuki and Ranmaru, whose blood-controlling ability forced him to hear their proposal. In Kirigakure, Kisame joined Zabuza and Haku in eliminating witnesses before taking them to Terumi Mei, while the Evil God Sect prepared rebellions across three capitals during the Kage Summit.

• Shi sensed an approaching threat as the Fourth Raikage, Dodai, and Shi traveled back from the Daimyo's Mansion, and Raiga Kurosuki emerged with Ranmaru.
• Ranmaru used Blood Coagulation Vision Bind to disrupt the Fourth Raikage's blood and injure him, prompting the Raikage to give Raiga one minute to explain his proposal.
• Kisame met Momochi Zabuza and Haku in Kirigakure, where Zabuza offered cooperation with Terumi Mei on behalf of the Evil God Sect.
• Kisame killed two Kirigakure ninjas and Haku froze the others with Blood Ninjutsu: Frost Calm, after which Kisame agreed to take Zabuza and Haku to Terumi Mei.
• The Evil God Sect led large-scale rebellions in the capitals of the Land of Earth, Land of Lightning, and Land of Water while their leaders were away at the Five Kage Summit, and the daimyos were told to hold out for reinforcements.

Hyuga Yunchuan met with the other Kage and Orochimaru disguised as Rasa, shared methods that could expand the ninja ranks, and won their agreement to recognize him as Supreme Commander of the Shinobi Alliance. The meeting ended as Yunchuan presented intelligence on Akatsuki and the Espada before they began planning for war.

• Hyuga Yunchuan, the Fourth Raikage, Terumi Mei, and Ōnoki tacitly agreed to let the Evil God Sect’s rebellion continue, intending to take control after the Daimyo and nobles were removed.
• Hyuga Yunchuan distributed the Meditation Technique and Simplified Hand Seal Technique, explaining that their use had produced over one hundred thousand potential ninja in the Land of Fire within a month.
• The Fourth Raikage, Ōnoki, Terumi Mei, and Orochimaru disguised as Rasa thanked Yunchuan and agreed to recognize him as Supreme Commander of the Shinobi Alliance.
• Hyuga Yunchuan explained that Ōtsutsuki Yunshi was likely dead but that Naruto Uzumaki, Hanzo, and other Kusabi Vessels could absorb Ninjutsu and might possess other powerful abilities.
• Hyuga Aoi delivered intelligence files, and Hyuga Yunchuan presented Konoha’s analysis of Akatsuki and the Espada before the allied leaders began discussing battle plans.

Hyuga Yunchuan briefed the Five Kage on Akatsuki’s eight confirmed core members, their abilities, and the advantages the allied nations could use to defeat them. As the Five Kage prepared to plan the war, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki focused Akatsuki on gathering intelligence about Hueco Mundo and Ōtsutsuki Yunshi.

• Hyuga Yunchuan described the known Akatsuki members and warned that Hiruko had likely stolen several Kekkei Genkai, while Kakuzu may have split into five elemental bodies.
• Hyuga Yunchuan outlined Nagato’s Rinnegan abilities and argued that his most powerful techniques temporarily disrupted his control over other Puppets.
• Hyuga Yunchuan urged the Five Kage to rely on their numbers, shared resources, conviction, and new training methods to overcome Akatsuki’s powerful members.
• Hyuga Yunchuan said the allied forces still needed to plan their tactics and study a weaker enemy, the Espada.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki asked Nagato whether Akatsuki had gathered intelligence on Hueco Mundo, his true concern, and Ōtsutsuki Yunshi.

Nagato briefed Akatsuki and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki on Hueco Mundo, Shadow, and the known Espada, while Isshiki speculated that Ōtsutsuki Yunshi had left behind a Vessel and that Shibai’s body might be hidden in the Underground Palace or Hueco Mundo. Isshiki ordered Akatsuki to open the palace’s remaining three layers and resolved to claim Yunshi’s or Shibai’s power.

• Nagato reported that Hollows came from Hueco Mundo, described Shadow’s abilities, and explained that Hanzo could not enter Hueco Mundo through Space-Time Ninjutsu.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki concluded that Yunshi was likely dead but not fully gone, then rejected Nagato’s claim that Shadow had created the Hollows and argued that Yunshi had created them long ago.
• Nagato listed the nine confirmed Espada and their abilities, including Uzumaki, White Fang, Puppeteer, Fierce Eye, Corpse Bone, Gaara, Kagokage, Roshi, and Healer.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki ordered Akatsuki to open the remaining three layers of the Underground Palace and told them someone else would deal with Hyuga Yunchuan.
• After Akatsuki left, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki recalled that Ōtsutsuki Shibai had last appeared in the star system and suspected that Yunshi had obtained Shibai’s body and God Techniques.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki decided to search the Underground Palace or Hueco Mundo for Shibai’s body or Yunshi’s corpse so he could seize their power.

The Evil God Sect and Kirigakure forces overwhelmed the Land of Water's capital, where Zabuza and Haku killed the Daimyo's apparent double before Kisame found and executed the real Daimyo. Kisame blamed the massacre on the sect and Zabuza, then ordered Kirigakure to seize control as similar attacks devastated the Land of Lightning and the Land of Earth and trouble stirred in Amegakure.

• An Evil God Sect follower killed three looters who threatened a family, then gave the shaken father a religious flyer before leaving to join his fellow followers.
• Kisame watched the sect's followers attack the capital and prepared to intervene while Zabuza and Haku fought through the Samurai guarding the Daimyo's Mansion.
• Haku froze a path into the mansion, and Zabuza smashed the frozen Daimyo; Kisame arrived with Kirigakure Anbu and staged a pursuit as Zabuza and Haku escaped.
• Kisame discovered the real Daimyo emerging from a hidden passage and crushed his head, after realizing the body Zabuza had destroyed was a double.
• Kisame ordered an Anbu Ninja to report that the Evil God Sect had massacred the Daimyo and nobles, blamed Zabuza for conspiring against the Land of Water, and claimed authority to stabilize the country.
• The Daimyos and nobles in the Land of Lightning and the Land of Earth were also slaughtered, while their villages pursued the fleeing cultists and unusual activity began in Amegakure.