Chapter Summaries

Sasuke fought his resurrected father Fugaku while Naruto battled Akainu, as Big Mom and Kaido confronted the Six Paths Brothers. After the brothers survived their attacks, Kenma prepared to join the fight himself.

• Sasuke and Fugaku clashed with their Susanoo, and Fugaku explained that the Uchiha served the Shinigami because the Ninja World had rejected them.
• Naruto fought Akainu across a field of magma, and Akainu attacked while trying to obey Kenma's order not to kill him.
• Big Mom's living battlefield, Gaia, swallowed the Sage of Six Paths and Hamura, but the brothers broke free unharmed.
• Big Mom struck the brothers with Ikoku Sovereignty, and Kaido followed with Bolo Breath, but they still suffered no serious injuries.
• Kenma assessed the damage and decided that he would have to fight the Six Paths Brothers himself.

Kenma’s forces fought the Sage of Six Paths and Hamura Otsutsuki, with Big Mom and Kaido using their combined attack to blast the brothers back. As the battle dragged on despite the brothers’ injuries, Kenma joined the fight himself, leaving the next clash poised to begin.

• Kaido changed into his human-beast form, and Big Mom and Kaido struck the Sage of Six Paths and Hamura Otsutsuki with their combined attack, Conquest of the Sea.
• Gaia raised earthen walls around the battlefield while Big Mom and Kaido resumed their assault, exploiting the brothers’ limited combat experience and trying to separate them.
• Kenma watched with Perospero and Jack as they discussed the battle, and Perospero unsuccessfully proposed that Kenma marry his mother, Charlotte Linlin.
• After Big Mom and Kaido grew tired and the brothers continued recovering with their Chakra, Kenma decided to enter the fight and called the pair to stand down.
• Kenma drew his blade as he approached the Sage of Six Paths and Hamura Otsutsuki with Perospero and Jack.

Kenma stepped into the battle against Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki, demonstrating his overwhelming spiritual pressure before releasing his Bankai. The chapter ended as his blade split the battlefield and distant terrain with a single stroke.

• Kenma arrived between Big Mom and Kaido, then forced Kaido to stand down by crushing him with spiritual pressure.
• Kenma faced Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki alone, introduced himself, and declared his intention to occupy the Ninja World's Pure Land.
• Kenma released his Bankai as Big Mom, Kaido, and their companions watched from a safe distance.
• Hagoromo formed Amenonuhoko and Hamura prepared Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion as Kenma's Bankai transformed his Zanpakuto into a chained, slender blade.
• Kenma lowered the blade and cleaved the battlefield, cliffs, and distant ground with one strike.

Kenma revealed his Bankai’s Time Severance and defeated the Sage of Six Paths and Hamura Otsutsuki by cutting through the moments between attacks. He left the stunned Big Mom and Kaido to travel with him and check on the other battles.

• Big Mom and Perospero discussed trying to persuade Kenma to father children with her, while Kaido and Jack recognized the scale of Kenma’s Spiritual Pressure.
• Kenma identified the brothers’ weapons as Amenonuhoko and Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, then explained that his Bankai strengthened his Severance ability.
• Kenma vanished between instants and cut the Sage of Six Paths in half, severing his will and causing his body to dissolve into Chakra.
• Kenma stopped time, explained his ability to Hamura, and cut him in half before time resumed and Hamura’s body broke apart.
• Big Mom and Kaido admitted they could not understand how Kenma had defeated the brothers, and Kenma asked them to accompany him to check on the other battles.
• Big Mom agreed to have Gaia open a path for them.

Sasuke fought his father Fugaku while the wider battle turned against the Ninja World, and a golden pillar vanished into the mountains where the Sage of Six Paths had been fighting. After Sasuke sensed the Sage's presence disappear and vowed to defeat the Shinigami's forces himself, Kenma arrived with Big Mom, Kaido, and others to interrupt the duel.

• Sasuke and Fugaku clashed in their Susanoo, with Sasuke insisting he did not want to kill his father and Fugaku refusing to back down.
• A golden pillar of Chakra erupted from the mountain battlefield, drawing the attention of Sasuke, Naruto, Obito, Shisui, and the Five Kage.
• The pillar sank into the mountains, and Sasuke and Naruto could no longer sense the Sage of Six Paths, leading Fugaku to conclude that the Ninja World had lost.
• Sasuke declared that he would defeat the Shinigami's forces himself and attacked Fugaku without holding back.
• A talking mountain rose between the Susanoo and revealed itself as one of Charlotte Linlin's Homies, while Fugaku realized Kenma had finished his battle.
• Kenma arrived with Big Mom, Kaido, and others, and Sasuke fixed his attention on him as Kenma greeted him.

Kenma’s forces defeated Sasuke and Naruto, leaving Shisui and Obito as the final battle in the Ninja World. Kenma arrived to take over from Shisui and revealed that he had already defeated Obito, holding his severed head.

• Fugaku apologized to Kenma for failing to defeat Sasuke, and Kenma reassured him before swiftly overpowering Sasuke and handing him back to Fugaku.
• Akainu returned with an unconscious Naruto, whose severe burns and missing arm worried Sasuke, though Naruto was still alive.
• Kenma left to check on Shisui’s battle with Obito while Akainu stopped Kaido from provoking a fight among their allies.
• Kenma arrived beside the exhausted Shisui and offered to take over the fight against Obito.
• Kenma revealed Obito’s severed head, shocking Shisui.

Kenma severed Obito’s head and extracted his soul, freeing the Ten-Tails to erupt into a Divine Tree on the battlefield. After returning to the mountaintop, Kenma told Sasuke that he wanted the Pure Land rather than the Ninja World and ordered Fugaku to hand over Sasuke and Naruto and retrieve the Four Hokage’s souls.

• Kenma used the Human Path to overcome Obito’s resistance, pull his soul from his body, and give the soul to Shisui.
• Shisui collected Obito’s Mangekyo Sharingan and Rinnegan, while the uncontrolled Ten-Tails burst from Obito’s head and grew into a vast Divine Tree.
• Josuke recognized the Divine Tree, Sasuke connected his briefly vanishing Rinnegan to Kenma, and the Five Kage worried that the battle was turning against them.
• Kenma and Shisui returned to the mountaintop, where Kenma explained that his goal was the Pure Land and dismissed Sasuke’s concerns about the Ninja World.
• Kenma ordered Fugaku to hand Sasuke and Naruto over to the Ninja and retrieve the souls of the Four Hokage.

Sasuke and Naruto returned from the battlefield, where Sasuke confirmed that the Ninja World had lost and the Divine Tree had emerged. As Sakura and Hinata treated Naruto, Sasuke's father Fugaku and the Uchiha dead subdued the Five Kage and extracted the Four Hokage's souls before departing.

• Hyuga Hiashi spotted the badly injured Naruto and exhausted Sasuke approaching, then warned the others to stay alert while Hinata tried to reach Naruto.
• Sasuke told Tsunade that the Sage of Six Paths brothers and Obito had been killed, the Ten-Tails had become the Divine Tree, and the Ninja World had lost.
• Sakura and Hinata began treating Naruto, while Sasuke dismissed Sakura's progress and Fugaku urged him to treat his companion more kindly.
• Sasuke revealed that Fugaku had brought them back and asked why he had not yet carried out the Shinigami's order; Fugaku then walked toward the Four Hokage with the Uchiha clansmen.
• Fugaku's clansmen restrained Tsunade and the other Kage, extracted the Four Hokage's souls from their White Zetsu bodies, and prepared to leave.
• Before departing, Fugaku told Sasuke to have children to continue the Uchiha Clan, and Sasuke called him naggy.

Kenma recovered from his hangover and oversaw the recruitment of powerful souls from the Ninja World. After the Hokage signed contracts with him, Minato Namikaze reunited with Kushina at the hall doorway.

• Shisui cared for Kenma after his drunken celebration and told him Fugaku and others were handling the Ninja World's souls.
• Fugaku and Sengoku reported that most of the Ninja World's strong had agreed to serve Kenma, while Orochimaru stayed behind to gather scattered souls.
• Kenma met Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and Minato Namikaze, and Tobirama arranged to discuss Monkey's judgment with Fugaku.
• Sengoku explained that Madara Uchiha was imprisoned, and Hashirama agreed to try to persuade him.
• The three Hokage signed employment contracts, which Kenma's new technique turned into contracts linked to him.
• Kushina appeared at the hall doorway, and Minato recognized her and called her name.

Kenma recruited the Ninja World’s dead and chose Uchiha Fugaku to guard the future Pure Land city. Sengoku and Tsuru then warned him that Whitebeard’s pirates could become a source of unrest in Underworld City.

• Minato and Kushina reunited, Kakashi learned Obito was the Masked Man, and the Ninja leaders and other deceased Ninjas signed Kenma’s contracts.
• Shisui gave Nagato the Rinnegan, explaining that the eyes had become part of Nagato’s soul and could now be fully mastered by him.
• Tsuru recommended Fugaku to guard the planned Pure Land city, and Kenma approved the appointment while allowing Fugaku to handle Uchiha Clan affairs first.
• Kenma summoned Sengoku and Tsuru, who cautioned that Whitebeard’s followers might rebel even though Whitebeard himself was loyal.

Kenma discussed the future government of Underworld City with Sengoku and Tsuru, who urged him to model it on the World Government while abolishing noble titles and placing him above the system. Kenma approved a proposal for Sengoku and Tsuru to draft, then realized the suggested arrangement made him resemble Lord Imu, while Fugaku prepared the Uchiha Clan for the previous Hokage’s arrival.

• Sengoku proposed keeping Whitebeard beside Kenma and establishing a standardized bureaucracy to manage future territories.
• Tsuru and Sengoku recommended adapting the World Government’s administrative system, eliminating noble titles, and leaving Kenma as its supreme authority.
• Kenma agreed that Sengoku and Tsuru should draft a general proposal and consult others about it.
• After Sengoku and Tsuru left, Kenma realized that the political structure they had described made him resemble Lord Imu.
• Kenma stayed awake after drinking tea, while Fugaku led the Uchiha Clan’s elite in preparing for the previous Hokage’s arrival.

Hozuki Gengetsu, Mu, and A tested Yomi’s rules by leaving their rooms, while the Uchiha Clan prepared to negotiate with the Hokage over the Third Hokage. The three Hokage arrived at the Uchiha residence as Fugaku remained uneasy about the Marines’ intentions and Shisui’s loyalty to the lord.

• Hozuki Gengetsu visited Mu and told him he had seen three Hokage leave the palace without being stopped.
• A joined Hozuki Gengetsu and Mu, and the three agreed to explore the palace and test Yomi’s attitude toward them.
• Akainu caught the three near a patrol, allowed them to walk within the palace, and assigned soldiers to watch them.
• At the Uchiha residence, Fugaku, Shisui, Setsuna, and Kahaku discussed the coming negotiations and Sengoku’s proposal to send Fugaku to govern the Pure Land.
• Fugaku questioned whether Shisui knew the lord’s plans, but Shisui affirmed his loyalty to the lord, and Kahaku defended him.
• A Uchiha clansman announced that the three Hokage had arrived.

The Uchiha Clan negotiated with Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and Minato Namikaze over Hiruzen Sarutobi’s fate, agreeing to spare him and his grandson in exchange for a favor from the Hokage. After Shisui reported the deal to Kenma, Kenma ordered him to begin quietly bringing selected shinobi back to the Seireitei.

• Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and Minato Namikaze met with the Uchiha Clan to ask them to spare Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Fugaku and Setsuna agreed to spare Hiruzen Sarutobi if he gave up all political power, and Fugaku offered to return his grandson in exchange for a favor owed by the Hokage.
• Hashirama Senju and Minato Namikaze accepted the bargain, and Tobirama Senju agreed as well; the Uchiha Clan then brought Hiruzen Sarutobi and his grandson into the room.
• Fugaku declared that Obito would be executed, while Minato Namikaze accepted that decision and asked to witness the execution.
• Shisui reported the agreement to Kenma, who told him to select sensible shinobi and quietly return them to the Seireitei in stages.

Hozuki Gengetsu, Mu, A, the Third Raikage, Chiyo, and Tobirama Senju were escorted through the Seireitei to join the Onmitsukidō. Aizen Sosuke blocked their route and nearly drew his Zanpakuto before Shikashuin Kenma intervened; Tekka then warned the newcomers that Aizen was the most dangerous person in the Seireitei.

• Hozuki Gengetsu and the other representatives of the five great Ninja Villages argued as Uchiha escorts led them through the Seireitei.
• Uchiha Tekka recognized Aizen Sosuke and grew wary when Aizen and Gin Ichimaru appeared in their path.
• Aizen offered to guide the group, then asked Tekka and the others to look at his Zanpakuto and began drawing it.
• Shikashuin Kenma arrived and pushed Aizen's hand back, stopping him from drawing his sword.
• Kenma and Aizen left for the Onmitsukidō, while Gin Ichimaru followed and Tekka escorted the newcomers onward.
• Tekka told Hozuki Gengetsu and the others that Aizen was the Seireitei's most dangerous person and warned them not to fight him.

Tekka warned the newly arrived former Kage about Aizen Sosuke and the dangers of the Seireitei as he led them toward the Onmitsukidō headquarters. Meanwhile, Kenma confronted Aizen about the limits of Shinigami power and his research into Hollowification, then offered him a deal, leaving Aizen considering the proposal.

• Tekka told Hozuki Gengetsu, Mu, Chiyo, A, and Tobirama Senju that Aizen Sosuke was one of the Three Elites and warned them not to trust him.
• Tekka explained that Kuchiki Kyoka had been imprisoned for twenty-five thousand years after killing Shinigami captains, and said Aizen was not married into a noble family.
• Tekka warned the group that Aizen could become their enemy as they continued toward the Onmitsukidō headquarters.
• Kenma brought Aizen to his office, sent Shisui out, and asked Aizen how long he had been unable to grow stronger.
• Aizen admitted that he had reached the same limit as Kenma, and Kenma identified Shinigami Hollowification as the method Aizen had been pursuing to break through it.
• Kenma offered Aizen a deal, and Aizen watched his outstretched hand.

Kenma discussed his cooperation with Aizen and received reports on the Onmitsukidō’s recruits, intelligence gathering, and new weapons. The chapter ended with Yoruichi bursting into his office and confronting him for failing to visit her after returning.

• Kenma saw Aizen and Gin Ichimaru out, warned Gin that Aizen was dangerous, and offered to take him in if he ever needed somewhere to go.
• Kenma told Shisui he was cooperating with Aizen for now but intended to remove him when the opportunity arose.
• Shisui reported that Tekka had brought the Five Kage for training, Orochimaru was collecting souls, and the Second Kazekage, Second Raikage, and Izuna Uchiha had been found.
• Kenma ordered Shisui to keep monitoring Black Zetsu and declined to attend Danzo and Itachi’s execution.
• Shisui reported that modern firearms and Kido warheads had been developed, while research continued on lighter Barrier Armor.
• Yoruichi kicked open Kenma’s office doors and scolded him for returning without visiting her.

Yoruichi visited Kenma after he returned and revealed that Captain Unohana had confirmed she was pregnant. Kenma struggled to process the news as Yoruichi reassured him that they were going to become parents for the first time.

• Yoruichi confronted Kenma for disappearing, and he tried to lighten her mood with a strange reenactment before they were left alone.
• Shisui and Soifon eavesdropped outside Kenma's office, but Yoruichi caught them and sent them away.
• Yoruichi told Kenma that Captain Unohana had advised her to avoid sex for a while, prompting Kenma to worry that she had been hurt.
• Yoruichi revealed that she was pregnant, and Kenma reacted with disbelief before accepting that Captain Unohana had confirmed it.
• Kenma admitted he did not know what to do, and Yoruichi told him she had also needed time to process the news.

Kenma and Yoruichi celebrated her pregnancy, chose names for their child, and discussed Kenma’s original name. They ended the chapter planning to take time off together while Yoruichi was pregnant.

• Kenma helped Yoruichi down from the table and gently touched her belly as they shared their excitement about becoming parents.
• Kenma wrote Shikokuin Tōichirō for a boy and Shikokuin Hikari for a girl, while Yoruichi offered the names Yao Yorozu Shinjo and Sanzen Ruri.
• Yoruichi asked about Kenma’s original name, and he explained that he had once been called Wu Ruyi, inspired by a phrase from the Book of Changes.
• Kenma wrote Wu Bilie and Wu Minggong as possible names for the child, and Yoruichi approved despite not understanding the characters.
• Kenma told Yoruichi to stop working with the squad and said he would take a few days off to stay home and spend time with her.

Yoruichi confirmed her pregnancy to Maeada and Soifon, while Kenma left for Onmitsukidō Headquarters and confided in Walter that he felt strangely detached from becoming a father. Walter reassured him, and Kenma went to inspect the weapons under development, where he learned about the firearms, Kido Cannon, and stalled Barrier Armor project.

• Yoruichi told Maeada and Soifon that the Shikokuin Family would have an heir and ordered them to keep the news secret.
• Kenma instructed Maeada to spread false rumors, then left Yoruichi in Soifon’s care and returned to work.
• Walter reported that the estate was protected, and Kenma asked him to accompany him to Onmitsukidō Headquarters.
• Kenma told Walter that he felt no joy or attachment about becoming a father, and Walter reassured him that paternal affection could grow over time.
• Kenma and Walter visited the Weapon Development Bureau, where Mayuri Kurotsuchi and the doctor described their firearm and Kido Cannon progress and the problems with Barrier Armor.
• The doctor led Kenma toward the firing range, where Lord Shimazu and Lord Nobunaga were testing the firearms.

Kenma inspected the new firearms and artillery, assigned Nobunaga command of a coming war against a hidden empire, and then met Kokushibo, also known as Michikatsu Tsugikuni. Yoichi had persuaded the six-eyed warrior to join their side, and Kenma faced him as the chapter ended.

• Nobunaga tested the AK-47 and praised the latest weapons, while Walter explained their capabilities and the doctor showed Kenma the artillery and unfinished Barrier Armor.
• Kenma arranged to move weapon production to Underworld City and have Tenjiro Kirinji assist with Kido Warheads and Barrier Armor.
• Kenma revealed that their next enemy was a vast empire hiding in Seireitei's shadow and appointed Nobunaga to lead the war.
• Shimazu Toyohisa told Kenma that Riko had brought back Kokushibo, and Mayuri Kurotsuchi and the doctor argued over the demons they were studying.
• Kenma met Kokushibo, whom he also identified as Michikatsu Tsugikuni, and Yoichi said he had persuaded the formidable warrior to join them.