Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Fugaku reported Obito’s offer to Yuki Yoru, who arranged to restore Fugaku’s Mangekyo power and gave him a Ryūchi Cave summoning scroll for Sasuke. Back in Konohagakure, Fugaku ordered the Sarutobi Clan Compound sealed and Sarutobi Hiruzen arrested over the alleged theft of the Hyuga bloodline limit, leaving the Sarutobi Clan isolated and disgraced.

• Fugaku told Yuki Yoru that Obito had defeated him, offered to restore his Mangekyo power, and tried to recruit him to obtain the Hozuki Clan’s genius.
• Yuki Yoru arranged to restore Fugaku’s Dojutsu Power in Kirigakure and gave him a Ryūchi Cave summoning scroll for Sasuke to test.
• After returning to Konohagakure, Fugaku ordered the Sarutobi Clan Compound locked down while the Hyuga bloodline theft was investigated.
• Inabi delivered Fugaku’s decree accusing Hiruzen of treason and suspending him from his duties, prompting outrage and suspicion among the gathered villagers and Sarutobi Clan members.
• Uchiha Satsuna sealed Hiruzen’s chakra and movements, ordered the Sarutobi compound secured, and had ANBU escort Hiruzen to prison.

After imprisoning Sarutobi Hiruzen, Uchiha Fugaku traveled with Yoru to Kirigakure to restore his failing Mangekyō Sharingan. Yoru and Orochimaru prepared to implant compatible Hashirama Senju cells, but Fugaku learned that failure to control them could turn him into a tree.

• Uchiha Satsuna had the ANBU parade Sarutobi Hiruzen through Konoha and imprison him, while villagers blamed him for betraying the village.
• Yoru brought Uchiha Fugaku to Kirigakure and explained that Hashirama Senju's cells could balance Yin and Yang and restore his Dojutsu Power.
• Fugaku entered Yoru's bloodline laboratory and was startled by its specimens, including a Mangekyō Sharingan and Orochimaru at work.
• Orochimaru tested Fugaku's cells against three grades of First Hokage's Cells and selected the sample that Fugaku's cells survived.
• Yoru warned Fugaku that he had to suppress Hashirama Senju's cells during the fusion, or Kirigakure might gain another tree.

Yuki Yoru and Orochimaru began fusing Hashirama Senju's cells into Fugaku, while Nagato recovered his strength in Amegakure. After learning how powerful Yuki Yoru had become, Nagato heard Obito's plan to combine Six Paths bloodline traits and ascend as the Reincarnated Six Paths.

• Yuki Yoru reassured Fugaku as Orochimaru implanted Hashirama Senju's cells near his lower abdomen, where Fugaku's chakra and Dojutsu Power began stabilizing them.
• Nagato told Konan that White Zetsu and Hashirama Senju's cells had restored his body and awakened his life force.
• Obito warned Nagato that Yuki Yoru had surpassed Hashirama and Obito at their peaks, then showed him a report about Yuki Yoru's battle in Konohagakure.
• Obito proposed using the Chimera Technique to gather the Six Paths bloodline traits and turn Nagato into the Reincarnated Six Paths.
• Obito told Nagato that he still needed a powerful Shikotsumyaku before he could complete the transformation.

Nagato agreed to help Obito divert Yuki Yoru while Obito stole the Shikotsumyaku from Kirigakure. Meanwhile, Kumogakure decided to attack Konohagakure to regain its confidence, planning to strike quickly before Kirigakure could intervene.

• Obito told Nagato to distract Yuki Yoru at a Sunagakure Chunin Ninja Exam while he infiltrated Kirigakure to take Kaguya Kimimaro's Shikotsumyaku, and Nagato accepted.
• Nagato told Konan that he believed Obito’s plan was necessary to pursue their dream and honor Yahiko.
• The Fourth Raikage accused Konohagakure of detaining Kumogakure’s delegation, and Ōnoki publicly condemned Konohagakure as the controversy intensified.
• Uchiha Fugaku revealed that Kumogakure had tried to steal Konohagakure’s Kekkei Genkai and turn a former Hokage against the village, then declared that Konohagakure would fight if challenged.
• Kirigakure warned that anyone who harmed its infrastructure projects would face consequences, prompting the Fourth Raikage and the Grand Elder to decide that Kumogakure needed a victory through war.
• The Fourth Raikage planned a lightning-fast strike to crush Konohagakure before Kirigakure could respond, then retreat to Kumogakure’s defenses.

Fourth Raikage A led Kumogakure’s elite forces in a surprise invasion of the Land of Fire, killing Konoha border scouts and advancing to within a few dozen miles of Konohagakure. Uchiha Fugaku called an emergency meeting and mobilized Konoha’s forces, preparing to confront the Raikage alongside Hyuga Hiashi and Senju Kazematsuri.

• Fourth Raikage A, Killer B, and Yugito launched a secret blitz from the Land of Rivers while Dodai prepared to follow with Kumogakure’s main force.
• Fourth Raikage A’s team killed the scouts at a Konoha watch post, including Yamanaka Shibi, and destroyed outposts as they crossed the Land of Fire.
• Uchiha Fugaku learned that Fourth Raikage A and two Jinchūriki had reached the heart of the Land of Fire, with thousands of Kumogakure troops behind them.
• Fugaku assigned Uchiha Satsuna and Danzo to intercept the rear forces, sent Torifu Akimichi to reinforce the Land of Earth border, and ordered Mitokado Homura to replace Konohagakure’s barriers.
• Fugaku chose Hyuga Hiashi and Senju Kazematsuri to join him in confronting Fourth Raikage A.

Uchiha Fugaku and Konohagakure’s allies confronted the invading Fourth Raikage and his two Perfect Jinchūriki, but Ai overwhelmed their first assault. Fugaku summoned two Snake Princesses from Ryūchi Cave and revealed Susanoo to face Ai, ending the chapter with the battle escalating.

• Uchiha Fugaku led Hyuga Hiashi and Senju Kazematsuri to find the Fourth Raikage while Konohagakure’s forces hurried to meet the invasion.
• The Fourth Raikage demanded the return of Luo Te Yi and attacked Fugaku, overpowering the combined efforts of Fugaku, Hiashi, and Kazematsuri.
• Fugaku summoned Tagorihime and Ichikishimahime, who agreed to help hold off Ai’s two Perfect Jinchūriki alongside Hiashi and Kazematsuri.
• Ai charged at Fugaku again, believing his Mangekyo was nearly blind, but Fugaku manifested a towering blue Susanoo and challenged him.

Uchiha Fugaku fought the Fourth Raikage with his Susanoo, but the Raikage shattered it with Hell Stab and nearly took Fugaku’s eyes. Yuki Yoru arrived in time, froze the Raikage, restrained the Jinchūriki, and moved to deal with them.

• Uchiha Fugaku used Hashirama Cells to strengthen his Susanoo through its Fourth Stage, but the Fourth Raikage damaged it with repeated Liger Bomb attacks.
• The Fourth Raikage activated the Strongest Lightning Release Armor and struck Fugaku’s Susanoo with Hell Stab: Three-Finger Nukite, sending Fugaku crashing through trees.
• Uchiha Fugaku caught the Fourth Raikage in a genjutsu, but the Raikage recovered and reached for Fugaku’s Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Yuki Yoru appeared and froze the Fourth Raikage and the surrounding forest before he could take Fugaku’s eyes.
• Yuki Yoru drew the barely alive Fugaku to his side, blocked Killer B and Yugito’s attacks, and bound the two Jinchūriki with beams of light.

Yuki Yoru saved Uchiha Fugaku and Konoha’s defenders by freezing the Fourth Raikage and the two Jinchūriki, then took them away. As Fugaku headed to the front, Hiashi recognized signs of his bloodline regression and considered seeking Yuki Yoru’s help; meanwhile, Yoru confronted the Raikage until Ichikishimahime warned that she was running out of energy.

• Yuki Yoru froze the Fourth Raikage and restrained Killer B and Yugito, then told Fugaku to stabilize the front while he took the captives away.
• Fugaku agreed to let Yoru decide the captives’ fate, and Tagorihime and Ichikishimahime reminded him to select Konoha ninja for Ryūchi Cave.
• Fugaku led Hiashi and Kazematsuri toward the front to face Kumogakure’s three thousand elite troops.
• Hiashi noticed Hashirama Senju’s chakra within Fugaku and suspected that Yoru had helped him begin bloodline regression.
• Yuki Yoru explained to the Fourth Raikage that Kumogakure’s plan to destroy Konoha was unrealistic, then stopped his Hell Stab attack with overwhelming pressure.
• Ichikishimahime leaned against a tree and told Yoru to stop showing off because she was running out of energy.

Yuki Yoru overwhelmed the Fourth Raikage and the two Jinchūriki, then forced the Raikage to accept his terms to save the Land of Lightning. After Yoru left, Obito and Black Zetsu discussed a secret weapon they might use to oppose him.

• Yuki Yoru canceled Ichikishimahime's Reverse Summoning and sent her away, leaving the Fourth Raikage and the two Jinchūriki despairing.
• The Fourth Raikage questioned why Yoru did not seize power, and Yoru warned him that the Ninja World held forces far beyond the Five Great Nations.
• Yoru told the Fourth Raikage that Kumogakure would be vulnerable if its leaders and elite shinobi were lost, then offered terms that would preserve the Land of Lightning's internal rule.
• The Fourth Raikage accepted Yoru's demands, took his scroll, and hurried to the front lines while the two Jinchūriki followed.
• Yoru warned the Raikage about the Tailed Beasts and told him about the Chinoike Clan, then vanished as Obito and Black Zetsu watched from hiding.
• Obito doubted Nagato could stop Yoru, so Black Zetsu revealed Madara's trump card: the Uchiha Clan's Ultimate Weapon.

Obito learned that the Uchiha Clan’s sealed “ultimate weapon” was a person hidden in the Land of Fire, while the battle between Konoha and Kumogakure swung back and forth. Yuki Yoru arrived as the Fourth Raikage ordered a retreat, offering both sides a chance to end the fighting.

• Black Zetsu told Obito that the Uchiha Clan’s ultimate weapon was a Mangekyō Sharingan wielder sealed in the Land of Fire.
• Uchiha Fugaku arrived on the front lines and used Susanoo to break Kumogakure’s morale, while Uchiha Satsuna fought fiercely beside Konoha’s forces.
• The Fourth Raikage and Killer B returned to the battlefield, and Killer B launched a Tailed Beast Bomb that Fugaku countered with Susanoo’s sword.
• The Fourth Raikage ordered Kumogakure’s army to retreat and faced Fugaku while secretly channeling chakra into a scroll from Yuki Yoru.
• Yuki Yoru descended over the battlefield and asked both sides to let the battle end.

Obito freed the Uchiha Clan’s Ultimate Weapon, a girl sealed beneath Kazama Valley for over a hundred years, and discovered she could trap him in Tsukuyomi Space. After learning how the world and her clan had changed, she questioned the meaning of life, and Obito told her that meaning could be found by continuing to live and move forward.

• Obito and Black Zetsu located the girl sealed beneath Kazama Valley, and Obito used Curse Unsealing to break the crystal prison.
• The girl awakened and attacked Obito with Susanoo, then dispelled it after recognizing his Mangekyo Sharingan and apologized for failing her mission.
• Obito condemned the girl for living as a tool without a will of her own, and she used her Mangekyo to pull him into Tsukuyomi Space and demand the truth about the Uchiha Clan.
• Obito told her that more than a hundred years had passed and recounted how ninja villages and countries had replaced the old Ninja Clans.
• The girl wondered what purpose remained for her after the Uchiha and Senju had made peace, then asked Obito what gave life meaning.
• Obito recalled his despair over Minato Namikaze killing the person he loved and answered that life had no meaning in itself, but living and moving forward could reveal things worth pursuing.

Obito showed Uchiha Hikari her painful past and recruited her as his partner in the plan to create a dream world through Infinite Tsukuyomi. After Yuki Yoru forced Kumogakure to accept a ceasefire, Obito and Hikari planned to use the Chunin Ninja Exams to draw Yuki Yoru’s attention while Obito sought the Shikotsumyaku.

• Obito revealed Uchiha Hikari’s childhood, her use as the Uchiha Clan’s weapon, and her sealing after the Senju, Uzumaki, and Sarutobi Clans ambushed her.
• Obito explained Infinite Tsukuyomi to Hikari and asked her to fight alongside him; she accepted and declared her name as Uchiha Hikari.
• On the battlefield between Kumogakure and Konohagakure, Fourth Raikage A lowered his defenses and accepted the ceasefire after Yuki Yoru intervened.
• Obito and Hikari watched Yuki Yoru’s projection disappear, and Obito identified him as their greatest obstacle.
• Obito planned to hold the Chunin Ninja Exams in the name of the Fourth Kazekage and use an assassination attempt with Hikari to distract Yuki Yoru while he pursued the Shikotsumyaku.

Yuki Yoru tested Blut Arterie, a new Quincy technique that drew surrounding Spiritual Particles into the user's body, with Ringo Yurui facing Orochimaru. Ringo unleashed the technique's tremendous power and struck Orochimaru with Thunder Swords: Raigmon, leaving the test's outcome unresolved.

• The truce between Konohagakure and Kumogakure raised Yuki Yoru's reputation, while Sarutobi Hiruzen awaited punishment in prison.
• At Kirigakure's Seireitei training ground, Yuki Yoru began testing Blut Arterie and Ringo Yurui volunteered to demonstrate it against a captain.
• Ringo Yurui chose Orochimaru as her opponent and activated Blut Arterie, drawing external Spiritual Particles into her body.
• Ringo Yurui used her enhanced speed and lightning-attribute Spirit Power to strike Orochimaru and send him crashing into a stone wall.
• Ringo Yurui immobilized Orochimaru with her lightning and brought down Thunder Swords: Raigmon as the onlookers watched.

Ringo Yurui tested Blut Arterie and accidentally reduced Orochimaru to charcoal, revealing that Yuki Yoru had perfected a powerful, stable technique for Quincies. Meanwhile, Uchiha Fugaku followed Yoru’s political advice to reorganize Konoha and judge Sarutobi Hiruzen, leaving Fugaku impressed by Yoru’s political skill.

• Ringo Yurui unleashed Blut Arterie through Thunder Swords: Kiba and struck Orochimaru with lightning powerful enough to seemingly kill him.
• Yoru revealed that Orochimaru had survived and explained how he had developed Blut Arterie into a stable technique by linking the body's Eight Gates.
• Orochimaru praised Blut Arterie’s power, while Tsunade warned that learning it remained difficult and that the forces it combined could be dangerous if their balance failed.
• Yoru left the Quincies’ training to Miroku and advised Uchiha Fugaku on Konoha’s affairs.
• Fugaku reinforced the front lines, addressed war-related duties, and appointed Danzo, Torifu Akimichi, and Uchiha Satsuna to Konoha posts.
• Fugaku judged Sarutobi Hiruzen innocent of treason but exposed his other abuses, forcing the Sarutobi Clan to surrender its ill-gotten gains and stripping Hiruzen of his former standing.

Akatsuki debated Obito's plan to target Water Release Yoru at the Chunin Ninja Exams, and Nagato demanded more members before approving it. Uchiha Hikari joined the organization as Akatsuki no Suzaku and was told to choose a partner, while Hiruko eyed her Sharingan as potential material for his experiments.

• Konan and Nagato challenged Obito's risky plan, and Obito promised ten million ryo to support the Akatsuki.
• Obito recommended Shennong, a medical and scientific expert in the Land of Grass, as a potential recruit.
• Nagato invited Uchiha Hikari to join the Akatsuki, and she accepted the Suzaku ring and robes.
• Pain introduced Hikari to Hiruko and Sasori at the Demonic Statue and told her to choose one as her teammate.
• Sasori refused to partner with Hikari and directed her toward Hiruko, who considered using her Sharingan for his fusion experiments.

Obito captured Shennong, broke his resistance with genjutsu, and learned of his medical techniques and the Zero-Tails. He then visited Sarutobi Hiruzen in Konohagakure and tried to turn him against Yuki Yoru, leaving Hiruzen troubled by the threat Yuki Yoru might pose.

• Obito found Shennong in the Land of Grass and trapped him in the Kamui Dimension, where isolation and despair broke his resistance.
• Obito read Shennong's memories, learned about his medical forbidden techniques and the Zero-Tails, and ordered him to go to Amegakure to obtain the Zero-Tails technique.
• Obito explored Konohagakure and observed its peaceful streets, the villagers' hidden grief, and the contempt directed at the Sarutobi Clan.
• Obito entered Sarutobi Hiruzen's home and taunted him about losing his position and authority to Uchiha Fugaku.
• Obito claimed Yuki Yoru planned to harvest souls and warned that his rapid growth and Seireitei's creatures threatened the Ninja World.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen rejected Obito's accusations but began to fear that Yuki Yoru's power might become impossible to restrain.

Sarutobi Hiruzen agreed to work with Obito against Yuki Yoru, and Obito gave him a modified Chimera Technique that could grant greater power. Meanwhile, Obito watched Uchiha Itachi train and became interested in the people Itachi loved, especially his childhood sweetheart.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen feared that Yuki Yoru was gradually taking control of Konoha and agreed to cooperate with Obito against him.
• Obito gave Sarutobi Hiruzen the modified Chimera Technique and explained how it could fuse bloodlines to reach the Six Paths Realm.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen refused to target the Uchiha Clan for its power, then summoned Danzo after considering another formula involving Uzumaki, Hyuga, and Shikotsumyaku bloodlines.
• Obito dismissed Sarutobi Hiruzen's plan as unimportant because he had already obtained the Zero-Tails technique.
• Obito and Zetsu watched Uchiha Itachi train, and Zetsu said Itachi could awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan through intense emotions.
• Obito became intrigued when Zetsu mentioned that Uchiha Itachi had a close childhood sweetheart.

Obito abandoned his plan to provoke Itachi after learning that Itachi’s Sharingan awakenings were driven by his love for Konohagakure, and turned his attention to obtaining the Shikotsumyaku. Meanwhile, the great villages prepared to send teams to Sunagakure’s Chunin Exams, and Yuki Yoru accepted the invitation, planning to travel there with Terumi Mei and Pakura.

• Obito studied intel about Itachi’s Sharingan and decided that targeting Itachi’s childhood friend would not provoke him enough, so he chose to pursue the Shikotsumyaku instead.
• Ōnoki weighed the risks of Sunagakure’s joint Chunin Exams and ordered Kitsuchi to lead Deidara and Kurotsuchi there to investigate.
• Darui used Spirit Power to master the Third Raikage’s Black Lightning and demonstrated the technique by cutting through a waterfall.
• Killer B gave Darui, Shi, and Samui a mission to compete in Sunagakure’s Chunin Exams and display Kumogakure’s strength.
• Yuki Yoru recognized the invitation as a possible trap by Obito, but agreed to attend Sunagakure’s Chunin Exams with Terumi Mei and Pakura.

Yuki Yoru arrived in Sunagakure with Terumi Mei, Pakura, and Kirigakure’s exam team shortly before the joint Chunin Exams. As Nagato and Konan prepared their plans in the village, Nagato resolved to confront Yuki Yoru again.

• Yoru’s group spent a month traveling to the Land of Wind before Fourth Kazekage Rasa and Sunagakure’s officials welcomed them.
• Rasa greeted Yoru and reviewed the Chunin Exam schedule, while Sunagakure’s elders watched Pakura return as a member of Kirigakure.
• Yoru examined the exam plans, reassured Terumi Mei about the young shinobi, and left after sensing suspicious figures in the village.
• Nagato and Konan discussed Sunagakure’s Blood Sand Policy and its declining conditions, while Nagato ordered Konan to bring back Hikari.
• Nagato recalled his defeat by Yuki Yoru and vowed to show him the true power of a god.

Yuki Yoru encountered Uchiha Hikari in Sunagakure and urged her to control her anger before disappearing. The joint Chunin Exam began in the Sand Iron Desert, while Obito and Zetsu opened a way through Kirigakure’s barrier, drawing the attention of strange creatures.

• Yoru noticed the Hoshigakure team had Star Chakra and considered visiting their village to investigate whether they had another Star.
• Yoru paid for Hikari’s dango, dispelled her genjutsu, and spoke with her about grief, inherited convictions, and mastering anger.
• Konan found Hikari and warned her not to act recklessly because their plan was about to begin.
• Rasa announced the first exam’s rules: teams had to collect nine Sand Gold Stars and reach the Golden Sand Fortress by the third day while the valid desert area shrank hourly.
• Fugaku and Yoru attended as the fifty-six teams entered the Sand Iron Desert when the exam began.
• Obito and Zetsu broke through a weak point in Kirigakure’s barrier, awakening strange creatures across the deserted archipelago.