Chapter Summaries

Obito used the Gunbai to overpower Ōnoki, then exploited his fear to control him and turn Iwagakure’s Protect the Stone Plan into cover for an ascension ritual. As the village poured resources into the project, Yuki Yoru traveled to Kumogakure for a Kage Summit, where the Fourth Raikage planned to use Samui to secure access to Spirit Power training.

• Obito absorbed Ōnoki’s Dust Release with the Gunbai, posed as Madara Uchiha, and used his Dojutsu Power with Black Zetsu’s help to control Ōnoki.
• Kitsuchi arrived and accepted Ōnoki’s orders to clean up the secret chamber and take the White Zetsu bodies for research; Obito secretly assessed Iwagakure’s weakened state.
• Obito decided to push the Protect the Stone Plan forward and use the chakra allocated to its artificial-human research for his ascension ritual.
• Iwagakure’s leaders and shinobi embraced the Protect the Stone Plan as it rapidly produced healing and prosthetic technologies.
• Yuki Yoru traveled with Terumi Mei and other Kage toward Kumogakure for a summit against Akatsuki, while he considered advancing Spirit Power training in the Land of Lightning.
• The Fourth Raikage and Dodai prepared to use Samui and Spirit Power guidance to persuade Yuki Yoru to share Spirit Power training with Kumogakure.

Yuki Yoru arrived in Kumogakure for the Kage Summit and explained Spirit Power to Fourth Raikage A and Samui. The chapter ended with A asking Yoru to take Samui as his disciple so she could help Kumogakure study Spirit Power.

• Yoru and the Konoha delegation joined Fourth Kazekage Rasa on the way into Kumogakure and joked about the village’s past coup.
• Fourth Raikage A welcomed Yoru, Rasa, and Uchiha Fugaku, then scheduled the Akatsuki alliance meeting for the next day despite Ōnoki’s absence.
• A privately asked Yoru about Spirit Power, and Yoru invited Samui into their discussion.
• Yoru explained Spirit Power’s nature, how soul strength affected it, and how the Chinoike Clan might help identify people with strong souls.
• Samui listened closely and tested her Spirit Power while A questioned Yoru about training and the power’s uses.
• A asked Yoru to take Samui as his disciple so she could help Kumogakure transition from chakra to Spirit Power.

Yuki Yoru agreed to guide Samui in Spirit Power, then attended the Kage Summit, where the Five Great Nations discussed the Akatsuki’s threat and possible targets. He revealed that the Akatsuki’s main base was in the Land of Rain, leaving the Kage questioning how it could operate in Hanzo’s territory.

• Yuki Yoru agreed to guide Samui but declined to take her as his disciple, and Fourth Raikage A accepted his decision.
• Terumi Mei found Samui with Yoru and questioned him about her presence after Samui left.
• At the Kage Summit, Fourth Raikage A, Uchiha Fugaku, Rasa, and Yoru discussed the Akatsuki’s plans to capture the Tailed Beasts.
• Yoru secretly reflected that he had marked and repeatedly harvested Four Tails, Five Tails, and Seven-Tails for Points.
• Yoru revealed that the Akatsuki’s largest core base was in the Land of Rain, surprising the other Kage.

Yuki Yoru persuaded the four Kage to launch a joint assault on the Akatsuki in Amegakure, while Obito prioritized his chakra-absorbing ceremony over protecting Nagato. Nagato refused to flee as the alliance approached, left grieving and uncertain beneath the rain.

• Yuki Yoru told the Kage that Hanzo was dead and the Akatsuki had taken over Amegakure, and the four leaders agreed to strike together.
• The Kage Summit ended with the campaign named Operation Daybreak, and the villages began assembling their forces.
• Obito continued collecting chakra for his ceremony and dismissed Black Zetsu's warnings about Nagato's danger.
• White Zetsu warned Nagato that the four-nation alliance was coming, but Nagato refused to leave Amegakure.
• Jigen offered to help Nagato escape and revealed he had prepared sacrifices for the Chimera Technique, while Nagato stayed behind, lamenting that he had failed Yahiko.

Yuki Yoru sealed Amegakure behind a space-time barrier as the Allied Shinobi Forces confronted the Akatsuki. Hiruko overwhelmed the allied shinobi, revealed his evolved power, and declared himself the ultimate shinobi as the battle continued.

• Yuki Yoru arrived with Karatachi Yagura and trapped Amegakure and the surrounding area inside a space-time barrier.
• Nagato and Yuki Yoru vanished as Hiruko and the Akatsuki appeared above the battlefield, and Hiruko challenged the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Hiruko matched the Fourth Raikage’s speed and strength, killed allied shinobi, absorbed Rasa’s chakra-based attacks, and countered Uchiha Fugaku’s Fire Release.
• The Akatsuki attacked the Allied Shinobi Forces while Hiruko evaded Susanoo and rejected Fugaku’s offer to return to Konoha.
• The Fourth Raikage’s Liger Bomb struck Hiruko but was blocked by black chakra, which formed a Susanoo-like skeletal arm as Hiruko’s Sharingan changed shape.
• Hiruko knocked the Fourth Raikage away and proclaimed himself the only ultimate shinobi standing at the pinnacle.

Rain Ninja watched the Akatsuki fight the Allied Shinobi Forces while Shisui confronted them and Orochimaru. On the battlefield, Hiruko overwhelmed the Kage until Tsunade arrived to challenge him.

• A Rain Ninja urged his comrades to join the battle, but Shisui used his Dōjutsu Power to extract information about Nagato and stopped Orochimaru from attacking him.
• Orochimaru recognized Shisui's mastery of Hollow and Shinigami powers, then privately considered devouring him to gain that strength.
• Rasa, Fugaku, and the Fourth Raikage A attacked Hiruko, but Hiruko used Iron Sand and other stolen abilities to wound them and overpower Fugaku with Amaterasu.
• Hiruko boasted about the Chimera Technique and his past conflict with the Third Hokage until Tsunade landed before him and confronted him.

Tsunade confronted Hiruko and unleashed her Bankai, overwhelming him despite his five Kekkei Genkai and regenerative powers. She left him badly beaten and unable to track her movements.

• Tsunade joined Fugaku on the battlefield and dismissed Hiruko’s boast that he had surpassed her and the First Hokage.
• Tsunade and Hiruko fought at high speed, and she countered his attacks after his Dark Release failed to absorb her power.
• Tsunade activated Bankai—Golden Splendor, Withered Tree Reborn—and struck a massive hole through Hiruko’s Steel Release-enhanced body.
• Hiruko regenerated using the First Hokage’s cells, declared himself invincible, and attacked Tsunade again.
• Tsunade vanished from Hiruko’s sight and struck him repeatedly, leaving him vomiting blood and terrified.

Tsunade and Yagura pushed back Akatsuki's assault, while Yuki Yoru spoke with Nagato, who chose to align with Yoru's cause. Yoru then set Nagato against Uchiha Shisui, while Obito visited Rin's grave and discovered a suspicious visitor leaving Sarutobi Hiruzen's residence.

• Tsunade overwhelmed Hiruko with her Bankai, but Nagato's summons arrived and pulled Hiruko out of the fight.
• Deva Path Pain unleashed Super Almighty Push, and Yagura's Water Caltrop Blossom mirrored Shinra Tensei to meet the attack head-on.
• Yuki Yoru discussed Nagato's change of heart, and Nagato declared that Akatsuki would be reborn rather than fall to the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Yoru told Nagato to prove his ability and resolve, and Uchiha Shisui appeared behind them as Nagato's opponent.
• Obito visited Rin and Kakashi's graves in Konohagakure, then headed to the Sarutobi Clan compound to seek Sarutobi Hiruzen's help.
• Obito noticed a familiar-chakra child leaving Hiruzen's compound and found Hiruzen at home with two recently served cups of tea.

While Fugaku and Konoha’s strongest forces fought in the Land of Rain, Obito persuaded Hiruzen and Danzo to help him destroy the Uchiha Clan. Obito used his Dojutsu Power to control Itachi as the opening move, and Danzo ordered Root to seal off the Uchiha compound.

• Obito emerged before Hiruzen and proposed attacking the Uchiha Clan while Fugaku and the Reapers were away.
• Hiruzen hesitated over Obito’s plan to wipe out the clan, but Obito said he would use Itachi as his blade and take responsibility.
• Obito ambushed Itachi on his way home and used his Dojutsu Power to control him.
• Hiruzen went to Root Base and told Danzo about the plan, prompting Danzo to agree to have Root seal off the Uchiha Clan.
• Danzo revealed his transplanted Sharingan and Wood Release, and he and Hiruzen agreed to act while the opportunity remained.

Itachi Uchiha and Uchiha Obito launched a massacre of the Uchiha Clan Compound while Obito used a stolen-records story to keep Danzo’s forces outside. Uchiha Satsuna recognized Obito but was killed before he could call for help.

• Danzo claimed a suspect with stolen Root records had fled into the Uchiha Clan Compound and pressured Uchiha Satsuna to search it.
• Itachi Uchiha killed three Uchiha sentries, and Obito removed their Sharingan before following him into the compound.
• Itachi and Obito slaughtered sleeping Uchiha clan members, with Obito using Kamui to enter homes and collect their eyes.
• Uchiha Satsuna arrived with other clan members and discovered Itachi attacking the women and children; Satsuna recognized that genjutsu was controlling Itachi.
• Obito swallowed Satsuna’s signal flare with Kamui, revealed himself, then beheaded Satsuna and took his Sharingan.

Uchiha Obito massacred the Uchiha while using genjutsu to make Uchiha Itachi believe he had done it, but Itachi awakened the Mangekyo and resisted Obito before the survivors arrived. Obito later recovered in Iwagakure with his new Mangekyo eyes and learned that Yuki Yoru’s Shinigami had joined the fighting in the Land of Rain.

• Obito and Itachi split up to wipe out the Uchiha, while Obito killed Uchiha elites and took their Sharingan.
• Uchiha Tetsuen fired a signal flare after hearing of bloodshed in the compound, and Obito forced Itachi to relive killing his clanmates, including Uchiha Izumi.
• Itachi awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan, but Obito stole his right eye before Itachi’s other eye unleashed its power and drove Obito back.
• Obito escaped as Uchiha survivors and ninja entered the compound, leaving Itachi to face them and collapse beside his younger brother Sasuke.
• A day later, Obito recovered in a secret Iwagakure base with two Mangekyo Sharingan and learned that Yuki Yoru’s Shinigami had entered the fighting in the Land of Rain.

Uchiha Shisui and Nagato confronted each other over Shisui’s role in the events that led to Yahiko’s death, then revealed that they both wielded the Rinnegan. Their battle escalated from close combat and techniques to Perfect Susanoo and the Wood Human, leaving the Land of Rain beneath a clear sky as neither fighter showed signs of reaching his limit.

• Nagato recognized Shisui as one of the people involved in the attack that led to Yahiko’s death, and Shisui admitted he had been there.
• Nagato used Banshō Ten'in, but Shisui countered with the same gravity; Nagato then discovered that Shisui also had the Rinnegan.
• Yuki Yoru explained how the Rinnegan could be awakened, and Nagato and Shisui began fighting with Taijutsu and powerful techniques.
• Shisui and Nagato traded attacks using Susanoo, the Rinnegan’s absorption ability, and Wood Release, with neither gaining the advantage.
• Shisui summoned Perfect Susanoo while Nagato raised himself on the Wood Human, and their clash shattered the clouds over the Land of Rain.

Nagato pushed Shisui to release Bankai, but after Shisui’s strike knocked him down, Nagato rose with renewed resolve and unleashed True Several Thousand Hands. Nagato’s Great Buddha overwhelmed Shisui’s Bankai-empowered Perfect Susanoo and pounded him as the battlefield shook.

• Shisui and Nagato fought evenly until Nagato entered Sage Mode and used Flower Tree Realm to fill the battlefield with trees and pollen.
• Shisui released Bankai and struck Nagato down with his empowered Perfect Susanoo.
• Nagato stood again, declaring that he would never lose while bearing Akatsuki’s name and carrying Yahiko and Konan’s hopes.
• Nagato used Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands to summon a towering Great Buddha with countless arms.
• Shisui met the Buddha’s assault at full strength, but its endless arms overwhelmed and shattered his Perfect Susanoo, then rained blows down on him.

Nagato accepted defeat and resolved to lead the Akatsuki out of Amegakure as a neutral force for peace, while Yuki Yoru explained that he intended to pressure the shinobi world into growing stronger against the Outsiders. In the closing scene, Obito revealed that he had controlled Itachi to massacre the Uchiha and replenish his Sharingan collection.

• Nagato surrendered to Shisui, and the Allied Shinobi Forces entered Amegakure after the Akatsuki's defeat.
• Yuki Yoru arranged for Kisame to take control of Amegakure, while Fugaku received news that the Uchiha compound had been massacred and rushed back to Konohagakure.
• Nagato told Yuki Yoru that he would lead the Akatsuki away from Amegakure and transform it into a neutral organization devoted to peace.
• Yuki Yoru said that he wanted the shinobi world to face pressure and danger so it would grow strong enough to resist Jigen and the other Outsiders.
• Black Zetsu told Obito that Nagato was alive and still had the Rinnegan, and Obito revealed that he had controlled Itachi to slaughter the Uchiha and collect their Sharingan.

Uchiha Obito prepared to implant stolen Sharingan to strengthen his Izanagi, while Fugaku confronted the devastation of the Uchiha massacre and pushed Konohagakure toward Spirit Power training. The chapter ended with Danzo telling Sarutobi Hiruzen that Hiruko’s Chimera Technique had made him powerful enough to defeat the Three Kage.

• Uchiha Obito ordered Black Zetsu to prepare a White Zetsu for transplanting stolen Sharingan into his body.
• Fugaku returned to Konohagakure, learned the scale of the Uchiha losses, and comforted Itachi after seeing through genjutsu how Obito had controlled him during the massacre.
• Fugaku confronted the village elders over Obito’s infiltration, considered Hiashi for the vacant ANBU Director position, and ordered Spirit Power training to replace chakra training at the Ninja Academy.
• Danzo told Sarutobi Hiruzen that Hiruko had completed the Chimera Technique and had defeated the Three Kage in the Land of Rain.

Danzo warned Sarutobi Hiruzen that Yuki Yoru might be able to control Spirit Power users, then persuaded him to pursue the Chimera Technique instead. After Hiruzen left, Jigen supplied Danzo with bloodline sacrifices, and Danzo showed him a strange living creature made of roots and branches.

• Danzo showed Sarutobi Hiruzen records of dead ninja resurrected as Shinigami and revealed a captured Hollow whose corrupting Spirit Power had produced humanoid Hollows.
• Danzo warned that Yuki Yoru might be able to control Spirit Power users throughout the Ninja World and urged Hiruzen to join him in carrying out the Chimera Technique.
• Hiruzen agreed to Danzo's plan, including receiving modifications with Hashirama Senju's cells to strengthen his frail body for the ritual.
• After Hiruzen returned to his clan compound, Jigen gave Danzo unconscious sacrifices possessing Dark Release, Swift Release, and Steel Release.
• Danzo led Jigen into a sealed room and revealed a living, humanoid mass of roots and branches that could consume flesh and grow.

Danzo agreed to begin his Chimera ritual the next day after Jigen showed him the Ten-Tails Sapling and explained the masked man's interest in the Sharingan. At the ruins of Uzushio Village, Obito prepared his own ritual and began as the Giant Sea Tide gathered natural energy around the cliff.

• Jigen fed the Ten-Tails Sapling human remains, and Danzo watched it devour natural energy from underground.
• Danzo chose to begin his Chimera ritual the next day, and Jigen agreed to take him to a ritual site.
• Jigen told Danzo the masked man's goal matched his own and that the Sharingan could help the ritual succeed, prompting Danzo to think of Izanagi.
• Black Zetsu brought Obito to Sea Tide Cliff outside the Land of Whirlpools and explained how the Giant Sea Tide would supply natural energy and balance his Fire-natured Chakra.
• Obito and the White Zetsu prepared the altar, and Obito assembled five sacrifices and his stored Chakra reserves.
• When the Giant Sea Tide struck the cliff, Black Zetsu activated the ritual apparatus, and Obito announced that the ritual would begin.

Obito began the Chimera Technique ritual, fusing the powers of five bloodline ninjas while using the power of Myriad Creations to transform both Mangekyō Sharingan into the Eternal Eye. As the five souls fought back and his body began to collapse, Obito used Izanagi to survive and resumed the struggle, while Jigen watched two figures undergoing Chimera transformations in the Land of Snow.

• Obito activated the ritual array and absorbed natural energy from the Giant Sea Tide as his Chimera Buds enveloped five bloodline ninjas and merged with his body.
• Obito gathered the power of Myriad Creations in his right eye, erasing Itachi Uchiha’s imprint, and transformed both Mangekyō Sharingan into the Eternal Eye.
• The bloodline fusion triggered a conflict of souls, and Obito’s body swelled into a huge mass as the five souls threatened to overwhelm him.
• White Zetsu restrained the rampaging Chimera, and Obito used Izanagi to escape collapse and blur the five faces on his body.
• Obito invoked Rin and Kakashi and resumed the battle of souls, while Jigen watched two figures expand under the Chimera’s power in the Land of Snow.

Obito pushed the Chimera ritual to its limit and awakened the Rinnegan, transforming into a Six Paths-level being. He ended the chapter wielding Six Paths Power and looking toward Yuki Yoru, whom he intended to surpass.

• Jigen continued the ritual that was transforming Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo, while planning to use Obito as a vessel and provoke a war between Obito and Yuki Yoru.
• Obito's Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan evolved as the Power of All Creation intensified, and Black Zetsu hoped he would awaken the Rinnegan.
• Obito ordered Black Zetsu to maximize the chakra transfer array and endured the immense chakra's strain without using Izanagi.
• Obito awakened the Rinnegan and completed his transformation, gaining a chakra robe, horns, and Six Paths Power.
• Obito formed an Yin-Yang Spear Staff and looked across the coast toward Yuki Yoru on the Necro Throne.

Obito reached the Six Paths Realm and began preparing to wage war against Yuki Yoru and the Five Great Nations. After killing Kushimaru Kuriarare, he summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, while the Sage of Six Paths and Hamura Ōtsutsuki discussed the risks his new power posed to their plans.

• Obito emerged from the collapsing altar with the Rinnegan and declared that he would cleanse the world and oppose Yuki Yoru and the Five Great Nations.
• Obito used Banshō Ten'in to expose Kushimaru Kuriarare, who attacked with Kidō and revealed his Bankai, Blood Needle.
• Kushimaru Kuriarare pierced Obito with Blood Needle, but Obito survived and killed him with a Yin-Yang spear staff.
• Obito told Black Zetsu that the tailed beasts remained their main target and summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Hamura Ōtsutsuki warned the Sage of Six Paths that Obito's arrival in the Six Paths Realm could threaten their plans, but the Sage said their seals remained secure.