Chapter Summaries

Jinghuo Uchiha tested his new Lava Style Chakra Mode while the Fourth Raikage, Killer B, Darui, Yugito Nii, and Dodai launched a coordinated ambush. He transformed into the Melting God Form as the Fourth Raikage charged at him with a Lightning Plow Hot Knife.

• The Fourth Raikage, Killer B, Darui, Yugito Nii, and Dodai attacked Jinghuo Uchiha together.
• Jinghuo Uchiha let his golden flames vanish and activated Lava Style Chakra Mode instead of using Susanoo.
• Yugito Nii's claws melted against Jinghuo Uchiha, while his heat melted Dodai's viscous rubber and Darui's Black Panther.
• Jinghuo Uchiha transformed into the Melting God Form, releasing a terrifying aura and scorching heat.
• The Fourth Raikage resisted Jinghuo Uchiha's oppressive presence and charged at him with Absolute Ox Lightning Plow Hot Knife.

Jinghuo Uchiha stopped the Fourth Raikage and Killer B’s Lariat with his magma-like power, then revealed a gigantic Magma Giant. As the Uchiha forces moved to attack Kumogakure’s army, the Fourth Raikage ordered Yugito Nii, Dodai, and Darui to retreat.

• Jinghuo Uchiha blocked the Fourth Raikage and Killer B’s Lariat with a hardened red substance around his neck.
• Killer B cut off his own arm to break Jinghuo Uchiha’s restraint, then struck the Fourth Raikage’s right arm and helped him escape.
• Jinghuo Uchiha emerged as a seventy-meter Magma Giant, and the Kumogakure fighters regrouped beneath its shadow.
• Uchiha Shisui, Uchiha Itachi, and Fugaku Uchiha stopped the Uchiha Clan Members from approaching Jinghuo Uchiha and led their units toward Kumogakure’s army.
• The Fourth Raikage ordered Yugito Nii, Dodai, and Darui to retreat from Jinghuo Uchiha.

Jinghuo Uchiha used Volcano Eruption to isolate the Kumogakure forces and ambushed Yugito Nii, draining her chakra and dragging her into a volcano. Matatabi emerged to fight, leaving the injured Fourth Raikage to hold Jinghuo Uchiha off while Dodai and Darui retreated.

• Killer B transformed into the Eight-Tails Gyūki to fight the Black-Red Lava Giant as the Fourth Raikage searched for an opening.
• Jinghuo Uchiha’s Volcano Eruption cut off the Kumogakure forces’ retreat and blocked Dodai and Darui’s attacks.
• Jinghuo Uchiha ambushed Yugito Nii through the magma, immobilized her, drained her chakra, and dragged her into a volcano.
• Matatabi emerged from the volcano and turned its killing intent toward the Fourth Raikage, Dodai, and Darui.
• The Fourth Raikage charged Jinghuo Uchiha to hold him off and ordered Dodai and Darui to retreat without fighting Matatabi.

Jinghuo Uchiha trapped the retreating Kumogakure forces and killed Dodai while the Fourth Raikage and Killer B abandoned Darui. Killer B sacrificed himself to send the Fourth Raikage away, but Jinghuo Uchiha suppressed Gyuki and took control of the Eight-Tails.

• The Fourth Raikage realized Jinghuo Uchiha could switch attributes and move as fast as he could, so Dodai urged him to flee with Killer B.
• Dodai told the Fourth Raikage to abandon him and Darui; Jinghuo Uchiha killed Dodai and erupted the Volcano Group to block the retreat.
• The Fourth Raikage and Killer B left Darui behind as Matatabi attacked him, then found their route blocked by volcanoes and the Black-Red Giant.
• Killer B transformed into the Eight-Tails and flung the Fourth Raikage beyond the horizon, choosing to face Jinghuo Uchiha alone.
• The Black-Red Giant and Matatabi subdued Gyuki while Jinghuo Uchiha absorbed its Chakra, and Hachibi took control of Gyuki's body.
• Jinghuo Uchiha awakened his Eternal Mangekyo and took control of the Eight-Tails.

Jinghuo Uchiha transformed into Emperor Flame Mode and pursued the Fourth Raikage while the Uchiha Clan routed the Kumogakure Army. The Fourth Raikage fled alone, but Jinghuo caught up, leaving him with nowhere safe to go.

• Jinghuo Uchiha absorbed Chakra, changed into Emperor Flame Mode, and sped toward the battlefield.
• Uchiha Shisui, Fugaku Uchiha, and Uchiha Itachi overwhelmed Kumogakure's forces as the Uchiha Clan advanced.
• Mabui, Shi, and Samui ordered a retreat, and Uchiha Shisui stopped his clan from pursuing the fleeing enemy.
• The Eight-Tails hurled the Fourth Raikage far away, and he realized Kumogakure had been utterly defeated.
• Jinghuo Uchiha caught up with the Fourth Raikage, who fled but could not find a safe place to lead him.

Jinghuo Uchiha killed the Fourth Raikage and gained an immortal body, while Black Zetsu decided he had to be eliminated. On the Iwagakure and Kirigakure fronts, Konoha continued retreating as its shinobi hoped Jinghuo would turn the war in their favor.

• Jinghuo Uchiha promised the Fourth Raikage he would not attack the Land of Lightning before destroying the Land of Earth, but the Fourth Raikage charged him anyway.
• Jinghuo Uchiha killed the Fourth Raikage with Firelight: Piercing and completed a mission that granted him an immortal body.
• Black Zetsu told Pain that Jinghuo Uchiha could not become their companion and resolved to eliminate him.
• Ōnoki's Iwagakure forces pressed Konoha back, while Nara Shikaku's tactics helped the Konoha shinobi evade traps and delay their advance.
• On the Kirigakure front, Kakashi and Guy struggled to hold back Yagura and Mei Terumī as Konoha retreated.
• Yagura advanced again, and the Konoha shinobi prepared to resist before relocating their camp.

Jinghuo Uchiha left the captured Matatabi and Gyūki with his clan and headed for the Kirigakure front, while Shisui, Fugaku, and Itachi reinforced the Iwagakure front. Nara Shikaku’s ambush drew Rōshi away from Iwagakure’s main force and launched a coordinated assault, leaving the battle in full swing.

• Jinghuo returned to the Uchiha clan, told them to hold their celebration until the war was over, and sent Shisui, Fugaku, and Itachi to reinforce the Iwagakure front while he went to Kirigakure with Matatabi and Gyūki.
• Three days later, Rōshi advanced against Konoha’s forces using Lava Style Chakra Mode, while Nara Shikaku directed the shinobi to retreat and kept the Uchiha reinforcements waiting.
• Jiraiya appeared and engaged Rōshi after Shikaku ordered him to pin the Four-Tails Jinchūriki down.
• When Ōnoki led Iwagakure’s army forward to rescue Rōshi, Shikaku ordered Shisui, Fugaku, and Itachi to attack from separate directions with three clan squads.
• Ōnoki, Kitsuchi, and Han rushed to engage the Uchiha leaders as Konoha’s other forces charged on Shikaku’s command.

Konoha’s forces gained ground as the Uchiha Clan joined the Iwagakure front, while Gyuki and Matatabi turned against the Mist forces. Jinghuo Uchiha arrived at the Mist front, ordered Kakashi to lead the attack, and trapped Karatachi Yagura in a vast volcanic eruption.

• The Uchiha Clan and Konoha reinforcements overwhelmed the Iwagakure army, prompting Ōnoki to curse the Raikage for letting them through.
• Gyuki’s Tailed Beast Ball collided with the Mist forces’ attack, and Gyuki and Matatabi began slaughtering the Mist forces.
• Jinghuo Uchiha arrived in Emperor Flame Mode and ordered Kakashi to lead Konoha’s forces against the Mist.
• Jinghuo Uchiha attacked Karatachi Yagura with Volcano Eruption, raising a thousand-meter-wide bulge of magma beneath the battlefield.
• Karatachi Yagura tried to charge through the smaller volcanoes, but a massive black-red hand burst out and grabbed him.

Jinghuo Uchiha captured Pain and took Yahiko’s remains, intending to revive him as an experiment before bringing back his parents. He then considered leading the Uchiha out of Konoha and challenging the daimyo system.

• Jinghuo Uchiha ended his divine transformation as the Hidden Mist forces retreated and Konoha’s ninjas continued fighting them.
• Pain approached Jinghuo Uchiha and offered to reveal the truth of the world, but Jinghuo chose to take him as a puppet and pursue the quest to kill Nagato.
• Jinghuo Uchiha seized Pain, whose body was burned and drained of Chakra, while the Masked Man refused to intervene and suspected Jinghuo had obtained the Rinnegan.
• Jinghuo Uchiha stored Yahiko’s nearly melted corpse and planned to revive him with the Outer Path technique, then revive his parents once he had dealt with the Koharu and Mitokado clans.
• Jinghuo Uchiha considered leading the Uchiha out of Konoha and questioned why daimyo ruled over ninja who supplied the nation’s military strength.

After Konoha won the Fourth Shinobi World War, Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura took public credit for the victory, angering the Uchiha and exposing tensions over their status. The village’s celebration ended with the Uchiha seated beside the Chūnin, while everyone nervously watched Jinghuo Uchiha for a reaction.

• Jinghuo Uchiha watched the victorious Konoha forces return while the Hyuga Clan pursued Ao until he surrendered the Byakugan beneath his eye patch.
• Konoha celebrated its victory, and villagers praised Jinghuo Uchiha, the Uchiha, and Nara Shikaku before Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura announced a village-wide celebration.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura drew the villagers’ praise, prompting the Uchiha to threaten retaliation until Jinghuo Uchiha silenced them with a deadly glare.
• Nara Shikaku accepted the celebration after hearing that Jiraiya had returned, and he took Jinghuo Uchiha’s indifference as a sign that the plan remained undisturbed.
• At the victory celebration the next day, Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura sat in the seats of honor, Jiraiya sat ahead of Nara Shikaku, and the Uchiha were seated beside the Chūnin.
• The ninja ate in tense silence as they worried that Jinghuo Uchiha would react to the Uchiha Clan’s low seating.

The Uchiha Clan attended Sarutobi Hiruzen’s funeral and turned it into a covert group assessment, while Jinghuo Uchiha watched with growing irritation. At the Hokage election, the advisors tried to steer the Jonin toward Jiraiya, but Nara Shikaku became the focus of the room and respectfully accepted their plan to preside.

• Uchiha Shisui and the others asked Jinghuo Uchiha to attend the funeral, but he refused, saying Konoha was too small.
• The Uchiha Clan attended Sarutobi Hiruzen’s funeral, where hidden Uchiha Genbu members graded their displays of grief.
• Uchiha Shisui felt relieved that the clan had become more sensible, while Jinghuo Uchiha continued to consider whether to wipe it out or split it apart.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura summoned the Jonin, promoted Jiraiya for Hokage, and dismissed them without holding a vote.
• After Jinghuo Uchiha failed to appear, Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura asked the Jonin to approve their presiding over the Fifth Hokage election.
• The Jonin and clan heads looked to Nara Shikaku, who said he had no objections.

During the Hokage nomination, the advisors backed Jiraiya and produced the daimyo’s approval, while Nara Shikaku nominated Uchiha Shisui and led several clans to support him. Shikaku’s final step toward Shisui left the Jonin wondering whether he was warning them of danger.

• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura began the nomination without Jinghuo Uchiha present, and Hatake Kakashi declined to name a candidate under the Uchiha’s watchful gazes.
• The advisors announced Jiraiya as their candidate, citing his ties to the Third and Fourth Hokage, while Uchiha Shisui challenged their claim that lineage made him the rightful choice.
• Nara Shikaku nominated Uchiha Shisui, then joined him alongside the Nara, Yamanaka, and Akimichi clans.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura revealed the daimyo’s sealed approval for Jiraiya, appearing confident that the decision settled the matter.
• Nara Shikaku sighed and moved another step toward Shisui, prompting the Jonin to recall his warning to follow him and protect themselves, though they stayed where they were.

Uchiha Itachi publicly accused Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura of twelve crimes, drawing most of Konoha’s clans and Jonin to the Uchiha side. His accusations exposed secrets about Uzumaki Naruto and Sarutobi Hiruzen, while Koharu and Homura were left unable to respond.

• Hatake Kakashi and Nara Shikaku led Jonin and several clans to stand with the Uchiha, prompting other clan leaders to follow.
• Mitokado Homura challenged the gathering with the Daimyo’s Handwritten Scroll, and Uchiha Itachi confronted him and Utatane Koharu.
• Uchiha Itachi accused Koharu and Homura of obstructing the recovery of Whirlpool sealing techniques and conspiring in human experiments with Shimura Danzō and Orochimaru.
• Uchiha Itachi accused them of aiding Orochimaru’s escape, targeting Uchiha during the Nine-Tailed Night, and spreading rumors about the Uchiha and Uzumaki Naruto.
• Uchiha Itachi revealed that Uzumaki Naruto was the son of Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze, shocking the gathered Jonin.
• Uchiha Itachi accused Koharu and Homura of further crimes involving the Uchiha, Shimura Danzō, Uzumaki Naruto, and the murder of Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Uchiha Itachi sentenced Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura to death and ordered their arrests, while Fugaku Uchiha’s forces seized their clans and other people who had supported them. As the prisoners were brought to the Hokage Building, Nara Shikaku said they were waiting to eliminate vermin.

• Uchiha Itachi accused Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura of exploiting the village and sentenced them to death.
• The Uchiha Clan Members bound Koharu and Homura, and Jiraiya stepped back when Itachi challenged him to defend them.
• Fugaku Uchiha had the clans and supporters of Koharu and Homura arrested, saying that those who aided a tyrant shared his guilt.
• The Uchiha Clan raided the Utatane Clan Land, killing those who resisted and bringing the clan head and elders to the Hokage Building.
• Villagers questioned the arrests while the jonin stood by, and Nara Shikaku said they were waiting to eliminate vermin.

Might Guy tried to protect the children of Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura, but Uchiha Shisui challenged his silence during the planned massacre of the Uchiha. Shisui then publicly listed fourteen crimes against the two Hokage Advisors, leaving the gathered villagers and ninja listening in silence.

• Nara Shikaku warned the jonin that they had enabled the Uchiha Clan’s suffering and told them they could stand with Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura if they wished.
• Might Guy stepped forward to defend the families’ children, declaring that children were innocent, while Hatake Kakashi failed to stop him.
• The villagers echoed Might Guy’s plea, but an Uchiha Clan Member reminded them that Uchiha children had not received the same mercy.
• Uchiha Shisui confronted Might Guy over his failure to speak out when Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura sought to kill every Uchiha, and Nara Shikaku explained that the operation had been secret.
• Uchiha Shisui announced fourteen crimes by Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura, including the destruction of the Land of Whirlpools, human experiments, attacks on the Uchiha, and draining Konoha’s finances.

Uchiha Shisui had Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura executed and sentenced their clans to extermination for corruption and crimes against Konoha. As the clan members were killed in public, Jiraiya left and Might Guy was dragged away by Hatake Kakashi without saving the children.

• The villagers accepted the accusations against Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura, and Uchiha Shisui ordered their execution.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura were beheaded in public while their clan members watched.
• Jiraiya left the scene, thinking he should keep the Blonde Little Boy by his side, but a seven-year-old boy blocked his path.
• Uchiha Shisui argued that the Utatane and Mitokado children bore their families' crimes, and Hatake Kakashi persuaded Might Guy to leave them to their fate.
• Uchiha Shisui sentenced the Utatane Clan and Mitokado Clan to extermination, and Uchiha clan members killed their kneeling members in public.

Uchiha Shisui became the Fifth Hokage and appointed Nara Shikaku as Hokage Aide and Hyuga Hiashi and Might Guy as Hokage Advisors, helping Konoha settle after its upheaval. Naruto learned that Minato Namikaze was his father and that he was the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki, while Mikoto Uchiha invited him to live with her and Sasuke.

• Fugaku Uchiha took over as Uchiha Clan Head and continued reprimanding clan members for celebrating the deaths of Utatane Koharu and the Mitokado family.
• Uchiha Shisui became the Fifth Hokage, and Konoha prepared to negotiate armistice agreements with Kumogakure, Kirigakure, and Iwagakure.
• Uchiha Shisui appointed Nara Shikaku as Hokage Aide and Hyuga Hiashi and Might Guy as Hokage Advisors, while Hatake Kakashi explained that he would help Might Guy handle the work.
• Nara Shikaku and Mikoto Uchiha told Uzumaki Naruto that Minato Namikaze was his father and explained that he was the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki, not the Demon Fox.
• Mikoto Uchiha invited Uzumaki Naruto to live with her and Sasuke, and Naruto stood uncertainly as he considered her offer.

Mikoto Uchiha brought Uzumaki Naruto home, while Jinghuo Uchiha and Uchiha Shisui discussed controlling the daimyo and treating anyone who opposed them as an enemy. Jinghuo revived a dead prisoner with the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, and the orange-haired boy awoke in Konoha, recognizing Shisui and sensing unfamiliar eye power.

• Mikoto embraced Uzumaki Naruto and cried as she apologized for taking so long to find him, and Naruto clung to her and sobbed.
• Uchiha Shisui told Jinghuo that he had delegated his work and reported that the daimyo had made no move.
• Jinghuo proposed controlling the daimyo and said anyone standing in his way was an enemy, while Shisui asked for time to consider what to do about Konoha.
• Jinghuo performed the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu on a dead prisoner, reviving an orange-haired boy who recognized Konoha and Shisui.
• The revived boy took a fighting stance and sensed unfamiliar eye power as Shisui watched him.

Jinghuo Uchiha revived Yahiko and left Uchiha Shisui to manage him, while Shisui worked with Nara Shikaku to reorganize Konoha’s Police Force. The chapter ended with Shisui approving a decentralized force led by Might Guy and assisted by Hatake Kakashi.

• Jinghuo Uchiha used the Outer Path: Rebirth of Samsara Technique to revive Yahiko, then told Shisui that the technique only made him sleepy.
• Yahiko learned that he had been dead for ten years and questioned Jinghuo about the war and the Land of Rain, but Jinghuo left him with Shisui.
• Shisui dyed Yahiko’s hair black, dressed him in Uchiha clothing, and handed him to Itachi, who assigned him safe assassination missions and housed him with Itachi and Jinghuo.
• Shisui’s government distributed confiscated clan assets to make up overdue funding for Konoha’s departments and villagers.
• Shisui asked Nara Shikaku to arrange the Police Force, and Shikaku proposed recruiting willing ninja across clan and rank, with villagers evaluating positions monthly after the Uchiha led the force for its first month.
• Shisui approved Shikaku’s plan, appointing Might Guy as captain of the Police Force and Hatake Kakashi as his assistant.

Nara Shikaku arranged for the villagers to run Konoha’s Police Force as envoys from Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Kirigakure arrived to sign an Armistice Agreement. After learning the daimyo had kept the war compensation, Jinghuo Uchiha ordered the daimyo taken under control, and Yahiko realized how dangerous Jinghuo was.

• Nara Shikaku returned to the office and reflected on Konoha’s new leadership and its future.
• Konoha announced that villagers would run the Police Force, prompting optimism among residents.
• Nara Shikaku escorted the three villages’ envoy groups to the Envoy Hall and warned them not to wander around.
• Uchiha Shisui told Jinghuo Uchiha that the daimyo had arranged the compensation for himself, leaving Konoha only an Armistice Agreement to sign.
• Jinghuo Uchiha ordered someone to take the daimyo under control, and Uchiha Shisui agreed.
• Yahiko overheard their discussion and recalled Jinghuo Uchiha’s strength and enormous bounty.