Chapter Summaries

Temari carried Gaara toward the Land of Fire to fulfill his final wish, while the Uchiha Clan transformed the Daimyo Manor into an imperial city and drew Konoha’s survivors into its expanding plans. Jinghuo Uchiha returned to find the city under construction but its people feared and avoided the Uchiha.

• Temari refused to leave Gaara behind and carried his corpse toward the Land of Fire, believing he wanted to be buried where he had imagined his future.
• After Jinghuo Uchiha left, Fugaku Uchiha turned the Daimyo Manor into the Uchiha residence and placed the former guards and samurai under semi-surveillance.
• Nara Shikaku arrived with shinobi and villagers, and Uchiha Shisui explained plans to divide the new imperial city into the Imperial Palace, Inner City, and Outer City.
• News spread that Jinghuo Uchiha had destroyed Konoha and Takigakure, leaving villagers uneasy while many shinobi came to see him as a protector of his followers.
• On the twelfth day, Jinghuo Uchiha returned, and Uchiha Shisui told him that construction was progressing but the people of the Land of Fire might flee rather than live under Uchiha rule.

Uchiha Shisui established the Six Ministries and organized the city’s government, military, and public works. After settling disputes between officials, he was told Temari had arrived carrying Gaara’s dead body and ordered her brought to him.

• Uchiha Shisui established the Six Ministries, assigning officials and bringing common people into government alongside ninja.
• The Ministry of Works accelerated construction, schools began to be built, and the Ministry of Justice arrested people who tried to gain positions through favoritism.
• The Ministry of War divided its forces into five camps, and the young ninja joined camps suited to their abilities and trained for missions.
• Uchiha Shisui settled disputes among the ministries by increasing military rewards, assigning prisoners to labor, and establishing a rule to investigate immoral teachers.
• A member of the Uchiha Brocade Guard reported that Temari had arrived carrying Gaara’s dead body, and Uchiha Shisui ordered them brought to him.

Temari was brought before Uchiha Jinghuo, who used three death row inmates to resurrect Gaara and two Uchiha. One resurrected Uchiha awakened the Mangekyo while reliving the night ROOT killed him and his wife, and Temari left with Gaara.

• Uchiha Shisui brought Temari and Gaara’s corpse to Jingxin Hall, where Uchiha Jinghuo asked Temari to work for him.
• Uchiha Jinghuo used Gaara’s flesh and the three death row inmates to perform a resurrection technique, bringing Gaara and two Uchiha back to life.
• Uchiha Jinghuo restored Gaara’s body with the Sage Eye, and one resurrected Uchiha roared about ROOT as his Mangekyo awakened.
• Temari followed Gaara out of the hall, delighted that her brother had returned.
• Uchiha Shisui restrained Uchiha Seiya as she recognized him and called to the raging Seifu Uchiha.

Seiya Uchiha and Seifu Uchiha learned from Uchiha Shisui what happened after their deaths and discovered that their son Jinghuo Uchiha had saved the Uchiha Clan while destroying Konoha. Shisui concealed their identities with masks and took them to see the powerful clan camp, where they witnessed his surprisingly low standing among the clan members.

• Uchiha Shisui led Seiya Uchiha out of the hall and told her what had happened in the twelve years since her death.
• Seifu Uchiha emerged from the hall, learned that he and Seiya had died, and struggled with the news that their son Jinghuo Uchiha had destroyed Konoha.
• Uchiha Shisui gave Seifu Uchiha and Seiya Uchiha Embroidered Uniform Guard masks so the clan would not learn that Jinghuo could revive the dead.
• Uchiha Shisui took the couple to a powerful camp independent of the Five Military Camps and showed them the Uchiha Clan members training there.
• The clan members tested Uchiha Shisui with kunai, then mocked his strength and said they would surpass him, leaving Seifu Uchiha and Seiya Uchiha embarrassed for him.

Uchiha Shisui asked the Brocade Guard for ideas about establishing the New Nation, then showed Seifu Uchiha and Seiya Uchiha how unruly the clan members were. As he led them through the prosperous Inner City, he explained the Six Ministries and said the coming war would end wars, before clarifying that Jinghuo Uchiha’s real motive was simply that he disliked people making him angry.

• The Brocade Guard demanded that Uchiha Shisui involve them in the New Nation’s plans, then proposed statues, books, and taking over the Ministry of Rites to glorify Jinghuo Uchiha.
• Uchiha Shisui left without agreeing, and the clan members threatened to assassinate him; he told a passerby to report their threat to Clan Head Fugaku, prompting the clan members to gather excitedly for the coming confrontation.
• Seifu Uchiha and Seiya Uchiha sympathized with Uchiha Shisui, who joked that the Brocade Guard’s antics were still preferable to their behavior at Sarutobi Hiruzen’s funeral.
• Uchiha Shisui led Seifu Uchiha and Seiya Uchiha through the Inner City, where residents treated him with awe, and explained the Six Ministries and the city’s prosperity.
• Uchiha Shisui said the war caused by the New Nation’s founding would end future wars, then denied that this was Jinghuo Uchiha’s goal and explained that Jinghuo disliked people making him angry.

Uchiha Shisui recounted what happened after his companions died, while Jinghuo Uchiha confronted Temari about joining him and revealed the consequences of opposing him. Temari chose to stay with Jinghuo Uchiha and asked for a chance to revive Kankuro and Baki, while Gaara offered to help her.

• Uchiha Shisui showed Seifu Uchiha and Seiya Uchiha around the Imperial City and explained the events that followed their deaths.
• Jinghuo Uchiha stopped Gaara and Temari, and Gaara used sand to bury his own corpse after Temari realized she was carrying it.
• Jinghuo Uchiha told Temari that shinobi villages should not exist and warned that he would kill her if she opposed him.
• Gaara stood between Jinghuo Uchiha and Temari, and Temari decided not to return to Sunagakure.
• Temari asked Jinghuo Uchiha for a chance to revive Kankuro and Baki after the conflict, and he told her revival did not mean he would not kill again.
• Jinghuo Uchiha ordered Temari to keep his revival ability secret, and Gaara offered to help her after Jinghuo left.

Temari and Gaara joined Jinghuo Uchiha’s forces and were assigned to the Ministry of War, while Shisui arranged posts for Seifu and Seiya. The Senju Clan was restored under limited official authority, and Shikaku recognized how the Uchiha’s move also gathered potential threats into view and helped attract talent.

• Gaara captured Shikamaru after he spotted Temari and Gaara, but Temari persuaded Gaara to release him.
• Temari told Shikamaru that she and Gaara were Jinghuo Uchiha’s subordinates and asked him to show them around; Shikamaru led them to Jingxin Hall and hurried away.
• Shisui arrived, explained that Shikamaru had sent for him, and arranged for Temari and Gaara to work in the Ministry of War, where they later confronted Shikamaru.
• Shisui appointed Seifu Uchiha and Seiya Uchiha as Department Directors in the Ministry of War while they retained their Embroidered Uniform Guard positions.
• Shikaku asked Shisui about positions for the restored Senju Clan, and Shisui assigned them low-ranking posts handling minor matters while asking Shikaku to recruit capable people.

The Akatsuki Organization waited for war between the Uchiha and the Ninja Allied Forces before capturing the Tailed Beasts, while Uchiha Obito maneuvered Jiraiya into joining the Allied Forces. Obito then confronted Orochimaru and killed him with Pain's help.

• Nara Shikaku recognized that the Uchiha's offer to Missing-nin could weaken the Ninja Allied Forces while strengthening the Uchiha.
• Hidan and Tobi watched Kumogakure's Two-Tails as the Akatsuki Organization held back its Tailed Beast capture plans until war began.
• Jiraiya found Orochimaru in Kusagakure, and Orochimaru provoked him by claiming Jinghuo Uchiha had involved him in the Konoha Collapse Plan.
• Jiraiya and Orochimaru fought fiercely, but neither used enough power to defeat the other, and both returned to their respective homes.
• Uchiha Obito met Orochimaru at his underground base, where Pain's Naraka Path restrained him and Obito stabbed him through the heart.

Orochimaru was captured and killed by Uchiha Obito, while Tsunade agreed to make Rin Nohara her disciple after hearing the truth about Rin's resurrection and desire for revenge. In the Imperial City, the Uchiha Empire announced its founding, and Jinghuo Uchiha's terrifying appearance silenced the city's doubts.

• Orochimaru escaped after testing Uchiha Obito's intangibility, but six days later Obito captured him and Human Path Pain extracted his soul.
• At an underground base, a white-haired youth injected himself with Orochimaru's blood and endured the painful experiment, insisting that it was not enough.
• Tsunade accepted Rin Nohara as her disciple, and Rin revealed that Jinghuo Uchiha had revived her and that she wanted revenge on Uchiha Obito for killing Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki.
• Rin asked Tsunade and Shizune to keep Jinghuo's resurrection ability secret, warning that he might kill Nawaki again after reviving him.
• The Imperial City prepared Tongqing Tower and celebrations, then announced the founding of the Uchiha Empire as the Fifth Shinobi World War intensified.
• A gigantic Magma Giant emerged from the Imperial Palace, and its overwhelming presence silenced the city's fearful doubts about the new nation's founding.

Jinghuo Uchiha established the Uchiha Empire and accepted Orochimaru into his government as head of the Test Ministry. As Orochimaru reunited with Mitaraishi Anko and Karin, Gaara’s team prepared to retrieve his former test subjects, apparently serving as bait for the Fifth Shinobi World War.

• After Jinghuo Uchiha used Melting God Form to intimidate the city, civilians cheered the founding of the Uchiha Empire.
• Orochimaru visited Jinghuo Uchiha and asked to join him, and Jinghuo appointed him Minister of the Test Ministry.
• Nara Shikaku oversaw the creation of Orochimaru’s laboratory and warned him to keep his experiments centered on Jinghuo Uchiha.
• Mitaraishi Anko reunited with Orochimaru, and Karin soon joined them after Gaara delivered her to the laboratory.
• Gaara, Temari, Seiya Uchiha, and Seifu Uchiha prepared to retrieve Orochimaru’s test subjects, and Temari realized Jinghuo might be using them as bait in the coming war.

The Ninja Allied Forces planned a devastating first strike against the Uchiha Empire, but reports of Gaara, Temari, and two Uchiha Brocade Guards forced them to divide their forces. Jiraiya, Grandma Chiyo, Rōshi, and Samui were chosen to capture the group while the others prepared for the main operation.

• Karin reluctantly agreed to join the group after Gaara threatened her with his stirring sand.
• Ōnoki, Baki, Mabui, and the other Allied Force leaders planned to attack civilians and ambush Jinghuo Uchiha to ruin the new empire’s reputation.
• Samui reported that two Uchiha Brocade Guards were at sea and that Gaara and Temari were escorting several hundred people toward Uchiha Imperial City.
• The leaders confirmed Gaara and Temari showed no signs of being controlled and feared an Uchiha Brocade Guard might possess a Mangekyo.
• Ōnoki ordered a split-route operation, and Jiraiya, Grandma Chiyo, Rōshi, and Samui volunteered to capture the group.

The Ninja Allied Forces attacked the Uchiha Empire during its founding celebration with combined Earth, Water, and Wind Style techniques. Uchiha Shisui, Uchiha Itachi, and the Uchiha Brocade Guards protected the city, while the Allied Forces’ assault continued.

• Nara Shikaku told the higher-ups to protect the people and trust the Uchiha Clan as the Ninja Allied Forces approached the city.
• Kitsuchi's unit raised enormous walls around the imperial city with Earth Style: Myriad Earth Flow Wall, alerting the celebration to the attack.
• Several hundred Water Style shinobi launched a giant water dragon at the palace, but Uchiha Shisui used Susanoo to cut it apart.
• A Wind Style gale struck toward the palace, but a half-bodied green Susanoo blocked it at the city walls.
• Uchiha Itachi used Susanoo's Yata Mirror to split the crashing water, and the Uchiha Brocade Guards evaporated the resulting torrent with Fire Style techniques.

The Ninja Allied Forces began the Fifth Shinobi World War after their attacks on the Uchiha Imperial City failed, while Hidan, Tobi, Kisame, and Zabuza moved against other villages. At the border, Qingfeng struggled with his guilt over the war and his son Jinghuo’s choices as Seiya tried to comfort him.

• Ōnoki ordered Shi to launch Myriad Illusory Lightning Pillars, and Huangtu led the Ninja Allied Forces into an assault on the Uchiha Imperial City.
• Fugaku Uchiha rallied the Uchiha defenders, and the Fifth Shinobi World War began.
• Hidan and Tobi headed toward Kumogakure, while Kisame Hoshigaki and Momochi Zabuza set out for Kirigakure.
• At the Uchiha Empire border, Qingfeng watched shackled test subjects and agonized over the war, the destruction of Konoha, and Jinghuo’s role in the Uchiha’s departure.
• Seiya Uchiha reminded Qingfeng that they had returned because their son had worked hard to bring them back.

Temari forced Seifu Uchiha to confront the injustice faced by Naruto and the Uchiha Clan, prompting him to regret betraying Jinghuo Uchiha and resolve to speak with him. As the group moved on, Karin sensed two powerful enemies approaching and warned that they were two Kage-level opponents and two Jinchūriki.

• Temari challenged Seifu Uchiha over Naruto's mistreatment and the Uchiha Clan's extermination, making him question the village's claims of acting for its sake.
• Seifu Uchiha realized he had betrayed Jinghuo Uchiha and, after Seiya Uchiha comforted him, agreed to return and talk with Jinghuo over a meal.
• Temari remarked that she had changed Seifu Uchiha's mind with only a few words, while Gaara remained wary of the possibility that Seifu could betray Jinghuo again.
• Karin used the Mind's Eye of the Kagura and detected enemies less than a thousand meters away.
• Karin warned Seifu Uchiha that two Kage-level opponents and two Jinchūriki were approaching.

Seifu Uchiha confronted Rōshi and Jiraiya while Grandma Chiyo took Gaara and Temari aside to settle matters with the Sunagakure defectors. As Seiya Uchiha led Karin away, Seifu stayed behind to fight Rōshi and Jiraiya, ending the chapter with a barrage of fire techniques.

• Seifu Uchiha sensed Jiraiya, Chiyo, and their companions in ambush, then crushed the Eight-Tails Gyūki inside Omoi.
• Grandma Chiyo took Kankuro, Gaara, and Temari into the forest, where an intense fight broke out.
• Rōshi assigned Samui to take Karin, while he and Jiraiya prepared to fight Seifu and Seiya.
• Seifu ordered Seiya to protect Karin and blocked Jiraiya from pursuing her as Samui and Omoi chased them.
• Rōshi attacked Seifu with Lava Release, and Seifu countered by launching Phoenix Sage Fire and Great Fireball techniques at Jiraiya.

Seifu Uchiha used his Mangekyo ability, Chokubi, to counter Rōshi and attack Jiraiya as Jiraiya tried to reach Seiya Uchiha. The fight stopped when Jinghuo Uchiha descended in a blaze of golden light, leaving Seifu, Rōshi, and Jiraiya facing his overwhelming presence.

• Seifu Uchiha attacked Jiraiya with fire techniques, but Jiraiya used Needle Jizo and formed hand seals with his feet to evade the attacks.
• Rōshi transformed with Lava Release and attacked Seifu, who erased the momentum of a lava kunai with his Mangekyo ability, Chokubi.
• Seifu unleashed Great Dragon Fire and Great Fire Annihilation against Jiraiya while Rōshi tried to shield him and disrupt Seifu's attacks.
• Seifu revealed that his Mangekyo could erase things from reality or as concepts, and believed its power could let him challenge even Jinghuo Uchiha.
• Jinghuo Uchiha descended from above in golden light, crashing into the battlefield and filling Seifu, Rōshi, and Jiraiya with fear.

Jiraiya and Rōshi fought Jinghuo Uchiha and Seifu Uchiha, but Jinghuo trapped Rōshi and Son Goku beneath a massive volcanic eruption. Deidara arrived and blasted the volcano apart, leaving the wounded Rōshi exposed as the Black-Red Lava Giant moved to crush him.

• Jiraiya shouted that he needed ten seconds while Rōshi transformed into Son Goku and engulfed Jinghuo Uchiha in a volcanic eruption.
• Jiraiya tried to pull Son Goku out of the lava, but Jinghuo dragged them back while Seifu disrupted the Toad Confrontation Chant.
• Jiraiya prepared a massive Rasengan as Jinghuo waited inside the volcano and formed a white sphere of lava to attack anyone who appeared.
• Deidara dropped his C3: Eighteen clay bomb doll onto Jinghuo's volcano and detonated it, blasting the battlefield apart.
• The explosion exposed the nearly dead Rōshi, and the Black-Red Lava Giant raised its foot to crush him while Deidara watched from his White Bird.

Jinghuo Uchiha forced Black Zetsu to reveal itself while preparing to use Deidara’s attack against everyone around him. The chapter left Jiraiya, Gyūki, and their allies trapped by Jinghuo’s assault, with Samui struck into a volcano and Omoi consumed by rage.

• Jinghuo Uchiha’s Transcription Seal triggered through Hatake Kakashi’s Sharingan, making Uchiha Obito use Kamui against himself until Black Zetsu intervened and took control of his body.
• Jinghuo Uchiha turned his attention to Deidara, who compressed his chakra into a seemingly explosive attack, while volcanoes erupted around Jiraiya and the others.
• Jinghuo Uchiha used chakra to launch Seifu Uchiha, Seiya Uchiha, and the others safely beyond the lava, then pulled Jiraiya, Grandma Chiyo, Kankuro, and the others toward him with Banshō Ten'in.
• Omoi transformed into the Eight-Tails Gyūki, who resisted Jinghuo’s gravitational pull and helped protect Jiraiya and the others.
• Omoi threw Samui away to save her, but Jinghuo created a Black-Red Lava Giant that struck her into a volcano, prompting Omoi to roar in fury.

After Deidara’s enormous explosion swallowed the battlefield, Seiya Uchiha awakened her Mangekyo, Hariti, while mourning Jinghuo Uchiha. As the blast faded, Jinghuo was revealed alive inside the crumbling Black-Red Lava Giant.

• Grandma Chiyo launched Kankuro and Jiraiya in a flying puppet, but Jinghuo destroyed it before they could escape.
• Jiraiya, Fukasaku, and Shima used Toad Duet, but Jinghuo did not emerge from the volcano or appear affected.
• Deidara detonated his black sphere, destroying everything within ten kilometers; the Masked Man severed one of the Eight-Tails’ tails with Kamui and escaped, while Chiyo was covered in black powder.
• Gaara caught Seifu, Seiya, Gaara, Temari, and Karin after Jinghuo’s Shinra Tensei blasted them away, but the explosion’s white light reached them.
• Seiya awakened her Mangekyo, Hariti, as Seifu restrained her from rushing into the blast, and she mourned Jinghuo’s apparent death.
• When the light faded, Seiya saw the Black-Red Lava Giant turning to ash and Jinghuo standing within it.

Jinghuo Uchiha survived the explosion but was poisoned, and his parents struggled to help him until he recovered enough to reassure them. Meanwhile, the Uchiha defenders repelled the Ninja Allied Forces at Imperial City, leaving the alliance decisively defeated.

• Jinghuo Uchiha emerged unharmed from the explosion but collapsed from poison, prompting Seiya Uchiha and Seifu Uchiha to repeatedly treat him.
• Jinghuo Uchiha used prepared corpses to replenish his cells, explained that his defenses had protected him, and asked his parents to stop wasting their ocular power.
• Jinghuo Uchiha inhaled the poisoned air around him, then told Seiya Uchiha she could approach while he continued building antibodies.
• Seiya Uchiha rushed to Jinghuo Uchiha, and Seifu Uchiha followed; Gaara lifted Karin with sand when she said her legs were numb.
• Uchiha Shisui, Uchiha Itachi, Fugaku Uchiha, and other Uchiha defenders protected Imperial City while Nara Shikaku and others stopped the Ninja Allied Forces from targeting civilians.
• The Ninja Allied Forces suffered a crushing defeat at Imperial City.