Chapter Summaries

The Uchiha Clan routed the Ninja Allied Forces in an opening battle, while Jinghuo Uchiha gained Myōbokuzan Sage Mode and traveled toward the Land of Earth. Mabui’s secret message revealed that several Jinchūriki and Kirigakure’s Mizukage had been captured, and Ōnoki suspected a traitor among the allied leadership.

• Fugaku Uchiha scolded clan members who were poisoned after charging into Sunagakure’s poisonous mist, then learned Lei Tian and his sister had been poisoned too.
• Jinghuo Uchiha completed a quest, obtained Myōbokuzan Sage Mode, and reviewed his abilities and ongoing technique research.
• Jinghuo Uchiha headed for the Land of Earth while Seifu Uchiha, Seiya Uchiha, Gaara, Temari, and Karin went to retrieve more test subjects from an Orochimaru experiment base.
• Ōnoki, Mabui, and Baki assessed the Ninja Allied Forces’ losses and recognized the Uchiha Clan’s strength even without Jinghuo Uchiha.
• Mabui learned that Kumogakure’s Two-Tails Jinchūriki and Kirigakure’s Mizukage had been captured, then asked Baki whether Sunagakure’s Jinchūriki was missing.
• Baki blamed Jinghuo Uchiha for the captures, while Ōnoki and Mabui concluded that someone in their ranks might be a traitor.

Ōnoki learned that Jinghuo Uchiha was advancing on the Land of Earth, while Uchiha Shisui refused to interfere and Pain set out for the Imperial City. As the world braced for Jinghuo’s next move, Pain’s forces launched an uprising in the Imperial City, where Kakashi and Naruto encountered someone with the Rinnegan.

• Mabui, Ōnoki, and Maki realized that a third party was targeting the Tailed Beasts and that the Ninja Allied Forces had been reduced to a single remaining beast.
• An urgent report told Ōnoki and Mabui that Jinghuo Uchiha was advancing toward the Land of Earth, prompting Ōnoki to erupt in anger.
• Uchiha Shisui declined to intervene in Jinghuo’s campaign, telling an Embroidered Uniform Guard Clan Member not to cause Jinghuo trouble.
• Pain learned of Jinghuo and Ōnoki’s movements, sent five Pains toward the Imperial City, and told Black Zetsu that the Six-Tails was his.
• Kirigakure and smaller nations grew anxious as Jinghuo’s advance threatened to force them to choose sides.
• Pain appeared during an uprising at the Ministry of War, and Hatake Kakashi recognized his Rinnegan before ordering Might Guy to hold him off and fleeing with Uzumaki Naruto.

Pain’s attack devastated the Imperial Palace and the city, triggering Uzumaki Naruto’s rampage after Teuchi and Ayame were caught in the destruction. Uchiha Shisui, Uchiha Itachi, Fugaku Uchiha, and the Uchiha Brocade Guards faced Deva Path Pain, who revealed his plan to make the world feel pain and bring about peace.

• Might Guy opened the Seventh Gate and attacked Asura Path Pain while Hatake Kakashi confronted Naraka Path Pain amid Pain’s summoned beasts.
• Uzumaki Naruto saw the Bull destroy Ichiraku Ramen’s shop with Teuchi and Ayame inside, then transformed into a tailed, feral monster.
• Naraka Path Pain restrained Uzumaki Naruto, but Naruto’s growing tails burned Pain’s hands as summoned beasts and Human Path Pain closed in.
• Deva Path Pain used Banshō Ten’in and Shinra Tensei against the Uchiha Brocade Guards, while Uchiha Shisui, Uchiha Itachi, Fugaku Uchiha, and the Lei Tian siblings withstood the attacks.
• Uchiha Shisui asked Deva Path Pain about his objective, and Pain said he would make the world feel pain so it could be reborn into true peace.

Deva Path Pain destroyed Uchiha Imperial City with Super Shinra Tensei, crushing most of the Uchiha Clan and leaving Shisui, Itachi, and Fugaku helpless. Elsewhere, Second Pillar awakened his Three-Tomoe Sharingan as Naruto was taken away, while the destruction shocked the world and delighted the returning Iwagakure forces, though Ōnoki was grim.

• Uchiha Shisui tried to persuade Deva Path Pain that peace depended on individuals, but Pain dismissed him and repelled the Uchiha Brocade Guard when they charged.
• Uchiha Shisui, Uchiha Itachi, and Fugaku Uchiha led the clan into battle with their Susanoo, but Deva Path Pain unleashed Super Shinra Tensei and destroyed Uchiha Imperial City.
• Several dozen Uchiha Clan members survived behind the three Susanoo and cried out in despair as they saw the enormous crater and the ruins of their city.
• Second Pillar awakened a Three-Tomoe Sharingan while watching the unconscious Uzumaki Naruto being carried away, and vowed to save him.
• Acting Kazekage Baki and Acting Raikage Mabui welcomed the destruction as a check on Jinghuo Uchiha, while the returning Iwagakure forces mocked the Uchiha and Ōnoki reacted grimly.

Ōnoki led Iwagakure toward the Land of Lightning to seize Kumogakure, but Jinghuo Uchiha attacked and annihilated the village’s shinobi. The mission reward awakened Jinghuo’s Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan, whose power let him recreate Ōnoki from ash before he destroyed him again.

• Ōnoki abandoned his plan to rally the world against Jinghuo and tried to lead Iwagakure to conquer Kumogakure, despite his shinobi protesting that their families would be left behind.
• Jinghuo appeared above Iwagakure and caused volcanoes to erupt around the shinobi.
• Ōnoki ordered a combined Earth Release defense and tried to evacuate, but saw magma spheres forming in the air around them.
• Ōnoki admitted defeat, but Jinghuo’s white light engulfed Iwagakure, killing Ōnoki, Kitsuchi, and the other shinobi.
• Jinghuo received the Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan and discovered that his ability could recreate Ōnoki from ash and activate Izanagi nine times for an hour each.

The Uchiha Mangekyo users met with Seifu Uchiha and Seiya Uchiha, who revealed that Jinghuo had resurrected them after their deaths on Nine-Tailed Night. The clan members learned Jinghuo might resurrect their lost relatives too, but Uchiha Raioku was warned not to tell everyone recklessly.

• Uchiha Shisui recorded the Mangekyo abilities of four newly awakened clan members and gathered the nine Mangekyo users for a meeting.
• Seifu Uchiha and Seiya Uchiha removed their masks, and Uchiha Inabi, Uchiha Tekka, Uchiha Raioku, and Uchiha Izumi recognized them as Jinghuo Uchiha's parents.
• Seiya Uchiha revealed that Jinghuo had resurrected her and Seifu after they died twelve years earlier.
• Uchiha Shisui said Jinghuo might be willing to resurrect other dead clan members, relieving the four newly awakened Mangekyo users.
• Uchiha Raioku offered to tell the clan, but Fugaku Uchiha warned that they might put themselves in danger and be refused resurrection.

Uchiha Raioku, Uchiha Inabi, and Uchiha Tekka were assigned to help Sasuke rescue Uzumaki Naruto, while Fugaku joked that their deaths could awaken more Mangekyo. As the world rallied against Jinghuo Uchiha, Mabui set out to find the Uchiha Clan, leaving Baki to decide whether Sunagakure would submit or face destruction.

• Uchiha Shisui told Uchiha Raioku, Uchiha Inabi, and Uchiha Tekka to help Fugaku manage the clan, then ordered them to assist Sasuke and rescue Uzumaki Naruto.
• Fugaku said their deaths could awaken over a dozen Mangekyo, and the three Uchiha imagined dying dramatically, being revived, and possibly having their relatives targeted next.
• News spread that Jinghuo Uchiha had killed Ōnoki, destroyed Iwagakure, and massacred one hundred thousand people, though the Uchiha knew he had killed fewer than a thousand.
• The smaller nations demanded a united force against Jinghuo, while Baki and Mabui feared that Sunagakure and Kumogakure would be destroyed if they joined the crusade.
• Mabui decided to seek out the Uchiha Clan to surrender, and Baki realized his response might determine whether she sacrificed Sunagakure to secure its submission.

Jinghuo Uchiha entered Amegakure and killed Konan and Nagato after discovering that Nagato’s Rinnegan had been stolen. He destroyed Amegakure with volcanic eruptions and walked toward the Land of Fire.

• Baki and Mabui left their camp to find Temari and headed for the Uchiha Clan.
• News spread that Jinghuo Uchiha was heading to the Land of Rain as other nations prepared to join the Ninja Allied Forces.
• Jinghuo Uchiha reached Amegakure’s High Tower and melted it with magma, forcing Konan to flee with Nagato.
• Konan confronted Jinghuo Uchiha about Nagato’s stolen Rinnegan, and Jinghuo Uchiha killed them both with Volcano Eruption.
• Jinghuo Uchiha caused volcanoes to erupt around Amegakure, destroying the village and its fleeing ninjas, then walked toward the Land of Fire.

Uchiha Raioku and the Uchiha Clan confronted Akatsuki members at the waterfall where Takigakure had been, while the clan searched for Second Pillar. After identifying two dead jinchūriki and discussing Akatsuki’s hunt for tailed beasts, Second Pillar vowed to bring Naruto back.

• Hidan, Kisame Hoshigaki, and Momochi Zabuza waited at the waterfall and wondered why Jinghuo Uchiha had gone to Amegakure.
• Uchiha Raioku, Uchiha Inabi, Uchiha Tekka, Second Pillar, and other Uchiha Clan Members arrived, outnumbering the three Akatsuki members.
• Uchiha Raioku revealed his Mangekyo and used his speed to overwhelm Momochi Zabuza and evade Kisame Hoshigaki’s Samehada.
• Uchiha Inabi and Uchiha Tekka moved on while Uchiha Raioku continued fighting, and Hidan stayed still rather than risk attacking.
• Second Pillar entered the waterfall and found the bodies of Omoi and Mei Terumī, whom the Uchiha identified as the hosts of Matatabi and Isobu.
• Uchiha Tekka warned Second Pillar that the clan might lose manpower as smaller nations joined the Ninja Allied Forces, and Second Pillar vowed to bring Naruto back.

Jinghuo returned to the Land of Fire and told the Uchiha clan he would not participate in the Fifth Shinobi World War. After arranging the clan’s next steps, he revived Nara Shikaku for amusement, leaving Shikaku to realize he had been brought back because Jinghuo was bored.

• Jinghuo returned to the Land of Fire, and the Uchiha clan members felt guilty about the destruction of Imperial City; he calmly told them he would not join the Fifth Shinobi World War and left.
• Uchiha Shisui asked Jinghuo about their hidden enemy, and Jinghuo said the man was absorbing Tailed Beast Power and could not be caught if he chose to flee.
• Uchiha Shisui planned to recall the clan members and send Uchiha Raioku and others to assist Sasuke, while Jinghuo asked him to bring a dead prisoner.
• Jinghuo agreed to have dinner with Seifu Uchiha and Seiya Uchiha, then entered the basement with the captured thief Shisui had brought.
• Jinghuo used Impure World Reincarnation and Rebirth of Samsara to revive Nara Shikaku, who realized Jinghuo had brought him back simply because he was bored.

Jinghuo Uchiha asked Nara Shikaku to examine his plan to stop Black Zetsu from reviving Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, and Shikaku warned that the war might need to continue until Black Zetsu had absorbed the Tailed Beast Power. Jinghuo ordered the Uchiha Clan to prolong the Fifth Shinobi World War, leaving them to find ways to weaken themselves without revealing their plan.

• Jinghuo Uchiha told Nara Shikaku that Black Zetsu had orchestrated events to revive Kaguya Ōtsutsuki and asked him to look for oversights.
• Nara Shikaku reasoned that reviving Kaguya required massive amounts of Chakra and that Black Zetsu might wait decades if the war ended before he absorbed enough.
• Jinghuo Uchiha agreed to prolong the Fifth Shinobi World War and noted that he had obtained Nuclear Release and Nuclear Release Chakra Mode as a quest reward.
• Jinghuo Uchiha ordered the Uchiha Clan to delay the war, and its members discussed deliberately maiming themselves to reduce their fighting strength.
• Uchiha Shisui stopped the maiming plan and suggested using Transcription Seal to hide some of the Uchiha's eye power and weaken their combat abilities.

Small villages joined the Ninja Allied Forces, which fought the Uchiha Clan to a temporary stalemate while rumors of Jinghuo Uchiha’s injury drew more allies. At the Fire Country border, Rin Nohara told Tsunade that the Uchiha revered Jinghuo and would endure humiliation only on his orders, leaving Tsunade wondering why he was prolonging the war.

• Ninjas from small villages formed a roughly twenty-thousand-member allied force, though they could not replace Iwagakure’s combat strength.
• A Saeguri Village ninja tried to infiltrate Uchiha Imperial City, but the Uchiha pursuers escaped the allied force’s ambush and later drove it from its camp.
• After seven days of raids and harassment, small-village ninjas celebrated their progress, while Baki considered whether Sunagakure could exploit the Uchiha’s apparent weakness and Mabui doubted the rumors about Jinghuo’s injury.
• Samurai and other fighters joined the Ninja Allied Forces after many people assumed Jinghuo had been gravely injured.
• Tsunade revealed that she had detected white humanoid monsters, and Rin explained that the Uchiha followed Jinghuo so devotedly that they would rather die than accept humiliation without his order.
• Tsunade asked Rin why Jinghuo was deliberately dragging out the war.

Tsunade abandoned her plan to poison Jinghuo Uchiha after Rin Nohara warned that it would get her Younger Brother killed. Meanwhile, Uchiha Shisui sought a way to ease the Uchiha Clan Members’ dissatisfaction with the war’s restrictions, and left Nara Shikaku’s chess game to face their questions.

• Rin Nohara warned Tsunade that poisoning Jinghuo Uchiha would make him kill her Younger Brother, and advised her to make him Takoyaki instead.
• Tsunade discarded her nearly finished poison, went to get money, and later fled a town pursued by armed men.
• Uchiha Clan Members complained to Fugaku Uchiha that the limits on their kills during the Fifth Shinobi World War were unbearable.
• Uchiha Shisui told the clan members he would speak with Jinghuo Uchiha, then asked Nara Shikaku how to address their dissatisfaction.
• Nara Shikaku suggested using Impure World Reincarnation so the Uchiha Clan Members would not have to take the field, and Uchiha Shisui agreed to consider it.
• Uchiha Shisui played chess with Nara Shikaku for several hours before emerging to face the clan members’ questions.

Acting Raikage Mabui secretly went to Uchiha Shisui to ask whether the Uchiha would spare Kumogakure, while Uchiha Raioku’s group found the Six-Tails and Seven-Tails Jinchūriki dead during their pursuit of Naruto. Shisui told Mabui that the Uchiha’s condition was easy to verify and led her to the ominous Test Ministry to address the rest.

• Mabui worried that Sunagakure would expose Kumogakure’s ties to the Uchiha and leave her with no way to protect her village.
• Uchiha Raioku’s group found the corpses of Utakata and Kaede in a cave in the Land of Birds, and Second Pillar insisted on continuing the pursuit of Naruto.
• Raioku convinced the group that the Uchiha had not called them back because the clan still wanted them to pursue Naruto, so they continued onward.
• Mabui arrived secretly in the Uchiha Imperial City and knelt before Shisui, asking whether the Uchiha would spare Kumogakure.
• Shisui said Mabui’s choice would determine the Uchiha’s attitude toward Kumogakure, then led her to the Test Ministry.

Mabui discovered that Uchiha Shisui had gathered coffins containing resurrected Kage and learned his claim that Gaara had died before Temari brought his corpse to the Imperial City. As the Allied Forces suffered defeat against the resurrected fighters, Mabui prepared to call a Kumogakure meeting while pressure within the Uchiha Clan drove more members toward awakening Mangekyo.

• Mabui entered the coffin chamber with Uchiha Shisui and saw coffins holding resurrected Kage and other figures from villages across the region.
• Uchiha Shisui told Mabui that Gaara had been the One Tail Jinchūriki, that the One Tail had been extracted from him, and that Temari had brought his corpse to the Imperial City after his death.
• Back at the Ninja Allied Forces' camp, Mabui questioned whether Gaara had truly died and resolved to investigate.
• Uchiha Shisui told Nara Shikaku that hatred would weaken after the war and that Kumogakure's people could choose their own path; Nara Shikaku defeated him at chess.
• The Ninja Allied Forces attacked the Impure World Reincarnation Users and were defeated, while Acting Kazekage Baki believed Sunagakure could use the setback to eliminate Kumogakure.
• Mabui ordered a meeting of all Kumogakure Jonin, while mounting pressure and negative emotions pushed Uchiha Clan members closer to awakening Mangekyo.

Uchiha Raioku's group found Uzumaki Naruto's corpse in Amegakure, and Second Pillar awakened the Mangekyo as he grieved. He became consumed by hatred for the Masked Man and turned his killing intent on a clan member who tried to get his attention.

• After a month of conflict, Uchiha Raioku's group reached the ruined Amegakure while searching for the Six-Tails and Seven-Tails Jinchūriki.
• Uchiha Raioku split open the granite and the group found Uzumaki Naruto's lifeless body in a cavern.
• Second Pillar mourned Naruto and awakened his six-pointed-star Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Second Pillar's new Mangekyo focused his hatred on the Masked Man, so Uchiha Raioku withheld the news that Naruto could be revived.
• When a clan member called out to Second Pillar, he glared at him with killing intent, and four Uchiha drew their Short Knives in response.

Orochi Dou offered Black Zetsu a group of powerful resurrected shinobi in exchange for witnessing his plans, while Uchiha Shisui decided Second Pillar could learn about Uchiha Izumi’s ability to revive the dead. The chapter ended with Second Pillar asking Izumi to revive Naruto, leaving her disappointed that he did not ask for Mikoto Uchiha.

• Uchiha Raioku warned Second Pillar not to threaten the clan, and he apologized before carrying Uzumaki Naruto’s corpse back to Uchiha Imperial City.
• Orochi Dou revealed coffins containing powerful shinobi, including Madara Uchiha, and offered Black Zetsu their help so he could witness Black Zetsu’s plans.
• Uchiha Shisui told Uchiha Izumi to let Second Pillar know she could revive the dead and to help him revive one person if he asked.
• Uchiha Raioku and other Mangekyo users criticized Fugaku Uchiha’s leadership, but Uchiha Shisui, Uchiha Itachi, and others left before the group was scolded for six hours.
• The next day, Second Pillar asked Uchiha Izumi to revive Uzumaki Naruto, disappointing her because he did not ask to revive Mikoto Uchiha.

After Naruto returned to life, Sasuke learned that Izumi could revive only one person and realized he had chosen Naruto instead of Mikoto. Naruto tried to reconcile with Sasuke and asked Itachi how they could bring Mikoto back, leaving Sasuke’s grief and anger unresolved.

• Sasuke hurried Izumi to Naruto’s body, and Naruto awoke with memories of meeting his mother, Kushina.
• Sasuke asked Izumi to revive Mikoto too, but she said she could help revive only one person and left.
• Naruto promised Sasuke they would bring Mikoto back; Sasuke’s hatred eased when Naruto reminded him she was his mother too.
• Naruto dragged Sasuke to find Itachi, but Sasuke fought Naruto along the way before Raioku stopped them and Sasuke left.
• Raioku and Naruto told Itachi about Sasuke, and Itachi asked Naruto to help Sasuke through his darkness.
• Naruto agreed and asked Itachi how to revive Mikoto.

Uzumaki Naruto learned that the fallen residents could return after the war and was revived to help Sasuke, but Sasuke rejected him and beat him badly. Orochimaru took the unconscious Naruto to the Uchiha Imperial City, where Uchiha Itachi confronted him about his intentions.

• Uzumaki Naruto asked Uchiha Itachi about the dead, and Itachi said only a few dozen Uchiha Clan Members remained in the Imperial City and that the others would return after the war.
• Uchiha Itachi told Uzumaki Naruto that Sasuke’s deepening darkness was why Naruto had been revived, and Naruto resolved to help him.
• Orochimaru hinted to Second Pillar that he might gain Jinghuo’s eyes if Second Pillar betrayed the Uchiha, then left him uneasy with talk of mysteries and the path he had chosen.
• Uzumaki Naruto chased Second Pillar through the forest, but Second Pillar mocked his weakness and friendship, prompting Naruto to fight him and get badly beaten.
• Orochimaru found the injured Uzumaki Naruto, said he would help him become stronger, and carried him toward Uchiha Imperial City.
• Uchiha Itachi confronted Orochimaru, who claimed he only wanted to treat Naruto and suggested that taking him might be Jinghuo’s plan.

Uchiha Shisui ruled that Second Pillar should be spared because Jinghuo had decided so, then endured a beating from the Mangekyo clan members after teasing them. Meanwhile, Orochimaru explained the Shinigami mask to Uzumaki Naruto, leaving Naruto hopeful that his father might be resurrected.

• Uchiha Itachi told Orochimaru that Jinghuo would not care about Naruto, Sasuke, or him, then departed.
• The Mangekyo clan members argued over whether Second Pillar should be punished, and Uchiha Shisui ruled to let him go because Jinghuo had said so.
• Uchiha Shisui provoked the clan members by saying Jinghuo thought they were stupid and wanted to split the clan, so they chased and beat him.
• Uchiha Itachi, Fugaku Uchiha, Seifu Uchiha, and Seiya Uchiha reacted to Shisui's beating, and Shisui realized they thought he had become as wild as the others.
• Orochimaru told Uzumaki Naruto that the Shinigami mask held his father's soul and the other half of the Nine-Tails, and said breaking the seal could qualify his father for resurrection.