Chapter Summaries

Aoba studied the Giant Tenseigan in the Kamui Dimension while Obito, furious over losing his eye, attacked and ultimately destroyed it. As Mei Terumi ended the battle with Kumogakure, news of Akatsuki’s power spread throughout the shinobi world, prompting the major villages to investigate the organization.

• Aoba analyzed the Giant Tenseigan’s ocular power as Obito transplanted the Rinnegan and secretly watched him from the Kamui Dimension.
• Obito repeatedly attacked Aoba, then stabbed the Giant Tenseigan with his Susanoo sword and destroyed it, leaving Aoba to salvage only some of its scattered eyes.
• Obito revealed that he had removed the arm marked with Aoba’s Flying Thunder God formula and left Aoba trapped in the Kamui Dimension, but Aoba showed he had plenty of stored food.
• Mei Terumi ordered Kirigakure to treat the wounded and return to the village after Kumogakure retreated, ending the war.
• Reports of Akatsuki’s role in Kumogakure’s defeat spread across the shinobi world, and the major villages began gathering intelligence on the organization.
• Rasa and Ebizo discussed Akatsuki’s known members in Sunagakure, while Ōnoki reacted to news that Deidara had joined the group.

Jiraiya uncovered that Dan was alive and that Yamashiro Aoba had orchestrated the events surrounding him, while Nagato awakened the Mind's Eye of the Kagura after Karin reached out to him. Meanwhile, Aoba continued investigating the strange boundaries of the Kamui Dimension.

• Jiraiya inferred that Nagato led Akatsuki and confronted Tsunade about her plans.
• Dan revealed himself to Jiraiya, who recognized him and deduced that Yamashiro Aoba had arranged his return and Orochimaru's defection.
• Nagato awoke on Forgotten Island, left his bed with Shiori's help, and reflected on peace while sensing the island's welcoming community.
• Karin touched Nagato's hand and awakened his Mind's Eye of the Kagura, allowing him to sense Konan approaching.
• Aoba studied the Kamui Dimension and concluded that its seemingly endless paths distorted perception rather than extending the space itself.

Aoba endured Obito’s relentless attacks in the Kamui Dimension while studying a salvaged lunar Byakugan, and waited for Orochimaru’s backup plan. Meanwhile, Orochimaru summoned Tsunade, Dan Katō, and Kushina to discuss Aoba, while Pakura met Chiyo and Baki and agreed to return to Sunagakure to pursue the Fifth Kazekage’s position.

• Aoba examined the lunar Byakugan and considered how its purity differed from the Hyuga Clan’s eyes, but he could not use Summoning Technique in the Kamui Dimension.
• Obito ambushed Aoba with an Explosive Tag and Susanoo, then escaped, continuing the harassment that had worn Aoba down over nearly a month.
• Tsunade, Dan Katō, and Kushina visited Orochimaru, who explained that Jiraiya was investigating the truth about having been manipulated.
• Tsunade demanded to know where Yamashiro Aoba was, and Orochimaru revealed that he had called them because of Aoba.
• Pakura met Chiyo and Baki at a rocky plateau, where Sasori revealed himself and told Chiyo that he had seen his resurrected parents.
• Pakura agreed to return to Sunagakure, and Chiyo pledged to support her bid to become the Fifth Kazekage; Pakura clarified that only Sasori had officially joined Akatsuki.

Black Zetsu turned the recovering Hyuga Zonghong into a White Zetsu and planned to use him to obtain pure Byakugan, while Aoba escaped Obito’s Kamui dimension and returned to his allies. The chapter ended with Neji training Hinata under Tsunade’s protection, before Neji had received the Caged Bird seal.

• Black Zetsu awakened Hyuga Zonghong as Hyuga White Zetsu and learned that the Second Elder knew where the Hyuga Clan kept preserved Byakugan.
• The First Elder stripped Zonghong of his practical duties after Zonghong claimed he could not remember what had happened to him.
• Aoba escaped the Kamui Sora Dimension, leaving Obito enraged by the trash and mess he had left behind.
• Tsunade, Orochimaru, Kushina, Mr. Dan, and Uzumaki Clan members summoned Aoba back from the dimension, and Aoba explained Obito’s Kamui ability before falling asleep.
• Neji trained Hinata in Gentle Fist at the Hyuga Compound, where Neji’s Caged Bird seal remained suppressed because Tsunade had intervened.

Tsunade pressured the Hyuga Clan to reform the Caged Bird seal while rewarding its cooperation with control of the Military Police Force, as Obito attacked the Uchiha Compound and faced a prepared countermeasure. After waking on Forgotten Island, Aoba received an update from Pakura and found Dan Katō waiting with grave news.

• Tsunade gave the Hyuga Clan six months to reform the Caged Bird seal and appointed Hyuga Hiashi chief of the Military Police Force, while the Great Elder told Neji to train Hinata.
• Kushina and Mikoto shopped with Naruto and Sasuke, who fought over a piece of candy.
• Obito infiltrated the Uchiha Compound, where Kazuya recognized him and used Izanagi to survive Obito's attack.
• Uchiha Fugaku arrived with reinforcements and activated a time-space barrier to isolate Obito's Kamui dimension.
• Aoba woke after twenty-seven hours of sleep, read Pakura's report that her plan was progressing smoothly, and found Dan Katō waiting at the laboratory with a grave expression.

Obito attacked the Uchiha Compound with Wood Release and Susanoo, but the Uchiha used Izanagi to survive his assaults. Fugaku and Tsunade fought back, yet Obito escaped, while Black Zetsu stole a scroll from the Hokage Building.

• Obito unleashed Wood Release against the Uchiha, killing several, but the victims returned unharmed after their comrades used Izanagi and sacrificed Sharingan.
• The Uchiha attacked with fire techniques, but Obito’s Susanoo withstood them and advanced to its Half-Body form as Fugaku led the clan’s defense.
• Itachi, Kakashi, and other Konoha shinobi headed toward the Uchiha Compound after seeing its Signal Flare, while Kushina and Mikoto took Naruto and Sasuke to safety.
• Fugaku revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and used a red Susanoo with black flames, but Obito absorbed the flames and overcame Fugaku’s defense.
• Dan Katō possessed Obito and tried to seize his Rinnegan, but Obito resisted and summoned the King of Hell before Tsunade struck him into the ground.
• Obito used Shinra Tensei to repel Tsunade and escape, while Black Zetsu stole a scroll from the Hokage Building’s sealing chamber.

Aoba returned to Konohagakure, discovered Obito’s attacks had badly injured Fugaku and awakened Itachi’s Mangekyō Sharingan, then confronted Obito. Aoba exposed the Eye of the Moon Plan as Black Zetsu’s deception and summoned someone in a coffin, leaving Obito reeling.

• Aoba learned that Obito had shifted to terrorist attacks against Konohagakure, while Fugaku lay badly injured and Itachi had awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Aoba examined Fugaku, learned his eyes were nearly half-blind, and told Itachi to gather Uchiha who had lost their sight so Orochimaru could try to help them.
• Aoba drew Obito to Hokage Rock with his chakra, where Kakashi confronted Obito and Obito raged over Rin’s death.
• Aoba evaded Obito’s attacks and challenged him about why he had not revived Rin, then revealed that Black Zetsu had fabricated the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Black Zetsu appeared briefly before escaping, while Aoba told Obito that he and Uchiha Madara had been manipulated; Aoba then summoned a coffin.

Aoba used Impure World Reincarnation to bring Rin back and confront Obito, but Black Zetsu intervened and stole Obito’s eyes. As Konoha investigated White Zetsu parasites among its forces, Aoba kept Rin’s reincarnated body available for future help while Obito lay unconscious.

• Aoba summoned Rin, who recognized Obito, urged him to stop running, and revealed that Madara had used a curse seal to manipulate her death.
• Obito rejected Rin’s explanation, was struck by her slap, and then suffered a sudden attack that made him use Shinra Tensei.
• Black Zetsu, controlling Danzo’s body, removed Obito’s Mangekyō Sharingan and Rinnegan before escaping Aoba’s Rasengan; Obito lost consciousness.
• Dan Katō discovered that Anbu and Konoha Military Police Force members were being parasitized, and Tsunade helped remove a White Zetsu from A-2.
• Tsunade and Dan arrived at Hokage Rock, where Aoba stored Rin’s Impure World Reincarnation body in a coffin for possible future use.

Aoba learned that Black Zetsu had abandoned Obito and was targeting Konoha through parasitized White Zetsu spores, while the stolen scroll could enable Uchiha Madara’s revival. He helped identify the spore threat and tested Uchiha Madara’s Rinnegan, which his technique adapted before it reverted to an ordinary eye.

• Aoba ordered Obito kept alive, then learned that Dan Katō had found Anbu and Konoha Military Police Force members parasitized by White Zetsu spores.
• Aoba used Sage Mode to expose and control a spore clone, then concluded that the source White Zetsu was hiding in Konoha.
• The Fourth Elder revealed that Hyuga Compound members had been eroded by spores and prepared to meet the Second Elder.
• Orochimaru told Aoba that Uchiha Madara’s Rinnegan drained its hosts’ Chakra, and Aoba transplanted the eye into himself.
• Aoba’s Chip adapted the Rinnegan’s chakra pathways, but the eye cycled through Mangekyō and Three-Tomoe Sharingan patterns before reverting to an ordinary eye.

Aoba tested Madara’s Straight-Tomoe Mangekyō Sharingan, compressed his Susanoo into blue armor, and struggled to control the Rinnegan. Meanwhile, Tsunade launched a secret operation to stop White Zetsu from spreading through the Hyuga Clan, while Black Zetsu obtained a Byakugan from the Hyuga Compound.

• Aoba and Orochimaru examined the Three-Tomoe and Straight-Tomoe Sharingan, and Aoba explained how merging close relatives’ ocular power could prevent Mangekyō blindness.
• Aoba used the Mangekyō to create a Humanoid Susanoo, then compressed it into armor that strengthened his body and withstood Orochimaru’s Kusanagi Sword.
• Aoba activated the Rinnegan and tested its attraction and repulsion powers, but its rejection of him forced him to remove it before he could summon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Dan reported that White Zetsu spores had spread from the Hyuga Compound, and Tsunade dispatched Genma, Dan, and Raidō to contain the infestation and gather the Hyuga Clan.
• Black Zetsu met Hyuga White Zetsu, who handed him a pure Byakugan taken from the Hyuga Clan’s collection, and Black Zetsu warned him that Tsunade’s Anbu had begun moving.

Aoba rejected the Rinnegan, learned Orochimaru had found a way to undo the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, and planned to revive Minato Namikaze and the First and Second Hokage to face threats ahead. Meanwhile, Gamamaru foresaw a changed future, and Danzo and Dissonas began an Impure World Reincarnation ritual in a hidden Jashin Cult base.

• At the Hyuga Compound, Hiashi and Anbu hurried to protect Hinata while Neji realized something serious had happened to the clan.
• The First Elder exposed White Zetsu disguised as the Second Elder, but White Zetsu's spores drained the First Elder's chakra after he activated the Caged Bird Curse.
• Aoba restored his original eyes, rejected the Rinnegan, and took Orochimaru's research on undoing the Dead Demon Consuming Seal while planning to revive Minato Namikaze and the First and Second Hokage.
• Gamamaru dreamed that a pair of azure-blue, star-filled eyes had replaced the prophesied future and learned that his connection to Jiraiya was being blocked.
• In a hidden Jashin Cult base in the Land of Hot Water, Danzo and Dissonas prepared an Impure World Reincarnation using a captive.

Black Zetsu arranged for Dissonas to improve Impure World Reincarnation while Aoba and Konoha’s forces began extracting White Zetsu Spores from infected ninja. Itachi used Engraved Tsukuyomi to immobilize the spores, but Hyuga White Zetsu activated the spores in the Branch Family and unleashed chaos in the compound.

• Black Zetsu ordered White Zetsu Danzo to recruit Kakuzu and an immortal from Yugakure, while promising Dissonas more powerful sacrifices for his experiments.
• Aoba brought Jugo to a gathering of Konoha ninja, where Jugo transformed into a controlled Sage Transformation state.
• Tsunade, Dan Katō, and the Third Hokage sealed the Hyuga Compound with the Four Violet Flames Formation as Hizashi Hyuga directed Branch Family members to the training grounds.
• Aoba and Jugo used Natural Energy to draw White Zetsu Spores out of the gathered ninja, and Itachi immobilized them with Engraved Tsukuyomi.
• Hyuga White Zetsu split off a faceless clone and activated the spores inside the Branch Family, causing the creatures to drain chakra, kill their hosts, and flee through the Mayfly Technique.

Aoba tested White Zetsu chakra and medicine as ways to ease Itachi’s Mangekyō strain, while the Hyuga Compound descended into a battle against White Zetsu and controlled Hyuga. Shisui confronted the Wood Human with Susanoo, and White Zetsu Danzo reached the Fire Temple to claim Sora, where the abbot recognized him as something inhuman.

• Aoba had Itachi absorb White Zetsu chakra, then gave him upgraded medicine that eased his eye pain, and ordered him to master his ocular techniques and awaken Susanoo.
• White Zetsu spores caused chaos in the Hyuga Compound, where Hiashi and Hizashi led the survivors until reinforcements and medical ninja arrived.
• Wood Release erupted from the ground, and controlled Hyuga ninja attacked the defenders; Shisui arrived, knocked them unconscious, and summoned Susanoo to clash with the Wood Human.
• White Zetsu Danzo used Obito’s Sharingan to pass through the Fire Temple’s barrier and discovered evidence of a Nine-Tails rampage.
• White Zetsu Danzo demanded that the abbot hand over Sora, and the abbot sensed his evil aura and called him a demon.

Shisui and Itachi stopped the White Zetsu attack on the Hyuga Clan, prompting Tsunade to order the Caged Bird seal formula handed over and ask Aoba to develop a temporary safeguard. Meanwhile, Black Zetsu implanted a Rinnegan and a Byakugan in Toneri and manipulated his memories, while news arrived that Fire Temple had been destroyed.

• Shisui defeated the Spiral-faced White Zetsu, while Itachi used Tsukuyomi to stop the Hyuga White Zetsu from killing more Branch Family members with the Caged Bird curse.
• Hiashi confirmed that anyone who knew the Caged Bird technique could activate it, and Tsunade ordered him to hand over its fuinjutsu formula.
• Aoba captured and controlled a White Zetsu near the Hyuga Compound, but discovered it was not the spore-spreading one he sought.
• Black Zetsu implanted a Rinnegan and a Byakugan into Toneri, manipulated his memories, and set him on a path to seek the Tailed Beasts and revive his mother.
• Tsunade asked Aoba to help neutralize the Caged Bird threat, and he proposed a chakra-isolation barrier as a temporary safeguard.
• An Anbu reported that Fire Temple had been destroyed and all its monks killed, leading Aoba to suspect the attacker had sought the Nine-Tails' chakra.

Aoba explained the Nine-Tails chakra behind the Fire Temple attack, and Tsunade planned to send Kakashi and Might Guy to investigate. Meanwhile, Ōnoki sought information about Akatsuki and the white monsters, Kumogakure advanced its Chakra Cannon and pursued a coercive breeding program, and Rasa considered how to reassert his authority after Pakura’s return.

• Aoba told Tsunade that Kazuma had sealed stolen Nine-Tails chakra inside Sora, and they discussed the growing tension between Daimyos and Kage.
• Tsunade asked who should investigate the Fire Temple, and Aoba recommended Kakashi and Might Guy to help Kakashi recover from his despair.
• Ōnoki learned about Akatsuki’s collapse and the white monsters, then arranged to exchange information with Konohagakure and meet Akatsuki’s surviving leader.
• The Fourth Raikage inspected Kumogakure’s nearly completed Chakra Cannon and ordered more captives subjected to forced pregnancies, drugs, and Genjutsu.
• Rasa worried that Pakura’s return and the support of Chiyo and Ebizo threatened his position, then spotted his isolated son Gaara, the One-Tail Jinchuriki.

Rasa ordered Yashamaru to test whether Gaara could control Shukaku, while Toneri invaded Sunagakure to capture the One-Tail’s Jinchuriki. As the village’s defenders joined forces against Toneri, he prepared a powerful attack with his Truth-Seeking Orbs.

• Rasa ordered Yashamaru to provoke Gaara in a life-or-death test, warning that Sunagakure would choose another Jinchuriki if Gaara lost control.
• Toneri located Gaara with his Byakugan, while Aoba studied White Zetsuification in the Hyuga blood samples and conceived the idea of a vaccine to control the process.
• Sunagakure’s air defenses spotted Toneri, but he repelled their attacks and overwhelmed the ninjas protecting Gaara.
• Rasa rescued Gaara with Gold Dust and fought Toneri, but Toneri blasted him away with Shinra Tensei.
• Pakura, Chiyo, Sasori, Rasa, and Sunagakure’s ninjas attacked Toneri together, cracking his black sphere defense.
• Toneri formed a silver halo around his Truth-Seeking Orbs and unleashed Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.

Toneri overwhelmed Sunagakure, incapacitated Rasa, and attacked Gaara with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path as Pakura fought back with a powerful Cursed Seal. Meanwhile, Aoba proposed a Bloodline Vaccine to Orochimaru, who connected the idea to the Sage of Six Paths granting bloodline powers.

• Toneri shattered Rasa's Gold Dust defenses and struck him down, but Pakura saved his life with Iron Sand.
• Pakura activated her Cursed Seal State Two, briefly fought Toneri with enhanced strength, and survived being cut in half when flames restored her body.
• Toneri summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, which pierced Gaara with a chakra chain as Yashamaru tried to protect him.
• At Forgotten Island, Aoba watched Itachi replace injured Uchiha members' eyes with cloned eyeballs and left him the Eye Technique Secret Art scroll.
• Aoba explained his Bloodline Vaccine idea to Orochimaru, who proposed that the Sage of Six Paths had once used a similar method to grant bloodline powers.

Aoba was reverse-summoned to Sunagakure, where he confronted Toneri and failed to stop him from extracting the One-Tail from Gaara. After returning to Orochimaru’s laboratory with Toneri’s blood, Aoba offered it for research only after Orochimaru agreed to release someone.

• Pakura summoned Aoba to Sunagakure, where he recognized Toneri and used Earth Release monsters to slow the extraction of the One-Tail from Gaara.
• Aoba tried to expose Black Zetsu’s false memories to Toneri, briefly awakening Toneri’s true memories before the Rinnegan suppressed them again.
• Toneri extracted the One-Tail from Gaara, whose breathing stopped, then fought off Aoba’s genjutsu and attacks before escaping.
• Aoba returned to Forgotten Island without speaking to Sunagakure’s people, leaving Pakura to handle the aftermath.
• Aoba told Orochimaru about Toneri and showed him a syringe of Toneri’s blood, but said Orochimaru had to release someone before he could have it.

After Rasa was critically injured and Gaara died, Chiyo revived Gaara with One's Own Life Reincarnation and secured Pakura's agreement to become the Fifth Kazekage and take Gaara as her disciple. Meanwhile, Aoba and Orochimaru tested a way to exploit the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, but the Death God showed unexpected awareness, leaving them eager to investigate further.

• Chiyo asked Pakura to become the Fifth Kazekage and take three disciples, including Gaara, in exchange for using her life to revive him.
• Pakura accepted, and Chiyo used One's Own Life Reincarnation to restore Gaara's life before dying.
• Aoba and Orochimaru reached Mask Hall in the Uzushio Village ruins and removed the Dead Demon mask.
• Orochimaru used a Cursed Seal to control a clone, had it summon the Death God and cut open its stomach, then released his control so the clone had no soul to sacrifice.
• The Death God showed a trace of awareness, swallowed a weak spirit from the clone, and vanished; Aoba and Orochimaru wondered what had happened to the other souls it had consumed.

Orochimaru and Aoba revived Minato with Impure World Reincarnation, and Aoba told him about the years after his death and the threats still ahead. Meanwhile, Nagato negotiated with Ōnoki over Deidara, offering to persuade him to return to Iwagakure in exchange for a favor.

• Orochimaru used Impure World Reincarnation to restore Minato in a prepared clone body, and Minato recognized Aoba and Orochimaru.
• Nagato revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan to Ōnoki after the Tsuchikage questioned how he had obtained Sharingan.
• Nagato learned that Ōnoki wanted Deidara to return to Iwagakure and offered to persuade him to go back and train.
• Aoba told Minato about major events since the Nine-Tails' Attack and explained that stronger enemies could threaten the future.
• Minato agreed to help Aoba, and Aoba said he would find a way to truly revive him.