Chapter Summaries

Honoka stopped Yomi’s followers from killing the wounded at the Sealing Temple, then the group waited as Yomi entered the dark fissure to awaken his master. Meanwhile, Shion and the Konoha team hurried toward the temple, where someone had already gone inside.

• Jugo and Kimimaro led the assault on the temple guards, and Gitai and Setsuna prepared to kill the wounded with a wind-and-fire attack.
• Honoka sealed away the attack and argued that the incapacitated soldiers and priests did not need to be killed; Karin, Jugo, Suigetsu, and Kimimaro stood with her.
• Yomi agreed to spare the survivors, entered the temple fissure alone, and said he would awaken his master.
• Honoka judged the fissure to be a dangerous barrier rather than a passage to another world, and Kimimaro chose to wait for Sasuke instead of following Yomi.
• Shion told Kurenai Yuhi that someone had entered the Sealing Temple, and she felt relieved that Konoha was not behind the plot.

Kakuzu and Sasuke fought to the death, but the Fourth Kazekage’s Iron Sand ambush disrupted Kakuzu’s ultimate attack and let Sasuke kill him. A mysterious person restored Kakuzu’s body, sealed it in a black crystal, and escaped before the moon’s Tenseigan beam could find him.

• Kakashi sent his team and two Anbu squads ahead to confront the mastermind while Kurenai and Asuma’s teams stayed back to protect Shion.
• Sasuke and Kakuzu prepared their strongest attacks as Kazuma retreated from their battle.
• Orochimaru’s Impure World Reincarnation of the Fourth Kazekage attacked Kazuma with Iron Sand and impaled Kakuzu, disrupting his ultimate technique.
• Sasuke’s Amefunokumo struck Kakuzu, obliterating him and leaving a massive crater; Sasuke confirmed Kakuzu could not be revived and departed.
• A mysterious person appeared, discussed Sasuke’s connection to Indra and the concept of Karma, then restored Kakuzu and sealed him inside a black crystal.
• The mysterious person escaped through a portal as a golden beam from the moon’s Great Tenseigan searched the battlefield and found nothing.

Yomi awakened Moryo and his Ghost Army, while Sasuke refused to kill the Shrine Maiden and led the Otonin toward the Land of Swamps to unseal Moryo’s body. After Kakuzu’s death and Moryo’s release reached Akatsuki, Pain sent Itachi and Kisame to stop them and decided to join the mission himself.

• Yomi unsealed Moryo, offered his body as a host, and awakened hundreds of thousands of Ghost Army soldiers.
• Moryo ordered Yomi to kill the Shrine Maiden, but Sasuke refused and insisted their partnership did not make him Yomi’s servant.
• Sasuke and Yomi sent the Ghost Army, the Third Kazekage, and the Fourth Kazekage to hold off Konoha’s shinobi, then departed for the Land of Swamps.
• Hinata sensed a familiar quality in golden chakra fragments at the site of Sasuke and Kakuzu’s battle.
• Pain learned from Kazuma that Kakuzu had died and Moryo had been released, then ordered Itachi and Kisame to intercept Moryo and the Otonin at the Land of Swamps.

Nagato decided to confront Orochimaru and Second Pillar in the Land of Swamps, sending only Deva Path Pain to arrive quickly. Obito learned of the mission and chose not to intervene, while Zetsu was tasked with tracking the Otonin group.

• Nagato told Konan he would personally deal with Orochimaru and Second Pillar, partly to ensure Itachi did not sabotage the mission.
• Nagato sent only Deva Path Pain, who flew toward the Land of Swamps at high speed.
• Zetsu informed Obito that Kakuzu had died and that the group was taking Moryo toward the Land of Swamps, where Itachi, Kisame, and Deva Path Pain were headed.
• Obito declined to join the mission, judging Second Pillar insufficiently powerful to warrant his attention.
• Zetsu followed Nagato's order to track the Otonin group, using Spore Clones already stationed in the Land of Swamps and the Land of Demons.

Sasuke and Yomi rushed toward the shrine while the Ghost Army held off Konoha’s shinobi, but Sasuke detected and killed a White Zetsu spy before pressing ahead. At the battlefield, Yakumo freed the Third Kazekage and Fourth Kazekage from Sasuke’s control and began using Shion’s chakra to reshape the valley into an apparent manifestation of Moryo.

• Yomi told Sasuke that Konoha’s shinobi were causing heavy losses among the Ghost Army, while Sasuke sensed a hidden observer following them.
• Sasuke struck a White Zetsu Spore Clone concealed in a hill, killed it, and stored its body in a Sealing Scroll.
• Sasuke released the Third Kazekage and Fourth Kazekage from Impure World Reincarnation after realizing Yakumo had helped them resist his control, then hurried ahead with Yomi.
• Yakumo explained to Kakashi that she had strengthened the Kazekage’s resistance through mental techniques, and the two Edo Tensei bodies returned to their coffins.
• Yakumo asked Shion for Moryo’s chakra and appearance, then used Yin Release to transform the valley into a distorted scene as an Eight-Headed Eight-Tailed Beast began to take shape.

Yakumo used Shion’s chakra to create a physical imitation of Moryo and erase its undead army, while Shion revealed that Moryo was meant to be sacrificed to create a far more terrifying Great Demon. Konoha agreed to continue helping after Shion tripled the mission payment.

• Yakumo formed a physical Pseudo-Moryo with Genjutsu and used it to make the nearly hundred thousand Ghost Army soldiers crumble into dirt.
• Yakumo explained that she had imitated Moryo’s aura using Shion’s chakra, seized control of the mindless army, and ordered it to vanish.
• Kakashi asked Shion for Moryo’s location, and she warned that they might be too late to catch it.
• Shion revealed her prophecy that Moryo would be sacrificed to nurture a Great Demon with the Box of Ultimate Bliss, then apologized for withholding the information.
• Xiang pointed out Shion’s breach of mission procedure, and Shion offered three times the original payment and promised to write apology letters.
• Xiang declared that Konoha would stand by its ally and help seal the Great Demon.

Shion enlisted Konoha to protect her while Xiang arranged for more reinforcements, and Sasuke accompanied Yomi to the Land of Swamps to witness Moryo’s revival. Moryo broke free from its seal, but Sasuke was waiting in Susanoo, ready to fight it.

• Xiang accepted Shion’s increased commission and promised to report the mission’s changes to the Fifth Hokage and request reinforcements.
• Sasuke and Yomi reached Moryo’s sealed body, and Sasuke stayed behind with the Box of Ultimate Bliss while Yomi entered the cave.
• Moryo took control of Yomi, left his body shriveled, and reunited its soul with its flesh.
• Moryo shattered the golden chains, destroyed the mountain, and declared its intention to rule the world.
• Sasuke appeared in Susanoo, and Moryo turned toward him with killing intent.

Sasuke fought Moryo, overcame its regeneration, and sealed it inside the Box of Ultimate Bliss. With the box demanding a wish before Satori could emerge, Sasuke revealed a bottle containing a pair of Three Tomoe Sharingan and began to make his wish.

• Sasuke’s Purple Electricity only partly affected Moryo, so he launched a stronger assault with his Fire God Susanoo.
• Karin and Honoka reached the Shamai mountain range with Otogakure and met Sasuke’s Shadow Clone, which told them to wait while his original body fought Moryo.
• Sasuke pinned Moryo’s heads with Purple Electricity, killed the arriving Yomi Sect followers, and forced Moryo into the Box of Ultimate Bliss.
• The Box of Ultimate Bliss urged Sasuke to state a wish, but he waited before raising a bottle holding an unknown liquid and a pair of scarlet Three Tomoe Sharingan.

Sasuke learned that Uchiha Itachi and Kisame were approaching, then wished for the Box of Ultimate Bliss to pour everything it possessed into strengthening his Sharingan while preserving its potential to evolve. As the box shattered and formed a powerful dark silhouette, Sasuke sensed Itachi arriving nearby.

• Sasuke ordered Karin to search for Itachi, and Honoka shared her chakra to extend Karin’s sensing range.
• Karin detected Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki approaching from the Land of Earth, and Sasuke sent his Otonin group toward the Land of Wind.
• Sasuke wished for the Box of Ultimate Bliss to use all its power and substance to strengthen his Sharingan while preserving its future potential.
• The Box of Ultimate Bliss absorbed the Sharingan and began to crack as its chakra and fragments flowed into a dark silhouette.
• Sasuke recognized the silhouette’s deceptive aura and sensed Uchiha Itachi arriving at the mountain range.

Uchiha Itachi, Kisame Hoshigaki, and Kazuma reached the valley and found Uchiha Mikoto restored from Moryo’s broken seal. She confronted Itachi over killing her and abandoning his promise to protect Sasuke, then sent her Moryo Clone after Sasuke.

• Uchiha Itachi led Kisame Hoshigaki and Kazuma toward Sasuke before Pain could arrive, learning that Sasuke had fought Moryo and that Orochimaru was missing.
• The three found Sasuke’s Shadow Clone beside the cracked box, and it vanished after telling Itachi he should face “her” and saying farewell.
• The box shattered, releasing Uchiha Mikoto, who restrained the three and confronted Itachi as her son.
• Uchiha Mikoto touched Itachi’s face, and he wept before apologizing and retreating beside Kisame Hoshigaki and Kazuma.
• Uchiha Mikoto asked whether Itachi had kept his promise to protect Sasuke, then created a Moryo Clone and sent it east to find him.

Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki confronted Uchiha Mikoto, who had returned as a powerful being wielding Satori's abilities and vowed to destroy the Shinobi World. Itachi's Tsukuyomi failed against her mysterious Three Tomoe Sharingan, leaving him injured and stunned.

• Uchiha Mikoto revealed her eerie chakra and used Shadow of Devouring to drag Uchiha Itachi, Kisame Hoshigaki, and Kazuma toward a mouth filled with trapped souls.
• Kisame Hoshigaki and Kazuma attacked Uchiha Mikoto, but she evaded their techniques until Itachi's flaming kunai interrupted her suction technique.
• Uchiha Mikoto told Itachi she intended to destroy the Shinobi World and gather its souls in the Paradise of Ultimate Bliss so their family could live together forever.
• Uchiha Itachi declared that Uchiha Mikoto was not his mother and attacked her with his Mangekyō Sharingan, while Kisame Hoshigaki and Kazuma stayed back.
• Uchiha Mikoto struck Itachi and resisted his Tsukuyomi, drawing black blood from her Three Tomoe Sharingan as Itachi staggered back with a bleeding eye.

Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki fought the monstrous incarnation of Uchiha Mikoto, whose grief and hatred drove her to overpower them. After healing herself with Izanami-no-Mikoto, she formed a nearly hundred-meter Black Giant, leaving the three men facing a vastly stronger enemy.

• Uchiha Mikoto reproached Uchiha Itachi for killing her and unleashing his Mangekyō technique, then attacked him with a torrent of resentful chakra.
• Uchiha Itachi countered with Amaterasu, but Uchiha Mikoto survived the black flames and used Moryo Secret Technique: Mind Control to immobilize him.
• Kisame Hoshigaki disrupted Uchiha Mikoto with his attacks, giving Uchiha Itachi time to break free and summon Susanoo.
• Uchiha Mikoto tore through Susanoo and struck Uchiha Itachi aside, then overpowered Kisame Hoshigaki in a direct clash.
• Uchiha Mikoto restored her wounds with Izanami-no-Mikoto and mocked Uchiha Itachi over the names of their eye techniques.
• Uchiha Mikoto shaped her black chakra into an armored Black Giant nearly a hundred meters tall.

Sasuke rested near the battlefield, planning to take Satori’s eye after the others weakened her, but Moryo Mikoto suddenly found him in the forest. Meanwhile, Kazuma, Kisame Hoshigaki, and Uchiha Itachi fought Uchiha Mikoto’s Black Giant, ending with Itachi raising the Sword of Totsuka after blocking its spear with the Yata Mirror.

• Sasuke recovered chakra while sensing the battle and prepared to use Flying Raijin to reach the battlefield once the fighters were depleted.
• Sasuke realized Satori’s eye could greatly increase his spiritual power and chakra reserves, and hoped Kisame Hoshigaki and Uchiha Itachi would weaken her first.
• Cold, sorrow-inducing snow began to fall, and Moryo Mikoto appeared at the forest entrance and called Sasuke her child.
• Kazuma used Earth Release: Earth Dome and his Shadow Clone used Earth Release: Core Earth, but Uchiha Mikoto’s Black Giant broke free and fell into the resulting trench.
• Kisame Hoshigaki’s Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave was split apart by the Black Giant’s spear.
• Uchiha Itachi blocked the spear with the Yata Mirror, then formed the Sword of Totsuka as blood ran from his eyes.

Uchiha Itachi identified Uchiha Mikoto’s ability to read malice and killing intent, then asked Kisame Hoshigaki and Kazuma to restrain her so he could seal her with the Sword of Totsuka. Mikoto restored her Black Giant, and Itachi prepared to use Kotoamatsukami as a backup.

• Uchiha Mikoto evaded Itachi’s Sword of Totsuka and attacked him with black feathers and a spear, but the clash shattered her spear and badly damaged both Susanoo.
• Kisame Hoshigaki and Kazuma attacked Mikoto, but she anticipated them and struck Kisame down before he recovered.
• Kazuma demanded that Itachi explain why Mikoto could predict their attacks, and Itachi deduced that she sensed malice, killing intent, fear, and terror.
• Mikoto regenerated her Black Giant and recalled that Itachi had always been perceptive, while Itachi remembered his father’s praise.
• Itachi told Kisame and Kazuma to restrict Mikoto so he could seal her with the Sword of Totsuka, and he prepared to use Kotoamatsukami if necessary.

Kazuma, Kisame Hoshigaki, and Uchiha Itachi tried to restrain Uchiha Mikoto, but she summoned a vast Yellow Springs Army and revealed the Box of Ultimate Bliss’s deadly history. As the Sage of Six Paths watched from the Pure Land, Sasuke used Kotoamatsukami to destroy a clone of Moryo Mikoto, then vanished through a spatial distortion.

• Kazuma summoned thousands of corpses with Soil of the Dead and revived four former Twelve Guardian Ninja to help restrain Uchiha Mikoto.
• Uchiha Mikoto used Yomotsu to summon a Terracotta Army filled with the souls of the dead, and revealed that the Box of Ultimate Bliss had once devoured countless people.
• Uchiha Itachi resolved to kill or seal Uchiha Mikoto, while Kisame Hoshigaki and Kazuma attacked and Itachi waited for an opening.
• The Sage of Six Paths observed the battle from the Pure Land but chose not to intervene, reflecting on the approaching Otsutsuki threat and the unpredictable changes in the Shinobi World.
• Sasuke failed to land attacks on Moryo Mikoto, whose Mind Reading Technique let her anticipate his moves, then used Kotoamatsukami to stun her and destroy her with black flames.
• After waiting several seconds, Sasuke disappeared when a ripple of spatial distortion appeared.

Deva Path Pain raced toward the valley as Kisame Hoshigaki, Kazuma, and Uchiha Itachi fought Uchiha Mikoto, who nearly broke free of Kotoamatsukami while her eyes began evolving. After Uchiha Itachi sealed her with the Sword of Totsuka, a new Susanoo arrived and struck him down, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Deva Path Pain sensed the Akatsuki Ring and flew toward the valley at full speed.
• Kisame Hoshigaki unleashed the Great Shark Bullet Technique against Uchiha Mikoto’s Black Susanoo, while Kazuma and Uchiha Itachi coordinated attacks that shattered it.
• Uchiha Itachi used Kotoamatsukami on Uchiha Mikoto, but her eyes began forming a crimson, three-ring pattern as she resisted its control.
• Uchiha Itachi pierced Uchiha Mikoto with the Sword of Totsuka and began sealing her as her body turned to mud and was drawn into the sake gourd.
• A flaming Susanoo wielding a Black Flame katana attacked Uchiha Itachi, shattered his Susanoo, and sent him crashing backward; Kisame Hoshigaki caught him.

Sasuke defeated the Satori wearing Uchiha Mikoto’s appearance, took one of her Sharingan, and revealed his Eternal Mangekyo and Third Eye to Itachi. The chapter ended with Sasuke confronting Itachi and promising to end his pain.

• Itachi recovered enough to stand with Kisame’s help while Kazuma questioned whether the attacker using Susanoo was Sasuke.
• Sasuke let the dying Satori touch his face, watched her disappear, and kept the Three Tomoe Sharingan she left behind.
• Sasuke removed Shisui’s Eye and implanted one of the Satori’s Sharingan, awakening a disturbing vision of wailing figures.
• Itachi recognized Sasuke’s Eternal Mangekyo and suspected that a demon had taken over his brother’s body.
• Sasuke laughed at Itachi’s confusion, opened the Third Eye on his forehead, and told Itachi he would end his pain.

Sasuke overwhelmed Uchiha Itachi and challenged him to accept that his younger brother had changed, while White Zetsu and Black Zetsu watched and discussed Sasuke’s eyes. Itachi realized he had denied Sasuke’s identity out of the same arrogance he had condemned in the Uchiha, and his Susanoo began to collapse.

• Sasuke unleashed a fiery sword strike that Kazuma and Kisame Hoshigaki blocked with their techniques, then charged them in his transformed form.
• Sasuke matched Kisame Hoshigaki’s strength and drove him back after dark ribs formed around him and increased his power.
• Sasuke struck Uchiha Itachi’s Yata Mirror and taunted him for being too weak and for doubting that Sasuke was his brother.
• White Zetsu arrived to observe the battle, and Black Zetsu identified Sasuke’s Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and suspected he had transplanted Uchiha Fugaku’s eyes.
• Sasuke confronted Uchiha Itachi about his assumptions and turned Itachi’s past words against him.
• Uchiha Itachi recognized his own narrow-mindedness, and the conviction sustaining his Susanoo faltered until it began to collapse.

Sasuke confronted the defeated Uchiha Itachi over the massacre and refused to forgive him on behalf of the Uchiha victims, deciding that Itachi should die. Just as Sasuke struck, Pain intervened with Shinra Tensei, leaving Sasuke largely unharmed and facing Deva Path Pain.

• Sasuke told Uchiha Itachi that only the Uchiha clansmen killed in the massacre could forgive him, and that neither Sasuke nor his parents had that right.
• Uchiha Itachi accepted Sasuke's judgment and fell into a deep coma after their exchange.
• Black Zetsu recognized Sasuke as an anomalous reincarnation of Indra and wondered how his strength had grown so quickly.
• Sasuke raised Kagutsuchi to kill Uchiha Itachi, but Deva Path Pain struck him with Shinra Tensei before the blow landed.
• Sasuke shielded himself with his wings and survived the attack nearly unharmed as Deva Path Pain watched him from the sky.

Obito learned that Sasuke had awakened the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan using Uchiha Fugaku’s eyes, while Black Zetsu considered killing Sasuke but chose to wait. After Zetsu took the unconscious Uchiha Itachi away, Sasuke and Deva Path Pain launched opposing pulling techniques against each other.

• White Zetsu informed Obito that Sasuke had awakened the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, and Obito teleported to Zetsu’s main body in the Land of Swamps.
• Black Zetsu deduced that Sasuke had taken Uchiha Fugaku’s Mangekyo Sharingan, and Obito realized Sasuke had secretly stolen his parents’ eyes after the massacre.
• Obito decided to let Pain handle Sasuke, while Black Zetsu briefly considered killing Sasuke before choosing to wait.
• Deva Path Pain ordered Zetsu to take the unconscious Uchiha Itachi back to Konan, and Obito approved the order.
• Deva Path Pain used Banshō Ten'in to pull Sasuke toward him, while Sasuke countered with Devouring Shadow and dragged Pain toward himself.