Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Yun and the allied shinobi attacked the White Zetsu army in northern Land of Iron, where Obito appeared and fought Yun with Hashirama-style Wood Release. The battle left the forest devastated, with Obito and the Wood Golem struggling against Yun’s Susanoo.

• Nagato told Uzumaki Sora he wanted Yahiko to return after peace arrived, and Sora revealed that he had traded information about Obito and Black Zetsu to the Nine Tails.
• Uchiha Yun, Ōnoki, Kakashi, Tokuma, and their allies found White Zetsu Clones beneath the ground, and Ōnoki forced many of them to the surface.
• Yun used Susanoo and Amaterasu against the White Zetsu while Ōnoki, Kakashi, and the others joined the fight.
• Obito appeared, absorbed Yugito’s Tailed Beast Bomb, and bound Matatabi with Wood Release before Yun freed her and sent most of the group away.
• Obito revealed Hashirama-style Wood Release and ordered Yun and Ōnoki to leave, but Yun refused and attacked him with Susanoo.
• Yun used Flying Thunder God Jutsu to strike Obito and smash the Wood Golem, but a lightning attack broke part of Susanoo’s armor as the two giants continued fighting.

Uchiha Yun, Ōnoki, and Kakashi fought Obito and the reincarnated Hashirama Senju and Third Raikage, learning that Dust Release could temporarily reduce the immortal enemies to ash. The chapter ended with Ōnoki and Kakashi coordinating another Dust Release strike that destroyed Hashirama and the Third Raikage again, while Yun continued battling Obito.

• Black Zetsu watched Hashirama’s Wood Golem struggle against Yun’s Susanoo, then Ōnoki used Dust Release to annihilate Hashirama, who soon reassembled through Impure World Reincarnation.
• Hashirama and the Third Raikage regained awareness, but Hashirama’s hint about what Madara obtained at the Valley of the End was cut short as his consciousness was erased again.
• The Third Raikage attacked Yun, who countered with Susanoo armor and black flames, while Obito confronted Yun and began fighting him with the Uchiha Gunbai.
• Hashirama attacked Ōnoki as the Third Raikage threatened Kakashi, but Ōnoki protected Kakashi and used Dust Release to destroy the Third Raikage.
• Kakashi and Ōnoki exploited the reincarnated enemies’ recovery time, and Ōnoki’s final Dust Release reduced Hashirama and the Third Raikage to ashes once more.

Uchiha Yun, Kakashi, and Ōnoki fought Obito and Black Zetsu, but the pair escaped after Kakashi used Kamui and Dust Release to destroy the reincarnated Hokage and Raikage. Back in Konoha, Yun and Minato assessed the Akatsuki’s threat and wondered where Shikaku was.

• Kakashi awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and sent the reforming First Hokage and Third Raikage into the Kamui Dimension.
• Yun analyzed Obito’s ability to predict attacks two seconds ahead and challenged his belief in peace through the Stone Tablet.
• Black Zetsu urged Obito to retreat, and Kakashi transported Ōnoki’s Dust Release into the Kamui Dimension, destroying the reincarnated fighters and turning Obito’s right leg to dust.
• Obito used Izanagi to escape with Black Zetsu, while Kakashi collapsed from exhaustion and Itachi arrived too late to stop them.
• Yun returned to Konoha and told Minato that the Akatsuki might be divided but remained a major threat; he then asked where Shikaku was.

Yun and Minato discussed the Akatsuki threat, Itachi’s disobedience, and the intelligence Jiraiya was trying to decode. Itachi learned more about Obito’s strength from Kakashi, while Shisui wondered what Yun was planning as his Mangekyō eyes continued to recover.

• Minato told Yun that Shikaku and Cipher Squad were helping Jiraiya decipher a Root Division mission report, and Yun wondered whether the Akatsuki was divided into factions.
• Minato allowed Itachi to join the Akatsuki intelligence investigation if he kept his emotions under control, and Yun told Minato that Obito could see the future.
• Jiraiya and Shikaku failed to decode Danzo’s report, while Jiraiya remained uneasy about Nagato and Shikaku expected the Five Kage Summit to be held again.
• Itachi questioned Kakashi in the hospital and learned that Obito, wearing a Spiral Mask, had fought Yun and seemed to have gained a new ability.
• Itachi left Kakashi’s room with Kakashi’s newly released Icha Icha Paradise, and Kakashi realized it was missing.
• Shisui watched the moon and wondered what Yun was trying to do, weighing whether to use his recovering Mangekyō eye again.

Three months after the Land of Iron conflict, the Five Kage Summit convened in Konoha to address the Akatsuki Organization, while Konoha’s leaders and residents weighed the village’s new strength and uncertain future. Sarutobi Hiruzen agreed to translate a coded Root Division report, and the summit began under heavy security.

• Uzumaki Sora explained to Nagato that Impure World Reincarnation restored the dead with immortal bodies and unlimited Chakra but not their full living strength, leaving Nagato doubtful he could defeat Uchiha Obito.
• Representatives from the Five Great Shinobi Villages gathered in Konoha, and Kakashi warned Guy that a storm was coming as the Akatsuki Organization remained a threat.
• Jiraiya gave Sarutobi Hiruzen a coded report on Root Division’s operations during the Third Shinobi World War, and Hiruzen admitted his involvement in Danzo’s schemes and Konoha’s failures toward White Fang and the Uchiha Clan.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen kept the report and promised Jiraiya a translation, then withdrew from village affairs as Jiraiya took pride in Minato’s leadership.
• The four visiting Kage entered the Hokage Building as Konoha raised its barrier, while Asuma and Gekko Hayate discussed the village’s acceptance of Uchiha Yun as its likely next Hokage and the suspicion that could follow the summit.

The Five Kage agreed to establish a Joint Investigation Force to search for the Akatsuki Organization, with sensor-type shinobi from each village and team leaders to be selected in three days. Meanwhile, Sarutobi Hiruzen discovered records suggesting the Akatsuki had existed during the Third Shinobi World War and had once sought peace through negotiation.

• Minato explained Impure World Reincarnation, and Terumi Mei returned Konoha's Byakugan to him on Genji's instructions.
• Minato proposed a joint intelligence-gathering unit, and Rasa, Darui, Terumi Mei, and Ōnoki agreed to establish the Joint Investigation Force.
• Yun set rules for the force, requested each village's sensor-type shinobi roster within three days, and said team leaders would be chosen based on ability and strength.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen read Jiraiya's translated records and found evidence that an earlier Akatsuki had operated during the Third Shinobi World War and sought to prevent war through negotiation.

Sarutobi Hiruzen deciphered a Root Division report revealing Danzo and Hanzo’s role in destroying Yahiko’s original Akatsuki, and he warned Minato that the current Akatsuki might exceed the Five Villages’ alliance in strength. Minato summoned Uchiha Yun to discuss the danger, while Hiruzen offered to serve on the battlefield.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen stayed up all night deciphering a coded Root Division report after learning it concerned the Akatsuki.
• Asuma visited Hiruzen, who warned him that Danzo had unleashed a threat pursuing peace through hatred and that the Shinobi World was nearing chaos.
• Jiraiya urged Minato to prioritize the current Akatsuki’s vast forces and suggested Nagato might be persuaded to join the Five Villages’ alliance.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen brought the deciphered report to Minato, which revealed that Danzo and Hanzo had conspired to kill Yahiko and destroy the original Akatsuki.
• Minato concluded that Nagato and Konan’s leadership of Amegakure might connect them to the current Akatsuki, then summoned Uchiha Yun.
• Jiraiya read the report and wondered whether Nagato was connected to the current Akatsuki, while Hiruzen offered to fight if Minato assigned him to the battlefield.

Konoha learned that Nagato might lead Akatsuki and debated how to face the Rinnegan, while Minato planned to raise Amegakure at the Five Kage Summit. In Amegakure, Uzumaki Sora warned Nagato that Konoha had discovered him and offered a choice between abandoning the village or beginning their final plan.

• Minato, Jiraiya, and Shikaku discussed Nagato's Rinnegan, Yun's Gate of Death, and the risks of confronting Akatsuki.
• Yun agreed that his body-recovery cooldown lasted one day, but Shikaku warned against relying on a prolonged fight to let him open the Gate of Death again.
• Minato rejected Jiraiya's plan to investigate the Rinnegan and decided to pressure Amegakure through the Five Kage Summit, with a surprise attack if Nagato led Akatsuki.
• Uzumaki Sora threatened Biwa Juzo for contacting Kirigakure and brought him to Konan before speaking with Nagato.
• Uzumaki Sora told Nagato that Konoha had deciphered Root Division's report and discovered the connection to Akatsuki.
• Uzumaki Sora offered Nagato the choice of abandoning Amegakure and hiding or starting their plan to become the Shinobi World's dark side.

Nagato and Sora prepared Akatsuki to withdraw from Amegakure and launch operations against Sunagakure and Kirigakure, intending to scatter the village’s shinobi and draw the Five Great Shinobi Villages’ attention. As Nagato wondered whether peace could last, Konan saw a glimpse of the life she might have had with Yahiko and began to cry.

• Nagato agreed with Sora to disband Amegakure’s shinobi and use Akatsuki’s actions to draw attention while giving them time to escape.
• At Akatsuki’s meeting, Deva Path Pain announced that Tobi, Orochimaru, and Zetsu had defected, then declared war against the Five Great Shinobi Villages.
• Sasori accepted a mission against Sunagakure despite his attachment to Chiyo and Ebizo, while Hidan was warned not to attack indiscriminately.
• Nagato assigned Deva Path Pain, Sasori, Deidara, Kakuzu, and Hidan to target listed shinobi in Sunagakure, while Sora and Konan planned an operation in Kirigakure.
• Sora and Nagato planned to disperse Amegakure’s remaining shinobi and go into hiding after the operations, anticipating that Obito and Black Zetsu might exploit the coming war.
• Nagato asked whether peace would last, and Konan watched him and Sora together, remembered her dream of a life with Yahiko, and began to cry.

Obito and Black Zetsu plotted to exploit the Five Great Shinobi Villages’ coming attack on Amegakure while seeking power to continue their plan. At the Five Kage Summit, Minato proposed surrounding Amegakure, but Uzumaki Sora arrived and revealed that Uchiha Yun’s changing power could exceed the Sage of Six Paths.

• Obito and Black Zetsu discussed their loss of control over the Akatsuki Organization and planned to wait for an opportunity to collect Tailed Beasts and revive Madara Uchiha.
• White Zetsu reported that Konoha had revealed Amegakure’s location at the Second Five Kage Summit, leading Obito and Black Zetsu to expect Nagato to emerge when the villages attacked.
• Two days later, Minato told the Kage that the leader of Amegakure had the Rinnegan, and Ōnoki and Rasa recognized the connection to the earlier Akatsuki.
• Minato proposed that the Five Great Shinobi Villages surround Amegakure, while Uchiha Yun said his power was still changing and might let him face the Rinnegan without using the Eight Inner Gates.
• Uzumaki Sora entered the summit with Konan and warned that Uchiha Yun’s Bloodline Reversion might surpass the Sage of Six Paths and make his awakening of the Rinnegan troublesome.

Uzumaki Sora announced that Akatsuki’s war against the world had begun, escaped the Kage’s surprise attack, and trapped Ōnoki in Tsukuyomi before the Tsuchikage endured the genjutsu. Jiraiya confronted Konan about Akatsuki, and she explained that Nagato sought peace through a world without pain, leaving Jiraiya facing the resolve of his former students.

• Uzumaki Sora told Minato that Akatsuki would oppose the entire Shinobi World and revealed that his plans had already accounted for Konoha’s strategies.
• Uzumaki Sora declared war, and Shikaku, Minato, Uchiha Yun, and Ōnoki launched a coordinated attack that he escaped using Susanoo, Flying Thunder God, and other abilities.
• Uzumaki Sora pulled Ōnoki into Tsukuyomi and inflicted prolonged simulated torture, but Ōnoki endured it and returned to the real world alive.
• Uzumaki Sora challenged Uchiha Yun to improve before their next fight, while Ōnoki insisted that Sora could not kill him.
• Jiraiya confronted Konan about her role in Akatsuki, and Konan explained that Nagato believed war perpetuated pain and that their plan would bring peace.

After Uzumaki Sora and Konan left the conference, the Five Great Shinobi Villages formed an alliance against the Akatsuki and prepared for war. Minato sent Jiraiya to seek Nagato while Uchiha Yun offered to protect him, and Tsunade gave Yun her grandfather’s necklace before the story left with the group preparing to investigate Amegakure.

• Konan told Jiraiya that she and Nagato had lost faith in Yahiko’s dream of peace, then left with Uzumaki Sora using the Flying Thunder God Jutsu.
• Terumi Mei, Darui, Rasa, and Ōnoki agreed that the villages had to unite, and Minato declared that war had begun.
• Minato and the Kage discussed the Akatsuki’s unknown plans, Nagato’s Rinnegan, and Uchiha Yun’s ability to confront Uzumaki Sora.
• Jiraiya asked to find Nagato, and Minato agreed after arranging a Flying Thunder God mark and emergency contact through a Messenger Frog.
• Tsunade reported casualties in the Hokage Building, and Minato ordered the Joint Investigation Force to proceed and announced that he would go to Amegakure.
• Uchiha Yun offered to accompany Jiraiya, and Tsunade gave him her grandfather’s energy-filled necklace.

Shisui confronted Yun with his suspicions about Uzumaki Sora and used Kotoamatsukami to reinforce Yun’s belief in strengthening the Uchiha and Konoha. Yun later reflected on the genjutsu and Shisui’s suspicions, while Shukaku and Mini Nine Tails interrupted him at home and asked about the coming war.

• Tsunade gave Yun the First Hokage’s necklace, and the Five Great Shinobi Villages formed a Joint Investigation Force to search for Akatsuki and Uzumaki Sora.
• Shisui met Yun at the Naka River and questioned him about his goals and the unexplained growth of his and Sora’s abilities.
• Shisui used Kotoamatsukami on Yun, sacrificing his left eye, and Yun responded that he wanted to make the Uchiha and Konoha great.
• Shisui and Yun discussed Itachi’s plans to help Sasuke awaken the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and Sasuke’s connection to Indra Chakra.
• At home, Yun realized Secret Scroll had broken Kotoamatsukami and considered why Shisui had used it on him again.
• Shukaku and Mini Nine Tails arrived, and Mini Nine Tails asked Yun whether he had mentioned it in connection with the coming war.

Yun prepared for a possible war with Uzumaki Sora while Shisui and Itachi discussed the cost of using their Mangekyou abilities. Five days later, Gaara reflected on his changed life in Sunagakure as Hidan and Kakuzu approached the village.

• Yun told Mini Nine Tails and Shukaku to ask the Hokage Building about joining an S-rank mission against Uzumaki Sora, then reassured Izumi that war would not begin immediately.
• Shisui warned Itachi that Sasuke was not ready for the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, while Itachi explained that his own eyesight was worsening; Shisui later revealed how badly using Kotoamatsukami had weakened him.
• Gaara remembered Yashamaru and told Shukaku he hoped to earn the trust of Sunagakure, while Temari promised that she and Kankuro would support him.
• Hidan complained about the desert outside Sunagakure after Kakuzu stitched up his wound.

The Akatsuki launched an assault on Sunagakure, using Yura to bypass its defenses before Deidara’s explosions drew the village’s attention. The Scorpion, Kakuzu, and Hidan defeated the first responding shinobi, and the Scorpion prepared to face the forces arriving next.

• Deva Path Pain ordered Deidara to carry Kakuzu, Hidan, and the Scorpion to Sunagakure while the Six Paths of Pain pursued the objective from within.
• The Scorpion revealed that Yura was his pawn; Yura reported killing eight targets and helped the group pass through Sunagakure’s disabled Sensory Barrier.
• Deidara sent explosive birds toward Sunagakure and detonated them, plunging the village into chaos as nearly thirty Anbu confronted the group and accused Yura of betrayal.
• The Scorpion poisoned and overwhelmed the Anbu, while Hidan killed an attacker and Kakuzu used black threads and fire to finish off the remaining shinobi.
• The Scorpion killed the last surviving defender, and Deidara flew off as a larger emergency response force approached.

Akatsuki attacked Sunagakure, where Shin’s squad fought Deidara, Kakuzu, Hidan, and Sasori at the village entrance. While the battle drew attention outside, Pain Deva Path reached the Kazekage Building and began killing the elders who had voted to surrender Shukaku.

• Deidara attacked Sunagakure’s defenders with explosive clay, while Shin’s squad identified the clay’s properties and tried to counter it with Wind Release.
• Kakuzu killed a Sunagakure shinobi, and Hidan used his ritual to kill another through their linked injuries before Sasori crushed Hidan and Deidara blasted his remains apart.
• The Animal Path summoned the Six Paths of Pain inside Sunagakure, and Pain Deva Path headed for the Kazekage Building.
• Eight Sunagakure leaders voted to hand Shukaku over, dismissing Gaara’s life and the village’s loss of its Tailed Beast.
• Pain Deva Path confronted the leaders, condemned their decision, and began slaughtering them in the Conference Room.

The Six Paths of Pain attacked Sunagakure, killing Kankuro and forcing Gaara to confront his hatred while choosing to protect the village. Pain then withdrew to pursue Chiyo and Ebizo, while Akatsuki’s other members waited outside Sunagakure under orders to retreat.

• Aiba’s attacks were absorbed or countered until Gaara arrived and saved him with a sand sphere.
• Gaara told Pain that his mother’s power was meant to protect, then defended himself and the others from the Six Paths of Pain.
• The Human Path attacked Kankuro, and the Preta Path absorbed Temari’s Wind Release after she retaliated.
• Gaara sent Temari away, and Aiba chose to stay and fight beside him; Pain then revealed that the three defectors were targeting Gaara and withdrew toward Chiyo and Ebizo.
• Gaara and Aiba pursued Pain, while Deidara, Hidan, Sasori, and Kakuzu discussed their mission outside Sunagakure and faced the village’s giant crossbows.

Chiyo and Ebizo fought Deva Path Pain and the Six Paths of Pain, but their strongest puppet technique was overwhelmed by Pain’s power. As Pain approached the injured elders, Sasori appeared at the entrance, revealing himself as the one who had come to kill his grandmother.

• Chiyo and Ebizo pretended not to notice the Six Paths of Pain entering, then attacked them with traps and poison gas.
• Chiyo and Ebizo summoned their puppets and fought the Six Paths of Pain, but Preta Path absorbed the Chakra from two puppets.
• Chiyo and Ebizo used Three Treasures Suction Crush against Preta Path, but Deva Path Pain overwhelmed it with Shinra Tensei and destroyed the three linked puppets.
• Chiyo and Ebizo were badly injured, and they recognized the Six Paths’ eyes as the Rinnegan after Pain confirmed he had defeated Hanzo.
• Deva Path Pain sensed someone approaching, and Sasori emerged with Hiruko, telling Chiyo he had come to show her his eternal art.

Pain's attack on Sunagakure was disrupted by Chiyo, Ebizo, Minato, Ōnoki, and Uchiha Yun, forcing the Six Paths of Pain and Akatsuki to withdraw. The chapter left Hidan, Deidara, and Kakuzu considering another attack after Pain warned them that Yun was in the village.

• Sasori revealed that he had turned himself into a puppet and joined Akatsuki, while Chiyo and Ebizo confronted him and the Six Paths of Pain.
• Chiyo briefly sealed Pain and Sasori with the Lion Closing Roar, but Preta Path absorbed the sealing chakra, and Human Path killed Ebizo after reading his memories.
• Minato rescued Chiyo from Pain, while Ōnoki destroyed Asura Path with Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique.
• Yun sealed the Three-Headed Dog and used Amaterasu to burn Animal Path's other summoned beasts, but let Animal Path escape.
• Nagato ordered the Six Paths of Pain to retreat as the village's reinforcements arrived, and Pain warned Hidan, Deidara, and Kakuzu that Yun was in Sunagakure.

After the Akatsuki withdrew from Sunagakure, the Five Kage gathered to assess the attack and realized Uzumaki Sora was pursuing another objective. Masked Obito ambushed Gaara, and the chapter ended with Gaara vowing to protect the village despite being wounded.

• Deva Path Pain and the Akatsuki withdrew from Sunagakure after their attack, while Pain reflected on the operation’s goals and the chance to weaken the village’s Hawk Faction.
• Rasa met with Minato, Ōnoki, Terumi Mei, Darui, and Yun to discuss Sunagakure’s losses, the Akatsuki’s abilities, and their defensive response.
• Terumi Mei and Darui noticed that Uzumaki Sora had not joined the attack, and Yun realized that two Akatsuki members were heading for Gaara.
• At the hideout, Gaara learned that Chiyo was gravely injured and Ebizo had died, then admitted responsibility for Yashamaru’s death and said he wanted the village to accept him.
• Masked Obito appeared and attacked Gaara, using his intangibility and Wood Release to break Gaara’s defenses.
• Gaara declared that he would protect Sunagakure as Obito mocked his wish to defend a village that had once shunned him.