Chapter Summaries

Jiogan saw that Kushina and the Nine-Tails had become friends, then loosened the seal so Kurama could experience the outside world through Kushina. The chapter left Kurama able to observe what Kushina saw.

• At dinner, Jiraiya praised Minato's performance, while Jiogan asked him to relay a warning about the village higher-ups to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Jiogan learned from Jiraiya that Orochimaru had been conducting secret experiments in his laboratory.
• Jiogan trained Kushina in the Spirit Gathering Array and noted that she was progressing in her cultivation.
• Jiogan entered the sealing space and found Kushina and the Nine-Tails getting along well.
• Jiogan altered the seal, allowing the Nine-Tails to see the world through Kushina's perspective.

Jiogan trained Kushina in Water Release and Nine-Tails Chakra control, pushing her to meet demanding goals while promising to take her traveling if she succeeded. After a week of practice and sparring, Kushina met his requirements for Water Wall and Water Cannon Bullet, while Minato was away on a mission with Jiraiya in the Land of Hot Water.

• Jiogan persuaded the Nine-Tails to help Kushina learn to control up to two tails’ worth of its Chakra and set Kushina a year of demanding training goals.
• Jiogan taught Kushina how to use Origin Power and natural water elements, and she quickly learned the basics of Water Wall and Water Cannon Bullet.
• Jiogan required Kushina to refine both techniques over the next week, and she met his standards through daily practice and nighttime cultivation.
• Jiogan made his clone spar with Kushina, and her combat ability improved rapidly as she recovered from their fights.
• Minato traveled on a mission with Jiraiya and two teammates to the Land of Hot Water, where they planned to visit its famous hot springs.

Jiogan trained Kushina to fight more strategically, then took her on a week-long trip where she learned Nine-Tails Chakra Mode. Back in Konoha, Kushina and Minato sparred, and Minato deliberately let her win to avoid hurting her.

• Jiraiya, Minato, and the others were blacklisted by a hot spring inn after Jiraiya was caught peeking into the women's bath.
• Jiogan trained Kushina against his clone until she reached Chunin level and earned a promised week of exploration.
• Jiogan took Kushina to the southeastern Land of Fire, where she practiced Nine-Tails Chakra Mode with the Nine-Tails' help.
• After returning to Konoha, Jiogan asked Minato and Kushina to spar but forbade Kushina from using Nine-Tails Chakra Mode.
• Kushina used Water Release and close combat to pressure Minato, who deliberately let her knock him down and punch him.

Jiogan put Minato and Kushina through a race and a team battle, then secretly comforted Minato after enforcing his no-dinner punishment. Later that night, Jiogan sensed Madara Uchiha in Konoha and confronted him at Naka Shrine.

• Jiogan made Minato and Kushina race to the Forest of Death, where Kushina narrowly won after tripping past the finish line.
• Jiogan explained that Flying Thunder God required Space-time talent and could only be learned by exchanging mission merits for it from the Scroll of Seals.
• Minato and Kushina defeated Jiogan's Chunin clone through teamwork, showing they fought together at the pinnacle of Chunin.
• Jiogan took Minato and Kushina to Ichiraku Ramen, then sent Minato home with a sealed scroll that revealed a bowl of seafood ramen and a note telling him to eat and rest.
• Jiogan sensed Madara Uchiha in Konoha, told Feiyun to protect Kushina, and went to meet Madara at Naka Shrine.

At Naka Shrine, Madara Uchiha revealed his account of the Sage of Six Paths, the Rinnegan, and his plan to use Jiogan to revive him and impose peace through Infinite Tsukuyomi. Jiogan rejected Madara’s vision and said he only wanted to protect himself and those close to him.

• Madara Uchiha led Jiogan into a hidden chamber beneath Naka Shrine to show him the Sage of Six Paths’ stone tablet.
• Madara explained the Uchiha’s Sharingan, the Eternal Mangekyo, and how combining its power with Wood Release could awaken the Rinnegan.
• Madara admitted that he had awakened the Rinnegan, transplanted his eyes into a vessel, and wanted Jiogan to protect that vessel and revive him after his death.
• Jiogan challenged Madara’s claim that becoming the new Sage of Six Paths would bring true peace, and Madara revealed that he intended to use Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Jiogan refused to pursue Madara’s version of peace and said he only wanted to protect those around him.

Jiogan met Madara Uchiha, refused to decide immediately, and agreed to answer him at the Valley of the End the next night. After discovering and destroying Madara's White Zetsu Spores, Jiogan prepared for their battle and warned his allies, leaving for the Valley of the End at midnight.

• Madara Uchiha offered Jiogan a place in his plans, and Jiogan asked for time to consider before agreeing to meet him at the Valley of the End the next night.
• After Jiogan left Naka Shrine, Madara Uchiha told Black Zetsu that he had planted White Zetsu Spores on Jiogan and planned to kill him regardless of his answer.
• Jiogan contacted Feiyun, examined his body, and froze and destroyed seven White Zetsu Spores before making preparations at the Konoha Spirit Gathering Array.
• Jiogan warned Jiraiya and Tsunade that he would fight Madara Uchiha at midnight and asked them to protect Minato, Kushina, and Feiyun if he did not return.
• Jiogan contacted Feiyun again and told him to make every possible preparation for the battle at the Valley of the End.

Jiogan confronted Madara Uchiha at the Valley of the End while Konoha prepared for possible trouble and Tsunade protected Kushina. After an even Taijutsu duel, Jiogan countered Madara’s Great Fire Annihilation with a massive Water Release, and Orochimaru and Jiraiya arrived as the battle continued.

• Jiogan told Hiruzen Sarutobi he would face Madara, while Hiruzen arranged Konoha’s defenses and Tsunade and Feiyun stayed with Kushina.
• Orochimaru and Jiraiya led teams toward the Valley of the End as Anbu placed Konoha on high alert and Shimura Danzō’s Root watched the Uchiha Clan.
• Jiogan and Madara met at midnight atop the statues, discussed Madara’s battle with Hashirama, and began fighting.
• Jiogan and Madara exchanged hundreds of Taijutsu moves without either gaining an advantage, while Black and White Zetsu watched.
• Madara used Great Fire Annihilation, but Jiogan blocked it with a Water Wall and sent a towering wave toward him.
• Madara dodged Jiogan’s wave, and Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and their teams arrived after witnessing the clash of Fire and Water Release.

Madara Uchiha unveiled a powerful Complete Body Susanoo and fought Jiogan’s Water Giant in a battle that devastated the Valley of the End. As their clash intensified, Kurama warned Kushina that Jiogan was at a disadvantage, but Tsunade and Feiyun kept Kushina and Minato at Jiogan’s estate as the battle reached its climax.

• Madara Uchiha formed a fully armored Susanoo far larger than the one he had used before, and Jiogan answered with an enormous Water Giant.
• Jiogan’s Water Giant traded attacks with the Susanoo, was thrown to the ground, then charged back and knocked Madara’s Susanoo backward.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi sensed the fierce battle from Konoha, while Kurama recognized Madara Uchiha’s Chakra and warned Kushina that Jiogan was weaker.
• Kushina rushed to Tsunade and Feiyun, but they told her and Minato to stay at the estate as Jiraiya and Orochimaru supported Jiogan.
• Jiogan used Water Release through the Water Giant while Madara’s Susanoo drew a Samurai Sword, and the battle destroyed the Valley of the End’s terrain and statues.

Jiogan used his Ice-Water Mixture and Mysterious Ice Seal to trap Madara Uchiha and his Complete Body Susanoo in ice, but Madara escaped with Izanagi. The chapter ended with Jiogan shattering the seal and Madara facing him in a weakened Susanoo.

• Jiogan armored his Water Giant with ice, seized Susanoo's Chakra Blade, and pierced Susanoo's defenses.
• Madara Uchiha expanded Susanoo to six arms and overwhelmed the Water Giant, while Orochimaru and Jiraiya argued over whether to intervene.
• Jiogan grabbed Susanoo and used Mysterious Ice Seal to freeze Madara and his Susanoo inside a massive ice sculpture.
• Madara Uchiha escaped the seal with Izanagi, losing one Sharingan and reappearing with a smaller Susanoo.
• Madara's Chakra Blade failed to damage the ice sculpture, and Jiogan shattered it into countless fragments.

Jiogan and Madara Uchiha fought on as Jiogan’s Water Giant weakened, until Jiogan trapped Madara and unleashed a vast explosion. The blast devastated the battlefield and shook Konoha, while Orochimaru and Jiraiya survived the aftershock and headed back toward the battlefield.

• Madara Uchiha overwhelmed Jiogan’s Water Giant, which shrank each time it reformed, forcing Jiogan to attack from a distance.
• After ten minutes, Jiogan pretended to be exhausted and let Susanoo pierce him with a blade that sealed his ability to use Flying Thunder God.
• Jiogan revealed that he would take Madara Uchiha down with him and transformed Origin Power into Steam Power, expanding the Water Giant into a massive explosion.
• The explosion annihilated everything within thirty kilometers, struck Konoha with an earthquake, and made the energy signatures of Jiogan and Madara Uchiha vanish.
• Orochimaru and Jiraiya’s team survived the aftershock inside a giant snake, then decided to return to the battlefield.

After a massive explosion, Madara Uchiha survived by using Izanagi, but Jiogan could not be found and was presumed dead. Feiyun learned she was pregnant with Jiogan’s child and resolved to protect the baby.

• Madara Uchiha used Izanagi to survive the explosion, then left with White Zetsu while Black Zetsu believed Jiogan had been eliminated.
• Orochimaru and Jiraiya searched the crater for Jiogan and Madara Uchiha, but found no trace of either.
• Orochimaru reported that Jiogan and Madara Uchiha were missing and suspected dead, and Hiruzen Sarutobi sent more squads to continue the search.
• Jiogan’s family and friends grieved when his disappearance was confirmed as death three days later.
• Tsunade discovered that Feiyun was pregnant and arranged for her care at Konoha Hospital.
• After waking, Feiyun learned she was pregnant and vowed to protect her child, while keeping her knowledge of Jiogan’s safeguard to herself.

After Jiogan’s presumed death, Konoha mourned him while Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade returned to their old paths. Jiogan secretly visited the pregnant Feiyun and told her to keep his survival hidden while protecting Kushina.

• Konoha held a crowded funeral for Jiogan, and Feiyun placed his kimono and Half Hokage Sleeve in his coffin.
• Jiraiya lay awake thinking about Jiogan’s battle, Orochimaru vowed to escape death, and Tsunade drank herself into a sobbing stupor.
• Feiyun remembered Jiogan’s plan to fake his death and confirmed that the contingencies he had left for her and Kushina remained unchanged.
• Jiogan secretly appeared in Feiyun’s room, comforted her, and learned that she was carrying their child.
• Jiogan asked Feiyun to conceal that he was alive, focus on her pregnancy, and keep Kushina at their home under her protection.

Jiogan told Feiyun how he and Madara Uchiha each faked their deaths at the Valley of the End, then planned to build strength in Kirigakure for their eventual confrontation. He secretly met Kurama and asked him to help Kushina master Nine-Tails Chakra Mode while keeping Jiogan’s survival secret.

• Jiogan explained that Madara Uchiha had used Izanagi and spare Sharingan to survive their battle, while Jiogan escaped with Flying Thunder God and left a clone to fight.
• Jiogan told Feiyun he would travel to Kirigakure to launch a coup and seek the Three-Tails and Six-Tails, and asked her to care for his family.
• Jiogan entered Kushina’s sealing space and revealed to Kurama that both he and Madara Uchiha were alive and that Madara intended to revive the Ten-Tails.
• Jiogan asked Kurama to help Kushina master Nine-Tails Chakra Mode and promised to find a way to free him after Madara’s threat was resolved.
• Kurama agreed to keep Jiogan’s survival secret, and Jiogan left the sealing space, tucked in Kushina’s blanket, and vanished.

Jiogan visited Minato in secret, revealed that Madara Uchiha was alive, and tasked Minato with helping Kushina grow stronger while keeping Jiogan’s survival secret. After leaving Minato, Jiogan found Tsunade drunk and unconscious, moved her to a couch, and fled when she murmured that she missed him.

• Jiogan woke Minato and told him that Madara Uchiha had survived their fight, so Jiogan had to remain hidden to protect his friends and build his strength.
• Jiogan ordered Minato to keep his survival secret from everyone, including Kushina, Jiraiya, and Tsunade.
• Jiogan asked Minato to train Kushina in the Tai Chi Water Profound Technique and Water Release, and to learn Sealing Jutsu from her.
• Jiogan told Minato to follow Jiraiya’s arrangements after the Chunin Exam and earn the Flying Thunder God Technique scroll, promising to guide his training.
• Jiogan found Tsunade drunk and unconscious at the Senju Clan compound, moved her onto a couch, and teleported away when she murmured that she missed him.

Jiogan secretly returned to the Land of Water and took the identity Yuki Hyouba with help from Yuki Hyouga. After learning that Karatachi Yagura would become the Three-Tails Jinchuriki, Jiogan declared that he would change Kirigakure.

• Jiogan reinforced Concentric Island and created a Spirit Gathering Array as his hidden training ground in Kirigakure.
• Yuki Hyouga mourned Jiogan's reported death and worried that the Yuki Clan would have to lie low.
• Jiogan appeared before Yuki Hyouga, revealed he was alive under a new identity, and asked for a legal Kirigakure identity.
• Yuki Hyouga agreed to register Jiogan as Yuki Hyouba and briefed him on Kirigakure's situation, including Karatachi Yagura's coming Three-Tails sealing.
• Yuki Hyouga warned that Karatachi Yagura's rise would strengthen the Mizukage faction and threaten the ninja clans.
• Jiogan rejected Yuki Hyouga's cautious approach and declared that he would bring change to Kirigakure.

Jiogan used his return to the Yuki Clan to put his plan into motion, arranging for Yuki Hyouga and Yuki Sora to meet the Third Mizukage. He killed the Third Mizukage and Karatachi Yagura with his Mysterious Ice Seal, then left clones to impersonate them.

• Jiogan officially returned to the Yuki Clan as Yuki Hyouba and instructed Yuki Hyouga to align the clan with the Mizukage faction.
• Yuki Hyouga learned that the Third Mizukage had arranged a private meeting at the Karatachi Clan compound and brought only Yuki Sora.
• At the meeting, the Third Mizukage discussed Jiogan's death and welcomed Yuki Sora's pledge of obedience.
• Jiogan entered the room, froze Karatachi Yagura and the Third Mizukage with his Mysterious Ice Seal, and shattered their bodies into fragments.
• Jiogan created clones disguised as the Third Mizukage and Karatachi Yagura, then greeted Yuki Sora.

Jiogan established himself as the Third Mizukage, secretly directing the Yuki Clan while taking control of Kirigakure’s forces. After consolidating power, he began transforming the village by abolishing its old policies and changing the Ninja Academy system.

• Jiogan told Yuki Hyouga and Yuki Sora to remain the Yuki Clan’s public leaders and follow his instructions in secret.
• Jiogan declared that he would take the Third Mizukage’s place and gradually bring Kirigakure’s forces under his control.
• Over the next half month, Jiogan’s clones seized the former Third Mizukage’s faction while his real body trained in the Yuki Clan compound.
• Jiogan visited Konoha, spent time with Feiyun, and saw that Kushina was allowed to train outside her compound despite restrictions on leaving the village.
• Jiogan convened Kirigakure’s clan representatives and passed a proposal to end the old policies, prioritize recovery, and strengthen foreign relations with over seventy percent support.
• Jiogan overruled objections and passed a second proposal requiring clan children aged six to attend a six-year Ninja Academy, with early graduation generally forbidden.

Jiogan pushed Kirigakure’s reforms forward and planned a joint Chunin Exam to prove the village’s openness to the other nations. He began visiting Kirigakure’s clans, arriving at the Kaguya Clan with Karatachi Yagura and Yuki Sora.

• Jiogan warned Suikazan Fuguki, Jinin Akebino, and other former Mizukage loyalists after they objected to his reforms.
• Jiogan ordered Yuki Hyouga to secretly investigate obstacles to the port-opening policy and proposed holding a Joint Chunin Exam in Konoha.
• Jiogan arranged visits to the Kaguya, Hozuki, and Terumi Clans to learn their intentions and unite the clans behind his policies.
• Jiogan, Karatachi Yagura, and Yuki Sora arrived at the Kaguya Clan, where Kaguya Ling welcomed them and served them lunch.

Jiogan visited the Kaguya and Hozuki Clans to discuss his reforms and secure their support, then the Terumi Clan worried that his visits were meant to investigate its hidden strength. The Terumi leaders prepared to receive him, and were surprised when he arrived alone.

• Jiogan assured Kaguya Ling that he was not seeking to conscript the Kaguya Clan and explained how the six-year Ninja Academy system would help Kirigakure recover; Ling pledged the clan's support for both reforms.
• The next day, Jiogan visited the Hozuki Clan and gained its understanding and support for the reforms.
• Miho Terumi, Terumi Kyu, and Terumi Hong discussed Jiogan's visits and feared he was secretly investigating the clans, especially their own.
• Miho ordered the Terumi Clan to receive Jiogan respectfully and relied on Genji-sama's support, but the three leaders spent the night sleepless.
• Jiogan arrived at the Terumi Clan the next day, surprising them by coming alone.

Jiogan visited the Terumi Clan and explained how his reforms would help Kirigakure recover before asking Mei Terumi to become his disciple. He revealed that his Water Release had grown stronger and offered to teach her Water Release while leaving her Kekkei Genkai training to her clan, awaiting her answer.

• Jiogan visited the Terumi Clan and asked Miho Terumi to bring Mei Terumi to meet him.
• Mei Terumi said she favored the six-year Ninja Academy system, and Jiogan used her answer to explain why older graduates would be more likely to survive missions.
• Jiogan admitted that he had abandoned his harmful internal-strife policy and said his reforms aimed to restore Kirigakure by gathering resources and shinobi.
• Jiogan praised Mei Terumi's talent and asked her to become his disciple, making Miho Terumi wary that her Kekkei Genkai might be exposed.
• Jiogan revealed that he had advanced his Water Release and offered to teach Mei Terumi while her clan continued training her Kekkei Genkai.