Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Sou reviewed reports from Angkor Fortress and directed new precautions and training while Amado advanced experiments on spatial adaptation and considered provoking events to test hidden forces. Meanwhile, Akatsuki expanded its operations, and its members prepared for the Tailed Beast Collection Plan.

• Uchiha Sou ordered Shisui to document an ancient seal in the Land of Lightning without disturbing it and told Xiyue to maintain passive warnings at the Land of Water sites.
• Uchiha Sou arranged for Hikari and other young people to join Angkor Fortress patrols under Hatake Sakumo’s instruction.
• Amado achieved partial success with vessel K-42’s spatial sensitivity and improved resistance to certain genjutsu and energy interference, then considered activating a contingency plan involving Akatsuki.
• Itachi Uchiha and Orochimaru completed a cleanup mission at the Sanzu River Black Market, and Itachi noticed Orochimaru collecting tissue from several victims.
• Deidara tested his new C3 Signature Move explosives in a remote valley, while Pain assigned Akatsuki members new intelligence-gathering and recruitment tasks.

Uchiha Rukyo tracked Root’s growing surveillance of Sasuke and gathered reports about an expanding organization and unrest in Kirigakure, while Amado set a covert test of Akatsuki in motion. Sou studied the Sacred Remains and ancient spatial techniques, concluding that he needed more information and faster growth as forces across the Ninja World prepared for coming conflicts.

• Root’s surveillance recorded Second Pillar’s growing strength and isolation, while Naruto struggled with the Clone Technique and Sakura focused on improving herself.
• Uchiha Rukyo noticed Root’s intensified watch over Sasuke, encrypted intelligence about a growing organization and brewing upheaval in Kirigakure, and sent it through an ancient earring.
• Black Zetsu sensed that the apparent calm was suspicious and decided to increase its observation of Akatsuki and Konoha’s children.
• Amado arranged for altered intelligence carrying traceable spatial-marker particles to reach an intermediary connected to Akatsuki, using an upcoming mission near the Land of Rain to gather data.
• Sou analyzed Shisui’s sealing diagram, sensed the Sacred Remains within his spiral seal, and resolved to seek more information and grow faster.

Uchiha Sou connected ancient ruins to spatial distortions and detected a faint echo from the southeastern sea, while Kara, Akatsuki, and Black Zetsu set plans in motion around a trap in the Land of Rivers. The chapter leaves Amado’s devices counting down toward activation at Godfall Valley, where an ancient matrix had begun to glow more brightly.

• Uchiha Sou matched ancient seal nodes with spatial distortion frequencies, mapped a possible network across the Ninja World, and ordered alerts after his chest seal sensed an echo toward the southeastern sea.
• Amado planted spatial markers in a merchant’s vault and prepared three simulated spatial-disturbance devices at Godfall Valley for a field test of K-42.
• Pain sent Deidara and Sasori to rob the Land of Rivers vault, while considering involving Orochimaru in Akatsuki’s contingency plan.
• Uchiha Rukyo watched Danzo train Sasuke as a weapon, learned of Kirigakure’s upheaval and Akatsuki’s westward movement, and planned to investigate reports about the Land of Rivers.
• Black Zetsu identified the danger posed by Amado’s experiment and sent a duplicate to Godfall Valley to intensify the disturbance with Yin–Yang Release Chakra.
• At Godfall Valley, thirty-nine hours and forty-seven minutes remained until the devices activated, and a crack in the ancient matrix began to glow more brightly.

Deidara and Sasori prepared to infiltrate a merchant’s vault while Amado monitored their operation and adjusted his experiments at Godfall Valley, where unexplained energy pulses were beginning to stir ancient formations. As Uchiha Sou and Rukyo independently investigated spatial anomalies tied to the valley, several factions moved closer to uncovering its secrets.

• Deidara and Sasori scouted the vault and planted clay spiders at its load-bearing points while Amado’s insect observed them and waited for the safe’s marker particles to activate.
• Amado detected rising spatial disturbances at Godfall Valley, delayed his generators’ activation by six hours, and ordered a disguised reconnaissance team to investigate.
• Uchiha Sou received reports of an unusual spatial ripple at sea and faint spatial Chakra traces near his fortress, then sent Shisui to investigate and activated the Weaver protocol.
• A stone matrix deep beneath Godfall Valley began faintly pulsing in response to the generators, while Black Zetsu’s clone watched from a crevice.
• Uchiha Rukyo found reports of strange sounds, tremors, and lost time near Godfall Valley, then persuaded Vulture to seek relevant archive records for her.

Deidara and Sasori broke into a merchant’s vault while Amado secretly tracked them with spatial markers, and intelligence about Godfall Valley revealed growing signs of an ancient activation. As the valley’s energy intensified and Black Zetsu’s clone went deeper to investigate, Konan received Itachi’s warning of a possible ambush.

• Deidara and Sasori surveyed the merchant’s vault and planted clay spiders while Amado monitored them through a reconnaissance insect.
• Black Zetsu sensed the Godfall Valley ruins pulsing faster as Kara operative Medicine Man monitored unusual readings nearby.
• Liu Jing borrowed Eagle’s records and learned Godfall Valley had a history of spacetime disturbances, environmental genjutsu, and recent energy fluctuations.
• Zhi Li reported that Kara-linked purchases and star-map carvings might connect to Godfall Valley, prompting Uchiha Sou to raise the alert level.
• Deidara and Sasori entered the vault and activated Amado’s spatial markers while opening the safe for Kakuzu’s requested documents.
• Konan received Itachi’s warning to prepare for an ambush as the valley’s generators resonated with the stone matrix and Black Zetsu’s clone descended into the fissure.

Deidara and Sasori stole a mysterious crystal from a decoy vault, unknowingly activating Amado’s tracking beacon as disturbances gathered around Godfall Valley. As Sou and Rukyo uncovered signs of ancient spatial activity and Danzō’s involvement, Black Zetsu triggered the valley’s ancient matrix just as its first disturbance generator activated.

• Deidara subdued the vault guards while Sasori opened the vault, where they found a glowing crystal and a note from Kara instead of the secret ledger.
• Sasori and Deidara took the crystal and fled as Amado activated a tracking link and increased one of the Godfall Valley generators’ output.
• Sou learned that Shisui had found an ancient underwater pyramid and a preserved corpse with Otsutsuki-like Chakra near a suspected astral anchor.
• Rukyo received Eagle’s warning that Danzō had encrypted the Godfall Valley files and that Root was investigating reports of severe spatial-temporal distortions.
• Kara’s reconnaissance team withdrew from Godfall Valley as its disturbances intensified, while Black Zetsu infused an ancient matrix with Yin–Yang Release Chakra.
• The first disturbance generator activated, and the ancient matrix began responding as the valley’s spatial disturbance formed.

Deidara and Sasori discovered that the crystal was a spatial beacon planted by Kara and fought off a team sent to capture them and gather combat data. They escaped with the crystal, while an unnatural glow over Godfall Valley suggested that a larger event was unfolding.

• Sasori identified the crystal as a spatial beacon and concluded that Kara had lured them into taking it.
• Seven Kara operatives attacked Deidara and Sasori with electromagnetic weapons, spatial suppression, and sound-wave disruptors.
• Deidara unleashed C4 Karura while Sasori revealed his true form and overwhelmed the attackers with three hundred puppets.
• The Kara leader destroyed the team's recording device and self-destructed, leaving no body behind.
• Sasori and Deidara escaped with the crystal, and Sasori warned that something was awakening near Godfall Valley.

Amado’s experiment opened a spatial rift at Godfall Valley, while Black Zetsu planned to draw Akatsuki and Uchiha Sou toward it. After connecting Kara’s actions, Isshiki’s preserved body, and Danzo’s old experiments, Sou prepared for war and headed to the valley as Jigen revealed his plan to turn the world into a God Tree nursery.

• Root members investigated the battle site and reported an unknown energy anomaly near Godfall Valley to Konoha.
• Amado confirmed that the Godfall Valley rift had opened, and Black Zetsu resolved to lure Obito, Nagato, and Uchiha Sou to it.
• Sou identified the corpse in Shisui’s report as Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and learned from Rukyo that Danzo had concealed an earlier space-time anomaly at Godfall Valley.
• Sou ordered the fortress to full readiness, crushed an imitation Wedge, and vanished toward Godfall Valley using spatial movement.
• Across the Ninja World, leaders sensed the disturbance as Jigen watched Sou’s movements and declared his intention to make the planet a God Tree nursery.

Uchiha Sou and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki recovered from their clash while their factions prepared for a prolonged struggle over the Wedge. Akatsuki’s Pain advanced on Godfall Valley, unaware that Kara was manipulating their mission, as both sides counted down to a possible confrontation in forty-nine days.

• Uchiha Sou used a replica Wedge to resist Isshiki’s attempt to claim him as a vessel and began recovering in Angkor Fortress.
• Uchiha Rukyo told Sou that Kara had breached the undersea pyramid’s barriers and that Pain was leading Akatsuki to Godfall Valley; Sou ordered the Uchiha forces to withdraw from non-core strongholds.
• Amado reported that Sou’s replica Wedge was adapting and that Isshiki’s seal would collapse in forty-nine days, matching Sou’s expected recovery period.
• Isshiki ordered Kara to extend the Godfall Valley opening and use Black Zetsu to guide Akatsuki toward Kaguya Clan ruins, while putting the plan to convert Sou into a vessel on hold.
• Pain and Konan prepared to explore the rift, while Sou’s Uchiha forces and Kara made preparations for a wider conflict during the two leaders’ recovery.

Three years after the Godfall Valley incident, Sasuke, Naruto, Sakura, and their classmates took the Ninja Academy graduation tests while Rukyo watched Sasuke’s continued training under Root. At Angkor Fortress, Sou received troubling news about Yagura’s awakening and Kirigakure’s secret activity, and ordered surveillance intensified as the wider threat continued to gather.

• Sasuke defeated his taijutsu opponent in the graduation tests, and Hinata defeated Naruto by sealing his Chakra points with Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms.
• Rukyo observed the tests and reflected on Sasuke’s harsh Root training, Naruto’s leaking Nine-Tails seal, and Danzo’s increasingly secretive operations.
• Sou’s research team reconstructed an ancient star route map and identified Godfall Valley and the chamber beneath Naka Shrine as major nodes; Sou also confirmed that the pyramid held an Otsutsuki corpse and a warning about sleepers and an unfinished fruit.
• Hikari told Sou that Kirigakure had abolished the Blood Mist Policy, that Yagura had awakened after three years with changed behavior, and that hidden teams were searching ancient ruins.
• Sou ordered Xiyue to intensify surveillance of Kirigakure and told Shisui’s team to leave the pyramid; he also discussed Sasuke’s likely assignment to Kakashi after graduation and chose to keep observing.

Three years later, Amado sent Kara to investigate Burial Sand Valley as signs of Isshiki's return grew, while Nagato dispatched Sasori and Deidara to the same region. An ancient anchor point on an island near the Land of Waves began to awaken, setting the stage for the factions' first direct clash.

• Amado reviewed Kara's advances in vessel research and, with Isshiki's will reviving, chose Burial Sand Valley for a reconnaissance mission to search for Sacred Remains.
• Amado noted that Akatsuki had been investigating ancient ruins and spatial technology, while Kara's attempts to approach Angkor Fortress had failed.
• Nagato considered the dark-blue crystal's link to spatial order and the Otsutsuki, then learned that unidentified people were heading toward Burial Sand Valley.
• Nagato ordered Sasori and Deidara to investigate Burial Sand Valley without revealing Akatsuki's true objective.
• A dark-blue anchor point beneath an island near the Land of Waves began to awaken.

Uzumaki Naruto graduated from the Ninja Academy and learned that the Nine-Tails was sealed inside him after Mizuki tricked him into stealing the Book of Seals. Naruto used the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique to confront Mizuki, while Iruka arrived to protect him; Mizuki threatened to kill them both.

• Uzumaki Naruto graduated and was assigned to Team 7 with Haruno Sakura and Second Pillar, under Hatake Kakashi.
• Iruka reassured Naruto that he believed Naruto could become Hokage, while a hidden observer watched from the shadows.
• Mizuki told Naruto that the Nine-Tails was sealed inside him and persuaded him to steal the Book of Seals.
• Naruto learned the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique and created more than a hundred clones before Mizuki found him and demanded the scroll.
• Iruka shielded Naruto from Mizuki's attacks, and Mizuki threatened to kill them both after Iruka refused to abandon Naruto.

Kakashi introduced Team Seven and announced an early-morning test that would determine whether they stayed out of the Ninja Academy. Sasuke received a scroll from Fuma Sayo, while Iruka encouraged Naruto and helped him prepare for the test.

• Kakashi had Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke introduce themselves, then scheduled a teamwork test at Training Ground Three for five the next morning.
• Sasuke visited his family’s memorial in the Uchiha Compound, where Fuma Sayo appeared and warned him that Kakashi would judge his ability to trust his teammates.
• Sayo gave Sasuke a scroll containing the Fuma clan’s insights into the Body Flicker Technique and said she watched over him for Fugaku and Mikoto.
• Iruka bandaged Naruto’s hands, warned him about the dangers of the Shadow Clone Technique, and told him he had known about the Nine-Tails since Naruto’s first day at the Academy.
• Naruto thanked Iruka, vowed to pass Kakashi’s test, and gathered his ninja tools so he would not be late.

The Third Hokage asked Fuma Sayo to keep watch over Sasuke and gave her a token for seeking help. As Konoha’s team gathered for Kakashi’s bell test, distant threats converged on Burial Sand Valley and Sou prepared for what its hidden relic might trigger.

• The Third Hokage learned from Fuma Sayo that Root had made Sasuke’s heart empty and asked her to protect him for Konoha; he gave her a token and permission to observe Team 7’s test.
• Uchiha Sou and Hikari discussed Naruto’s growth, Danzo’s interest in Sasuke, and Kara, Sasori, and Deidara converging on Burial Sand Valley; Sou ordered Zhi Li to prepare a device in case the valley’s rumored Otsutsuki relic awakened.
• Kakashi visited the Memorial Stone and vowed to protect Team 7 with Obito’s eye.
• Naruto waited at Training Ground Three before Kakashi arrived, and Sakura and Sasuke joined them.
• Kakashi explained that Team 7 had to take his two bells before noon, warned that one person would fail, and began the test as three shuriken flew toward him.

Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke faced Kakashi’s bell test, but each failed to overcome him alone. After they teamed up, Kakashi thwarted their final assault and left them tangled on the ground as the test continued.

• Naruto waited for Kakashi, who revealed he had arrived early to observe him, then explained that the students had to take two bells before noon.
• Naruto attacked with Shadow Clones, but Kakashi used substitution and trapped him upside down in a tree after striking him with Thousand Years of Death.
• Sasuke tried to take the bells but was caught by Kakashi’s Earth Style technique, while Sakura fainted after seeing the fight and later succumbed to Kakashi’s genjutsu.
• Sasuke asked Kakashi to release him, cut Naruto free, and joined Naruto and Sakura in a coordinated attack.
• Naruto’s clones and Sasuke’s kunai forced Kakashi back while Sakura nearly reached the bells, but Kakashi launched all three students into the air and they landed in a heap.

Kakashi passed all of Team 7 after they showed they cared more about their teammates than the bells or their own lunch. As Naruto and Sasuke left the training ground on better terms, Fuma Sayo observed Sasuke while a reconnaissance hawk from Angkor Fortress flew away, and the blue light in Burial Sand Valley continued to rise.

• Naruto refused to eat a rice ball within reach because he would not eat while his teammates were left without food, and Kakashi untied him and declared Team 7 had passed.
• Kakashi explained that teamwork and caring for comrades mattered more than obtaining a bell, then told Team 7 to meet the next morning for basic D-rank missions.
• Fuma Sayo watched Sasuke react to Kakashi's words about comrades and silently left, while a high-tech ninja hawk from Angkor Fortress departed the training ground.
• Naruto thanked Sasuke for cutting his ropes, and Sasuke returned the compliment before Naruto vowed to surpass him.
• The ghostly blue pillar of light continued to surge skyward in Burial Sand Valley.

Over three years, Uchiha Sou used Reverse Cause and Effect to sever Isshiki’s will from the Wedge and absorb its Ōtsutsuki essence, growing stronger as his Mangekyō vision deteriorated. Isshiki accelerated his recovery by draining the Small Ten-Tails, and Sou prepared for the confrontation he knew was coming.

• Sou revealed that he had spent three years severing the Wedge’s causal links and absorbing the fragments of Isshiki’s essence, leaving the mark dormant and empty of Isshiki’s will.
• Isshiki reacted to losing the Wedge’s power and ordered Amado to extract more of the Small Ten-Tails’ source essence to speed his recovery.
• Amado realized Isshiki was sacrificing the Ten-Tails’ future fruit-bearing potential, while Isshiki’s recovery rose to thirty-one percent.
• Sou sensed Isshiki’s accelerated recovery and told Hikari that Isshiki would come for him to reclaim what he had lost.
• Sou estimated his current chance against Isshiki at less than thirty percent but said it was enough, and he accepted the coming fight.

Uchiha Sou fully digested Isshiki’s final essence, gaining Ōtsutsuki power and a golden mark, and Isshiki vowed to confront him in three months. As Cang prepared for that fight, Sasori and Deidara discovered a spatial anomaly in Burial Sand Valley, while Cang warned that its growing distortions could converge with events around Konoha.

• Uchiha Sou severed Isshiki’s revived will with Reverse Cause and Effect and finished absorbing the last fragment of his essence.
• Isshiki sensed that his Wedge connection had been digested, used the Small Ten-Tails’ life force to accelerate his recovery, and promised to come for Cang in three months.
• Cang answered Isshiki’s projection, explained how he had reconstructed the Ōtsutsuki essence, and accepted the three-month challenge.
• Naruto complained about Team 7’s D-rank missions while Sasuke sensed a faint disturbance from the west.
• Sasori and Deidara reached the light pillar in Burial Sand Valley, found a powerful seal and an unstable spatial fault, and stopped to observe it.
• Cang learned that the valley’s spatial fluctuations were increasing, ordered Shisui to return, and began preparing for the approaching threats.

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki learned that Uchiha Sou had digested the essence in his Wedge and resolved to confront him at Angkor Fortress in three months. He remained afraid that Sou might surpass him, while Sou stood beneath the morning light examining the golden marking on his wrist.

• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki recalled Kaguya Clan's betrayal and his thousand-year wait to revive.
• Amado reported that Sasori and Deidara were approaching the Sacred Remains beneath Burial Sand Valley and that Uchiha Sou was training at Angkor Fortress.
• Isshiki revealed that his recovery was accelerating and claimed that the essence Sou digested would ultimately yield fruit for him.
• Isshiki decided to travel to Angkor Fortress in three months, expecting to face Uchiha Sou with seventy percent of his strength.
• Isshiki vowed to make Uchiha Sou experience true fear as Sou examined the golden marking on his wrist.

Uchiha Sou gathered Angkor Fortress’s allies to plan a battle against Isshiki at Ancient Reef Island, while Isshiki prepared to attack before Sou could make further preparations. The chapter left both sides mobilizing for a confrontation that Isshiki feared might end his thousand-year struggle.

• Sou told the council that Isshiki would recover enough power to attack in roughly two and a half months and would target Angkor Fortress.
• Sou chose Ancient Reef Island as the battlefield, and Jiri agreed to build a sealing barrier there while the others divided responsibilities for the battle.
• Sou assigned Haku to keep Angkor Fortress’s intelligence network running quietly and set a three-day departure schedule for the allied forces.
• Isshiki questioned Amado about Sou’s ability to assimilate his essence and ordered Kara’s forces to depart in seven days, despite having recovered only seventy percent of his power.
• Isshiki told Amado to take responsibility for the Sacred Remains Plan if anything happened to him, then looked toward Angkor Fortress and invoked Kaguya.