Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Kō fought Uzumaki Menma and the Nine Masked Beasts in Shikkotsu Forest, using powerful techniques to defeat the beasts and withstand Menma’s strongest attack. After the Great Spiraling Ring was crushed by Super Shinra Tensei, Menma and the Nine-Tails recognized Kō as an extraordinary opponent.

• Uzumaki Menma ordered the Nine Masked Beasts to stand down and charged Uchiha Kō with a Blood Jade Rasengan, but Kō evaded it with Flying Thunder God and struck Menma with a Rasengan.
• San and Wa interrupted Kō’s attack, so Kō summoned the True Several Thousand Hands and crushed the Nine Masked Beasts beneath its arms.
• Menma used the Black Nine-Tails’ chakra to fight the wooden Buddha, but the other Nine Masked Beasts were suppressed and killed.
• Menma hurled a black-red Rasenshuriken at Kō, who countered with Susanoo and a barrage of weapons.
• Menma launched his Great Spiraling Ring at Kō, Tsunade, and Katsuyu Sage, and Kō used Super Shinra Tensei to withstand and destroy it after a three-minute clash.

Uchiha Kō challenged Heavenly Dao’s control over destiny and offered Uzumaki Menma a place in the fight against it. Menma returned to his own world, while Kō resolved to thwart Heavenly Dao’s attempt to use him to destroy Shikkotsu Forest and escape his karmic debt.

• Uzumaki Menma recalled how Heavenly Dao had forced him to accept defeat, then appointed him one of the Four Great Protectors without a curse mark.
• Uchiha Kō told Uzumaki Menma that Heavenly Dao had stolen his destiny and urged him to reject its control.
• Uchiha Kō revealed his Human Dao power and used the Chixiao Sword to shatter Heavenly Dao’s avatar eye in the sky.
• Uchiha Kō invited Uzumaki Menma to join his crusade, but Menma hesitated over his parents and returned to his world.
• Uchiha Kō realized Heavenly Dao had sent Menma to destroy Shikkotsu Forest and avoid repaying its karmic debt, so he planned to keep Menma alive and turn him against Heavenly Dao.

Uchiha Kō helped Tsunade gain another chance to learn Shikkotsu Forest’s Senjutsu, and she mastered Perfect Sage Mode. The Katsuyu Sage urged them to return to the Ninja World, where Uchiha Kō’s role as Lord of the Human Dao could make its stability crucial to the coming final battle.

• Uchiha Kō released Uzumaki Menma, while Heavenly Dao’s representative continued his plans after losing Menma as a pawn.
• Uchiha Kō urged the Katsuyu Sage to reassess Tsunade’s abilities, explaining that her Sage Body had awakened and her strength and talent had improved.
• The Katsuyu Sage tested Tsunade and guided her through Shikkotsu Forest’s sage chakra circulation as Uchiha Kō watched over her and studied his new powers.
• After a month of practice, Tsunade mastered Perfect Sage Mode and thanked Uchiha Kō for helping her get a second chance.
• The Katsuyu Sage advised Uchiha Kō and Tsunade to return to the Ninja World, and Uchiha Kō promised to repay her kindness.

Katsuyu Sage, the White Snake Sage, and the Great Toad Sage agreed to join Uchiha Kō’s Human Dao camp against the Heavenly Dao, with Tsunade becoming Shikkotsu Forest’s inheritor. Gamamaru regretted failing to secure a connection to Uchiha Kō’s family and, after summoning Jiraiya, seized on Namikaze Minato as a possible opportunity.

• Katsuyu Sage sent Uchiha Kō and Tsunade back from Shikkotsu Forest, then met with the White Snake Sage and Gamamaru to discuss the Heavenly Dao’s attack on the Three Great Sage Regions.
• The White Snake Sage pledged Ryūchi Cave’s support to Uchiha Kō, and Gamamaru announced that all of Mount Myoboku would join the Human Dao camp.
• Katsuyu Sage revealed that Tsunade would inherit Shikkotsu Forest’s Sage Mode and that the forest would also support Uchiha Kō.
• Gamamaru regretted overlooking Tsunade’s connection to Uchiha Kō, while the White Snake Sage rewarded Manda by offering to personally teach it Senjutsu.
• Gamamaru summoned Jiraiya and asked about Uchiha Kō’s close companions; after hearing about Uchiha Rou, he became interested when Jiraiya mentioned Namikaze Minato.

Uchiha Kō and Tsunade secretly watched Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Rou before Ōtsutsuki Isshiki revealed himself and attacked them. Itachi and Rou resisted, but Isshiki’s shrinking and storage abilities overwhelmed their techniques.

• Uchiha Kō and Tsunade secretly listened as Uchiha Rou and Uchiha Itachi wondered why the Land of Rain had summoned Kage-level representatives and discussed the shifting balance of the Ninja World.
• Uchiha Itachi comforted Uchiha Rou, while Uchiha Kō grew angry at their embrace and Tsunade calmed him with a kiss.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki appeared before Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Rou, offered Itachi power and immortality, and demanded their submission.
• Uchiha Itachi refused Isshiki’s offer and warned him that Uchiha Kō would kill him, but Isshiki claimed he could fight Kō to a draw and attacked.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki shrank Itachi’s Totsuka Blade and pierced his Susanoo with a black rod, then shrank and sealed Rou’s six flying swords, causing her to spit blood.

Uchiha Kō arrived at the battlefield and severed Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s left arm with a Flying Thunder God Slash, stopping Isshiki’s attempt to dominate the meeting. Tsunade treated Uchiha Rou while Itachi and the others faced Isshiki, and Rou became curious about her mother’s Sage Mode markings.

• Uchiha Rou explained that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki could shrink and seal away nonliving attacks, while Nagato revealed that Isshiki’s black tattoos were making him lose control of his body.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki tried to persuade Uchiha Rou and Uchiha Itachi to submit, boasting that Konoha would remain the ruler of the Ninja World.
• Uchiha Kō used the Flying Thunder God Technique to appear before Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and cut off his left arm with the Chixiao Sword, which Isshiki could not shrink.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki restored his arm and warily faced Uchiha Kō as Tsunade joined Uchiha Itachi’s Susanoo to tend to Uchiha Rou.
• Tsunade used her Shikkotsu Forest Sage Mode to heal Uchiha Rou, who then asked how she could get the markings on her mother’s face.

Tsunade healed Uchiha Itachi and warned him to avoid using chakra while he recovered. In the sky, Uchiha Kō defeated Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s attempt to control Nagato and sealed the space around Isshiki, leaving him unable to escape through his portal.

• Tsunade taught Uchiha Rou that she would help her learn Sage Mode, then healed Uchiha Itachi and ordered him to rest without using chakra for two weeks.
• The four division representatives watched Uchiha Kō and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki face off as the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist cheered for Uchiha Kō.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki used Karma to control Nagato and make him cast Chibaku Tensei, but Uchiha Kō split its black core with Space Severing.
• Uchiha Kō summoned Black Impermanence and White Impermanence, and Black Impermanence extracted Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s Karma from Nagato.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki opened a portal to flee, but Uchiha Kō used Space Lockdown, trapping him nearby when he emerged.

Uchiha Kō forced Ōtsutsuki Isshiki to hand over one-third of a map connected to Ōtsutsuki Shibai, then freed him and turned to Konoha’s political affairs. After asking Nagato about Konan and Yahiko, Kō went to Tsunade and embraced her in front of the children.

• Uchiha Kō used his space-sealing ability and Chixiao to corner Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, then demanded his piece of the map in exchange for his life.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki handed Uchiha Kō the parchment map piece, and Kō let him leave after warning him not to threaten peace in the Ninja World.
• Uchiha Kō realized he still needed the one-third map held by Otsutsuki Kaguya to find Ōtsutsuki Shibai and learn the truth about the war against Heaven.
• Uchiha Kō asked Nagato about Konan and Yahiko, and Nagato explained that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had imprisoned them after Nagato threatened to kill himself rather than let them be harmed.
• Uchiha Kō told Nagato to contact the other four divisions for a meeting, then embraced Tsunade, who protested that the children were watching.

Uchiha Kō reunited with Tsunade and Uchiha Rou, then restored Konoha’s confidence after driving off Ōtsutsuki Isshiki. As the divisions reacted to his return, Darui’s Cloud Division discussed how to approach Konoha.

• Uchiha Kō told Uchiha Rou that Tsunade had rushed to help her, and the family set off to inspect Rou’s hotel.
• Uchiha Itachi called Nara Rokumei and reported that Uchiha Kō had returned and repelled Ōtsutsuki Isshiki with one sword strike.
• Nara Rokumei celebrated Kō’s return and welcomed his plan to convene a meeting in the Land of Rain.
• Sasori of the Red Sands, Deidara of the Rock District, and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist Division reflected on Kō’s overwhelming strength, while Suikazan Fuguki pledged the Mist Division’s support for Konoha.
• Darui asked the Cloud Division what they thought of Kō’s return, and Samui urged them to stay close to Konoha for its strength, policies, and technology.

Samui and Darui decided the Cloud Division should accept Konoha’s proposals, while Darui privately mourned Kumogakure’s lost power and hoped for a future opportunity. At the hotel, Uchiha Kō prepared for negotiations, bringing Uchiha Itachi along to learn and leaving Tsunade with their daughter.

• Samui urged the Cloud Division leaders to admit defeat and comply with Uchiha Kō, and Darui agreed that they should support Konoha’s proposals.
• After the others left, Darui grieved Kumogakure’s decline but resolved to keep living in case an opportunity arose.
• Uchiha Kō inspected the hotel and learned that Uchiha Itachi had found and disabled three listening devices marked Made in Konoha.
• Tsunade chose to stay with their daughter and suggested that Uchiha Itachi accompany Uchiha Kō to the meeting.
• Uchiha Kō assigned Uchiha Itachi to protect him during the negotiations and told him to prepare for their departure in thirty minutes.

Uchiha Kō confronted the gathered division representatives about alleged plans to restore their hidden villages, and Suikazan Fuguki defended the Mist Division by presenting himself as loyal to Konoha. The meeting ended with Fuguki handing Uchiha Kō a list of people suspected of disloyalty, leaving the other representatives anxious and furious at his betrayal.

• Uchiha Kō entered the conference room with Uchiha Itachi and demanded that the representatives explain who wanted to destabilize the Ninja World and restore their divisions as hidden villages.
• Uchiha Kō questioned the Mist Division about why its representatives had rushed to the meeting, and Suikazan Fuguki claimed they had come to expose treacherous intentions.
• Deidara and Darui accused Suikazan Fuguki of lying, while the other representatives joined in denouncing the Mist Division.
• Suikazan Fuguki called for order in the name of respecting Uchiha Kō, and Uchiha Kō told the representatives to continue arguing before insisting on evidence.
• Suikazan Fuguki gave Uchiha Kō a list of representatives and others who had expressed dissatisfaction, leaving the gathered ninjas afraid their names might be included.

Uchiha Kō scrutinized the Mist Division’s list of alleged disloyal ninjas and gave the other divisions a chance to defend themselves. Sasori of the Red Sands, Deidara, and Darui each affirmed their divisions’ loyalty, leaving the tense gathering laughing at Darui’s brief declaration.

• Uchiha Kō doubted the Mist Division’s list and withheld judgment while he watched the representatives’ reactions.
• Sasori of the Red Sands challenged the list, declared the Sand Division loyal to Konoha, and credited Uchiha Kō with helping the division prosper.
• Deidara said the Rock District followed Konoha’s lead, explaining that Lord Tsuchikage had told him to adapt and obey the headquarters.
• Under pressure from Uchiha Kō and the other representatives, Darui finally bowed and said, “Me too,” prompting the hall to erupt in laughter.

At a conference, Uchiha Kō burned a list of suspected traitors, blamed their incitement on Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, and used the threat of the Ōtsutsuki clan to rally the Ninja World behind him. He left the meeting poised to consider Samui’s invitation to visit Kumogakure.

• Darui pledged that the Cloud Division would follow Uchiha Kō and obey his decisions, earning Uchiha Kō’s approval.
• Uchiha Kō burned the list of accused ninjas and claimed Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had incited them, while Uchiha Itachi explained the Ōtsutsuki clan’s power.
• The ninjas reacted with fear and discussed seeking help from powerful leaders, while Darui chose to rely on Konoha.
• Uchiha Kō silenced the room and challenged the gathered ninjas to stop arguing and focus on fighting the Ōtsutsuki clan.
• Samui pretended to stumble toward Uchiha Kō, but he avoided her and said he had a wife; she then clarified that she was inviting him to Kumogakure.
• Uchiha Kō said he would discuss Samui’s invitation after the meeting, leaving the gathered ninjas wondering whether he would visit Kumogakure.

Uchiha Kō promised the Ninja World’s representatives that he would support them if the Ōtsutsuki attacked, while using the gathering to strengthen his standing. After the factions departed, he privately questioned Uchiha Itachi about what he had inferred from Suikazan Fuguki’s words.

• Uchiha Kō promised to come to the representatives’ aid and urged them to unite rather than fight, while Sasori of the Red Sands left to return to Sunagakure and Deidara chased after him.
• Darui departed to handle Cloud Division work, while Suikazan Fuguki prepared to leave with the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.
• Uchiha Itachi asked Suikazan Fuguki about the Watermelon Gang and Mist Gang, and Uchiha Kō challenged Suikazan Fuguki to explain them.
• Suikazan Fuguki dismissed the gangs as slander, then warned Jinin Akebino and Kisame to obey Senju Tobirama and avoid undermining unity.
• Uchiha Kō sealed off himself and Uchiha Itachi, then asked what Itachi had understood from the conversation; Itachi concluded that Suikazan Fuguki and his associates were forming a faction for personal gain.

Uchiha Kō returned home with Tsunade, Uchiha Rou, and Uchiha Itachi, then welcomed Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Karin, who had cleaned the villa while they were away. As everyone gathered for tea, Kō offered the children a reward, but Sasuke and Karin declined, and Tsunade’s arrival snapped Kō out of his jealousy over Rou’s attention to Itachi.

• Uchiha Kō explained to Uchiha Itachi that Kirigakure’s local factions represented the interests of its residents and that Suikazan Fuguki was a puppet of the village’s elders.
• Uchiha Kō took Uchiha Itachi to meet Tsunade and Uchiha Rou, then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to bring them all back to his villa.
• Uchiha Kō found that Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Karin had cleaned the villa while the family was away, and welcomed them inside.
• Uchiha Kō offered Sasuke and Karin a reward for their help, but both declined, so the family settled down to drink tea prepared by Uchiha Rou.
• Uchiha Kō grew jealous when Uchiha Rou served Uchiha Itachi first, then greeted Tsunade sweetly when she came out of the kitchen and caught his attention.

Uchiha Kō tested Uchiha Itachi’s aptitude for the Flying Thunder God Technique, then learned from Namikaze Minato that Konoha had split over his month-long absence. He returned to find civilian representatives demanding a temporary Hokage and an assistant, and entered their tense meeting.

• Uchiha Rou and Uzumaki Karin distracted Uchiha Kō with praise, allowing Uzumaki Karin to lead Second Pillar away to train.
• Uchiha Kō taught Uchiha Itachi the basic Flying Thunder God mark and gave him a week to create his own mark.
• Namikaze Minato told Uchiha Kō that Konoha had divided between clans supporting him and civilians calling for a temporary leader.
• Nara Rokumei heard civilian representatives demand a Hokage assistant and a civilian Hokage to manage Konoha while Uchiha Kō was away.
• Hatake Sakumo drew White Fang as a figure appeared at the conference room door.

Uchiha Kō returned to a meeting where civilian representatives were pushing to seize power and crushed their challenge, then exposed a plot to use Jiuhe Fengxian as a scapegoat. The suspected conspirator and Jiuhe Fengxian both self-destructed before they could reveal the mastermind, leaving Uchiha Kō to order an investigation of their remains.

• Uchiha Kō entered the meeting with Namikaze Minato and struck the civilian representative after he insulted Namikaze Minato.
• Uchiha Kō took the Hokage's seat and had Nara Rokumei explain the civilian representatives' demand for a share of power.
• Uchiha Kō questioned Jiuhe Fengxian, while he and Nara Rokumei staged a good-cop, bad-cop act to make him reveal who had instructed him.
• Jiuhe Fengxian exploded before he could name the mastermind, and a ninja in the corner also self-destructed after Uchiha Kō's Chixiao Sword stopped his escape.
• Hizashi Hyuga recognized that both men had been killed by a restriction, while the civilian ninjas feared Uchiha Kō had killed them.
• Uchiha Kō ordered Jiuhe Fengxian given a proper burial and told Inoichi to see whether memories could be extracted from the two corpses.

Uchiha Kō ended the civilian ninja dispute and revealed that an outside force was trying to destabilize Konoha, then assigned Hatake Sakumo to investigate threats tied to Ōtsutsuki Isshiki. Isshiki returned to the Fire Temple determined to obtain the God Tree’s fruit so he could travel into the past and erase Uchiha Kō.

• Uchiha Kō dismissed the meeting after Jiuhe Fengxian’s death and ordered that his family be treated properly.
• Uchiha Kō told Nara Rokumei and Hatake Sakumo that someone was manipulating the conflict to throw Konoha into chaos, and Nara Rokumei left to investigate.
• Uchiha Kō told Hatake Sakumo about Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and assigned him to monitor nations, villages, the Fire Temple, and any news of Jigen.
• Hatake Sakumo accepted the covert mission as Hokage and left to direct the Anbu.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki returned to the Fire Temple as Jigen, learned that the matter had been exposed, and resolved to obtain the God Tree’s fruit so he could travel back in time and erase Uchiha Kō.

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki planned to recover before attacking Iwagakure, while Deidara and Sasori fought over their conflicting ideas of art. Uchiha Kō arrived on the moon to visit Otsutsuki Kaguya, leaving her startled when she recognized him.

• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki ordered the Fire Temple closed while he recuperated, intending to attack Iwagakure once he had regained his strength.
• Deidara challenged Sasori after Sasori insulted his art, and the two fought with Explosive Clay and a hundred Puppets.
• Deidara threatened to use his trump card, so Sasori recalled his Puppets and left; afterward, he collapsed to recover chakra as Sunagakure Ninja guarded him.
• Uzumaki Nagato watched the battle from the sky and recorded it for his surveillance of the villages’ strongest fighters.
• Uchiha Kō traveled to the moon, brushed off Otsutsuki Toneri, and went to Otsutsuki Kaguya’s palace.
• Otsutsuki Kaguya read Icha Icha Paradise until she sensed Uchiha Kō’s chakra, then froze when he entered her room.

Uchiha Kō obtained Otsutsuki Kaguya’s map and combined it with the other two maps, revealing a chakra remnant of Uchiha Hirotomo. Hirotomo answered Kō’s questions about the campaign against Heaven and confirmed he could not be resurrected.

• Uchiha Kō visited Otsutsuki Kaguya and asked for her one-third of the map, which she readily gave him.
• Uchiha Kō returned to the Ninja World, briefly reunited with Tsunade, then sealed his study and brought out all three maps.
• The three maps glowed and joined into one, and Uchiha Hirotomo’s chakra remnant appeared from the section he had made.
• Uchiha Kō asked Hirotomo about the outcome of his future campaign against Heaven, and Hirotomo said it would depend on Kō’s choices.
• Hirotomo told Kō to follow his heart and avoid regrets, then shook his head when Kō asked whether he could be resurrected.