Chapter Summaries

Uesugi Shinji and Uchiha Itachi clashed, and Itachi used the Totsuka Blade’s soul-sealing power to destroy Shinji’s ice crystal giant and put him in mortal danger. Shinji countered with Soul-Suppressing Rashomon as Itachi pressed his attack.

• Uchiha Itachi slashed through the ice crystal giant’s arm, but Uesugi Shinji blocked the Totsuka Blade with Senjutsu: Senki Rashomon.
• Uchiha Itachi activated Drunken Dream Impermanence, and the Totsuka Blade’s rainbow light bypassed the gate and drew out the ice crystal giant’s spiritual consciousness.
• Uesugi Shinji escaped the sealing strike with the Body Flicker Technique and realized he had lost control of the giant.
• Uchiha Itachi attacked Shinji again with the Totsuka Blade’s rainbow light, covering a wide area.
• Uesugi Shinji summoned Senjutsu: Soul-Suppressing Rashomon, whose blood-weeping demon face made Uchiha Itachi’s mind reel.

Uesugi Shinji fought Uchiha Itachi and revealed that their exchanges had been a test of Itachi’s abilities. He ended the testing with a swift, flame-wreathed attack that carved a massive gash into Susanoo, leaving him standing before Itachi.

• Uchiha Itachi recognized Soul-Suppressing Rashomon as a barrier made from Ice Release and Yin Release, but the Totsuka Blade’s attack cracked it and put Uesugi Shinji at a disadvantage.
• Uesugi Shinji created the Ice Emperor Sword wreathed in Ghost Burning Flame and charged up Susanoo’s left side, avoiding the Totsuka Blade.
• Uchiha Itachi used red bone spikes and Amaterasu to hold Uesugi Shinji back, but the effort strained his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Uchiha Itachi realized Uesugi Shinji had been testing him, and Uesugi Shinji said the testing was over.
• Uesugi Shinji transformed into a flame-wreathed streak with Sage Art: Sharp-Tailed Swift, cut through the bone spikes, and carved a massive gash into Susanoo’s left side.

Uesugi Shinji overwhelmed Uchiha Itachi with relentless attacks, forcing him to rely on the Totsuka Blade and Yata Mirror. Shinji sent Itachi flying with a powerful kick and caught up with him before he could recover.

• Uchiha Itachi dispelled his Susanoo and used the Totsuka Blade and Yata Mirror as he and Uesugi Shinji fell toward the ground.
• Uesugi Shinji drove Itachi into a rising ice pillar with Sage Art: Dragon-Ascending Pillar, but Itachi cut through it with Heavenly Feather-Cutting.
• Uesugi Shinji surrounded Itachi with ice pillars and unleashed Sage Art: Instantaneous Cold Extremity Formation, while the Yata Mirror dispelled the freezing rings.
• Uchiha Itachi tried to counterattack with Heavenly Feather-Cutting, but Uesugi Shinji dodged and swept him away with a kick that broke three ribs.
• Uesugi Shinji used the Body Flicker Technique to catch up with the injured Uchiha Itachi before he could recover.

As Uchiha Itachi lay close to defeat, the Sage of Six Paths’ will awakened within him and reminded him that he had to protect Sasuke and Konoha. Itachi unleashed a fate-altering Mangekyō technique that began consuming his own existence as it targeted Uesugi Shinji.

• Itachi, badly wounded and nearly out of chakra, believed Uesugi Shinji was about to kill him.
• The Sage of Six Paths’ spiritual will urged Itachi to continue as Sasuke’s guardian and protect Konoha.
• Itachi regained his resolve, and Shinji sensed a mysterious power around him that seemed to transcend time and space.
• Itachi awakened the full power of his Mangekyō Sharingan and invoked Dainichi-no-Mikoto, Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto, and Divine Fate Sealing.
• Black Amaterasu flames rose around Itachi as the technique consumed his fate, threatening to erase him and Shinji together.

Uchiha Itachi trapped Uesugi Shinji in his Divine Fate Sealing technique and revealed that he intended to erase Shinji from the world using the power of fate. Elsewhere, Sasuke, Naruto, Jiraiya, and the Great Toad Sage sensed an ominous disturbance, and the chapter ended with Shinji confronting the threat inside Itachi’s strange world.

• Sasuke felt uneasy on the front lines in the Land of Wind and worried about Itachi, unaware that their last meeting had already passed.
• Naruto and Jiraiya stopped training at Mount Myoboku and turned toward the Land of Birds, while Naruto voiced a bad feeling.
• Jiraiya continued training Naruto in Senjutsu and argued with him about leaving Mount Myoboku to search for Sasuke.
• The Great Toad Sage sensed that someone capable of breaking fate’s shackles had appeared in the world.
• Uesugi Shinji found himself trapped in a realm of light and darkness created by Itachi’s Divine Fate Sealing technique.
• Uchiha Itachi told Uesugi Shinji that he would use the power of fate to erase him from the world.

Uesugi Shinji survived Uchiha Itachi’s Mangekyō Sharingan technique after realizing his otherworldly soul placed him outside the Shinobi World’s fate. Itachi died after sending his eyes and final message toward Konoha, while Shinji turned his attention to Nagato and the remaining Tailed Beasts.

• Uesugi Shinji watched visions of the Shinobi World’s history and noticed that great upheavals were shaped by pairs of powerful figures.
• Uchiha Itachi discovered that his technique could not erase Uesugi Shinji from history, and Shinji understood that his soul from another world made him immune.
• Uchiha Itachi used his remaining strength to send a Crow clone carrying his Mangekyō Sharingan and information toward Konoha.
• Uchiha Itachi told Uesugi Shinji that Konoha would produce someone capable of defeating him, then died as Amaterasu consumed his body.
• Uesugi Shinji left, hoping Nagato would gather the remaining Tailed Beasts.

Uchiha Itachi’s final message showed Uchiha Shisui how Uesugi Shinji defeated him and warned that Shinji could grow even stronger, prompting Shisui to ask how he could be stopped. Meanwhile, Namikaze Minato’s effort to rally the other villages failed, and the Akatsuki captured nearly all the Tailed Beasts, leaving only the Nine-Tails.

• Three days after Uchiha Itachi’s death, his crow clone used Tsukuyomi to show Uchiha Shisui a recording of Itachi’s battle with Uesugi Shinji.
• Uchiha Itachi warned Uchiha Shisui that Uesugi Shinji was studying chakra fusion and had an arrangement with the Akatsuki, then said he had come to discuss how to defeat him.
• Namikaze Minato sent sealed warnings to Tsuchikage Ōnoki, Raikage A, and Terumi Mei, but Ōnoki and A suspected a Konoha scheme and did not respond.
• Nagato led the Akatsuki in capturing the Two-Tails, Three-Tails, Four-Tails, Five-Tails, Six-Tails, Seven-Tails, and Eight-Tails over the following months.
• The Akatsuki completed most of its Tailed Beast collection, with only the Nine-Tails remaining.

The Akatsuki extracted the captured Tailed Beasts and planned an assault on Konoha to seize the Nine-Tails. Pain excluded Uesugi Shinji from the operation, leaving Shinji free to pursue preparations of his own.

• Pain praised the Akatsuki members for capturing the Tailed Beasts, and Deidara and Hidan mocked Kakuzu before Pain promised him compensation.
• The Akatsuki spent several days extracting the beasts, with Uesugi Shinji receiving one-tenth of each beast's Chakra.
• Obito urged Pain to act before the great villages could unite, and Pain announced an operation to destroy Konoha while leaving Azure Dragon, White Tiger, and Zetsu out.
• Sasori questioned why Uesugi Shinji was excluded, but Pain said Shinji had already contributed enough and did not seem interested.
• Uesugi Shinji accepted his exclusion, while Pain revealed faint three-Tomoe patterns in his Rinnegan and Shinji thought about his own plans for the Nine Tailed Beasts.

At Itachi’s memorial, Uchiha Inabi urged Uchiha Fugaku to seize control of Konoha, then revealed his alliance with Danzo and Obito Uchiha. Obito confronted Fugaku and claimed he would take his Mangekyō Sharingan, while Inabi left believing the Uchiha Clan would soon rule Konoha.

• Uchiha Fugaku mourned Itachi at the clan shrine as Uchiha Inabi accused Konoha’s leadership of arranging Itachi’s death.
• Uchiha Inabi proposed that the Uchiha Clan take control of Konoha, but Uchiha Fugaku rejected the idea and warned him not to spread it.
• Uchiha Inabi mocked Uchiha Fugaku, and Danzo entered the shrine with Obito Uchiha, who had secretly brought Inabi and Danzo into an alliance.
• Uchiha Fugaku activated his Mangekyō Sharingan and condemned Uchiha Inabi for colluding with outsiders.
• Obito Uchiha told Uchiha Fugaku he would take his Mangekyō Sharingan, and Uchiha Inabi left the shrine excited about the Uchiha Clan ruling Konoha.

Namikaze Minato and Kakashi planned to withdraw Konoha’s forces and seek an alliance against the Ninjutsu Sect Office and Akatsuki after Uchiha Itachi’s death. Meanwhile, Akatsuki prepared a surprise attack on Konoha with help from Uchiha Inabi’s inside contact, and Pain ordered the assault to begin.

• Uchiha Inabi told Namikaze Minato that Uchiha Fugaku was ill and arranged for others to take over his duties temporarily.
• Namikaze Minato ordered Kakashi to pull Konoha’s forces back and avoid clashes, especially with the Ninjutsu Sect Office.
• Namikaze Minato explained that Itachi’s dying advice was to withdraw and said he was trying to unite the other Three Great Shinobi Villages against the Ninjutsu Sect Office and Akatsuki.
• Pain led the Six Paths of Pain, Sasori, Deidara, Hidan, and Kakuzu above Kage Rock, concealed inside the Animal Path’s transparent Chameleon Summoning Beast.
• Uchiha Inabi’s contact told Pain that the Military Police Force guards had been withdrawn and no Uchiha shinobi would appear on the battlefield.
• Pain fixed his gaze on the Hokage Building and ordered Akatsuki to attack.

Akatsuki launched a coordinated attack on Konoha, and Namikaze Minato confronted the Six Paths of Pain while Kakashi took command of the village's defenses. Pain summoned beasts to support the attackers and challenged Minato as the battle for Konoha began.

• Deidara detonated explosives across Konoha as Kakuzu, Hidan, Deidara, and Sasori rushed toward different parts of the village.
• Shiranui Genma reported that Akatsuki had attacked and that the Uchiha-run Military Police Force was missing from Konoha's defenses.
• Namikaze Minato entrusted Kakashi with command of the battle and teleported to intercept the Six Paths of Pain.
• Namikaze Minato recognized the six enemies' Rinnegan and rejected Deva Path Pain's demand to surrender and hand over the other Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Animal Path summoned enormous beasts around Konoha, and Deva Path Pain challenged Namikaze Minato while Akatsuki's attack continued.

Haku, Lu, and Yuan carried out Uesugi Shinji’s secret mission in Konoha during the Akatsuki attack, with Haku heading for the Scroll of Sealing and the others waiting for a chance to seize the Nine-Tails. Meanwhile, Kushina confronted Kakuzu and Hidan and trapped them in the Four Red Yang Formation, revealing a power that left them shaken.

• Haku, Lu, and Yuan watched the Akatsuki attack from a hidden barrier, and Haku left to search the unattended Hokage Building for the Scroll of Sealing.
• Lu and Yuan stayed behind to wait for an opportunity to take the Nine-Tails or some of its chakra for Uesugi Shinji.
• Kakashi intercepted Deidara, Hiruzen Sarutobi confronted Sasori, and Kakuzu and Hidan found Kushina Uzumaki.
• Hidan charged Kushina and was sent flying back, while Kushina trapped him and Kakuzu inside the Four Red Yang Formation.
• Kushina advanced with eight golden chains as Kakuzu and Hidan sensed the Nine-Tails’ presence behind her and realized they had underestimated her.

Kushina overwhelmed Kakuzu and Hidan with her Adamantine Sealing Chains and Nine-Tails chakra, leaving the Akatsuki fighters near defeat. Lu and Yuan debated intervening but decided to wait for another possible Akatsuki trump card.

• Kushina used her Adamantine Sealing Chains to keep Hidan away while Kakuzu sent Earth Grudge Fear clones to attack her with Lava Release and Steam Release.
• Kushina blocked the clones’ attacks with her Eight Trigrams Crystal Shield and drew on the Nine-Tails’ chakra, silencing it with sealing talismans.
• Kushina’s empowered chains cornered Kakuzu and Hidan, leaving Kakuzu with only one heart and pinning Hidan in pieces so he could no longer fight.
• Obito and Zetsu watched Kushina’s strength in shock, while Lu and Yuan worried that she could ruin the Akatsuki’s plan to capture the Nine-Tails.
• Yuan suggested that they intervene, but Lu chose to wait in case the Akatsuki still had another trump card.

Kakashi fought Deidara and tried to stop him from detonating himself over Konoha. Just as Deidara unleashed his ultimate technique, Namikaze Minato and Obito Uchiha appeared beside him.

• Kakashi used Lightning Release to counter Deidara's clay bombs and demanded that Deidara surrender and reveal Azure Dragon's whereabouts.
• Deidara rejected Kakashi's offer, tore open his chest, and exposed a heart covered in black markings.
• Kakashi charged Deidara and severed both his arms, but Deidara completed the preparation for his self-destruction technique.
• Deidara activated C0, creating a massive silhouette above Konoha that threatened to destroy the village's central area.
• Namikaze Minato and Obito Uchiha appeared beside Deidara using the Flying Thunder God Technique and Kamui.

Minato teleported Deidara’s self-destructive explosion away from Konoha, but Obito wounded him while he was performing the technique. As Pain and the revived Six Paths joined the battle, Minato recognized that Nagato was controlling them from elsewhere.

• Minato used the Flying Thunder God Formation to transport Deidara and the explosion to a deserted wasteland, while Obito struck him with Wood Release.
• Kakashi cut Obito’s wooden spike and caught the badly injured Minato before he fell.
• Nagato’s Six Paths of Pain returned to the battlefield, worsening Konoha’s situation.
• Pain offered to spare Konoha if Minato surrendered, but Minato refused and the Konoha Ninja rallied around him.
• Pain called Minato his junior, and Minato realized that Nagato was remotely controlling the six bodies.

Pain revealed that a stronger enemy controlled the Six Paths, then summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to attack Konoha. Kushina healed Minato by transferring her life force, and the chapter ended with Lu and Yuan staring in shock at the towering statue.

• Pain boasted that his Six Paths of Pain could defeat Konoha, while Minato warned that the village still had powerful fighters.
• Kushina arrived after defeating Hidan and Kakuzu, then used Life Transfer to heal Minato by giving him some of her life force.
• Nagato decided to summon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path after Minato recovered and the Akatsuki's position worsened.
• Pain unleashed a surge of chakra and summoned the enormous statue in Konoha, stunning Lu and Yuan.

Sasori overwhelmed the Third Hokage with chakra amplified by his two Kazekage Human Puppets, while the Third Hokage recognized the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path as the Ten-Tails' husk. The Third Hokage narrowly protected himself from Sasori's Iron Sand assault, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Sasori fought the Third Hokage while the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path loomed over Konoha.
• The Third Hokage recognized the statue as the legendary husk of the Ten-Tails.
• Sasori and his two Kazekage Human Puppets used Gasha Resonance to triple the power of his ninjutsu.
• The Third Hokage's Earth Dragon Flame Flow was smothered by Sasori's combined Gold Dust and Iron Sand.
• Sasori trapped the Third Hokage in Iron Sand World Method, but the Hokage formed an Adamantine Prison Wall to defend himself.

Jiraiya arrived in Konoha and rescued the Third from Sasori’s Iron Sand Barrier, but Sasori emerged unharmed and prepared to unleash three new creations. The battle remained unresolved as Jiraiya recognized something about the scrolls.

• Jiraiya arrived in Sage Mode and knocked aside the Gold Dust arrows aimed at the trapped Third.
• Jiraiya used Sage Art: Goemon with Shima and Fukasaku, melting the Iron Sand and Gold Dust and breaking the prison so the Third could escape.
• Jiraiya and the Third briefly reflected on students surpassing their teachers before Sasori emerged unharmed with his two Kazekage Human Puppets.
• Sasori revealed three scrolls marked “Steam,” “Melting,” and “Foam,” and undid their seals as Jiraiya recognized something about them.

Pain unleashed the eight captured Tailed Beasts against Konoha, and Namikaze Minato, Kushina Uzumaki, and their allies moved to stop them. As the battle began, Minato activated his perfected Sage Art: Flying Thunder God Light Seal and prepared to face Nagato.

• Pain summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and released the eight Tailed Beasts it had captured.
• Namikaze Minato ordered the Konoha Ninja to evacuate the villagers and assigned Kakashi to fight the masked man.
• Namikaze Minato summoned Gamabunta, Gamaken, and Gamahiro to hold back the One-Tail, Two-Tails, and Three-Tails.
• Kushina Uzumaki used her golden chains to restrain five Tailed Beasts while keeping three chains in reserve.
• Namikaze Minato activated Sage Art: Flying Thunder God Light Seal and challenged Nagato.

Namikaze Minato overwhelmed Pain’s Six Paths with his teleportation and Flying Thunder God Slash, destroying three puppets. Nagato then redirected his attack toward Kushina with the Phantom Dragon Nine Consuming Seal.

• Pain used Shinra Tensei to defend against Minato’s sudden attack, then relied on the Human Path’s sensory barrier to locate him.
• Pain pulled Minato toward him with Banshō Ten'in, but Minato teleported away and evaded the Asura Path’s missile barrage.
• Minato used Flying Thunder God Slash to cut the Animal Path, Naraka Path, and Asura Path in half while the other three puppets dodged.
• Lu asked Yuan whether they should use the Reverse Summoning Technique to summon their teacher, but Yuan urged her to wait and see if Minato’s power would fade.
• Nagato shifted his attack toward Kushina and unleashed the Phantom Dragon Nine Consuming Seal through the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.