Chapter Summaries

Itachi joined the Kumogakure ninja against Sasori and Deidara, quickly defeating Adaka before destroying Sasori's Hiruko puppet. As the other hidden villages arrived, Baki recognized Sasori and asked why he was there.

• Itachi and his allies attacked Sasori, and Samui warned them that his puppet concealed his body and carried poisoned weapons.
• Itachi struck Adaka for insulting the Uchiha, then defeated him after Adaka charged with his hardened body.
• Itachi fought Sasori, dodged his poison needles, and destroyed Hiruko with Crimson Flame Burst after using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Sasori emerged unharmed from the destroyed puppet and fixed Itachi with a hostile, wary gaze.
• Ninja from Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and Kirigakure arrived, and Baki recognized Sasori and asked why he was there.

Sasori and Deidara escaped toward the Jinlun Mountain Range while the gathered villages clashed over their alliances. Itachi’s team survived an ambush and found Kakashi under control near Mount Sumeru, where they prepared to bring him back by force.

• Sasori refused Baki’s plea to return to Sunagakure, and he and Deidara escaped on a clay bird after Deidara’s bombs delayed the others.
• Baki insulted Pakura, so Itachi struck him; Kitsuchi moved to defend Baki before the Cloud and Mist ninja defused the confrontation, and the Sunagakure and Iwagakure forces departed together.
• Itachi’s team followed Yukimaru’s tracking toward Mount Sumeru, then survived a deliberate landslide launched by Sunagakure and Iwagakure ninja.
• After resting and continuing their pursuit, Itachi’s team found Kakashi staggering toward a mountain with bloodred eyes.
• Kakashi attacked Hyuga Sora with kunai, Water Style, and lightning, but Itachi used the Thunder God Technique to pull Sora out of danger.
• Itachi concluded that Kakashi was being controlled and told everyone to be careful as they prepared to bring him back by force.

Itachi and the others briefly freed Kakashi from Hiruko’s control, but Hiruko recaptured him and fled toward Mount Sumeru. Itachi awakened Amaterasu to defeat Hiruko’s summons, while Sasori and Deidara confronted Hiruko and agreed to help stall the pursuing shinobi.

• Itachi, Inuzuka Hana, Yukimaru, and Hyuga Sora broke Kakashi’s Puppet Curse, but Hiruko arrived and controlled Kakashi again.
• Hiruko summoned venomous snakes and two giant saber-toothed beasts to hold off the Konoha team, then took Kakashi toward Mount Sumeru.
• Itachi awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and used Amaterasu to burn Hiruko’s summoned beasts to ash.
• Itachi led the others toward Mount Sumeru to rescue Kakashi as Hiruko arrived at his palace with him.
• Sasori and Deidara confronted Hiruko, who promised to join the Akatsuki if they helped hold off the approaching shinobi until his kekkei genkai fusion was complete.
• Sasori and Deidara went outside as forces from the Mist Village and Cloud Village arrived.

Darui and the allied ninjas battled Sasori and Deidara, who fled after Sasori poisoned Samui with iron sand. Hiruko emerged from the palace and attacked the assembled forces, leaving the battle raging on Mount Sumeru.

• Darui, Taka, and Samui attacked Sasori, while Deidara, Chojuro, and Xue Yilin fought elsewhere.
• Sasori struck the Kumogakure fighters with poisonous iron sand, injuring Samui and forcing her out of the fight.
• Sasori and Deidara escaped on Deidara's clay bird as Darui fired Storm Release: Laser Circus at them.
• Hiruko came out of the palace, declared his plan to fuse five kekkei genkai, and sent a bird to bombard the assembled ninjas with explosive feathers.
• Itachi used Flying Thunder God and Fire Style to bring down Hiruko's bird, then evaded Hiruko's bandage attacks while supporting Inuzuka Hana.
• Darui defended the injured Samui from Hiruko's attacks, suffering bleeding between his fingers as the battle continued.

Hiruko overwhelmed the gathered ninja with his stolen kekkei genkai, defeating Itachi and the others. When Genya sensed Itachi was nearly out of chakra, he crossed over a thousand kilometers to Mount Sumeru and arrived as the Fifth Hokage, though the journey left him weakened and aware of its danger.

• Hiruko used Steel Release and Swift Release to defeat Hyuga Sora, Xue Yilin, and Chojuro, while Itachi's attack failed to hit him.
• Kitsuchi and Baki chose to wait for the fighting to weaken both sides instead of rescuing Gari and Zori.
• Hiruko unleashed Dark Release, creating a huge crater; Itachi used Flying Thunder God to save Chojuro from the attack.
• Itachi tried explosive tags and Amaterasu against Hiruko, but Hiruko absorbed the black flames, hardened his neck, and knocked Itachi aside.
• Genya sensed Itachi was nearly out of chakra, crossed over a thousand kilometers to Mount Sumeru, and appeared before the defeated ninja.

Genya defeated Hiruko on Mount Sumeru, rescued the captured kekkei genkai ninjas, and treated the poisoned Samui. After Itachi confronted Kitsuchi and Baki over their attack, Genya demanded that the two kill themselves or face him, leaving the confrontation with Iwagakure and Sunagakure unresolved.

• Genya rejected Hiruko’s offer to fight and defeated him, his Heike Crab, and his other attacks before killing him with the Heavenly Marsh Spear.
• Genya checked on Itachi and the others, then treated Samui and drove the poison from her wound.
• With Hiruko dead, the captured kekkei genkai ninjas were freed from the Puppet Curse, and Kakashi apologized to Genya.
• Itachi attacked Kitsuchi and the Iwagakure group over their earlier sneak attack, and Kitsuchi accused him of risking war.
• Genya demanded that Kitsuchi and Baki slit their throats while allowing the others to leave, but the two refused and invoked their villages’ backing.

Genya slaughtered the Sunagakure and Iwagakure survivors, then used the Annular Solar Eclipse’s energy to strengthen his kekkei genkai and reveal his Perfect Susanoo. He returned toward Konoha with the other villages’ representatives, while Akatsuki learned of his power and Obito continued his mission at Kumogakure’s Thunderfall Lake.

• Genya killed Baki and Kitsuchi, then strangled the remaining Sunagakure and Iwagakure ninjas with Wood Style.
• Genya entered the pillar of light, absorbed its natural energy, and raised his Sharingan and Sage Body to Level 5.
• Genya demonstrated his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and hundred-meter Perfect Susanoo, then agreed to take the others back to Konoha.
• Genya carried the group toward Konoha in his flying Susanoo after they finished collecting data from Hiruko’s laboratory.
• At Amegakure, Sasori and Deidara reported Hiruko’s death to Deva Path, while Konan said Obito had gone to Kumogakure to seek the Lightning Dragon Vein.
• Late at night, space rippled beside Thunderfall Lake in Kumogakure.

Obito found and sealed the Lightning Dragon Vein beneath Kumogakure's Thunderfall Lake while Kisame fought Killer B and the village's ninja on shore. The Raikage arrived in time to save Mabui, leaving Kisame injured and facing the Raikage and Killer B as the lightning around the lake abruptly stopped.

• Obito and Kisame killed Kumogakure guards at Thunderfall Lake, and Obito swam down to find the Lightning Dragon Vein.
• Obito used the Nine Dragons Sealing Technique to bind the Lightning Dragon Vein and absorb it into his body.
• Killer B and Kumogakure's ninja attacked Kisame, but Kisame used Samehada to steal chakra and gained the advantage with his water jutsu.
• Kisame targeted Mabui, but the Raikage struck him, interrupted his jutsu, and left him injured.
• Kisame faced the Raikage and Killer B as the lightning surrounding the lake suddenly stopped.

Obito stole Kumogakure’s Lightning Dragon Vein, framed the Uchiha, and used its power to capture the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, Roshi. After Genya warned Kumogakure and considered attacking Amegakure, Ōnoki pushed the other Kage to form an alliance against Konoha, drawing an angry rebuke from Killer B.

• Obito defeated the Raikage, stole Kumogakure’s Lightning Dragon Vein, and escaped with Kisame while blaming the Uchiha.
• Genya returned to Konoha, ordered stronger border patrols and spy infiltration, and sent Kumogakure a letter explaining Obito’s actions and warning about the Akatsuki.
• Genya rested at home and considered going alone to Amegakure after reflecting on his strength.
• Obito and Kisame fought Roshi, used the Lightning Dragon Vein and Kisame’s Water Style to defeat him, and captured the Four-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Ōnoki convened a Four Kage Summit to rally the other villages against Konoha, and Killer B angrily rejected his accusations against Kumogakure.

Genya received Tsunade’s successful Genetic Serum experiments and gave the two doses to Might Guy and Shisui before leaving Konoha for Amegakure to confront Akatsuki. In Amegakure, Nagato learned that an intruder had entered the village and prepared to respond.

• Mei Terumi agreed to Ōnoki’s proposed alliance, and Raikage Ay also accepted it.
• Tsunade gave Genya two bottles of Genetic Serum after more than two hundred experiments showed no problems.
• Genya gave one bottle to Might Guy and the other to Shisui, then told Jiraiya to protect Konoha with Tsunade while he was away.
• Genya left Konoha for Amegakure, believing his strengthened bloodline limits gave him a chance against Nagato.
• Nagato mourned Yahiko and learned from Konan that Akatsuki had captured the Four-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Nagato sensed an intruder in Amegakure and wondered whether it was Jiraiya.

Uchiha Genya confronted Konan in Amegakure, then fought the Six Paths of Pain and demonstrated that their attacks could barely restrain him. As Pain pulled him close with Banshō Ten'in, Genya manifested his Perfect Susanoo, leaving the Deva Path stunned.

• Nagato warned Konan that Genya carried enormous chakra and said he would send Pain to help at the critical moment.
• Genya entered Amegakure, recognized Konan and exposed that he knew the Akatsuki's secrets and Pain's identity as Nagato.
• Konan attacked Genya with explosive paper, but he evaded her strikes in Lightning Armor and forced her to retreat.
• The Six Paths of Pain confronted Genya, who overpowered their summoned beasts and battered Asura Path with his strength.
• Genya entered Sage Mode and unleashed powerful attacks, but Preta Path absorbed some of his chakra and Deva Path repeatedly deflected his ninjutsu.
• Deva Path pulled Genya in with Banshō Ten'in, but Genya activated his Perfect Susanoo, which snapped the Black Receiver and shocked Pain.

Genya overpowered Pain, destroyed the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and tracked Nagato to his secret chamber. There, he found Nagato gravely weakened beside Uchiha Obito.

• Genya withstood Deva Path's Shinra Tensei and broke Chibaku Tensei with enormous Rasengan and the Heavenly Marsh Spear.
• Deva Path summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, but Genya's True Several Thousand Hands overwhelmed it and forced it to vanish.
• Genya defeated Pain's six puppets and severely injured Konan.
• Genya used Wood Release roots to locate Nagato and rushed to his secret chamber.
• Genya found Nagato barely alive beside Uchiha Obito, who wore a Tiger-Pattern Mask.

Obito stole Nagato’s Rinnegan and escaped after Genya drove him off, while Nagato died from his injuries. Konan joined Genya on the journey to Konoha to seek revenge, and the chapter ended when Jiraiya recognized her in a tavern.

• Obito took Nagato’s Rinnegan and escaped into the Kamui dimension after Genya struck him.
• Genya treated Nagato, but Nagato died after telling Konan that Obito had stolen his eyes.
• Konan laid Nagato and Yahiko to rest in their old hut, then asked Genya to help her avenge Nagato by joining Konoha.
• Genya brought Konan to Konoha in his Susanoo and took her to meet Jiraiya.
• Jiraiya saw Konan in the tavern and recognized her.

After learning that the four other great villages had secretly allied against Konoha, Genya rejected the Great Toad Sage’s request to protect the ninja world. Gamakichi then decided Genya was a threat to Mount Myōboku and ordered that he be eliminated if an opportunity arose.

• Jiraiya reunited with Konan, learned of Nagato and Yahiko’s deaths, and warned her not to harm Konoha.
• Shikaku told Genya that Kumogakure, Kirigakure, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure had secretly formed an alliance against Konoha.
• Gamakichi dreamed that the Child of the Ninja World was in Konoha and might be an Uchiha, then asked Jiraiya to bring Genya to Mount Myōboku.
• Genya refused to visit Mount Myōboku, so Gamakichi traveled to Konoha and asked him to protect the ninja world; Genya declined again.
• Gamakichi called Genya a dangerous power beyond Mount Myōboku’s control and ordered his elimination if the chance arose, while Jiraiya objected.

After the Great Toad Sage offered no instructions, Jiraiya left Mount Myōboku while Obito took charge of the Akatsuki and ordered its members to target other Jinchuriki. In Konoha, Genya tested the improvements to Shisui and Might Guy’s strength before visiting Tsunade, where their teasing turned into a struggle on her sofa.

• Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima urged Jiraiya to trust the Great Toad Sage, and Jiraiya left Mount Myōboku without any orders from Gamakichi.
• Obito confirmed that Genya had defeated Pain, stopped Hidan from leaving the Akatsuki, and claimed its leadership without opposition.
• Obito told the Akatsuki to avoid Konoha and pursue other Jinchuriki, and its members set out.
• Genya asked Shisui and Might Guy about their health, then watched them spar to assess the strength gained from his cells.
• Genya visited Tsunade after her bath, touched her cheek when she invited him, and pinned her down on the sofa when she tried to overpower him.

Genya learned that the four great hidden villages had launched a massive attack on Konoha and called its leaders together to plan a response. Shikaku reported that nearly forty thousand enemy ninja were advancing from four directions, leaving Konoha’s strength in question.

• Genya asked Tsunade to make more Genetic Serum after the first two bottles produced good results for Might Guy and Shisui.
• Sunagakure scouts infiltrated the Land of Fire, but Sarutobi Taro and Konoha Anbu ambushed and killed them; Genya’s preparations also repelled attacks along the other borders.
• Sasori and Deidara fought Isobu for most of the day, weakened the Three-Tails, and carried it away bound to Deidara’s clay bird.
• After Sarutobi Taro reported the invasions, Genya summoned Konoha’s high-ranking officials to a meeting.
• Shikaku reported that Sunagakure, Iwagakure, Kumogakure, and Kirigakure had deployed nearly forty thousand ninja against Konoha.
• Tsunade asked Shikaku how many ninja Konoha had in total.

As the four great villages launched a war against Konoha, Genya organized the village’s defenses and refused to let Naruto and Sasuke join the fighting. With the war underway, he gathered Uchiha elites at Naka Shrine and offered them a chance to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Shikaku proposed dividing Konoha’s sixteen thousand ninja into four divisions to face the invading villages and a mobile force led by Tsunade, and Genya assigned himself to the mobile force.
• Tsunade gave Genya ten newly developed bottles of Genetic Serum, and Yugito grieved that the war would pit Konoha against her homeland, Kumogakure.
• Naruto and Sasuke asked to fight for Konoha, but Genya refused because they had not graduated from ninja school or experienced war.
• Genya rallied Konoha’s gathered ninja, and the four divisions set out as the Fourth Shinobi World War began.
• Genya summoned Uchiha elites to Naka Shrine and said he could help them awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan; Yashiro volunteered to go first.

Genya and Shisui helped several Uchiha awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan, then Genya supplied them with Genetic Serum and sent them to reinforce the second division against Iwagakure. Meanwhile, Kakashi’s unit faced a sudden attack from Chiyo, who sought revenge for her children’s deaths at the hands of Kakashi’s father.

• Shisui used Kotoamatsukami to make Yashiro relive his parents’ deaths, and Yashiro awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Genya replenished Shisui’s chakra with Sage Mode chakra, and Shisui helped Yukino and other Uchiha awaken their Mangekyō; eight clansmen succeeded within two days.
• Genya gave the awakened Uchiha Genetic Serum and sent them to reinforce the second division, then persuaded Tsunade to prepare more serum by donating more blood.
• Kakashi’s unit debated destroying the guarded Nai-Sui Bridge to prevent Sunagakure from advancing across it.
• Chiyo led an elite Sand attack against Kakashi’s camp and demanded that Hatake Sakumo’s son face her, but Might Guy stepped forward and Chiyo mistook him for Kakashi.

Kakashi and Might Guy fought Chiyo and Sunagakure’s forces as the First Division faced an initial probe. Chiyo’s poison forced the Suna ninjas to withdraw, and Kakashi sent Sarutobi Taro to Konoha to request more Antidote Pills.

• Might Guy attacked Chiyo, but Aburame Shibi pulled him back while Bulei drove Shibi away with Wind Style.
• Kakashi and Might Guy fought Chiyo as Sunagakure’s ninjas joined the battle, while Shibi and Bulei clashed nearby.
• Chiyo summoned the Chikamatsu Ten Puppets, but Kakashi severed one puppet’s chakra threads and Kakashi and Might Guy destroyed several more.
• Chiyo released poisonous gas, forcing Kakashi’s unit to retreat and allowing her to withdraw with the Suna ninjas.
• Kakashi ordered Sarutobi Taro to return to Konoha and ask the Hokage to prepare more Antidote Pills for the First Division.

Fugaku’s second formation repelled Han and Iwagakure’s assault after Yashiro, Yukino, and other Uchiha arrived with their Mangekyo abilities. The chapter ended with Asuma bringing human captives to the White Snake Sage and Tagorihime asking him to procure food for her as well.

• Fugaku used Susanoo to block Han’s attack, but Han’s Partial Tailed Beast Transformation cracked Susanoo and knocked Fugaku back.
• Yashiro and Yukino joined the battle and used their Mangekyo techniques to injure Han and overwhelm Iwagakure’s supporting ninja.
• Han retreated with the surviving Iwagakure forces, and Konoha pursued them, killing dozens more and winning the initial clash.
• Asuma delivered sacks of captives to the White Snake Sage as food in Ryūchi Cave.
• Tagorihime asked Asuma to catch food for her, and he awkwardly praised her appearance.