Chapter Summaries

Asuma allied with Orochimaru and the resurrected former Konoha leaders to prepare revenge against Uchiha Genya. After Asuma demonstrated his Sage Mode by defeating Danzō in a spar, the group began gathering defectors and other resources for their planned assault.

• Orochimaru agreed to help Asuma kill Uchiha Genya in exchange for Asuma making him Hokage and granting him whatever he wanted from Konoha.
• Orochimaru used Impure World Reincarnation to summon Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shimura Danzō, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu.
• Asuma told his father about Genya becoming Hokage and urged the resurrected leaders to join him in taking revenge.
• Asuma defeated Danzō in a spar with Ryūchi Cave Sage Mode and Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation, persuading Danzō to support him.
• Orochimaru offered to recruit hundreds of surviving Sarutobi and Shimura defectors and said he had other powerful reincarnated figures, but he could not summon the First or Second Hokage.

Asuma secured Ryūchi Cave’s support for his planned revenge against Uchiha Genya while the Fourth Shinobi World War continued on several fronts. Genya prepared Konoha for a possible enemy offensive, and Shisui set out with Yamato to investigate former Third Hokage faction remnants threatening the village.

• Asuma told the White Snake Sage he planned to leave Ryūchi Cave and seek revenge against Uchiha Genya, and she promised the cave would help him.
• Genya trained in Shikkotsu Forest, gathered energy from his Shadow Clones, and returned to Konoha, where he comforted Yugito over the war.
• Shikaku warned Genya and Tsunade that the enemy villages might launch a major assault before winter, and Genya agreed to go to the battlefield if needed.
• Genya approved sending more Antidote Pills to Kakashi’s First Unit and went with Tsunade to have his blood drawn for Genetic Serum.
• Yamato told Shisui that former Third Hokage faction remnants were plotting against Konoha, and Shisui decided to investigate their reported hideout near Gucun.

Shisui led the Anbu to a hidden valley where Sarutobi clan remnants were gathering supplies, and discovered they might be planning a surprise attack on Konoha. The Anbu ambushed them before dawn, and Shisui killed their leader, Sarutobi Hotou, as the surviving enemies fled.

• Shisui spotted and disarmed a hidden weapons trap before leading the Anbu through a bamboo forest to the Sarutobi remnants’ valley.
• Shisui overheard the remnants mention Konoha and suspected they planned to launch a surprise attack on the village.
• Shisui and the Anbu waited until late at night, then silently killed the lookouts and attacked the sleeping remnants.
• Shisui fought off a fire attack, pursued Sarutobi Hotou, and used Flying Thunder God to stab him through the heart.
• After Sarutobi Hotou died, the remaining Sarutobi clan members fled, and the Anbu pursued them.

Shisui and Yamato battled Asuma, who had returned transformed by Ryūchi Cave’s power, until Asuma poisoned and fatally wounded Shisui. Genya arrived to save them and provoked Asuma by claiming he had been intimate with Kurenai Yuhi, leaving Asuma enraged.

• After Shisui’s team killed the Sarutobi clan remnants and collected their supplies, Asuma appeared and attacked them in Sage Mode.
• Yamato and Shisui fought Asuma, whose snake techniques and scales overwhelmed their defenses until Shisui used Susanoo.
• Asuma tricked Shisui, cut through Susanoo with a poisoned Kusanagi Sword, and wounded him; Shisui stabbed a marked wooden Kunai into his heart.
• Genya sensed Shisui’s fading life force, arrived in his pajamas, and confronted Asuma.
• Genya taunted Asuma by claiming he had spent romantic evenings with Kurenai Yuhi, driving Asuma into a rage.

Genya defeated Asuma’s attack but failed to stop every blood snake from escaping, then returned the injured Shisui to Konoha and ordered stronger defenses. Meanwhile, Kakashi’s unit began its plan to destroy Minai Bridge, with Kakashi drawing away the Sand ninja as Might Guy and Aburame Shibi launched their attack.

• Genya blocked Asuma’s attacks, struck him with a Sage Art, and destroyed most of the blood snakes, but a few escaped.
• Genya brought the injured Shisui back to Konoha for treatment and told Shikaku to strengthen the village’s perimeter defenses.
• Kakashi planned a feint at Minai Bridge, sending himself and Sarutobi Taro to draw the Sand ninja away while Might Guy and Aburame Shibi prepared the main attack.
• Kakashi and Taro attacked the bridge, then retreated while nearly a hundred Sand ninja pursued them.
• After a scout reported that Kakashi had escaped, Might Guy led the remaining Konoha ninja toward the bridge, while Aburame Shibi released a swarm of Kikaichū against the Sand ninja.

Konoha attacked the Sand ninja guarding Minai Bridge, with Might Guy fighting Gaara after Gaara arrived to protect Buno. Kakashi and the others returned to help defeat the defenders, and Konoha ultimately destroyed Minai Bridge with Explosive Tags.

• Konoha used Aburame Shibi's Kikaichū to obscure the Sand ninja's vision while the Konoha forces launched a surprise attack.
• Might Guy opened the Fifth Gate, defeated a giant summoned scorpion, and injured Buno before Gaara arrived and attacked with sand.
• Might Guy broke free from Gaara's sand and opened the Seventh Gate, smashing through Gaara's defenses and sending him flying.
• Buno ordered Sand ninja to evacuate Gaara while she led the remaining fighters against Might Guy.
• Kakashi and the others returned after luring their pursuers to a cliff and defeating them with Explosive Tags.
• After more than an hour of fighting, Konoha defeated the Sand ninja and destroyed Minai Bridge with nearly ten thousand Explosive Tags.

Genya learned that the four great villages had intensified their attacks on Konoha and sent the Mobile Unit to reinforce Jiraiya’s embattled Third Division, despite the risk of leaving the village exposed. He planned to use the opening to draw out Asuma’s faction, while Akatsuki captured Gaara and the allied villages agreed to press their assault.

• Kakashi and Might Guy completed their mission to destroy key routes, while Deidara and Sasori defeated Shukaku and captured Gaara for Akatsuki.
• Asuma gathered seven or eight hundred remnants of the Third’s faction with Orochimaru and vowed to kill Uchiha Genya.
• Rasa ordered Darui to search for Gaara and convened the four village leaders, who agreed to intensify their attacks on Konoha.
• Shikaku told Genya that the four fronts were under heavy assault, especially Jiraiya’s Third Division, and Genya ordered the Mobile Unit’s one thousand ninja to reinforce it.
• Tsunade warned Genya that sending the Mobile Unit away would leave Konoha vulnerable to Asuma, but Genya intended to lure Asuma out and defeat him.
• Genya asked Tsunade to make more Genetic Serum, and she angrily challenged his disregard for his own body.

Genya exposed his rapid healing to reassure Tsunade, then prepared Konoha for Asuma and Orochimaru’s surprise assault. As the battle began inside the village, Genya crushed Manda with one punch, leaving Asuma to face four mysterious black-robed figures.

• Genya cut his own skin to show Tsunade that his Sage Body healed severe wounds within minutes.
• Asuma and Orochimaru attacked Konoha after the main force left, and Manda smashed a hole in the village wall.
• Genya revealed that the villagers had been moved to the Shelter at Hokage Rock and confronted the attackers alongside Tsunade, Shikaku, Yugito, and Kurenai Yuhi.
• Tsunade fought Orochimaru while Shikaku and Yugito battled the former Third Hokage’s subordinates.
• Genya struck Manda down with a punch, forcing the snake to flee to Ryūchi Cave, and four black-robed figures stepped in front of Asuma.

Genya fought the resurrected Third Hokage, Danzo, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura, using his overwhelming strength and a sealing technique to eliminate Homura. The battle escalated when Koharu detonated a forbidden technique beside Genya, leaving a massive crater.

• Asuma charged at Yugito while the Third Hokage, Danzo, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura confronted Genya.
• Genya overwhelmed the Third Hokage's fire technique and repeatedly smashed Koharu's head as she recovered from her reanimated body.
• Genya evaded the Third Hokage's attacks, used Flying Thunder God to reach Mitokado Homura, and sealed him before destroying his body.
• Danzo attacked with Wind Style, but Genya entered Sage Mode, cut through the shuriken, and used Wood Release to trap the remaining opponents.
• Utatane Koharu opened a path through Genya's trees with a wind technique, then detonated her forbidden self-destruct technique beside him, flattening the area into a crater.

Uchiha Genya defeated Utatane Koharu, Danzo, and the Third Hokage, then faced Asuma and the summoned Ryūchi Cave sage Tagorihime. The chapter ended as Genya countered Tagorihime’s sea of snakes with a vast fire technique.

• Uchiha Genya blocked Utatane Koharu’s forbidden technique, crippled her, and sealed her before killing her.
• Genya stopped the Third Hokage’s combined attack, broke Danzo’s sealing technique with Susanoo, and killed Danzo with a lightning spear.
• Genya pinned and sealed the Third Hokage, then provoked Asuma into attacking; Genya overpowered Asuma and burned Sarutobi Hiruzen.
• Asuma summoned Tagorihime from Ryūchi Cave, and she agreed to test Genya after learning he had killed Asuma’s father.
• Tagorihime vanished and attacked, but Genya sensed and punched her into view; she retaliated with a swarm of venomous snakes, which Genya engulfed in flames.

Genya defeated Asuma and Tagorihime after they combined their sage arts into a gigantic two-headed snake, then turned to stop Orochimaru from escaping Konoha. His powerful attack shattered Orochimaru’s defenses and left him badly injured, but Orochimaru still tried to flee.

• Asuma and Tagorihime joined forces against Genya in a dark stalactite cave, but their sage techniques failed to gain an advantage.
• Asuma and Tagorihime summoned the Two-Headed Spirit-Devouring Snake, but Genya used a wooden giant clad in Susanoo to defeat it.
• Genya crushed Asuma and destroyed Tagorihime, while Orochimaru realized his side had lost and fled.
• Genya ordered the Anbu to pursue the fleeing forces, then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to intercept Orochimaru.
• Genya’s Super Wheel-Karma Rasengan shattered Orochimaru’s Triple Rashomon and badly injured him, but Orochimaru tried to escape amid the blast.

Genya defeated Orochimaru and helped Konoha recover from Asuma’s attack, but then learned that Hiashi’s Fourth Division was surrounded by Kirigakure. He took Naruto and Yugito to reinforce the battlefield, leaving Tsunade to guard Konoha.

• Genya snapped Orochimaru’s neck, though he suspected Orochimaru had another way to survive, and thanked Yugito for helping defend Konoha.
• Tsunade arrived as Genya embraced Yugito, then mourned Orochimaru’s death and the loss of her former teammates.
• The White Snake Sage learned that Tagorihime had died and sent Ichikishimahime and Tagitsuhime to investigate Konoha’s role.
• An Anbu ninja told Genya that Hiashi’s Fourth Division was surrounded by a much larger Kirigakure force and faced shortages of food and water.
• Genya asked Tsunade to watch over Konoha, took Naruto instead of Sasuke, and flew with Naruto and Yugito toward the Fourth Division.

Genya reached the Fourth Division’s battlefield as Kirigakure attacked the surrounded Konoha forces and cut off their supplies. After Suitō Mokuzuki’s heavy-water techniques overwhelmed Hiashi and Hizashi, Genya arrived with Yugito and Naruto, leaving the battle poised for his intervention.

• Hiashi learned that the Fourth Division had only about two days of water and that Konoha could not spare reinforcements.
• Kirigakure launched a sudden attack, and Suitō Mokuzuki used heavy-water soldiers to assault the Fourth Division.
• Hiashi and Hizashi fought the heavy-water soldiers and tried to strike Suitō Mokuzuki, but his techniques blocked their coordinated attacks.
• Genya descended in Susanoo, scattering more than a hundred Kirigakure ninja, and told Yugito to protect Naruto.
• Hiashi and Hizashi were relieved by Genya’s arrival, while the Kirigakure forces recognized the Susanoo and reacted with shock.

Genya rescued Konoha’s Fourth Division, prompting the four great hidden villages to assemble their forces for a decisive battle. As the armies clashed, Genya cut through the Allied Shinobi until Raikage Ay confronted him, and Genya unleashed a vast sea of flames.

• Genya shielded himself from Kirigakure’s attacks, killed Gui Deng Moyue, and helped Konoha rout the Mist forces threatening the Fourth Division.
• After learning that Genya had joined the war, the four great hidden villages gathered their remaining forces and began the final battle against Konoha.
• Genya summoned Katsuyu, rallied Konoha’s shinobi, and charged into the Allied Shinobi forces without using Lightning Armor mode.
• Genya overwhelmed successive groups of Allied Shinobi with taijutsu and swordsmanship, then met Raikage Ay’s attack with a kick.
• Genya answered Ay by unleashing Sage Art: Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame across the battlefield.

Genya fought the Four Kage alone, overpowering their attacks with Sage Mode, Wood Release, and Susanoo. After Mei Terumi obscured the battlefield with Hidden Mist, she launched a Lava Style attack, leaving Genya unable to see his surroundings clearly.

• Genya's amplified Fire Style devastated the enemy forces, and Ōnoki, Mei Terumi, and Rasa joined Raikage Ay to confront him.
• Genya overpowered Ōnoki in a physical clash and absorbed Mei Terumi's Water Style with his Mangekyō, then rebounded it at the Four Kage.
• Ay attacked with Lightning Style, but Genya blocked him with Wood Release and sent him flying with the Great Forest Technique.
• Ay and Ōnoki combined their abilities to strike Genya, but his Susanoo's Immortal Shield withstood their attack and repaired its cracks.
• Genya attacked the Four Kage with the Heavenly Marsh Spear, and Mei Terumi spread Hidden Mist before using Lava Style: Lava Monster Technique.

Genya fought the four Kage, whose attacks broke his hands and pushed him to his limits, but his Sage Body healed him and let him counter with devastating techniques. The battle remained unresolved as Genya’s ocular power began to strain and Ōnoki, Rasa, Ay, and Mei Terumi believed they could defeat him.

• Rasa pulled Genya from his Susanoo with Gold Dust, and Ay struck him while Ōnoki rode on his back, breaking Genya’s fingers.
• Genya’s Sage Body rapidly healed his hands, and he unleashed combined Fire and Wind techniques that forced the four Kage to evade.
• Genya summoned a Sage-enhanced Wood Dragon, which Ōnoki destroyed with Dust Release: Atomic Dismantling Jutsu.
• Genya created a giant Wood Human wrapped in Susanoo and cut through many allied shinobi with the Heavenly Marsh Spear.
• Ay and Mei Terumi combined Lightning and Water Style against Genya, then Mei Terumi tried to melt his Susanoo with Boil Style.
• Genya absorbed Mei Terumi’s mist with his left-eye technique, but eye pain revealed his growing exhaustion, and Ōnoki and Rasa claimed he was about to lose.

Genya defeated the Four Kage, Killer B, and Han, then used Wood Release to overwhelm the Allied Forces and end the Fourth Shinobi World War with Konoha victorious. After ordering the captured leaders brought to Konoha, he returned home to recover from the battle.

• Genya survived Ōnoki's Dust Release with Shinyetsu, then defeated Ōnoki, Rasa, Ay, and Mei Terumi.
• Genya used the True Several Thousand Hands and Top Transformed Buddha to defeat Killer B and Han in their tailed-beast forms.
• After the Allied shinobi charged at the exhausted Genya, he bound and drained chakra from tens of thousands of them, then killed many while the rest fled or were left for Konoha to pursue.
• Genya ordered Kakashi to seize the Four Kage, and the Fourth Shinobi World War ended in Konoha's victory.
• Genya returned to Konoha to rest and recovered beside Yugito.

Genya met with Konoha’s leaders to decide what to do with the captured Four Kage, then visited them in prison and offered them a chance to submit. Mei Terumi realized he had a way to control them, while Ōnoki continued to resist.

• Yugito made breakfast for Genya, who then went to the Hokage Office to consider Konoha’s defenses and its captured Jinchuriki.
• Genya led a meeting where Konoha’s leaders praised his role in ending the war and discussed the fate of the Four Kage.
• Genya proposed planting Wood Release Seeds in the Four Kage so he could stop them if they tried to betray him, and the leaders accepted his plan.
• Genya and Nami visited the imprisoned Four Kage, who were restrained by chains and the Shikotsu Sealing Technique.
• Genya offered the Four Kage their lives and the preservation of their villages if they submitted, and Mei Terumi asked whether he could control them.

Genya forced the four captured Kage to submit by planting Wood Release seeds in their bodies, then revealed that Gaara might have been captured by Akatsuki. He brought Ay and Ōnoki to see their villages’ Jinchuriki and told Ay and Killer B he would take them to Yugito.

• Genya tortured Ay with a Wood Release seed until Mei Terumi chose to submit, and he planted a seed in her body before releasing her.
• Rasa submitted after Genya told him Gaara might have been captured by Akatsuki, and Ay and Ōnoki also agreed to submit.
• Genya ordered the four Kage to stay in Konoha, then took Ay and Ōnoki to see their villages’ Jinchuriki.
• Killer B mistook Ay’s bloodied return for his death, mourned him, and then embraced him after Ay opened the cell and explained that Genya had spared him.
• Killer B and Han agreed to have Wood Release seeds planted in them, and Genya told Ay and Killer B he would take them to see Yugito.

Ay and Killer B reunited with Yugito after Genya pardoned them and placed Kumogakure under Konoha’s rule. Meanwhile, the White Snake Sage allied with Gamakichi to target Genya, learning he had inherited Shikkotsu Forest as their plan took shape.

• Ay told Yugito that Genya had pardoned him and Killer B and that the great hidden villages would submit to Konoha.
• Genya returned from training and reunited with Yugito after Ay and Killer B left for their arranged accommodations.
• Ichikishimahime and Tagitsuhime reported that Genya had killed Tagorihime, prompting the White Snake Sage to seek allies against him.
• The White Snake Sage traveled to Mount Myōboku and asked Gamakichi to join forces against Genya.
• Gamakichi agreed to target Genya and revealed that he was Shikkotsu Forest’s inheritor, so the White Snake Sage abandoned plans to approach it.