Chapter Summaries

Rikusei and Naori fought in the Chunin Exams, first clashing inside an illusion where Rikusei’s Sharingan evolved and broke free. Rikusei conceded the genjutsu contest, but Naori continued the real fight by throwing an explosive-tag kunai.

• Konoha’s spectators gathered for the next match as the examiners cleared the Training Ground and Mao explained that Kakuzu had given Konoha Wind Release: Pressure Damage to repay his debt.
• Rikusei and Naori began their match by activating their Sharingan and entering Rikusei’s Illusion Space.
• Naori attacked with a Fuma Shuriken, while Rikusei countered with kunai, steel wire, and Fire Release; he then recognized the flowers and butterflies as signs of Izanami.
• Naori’s genjutsu trapped Rikusei in a repeating experience, but his Sharingan evolved to Three-Tomoe and shattered the illusion.
• Rikusei admitted he would have remained trapped if his Sharingan had not evolved, while Naori said their real battle was not over.
• Naori told Rikusei not to use the same Illusion Technique again and threw a kunai with an Explosive Tag at him.

After the Chunin promotions, Madara revealed that the alliance would visit Mount Myoboku to learn about Sage Jutsu and uncover the Shinobi World's history. Fukasaku reverse-summoned the group, while Tobirama assigned Afei to read documents aloud in Konoha.

• Naori prepared for the Chunin promotion announcement and headed to the Hokage Building.
• Tobirama congratulated the newly promoted Chunin and reminded them of their greater responsibilities.
• Madara announced that the alliance would travel to Mount Myoboku, then revealed Fukasaku as the promised surprise.
• Fukasaku explained Sage Jutsu and its dangers, and Rikusei warned that excess natural chakra could cause toadification or turn someone into a stone statue.
• Hashirama showed the group a history book, prompting Mao and others to declare their intent to learn Sage Jutsu.
• Fukasaku used Reverse Summoning Jutsu to send the group to Mount Myoboku, while Tobirama assigned Afei to read documents aloud.

Madara, Hashirama, and the gathered shinobi visited Mount Myoboku, where Fukasaku introduced them to Sage Jutsu and its risks. Yotsuki Yamanari began training, and Fukasaku used a Black Receiver to stop his frog transformation as the Sage Jutsu screening began.

• Shima summoned the visitors to Mount Myoboku, and she led Madara and Hashirama toward the Great Toad Sage's temple.
• Fukasaku showed the shinobi the stone frogs and a Black Receiver, then explained how Natural Energy had to balance with chakra to cultivate Sage Jutsu.
• Yotsuki Yamanari volunteered to try training, while Rikusei observed the crowd's growing excitement and Kagami Uchiha asked him whether Sage Jutsu was easy to learn.
• Yamanari absorbed too much Natural Energy and began turning into a frog, so Fukasaku struck him with the Black Receiver and stopped the transformation.
• After seeing the Black Receiver work, the crowd grew eager to try, and Danzo became the second ninja to receive Toad Oil as the screening began.

At Mount Myoboku, Kagami and the others underwent Fukasaku’s Sage Jutsu test, while Rikusei absorbed Natural Energy without showing the usual signs of Sage transformation. Fukasaku suspected Rikusei had an ocean-like capacity for Natural Energy, leaving Rikusei worried that his chakra was swallowing it and drawing unwanted attention.

• Kagami tried to escape Sage Jutsu training, but Fukasaku caught him with his tongue and brought him back to the pool.
• Fukasaku struck Naka and Aburame Taiichi with the Black Receiver, judging both to have failed the test, while Kagami endured the strike and showed promising potential.
• Rikusei absorbed Natural Energy from the Toad Oil, but it disappeared into his body without producing Sage Jutsu chakra or frog transformation.
• Hiruzen recalled that Sage Jutsu required balance among three energies, prompting Fukasaku to suggest that Rikusei was like an ocean absorbing a lake’s worth of Natural Energy.
• Rikusei suspected his chakra was consuming the Natural Energy, while the others comforted him by blaming their own presence for exhausting it.

Rikusei tested how Natural Energy mixed with his chakra at Mount Myoboku, while the Great Toad Sage watched Hashirama and Madara learn about the past and discuss restoring lost history. The chapter left Hashirama and Madara with a map to Ryūchi Cave and Shikkotsu Forest, places the Shinobi Alliance would need to address.

• Rikusei meditated on a rooftop and sensed Natural Energy merging into his chakra, gaining an expansive perception of Mount Myoboku.
• Sage Fukasaku confirmed Rikusei had avoided frog transformation and told him to warn the other students that the failed group would face another selection.
• The Great Toad Sage watched the Crystal Ball’s account of the Ninjutsu Sect era and told Hashirama that toads could see the future through dreams.
• Hashirama asked the Great Toad Sage to help fill gaps in a history of the Shinobi World, and the sage offered a scroll showing Ryūchi Cave and Shikkotsu Forest.

The White Snake Sage Bai Ling and Ichikishimahime entered Konoha, where they learned the Shinobi Alliance offered access to ninjutsu and sage jutsu. They met Tobirama and asked that Konoha’s plans to reshape the land leave Ryūchi Cave undisturbed.

• Uchiha Ku registered Bai Ling and Qing Shi at Konoha’s gate and gave them a travel guide.
• Ichikishimahime discovered that the Shinobi Alliance offered ninjutsu, including sage jutsu, for eligible ninjas to study in exchange for points.
• Bai Ling brought Ichikishimahime to the Hokage Building, despite the girl’s interest in Konoha’s food street.
• Afei sensed Bai Ling and Ichikishimahime approaching, and Tobirama prepared to receive them.
• Ichikishimahime revealed her snake form, prompting Tobirama to recognize the visitors as being from Ryūchi Cave.
• Bai Ling identified herself as the White Snake Sage and asked Tobirama to keep Ryūchi Cave safe during Konoha’s plans to reshape the land.

Tobirama negotiated an alliance with Ryūchi Cave by offering God Tree-grown goods in exchange for access to its Sage Jutsu. A chance encounter with Kohei’s God Tree-grown tobacco gave White Spirit another item to demand, leaving the exchange terms still expanding.

• White Spirit explained that Ryūchi Cave could not safely approach Konoha while Madara and Hashirama were there, but came because Tobirama remained in the village.
• Tobirama proposed making Ryūchi Cave’s Sage Jutsu available, and Ichikishimahime revealed that failed candidates could be eaten with White Spirit’s permission.
• Tobirama offered chakra-infused seafood and God Tree-grown crops, while White Spirit required Sage Jutsu candidates to bring chakra-infused flesh and blood.
• Kohei entered with a report, mistook Ichikishimahime for a young woman, and offered White Spirit God Tree-grown tobacco.
• White Spirit accepted Kohei’s tobacco and told Tobirama to add it to the items Konoha would exchange.

Tobirama explained that Kaguya’s God Tree threatened the planet, then showed White Spirit how Konoha’s experiments had given it photosynthetic functions. White Spirit agreed to stay for the first chakra rain, while Tobirama arranged to show her another lifeform and later encountered her in Konoha’s food street.

• Tobirama asked White Spirit what Ryūchi Cave thought of the Shinobi Alliance and Kaguya’s era, and she said the God Tree was the real danger because it drained the planet’s chakra.
• Tobirama showed White Spirit the God Tree Modification Experiment Plan, and she was impressed by the progress Konoha had made.
• Tobirama invited White Spirit to stay in Konoha for the first chakra rain and promised to show her a lifeform created by Kaguya’s Yin-Yang Release.
• White Spirit left the Hokage’s Office with Green Persimmon, while Tobirama reassured the Anbu and contacted the frogs hidden in Konoha.
• White Spirit and Ichikishimahime sampled food in the village, then White Spirit accepted Uchiha Chiri’s invitation to play cards as Ichikishimahime rushed after her.

After learning that the White Snake Sage had visited Konoha, Rikusei realized the sage regions were responding to the Shinobi Alliance and proposed that shinobi establish a fourth sacred land for Sage Jutsu training. Hashirama and Madara recognized the plan’s potential as Rikusei outlined how Konoha could make it possible.

• Toad Yuhiko relayed Tobirama’s news that the White Snake Sage had arrived in Konoha, and Hashirama explained that she had come to look around.
• Hashirama and Madara discussed how the sage regions could help preserve shinobi history and how the Alliance could benefit from their knowledge.
• The chunin who had failed Sage Jutsu training argued over Sage Shima’s insect dishes, while Kagami Uchiha observed that most of the gathered prodigies had failed the test.
• Hashirama offered to guide the disappointed shinobi in Sage Jutsu, prompting Rikusei to propose creating a fourth sacred land as a cultivation ground for shinobi.
• Rikusei argued that Konoha could build the training ground using Hashirama’s Sage Mode, the God Tree’s control of Natural Energy, and knowledge from Mount Myoboku and Ryūchi Cave.

Hashirama and Madara prepared to travel across the Ninja Nations to transform their environments after the Shinobi Alliance opened a fourth sacred land for cultivation. At Mount Myoboku, the Great Toad Sage accepted the change in the balance of power and reassured Fukasaku that shinobi could establish their own place to cultivate.

• Hashirama urged the ninjas who received cultivation slots to learn Mount Myoboku’s legacy, then Madara reminded him that he was supposed to make the speech.
• Madara said negotiations with Mount Myoboku and Ryūchi Cave were complete, and that he and Hashirama would visit the Ninja Nations to transform their environments.
• Chiyo and Ōnoki asked Hashirama and Madara to begin with the Land of Wind and the Land of Earth, while Hoshigaki Kaito hoped they would leave the Land of Water alone.
• At Mount Myoboku, Fukasaku questioned the Great Toad Sage for revealing that Indra and Ashura had visited Ryūchi Cave, and the Great Toad Sage defended his decision.
• A messenger toad reported that Madara and the others planned to establish a fourth sacred land, and the Great Toad Sage told Fukasaku that shinobi could create a place of cultivation for themselves.

Madara told Rikusei that he would help lead the effort to revive Kaguya Otsutsuki and urged Rikusei to pursue awakening the Rinnegan. Rikusei left the Illusion Space with Ashura’s and Indra’s tissue cells, facing the prospect of experimenting when the time was right.

• Madara pulled Rikusei into an Illusion Space and showed him Kaguya Otsutsuki through the Crystal Ball.
• Madara asked Rikusei to help revive Kaguya, explaining that Tobirama, Afei, and Black Zetsu would assist him.
• Madara offered Rikusei Ashura’s and Indra’s tissue cells and encouraged him to try awakening the Rinnegan.
• Rikusei questioned whether the Rinnegan evolved directly from the Sharingan, and Madara explained that Ashura’s and Indra’s chakra could draw out Six Paths chakra.
• Madara ended the Illusion Space, and Rikusei caught the two canisters he had thrown.

Rikusei reflected on the plan to revive Kaguya and reunite her with Hagoromo as the Alliance finished its visit to Mount Myoboku. After the Great Toad Sage offered no prophecy, the group split between those staying to train and those returning to Konoha.

• Rikusei considered how the diminished Kaguya might be revived and hoped she and Hagoromo could reconcile after a thousand years apart.
• Mao and Naori noticed the Great Toad Sage’s empty wine bottles, and he explained that he had not been able to dream or make prophecies lately.
• The Great Toad Sage said he had already warned Madara and Rikusei that a chaotic mist had made foresight ineffective.
• Hashirama encouraged those who had failed to learn Sage Jutsu by telling them they could try again at Ryūchi Cave, while Rikusei and Hashirama joked about recovering Alliance points through missions.
• A communication frog reported that Lady Shima was ready in Konoha, and the group divided between those remaining at Mount Myoboku to train and those returning with Rikusei.
• The short-haired girl urged Rikusei and Naori to keep training before they vanished from Mount Myoboku through the black technique formula.

Rikusei returned to Konoha and heard Tobirama lament that Hashirama and Madara had left to visit other sacred lands. Tobirama and Rikusei discussed opening a shinobi cultivation ground and a fourth sacred land, while preparations for Sage Jutsu training and the God Tree research continued; Rikusei later spotted the White Snake Sage playing cards with Konoha's elderly residents.

• Rikusei arrived at the Hokage's Office, where Tobirama learned that Hashirama and Madara had left to visit the other sacred lands and would not return soon.
• Sage Shima collected God Tree-cultivated seeds from Tobirama to test at Mount Myoboku.
• Rikusei proposed establishing a shinobi cultivation ground and opening a fourth sacred land, and Tobirama agreed while listing preparations for Ryūchi Cave's Sage Jutsu training.
• Tobirama gave Rikusei seeds for the Tailed Beast Farm and explained that the Shinobi Alliance was funding research to make the God Tree release chakra.
• Rikusei and Naori watched merchants auction chakra-rich seafood on Konoha's Commercial Street.
• Rikusei spotted the White Snake Sage disguised as a human playing cards with Grandmother and Konoha's elderly residents.

Rikusei, Danzo, and Hiruzen used the Tailed Beasts to cultivate the cleared farmland and trigger the Shinobi World's first chakra rainfall. The rain nourished the God Tree seeds and confirmed the alliance's experiment had succeeded, while Rikusei and Naori watched the downpour together.

• Rikusei, Danzo, and Hiruzen released Kurama, Chomei, and Isobu to prepare the farmland, with Kurama plowing trenches and Chomei scattering God Tree seeds.
• Tobirama watched clouds of chakra gather over Konoha as villagers and researchers assembled for the rain.
• Ichikishimahime told White Spirit she wanted to remain in Konoha because she was curious about the changed lives of its ninjas.
• Chakra rain began pouring across the Shinobi World, and Kurama shielded Rikusei and Naori beneath his tails as Rikusei gave Naori a coat.
• Hiruzen and Isobu saw the seeds sprout, while Mu sensed the chakra-filled water spreading through the ground and the researchers celebrated the successful experiment.

As God Tree chakra rain blanketed the Shinobi World, Afei questioned whether he was truly human while people and villages reacted to the strange weather. The chapter left Byakuren welcoming the chakra-laden clouds and vowing to raise Kirigakure to the forefront of the ninja nations.

• Afei watched Konoha from Hokage Rock, felt connected to the village through Tobirama’s care, and wondered whether he could be considered human.
• A Seven-Tails airship train landed in the rain, where its passengers discussed Konoha, Sage Jutsu training, and the possibility of settling there.
• At Mount Myoboku, Mao showed Gamahiro a God Tree-infused blade, and the Great Toad Sage promised to help the toads obtain similar weapons for a fee.
• The Great Toad Sage reflected on how the current generation was using the God Tree to reshape the world, then dozed off after finishing his wine.
• Genji and Byakuren observed the chakra clouds over the sea and considered whether the rain could create ocean-dwelling Summoning Beasts.
• Byakuren urged Kirigakure to stay close to Konoha and follow its lead as the chakra rain flowed toward the ocean.

Rikusei and Tobirama considered using Impure World Reincarnation to bring Hagoromo and Hamura back, while Black Zetsu explained how to prepare a White Zetsu vessel for Kaguya’s revival. Rikusei left to oversee the farm and God Tree work, while Naori declined Sage Jutsu training and continued her own training.

• Rikusei received Tobirama’s orders to teach the White Zetsu army how to work with the Tailed Beasts at the new farm.
• Rikusei proposed that a perfect White Zetsu vessel and Six Paths chakra might allow Impure World Reincarnation to bring Hagoromo and Hamura back.
• Tobirama revealed that Kinkaku and Ginkaku had offered to participate in an experiment investigating the Sage of Six Paths’s origins.
• Rikusei and Afei told Black Zetsu that Tobirama was considering reincarnating Hagoromo and Hamura, then learned how to prepare White Zetsu with Indra’s cells and God Tree marrow for Kaguya’s revival.
• Rikusei left for the God Tree and the Tailed Beast farm, while Kaku offered Naori God Tree tea and asked whether she would pursue Sage Jutsu at Ryūchi Cave.
• Naori declined the Ryūchi Cave selection, left to train, and Kaku considered whether she might become the Uchiha Clan’s youngest female elder.

Naori visited Konoha’s newly opened Jutsu Library, where she learned that Alliance points limited access to its techniques. The Alliance awarded her 1,000 points for her contributions at Mount Myoboku, and she chose to spend them on an Illusion Technique.

• Naori reflected on the Uchiha Clan’s decline and resolved to cultivate Kagami’s state of mind by having him read Buddhist scriptures.
• Naori watched Chomei land with a chain of airships and used her Sharingan to inspect the chakra-powered core inside one of them.
• Naori considered the unusual chakra in Rikusei and kept her theory that it was an atavistic phenomenon secret from him.
• At the Jutsu Library, Naori read the guide and learned that its techniques required Alliance points, and that the library was currently open only to Konoha shinobi.
• An Anbu checked Naori’s dossier and confirmed she had earned 1,000 Alliance points for her contributions at Mount Myoboku.
• Koto explained that Naori could exchange her points for any technique below S-rank forbidden techniques, and Naori insisted on choosing an Illusion Technique.

Naori studied genjutsu scrolls in the Jutsu Library and developed an idea for a forbidden technique inspired by Izanagi, while Rikusei and Kurama worked with Afei to name chakra-grown crops and discussed Konoha becoming a Sacred Land. The chapter left Rikusei trying to persuade Kurama to become a Nine-Tailed Sage.

• Naori entered the Jutsu Library, recognized its illusion-based security, and read scrolls including the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique and the Kurama Clan’s sensory arts.
• Naori devised a genjutsu that would connect points in time, realized it resembled Izanagi, and considered the cost of losing the eye used to cast it.
• Kurama helped the farm workers water their chakra-grown plants while Afei asked when the God Tree would bring another rain.
• Rikusei and Afei named the crops Transcendent God Tea, Enlightenment Tea, the Life Fruit Tree, Natural Divine Vegetables, and Konoha Immortal Peaches, while Kurama objected to their grand names.
• Rikusei suggested that Kurama become an immortal or sacred beast, then called him the Nine-Tailed Sage; Kurama refused to transform into a human and looked toward Hokage Rock in silence.

Hashirama and Madara arrived in Roran to use the Dragon Vein’s chakra to green the desert, while Reto arranged suitable tree species and the Roran clan chief secured his people’s future through cooperation with the Shinobi Alliance. The chapter ended as Hashirama and Madara unleashed Wood Release, sending trees surging across the yellow sands.

• Hashirama and Madara surveyed Roran, and Reto warned them that desert conditions required carefully selected tree species.
• Reto presented seeds suited to the Land of Wind, and Hashirama discussed the trees with him while Madara realized he needed to learn more about plants.
• The Roran clan chief warned that the Dragon Vein could devastate the region, and Madara reassured him with the Rinnegan.
• Hashirama approved Roran’s plan to establish a kingdom, and the chief pledged the Country of Roran’s allegiance to the Shinobi Alliance.
• Hashirama told the chief that the Alliance would plant a God Tree in Roran and asked the clan to set aside land for its crops.
• Reto scattered seed particles over the sands, and Hashirama and Madara used Wood Release to make trees erupt and spread through the desert.

The Land of Wind's daimyo learned that Hashirama, Madara, and Reto were transforming the desert, while secretly planning a noble-led counterattack. Hashirama proposed a five-country canal to bring meltwater from the Land of Snow, and the group accepted an invitation to the Daimyo Mansion.

• The daimyo learned that Rōran had established a nation and that Hashirama, Madara, and Reto were transforming the Land of Wind, then reaffirmed his secret plan to gather resistance abroad.
• Hashirama turned an oasis into a forest but worried that the Land of Wind lacked enough water to sustain the new growth.
• Hashirama studied a map with Madara and Reto and proposed digging a canal from the Land of Snow through the neighboring countries to the Land of Wind.
• Reto offered to pay for the canal, and Hashirama named it the Spirit Canal as Madara agreed to use Susanoo to carve its route.
• Shukaku revealed that he recognized the Six Paths chakra in Hashirama and Madara, and Hashirama displayed Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Finance Minister Ukai invited the shinobi to the Daimyo Mansion, and Madara accepted the invitation.