Chapter Summaries

The Sage of Six Paths appeared before Tobirama and answered questions about ninjutsu and the Otsutsuki, while Rikusei helped uncover the truth behind Kaguya’s fears. As Hagoromo revealed his history, Black Zetsu confronted him over sealing Kaguya and blamed him for the conflict between Indra and Ashura.

• The Sage of Six Paths appeared, recognized Tobirama’s attempt to revive him, and explained that techniques had existed since chakra’s birth while Indra founded the Ninjutsu Sect.
• Tobirama asked about the people from the heavens, and Rikusei suggested that the Otsutsuki homeland had imposed conditions on Kaguya when she received the God Tree.
• Rikusei pointed to the tree seed and Chakra Fruit as the end point of cause and effect, prompting the Sage of Six Paths to reveal what he knew while Tobirama recorded his account.
• Black Zetsu pounded on his cage and accused Hagoromo of sealing Kaguya despite knowing the Otsutsuki existed.
• Hagoromo said Kaguya had created Black Zetsu before her sealing and admitted that Black Zetsu had misled Indra, while Black Zetsu blamed Hagoromo’s family legacy for the brothers’ conflict.

Rikusei challenged the Sage of Six Paths over his failures as a father and successor, arguing that his choices helped cause a thousand years of conflict. The Sage viewed the modern Shinobi World and was moved by its cooperation and pursuit of peace, while Tobirama tried to stop Rikusei from speaking too boldly.

• The Sage of Six Paths showed Tobirama and Rikusei a memory of Black Zetsu's birth, prompting Black Zetsu to accuse Hagoromo of overthrowing Kaguya.
• Rikusei blamed the family schism on poor parenting and argued that Hagoromo had wrongly chosen Ashura over Indra as his successor.
• Rikusei said Ashura had failed to pass on trust, leaving the Shinobi World to endure a thousand years of war while the Sage watched.
• The Sage used his staff to show the modern Shinobi World, where humans and Tailed Beasts worked together and the Ninja Academy taught peace and unity.
• The Sage praised the present era, and Tobirama tried to silence Rikusei after he said later generations should surpass those who came before.

Rikusei and Tobirama persuaded the Sage of Six Paths to consider reconciling with Kaguya by invoking family ties and the threat of future enemies. The Sage softened toward the idea, then learned about new cultivation projects and shinobi training at Mount Myoboku and Ryūchi Cave.

• Rikusei asked the Sage of Six Paths to consider reuniting with his family, while Black Zetsu furiously rejected the idea from his cage.
• The Sage of Six Paths recalled his hopes for family reconciliation and listened as Rikusei argued that Kaguya’s past actions had left consequences the shinobi would eventually face.
• Tobirama backed Rikusei’s appeal, urging the Sage to lead by example as the head of the Ninjutsu Sect.
• The Sage of Six Paths flared with power, but Rikusei pointed out that Black Zetsu supported the reconciliation, prompting Black Zetsu to realize Rikusei had manipulated him.
• Rikusei and Tobirama showed the Sage their new teas and the Samsara Peach Tree, and Tobirama described plans for shinobi cultivation grounds.
• Tobirama said shinobi studying advanced Sage Jutsu at Mount Myoboku and Ryūchi Cave would return to the Shinobi Alliance, drawing a reaction from Rikusei and the Sage of Six Paths.

Gamamaru sensed Hagoromo’s chakra while Mao resolved to become head of the Hagoromo Clan and pursue Rikusei through a covert approach. Madara and Hashirama confirmed that Tobirama’s plan to revive the Sage of Six Paths had succeeded, then continued their mission toward the Land of Snow.

• Gamamaru sensed Hagoromo’s chakra near Konoha and decided that the returning Sage of Six Paths should try ninja wine.
• Fukasaku advised Mao to keep her heart true, then left to check on the drunken Great Master.
• Mao accepted that she needed the influence of clan leadership and resolved to become head of the Hagoromo Clan, while considering how to tempt Rikusei into breaking the taboo.
• Madara sensed a Rinnegan resonance and told Hashirama that Tobirama’s plan to revive the Sage of Six Paths had succeeded.
• Madara refused Hashirama’s suggestion that they return to Konoha, and the two continued their mission toward the Land of Snow.

Rikusei guided the Sage of Six Paths, now living as Senju Hagoromo, through modern Konoha, where he saw Kurama and sampled the city’s food. Rikusei then brought him to a card room, where Uchiha Chiri challenged him to a match.

• The Sage of Six Paths reshaped White Zetsu into an old man and took the name Senju Hagoromo.
• Rikusei showed Senju Hagoromo the Tailed Beast House, and Kurama sensed the Sage’s presence and panicked.
• Senju Hagoromo sampled Konoha’s food and watched the city from Hokage Rock while Rikusei urged him to travel the world.
• Rikusei took Senju Hagoromo to a card room, where the gathered spectators mistook him for the last Senju.
• Uchiha Chiri challenged Senju Hagoromo, and he leaped onto the platform to accept.

After the Sage of Six Paths gave Rikusei chakra, Rikusei and Naori realized it could help unlock the Mangekyō Sharingan without the clan head’s suffering. Meanwhile, Tobirama learned that Hashirama and Madara had arranged a conference with small nations and agreed to their affiliation proposals, leaving him to handle the resulting work.

• The Sage of Six Paths gave Rikusei his chakra before leaving, and Rikusei found that it had changed his own chakra and made it more inclusive.
• Naori examined Rikusei’s changed chakra and concluded that it was closer to the Sage of Six Paths’ chakra, while Rikusei considered using it to awaken the Rinnegan.
• Rikusei and Naori decided to pursue a way to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan without enduring the clan head’s immense pain, and Naori sensed that a shackle in her Sharingan had broken.
• Tobirama received a report that Hashirama and Madara had held a conference of nations in the Land of Demons and accepted proposals for small nations to affiliate with the Konoha Ninja Nation.
• Tobirama told Afei that he was angry because Hashirama and Madara had left him to handle the workload their agreements would create.

Naori handled correspondence from scattered Uchiha relatives and presided over a meeting about the proceeds from selling the clan’s outer lands. The Uchiha agreed to distribute the money to clan members living across the ninja nation, and Naori left afterward to visit the laboratory.

• Naori replied to letters from Uchiha families who had settled in other towns and villages.
• Naori took over clan administration as acting elder while Kaku enjoyed retirement, and she went to preside over the meeting.
• Setsuna, Chikaku, and Tobihi discussed the sale proceeds and proposed exchanging the money for clan points.
• Naori announced that the funds would go to scattered Uchiha clansmen and presented a list of their names.
• Naori and the elders agreed on the distribution, then Naori left the Auditorium to visit the laboratory.

Naori studied Rikusei’s cells and records about the Rinnegan, concluding that its awakening likely required Indra or Ashura’s chakra and secretly deciding to pursue the path for Rikusei. Meanwhile, Rikusei and the Sage of Six Paths joked about Chiri’s luck before watching shinobi return from Ryūchi Cave as a fourth training ground prepared to open.

• Naori examined Rikusei’s cells and concluded that inherited Six Paths chakra had grown too impure for the Uchiha to awaken the Mangekyō easily.
• Naori theorized that the Sharingan did not directly evolve into the Rinnegan and that awakening it required Indra or Ashura’s chakra.
• Naori resolved to secretly make Rikusei awaken both the clan’s third Mangekyō and its third Rinnegan, using forbidden-technique research as cover.
• The Sage of Six Paths told Rikusei that Chiri had beaten him at their recent games, and Rikusei teased him about Ashura’s even worse record.
• Rikusei identified the returning airships as shinobi coming back from Ryūchi Cave and noted that a fourth cultivation site was about to open.
• The Sage of Six Paths told Rikusei he would go explore the world.

Konoha welcomed the returning shinobi and opened its cultivation ground as Tobirama and Mu revealed a new method of cultivating Sage Jutsu. The chapter ended with Gengetsu learning about the Ninefold Natural Sage Pill as another train arrived from Mount Myoboku.

• Rikusei watched the Sage of Six Paths disappear into the crowd and headed toward the skyport.
• Tobirama presented the Sage of Six Paths' Yin-Yang Release creation while Konoha welcomed the returning warriors.
• Tobirama, Mu, and Kakuzu kept their Sage Jutsu cultivation method secret from Gengetsu as the second sky train approached.
• Hiruzen revealed that Mu had taught him Dust Release, startling Danzo, who had recently returned in Sage Mode.
• Tobirama and Mu explained to Gengetsu that shinobi cultivated Sage Jutsu by taking pills containing Natural Energy, which Rikusei had named Ninefold Natural Sage Pill.

Tobirama celebrated the return of the sages and the founding of a new Sage Jutsu era, while Gengetsu decided to bring the islands into Konoha. Later, Naori confronted Mao with her secret connection to Rikusei and implied Mao knew nothing about his chakra or the source of Naori’s Sharingan.

• Tobirama announced a new era of cultivation, and the celebrating crowd urged him to speak about the sacred land of Sage Jutsu.
• Gengetsu asked Kakuzu how the Land of Waterfalls could merge into Konoha, then resolved to lead the islands into the Ninja Nation.
• Tobirama arranged a points-earning mission that sent eager shinobi troops toward the Land of Wind while he stayed behind in the Hokage's Office.
• Afei escorted Mao to the company building, where Mao met Naori and Afei stood guard outside.
• Naori served Mao the laboratory’s improved Enlightenment Tea and challenged her understanding of Rikusei’s chakra and feelings.
• Naori told Mao that her Sharingan came from a secret between her and Rikusei, then said Mao had nothing.

Naori revealed to Mao that Rikusei’s chakra and Sage of Six Paths research could lead to the Rinnegan, leaving Mao shaken but resolved to attend the board meeting. At the meeting, Rikusei announced a dividend split after Mao exposed Afei’s drinking.

• Naori provoked Mao about her interest in Rikusei, and the two traded threats before Naori showed her Sharingan pressure.
• Naori took Mao to the laboratory, showed her a sample of Rikusei’s chakra, and revealed that the Sage of Six Paths had been resurrected.
• Naori explained that the Rinnegan experiment required cells able to perfectly activate Sage Mode, and Mao realized the research concerned awakening the Rinnegan.
• Mao put aside her confusion about the research and joined Naori at the board meeting, where Rikusei wondered why they were acting like close comrades.
• Mao reported that Afei had been drinking at an izakaya, and Rikusei banned him from alcohol for seventeen years.
• Rikusei said the company would distribute skimmed profits as dividends, giving thirty percent to the White Zetsus and seventy percent to the leadership.

Rikusei’s group discussed the White Zetsu company, research into Kaguya’s seal, and plans to study Rikusei’s cells while sampling chakra-enhancing peaches. Meanwhile, Tobirama prepared for the Tailed Beast Farm’s harvest, only to learn that the Sage of Six Paths had secretly eaten some of its fruit.

• Rikusei ordered Afei to take responsibility for educating the White Zetsu and warned him not to let the company expand beyond Konoha’s central district.
• Naori explained that Rikusei’s experiment had begun when the Eight-Tails was sealed, and Mao asked about research into releasing Kaguya’s seal and pursuing powerful Sharingan evolutions.
• Rikusei’s group sampled Konoha Immortal Peaches, and Rikusei moved the meeting on to an experimental plan for researching his cells.
• Tobirama anticipated the Tailed Beast Farm’s harvest and considered how its sage-marked crops and Nine-Revolution Sage Pills could aid ninja seeking Sage Jutsu.
• The Sage of Six Paths secretly ate fruit at the farm, and Uzumaki Kaimi reported the theft to Tobirama, who identified the culprit and asked about the losses.

Mao returned from a successful board meeting and discussed White Zetsu Company, the God Tree’s fruit, and the Uchiha’s plans with her father, Hagoromo Jun. After Jun offered the Hagoromo Clan’s support, Mao affirmed that her family stood behind her, while Tobirama received a list of people he intended to deal with.

• Mao returned to the Hagoromo compound and told Hagoromo Jun that the board meeting had exceeded expectations.
• Jun warned Mao that people were exploiting the White Zetsu’s trust and usefulness for smuggling, and Mao asked whether Tobirama knew.
• Mao reflected on their ancestor sealed inside the moon and looked toward the Rinne Sharingan fruit in the God Tree.
• Jun offered the Hagoromo Clan’s support if Mao wanted to fight the Uchiha for the fruit, and Mao startled him with Sage Art: Ichimokuren.
• Mao concluded that her family was her strongest support and resolved not to repeat her ancestor’s mistake.
• An Anbu delivered a list to Tobirama, who remarked that the moonlit night was suitable for wiping his blade clean.

Tobirama ordered arrests in a major smuggling case while discussing Konoha’s growing reach into the northwest. He tasked Mao, Rikusei, and Naori with establishing a Tailed Beast Farm near the Dragon Vein, an operation that could bring Sunagakure into Konoha.

• Tobirama ordered Anbu to arrest people implicated in smuggling ninjutsu scrolls, God Tree scraps, and Otsutsuki goods, and said the suspects would face a public trial.
• Tobirama showed Mao, Rikusei, and Naori newspapers praising the Hokage for transforming the Land of Wind and melting snow to create rivers in the Land of Snow.
• Naori considered Konoha’s expanded territory and the prospect of a third pair of Rinnegan, while Rikusei reflected on the changing political pressures among small nations.
• Tobirama told the three that the Kazekage and Rōran clan had requested help establishing a Tailed Beast Farm near the Dragon Vein.
• Tobirama gave them a scroll containing the Shinobi World’s first cloned God Tree and said nine tailed beasts and White Zetsu would accompany them; success could lead Sunagakure to merge into Konoha.

The former Daimyo of the Land of Wind was betrayed by Ukai and taken prisoner as Konoha’s influence reshaped the region. Rikusei and the others arrived in Rōran to begin cultivating God Tree crops, with White Zetsu assigned to monitor the Dragon Vein and care for them.

• Ukai told the imprisoned Daimyo Motonari that he had sold him out, and Motonari was taken away toward the relocated Daimyo Mansion in the Konoha Ninja Nation.
• Motonari saw Konoha’s delegation arrive by airship and recognized the Hagoromo and Uchiha clan crests among its members.
• Rikusei examined the forest created with Wood Release and noted that the soil beneath it remained sand.
• Angui welcomed the delegation, while Shamon emphasized that the Sand shinobi were partners in the God Tree seed project.
• Rikusei introduced Bai Xiaochun as captain of the White Zetsu squad and explained that White Zetsu could sense the Dragon Vein and tend the crops.

Rikusei and Shamon agreed to build a Tailed Beast Farm in Roran, where the God Tree could grow, and arranged to seek Madara’s help controlling it. Their discussion of the farms’ fruits and Sage Jutsu inspired the Sunagakure ninja to begin establishing the new farm with all nine tailed beasts.

• Shamon realized Konoha’s White Zetsu were involved in managing the farm, but Rikusei offered Sunagakure a farm in Roran and additional land if needed.
• Rikusei explained that the God Tree experiment had succeeded but might drain the Dragon Veins, so Naori advised contacting Madara about controlling it.
• Shamon confirmed that the Dragon Veins had been modified with Kurama’s help, and Rikusei described the chakra-boosting fruits and the potential benefits of the Life Fruit Tree’s vermilion fruit.
• Eager to pursue Sage Jutsu, Shamon urged the group to establish the farm, and Rikusei marked its area on a scroll.
• Shamon summoned all nine tailed beasts from red-and-white spheres as the Sunagakure ninja prepared to build the farm.

Rikusei and Naori used Truth-Seeking Orbs and their Sharingan to subdue the God Tree after the Tailed Beasts destroyed the surrounding forest. Naori persuaded the tree to remain in its smaller form, and Rikusei set boundaries for its roots as it began to recover.

• The Tailed Beasts devastated the woodland with their combined releases, and White Zetsu returned with two Truth-Seeking Orbs from Madara and Hashirama.
• Rikusei released the sealed God Tree, which surged toward the Tailed Beasts and tried to consume them.
• Rikusei used the Truth-Seeking Orbs to disrupt the God Tree's fusion while he and Naori synchronized their Sharingan to suppress its will.
• The God Tree collapsed and then recovered, appearing to acknowledge Naori's request to remain in its smaller form.
• Rikusei planted the Truth-Seeking Orbs around the God Tree to limit the spread of its roots.

Rikusei and Shamon established a God Tree farm powered by the Dragon Vein, whose fertile chakra accelerated crop growth. As sowing began and plans formed for a research institute and juice factory, Naori recognized the site as a promising place to explore the Rinnegan.

• The God Tree grew within the Truth-Seeking Orbs’ limits, while Rikusei suspected his Teacher had altered the Dragon Vein.
• Mao, Naori, and Bai Xiaochun discussed the tree’s Natural Energy, seeds, and possible harvests, while Shamon weighed the risks of Sunagakure becoming involved.
• Rikusei proposed a research institute to study crops that might mutate in the Dragon Vein, and Shamon agreed to develop new products there.
• Rikusei announced the start of sowing, and Angui granted the Shinobi Alliance use of land around the farm for a juice processing plant.
• The Tailed Beasts and White Zetsu began sowing as Sand shinobi plowed alongside them, and the crops quickly sprouted across the land.
• Naori saw the Dragon Vein’s potential and thought it would be a good place to explore the Rinnegan.

Tobirama oversaw the successful refinement of the fourth batch of Nine-Turn Sage Pills and tested them, confirming they could help shinobi use Sage Jutsu. He then chose to support Madara’s position on Konoha’s parasite trial and ordered the proceedings to begin.

• Tobirama inspected the Alliance’s Rinnegan research and considered experimenting with Hashirama Cells, but Mu interrupted him with news that the fourth batch of pills had been refined successfully.
• Tobirama ate a Nine-Turn Sage Pill and absorbed Natural Energy, then took more pills to prolong the effect before striking himself with a Black Receiver to stop the process.
• Tobirama declared the pills suitable for Sage Jutsu and sent the results to the Hokage traveling abroad; Mu reported that Rikusei was establishing the third Tailed Beast Farm.
• Tobirama reviewed the tangled parasite trial and sided with Madara’s support for cutting out Konoha’s corruption, despite his elder brother’s refusal.
• Tobirama told Afei to notify Sasuke and Shikahira that the trial could begin.

Uchiha Madara and Hashirama discussed punishing nobles who had exploited people seeking to become ninjas, and Madara ordered a public trial and their relocation. Madara then led the alliance forces toward Iwagakure to continue reshaping the Land of Earth and prepare to establish Sage Lands.

• Madara rejected Hashirama's plea for leniency after Tobirama uncovered nobles bribing ninjas and profiting from aspiring ninja.
• Hashirama told White Zetsu to instruct Tobirama to hold a public trial under the Konoha Code, and Madara ordered the nobles relocated to Konoha.
• Madara crushed Tobirama's Nine-Turn Sage Pill and said the two God Trees could support Sage Lands across the Shinobi World.
• Madara and Hashirama went to meet the reinforcement force in the Land of Earth, where Ishikawa and the alliance ninjas awaited them.
• Madara called for volunteers to shatter the mountains, and the alliance forces answered his command.