Chapter Summaries

In Rōran, Rikusei read about Konoha’s trials of Sage Pills and continued experimenting with White Zetsu, Mao Cells, and chakra in pursuit of a body capable of fusing with the God Tree. As he and Naori prepared to witness the experiment’s results, Naori warned Mao to control her advances while her Mangekyō Sharingan began to awaken.

• Rikusei read that the Alliance Research Institute had begun large-scale Sage Pill trials and that Konoha had conducted its trials according to the Konoha Code.
• Rikusei added Madara Cells to White Zetsu and reviewed his work on creating a vessel capable of fusing with the God Tree.
• Rikusei studied chakra combining his, Ashura’s, and Indra’s power, then watched Mao Cells collide and fuse with White Zetsu.
• Naori pinned Mao against a wall after catching her, then warned her not to be greedy and to wait for permission.
• Naori ended their taijutsu training and said Rikusei was waiting for them to witness the experiment’s results.

Rikusei explained that the laboratory was fusing Hashirama Cells and Uchiha cells into a Perfect White Zetsu, using a method provided by Black Zetsu. Naori and Mao learned the experiment connected to the clan head’s plans and the effort to revive Kaguya, leaving Mao alarmed about the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

• Naori and Mao returned from patrolling the farm, and Rikusei told them Mao’s cells were fusing with White Zetsu cells at a rate that could produce cells close to Hashirama’s.
• Mao recalled Naori defeating her after waiting out her Sage Mode, while Naori thanked her for providing cells for the experiment.
• Mao and Naori discovered that Rikusei’s experiment involved fusing Hashirama Cells and Rikusei’s and the clan leader’s cells into a Perfect White Zetsu.
• Rikusei revealed that Black Zetsu had provided the fusion method used to create a White Zetsu like those used by the Sage of Six Paths.
• Naori connected Black Zetsu’s cooperation to his goal of reviving Kaguya, and Rikusei suggested the clan head may have sought an opponent or knowledge of the Celestial Realm.
• Mao warned that they needed defenses against the Infinite Tsukuyomi, then apologized to the protesting White Zetsu and said they must prevent the White Zetsu from stealing the Shinobi World’s victory.

Rikusei and his companions prepared to unseal Kaguya while advancing their experiments with White Zetsu cells and Six Paths chakra. Their chakra fusion succeeded, and Rikusei awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan as a crimson skeletal aura formed around him.

• Rikusei revealed that Black Zetsu would help unseal Kaguya only if they handed over control of White Zetsu, while the Sage of Six Paths would observe their plan.
• Naori warned that the clan head would not devour the God Tree, and Mao resolved to advance the experiment toward the Rinnegan.
• Rikusei spent his days researching crops with Shamon and observing White Zetsu work with the Tailed Beasts while Naori and Mao patrolled.
• Mao, Naori, and Rikusei confirmed that chakra derived from White Zetsu cells could be applied to the human body.
• Naori injected Rikusei with a mixture of Ashura, Indra, and Mao's chakra, and he endured the violent fusion within his body.
• Rikusei's chakra surged crimson and formed eerie ribs around him, prompting Naori to declare the experiment a success.

Rikusei’s eyes evolved toward the Rinnegan as his body endured a violent chakra transformation, and Mao and Naori used the God Tree and Dragon Vein to stabilize him. The Sage of Six Paths sensed Rikusei’s progress from a fishing village and watched cracks form in the world’s surface.

• Rikusei’s chakra pathways swelled and his eyes began evolving as Mao and Naori realized the Sage of Six Paths’ chakra was driving the change.
• Naori stopped Mao from adding her chakra and identified Rikusei’s condition as evolving toward the Rinnegan.
• White Zetsu brought chakra drawn from the God Tree and Dragon Vein, and Mao connected a root to Rikusei’s head while Naori stood ready to cut it off if necessary.
• The Ten-Tails chakra flowing into Rikusei eased his pain and repaired his skin, letting him accelerate the fusion of chakra in his eyes.
• The Sage of Six Paths treated a fisherman in the Open Archipelago, then sensed Rikusei’s progress in Rōran and noticed cracks appearing across the world’s surface.

Rikusei survived the dangerous process of awakening his Mangekyo and Rinnegan, though it left him dangerously thin. Naori and Mao prepared to take him back to the base, where he saw his weakened reflection and lost the Rinnegan.

• Madara sensed Indra's Chakra stirring within him and recognized Rikusei's awakening of the Rinnegan as a gift from the Sage of Six Paths.
• Hashirama and Madara continued reshaping the Land of Earth while shinobi from across the world repaired the devastation below.
• Mao considered injecting more Indra cells into Rikusei, but Naori refused and destroyed the Root sustaining the process.
• Rikusei recovered from the ordeal, and Naori embraced him while Mao offered to cook for him.
• Naori and Mao examined Rikusei's new Mangekyo and Rinnegan, and Mao realized he had awakened the Rinnegan in both eyes.
• Rikusei saw his gaunt reflection in his Forehead Protector, lost the Rinnegan, and Shamon mistook his condition for youthful excess.

Uchiha Rikusei read a medical report recommending rest after his chakra and mental energy were depleted, then explored the new abilities awakened in his Mangekyo Sharingan and Rinnegan. He left to inspect Rōran’s Tailed Beast Farm, already considering how his new powers might help with farming.

• Rikusei angrily rejected his medical report’s claim that he lacked moderation, stood up from his wheelchair, and ordered White Zetsu to open the door without pushing him.
• Rikusei inspected his eyes and realized his Triple Ring Mangekyo could exchange and overlap reality with his Illusion Space.
• Rikusei learned that his Rinnegan ability, Amenotokotachi, enhanced its basic powers and discovered that his chakra could change his eyes’ colors at will.
• Rikusei pushed his wheelchair toward the farm to check the crops and considered turning Black Receivers into tools for the Tailed Beasts.

Rikusei recovered in a wheelchair after awakening the Mangekyo and discussed keeping his Rinnegan secret with Naori. After showing her his Divine World ability, he revealed his Mangekyo to Shamon, who recognized it and understood Rikusei's condition.

• Mao taught Kurama a sword technique, and Kurama copied it to till the farm's soil with its nine tails.
• Naori pushed Rikusei in a fast wooden wheelchair while he recovered from severe damage to the pathways in his legs, then kissed him and called it a fiancée's duty.
• Naori agreed with Rikusei that he should keep his Rinnegan hidden to avoid jealousy and destabilizing the Shinobi Alliance.
• Rikusei showed Naori his Mangekyo and used Divine World to take them into an illusion world that looked indistinguishable from reality.
• Shamon saw Rikusei's Mangekyo and realized that Rikusei's wheelchair-bound state followed his awakening of the dōjutsu.

Rikusei and Mao developed chakra-based tools for the Tailed Beast farms while keeping the Rinnegan secret. Mao was recalled to Konoha to lead the Sage Arts Class, leaving Rikusei at Rōran Farm.

• Kurama worried that the Sharingan could suppress him, then continued practicing swordsmanship while the other Tailed Beasts worked around the farm.
• Rikusei and Mao tested Black Receivers and discussed using them as durable farm tools without disrupting the ninja tool market or revealing the Rinnegan.
• Rikusei presented blueprints for specialized Tailed Beast farm tools, including a combine harvester for the crops at Rōran Farm.
• An Anbu order recalled Mao to Konoha to lead the Sage Arts Class as Alliance members returned to train in Senjutsu Chakra.
• Before leaving, Mao pressed an affectionate Sage mark onto Rikusei’s face.

Rikusei prepared to revive Kaguya while pursuing ways to counter Isshiki, and he inspected White Zetsu as the first Rinnegan experiment. Shamon left Rōran Farm in Rikusei and Naori’s care to attend the Shinobi World’s first Sage Jutsu training class.

• Rikusei considered Isshiki’s hidden Ten-Tails a potential target and worried that the two Hokage had not yet finished their plans to revive Kaguya.
• Rikusei showed White Zetsu his Rinnegan, and White Zetsu reflected on his past and his gratitude for being treated with freedom and respect.
• Shamon offered Rikusei a drink made from God Tree crops, and Rikusei recognized that it was infused with Sage Jutsu.
• Shamon told Rikusei that he would attend the first Sage Jutsu training class and entrusted Rōran Farm to Rikusei and Naori.
• Rikusei agreed to help guide Ebizo while Shamon was away.

Rikusei managed Rōran’s expanding farm while investigating his Mangekyo and Rinnegan powers. After discussing Kaguya’s planned resurrection with Madara, they began imagining a counterattack against the Otsutsuki.

• Rikusei took charge of Rōran Farm, organized the arriving ninjas, and assigned Ebizo to work as a newspaper correspondent.
• Rikusei continued exploring how his Mangekyo’s Divine World ability related to the Rinnegan.
• Madara visited Rikusei and confirmed that he and Hashirama planned to resurrect Kaguya after dealing with the Land of Water.
• Rikusei warned Madara that the Otsutsuki might have noticed Kaguya’s disappearance and could possess spacetime abilities.
• Madara proposed seizing the Otsutsuki’s Ten-Tails and joining forces with other planets to resist them.

Madara resolved to protect the Shinobi World from the Otsutsuki and considered leaving it to gain power, but Rikusei's account of the Sage of Six Paths and the old prophecy made him reconsider. Believing the dead might still be reachable through the Pure Land, Madara set off for Kirigakure to tell Hashirama his plan.

• Madara declared that he would destroy the Otsutsuki Clan's God Tree plan, and Rikusei encouraged him to believe that he could pursue the same power as his enemies.
• Rikusei used an Illusion Technique to show Madara his encounter with the Sage of Six Paths, prompting them to discuss Hagoromo and Hamura's opposition to Kaguya's unsealing.
• Rikusei recalled Gamamaru's prophecy of a blue-eyed youth and suggested the Otsutsuki invasion might come after that youth, though the future could still change.
• Rikusei hinted that the Sage of Six Paths could communicate with the Pure Land, and Madara realized the dead might not have gone far away.
• Madara decided to return to Kirigakure to tell Hashirama about his plan, declined Rikusei's offer of the Seven-Tails for transport, and vanished into the night.
• After Madara left, Rikusei tidied the laboratory and worried that Kaguya might retreat into the Beginning Ball Dimension if she lost to future-generation ninjas.

Rikusei redirected Ebizo’s interview from rumors about his Mangekyō Sharingan toward the benefits of the God Tree and Tailed Beasts. After Ebizo left, Rikusei planned how to answer the Uchiha clansmen and Tobirama without revealing the truth behind his awakening.

• Ebizo interviewed Rikusei about rumors that he had awakened a third pair of Uchiha Mangekyō Sharingan, but Rikusei denied them and promised a future demonstration with Kurama.
• Rikusei steered Ebizo toward questions about the God Tree, chakra, and the Tailed Beasts, and Ebizo agreed to shift the Sand Shinobi Daily’s coverage accordingly.
• Rikusei considered how to respond to Uchiha clansmen seeking to awaken their Sharingan and to Tobirama’s inquiries about his Mangekyō.
• Rikusei decided to cite the God Tree and talent as explanations for the Uchiha, and to seek Tobirama’s help in providing a convincing theory.

Rikusei and Kurama led shinobi from across the nations in harvesting crops as a united attack on famine. Meanwhile, Hashirama woke in Kirigakure to learn that the Land of Water had agreed to merge with Konoha, before Madara told him that the Sage of Six Paths had approved a plan to revive Kaguya Otsutsuki.

• Rikusei clad Kurama in crimson armor and led him in attacking the ripe crops, prompting the gathered shinobi to join the harvest and Naori to release Konoha's Tailed Beasts.
• Hashirama woke beside Madara and learned that the Land of Water's Daimyo had agreed to merge with Konoha after Hashirama accepted several conditions while drunk.
• Hashirama realized Madara had let the Kirigakure shinobi approach him at the banquet and worried about what Tobirama would think.
• Hashirama told Madara he wanted his father, Itama, and Kawarama to see the peace they had hoped for.
• Madara revealed that the Sage of Six Paths was walking the Shinobi World and had ambiguously approved a plan to revive Kaguya Otsutsuki, though Hagoromo and Hamura had interfered.

Madara and Hashirama oversaw Kirigakure’s transition toward joining Konoha as Madara began creating new land for the Land of Water. The chapter ended with Madara summoning a meteor to fill the sea.

• Madara let go of his obsession after learning the Otsutsuki had manipulated the Shinobi World, then joked with Hashirama as they waited for Kirigakure’s leaders.
• Byakuren, Gengetsu, and Genji discussed Kirigakure’s resistance to joining Konoha and the benefits of building a Tailed Beast Farm around the God Tree.
• Byakuren ordered Gengetsu and Genji to gather everyone so they could witness Madara create the world.
• Hashirama watched as ninja unsealed scrolls of rubble near the Land of Water’s coast, while Madara prepared to reshape the sea.
• Madara entered his Ten-Tails Jinchuriki form and used the Sword of Nunoboko and Yin-Yang Release to turn the sea into land.
• Madara formed hand seals with two Susanoo and called down Tengai Shinsei.

Madara and Hashirama used meteors, the Sword of Nunoboko, and the crowd’s chakra to reshape the sea and protect the archipelago. Beneath the seabed, Hagoromo found the Dragon Palace, but its inhabitants did not believe he was the Sage of Six Paths.

• Madara summoned hundreds of meteors toward the sea, while Hashirama shielded the crowd with Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Hashirama asked everyone to join him in raising Earth Style barriers against the towering tsunami.
• Madara used the Sword of Nunoboko to raise the seabed and Shinra Tensei to repel the waves toward Dotō.
• Hagoromo searched the deep sea for a source of chakra and discovered a palace bearing the name Dragon Palace.
• Hagoromo introduced himself to the hidden residents, but they suspected he was Uchiha Madara, so he threatened to become Madara if they would not open the gate.

The Sage of Six Paths entered the Dragon Palace while Madara’s power reshaped the sea into new land, and Genji told Kirigakure’s survivors that unification would likely begin with their village. In Konoha, Tobirama’s officials set out plans for governing the Mist as the Shinobi Alliance openly revealed its goal of unifying the Shinobi World.

• The Sage of Six Paths entered the Dragon Palace and observed Natural Energy in the sea beasts.
• After the waves receded, Genji told Kirigakure’s ninja that Madara had caused the disaster and that unification would likely begin with Kirigakure.
• Madara left Hashirama to handle the approaching Kirigakure leaders while he rested and watched the survivors gather food.
• In Konoha, Kaku warned officials that Kirigakure’s factions would resist integration, while Tobirama’s group watched the meteor shower.
• Tobirama announced plans to use Konoha’s textbooks in the Mist, relocate its clans into villages, build a road, and establish a Tailed Beast cavalry unit under Anbu command.
• Tobirama asked what Konoha’s priority should be, and Uzumaki Kaimi and the clan heads answered that it was Sage Jutsu training.

After the Uzumaki Clan’s success in sage arts training raised concerns about its power, Tobirama asked Kaimi to help integrate the clan more safely into Konoha. Tobirama then developed plans to stabilize ninja clans, while Reto and Shamon discussed the Mist Shinobi joining Konoha and the Sand’s chance to act later.

• Tobirama praised the Uzumaki Clan’s sage arts performance and warned Kaimi that other nations might fear its sealing skills and growing strength.
• Kaimi agreed that the Uzumaki Clan would follow Konoha’s orders, and Tobirama asked it to become more like the Senju, Uchiha, and Hyuga Clan.
• Kaimi explained that the Uzumaki Clan’s red hair and distinctive bodies made it difficult for members to conceal their identity, and Tobirama promised to consider a solution.
• Tobirama reviewed a plan to promote clan stability through new ninja tools, new ninjutsu, and equal Sage Jutsu allocations for clans of every size.
• Reto told Shamon that the Mist Shinobi would merge into Konoha to transplant the God Tree, and the two discussed Rōran, the Rinnegan, and waiting for an opportunity to help.

Rikusei monitored the God Tree’s chakra and considered how its crops might spread chakra throughout the Shinobi World, while he helped Naori research her Mangekyō. The chapter left Naori wondering whether Tobirama had already prepared plans for Kaguya’s release.

• Rikusei observed the God Tree’s blooming flower and saw that its chakra was accumulating without producing a fruit.
• Rikusei considered planting a God Tree on Kirigakure’s new continent and using chakra-rich crops to give ordinary people chakra.
• Rikusei watched Naori research how to combine God Tree chakra with the Ashura and Indra chakra in her body to awaken her Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Rikusei warned Naori that Kirigakure’s alliance with Konoha signaled a shift to the other great nations, and they discussed how Kaguya’s release might change the God Tree’s influence.
• Naori wondered whether Tobirama had prepared multiple plans for the possible consequences of releasing Kaguya.

Rikusei helped Roran grow into an immigrant city and promoted the Rōran Jutsu Library and Sage Jutsu cultivation while researching a way to awaken Naori’s Mangekyo. After Naori’s eyes evolved successfully, she suggested that the Rinnegan might also be capable of further evolution.

• Rikusei and the Sand Shinobi leader proposed building a jutsu library in Roran, while Tobirama’s Sage Jutsu grounds and forbidden jutsu courses attracted ninja from across the Shinobi World.
• Rikusei recognized that Tobirama had spread a rumor encouraging ninja to experience Sage Jutsu, and he noticed children at Rōran Farm had begun playing Sage-themed games.
• After days of research, Rikusei injected Naori with a chakra solution made from his cells and God Tree cells, and her chakra merged without causing visible physical changes.
• Naori awakened her Mangekyo Sharingan, whose pattern she identified as a butterfly, and Rikusei kissed her as they celebrated the successful evolution.
• Naori told Rikusei that the Sharingan evolved more easily near the Sage of Six Paths’ chakra and proposed that the Rinnegan might also evolve like the God Tree’s Tomoe Rinnegan.

Rikusei watched Naori awaken her Mangekyo and reflected on how his experiments could change the Uchiha, while Naori recognized the extraordinary vitality in Rikusei’s own cells. After receiving orders from Konoha, Rikusei and Naori left Rōran aboard an airship with a group of returning ninjas.

• Naori manifested Susanoo after her Mangekyo awakened, and Rikusei considered using biological experimentation to help Uchiha awaken the Sharingan without emotional trauma.
• Naori speculated that evolving the Rinnegan might require more God Tree fruits and told Rikusei that his cells’ vitality had eliminated the Mangekyo’s drawbacks.
• Tianjia delivered Rikusei’s transfer order, informing him that the nations’ reconstruction was complete and that Tobirama had approved his request concerning the Rōran Jutsu Library.
• Rikusei prepared to leave Rōran, packing experimental materials and specialties while arranging for the Perfect White Zetsu to brief his successors.
• Danzo, Hiruzen, and Koharu arrived in Rōran, and Rikusei and Naori departed with returning ninjas aboard the Fire airship.