Recaps

Xuanye revealed to Orochimaru that the Sage of Six Paths was Otsutsuki Hagoromo and explained the origins of the Uchiha, Senju, and Uzumaki clans. Orochimaru received an Otsutsuki corpse to study, but Xuanye warned that Karma could transform him into a host for the alien’s soul.

• Orochimaru asked Xuanye how he knew so much about the Ōtsutsuki Clan and Sasuke.
• Xuanye revealed that the Sage of Six Paths was Otsutsuki Hagoromo, whose sons Indra and Asura were ancestors of the Uchiha and the Senju and Uzumaki clans.
• Orochimaru concluded that the Uchiha and Senju inherited their power from alien bloodlines and eagerly anticipated studying the Otsutsuki corpse.
• Xuanye warned Orochimaru to seek his help if his body began changing into an Otsutsuki.
• Xuanye explained that Karma could transform a host into a pure-blooded Otsutsuki, whose soul would then take over the host’s body.

Xuanye ordered Orochimaru to keep the First Hokage sealed and carry out a harsh plan involving Kabuto, then gave Sasuke the Flying Shuttle so he could return to his own world. Sasuke left knowing that the love and peaceful life he had seen in this world did not belong to him.

• Orochimaru asked how Xuanye knew about Living Corpse Reincarnation, and Xuanye warned him to keep their discussion of the Otsutsuki secret.
• Xuanye told Orochimaru to suppress the First Hokage’s consciousness and seal his body instead of releasing Impure World Reincarnation.
• Xuanye asked about the plan for Kabuto, and Orochimaru worried that Xuanye’s revisions were too extreme.
• Orochimaru left, and Sasuke came to the Hokage Office to say he did not want to stay in a world that was not his own.
• Xuanye handed Sasuke the Flying Shuttle so he could travel through time and space.

Sasuke gave Xuanye intelligence about future threats and warned him to be careful of Itachi before leaving with Boruto. Xuanye considered planting the Divine Tree Seed, then wondered whether sacrificing more Ōtsutsuki could produce a Chakra Fruit without destroying the planet.

• Sasuke handed Xuanye a scroll containing possible future developments and information about powerful ninja.
• Sasuke declined to say goodbye to Fugaku and Mikoto, warned Xuanye about Itachi, and left with Boruto.
• Xuanye examined the Divine Tree Seed and considered using Urashiki Otsutsuki's corpse to create a Chakra Fruit.
• Xuanye hesitated to plant the seed because the Divine Tree could irreversibly damage the planet and kill countless lives.
• Xuanye wondered whether sacrificing additional Ōtsutsuki, such as Toneri or Jigen, could reduce or eliminate the need to drain the planet's life force.

Xuanye failed to absorb the power of Urashiki Otsutsuki’s Golden Tomoe Rinnegan and decided to learn Senjutsu in Shikkotsu Forest before trying again. After leaving Konoha’s affairs to a Shadow Clone, he traveled there with Katsuyu.

• Xuanye considered using Otsutsuki, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and Kaguya Otsutsuki to grow a Divine Tree, but set those plans aside for now.
• Xuanye tried to absorb the Golden Tomoe Rinnegan with Saha World, but realized his Mangekyō could not affect a Rinnegan.
• Xuanye chose to learn Senjutsu, hoping its power could help him break down the Golden Rinnegan and awaken his own Rinnegan.
• Xuanye told Hong Dou and Yugito he would leave Konoha in their care while he studied at Shikkotsu Forest.
• Xuanye created a Shadow Clone to manage village affairs, then had Katsuyu take him to Shikkotsu Forest with the Reverse Summoning Technique.

Xuanye arrived at Shikkotsu Forest and began learning its gentle form of Senjutsu from the Great Slug Sage. She praised his exceptional aptitude and offered to teach him Shikkotsu Forest’s Senjutsu directly.

• Xuanye examined Shikkotsu Forest and sensed that its mist and abundant Natural Energy had been altered into gentler Senjutsu Chakra.
• The Great Slug Sage emerged from the mist, greeted Xuanye, and split off a smaller body to speak with him.
• Xuanye agreed to begin learning Senjutsu, and the Great Slug Sage wrapped him in mucus rich in Senjutsu Chakra.
• The Great Slug Sage recognized Xuanye’s experience with Natural Energy and praised his aptitude, comparing it favorably with Lord Hashirama’s contractors.

While Uchiha Genya trained in Shikkotsu Forest, Orochimaru and his allies staged Yakushi Nonō’s death to push Kabuto into harsher training. Kabuto returned to Konoha and discovered evidence that Nonō had supposedly killed herself, leaving him convinced a conspiracy surrounded him.

• Kabuto settled into his work at Hozuki Castle, believing his position and future were secure, while Orochimaru prepared a punishing training plan for him.
• Kabuto received a letter claiming Yakushi Nonō had died and used a white snake and Reverse Summoning Technique to return to Konoha.
• At the orphanage, Kabuto found the children mourning Nonō, while A-Yu refused to explain what had happened.
• During his night vigil, Kabuto examined Nonō’s body and found that her tongue had been severed, apparently by her own bite.
• Kabuto kept his discovery secret and suspected that a vast conspiracy was closing around him.

After Yakushi Nonō’s death, Kabuto secretly investigated and began to suspect Uchiha Genya, while Orochimaru tried to stop him. Xuanye confronted Kabuto, who demanded to know why Genya had gone after Nonō, but the chapter ended before Xuanye answered.

• After Nonō’s seventh-day mourning rites, Kabuto began investigating her death and returned to Hozuki Castle to find Orochimaru warning him to stop.
• Kabuto knelt before Orochimaru and begged for the truth, but Orochimaru refused to reveal more, strengthening Kabuto’s suspicion of Uchiha Genya.
• Kabuto concluded that Genya might have forced himself on Nonō, and his anger grew as he recalled how others had refused to discuss her death.
• Xuanye emerged from the shadows, and Orochimaru bowed before leaving Kabuto to face him.
• Xuanye said he was sorry about Nonō and would not kill Kabuto, but Kabuto demanded to know why Genya had gone after her despite Kabuto doing everything he was asked.

Xuanye broke Kabuto’s spirit by humiliating him and using an illusion about Nonō, then urged him to survive and seek revenge. Kabuto resolved to pursue Ryūchi Cave’s dangerous Senjutsu, while Orochimaru realized his plan had successfully baited him.

• Kabuto attacked Xuanye with Water Release, but Xuanye punched him and explained that he wanted to push Kabuto from despair into vengeance.
• Xuanye used Illusion Technique: Mirror Flower, Water Moon to make Kabuto believe Nonō had begged for his life before dying.
• Xuanye told Kabuto to grow stronger and seek revenge, and Kabuto became determined to learn Senjutsu in Ryūchi Cave.
• Kabuto considered using Orochimaru’s cell-transplantation techniques to improve his chances of surviving the training.
• Orochimaru noticed Kabuto’s malice but hid his satisfaction that the plan had worked, while Kabuto spent the next two days working in the laboratory as his hatred grew.

Kabuto incapacitated Orochimaru, took Ryūchi Cave’s Summoning Scroll, and signed a contract so he could seek Sage Jutsu. A black snake agreed to take him to Ryūchi Cave, while suspecting Orochimaru had planned the apparent betrayal as a trap.

• Orochimaru continued experimenting on Hidan, who endured the procedures while secretly vowing revenge for the humiliation he had suffered.
• Kabuto released poison in Orochimaru’s laboratory, knocked him unconscious, and took Ryūchi Cave’s Summoning Scroll from a safe.
• Kabuto signed the scroll and summoned a black snake, then asked it to take him to Ryūchi Cave to learn Sage Jutsu.
• The black snake warned Kabuto that Ryūchi Cave’s training was deadly, but Kabuto insisted he would risk it for power.
• The black snake agreed to take Kabuto and suspected Orochimaru had deliberately let him appear to succeed.

Kabuto went to Ryūchi Cave to face the Senjutsu trials, while Xuanye and the others discussed how the White Snake Sage might keep him alive for the sake of the unfolding drama. As Kabuto began transforming to survive, Xuanye rapidly mastered Senjutsu in Shikkotsu Forest and formed a Sage Face Pattern.

• Kabuto collected Orochimaru's cells and Chakra, then traveled with the black snake to Ryūchi Cave.
• Orochimaru revealed that Kabuto's poison had not affected him, and Hidan realized the apparent betrayal had been staged.
• Xuanye and Yakushi Nonō arrived, and Xuanye explained that the White Snake Sage had been told about Kabuto and would likely keep him alive out of curiosity.
• Orochimaru regretted not thinking of using the White Snake Sage's curiosity to make the trials easier for him.
• Kabuto injected Orochimaru's cells and Chakra, becoming a snake person to improve his chances of mastering Senjutsu.
• Xuanye formed a Sage Face Pattern while rapidly absorbing Shikkotsu Forest's Senjutsu Chakra, and the Katsuyu Sage recognized his immense potential in Yin-Yang Release.

Xuanye completed his Senjutsu training and learned from Sage Katsuyu that the White Snake Sage might be able to locate Isshiki. Back in Konoha, he reviewed the growing rumors about his battle with Urashiki, addressed an emergency at the Daimyo Mansion, and Hong Dou worried that Tsunade had gained ground with him.

• Xuanye thanked Sage Katsuyu for helping him master Senjutsu and asked whether she knew where Isshiki was hiding.
• Sage Katsuyu admitted she did not know Isshiki's location and advised Xuanye to ask the White Snake Sage, whose perception could reach across the land.
• Xuanye returned to Konoha and reviewed reports that Kabuto was nearing the end of Ryūchi Cave's trials and would soon meet the White Snake Sage.
• Reports of Xuanye's battle with Urashiki spread through the Ninja World, prompting the Four Great Ninja Villages' leaders to investigate and seek the mysterious opponent's support.
• Xuanye learned from Itachi that an emergency had arisen at the Daimyo Mansion, then issued orders to address the situation.
• Hong Dou resented rumors about Xuanye and Tsunade and wondered why he had not pursued her instead.

Itachi discovered that the young Daimyo had secretly sent Clothing-Belt Edicts to foreign leaders, and Xuanye came to the Daimyo Mansion to assess the threat. Xuanye told Itachi the oversight would not derail Konoha’s plans, but that some actions would have to happen sooner.

• At the Daimyo Mansion, Itachi presented Xuanye with silk containing a Clothing-Belt Edict hidden in the young Daimyo’s garment.
• Itachi explained that a Hyuga Clan ninja had spotted the hidden message with his Byakugan and that Konoha had detained the people named in it.
• Itachi reported that the Daimyo of the Land of Wind, the Land of Water, the Land of Lightning, the Land of Earth, and several smaller countries might have received similar letters.
• Itachi knelt and asked Xuanye to punish him for failing to discover the scheme sooner.
• Xuanye said the mistake would not disrupt Konoha’s plans, but that they would need to move some things forward.

Xuanye reprimanded Itachi for believing he could shoulder every mistake alone, then took him to confront the young Daimyo over the Clothing-Belt Edict. Xuanye declared the Daimyo had forfeited his chance at a dignified end, leaving his fate unresolved.

• Xuanye asked Itachi what lesson he had learned, criticized his tendency to take everything on himself, and gave him one major demerit.
• Xuanye decided to move his plan forward despite other countries having evidence of his supposed rebellion.
• Xuanye used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take Itachi to the Daimyo's reception hall, where the young Daimyo wore Warring States armor.
• Xuanye asked the Daimyo why he had issued the Clothing-Belt Edict, then dismissed his explanation before he could give it.
• Xuanye told the Daimyo that his foolishness had cost him the chance for a dignified end and that Xuanye had no use for a disloyal pawn.

Uchiha Genya seized control of the young Daimyo, overriding his mind with an Illusion Technique after the boy attacked him. Genya ordered Itachi to keep the Daimyo alive and guard him from foreign Anbu while he moved ahead with his plan.

• The young Daimyo accused Uchiha Genya of killing his family and charged him with a samurai sword.
• Genya caught the blade between two fingers, snapped it, and used his Mangekyō to take control of the Daimyo's mind.
• Itachi offered to take the blame for the Daimyo's fate, but Genya refused and said he would bear the disgrace himself.
• Genya told Itachi to keep the mission unchanged, protect the Daimyo, and screen anyone approaching within a hundred meters.

Uchiha Genya took control of the Daimyo Mansion and reluctantly became both Daimyo and Hokage, ruling the Land of Fire as Grand General. After completing his fourth main quest, he drew Shiki Ryougi's Mystic Eyes of Death Perception and prepared to use them against the Otsutsuki.

• Uchiha Genya's forces seized the Daimyo Mansion, disarmed its guards, and placed them under watch.
• The young Daimyo and several old ministers pleaded for Genya to take the throne, and he accepted after three refusals.
• Genya combined the offices of Daimyo and Hokage, named himself Grand General, and completed the quest to control the Land of Fire.
• The system issued a new quest requiring Genya to unify the Ninja World and abolish every Daimyo and Hokage.
• Genya used his lottery draw to obtain Shiki Ryougi's Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, which let him perceive lines of death and kill what they marked.

After abolishing the Daimyo and Hokage, Uchiha Genya made Konoha the capital and began building a grand Castle Keep as his residence and office. The other Daimyos condemned him and demanded war, but the great village leaders refused to move against Konoha.

• Xuanye ordered a massive Castle Keep built in central Konoha, and workers replaced the old Hokage office with a purple-based tower.
• The Ninja World reacted with alarm when Uchiha Genya abolished the Daimyo and Hokage and proclaimed himself Thunderfire Great General.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Wind ordered Rasa to hand over Sunagakure’s authority and ninja roster, and Rasa dismissed the demand as dangerously foolish.
• Other Daimyos realized the Clothing-Belt Edicts could no longer serve as leverage and united to condemn Uchiha Genya’s seizure of power.
• The Daimyos ordered the village leaders to wage war on the Land of Fire and capture Uchiha Genya, but Ōnoki, A, Mei Terumi, and Rasa refused to provoke Konoha.

The Daimyo and nobles placed unprecedented bounties on Uchiha Genya and Konoha’s senior figures to rally the Ninja World against them. Genya dismissed the threat and focused on using the wealth seized from the Land of Fire to fund Konoha’s development.

• The other Kage began ignoring Daimyo orders after seeing Uchiha Genya force the Land of Fire’s Daimyo from power.
• The Daimyo and nobles pooled their fortunes to place enormous dead-or-alive bounties on Konoha’s leaders and allies, including 10 billion ryō for Uchiha Genya.
• Kakuzu suggested faking his death to claim Genya’s bounty, while Hong Dou complained about her own 50-million-ryō bounty.
• Genya reviewed the bounty list with Kakuzu, Hong Dou, and Yugito, and concluded that money alone would not defeat him.
• Kakuzu reported that the seized wealth could fund more than a year of development, and Genya ordered Konoha to finish its existing plans before expanding.

Xuanye ordered Kakuzu to keep seized nobles’ properties registered under Konoha and rent them out rather than sell them. In Ryūchi Cave, Kabuto passed the Three Snake Princesses’ trials and began the White Snake Sage’s dangerous Senjutsu trial, leaving his survival uncertain.

• Xuanye told Kakuzu to register the nobles’ real estate under Konoha and earn long-term revenue by renting it out.
• Kabuto passed the Three Snake Princesses’ trials and was brought before the White Snake Sage.
• The White Snake Sage bit Kabuto and injected Natural Energy, prompting him to meditate and try to control it before he turned to stone.
• The Three Snake Princesses asked the White Snake Sage to make Kabuto’s trial easier as his petrification slowly spread.

Kabuto endured Ryūchi Cave’s trial and mastered its Sage Jutsu after three days and nights, gaining serpentine traits and a surge of power. The White Snake Sage recognized him as an heir and prepared to teach him orthodox Senjutsu.

• The White Snake Sage slowed Kabuto’s petrification with smoke infused with Senjutsu Chakra, then left him to face the trial himself.
• Kabuto kept resisting Natural Energy, driven by memories of Nonō, even after he lost consciousness.
• After three days and nights, Kabuto tamed Natural Energy and awoke covered in white scales with serpentine features.
• The White Snake Sage congratulated Kabuto, named him an heir to Ryūchi Cave, and promised to teach him its orthodox Senjutsu.
• Kabuto sensed Chakra across hundreds of kilometers and reveled in his newfound strength as the White Snake Sage called him over for instruction.

Xuanye confronted Kabuto in Ryūchi Cave after Kabuto mastered Senjutsu, and the White Snake Sage refused to take sides. Xuanye began testing Kabuto in a fight, which continued as Kabuto unleashed his Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation and Xuanye countered with Blaze Release: Two-Tails Chakra Mode.

• Nonō learned that Kabuto had mastered Ryūchi Cave's Senjutsu and was studying under the White Snake Sage.
• Xuanye used the Flying Thunder God Mark on Manda to travel to Ryūchi Cave and confront Kabuto.
• Kabuto challenged Xuanye, but the White Snake Sage and the Three Snake Princesses declined to intervene in human disputes.
• Kabuto attacked Xuanye with Hidden Shadow Snake Hands, and Xuanye cut the snakes apart with a blade of lightning.
• Kabuto covered his eyes with snake corneas and used Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation to make the surroundings attack Xuanye.
• Xuanye cut apart the animated stone with Musō Isshin and activated Blaze Release: Two-Tails Chakra Mode.

Xuanye tested Kabuto's Senjutsu-enhanced strength in Ryūchi Cave, where Kabuto fought with snakes, White Rage Technique, and other abilities. Xuanye declared that Kabuto had passed, then used his Mangekyō to end the fight and warned him about its ocular techniques.

• Kabuto split into white snakes to flee, but Xuanye used his Tailed Beast Chakra Cloak and Lightning Release Chakra Mode to pursue and cut them down.
• Kabuto used Sage Art: White Rage Technique, forcing Xuanye to isolate himself with Saha World before Xuanye pursued him with Susanoo.
• Kabuto repeatedly escaped Xuanye's strikes with snakes and Shedding Skin Ninjutsu, while the White Snake Sage stabilized Ryūchi Cave.
• Kabuto attacked with Inorganic Reincarnation, and Xuanye let Susanoo dissipate before telling Kabuto that he had passed his test.
• Kabuto became enraged and prepared to attack, but Xuanye activated his Mangekyō Sharingan and warned that its ocular technique did not require eye contact.

Xuanye trapped Kabuto in an illusion after their fight and revealed that he had awakened the Golden Tomoe Rinnegan. The White Snake Sage recognized the eye and said she knew Xuanye had awakened it in Shikkotsu Forest, leaving him waiting to hear what she wanted from him.

• Xuanye used Mirror Flower, Water Moon to make Kabuto believe their battle and his journey to Ryūchi Cave might have been an illusion, and Kabuto desperately tried to break free.
• Xuanye thanked the White Snake Sage and the Three Snake Princesses for looking after Kabuto, then prepared to take him away.
• The White Snake Sage stopped Xuanye and asked how he would regard the Ninja World now that he possessed the Rinnegan.
• Xuanye revealed his Golden Tomoe Rinnegan and reflected that he had concentrated its power in his left eye while keeping plans for his right eye.
• The White Snake Sage said she knew Xuanye had awakened the Rinnegan in Shikkotsu Forest, and Xuanye suspected she had something to offer or discuss.

Uchiha Genya learned that the White Snake Sage opposed the Otsutsuki and might help him confront Ōtsutsuki Isshiki once he grew stronger. Kabuto woke from the Illusion Technique on an operating table, where Orochimaru told him the surgery had turned him into a girl.

• The White Snake Sage explained that the Three Sacred Lands opposed the Otsutsuki and offered Uchiha Genya a chance to learn Ryūchi Cave Senjutsu.
• Uchiha Genya asked where Ōtsutsuki Isshiki was, and the White Snake Sage said she would help him fight Isshiki after he grew stronger.
• The White Snake Sage told the Three Snake Princesses they could help Uchiha Genya if he ever needed it, because he might become an opportunity for Ryūchi Cave.
• Kabuto endured repeated cycles of the Illusion Technique until his consciousness sank into darkness.
• Kabuto woke on an operating table beside Orochimaru and Uchiha Genya, and Orochimaru told him the surgery had made him a cute girl.

Kabuto learned that Nonō’s apparent death and his hardships had been staged to push him into learning Senjutsu, and Xuanye threatened to expose the deception if he resisted. The chapter ended with Kabuto barking like a loyal dog to protect his reputation.

• Nonō told Kabuto that her death had been faked to motivate him to learn Senjutsu.
• Kabuto suspected an Illusion Technique, but Orochimaru explained that Kabuto’s orange-flavored nerve agent had not worked on him.
• Xuanye claimed credit for the scheme and told Kabuto that Nonō had known about it.
• Kabuto learned that a camera had recorded the events and Xuanye threatened to spread the story if Kabuto displeased him.
• Kabuto barked like a dog to show his loyalty to Uchiha Genya.

Xuanye sent Kabuto and Hidan to infiltrate the Akatsuki Organization, hoping to gather intelligence and manipulate its operations. At Akatsuki's meeting, Hiruzen accused Kabuto of being a Konoha spy.

• Xuanye promised Kabuto future opportunities to train others in Senjutsu and considered how Kabuto could earn a promotion.
• Xuanye decided to send Kabuto and Hidan into Akatsuki, while keeping Nonō's survival secret for now.
• Akatsuki's members discussed Uchiha Genya's rise as Grand Shogun, and Hiruzen urged them to attack Konoha.
• Pain introduced Kabuto and Hidan as Akatsuki's final members, describing their abilities and backgrounds.
• Hiruzen objected to Kabuto's induction, accusing him of being a Konoha spy.