Chapter Summaries

Yang Hao forced Sunagakure and Iwagakure to sign ceasefire agreements, killing Onoki and leaving Kitsuchi as the new Tsuchikage. After returning to Konoha with Orochimaru and Tobirama Senju, Yang Hao learned the Third Hokage was willing to surrender power, and the village prepared for Orochimaru’s succession.

• Yang Hao made Rasa sign a ceasefire agreement and learned Rasa already had a wife and daughter, leaving Karura’s ransom deal unresolved.
• Yang Hao attacked Iwagakure, defeated Onoki, killed him, and forced Kitsuchi to sign a ceasefire agreement as the new Tsuchikage.
• An ANBU ninja reported that Iwagakure’s experimental zones and supplies had been looted, and Kitsuchi fainted from his injuries and distress.
• Yang Hao, Orochimaru, and Tobirama Senju returned to Konoha after passing through Amegakure, where they failed to find the demigod.
• Jiraiya told Orochimaru and Yang Hao that the Third Hokage and his allies would step down, and the group headed into the village for the planned succession ceremony.

Yang Hao returned to Konoha with the ceasefire agreements and prepared to become Fourth Hokage, while Hiruzen and Danzo secretly planned to stop him. After Yakushi Nono visited Yang Hao and heard his plans for the village, she suddenly stabbed herself with a kunai.

• Yang Hao presented the four villages’ ceasefire agreements to Sarutobi Hiruzen, who praised him and said the succession ceremony would take place the next day.
• At the Hokage’s office, Sarutobi Hiruzen, Danzo Shimura, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura discussed a plan to deal with Yang Hao and prepared for a possible fight.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Yang Hao celebrated at the Senju Clan Compound, while Orochimaru warned Yang Hao that the night would not be peaceful.
• Yang Hao asked Orochimaru whether they should move Hokage Rock, then later welcomed Yakushi Nono, who brought him millet porridge and asked about his plans as Hokage.
• Yang Hao described sweeping reforms and his ambition to unite the world, and Yakushi Nono said she wanted to see his vision come true.
• As Yang Hao prepared to walk Yakushi Nono home, she pressed one kunai against his back and plunged another into her own chest.

After Yakushi Nono died warning Yang Hao, he unleashed his power and attacked Konoha, killing those who tried to stop him. He destroyed the Sarutobi Clan grounds, while Jiraiya and Sarutobi Hiruzen survived the assault.

• Yakushi Nono died in Yang Hao's arms after warning him not to let hatred consume him, and Yang Hao unleashed the God-Slaying Domain.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade found Yang Hao holding Nono's body, but he transformed into the Eight-Tails' true form and charged through Konoha.
• Torifu Akimichi ordered the Ino-Shika-Cho clans to evacuate villagers, while Jiraiya summoned Gamabunta to confront Yang Hao.
• Yang Hao pierced and killed Gamabunta, then killed Enma after Sarutobi Hiruzen tried to stop his advance.
• Yang Hao destroyed the Sarutobi Clan grounds and killed its members, while Jiraiya's Sage Art: Massive Rasengan helped Sarutobi Hiruzen escape.
• Yang Hao killed Shima with his God-Slaying Spear, and Jiraiya released Fukasaku's summoning state after realizing he could not defeat him.

Yang Hao rampaged through Konoha in his bull-headed giant form, while Sarutobi Hiruzen and Namikaze Minato tried to stop him using Uzumaki Mina’s Nine-Tails power. Orochimaru revealed that Kushina had been preserved after the Nine-Tails was extracted, and Minato chose to save Mina, leaving Kushina’s fate unresolved.

• Fukasaku used the Reverse Summoning Technique to send Jiraiya to Mount Myoboku, saving him from Yang Hao.
• Namikaze Minato returned to Konoha with Uzumaki Mina, but the God-Slaying Domain prevented him from teleporting Yang Hao’s giant out of the village.
• Uzumaki Mina drew on the Nine-Tails until Yang Hao bound her with Adamantine Sealing Chains and absorbed her Tailed Beast Cloak chakra.
• Yang Hao demanded to know where Kushina was, and Orochimaru revealed her preserved body in a nutrient tank.
• Orochimaru said Kushina could be saved by restoring the Nine-Tails to her, but Sarutobi Hiruzen urged Minato to protect Mina instead.
• Namikaze Minato took Mina away, abandoning Kushina, and Yang Hao asked whether the Nine-Tails chakra he had absorbed could help restore her seal.

Yang Hao and Orochimaru exposed the Sarutobi Clan’s attempt to stop them, and Tobirama Senju agreed that Yang Hao should leave and build a new village. By dawn, more than half of the village had gathered at Hokage Rock to follow him.

• Sarutobi Shinnosuke tried to use the Reaper Death Seal, but Orochimaru pierced him with the Kusanagi Sword while Yang Hao seized the summoned God of Death.
• A hidden attacker stabbed at Yang Hao, who killed her, and Might Duy arrived in the Eight Gates to demand that Yang Hao leave the village for Might Guy’s sake.
• Yang Hao rejected the Hokage position, and Orochimaru revealed Tobirama Senju with the Reanimation Jutsu; Tobirama urged Yang Hao to take his followers and establish a new village.
• Orochimaru and Tsunade went to gather people willing to leave, while Yang Hao rescued the drugged Might Guy from a location a hundred kilometers away.
• Ninjas from the northeastern front arrived at Hokage Rock, and by dawn more than half the village’s people had gathered to leave with Yang Hao.

Yang Hao led most of Konoha’s people away and established their new home at the valley where Hashirama Senju and Uchiha Madara had fought. The chapter ended with Tsunade discovering that Tobirama Senju had been resurrected rather than reanimated.

• Yang Hao severed Hokage Rock from its base, lifted it, and carried it north as Namikaze Minato declined his invitation to join the departing group.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered Konoha’s reconstruction while Danzo Shimura accepted that his schemes had failed and renewed his ambition to become Hokage.
• Jiraiya told Namikaze Minato he was leaving to search for the Child of Prophecy, and Minato let him go.
• Yang Hao brought Hokage Rock and the departing villagers to the valley where Hashirama Senju and Uchiha Madara had fought, explaining that it would be their new beginning.
• Tsunade found that Tobirama Senju’s cracked-looking face was only makeup, and Orochimaru explained that Tobirama had been resurrected.

Yang Hao laid out plans for the Land of Heavenly Ninja’s construction and persuaded the ninja clans to dissolve their clan systems in exchange for a new cultivation method. The chapter ended with the three major clans from the Hidden Mist Village reviewing the proposal while Hatake Kakashi reunited with his resurrected father, Hatake Sakumo.

• Tsunade learned that Nawaki and Dan could not be revived without fresh cells, while Tobirama Senju revealed that his Reanimation Jutsu appearance had been a disguise.
• Yang Hao presented plans for a new village with modern buildings, elevators, and improved use of space, and the group agreed on the project’s general direction.
• Yang Hao offered to share a cultivation method in exchange for the clans dissolving their clan systems while retaining ancestral halls, and the Ino-Shika-Cho clans and other local clans agreed.
• Yang Hao distributed the cultivation manuals, and the shinobi’s support and construction efforts increased.
• Hatake Kakashi reunited with his resurrected father, Hatake Sakumo, as Yang Hao presented the cultivation method and clan-dissolution proposal to the three major clans from the Hidden Mist Village.

Yang Hao established the Heavenly Ninja Country, integrating three clans and treating Ringo Ameyuri with a heart transplant. He then forced Karura to join and provoked Mikoto Uchiha into awakening her Mangekyo Sharingan, leaving her unconscious after taking her eyes.

• Yang Hao introduced the Heavenly Ninja Country and its laws, and the Mei, Kaguya, and Hozuki clan heads agreed to join and were handed over to Tobirama Senju and Hatake Sakumo for arrangements.
• Yang Hao transplanted a White Zetsu heart into Ringo Ameyuri, and the operation succeeded despite her anger that he had not used anesthetic.
• Yang Hao told Karura and Mikoto Uchiha that Rasa had moved on and that Uchiha Fugaku was dead, then provoked Mikoto until she awakened her Mangekyo Sharingan and used Amaterasu.
• Yang Hao knocked Mikoto unconscious, removed her Mangekyo Sharingan, and replaced them with spare Three Tomoe Sharingan.
• Karura agreed to join the Heavenly Ninja Country, then clenched her fists when Yang Hao complained that he could not trade her for gold.

Yang Hao checked on his cloning operation, reunited Uzumaki Kana and Mikoto Uchiha with their friends, and continued developing his power as war threatened Konoha. He sent Karura to rescue Pakura from Rasa’s betrayal and received the badly wounded Sunagakure hero, while Orochimaru left to confront Hanzo.

• Yang Hao learned that Hyuga Xia’s cloning base had cultivated up to one hundred thousand healthy Clones, then spent three days with her before visiting Uzumaki Kana’s island base.
• Yang Hao brought Uzumaki Kana and Mikoto Uchiha back to the Heavenly Ninja Country, where Uzumaki Kushina and Tsunade welcomed them.
• Yang Hao trained in nature transformation, shape transformation, and bloodline fusion as Orochimaru reported that the four great ninja villages and Amegakure had formed an alliance against Konoha.
• Yang Hao learned that Rasa had arranged for Pakura to be ambushed by the Hidden Mist Village, so he sent Karura to rescue her.
• Orochimaru departed for the Land of Rain to confront Hanzo, while Karura brought the severely wounded Pakura to Yang Hao.

Yang Hao completed the fusion of Ice Release and Scorch Release into a temperature-controlling bloodline limit while the war continued and his allies trained. New intelligence about Sasuke and Itachi Uchiha and the deaths of Obito and Xingyue led him to consider pursuing Indra’s chakra and looting Uchiha Madara’s corpse.

• Yang Hao accepted Karura’s advice to help Pakura heal without letting her injuries or hatred define her recovery.
• Yang Hao successfully fused Ice Release and Scorch Release, creating icy flames that could control temperature and energy.
• Nohara Rin told Yang Hao that Fugaku Uchiha’s sons were Sasuke and the prodigious Itachi, prompting Yang Hao to consider taking Indra’s chakra from Sasuke.
• Yang Hao watched Might Guy and Hatake Kakashi train, praised their Kage-level strength, and discussed how war had separated and killed their classmates.
• Nohara Rin told Yang Hao that Xingyue had loved Obito and had died; Yang Hao suspected Uchiha Madara had engineered Obito’s fate and considered looting Madara’s corpse.

Yang Hao harvested ocular power and Indra’s chakra from Uchiha Madara’s corpse and Sasuke, then exposed Danzo Shimura’s Root experiments through anonymous letters. The accusations sparked an uprising in Konoha, where the clans and grieving families stormed Root’s base and demanded Danzo’s death.

• Yang Hao turned Uchiha Madara’s corpse into a Sharingan Soul Bone and used its ocular power to draw some of Indra’s chakra from Sasuke Uchiha.
• Yang Hao left a White Zetsu spore at Xingyue’s grave and sent anonymous accusations about Danzo Shimura’s experiments to Konoha’s leaders, clans, and families.
• Namikaze Minato found the accusation letter and photographs, and Sarutobi Hiruzen recognized the danger as over a hundred Uchiha ninja left the village.
• Uchiha and Hyuga ninja, other clan members, and angry families rushed Root’s base while Minato and Hiruzen failed to stop them.
• The crowd found children in nutrient tanks, corpse specimens, and a damaged Hyuga main family Byakugan, then demanded Danzo’s death.
• The intruders discovered that Danzo was away in the Land of Rain seeking the Rinnegan, leaving Root too weak to resist them.

Namikaze Minato oversaw an investigation into Danzo Shimura’s Root experiments, which let the Uchiha and other clans strip the base and purge many of Sarutobi Hiruzen’s allies from the village. In the aftermath, Hiruzen, Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, and Danzo’s Shadow Clone plotted to exploit the Nine-Tails’ host during childbirth.

• Namikaze Minato agreed to let Fugaku Uchiha and the Konoha Police Force investigate Root while he oversaw the inquiry, and he allowed the clans to reclaim their dead and seize the base’s materials.
• The Uchiha, Hyuga, Inuzuka, and Aburame clans looted Root’s base, then investigated village officials and uncovered widespread misconduct among Sarutobi Hiruzen’s allies.
• Namikaze Minato ordered offenders removed from their posts, while Sarutobi Hiruzen, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura suspected Minato had orchestrated the exposure to seize power.
• Danzo Shimura sent a Shadow Clone to Konoha, where Utatane Koharu blamed Minato for the raid and Sarutobi Hiruzen said their enemies would face a purge.
• Mitokado Homura proposed exploiting the Nine-Tails’ release during childbirth, and Sarutobi Hiruzen revealed that Minato planned to seal the beast into his child.

Sarutobi Hiruzen considered using the Reanimation Jutsu to protect himself and the Sarutobi Clan, while Uchiha Obito prepared to exploit Danzo Shimura. Black Zetsu discovered Ito Makoto’s Ōtsutsuki form and white Karma, then began considering him as a better vessel for Kaguya’s resurrection than Uchiha Madara.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen dismissed his advisers’ concerns about Danzo Shimura and took out a scroll containing the Reanimation Jutsu.
• Uchiha Obito told Black Zetsu to watch Danzo Shimura and continued planning to use Akatsuki for his own Infinite Tsukuyomi scheme.
• Black Zetsu went to Konoha to observe the Uchiha, then sensed someone using ocular power to read the tablet beneath Naka Shrine.
• Black Zetsu found Yang Hao studying the tablet in his Ōtsutsuki form and saw the white Karma on his palm.
• Yang Hao transformed into Ito Makoto and left, leading Black Zetsu to decide that Ito Makoto might be a better vessel for Kaguya than Uchiha Madara.

Yang Hao searched Konoha for the Hyuga Clan’s lost Tenseigan while Black Zetsu watched and mistook his white Karma for a link to Kaguya. On the night Kushina gave birth, Uchiha Obito freed the Nine-Tails and unleashed it on Konoha as Namikaze Minato and Sarutobi Hiruzen fought to respond.

• Yang Hao searched the Hyuga Clan’s memories for the Giant Tenseigan, but found only the mark used to create the Caged Bird Curse Mark.
• Uchiha Obito abducted Kushina during childbirth, while Namikaze Minato returned their newborn daughter to the village and later rescued Kushina from the freed Nine-Tails.
• Uzumaki Mina named her daughter Naruko, and Namikaze Minato left to track down the attacker.
• Uchiha Obito summoned the Nine-Tails into Konoha and controlled it with his Sharingan, while Namikaze Minato confronted him.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen organized Konoha’s defense and summoned Enma, but Uchiha Obito’s Kamui twisted space and snapped the Adamantine Staff in two.

Yang Hao watched Uchiha Obito and the Nine-Tails devastate Konoha, then seized the souls of Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Mina after Minato sealed the Nine-Tails into Naruko. He left the children in Konoha with plans to shape them, and waited in Fugaku Uchiha’s tent as the Uchiha returned from the disaster.

• Uchiha Obito fired a Tailed Beast Ball at Sarutobi Hiruzen, destroying half of Konoha and causing massive casualties.
• Yang Hao and Orochimaru’s Shadow Clone watched the battle, and Yang Hao explained that Obito had likely obtained Uchiha Madara’s summoning scroll.
• Uzumaki Mina bound the Nine-Tails with Adamantine Sealing Chains, and Namikaze Minato used the Reaper Death Seal to take half its soul before sealing the rest inside Naruko.
• Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Mina died together, while Yang Hao seized their souls and the God of Death.
• Yang Hao sealed the Nine-Tails’ soul and half its source power into Sasuke Uchiha, left White Zetsu clones to teach Sasuke and Naruko, and waited in Fugaku Uchiha’s tent.
• Fugaku Uchiha and his wife returned to find the Uchiha clan had suffered losses and Namikaze Minato had died, leaving the clan worried about being blamed for the Nine-Tails’ Sharingan control.

Yang Hao’s Shadow Clone deceived Fugaku Uchiha about the Nine-Tails attack and asked him to protect Sasuke and Naruko’s future. Yang Hao then brought war orphans to Heavenly Ninja Country, where Yakushi Nono began examining them and learned they might have been targeted by Danzo Shimura’s experiments.

• Yang Hao, disguised as Namikaze Minato, told Fugaku Uchiha that Uchiha Madara had controlled the Nine-Tails and that Sarutobi Hiruzen might have helped cause the attack.
• Yang Hao’s Shadow Clone said half the Nine-Tails was sealed in Sasuke, asked to make Sasuke his disciple and future Fifth Hokage, and proposed a future pairing between Sasuke and Naruko.
• Yang Hao dispelled the Shadow Clone, then returned to Heavenly Ninja Country with orphans whose parents had died in the Nine-Tails attack.
• Yang Hao visited Yakushi Nono at the orphanage and explained that Namikaze Minato and his wife had died and that he had brought back the children.
• Yakushi Nono joined Yang Hao at the hospital to examine the orphans, while Yang Hao warned that Danzo Shimura might use them as Root test subjects.

Yang Hao rescued Hinata Hyuga and Neji Hyuga from the Hidden Cloud Village’s plot and brought them to his overseas base, where they reunited with Hyuga Hizashi’s Shadow Clone. After accepting the two children as disciples, Yang Hao warned that Konoha’s leaders had likely allowed the kidnapping attempt to pressure the Hyuga clan.

• As Konoha and the Hidden Cloud Village prepared to sign a ceasefire, Sarutobi Hiruzen and the elders learned that the delegation leader belonged to the faction seeking to destroy Konoha.
• The Hidden Cloud Village delegation leader abducted Hinata Hyuga from the Hyuga compound, but Hyuga Hiashi killed him after discovering the supposed Hinata was a doll.
• Yang Hao took Hinata Hyuga and Neji Hyuga to his overseas base, where Hyuga Xia agreed to care for them.
• Hyuga Hizashi’s Shadow Clone explained Neji’s fate to the children, and Neji and Hinata accepted Yang Hao as their teacher.
• Yang Hao suspected Sarutobi Hiruzen and the other leaders had knowingly allowed the delegation leader to reach the Hyuga compound so they could pressure the clan.

Yang Hao anticipated the Uchiha clan’s coming crisis while Shisui Uchiha awakened Kotoamatsukami and drew Black Zetsu’s attention. Black Zetsu altered the stone tablet to promote an Infinite Kotoamatsukami plan, while Uchiha Obito visited Konoha’s cemetery and reaffirmed his resolve to create a world with Xingyue.

• Yang Hao looked forward to the Uchiha clan incident and wondered whether Shisui Uchiha had awakened Kotoamatsukami.
• Shisui Uchiha used his newly awakened Kotoamatsukami on a Hidden Mist ninja, then decided to save its power for the Uchiha clan head.
• Black Zetsu learned of Shisui Uchiha’s ability, altered the stone tablet to add the idea of changing people’s wills, and planned to strengthen Nagato Uzumaki with Hashirama Cells.
• Uchiha Obito questioned Black Zetsu, heard about the Hyuga incident and Uzumaki Naruko’s treatment, and then left for Konoha.
• Uchiha Obito mourned at Namikaze Minato’s grave, reflected on learning the Flying Thunder God Technique, and vowed at Xingyue’s grave to create a world where she lived.

Yang Hao brought Yashamaru from Sunagakure to reunite him with Karura, while secretly taking Gaara and Temari as disciples and strengthening Gaara’s seal. He left Temari terrified and unable to tell anyone about his visit.

• Yang Hao promised Karura he would retrieve her younger brother Yashamaru, then traveled to Sunagakure the next night.
• Yang Hao found the bullied Yashamaru, marked him with the Flying Thunder God Technique, and infiltrated Rasa’s residence.
• Yang Hao reinforced Gaara’s seal, promised to teach him Magnet Release, and left a White Zetsu clone inside the seal to instruct him.
• Yang Hao identified himself to Temari as Ito Makoto and forced her to become his disciple, leaving another White Zetsu clone inside her.
• Temari considered telling her father, but the seal Yang Hao placed on her released lightning chakra and knocked her unconscious.
• Yang Hao returned Yashamaru to Karura at the overseas base, and she carried her unconscious brother to his prepared room.

Yang Hao discovered that Orochimaru and Tobirama Senju had secretly created a daughter for him and Tsunade, whose Divine Tree Martial Soul awakened in the Heavenly Ninja Country’s capital. He accepted Senju Piaoxue as his child and took Uzumaki Mito on a tour, while Tsunade began adjusting to meeting her daughter.

• Yang Hao continued developing the Heavenly Ninja Country’s administration and laws as it expanded into the Land of Fire and nearby nations.
• Yang Hao sensed a second Divine Tree Martial Soul and found Orochimaru and Tobirama Senju with six-year-old Senju Piaoxue, whose awakening had produced powerful Wood Release.
• Yang Hao learned that Piaoxue had been cultivated from his and Tsunade’s genes without Tsunade’s knowledge, then picked her up and acknowledged himself as her father.
• Tobirama Senju told Tsunade that he had used her genes to create Piaoxue, and Uzumaki Mito scolded Tsunade and Uzumaki Kushina for remaining unmarried.
• Uzumaki Mito asked Yang Hao to walk with her, and he agreed to show her around the City of Heaven.
• Senju Piaoxue called Tsunade her mother, leaving Tsunade at a loss as Tobirama Senju urged them to take the girl to eat.