Chapter Summaries

The Sky Screen revealed Kabuto Yakushi’s rise from orphan and spy to the master of an army of reincarnated shinobi, prompting alarm over his power and Danzo’s role in his tragedy. At Star Dou Forest, the Silver Dragon King reassured the Ferocious Beasts that Impure World Reincarnation could not work on Douluo Continent because souls belonged to the God Realm.

• The Sky Screen listed Kabuto Yakushi’s history and the many powerful shinobi he summoned with Impure World Reincarnation during the Fourth Shinobi World War.
• Viewers marveled at Kabuto’s army and condemned Danzo for forcing him to kill Yakushi Nonō, while anticipating a meeting between Sasuke and the reincarnated Itachi.
• Di Tian and Bi Ji worried that humans could use Impure World Reincarnation against Spirit Beasts, and Xiong Jun proposed launching a beast tide to stop it.
• Di Tian asked the Silver Dragon King to decide whether they should act, but she said Impure World Reincarnation was meaningless on Douluo Continent.
• The Silver Dragon King explained that the God Realm controlled the souls of the dead, and Di Tian felt relieved that the Ferocious Beasts had avoided an unnecessary conflict.

The Sky Screen showed Itachi breaking free of Impure World Reincarnation and confronting Kabuto with Sasuke, hoping to make him undo the jutsu. Itachi and Sasuke began fighting Kabuto after he attacked them with giant snakes.

• Itachi used Susanoo to smash through Kabuto's barrier and revealed that he had overridden Impure World Reincarnation with his own Genjutsu.
• Sasuke arrived, recognized Kabuto, and learned that Itachi had come to make Kabuto stop the jutsu rather than kill him.
• Kabuto taunted Itachi about the Uchiha Clan massacre, while Itachi condemned him for forcing the dead to fight again.
• Itachi declared that the weakness of Impure World Reincarnation was Kabuto himself.
• Kabuto sent four enlarged snakes at the brothers, and Itachi restrained them with Susanoo while Sasuke cut off their heads with his Susanoo blade.

The Sky Screen showed Kabuto reveal his regenerative abilities, Sage Mode, and his claim that he had become a dragon, forcing Itachi and Sasuke to face his natural-energy attack. The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect and other viewers rejected Kabuto’s dragon form as nothing more than a powerful snake.

• Sasuke and Itachi failed to capture Kabuto when he shed his cloak, divided into snakes, and escaped despite Sasuke pinning one with his sword.
• Kabuto explained that he had combined abilities gained from studying the Hōzuki and Uzumaki clans, and his severed tail healed rapidly.
• Kabuto said he had cultivated at Ryūchi Cave and surpassed Orochimaru by mastering Perfect Sage Mode.
• Sasuke’s arrow missed when Kabuto sensed it and moved out of its path, and Kabuto emerged from a giant snake to announce that he had become a dragon.
• Kabuto unleashed natural energy against Itachi and Sasuke, while viewers and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect disputed whether his strange, horned form counted as a dragon.

Di Tian and the other Spirit Beasts raged at Kabuto Yakushi for insulting dragons, but the Silver Dragon King saw his Sage Mode as a possible path for beasts and the Dragon Race to reach godhood. As the Sky Screen showed Kabuto using the White Rage Technique to overwhelm Sasuke Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha, the onlookers realized snake-like traits might counter the move.

• Di Tian and Zi JI erupted in fury over Kabuto Yakushi’s claim that he had become a dragon, and the Silver Dragon King rebuked them for letting rage and pride rule them.
• The Silver Dragon King forbade them from killing Kabuto and explained that his beast-like Sage Mode might be usable by both humans and Spirit Beasts.
• She speculated that Kabuto might discover a path from snake to dragon, offering hope for the Dragon Race’s revival.
• The Sky Screen showed Kabuto Yakushi use the White Rage Technique’s blinding light and piercing sound to impair Sasuke Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha.
• Kabuto rushed at the immobilized pair, explaining that his snake-like eyes and liquefied body let him withstand the technique’s effects, while viewers wondered if snake-type Martial Souls could resist it.

Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo discussed whether they could adapt Kabuto’s light-and-sound technique before the Sky Screen showed Itachi and Sasuke countering Kabuto together. The brothers attacked him in the cave, where Sasuke recognized Kabuto’s plan to steal his sword and escape.

• Dugu Yan proposed copying Kabuto’s technique, but Dugu Bo explained that they lacked the means to create the necessary light and sound waves.
• Itachi used Susanoo to shield Sasuke from Kabuto, then explained that Nagato had sensed Kabuto and that he had predicted Kabuto would target Sasuke.
• Kabuto criticized Itachi for relying on deception, while Sasuke angrily attacked him with Chidori Sharp Spear.
• Itachi reminded Sasuke of a mission involving a wild boar, and the brothers activated Susanoo together to attack Kabuto.
• Sasuke pinned Kabuto’s tail with an arrow, then realized Kabuto was trying to steal his sword and escape.

Itachi and Sasuke fought Kabuto together while Sasuke sought the truth about his brother, and Itachi reaffirmed his loyalty to Konoha. As Kabuto claimed the Impure World Reincarnation made him invincible, Itachi activated Izanami, a technique he said determined fate.

• Itachi tricked Kabuto with a crow substitution, took his sword, and cut off one of Kabuto’s horns as Sasuke joined him.
• Kabuto inferred that Sasuke wanted the truth about Itachi and accused him of wanting to destroy Konoha because of what the village had done to his brother.
• Itachi warned Sasuke not to trust Kabuto, defended his identity as a Konoha shinobi, and admitted that he had turned Sasuke into what he was.
• Kabuto boasted that his regeneration and lack of sight made him impossible to defeat, prompting Itachi to reveal a forbidden ocular technique that did not rely on vision.
• Itachi charged Kabuto and activated Izanami, explaining that it determined fate, unlike Izanagi, which changed fate.

Kabuto used Senpo: Animate Reincarnation to bring the cave to life and attack Sasuke and Itachi, astonishing observers across the Naruto and Douluo worlds. As Kabuto moved to alter Itachi’s mind, Sasuke used Amaterasu to protect them, and the chapter ended with Itachi kneeling and apologizing to Sasuke.

• Sasuke recognized Izanami as a technique famed alongside Izanagi as Itachi fought Kabuto.
• Kabuto used Senpo: Animate Reincarnation to animate the cave, impaling Itachi with stalactites while Susanoo shielded Sasuke.
• The Rakshasa God, Bibi Dong, the Silver Dragon King, and Di Tian reacted with shock to Kabuto’s ability to grant life to inanimate objects.
• Kabuto prepared to alter Itachi’s mind, but Sasuke used Amaterasu as a protective barrier around himself and Itachi.
• The Amaterasu made the stalactites withdraw, and Itachi knelt and apologized to Sasuke.

Kabuto boasted that his stolen abilities made him the center of the war, while Itachi urged him to recognize his true self. Kabuto showed how he had built his identity by taking others’ powers, sparking a debate across the Douluo Continent about privilege, effort, and whether people should follow their own path.

• Kabuto bragged about surpassing his former limits and claimed he was closer than anyone to the Sage of Six Paths, prompting reactions beneath the Sky Screen.
• Sasuke cursed Kabuto for insulting the Uchiha, but Itachi stopped him and said Kabuto would lose because he resembled Itachi’s former self.
• Itachi told Kabuto that self-knowledge meant accepting his limits, and Kabuto angrily rejected the idea that the identity he had fought to find was a deception.
• The Sky Screen showed Kabuto’s past, including his struggle to thank the matron, his work with Orochimaru, and his painful attempts to absorb others’ blood and abilities.
• People across the Douluo Continent argued over whether Kabuto’s pursuit of every opportunity or Itachi’s advice to understand oneself was more justified, turning the exchange into a dispute between nobles and commoners.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Ning Rongrong to judge the two sides, and she said Itachi had advantages from birth but also sensed that something was wrong with Kabuto.

Ning Fengzhi explained that Kabuto had lost himself in his quest for identity, then argued that strength decided who was right. The Sky Screen showed Kabuto using the abilities of several people he had absorbed to overwhelm Itachi Uchiha and Sasuke Uchiha, leaving them trapped by sound-based genjutsu as he prepared to absorb them.

• Ning Fengzhi told Ning Rongrong that Kabuto had become like Orochimaru and that his glasses were the last trace of his former self.
• Ning Fengzhi said that nobles and commoners both failed to understand each other, but that the victor was right in an age ruled by strength.
• Kabuto used Sakon, Jirobo, Kidomaru, and Kimimaro’s abilities to break through the black flames and attack Itachi Uchiha and Sasuke Uchiha with earth and bone techniques.
• Itachi Uchiha and Sasuke Uchiha defended themselves with Susanoo and Amaterasu, but Kabuto used Tayuya’s flute genjutsu to trap them and make their Susanoo fade.
• Kabuto transformed his body to resemble Orochimaru and advanced on the immobilized brothers, while viewers reacted to his grotesque fighting style and the Rakshasa God praised him as a promising prospect.

Itachi and Sasuke fought Kabuto, who had absorbed Orochimaru, while Itachi tried to trap him with Izanami. Kabuto attacked Itachi, but the battle began repeating itself, leaving the observers to realize Izanami had taken effect.

• Kabuto revealed his Orochimaru-like form and taunted Sasuke, while Itachi urged him to stop denying himself.
• Sasuke and Itachi used genjutsu on each other to free themselves from Kabuto’s white snakes, then struck the airborne Orochimaru head with their Susanoo.
• Kabuto faked defeat, emerged from Orochimaru’s mouth, and cut Itachi in half before Sasuke attacked him with Susanoo and fire.
• Itachi reappeared among crows, cut off one of Kabuto’s snake horns, and announced that he had begun Izanami.
• Kabuto and Itachi clashed again in a scene that repeated an earlier exchange, and the observers recognized that Izanami had trapped Kabuto.

The Sky Screen showed Itachi trapping Kabuto in Izanami, forcing him through a terrifying loop of repeated attacks until he revealed that Kabuto had been caught in the genjutsu from the moment Sasuke returned. The spectators realized Kabuto’s arrogance had led him to stay and fight, and the chapter ended with him helplessly trapped.

• Sasuke returned to the battlefield, and Itachi told him to stay close while Kabuto continued taunting them.
• Itachi and Sasuke repeatedly caught Kabuto in the same sequence of attacks, including Itachi’s crow transformation and the loss of Kabuto’s snake horn.
• Kabuto tried to resist and break free, but Itachi revealed that he had already trapped him with Izanami.
• Itachi explained to Sasuke that Izanami was the forbidden jutsu that decided fate, and the scene revealed Kabuto standing motionless inside the genjutsu.
• The spectators concluded that Kabuto had been caught when Sasuke returned and that his desire to prove himself against the Uchiha had cost him the fight.

Itachi released Impure World Reincarnation, ending the reanimated shinobi’s battles, and used his fading time to show Sasuke the truth of the Uchiha massacre. Itachi confessed his regrets and told Sasuke he would always love him as he disappeared.

• Sasuke told Itachi he understood him but would still destroy Konoha, while Itachi continued making Kabuto undo Impure World Reincarnation.
• Kabuto completed the final seal, and the reanimated shinobi across the Fourth Shinobi World War battlefield began fading away.
• As Itachi’s consciousness faded, he showed Sasuke his memories of Shisui’s death, their parents’ acceptance, and the massacre.
• Itachi admitted he should have faced Sasuke honestly and said Sasuke never had to forgive him.
• Itachi pressed his forehead against Sasuke’s and told him, “I will always love you!”

Yu Zhi watched Itachi’s final farewell to Sasuke and struggled to reconcile his feelings with his fabricated identity as a Uchiha survivor. The Sky Screen then introduced Uchiha Shin, revealing that he was an Orochimaru test subject who idolized Itachi and planned to revive the Uchiha Clan.

• Yu Zhi remembered how his feelings about Itachi had changed over time as he watched Itachi depart on the Sky Screen.
• Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue mistook Yu Zhi’s conflicted expression for grief and encouraged him to pursue revenge without losing himself.
• Yu Zhi pretended to hate Itachi for killing innocent Uchiha children while privately recalling that he was not really an Uchiha.
• The Sky Screen showed a man whose body was covered in triangular Mangekyō Sharingan, prompting people on Douluo Continent to speculate about his connection to Danzo and Orochimaru.
• The Sky Screen identified the man as Uchiha Shin, an Orochimaru test subject without Uchiha blood who had taken the Uchiha name, idolized Itachi, and planned to revive the clan.
• The Sky Screen revealed that Shin’s Mangekyō ability let him remotely control metal weapons he had marked beforehand.

The Sky Screen introduced Sarada Uchiha and Chocho Akimichi as two girls traveling to find their parents, revealing that Sarada had grown up without meeting her father, Sasuke Uchiha. As Qian Renxue and the Rakshasa God mocked the Uchiha, Yu Zhi protested that he was devoted to one woman and complained to his teacher.

• The Sky Screen showed Sarada Uchiha urging the exhausted Chocho Akimichi to keep moving as they traveled.
• The Sky Screen identified Sarada as Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno's daughter, who wanted to meet her father and learn who her mother was, and Chocho as Choji Akimichi's daughter, who suspected he was not her real father.
• People beneath the Sky Screen reacted with shock to Sarada's family situation, speculated that Sasuke had been unfaithful, and wondered why so many Konoha children were searching for their parents.
• Qian Renxue called Sasuke a womanizer, and the Rakshasa God joked that the Uchiha were destined to build harems.
• Yu Zhi insisted he was devoted to one woman and complained to his teacher about the two women mocking him.

Yu Zhi and Qian Renxue wagered on whether Sarada was Sakura’s daughter, each demanding an embarrassing punishment if the other lost. As the Sky Screen showed Uchiha Shin attack Sarada and Chocho, Naruto appeared to stop the fight.

• Yu Zhi challenged Qian Renxue to bet on Sarada’s parentage, and she agreed that the loser would face the winner’s chosen punishment.
• Yu Zhi demanded that Qian Renxue call him Dad if she lost, while she threatened to make him kneel and lick her feet if he lost.
• Yu Zhi asked whether Qian Renxue would remove her shoes, and she blushed and refused.
• The Sky Screen showed Uchiha Shin introduce himself to Sarada and demand that she come with him.
• Sarada and Chocho fought Shin, but he dodged their attacks and nearly struck Chocho with his chained kunai.
• Naruto Uzumaki appeared, holding Chocho, and told Shin that the children did not need to fight so seriously.

Naruto confronted Uchiha Shin, revealed his Nine-Tails Chakra form, and overwhelmed him with the Nine-Tails' help. A strange one-eyed creature rescued Shin through a space-time vortex, leaving Sarada and Chocho amazed by Naruto's power.

• Naruto identified Uchiha Shin's Mangekyō Sharingan and transformed into his Nine-Tails Chakra form as Shin sent a swarm of blades at him.
• Naruto used chakra hands to catch the blades while the Nine-Tails offered to fight alongside him.
• Naruto let the Nine-Tails control his chakra hands, and they drove Uchiha Shin back as Sarada and Chocho watched in awe.
• A strange one-eyed creature appeared, told Shin to retreat, and used a spatial vortex to take them both away.

Naruto comforted Sarada by recalling Sasuke and assuring her that distance could not change their bond as father and daughter. Eager to reach the meeting tower, Sarada ran ahead and awakened her Sharingan from her love and longing for Sasuke.

• Chocho asked Sarada what her father was like, and Sarada admitted she could not remember him.
• Naruto described Sasuke as his rival and reassured Sarada that she and Sasuke would always be father and daughter.
• Naruto pointed out the tower where he and Sasuke had agreed to meet, but Chocho needed a rest.
• Sarada pretended to go to the bathroom and hurried through the woods toward the tower.
• As Sarada anticipated seeing Sasuke, she awakened her Sharingan with one tomoe.

The Sky Screen showed Sasuke nearly attacking Sarada before realizing she was his daughter, then remaining cold as she confronted him about her parentage and absence. Sarada fled in tears, while Qian Renxue reflected on her own relationship with Bibi Dong and condemned Sasuke.

• Sasuke threatened Sarada with his sword before recognizing her as his daughter, and Sarada told him she had known who he was immediately.
• Naruto and Chocho arrived, and Sarada asked Sasuke whether Sakura was her biological mother.
• Sarada questioned Sasuke about his absence and showed him a photograph of Taka, asking who Karin was.
• Sasuke said his business had nothing to do with Sarada, and she ran away in tears.
• Qian Renxue compared Sarada's pain to her own childhood and judged Sasuke harshly.

The Sky Screen showed Sasuke leaving Konoha to search for traces of Kaguya and a possible enemy stronger than her, while keeping his mission secret from Sarada. The revelations alarmed Gu Yuena, the Rakshasa God, and Bibi Dong, who realized the Naruto Continent might be far more dangerous than they had expected.

• Sasuke told Naruto he was leaving Konoha to investigate threats connected to Kaguya and refused to let Naruto accompany him.
• Sasuke ordered Naruto to keep the mission classified and rejected telling Sarada, saying he wanted to protect her and preserve a bright future.
• People across the Douluo Continent discussed Sasuke's reasons for staying away from home and feared the possibility of an enemy stronger than Kaguya.
• Gu Yuena worried that the Naruto Continent's threats rivaled the Divine Realm, then reassured Di Tian and the Ferocious Beasts that she could handle them.
• The Rakshasa God questioned whether the Douluo Planet remained under the Divine Realm's control, while Bibi Dong abandoned her confidence about conquering the Naruto Continent.

Qian Renxue remained confident she would win her bet with Yu Zhi, while the Sky Screen showed Naruto and Sasuke fighting two people named Uchiha Shin. The revelation that the elder Shin used the younger one as a human shield left Naruto questioning their father-and-son relationship.

• Qian Renxue reconsidered her judgment of the Uchiha Clan but still believed Sasuke had fathered Sarada with another woman and planned how Yu Zhi would have to lick her feet if she won their bet.
• Naruto tried to stop Sarada from leaving, but the strange creature on the Tower summoned two Uchiha Shin who attacked them.
• Naruto shielded himself and Sarada with chakra tails, and Sasuke joined the fight against Uchiha Shin.
• Sasuke used his Rinnegan to switch positions and attacked with a Great Fireball, but Uchiha Shin used the younger Shin as a shield.
• Uchiha Shin said he wanted Sasuke to revive the Akatsuki, and Naruto condemned him for treating the younger Shin as his son while using him as a human shield.