Chapter Summaries

Orochimaru stalled the Akatsuki while preparing a grotesque new monster made from valuable jar treasures and the Young Dragon’s corpse. The monster attacked the group, and Itachi Uchiha’s Amaterasu set it ablaze, but Nagato’s anger over Yahiko’s corpse and the creature’s uncertain power left the confrontation unresolved.

• Nagato demanded that Orochimaru choose between an alliance and death, while Orochimaru tried to persuade Itachi Uchiha to join him.
• Itachi Uchiha refused Orochimaru, and Orochimaru revealed that he had been stalling to unveil his new creation.
• Orochimaru’s tentacled monster emerged from beneath the ground and attacked the Akatsuki Organization.
• Orochimaru explained that the monster contained treasures worth nearly twenty million Points, and Itachi Uchiha identified the value as roughly 350 million yuan.
• Itachi Uchiha used Amaterasu to cover the monster in black flames, while Hidan objected to his sacrifice being taken.
• Nagato mocked the monster’s apparent value but grew furious at the thought of Orochimaru turning Yahiko’s corpse into a monster.

Orochimaru’s monster survived Amaterasu and Kisame Hoshigaki’s devastating strike by shedding its burned shell and rapidly regenerating. The Akatsuki Organization struggled to find a way to defeat it, while Orochimaru claimed it had no weaknesses despite secretly spending Death Power to sustain it.

• Orochimaru watched the monster molt away the parts burned by Itachi Uchiha’s Amaterasu and reveal a fresh body beneath.
• Kakuzu suggested attacking Orochimaru, but Itachi Uchiha warned that Orochimaru was too dangerous and that splitting up was unwise.
• Nagato challenged Itachi Uchiha’s caution, but Orochimaru interrupted and ordered the monster to attack the Akatsuki Organization with its tentacles and corrosive acid.
• Itachi Uchiha cut off a tentacle and Kisame Hoshigaki struck the monster’s head with Mountain Crusher Strike, but its severed and damaged flesh quickly regenerated.
• Orochimaru declared the monster unkillable, though its molting and recovery consumed his Death Power.

Nagato decided to unleash a powerful technique against the regenerating monster, while Konan protected him from its attacks. The black sphere he created began rising, but the chapter ended before its effect was revealed.

• Kakuzu urged Hidan and others to split off and fight Orochimaru, and Sasori agreed to go with him while Deidara stayed to attack the monster from the air.
• Nagato stopped Kakuzu’s group and announced that he would deal with the monster in one breath.
• Nagato asked Konan to protect him as he prepared his ultimate technique, and she stepped in front of him despite her concern.
• Konan blocked the monster’s tentacle attacks with a paper shield while Nagato gathered his strength.
• Nagato formed a black sphere between his palms and lifted it into the air.

Nagato trapped Orochimaru’s monster with Planetary Devastation and rallied the Akatsuki Organization to attack the Mage Tower. Orochimaru greeted them with a dense barrage of Necro Bullets, leaving Nagato and the others struggling to defend themselves.

• Nagato used Planetary Devastation to pull the monster into a massive sphere of earth and rock, exhausting himself in the process.
• Kakuzu considered taking Nagato’s Rinnegan but stopped when Nagato insisted he could still fight.
• Nagato led the Akatsuki Organization toward the tower to punish Orochimaru for betraying them.
• Orochimaru noticed the Akatsuki Organization had entered the Mage Tower’s magical network range and decided to take Nagato’s Rinnegan as compensation for losing the monster.
• Orochimaru unleashed a barrage of Necro Bullets from magic circles around the Mage Tower, forcing the Akatsuki Organization to defend themselves.
• The Akatsuki Organization struggled against the relentless attack, while Nagato realized Orochimaru had not yet used any ninjutsu.

Nagato summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to shield the Akatsuki Organization from Orochimaru’s attacks, despite the severe strain on his body. The others charged toward the Mage Tower while Nagato and Konan remained behind, and Orochimaru watched them with excitement.

• Orochimaru explained that the Mage Tower replenished his magic, while Itachi Uchiha, Kisame Hoshigaki, and Deidara struggled to break through his attacks.
• Nagato told the Akatsuki Organization to destroy the Mage Tower and insisted on fighting for Yahiko and his goal, despite Konan urging him to retreat.
• Nagato summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, further weakening his already frail body, and Konan supported him with healing ninjutsu.
• The statue blocked Orochimaru’s attacks, allowing Kakuzu and the other Akatsuki members to charge toward the Mage Tower while Nagato and Konan stayed behind.

Orochimaru ambushed Nagato and Konan, fatally wounding Nagato and forcing Konan to flee with his body after he warned her about Uchiha Madara. As Orochimaru tried to take the Rinnegan, he exposed Obito, whose Mangekyō Sharingan became his next target.

• Orochimaru used a Shadow Clone to distract the others, then hid in the shadows and ambushed Nagato and Konan with Bone Spikes.
• Orochimaru sent giant snakes toward Nagato, but Konan shielded them with paper and Obito stopped his attempt to claim the Rinnegan.
• Nagato told Konan to escape with the Rinnegan and beware of Uchiha Madara, then died in her arms.
• Konan sent a warning to the Akatsuki members, left paper disguises behind, and carried Nagato’s corpse underground.
• Orochimaru broke through the defense and tried to seize the disguised bodies, but intercepted Obito’s attack and forced him to reveal his Mangekyō Sharingan.

Orochimaru battled Obito over the Rinnegan, but Obito escaped after discovering that Nagato and Konan were decoys. The Akatsuki Organization’s members retreated amid internal disagreements, while Konan fled with Nagato’s corpse and Shen Mo reconsidered the organization’s future.

• Orochimaru confronted Obito over the Rinnegan, and their fight began with Obito’s Wood Release and Orochimaru’s Necromancy.
• Orochimaru realized that the apparent Nagato and Konan were Paper Style decoys, while Obito took their disappearance as a chance to escape.
• Orochimaru’s attacks failed to stop Obito’s Space-Time Ninjutsu, and Obito ordered the Akatsuki Organization to retreat.
• Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki withdrew, followed by Kakuzu and Hidan, while Sasori and Deidara also retreated.
• Orochimaru arrived to find the ground empty, and Shen Mo watched Konan escape through the forest carrying Nagato’s corpse.

After Nagato’s death, Shen Mo approached Konan and offered to show her the world from his perspective. He took her out of her body and into space, where he revealed the planet’s distant past, leaving her stunned as he began searching for a time connected to her.

• Shen Mo decided to approach Konan after Nagato died and arrived beside her as she watched the sunrise over the ocean.
• Konan recognized Shen Mo and asked whether he had come for the Rinnegan, but he said he had come for her and wanted to see how far her will could take her.
• Shen Mo snapped his fingers and separated Konan from her body, then carried her into space.
• Shen Mo reversed the planet’s apparent rotation to show Konan the barren world of five billion years ago and the age of the dinosaurs.
• Shen Mo noticed Konan was not interested in distant history and said he would take her to a time related to her, thirty years earlier.

Shen Mo took Konan to the Rain Village thirty years in the past, where she witnessed the moment he had encouraged her as a child. He revealed that he had hoped she would survive because he believed she, rather than Yahiko or Nagato, was the true bridge to peace.

• Shen Mo brought Konan to the Rain Village during the war and explained that she could only observe the past.
• Konan saw her younger self, Nagato, and Yahiko hiding on the battlefield with scavenged Ration Pills.
• Shen Mo approached five-year-old Konan, placed a blue flower on her forehead, and told her to live well.
• Konan remembered meeting Shen Mo as a child and asked why he had spoken those words to her.
• Shen Mo said he had wanted her to survive and told her that he saw her as the true bridge to peace.

Shen Mo convinced Konan that she could inherit Yahiko and Nagato’s hopes for peace, and she accepted his offer of power. He explained the jar system and confirmed that she could use the Akatsuki Organization’s assets as payment.

• Shen Mo showed Konan visions of countless worlds and told her he had been watching her talent and judgment.
• Konan regretted remaining silent as Yahiko and Nagato went astray, but Shen Mo reassured her that she had not been responsible for their choices.
• Konan asked Shen Mo for power so she could inherit Yahiko and Nagato’s wishes for peace, and he returned her soul to her body.
• Konan affirmed her decision to accept Shen Mo’s offer, and he explained how he granted people the chance to change their destinies.
• Konan asked whether the Akatsuki Organization’s assets could serve as payment, and Shen Mo confirmed they could.

Konan opened the Daoist Magic chests and gained a new understanding of how to pursue peace: guide people’s natural conflicts rather than trying to erase or control them. She asked Shen Mo about his attitude toward the world, and he urged her and her people to keep advancing through competition.

• Shen Mo recommended the Daoist Magic Series to Konan as a path toward world peace and explained that it contained Fate-type Items suited to her.
• Konan bought Level 1 and Level 2 chests, then slowly opened them while absorbing and considering the knowledge they contained.
• After opening all five hundred Level 2 chests by sunset, Konan concluded that desire-driven conflict was natural and should be guided rather than destroyed or controlled.
• Konan told Shen Mo she needed power and a system to build peace, then asked what he thought of her world.
• Shen Mo compared the world’s conflicts to children fighting at the Ninja Academy and said competition was the source of progress, urging Konan and her people never to stop moving forward.

Konan received a custom Talisman Master job-change item from Shen Mo and began opening specialized chests to build her power. She discovered a powerful, scalable talisman, while Shen Mo estimated that her available assets could buy about 2,600 Level 3 Chests.

• Konan asked Shen Mo for ten Level 3 Chests to draw her Destiny Item, and he supplied them.
• Konan found a Floating Cloud Handkerchief and then obtained an Origin Talisman Paper that Shen Mo identified as her Talisman Master job-change item.
• Konan bound the Origin Talisman Paper with her blood and immediately asked to buy one hundred Talisman Master series chests.
• As Konan opened the chests, she received talisman materials, cultivation resources, and inheritances before drawing a Gold Slash Talisman at the seventieth chest.
• Shen Mo said Konan's available assets could buy about 2,600 Level 3 Chests, excluding fixed assets and food reserves.

Konan bought fifteen hundred Level 3 Chests to strengthen herself while preserving funds to cultivate companions who shared Yahiko’s ideals. Shen Mo revealed the conditions for becoming a Merchant Guild merchant, and after three days of opening Chests, Konan’s power and bearing had begun to transform.

• Konan chose to buy fifteen hundred Level 3 Chests while keeping funds for Rain Village and future companions who shared her ideals.
• Shen Mo approved of Konan’s decision and told her the three conditions for becoming a Merchant Guild assistant: Senior Member strength, recognition from a formal merchant, and a permanent contract or purchase by the Guild.
• Konan firmly remembered the conditions and ordered fifteen hundred Talisman Series Chests from Shen Mo.
• Shen Mo summoned the Chests, and more than half of the Akatsuki Organization’s stored supplies disappeared from their seals.
• Konan opened the Chests over three days and nights, gaining powerful talismans and skills as spiritual power and confidence changed her appearance and bearing.

Konan opened another powerful talisman and shared a quiet beachside meal with Shen Mo, who reminded her of the kindness and smiles she had lost. She planned to revive Nagato and Yahiko after achieving world peace, while Shen Mo’s teasing finally made her laugh.

• Konan showed Shen Mo a Reverse Flow Talisman that could reverse time by ten minutes or revive its user, and he suggested copying it with her Replication Talisman.
• Konan told Shen Mo she had drawn thirteen Grand Prizes and had one hundred and fifty jars left as he served her curry rice with roast chicken.
• Shen Mo recalled Konan giving Jiraiya a paper flower and explained that, without his intervention, she would have fought Jiraiya alongside Nagato and killed him.
• Konan thanked Shen Mo for changing her fate, and she said she still intended to revive Nagato and Yahiko after world peace.
• Shen Mo asked Ikaros to smile, and her awkward grin made Konan laugh so hard that she spat out her food.

Konan finished opening her Jars, received a defensive barrier, and left to pursue her own destiny. She returned to the Rain Village to reorganize the Akatsuki, where Obito revealed himself and Hidan was attacked after deciding to leave.

• Konan opened her final Grand Prize and received eight talismans for the Eight Directions God Protection Formation.
• Konan thanked Shen Mo, gave him a paper flower, and flew away with renewed hope; Shen Mo prepared to visit the other Ninja Villages.
• Konan sent a message summoning the Akatsuki members to the Rain Village and resolved to reorganize the organization.
• Obito emerged from the void and asked Konan about Nagato's body, revealing that he knew Nagato had died.
• Konan confirmed Nagato's death, and Hidan tried to leave the Akatsuki with Kakuzu before wooden spikes suddenly pierced him.

Obito revealed his Wood Release and tried to take control of the Akatsuki Organization, but Konan challenged his claim to leadership and resisted his attack. The chapter ended with Kisame warning Obito that Konan had changed after she burned away his thorny branches with a talisman.

• Obito used Wood Release to pin Hidan, and Kakuzu recognized the technique and fled in terror after Obito claimed to be Uchiha Madara.
• Obito caught Kakuzu with thorn-covered branches and declared that no one could leave the Akatsuki Organization without his permission.
• Konan asserted that she, Yahiko, and Nagato had founded the Akatsuki Organization and claimed its leadership after their deaths.
• Obito claimed that he had arranged Yahiko's founding of the organization and that Nagato's Rinnegan was his own eye.
• Konan accused Obito of manipulating Yahiko and Nagato, then burned away his attacking branches with a Fire Talisman.
• Kisame warned Obito that Konan was already different.

Konan confronted Obito and used talismans to wound and restrain him, leaving him helpless before her final attack. Kisame activated Stage of Fate to protect the companion he believed to be Madara.

• Itachi realized Konan had spent several days gaining power from the mysterious lord, while Obito grew wary of her strength.
• Konan declared herself stronger than Orochimaru and struck Obito with a Sky-Rending Talisman, tearing space and mangling his shoulder when he dodged.
• Konan sent Mysterious Yin Chain Talismans through Obito's wooden barrier and immobilized him by binding his soul.
• As Konan prepared her second Sky-Rending Talisman to kill Obito, Kisame raised his Badge and activated Stage of Fate to save the companion he called Madara.

Kisame Hoshigaki freed Obito Uchiha, allowing him to escape after his mask broke and revealed that he was not Uchiha Madara. Konan took charge of the Akatsuki Organization and offered its members a choice to stay as comrades or leave, declaring that its objective was world peace.

• Kisame Hoshigaki activated the Stage of Fate, freed Obito Uchiha, and let him escape as the others remained spectators.
• Obito Uchiha's mask cracked, revealing his scarred face, while Kakuzu realized he was not Uchiha Madara.
• Kisame Hoshigaki stood ready to fight Konan, saying he would protect his comrades even if they deceived him.
• Konan announced that she would dismiss members unwilling to treat one another as comrades and invited the rest to remain in the Akatsuki Organization.
• Itachi Uchiha asked about the organization's objective, and Konan declared that it was world peace.

Konan declared that the Akatsuki would pursue world peace by fighting opponents and using the Stage of Fate, while warning that betrayal would not be forgiven. Kakuzu, Sasori, and Deidara stayed with the organization, but Hidan chose to leave.

• Konan explained that she wanted to pursue peace through the Stage of Fate and would fight those who opposed it.
• Itachi Uchiha warned that other villages might reject peace led by Konan, and she said she would not fear war or forgive betrayal.
• Konan gave the Akatsuki members a chance to leave before joining her faction.
• Kakuzu chose to stay because he expected a world conquest to bring money, while Hidan rejected Konan's plans and decided to leave.
• Kakuzu tried to persuade Hidan to focus on stronger sacrifices, but Konan let Hidan go.
• Sasori and Deidara chose to stay with the Akatsuki.

Konan allowed Kisame Hoshigaki to remain in the Akatsuki Organization if he helped capture the masked man, while Hidan left. Shen Mo defeated the Fourth Raikage and began arranging Jar purchases for Kumogakure, ending with the Raikage receiving a Dragon Ball system.

• Konan told Kisame Hoshigaki she would forgive his past actions if he helped capture the masked man, and Kisame agreed to stay in the Akatsuki Organization.
• Hidan became the only Akatsuki member to leave the organization.
• The Fourth Raikage unleashed his strongest attack, but Shen Mo stopped it with one finger and knocked him into a boulder.
• The Fourth Raikage accepted Shen Mo’s strength and agreed that Kumogakure would pursue Jars.
• Shen Mo named Killer B, Yugito Nii, Samui, and Darui as Kumogakure’s Jar candidates.
• Shen Mo arranged a Dragon Ball system for the Fourth Raikage.