Chapter Summaries

Sasuke awakened his three-tomoe Sharingan while fighting Ryuk and tried to use the monster’s attack to escape, but the story returned to his ongoing battle with Ryuk and Fu Ryosuke. After three days of repeated dismemberment, Ryuk pinned Sasuke’s left leg and prepared to strike his head again.

• Sasuke awakened his three-tomoe Sharingan and tore off his pinned left leg to escape Ryuk’s attack.
• Sasuke charged at Ryuk and offered his head to its blade, but Ryuk stopped before striking him.
• Sasuke and Fu Ryosuke continued trying to escape Ryuk after enduring three days and nights of repeated attacks.
• Sasuke used his Sharingan to dodge Ryuk’s blades while searching for a weakness, but Ryuk pinned his left leg to the ground again.

Sasuke and Fu Ryosuke defeated Ryuk and wondered how to leave the Regeneration Hall. Kyoka Suigetsu appeared through a rift and offered to help Sasuke gain power faster, and he was left facing the choice of following her.

• Sasuke and Fu Ryosuke confirmed that they had killed Ryuk and passed the Hollow Spirit Empire's trial.
• Sasuke and Fu Ryosuke searched for an exit, but a black rift opened behind Ryuk's corpse.
• Kyoka Suigetsu emerged from the rift, and Sasuke recognized her as someone he had encountered before.
• Kyoka Suigetsu spoke of Aizen and the war against the Ninja World, while Sasuke asked what she wanted.
• Kyoka Suigetsu offered to help Sasuke gain power faster than the DX-G4 serum could, then stepped back through the rift.

Sasuke agreed to kill Uzumaki Naruto after Kyoka Suigetsu promised him a chance to gain power and help him reach Itachi Uchiha. As he left Las Noches with Raguki, a mysterious Imperial Inspector questioned Kyoka Suigetsu’s promise.

• Sasuke decided to pursue the power Kyoka Suigetsu offered and took Fu Ryosuke with him into Las Noches.
• Kyoka Suigetsu ordered Sasuke to kill Uzumaki Naruto, promising that doing so would reveal a way to gain power.
• Kyoka Suigetsu revealed that Itachi Uchiha belonged to the Hollow Spirit Empire and offered to distract its members so Sasuke could kill him.
• Sasuke accepted the deal, and Kyoka Suigetsu placed Raguki on his forehead so he could use it to escape danger and return to Las Noches.
• After Sasuke left, an Imperial Inspector challenged Kyoka Suigetsu about letting him go and making a promise that affected the Inspector’s role.
• As Sasuke walked through Las Noches, Fu Ryosuke remarked that Kyoka Suigetsu felt terrifying.

Kyoka Suigetsu heard from Gin Ichimaru that Aizen had begun a plan to break someone’s seal and considered trying to change Aizen’s mind. Meanwhile, Minato appeared before Hyuga Sotsugu and the Hyuga Branch Family after a bloody attack that had left their dead without their eyes.

• Gin Ichimaru warned Kyoka Suigetsu that breaking the seal could create trouble, then offered to bring her information to help alter Aizen’s plan.
• Kyoka Suigetsu accepted Gin Ichimaru’s offer for now, gave him limbs from a monster, and ordered him to keep her thoughts secret.
• After Gin Ichimaru left, Kyoka Suigetsu wondered whether those who should not appear ought to remain in this world or perish with it.
• Attackers slaughtered members of the Hyuga Branch Family, leaving bodies without their eyes, as survivors retreated into their compound.
• Hyuga Sotsugu recognized Minato at the doorway and demanded to know why he was attacking them; Minato appeared covered in blood.

Hyuga Minato confronted the Hyuga Branch Family and killed them in battle, explaining that he acted for Lord Aizen. After collecting their Byakugan, he questioned whether their power would be enough for what he needed.

• Minato told the gathered Branch Family members that he had come to kill them for Lord Aizen’s wish, and Sotsugu and the others prepared to fight.
• The Branch Family members unleashed their enhanced chakra and evolved eye abilities, then attacked Minato together.
• Minato used Heavenly Net and Flow: Chaotic Burial Kill to crush one attacker and redirect a blood-red prism attack toward Zongji.
• When the survivors rushed him, Minato activated Earth Annihilation, tearing apart the battlefield and killing the Branch Family members caught within it.
• Minato used attractive force to pull Zongji close and killed him, then collected several Byakugan and wondered whether their power was sufficient.

Hyuga Minato decided to take the Main Branch's eyes, while Sasuke and Fu Ryosuke raced toward Konoha and Sasuke resolved to kill Naruto to reach his target. In Konoha, Nawaki and Tsunade discussed the Raikage's plan to infiltrate the Hollow Spirit Empire for its Hollow-transformation serum, then received a report that Naruto's group was training together at the Great Waterfall.

• Hyuga Minato surveyed the corpses and decided to take the Main Branch's eyes for more power.
• Sasuke and Fu Ryosuke traveled toward Konoha as Fu Ryosuke described Shenhe Liu's encounter with Emperor Barragan.
• Sasuke concluded he would have to kill Naruto to kill his own target, then sped ahead of Fu Ryosuke.
• Nawaki told Tsunade that the Raikage planned to infiltrate the Hollow Spirit Empire and obtain its transformation serum, and Tsunade warned that Aizen might use transformed ninjas for his own purposes.
• White Tiger reported that Naruto had formed an alliance with Konoha's children and that they were training at the Great Waterfall.

Naruto trained beneath a waterfall, struggling to control the Nine-Tails’ chakra while the Konoha rookies worried about facing the Hollow Spirit Empire. Kurama warned Naruto that Sasuke had returned and that something about him was beyond even Kurama’s understanding, as Kabuto’s clone was discovered by an unknown voice.

• Kiba questioned whether their training could prepare them to fight the Hollow Spirit Empire, and Shikamaru urged the rookies not to give up.
• Naruto lost control of the Nine-Tails’ chakra beneath the waterfall, causing his skin to peel as the chakra covered his body.
• Naruto argued with Kurama inside his inner world and asked it to withdraw its power.
• Kurama told Naruto that Sasuke had returned and warned that Sasuke possessed something Kurama could not see through.
• Kabuto’s clone in a White Tiger mask watched Naruto near the waterfall, then turned when an unseen person asked if he was a Konoha ninja.

Sasuke and Fu Ryosuke encountered Kabuto in the forest, and Sasuke attacked after demanding to know Naruto’s whereabouts. Sasuke awakened a new burst of speed, while Naruto and the Konoha rookies headed toward the disturbance after Kurama sensed Sasuke.

• Sasuke and Fu Ryosuke confronted Kabuto, who recognized Sasuke and urged him to return to Konoha.
• Sasuke demanded to know where Naruto was, and Kabuto said Naruto had left the village to search for him.
• Sasuke rushed Kabuto and struck with his blade, but Kabuto escaped using Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Kabuto fled to draw Sasuke away from Naruto, and Sasuke’s legs developed hardened openings as he sensed new power.
• Sasuke surged after Kabuto with a sonic boom, while Fu Ryosuke watched in amazement.
• Kiba Inuzuka and Shino noticed the disturbance, and Naruto said Kurama had sensed Sasuke before heading toward the forest.

Sasuke returned to Konoha with Fu Ryosuke and headed for Naruto, prompting Konoha's leaders to mobilize. Meanwhile, Hyuga Minato entered the Hyuga estate with plans to sacrifice its members for Aizen, while Kagami watched events through her mirror.

• Naruto learned Sasuke had returned and rushed toward the forest, with Shikamaru and the other young ninjas following him.
• Sasuke destroyed Kabuto's Shadow Clone and told Fu Ryosuke they had to find and kill Naruto before Konoha's ninjas arrived.
• Kabuto realized Sasuke was back and hurried to report the threat to Tsunade and Nawaki.
• Hyuga Minato entered the Hyuga Clan estate, intending to make its members give their lives for Lord Aizen.
• Tsunade and Nawaki discussed whether Sasuke's return served his own motives or the Hollow Spirit Empire's plans, then set out with Kabuto and Anbu to confront him.
• Kagami watched through her mirror from Las Noches as the palace's deepest chamber remained shrouded in darkness.

The author reflected on his writing career, the stories he had abandoned, and the readers who had supported him. He said he could finally update consistently and planned to keep writing Aizen and Figure Army while working on new books.

• The author recalled beginning Aizen in college, the memories and income it brought him, and his regret at stopping updates.
• He described abandoning Monster Warden and Law of Royal Power, then struggling with the low readership and subscriptions for With a Figure Army in Naruto.
• After reading Lord of the Mysteries, he began exploring suspense and new writing techniques, and felt reassured that Aizen's later plot had held together.
• The author said he was writing two new books and would continue updating Aizen and Figure Army despite the demanding workload.
• He thanked his readers for their companionship and said he had repaid what he owed before moving forward.

Hyuga Minato massacred the Hyuga clansmen in his pursuit of more Byakugan power, while Starrk and Lilynette discussed Aizen’s absence. Aizen returned to Kyoka Suigetsu’s palace as she watched Naruto and Sasuke, and his arrival stopped Raguki’s trembling and steadied the mirror.

• Hyuga Minato entered the Hyuga compound and used an unseen force to draw clansmen toward him.
• Minato exploded the gathered Hyuga clansmen, drained the ocular power from their Byakugan, and continued deeper into the compound for more power.
• Starrk and Lilynette discussed Aizen’s recent absence and Barragan’s growing arrogance, and Starrk decided to ask Aizen what had happened.
• Kyoka Suigetsu watched Naruto and Sasuke meet in the mirror as Aizen entered the palace and addressed her.
• Aizen glanced at Raguki, causing the demon to stop trembling and the mirror’s image to stabilize.

Aizen confronted Kyoka Suigetsu after her powers unleashed a strange illusion, then learned she had tried to obstruct his effort to rescue a sealed woman. He forbade her from probing that power again, but agreed to leave the Hogyoku with her for now.

• Kyoka Suigetsu angrily questioned why Aizen sought the Hogyoku and remained concerned with the sealed woman, unleashing a terrifying illusion that Aizen suppressed.
• Aizen asked why Kyoka Suigetsu had used that power and explained that even the power borrowed from the Zanpakuto world could not withstand the Hogyoku.
• When Aizen appeared ready to leave her behind, Kyoka Suigetsu admitted she had tried to stop him from rescuing the sealed person and had borrowed power to do so.
• Aizen suspected something was wrong with the power Kyoka Suigetsu had used, then forbade her from exploring it again as a condition for using her in the future.
• Kyoka Suigetsu promised to obey and asked to borrow the Hogyoku to maintain her form, and Aizen agreed to let her keep it for now.

Aizen discussed Kyoka Suigetsu’s order for Sasuke to kill Naruto and revealed that fate and the gaze of higher-dimensional beings concerned him more than raw power. The chapter left Starrk, Lilynette, and Ulquiorra heading together to see Aizen after Ulquiorra returned from a completed mission.

• Kyoka Suigetsu thanked Aizen for the Hogyoku, while Aizen recalled sensing a godlike being watching him in the Eternal Interval.
• Kyoka Suigetsu told Aizen she had ordered Sasuke to kill Naruto and instructed Raguki to open a passage if Sasuke succeeded.
• Aizen said he did not blame Kyoka Suigetsu and warned her not to underestimate fate, which higher-dimensional beings could manipulate.
• Aizen suggested that he and Kisuke Urahara might have been puppets in someone else’s farce, then wondered whether that being could still observe them in this world.
• Starrk and Lilynette encountered Ulquiorra in Las Noches, learned he had completed a confidential mission, and proceeded with him to see Aizen.

Naruto and Sasuke fought fiercely outside Konoha as the rookies watched, alarmed by their power. Naruto unleashed more of the Nine-Tails’ chakra and fired a Tailed Beast Bomb, but Sasuke survived the attack and his damaged leg regenerated.

• Naruto hurled giant trees at Sasuke, who dodged them with his Sharingan and speed-enhancing bone armor while declaring that he had come to take Naruto’s head.
• Fu Ryosuke and the Konoha rookies watched as Shino sensed that Sasuke’s body frightened the insects as much as Naruto’s chakra did.
• Neji warned Hinata not to enter the fight and promised to intervene himself if Naruto could not stop Sasuke; Hinata reluctantly agreed.
• Naruto asked Kurama for more power, and Kurama warned that Naruto’s body was near its limit but still sent chakra through the seal.
• Naruto gathered and fired a Tailed Beast Bomb as Sasuke charged, striking Sasuke’s left leg, but Sasuke emerged from the smoke with the leg fully healed.

Sasuke used newly awakened Hollow power to fire Ceros at Naruto, while the Konoha rookies intervened to stop him. Just as Sasuke attacked Ino and Naruto transformed again, the Sixth Hokage, Nawaki, and Tsunade arrived and restrained Naruto, finding Sasuke’s injuries fully healed.

• Sasuke discovered he could create Ceros and repeatedly blasted Naruto’s Four-Tails form, leaving Naruto unable to dodge.
• Shikamaru, Neji, and the other Konoha rookies attacked Sasuke, briefly immobilizing him and striking him while Naruto recovered.
• Sasuke broke free, fired a Cero at Ino, and was stopped when Wood Release trees shielded her and the others.
• The Sixth Hokage, Nawaki, and Tsunade arrived, pinned Naruto beneath enormous trees, and saw that Sasuke’s wounds had healed completely.

Tsunade confronted Sasuke over his alliance with the Hollow Spirit Empire, but Sasuke insisted he would accept being used if it helped him kill a certain man. Their fists collided as their fight began, while a bloodstained figure emerged from a quiet street in Konoha after an unseen slaughter.

• Tsunade and Nawaki arrived, and Nawaki restrained Naruto with Wood Release while the branches absorbed his Nine-Tails chakra.
• Kabuto reached the field and checked on Naruto as Tsunade recognized Sasuke's healing ability and modifications by Las Noches.
• Sasuke declared he intended to kill Naruto to obtain what he wanted, and Tsunade challenged him for siding with the Hollow Spirit Empire.
• Sasuke admitted he was willing to be used if it gave him power to kill a certain man, and Tsunade agreed to fight him.
• Sasuke charged Tsunade and met her punch head-on, creating a powerful shockwave as Fu Ryosuke watched from hiding.
• A bloodstained figure stepped out through an ancient gate in Konoha after a silent slaughter, his pale gray eyes showing a vivid blue light.

Sasuke escaped Tsunade and Nawaki using the Hollow Spirit Empire’s creature Raguki, leaving Konoha’s leaders alarmed by the empire’s means of retreat. Aizen then hinted that Minato would provide an opportunity to gather everyone at the moon, which he suggested destroying.

• Tsunade defeated Sasuke in a punch exchange, but Sasuke said he needed Naruto’s life to grow stronger and warned that the Hollow Spirit Empire’s people surpassed even her.
• Sasuke summoned Raguki from his shoulder and escaped with Fu Ryosuke before Nawaki’s Wood Release could capture them.
• Tsunade, Nawaki, Kabuto, and the young Konoha shinobi realized the Hollow Spirit Empire had an effortless means of escaping battles.
• Lilynette asked Aizen to give Starrk something to do, and Aizen said Minato would bring an opportunity to gather everyone somewhere.
• Starrk told Lilynette that Aizen’s destination was the moon, and Lilynette wondered whether Aizen held a grudge against it.

Starrk and Lilynette discussed Aizen’s plan to destroy the moon that sealed this world. After Sasuke and Fu Ryosuke escaped to a hillside near Las Noches, they encountered a group of Kumogakure ninja searching for the fortress.

• Starrk told Lilynette that Aizen had sent Minato away and that the moon’s seal should be destroyed.
• Sasuke and Fu Ryosuke emerged from a space fissure near Las Noches after escaping Konoha.
• Sasuke lamented that he had failed to kill Naruto and doubted he could get further help from the woman who had supported him.
• Fu Ryosuke heard approaching footsteps, and he and Sasuke hid nearby.
• Several Kumogakure ninja arrived and questioned whether their intelligence about Las Noches was correct.

Cloud Ninja infiltrators scattered around Las Noches to obtain information on DX Serum, and Sasuke and Fu Ryosuke pursued them. Meanwhile, Aizen gathered the Hollow Spirit Empire’s attention, confirmed Minato’s evolved Byakugan could open a passage to the moon, and approved Orochimaru’s plan to experiment on the lunar clan; the chapter ended with a suspicious figure noticing an intruder.

• Sairo briefed the Cloud Ninja on infiltrating the Hollow Spirit Empire and stealing information about DX Serum, then sent the squad to approach Las Noches separately.
• Sasuke and Fu Ryosuke watched the Cloud Ninja disperse, and Sasuke decided to hunt them down and expose them to Las Noches.
• Minato told Aizen that his evolved Byakugan could open a passage to the moon, and Orochimaru expressed interest in capturing the lunar clan for Hollow experiments.
• Aizen sent a message to the Hollow Spirit Empire’s high-ranking members and agreed that Orochimaru could capture subjects for his research.
• Tokino and Sakuya received Aizen’s message, while Barragan continued training Shenhe Liu and his recruits in a deadly environment.
• A tall, thin figure wandering through Las Noches noticed that a rat had infiltrated the area.

Gin and several others returned to Las Noches after Aizen summoned them, while Sasuke and Fu Ryosuke pursued an approaching target. Kidomaru, Sakon, and Ukon discovered ninja intruders near Las Noches and moved to stop them; inside the palace, a young girl remained undecided as she toyed with a blue orb.

• Gin heard Aizen summon everyone to Las Noches and set off, curious about the person who had angered Aizen.
• Sasuke urged Fu Ryosuke to hurry after a target and said they needed to capture as many intruders as possible to prove their value to Las Noches.
• Kidomaru, Sakon, and Ukon sensed ninja intruders, and Kidomaru ordered the brothers to help locate them while he confronted the approaching enemy.
• Ukon split from Sakon's body and ran off to search, while Sakon merged into the ground and vanished.
• Kidomaru formed a bone arrow and fired it at the intruders.
• Inside the Las Noches palace, a young girl wondered whether to go while repeatedly seizing and smashing a glowing blue orb against her stone seat.