Chapter Summaries

Hidan awoke healed and fed, believing the Evil God had blessed him, while Yagami traveled toward the Land of Waves and prepared to test Might Duy. When Yagami attacked the merchant ship under cover of fog and appeared to kill Hachimaru, Might Duy opened the First Gate.

• Hidan woke in a hot spring with his wounds healed, found bread and milk, and credited his recovery to the Evil God.
• Yagami traveled toward the Land of Waves while White Ram and Antelope Squad followed him, and he decided to test Might Duy.
• Might Duy joined Kyogo and Hachimaru on a merchant ship despite their doubts, then helped the crew as the vessel entered the foggy strait.
• Yagami attacked the ship with a Water Dragon Bullet, and Kyogo fought him while Might Duy secured the boatmen.
• Yagami posed as a Hidden Mist assassination ninja, defeated Kyogo, and pretended to break Hachimaru's neck in front of Might Duy.
• Might Duy clenched his fists and opened the First Gate.

Yagami pushed Might Duy into opening all Eight Inner Gates during a brutal test at sea. Might Duy's final kick appeared to kill Yagami, triggering the Arc of the Crescent Moon System.

• Yagami formed a massive Water Dragon Bullet as Might Duy opened the Second, Third, and Fourth Gates and tried to stop him.
• Yagami kicked Might Duy into the ship, where he found Hachimaru dead and Captain Kyogo gravely injured.
• Might Duy opened the Seventh Gate and shattered Yagami's Water Dragon Bullet with Daytime Tiger.
• Yagami sent hundreds of Water Dragon Bullets into the ship, killing the ship owner and battering the vessel.
• Might Duy opened the Eighth Gate and struck Yagami with a powerful flying kick, apparently destroying his upper body.
• The Arc of the Crescent Moon System activated after detecting Yagami's death.

Yagami instructed Hidan to train the Eight Inner Gates and began preparing to use Danzo to eliminate Uchiha Obito. In Konoha's forty-third year, Yagami told the Third Hokage he had mastered Buddha and wanted to challenge Uchiha Madara.

• Yagami appeared to Hidan as the Evil God and ordered him to master the Eight Inner Gates before making further sacrifices.
• Yi told Yagami that Nagato Uzumaki had established Akatsuki in the Land of Rain, and Yagami instructed Yi to inform Danzo they would plan a mission after the New Year.
• Yagami visited Yuka and their baby daughter, Yoru, and told Yuka he planned to set up Shimura Danzō and have him killed during a joint mission.
• After Konoha's forty-third year began, Yagami told the Third Hokage he had mastered Buddha and wanted to challenge Uchiha Madara.

Danzo and Sarutobi Hiruzen planned to use Fox’s mission against Uchiha Madara to maneuver against both Madara and Hanzo, while the Akatsuki Organization sought support in the Land of Rain. As Akatsuki traveled toward a southeastern town, Zetsu watched Nagato and waited to see how Konoha and Amegakure would act.

• Danzo told Sarutobi Hiruzen that Hanzo would help deal with the Uzumaki Remnants, and the two planned to exploit the conflict between Hanzo, Fox, and Uchiha Madara.
• At Konoha’s first Jonin Council meeting of Year 43, Sarutobi Hiruzen appointed Fox captain of a squad tasked with eliminating Uchiha Madara, and Yagami accepted the mission.
• Yahiko led Nagato, Konan, Obito, and four rescued Missing-nin out of the Capital and headed toward a southeastern town to seek support for Akatsuki.
• A Rain Ninja overheard Akatsuki’s plans and left to report them to Hanzo, while Zetsu stayed behind and discussed Nagato’s path and Konoha’s involvement.

Yagami, operating as Fox, agreed to confront Uchiha Madara while Danzo and Hanzo prepared to attack Madara’s subordinates. After finding Madara’s underground base, Yagami met him in battle, and Danzo and Hanzo set out to find Nagato Uzumaki.

• Danzo and Hanzo told Yagami to fight Uchiha Madara while they dealt with Yahiko, Nagato Uzumaki, and the other subordinates.
• Danzo and Hanzo agreed that Danzo would claim the Rinnegan and Tobi’s Mangekyō Sharingan, while Hanzo wanted to kill Yahiko.
• Yagami led the White Sheep Squad through the Land of Rain and detected a hidden underground base beneath a tree.
• Uchiha Madara emerged on a Wood Dragon, mistook Yagami for the wielder of Hashirama Senju’s Buddha, and challenged him.
• Yagami and Uchiha Madara began fighting with their Wood Release techniques.
• After an Ibuse reported the battle, Danzo and Hanzo hurried toward the southeast to find Nagato Uzumaki.

Yagami and Uchiha Madara fought with powerful Wood Release techniques and Susanoo, escalating their battle into a clash between the Third Wood Golem and Complete Body Susanoo. Yagami summoned Buddha as Uchiha Madara prepared to face the technique he had spent years planning to counter.

• Yagami used Red Maple Wood Release and a Wood Dragon to advance on Uchiha Madara, who revealed himself with Susanoo and resolved to remove threats to his future plans.
• Yagami produced four weapons from a scroll and used wooden vines to hurl the Senju Broadsword and Giant Fuma Shuriken at Uchiha Madara's Susanoo.
• Uchiha Madara transformed his Susanoo into its complete form and tore apart one of Yagami's Wood Dragons, while another weakened it by absorbing Chakra.
• Yagami summoned the Third Wood Golem, and it fought Uchiha Madara's Complete Body Susanoo in a battle that shook the surrounding forest.
• Yagami invoked Wood Style: Buddha, and Uchiha Madara said he had spent years thinking about how to counter it.

Yagami fought Uchiha Madara in the Land of Rain, where their immense techniques devastated the surrounding forest. After surviving Madara’s final ambush, Yagami killed him and turned his attention toward Danzo.

• ANBU watched as Yagami summoned a gigantic wooden Buddha, but Uchiha Madara dropped Tengai Shinsei toward it and charged with his Complete Susanoo.
• Yagami used the Thousand-Armed Myōō to break apart the meteorite and Susanoo, while the ANBU fled the impact zone and survived the resulting shockwave.
• Yagami crawled from a Wood Dragon after the battlefield was devastated, but Uchiha Madara ambushed him with a scythe after using Izanam.
• Yagami used Flying Thunder God to strike Uchiha Madara from behind with the Black Assassin Blade, and Madara fell while promising to kill him after his revival.
• Uchiha Madara’s body burned to ashes, and Yagami looked toward the southeast of the Land of Rain and decided Danzo was next.

Yagami faked his recovery after killing Uchiha Madara, then rushed to a battlefield where Nagato unleashed the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path after Yahiko died. Danzo spotted Tobi and sent Uchiha Suigiku to reclaim a Mangekyō Sharingan, setting up a confrontation.

• Yagami left a Wood Clone in a tree while his real body escaped, and Black and White Zetsu reported Madara’s death to Nagato, Tobi, and Obito.
• Yahiko and Nagato went to rescue Konan and found her held by Hanzo and Shimura Danzō, who had joined forces against the Akatsuki Organization.
• Uzumaki Haichao and Uzumaki Genchō spotted the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and Yagami used the Flying Thunder God to reach them before sending them back to the hideout.
• Yahiko killed himself before Nagato, who summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and devastated Hanzo’s forces while Danzo withdrew with Uchiha Suigiku.
• Danzo saw Tobi observing the battle and ordered Uchiha Suigiku to reclaim Uchiha Goka’s Mangekyō Sharingan, warning him about Tobi’s Mangekyo Eye Technique.

Danzo and Uchiha Suigiku ambushed Tobi, but Tobi survived Danzo’s attack and vanished with him. After Tobi returned to investigate the fight, Black and White Zetsu told him that Uchiha Madara had been killed by Konoha’s Fox, leaving Nagato’s growth and the nine Tailed Beasts’ sealing as their priorities.

• Tobi lured Danzo away from the battle, where Uchiha Suigiku caught up and trapped him in genjutsu.
• Uchiha Suigiku attacked Tobi, but Tobi summoned the Black Island of Onushi and threw him toward it.
• Danzo stepped on Uchiha Suigiku’s back to dodge the Island of Onushi, causing Suigiku to collapse into a puddle of flesh, then pierced Tobi’s throat with a Vacuum Blade.
• Tobi grabbed Danzo’s wrist despite his pierced throat, and the two vanished; another Tobi later found signs of a fight and wondered whether he had seen himself.
• Black and White Zetsu told Tobi that Konoha’s Fox had killed Uchiha Madara, and Black Zetsu said they must watch over Nagato and find a way to deal with Fox.

Yagami used Flying Thunder God to overwhelm Danzo and brought Tsunade to witness their confrontation. Danzo confessed that he had arranged Nawaki’s death to keep the truth of the Uzumaki Clan’s destruction from the Senju and the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, then prepared to face Yagami to the death.

• Yagami repeatedly struck Danzo with Flying Thunder God, and Danzo mistook the technique’s seal for Tobirama’s before realizing his attacker was Fox.
• Danzo identified Fox as Yagami and suspected he had obtained Uchiha Kiribi’s Mangekyō Sharingan.
• While Danzo defended himself with Wood Release: Violent Gun Tree, Yagami sent a Wood Clone to bring Tsunade to the battlefield.
• Yagami revealed his identity as Senju Yagami and told Danzo their feud began when Danzo and Yellow Dog arranged Nawaki’s death.
• Danzo admitted Nawaki had to die to conceal the Uzumaki Clan’s destruction from the Senju Clan and the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, then prepared to fight Yagami to the death.

Yagami and Tsunade defeated Danzo after Tsunade disrupted his trap, and Danzo admitted to ordering Nawaki’s death and destroying the Uzumaki Clan. Tsunade learned Yellow Dog had personally set the trap, but remained uncertain whether Sarutobi Hiruzen knew.

• Danzo used Baku and the Reverse Four Symbols Seal to trap Yagami, but Tsunade’s Yin Seal-powered punch disrupted his plan and let Yagami escape.
• Yagami struck Danzo through the chest with Uchiha Madara’s scythe, then destroyed Baku as Danzo’s Sharingan became unusable.
• Tsunade confronted Danzo about Nawaki, and Danzo admitted to killing him and destroying the Uzumaki Clan, claiming he had no regrets.
• Danzo tried to attack Yagami and Tsunade, but his wound worsened until the Reverse Four Symbols Seal trapped him, the scythe, and the surrounding pit.
• Yagami told Tsunade that Danzo ordered Nawaki’s death and Yellow Dog set the Exploding Tag trap; Tsunade wept and asked whether Sarutobi Hiruzen knew.

After sending Tsunade back to Konoha, Yagami investigated Danzo’s disappearance in the Land of Rain after learning Root had suffered heavy losses. He found evidence of the battle but concealed what he knew, leaving Danzo’s fate for Konoha to determine.

• Yagami learned from urgent messages that Danzo was missing and Root might have been wiped out, then sent White Ram back to Konoha with Uchiha Madara’s ashes while he continued the investigation.
• Yagami confronted Hanzo at Amegakure, where Hanzo reported that Danzo had vanished after pursuing Tobi and gave Yagami a map of the battle site.
• Yagami told Hanzo he had killed Uchiha Madara, then led his ANBU to the marked area in the Land of Rain.
• Kurozaru found a Root ninja’s remains beneath a cliff, and Flower Deer discovered the rain-filled circular pit left by Danzo’s Reverse Four Symbols Seal.
• Yagami ordered the remains taken to Konoha for identification and the pit’s details recorded for the Hokage.

Yagami returned to Konoha after searching in vain for the Akatsuki, and Sarutobi Hiruzen accepted that Danzo had died. As Nagato planned to rebuild the Akatsuki and eventually target Konoha, the chapter ended with Tsunade visiting Nawaki’s grave after Danzo’s funeral.

• Obito transported Nagato, Konan, Tobi, and the Zetsus away from Yagami, then fainted from using Mangekyo; Nagato resolved to lie low, rebuild the Akatsuki, and pursue the Tailed Beasts later.
• Yagami searched the Land of Rain for over half a month without finding the group, then returned to Konoha and told Sarutobi Hiruzen that Danzo had likely died using the Four Symbols Seal.
• Nara Shikatsuno reflected that Konoha’s future rested with Yagami as Sarutobi Hiruzen mourned Danzo and the loss of his former comrades.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen announced Danzo’s funeral, and Yagami attended it with the ANBU the next day; Tsunade and the Senju Clan were absent.
• After the funeral, Tsunade arrived at the Spirit Appeasement Monument, looked contemptuously at Danzo’s memorial, and placed a white chrysanthemum at Nawaki’s grave.

Tsunade and Yagami openly joined forces, prompting Sarutobi Hiruzen to recognize how much the village’s balance of power had changed. After visiting Nawaki’s grave and the Senju Clan Compound, the pair ended the chapter together in Tsunade’s bedroom.

• Tsunade mourned Nawaki and reflected on the deaths caused by Konoha’s schemes before Yagami arrived and affirmed their alliance.
• Tsunade and Yagami visited the Senju Clan Compound, while Kuroari reported their actions to Sarutobi Hiruzen.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen considered Tsunade’s growing influence and the Nara Clan’s approach, but chose not to confront her or Yagami.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen looked through an old photograph of his former comrades and accepted that he was the only one left.
• In Tsunade’s bedroom, Yagami and Tsunade became intimate, and Yagami reinforced the bed with Wood Release.

Yagami perfected Minato Namikaze’s Rasengan and trained Uzumaki Kushina to use it with her Chakra Fox Claw. After seeing Kushina’s progress, Yagami learned that Minato was studying the Reaper Death Seal and decided to investigate the forbidden technique with him.

• Yagami showed Minato how to improve his unfinished Rasengan, demonstrated its destructive power, and explained how Kushina could use it with her Chakra Fox Claw.
• Yagami told Kushina to train the Rasengan with Minato, then left them to practice together.
• Two months later, Kushina used her Chakra Fox Claw to drive a Rasengan into a hillside and leave a deep crater.
• Minato told Yagami that he had been studying Sealing Jutsu to help Kushina and asked whether Yagami knew of the Reaper Death Seal.
• Yagami explained the risks of soul-related techniques and told Minato to join him in studying the Reaper Death Seal with Advisor Tsunade.

After the Shinigami killed Yagami's soul, the Arc of the Crescent Moon System revived him and granted him the power to create and guard a Pure Land for souls. Yagami began preparing to hunt the immortal souls of the Otsutsuki descendants, while Pain Tendo reported that Iwagakure and the Raikage planned to join forces against Konoha when the Two-Tails revived.

• Yagami studied the Reaper Death Seal and followed Minato Namikaze to the Uzumaki Clan's Mask Hall, where he put on the Shinigami Mask and used the technique.
• Yagami's soul reached the boundary between reality and the Pure Land, where the Shinigami attacked him and called the Evil God a thief who imprisoned souls.
• The Evil God and Three Worlds Myōō fought the Shinigami, but the Shinigami killed Yagami's soul and triggered his resurrection on the previous full-moon eve.
• Yagami chose Soul Seizing Pure Land as his system reward and added a Pure Land and Shinigami power to his soul world alongside the Evil God and Three Worlds Myōō.
• Yagami began searching for Nagato Uzumaki, Tobi, Obito Uchiha, and Black and White Zetsu, but they remained out of sight.
• Pain Tendo told Black and White Zetsu that Ōnoki and the Raikage planned to launch the Third Shinobi World War against Konoha after the Two-Tails revived.

Four years after the Third Kazekage disappeared, Yagami arranged for Yamato to attend the Ninja Academy and reviewed the latest class assignments. He then summoned Hidan as Plague and sent him to the Land of Wind to spread the Three Gods Cult’s faith, while Konoha prepared for the growing crisis.

• Yagami and Kyouko took Yefeng to the Ninja Academy, where Yagami also saw Nightingale and the newly enrolled Uchiha Shisui.
• Yagami found Yamato watching the academy, gave him the name Yamato, and ordered him to enroll as an ordinary orphan.
• Yagami reviewed the academy’s class assignments, including Kakashi’s team under Minato Namikaze and Orochimaru’s team of Asuma, Kurenai, and Anko.
• Yagami summoned Hidan, now codenamed Plague in the Disaster Organization, and ordered him to spread the Three Gods Cult in the Land of Wind.
• Yagami received word that the Hokage wanted to see him, and he expected the meeting to concern the missing Third Kazekage and the threat of war.

Konoha’s leaders discussed the Third Kazekage’s disappearance and decided to send Yagami to the Land of Wind to gather intelligence while staying out of the conflict for now. In Sunagakure, Pakura set out to defend Sabou Port and investigate Mist Ninja, as Chiyo worried that Sasori had been missing for over a month.

• Tsunade and Nara Shikatsuno described Sunagakure’s financial decline and factional tensions following the Third Kazekage’s disappearance.
• Yagami reported that Iwagakure and Kirigakure were pursuing interests in the Land of Wind, and Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered him to lead ANBU there to gather intelligence.
• Yagami left Konoha with the Leaf Monkey Squad for the Land of Wind.
• Rasa and Chiyo assigned Pakura to reinforce Sabou Port, defeat the Mist Ninja in Wind Valley, and capture some for questioning about the Kazekage.
• Chiyo urged Pakura to pursue a place among Sunagakure’s higher-ups, but Pakura said she only wanted to protect the village and the Land of Wind.
• Pakura asked about Sasori, and Chiyo said he had been missing for more than a month after leaving to search for puppet materials.

Yagami watched the Sand and Mist ninja battle at Sabou Port while Hidan sacrificed fighters to strengthen Yagami’s soul and chakra. Yagami ordered Hidan to recruit followers, and Hidan persuaded the hatred-filled Black Sail to join the Three Gods Cult and seek revenge on shinobi.

• Yagami watched Pakura and the Sand ninja fight the Mist forces, but refused to intervene while the battle continued.
• Hidan arrived at Sabou Port, ate, and used a blood ritual to sacrifice a Sand ninja to the Evil God.
• Hidan sacrificed one hundred souls, increasing Yagami’s soul strength and chakra quantity to 2.1 times Super-Kage Level.
• Yagami told Hidan to recruit believers for the Three Gods Cult, and Hidan searched the beach for potential followers.
• Hidan found Black Sail beside his dead father and promised him power to sacrifice shinobi if he joined the cult.
• Black Sail agreed to join and asked whether he could sacrifice as many shinobi as he wanted.

Black Sail began making sacrifices for the Evil God after Hidan granted him an Immortal Body, while Yagami intervened in the battle at Sabou Port to protect Pakura and force the Mist Ninja to retreat. The Mist commanders withdrew after Suikazan Fuguki spotted a powerful taijutsu fighter among the masked Sand ANBU.

• Black Sail emerged from the wrecked ship as an immortal believer, then searched the battlefield for sacrifices and mourned the dead kitchen maid.
• Black Sail found an injured ninja in a basement, survived a kunai through his brow, and sacrificed himself by cutting his throat; Yagami healed him afterward.
• Yagami joined the Leaf Monkey Squad and saw that the outnumbered Sand ninja were struggling against the Mist Ninja, including Hozuki Mangetsu and Suikazan Fuguki.
• Yagami disguised his group with Sand ANBU masks and led them in an assault using taijutsu and kunai to kill Mist Ninja on the battlefield's outskirts.
• Suikazan Fuguki ordered a retreat after witnessing Yagami's powerful taijutsu, and Hozuki Mangetsu asked why the Mist Ninja had withdrawn.