Chapter Summaries

After the Fire Daimyo was assassinated, Sarutobi Hiruzen left the Land of Hot Water front to protect the capital, despite Uchiha Zhong's warning that the Third Raikage might exploit his absence. At Tenshu Castle, Hiruzen began examining the victims and discovered a Curse Mark on the Fire Daimyo's neck.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen decided to return to the Land of Fire after hearing that its Daimyo and the visiting Daimyo of the Land of Whirlpools had been assassinated, leaving Uchiha Zhong and Minato Namikaze in command.
• Uchiha Zhong recalled Fugaku and said he would hold off the Third Raikage if he arrived, while Minato should attack the other Cloud Ninja.
• Hiruzen traveled through the Teleportation Shrine and then reached the Capital of the Land of Fire with Yamanaka Karyu and Kuroari's Anbu Squad.
• The Crown Prince met Hiruzen at Tenshu Castle and asked him to protect the castle and investigate the assassinations.
• Hiruzen examined the preserved bodies of the two Daimyo and noticed a Curse Mark on the back of the Fire Daimyo's neck.

Tobi used the Flying Thunder God Spell Formula and Black Island of Onushi to ambush Sarutobi Hiruzen in Tenshu Castle, killing him and the ninja who tried to protect him. Yagami then destroyed Tenshu Castle with five Great Five Element Combos, and news of the Third Hokage’s death spread across the Shinobi World.

• Tobi appeared inside the Daimyo’s coffin and used Black Island of Onushi to collapse the coffins, Kuroari, and the Crown Prince of the Land of Fire.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen blew off his legs with Exploding Tags to escape the technique, but Tobi kicked him toward the bedchamber entrance.
• Sarutobi Shizubi caught Sarutobi Hiruzen, then both of them and the surrounding Konoha ninja were killed when Tobi used Black Island of Onushi again.
• Yagami rose above Tenshu Castle and used four Shadow Clones to unleash five Great Five Element Combos.
• The attacks destroyed Tenshu Castle, and news of Sarutobi Hiruzen’s death spread throughout the Shinobi World.

After the Third Hokage’s death, Tsunade reorganized Konoha’s war effort and prepared to return to the village to restore order. Nara Shikatsuno then recommended that she be named the Fourth Hokage before the war ended.

• Tsunade caught up with Fox’s forces, and Fox told her that Obito Uchiha, Tobi, and Sarutobi Kinosuke had killed the Third Hokage.
• Tsunade decided to return to Konoha, send Nara Shikatsuno to stabilize Konoha and the Land of Fire, and have Jiraiya replace him in the Land of Whirlpools while Orochimaru remained in the Land of Earth.
• Fox used Katsuyu Tendrils and the Flying Thunder God to transport Tsunade, Jiraiya, and their subordinates to the Three Gods Temple in the Land of Whirlpools.
• Nara Shikatsuno agreed to Tsunade’s redeployment plan and recommended her as the Fourth Hokage, arguing that Konoha needed a leader immediately.

Yagami continued his campaign in the Land of Earth, using the Four-Tails and Dust Release to carry out his plan to kill the Daimyo in retaliation for the deaths of other leaders. He left the Daimyo and his younger brother facing a second Dust Release attack as Sun Wukong fled.

• Hidan finished establishing Three Gods Shrines in the Land of Whirlpools and continued sacrificing at Tōga Port, strengthening his Immortal Body.
• Yagami arrived outside the Land of Earth’s capital and confronted Roshi, explaining that he planned to kill the Daimyo in retaliation for the deaths of the Daimyo of the Land of Fire and the Daimyo of the Land of Whirlpools.
• Yagami used Wood Release to restrain Sun Wukong with three Wood Dragons, then flew toward Tenshu Castle.
• Yagami unleashed Dust Release: Atomic Dismantling Jutsu, destroying Tenshu Castle’s defenses and pulverizing the samurai stationed there.
• Flower Deer brought the Daimyo’s younger brother and the seal to the Daimyo, while Yagami prepared a second Dust Release attack and the Stone Ninja Guardian Ninja rushed to defend him.
• Sun Wukong escaped from the Wood Dragons and fled toward the Land of Earth’s volcanic region.

After destroying the Daimyo’s Tenshu Castle, Yagami forced fifty-one representatives to form a United Government for the Land of Earth and laid out its new policies. He left Yakushi Nonō to supervise the government and prepared to continue to Iwagakure.

• Yakushi Nonō counted the representatives summoned to the Three Gods Temple and learned that Flower Deer had killed eight people who resisted.
• Yagami reprimanded Flower Deer for the deaths, then threatened the representatives into establishing a United Government and electing a Prime Minister.
• Yagami told the representatives to adapt to the Teleportation Shrines, prioritize production, and dismantle the great nations’ border defenses to increase exchanges.
• Yagami showed the councilors how to use the Teleportation Shrines and worship the Three Gods, then appointed Yakushi Nonō to supervise the United Government.
• Yagami told Flower Deer they would continue onward to Iwagakure.

Yagami explained to Orochimaru that he intended to reshape the Shinobi World and protect farmland, then met Higashikizu, Iwagakure’s newly appointed Fourth Tsuchikage. Faced with Yagami’s strength and Iwagakure’s losses, Higashikizu offered the village’s surrender to Konoha.

• Orochimaru questioned Yagami about sparing the nobles in the Capital of the Land of Earth and his hostility toward Daimyo families.
• Yagami told Orochimaru he planned to replace the old order and make destroying farmland a serious crime after the war.
• An intelligence ninja reported that the Fourth Tsuchikage’s assistant wanted to negotiate, so Orochimaru and Yagami went to meet him.
• Orochimaru mocked Higashikizu for becoming Tsuchikage, and Yagami threatened to kill him before Higashikizu revealed he had brought a surrender agreement.
• Higashikizu said Iwagakure would accept Konoha’s command and surrender, ending the wars in the Land of Grass and the Land of Earth.

Yagami and Orochimaru oversaw Iwagakure’s unconditional surrender to Konoha and established plans for security forces and Three Gods shrines across the Land of Earth. After the Konoha group departed, Higashikizu found Obito Uchiha and Zetsu investigating a spy named Kyouko.

• Yagami asked Higashikizu about Han and learned that the Five-Tails’ Jinchuriki had stayed away from Iwagakure until the surrender was signed.
• Higashikizu led Yagami, Orochimaru, and the Konoha group through Iwagakure, where Yagami noticed academy students Deidara and Kurotsuchi.
• Higashikizu announced Iwagakure’s unconditional surrender and handed the surrender scroll to Orochimaru.
• Yagami created the Three Gods statues and sacrificed three nobles to establish souls as coordinates for the Flying Shrine Technique.
• Yagami outlined plans to divide security responsibilities across the Land of Earth and said he would next pursue surrender agreements with the Land of Waves and the Land of Water.
• The Konoha group left through the Three Gods Shrine, and Higashikizu found Obito Uchiha and Zetsu examining a file on the spy Kyouko.

Yagami and Konoha’s forces moved to end the war in the Land of Waves and bring its Daimyo under Konoha’s rule. The chapter ended as Yagami’s Dust Release swallowed half of Tenshu Castle while the Daimyo begged to surrender.

• Obito Uchiha mocked Higashikizu’s plan to spread an intimidating nickname for Fox, then told him to return Kyouko’s spy file and keep their visit secret.
• Higashikizu accepted the humiliation of Iwagakure’s surrender and hoped the village would recover during his transitional rule.
• Yagami and Orochimaru told Jiraiya that Iwagakure had surrendered, and Yagami assigned forces to fight the Mist Ninja and eliminate the Daimyo families.
• Yagami sent Konoha ninja to establish Security Forces and brought Hidan to build a Three Gods Temple in the Land of Waves.
• The Land of Waves’ Daimyo saw Yagami wielding Dust Release, begged to surrender, and watched as the technique destroyed half of Tenshu Castle.

Nara Shikaku’s company pursued the Seven Ninja Swordsmen after Might Duy rushed ahead to protect Might Guy and his teammates. Duy opened the Seventh Gate and fought the swordsmen until Lord Fox stopped him from opening the Eighth Gate.

• Scouts reported that the Seven Ninja Swordsmen had fled east after encountering Might Guy, Shiranui Genma, and Ebisu, and Might Duy charged ahead to help them.
• Nara Shikaku ordered his company to follow Duy, while Hizashi Hyuga observed Duy’s chakra surging in stages.
• Might Duy arrived to protect the three genin and opened the Seventh Gate after an ANBU relayed Lord Fox’s order not to open the Eighth.
• Duy sent Jinin Akebino flying with one punch, but the Seven Ninja Swordsmen attacked together and gained the advantage.
• When Kushimaru Kuriarare threatened Might Guy and the others, Duy began to open the Eighth Gate, but Lord Fox appeared and stopped him.

Yagami and Might Duy fought the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, with Yagami using the Senju Broadsword to shatter several of their weapons and crush their confidence. Yagami pursued Suikazan Fuguki while Nara Shikaku arrived and ordered his squad to attack the remaining swordsmen.

• Yagami told Might Duy to fight two or three of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen while Yagami confronted Suikazan Fuguki.
• Yagami shattered Juzo Biwa's Kubikiribōchō and wounded him, then broke Hiramekarei and killed its Hozuki wielder.
• Yagami broke Raiga Kurosuki's Kiba blades, which pierced Raiga's head and killed him.
• Suikazan Fuguki used Hair Needle Senbon to conceal his escape, but Yagami spotted his direction and pursued him.
• Nara Shikaku arrived to find Might Duy holding off Kushimaru Kuriarare, Jinin Akebino, and Munashi Jinpachi, then ordered his squad to begin the planned attack.

Yagami defeated Suikazan Fuguki, used his soul-grinding technique to destroy Samehada's soul, and prepared to take the Seven Ninja Swords to Kirigakure as a warning. After asking Pakura to weld the swords together, he returned to Nara Shikaku and the others, delayed by his private visit with her, and set off for the Land of Water's capital.

• Yagami killed Suikazan Fuguki, captured Samehada, and used the Three God Soul Grinding Technique to destroy its soul.
• Nara Shikaku recommended promoting Might Duy to Jonin, and Yagami agreed to review the application after they returned to the village.
• Yagami gathered and bound the Seven Ninja Swords, then visited Pakura in Sunagakure and asked her to weld them together.
• Pakura used Scorch Release to fuse the Seven Ninja Swords into a thorny ball, then kept Yagami with her for more than an hour.
• Yagami returned to Nara Shikaku near the Land of Water's coast, handed him the welded swords, and led the group toward the capital.

Yagami confronted Kirigakure’s forces as they prepared to unleash the Six-Tails, then used his resurrection system to obtain its corrosive Water Release. After returning to the road to the Capital of the Land of Water, he developed a new Kekkei Tōta by combining particleized Earth, Water, and Wind Chakra, leaving him ready to use it against the Mist Ninja.

• Genshi prepared to release the Six-Tails outside Tenshu Castle, hoping it would turn the war against Konoha.
• Yagami unsealed the Six-Tails, which attacked him with corrosive acid and killed him.
• Yagami resurrected several days earlier and selected the Six-Tails’ Chirōkyū technique through the Arc of the Crescent Moon System.
• Yagami studied the corrosive Water Release and created particleized Earth, Water, and Wind Chakra.
• Yagami combined the three particleized Chakra types into a new Kekkei Tōta and anticipated using it against the Mist Ninja.

Yagami used his Corrosion Release to destroy the Mist Ninja forces, the Six-Tails, and Tenshu Castle, declaring that the old order had to be completely destroyed. Jiraiya left to travel, while Yagami accepted that Jiraiya might hate him.

• Genji watched Konoha return the Seven Ninja Swords as a welded mass of broken fragments.
• Fox, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru dispelled the fog around Tenshu Castle Island, and Yagami unleashed Corrosion Release, which erased the defenses, Mist Ninja, and castle.
• Yagami explained to Genji that he would destroy the Daimyo and noble system completely, then swept away the rest of the Mist Ninja forces.
• Corrosion Release engulfed the Six-Tails, and the beast died as its body dissolved.
• Jiraiya left to travel because he disagreed with Yagami's methods, and Yagami told Orochimaru he would bear the infamy and let Jiraiya hate him.

Yagami accepted Kirigakure’s unconditional surrender and laid out plans to integrate the Land of Water into his new order. He then joined the Konoha command in the Land of Hot Water and agreed to launch a final offensive against the Land of Lightning.

• Mei Terumi presented Kirigakure’s unconditional surrender to Yagami, who ordered her to adapt the village to the new order.
• Yagami assigned security responsibilities between Konoha and Kirigakure, promised Mist Ninja access to Teleportation Shrines, and warned Mei that attacking a shrine meant attacking him.
• Orochimaru returned to Konoha to continue his research, and Yagami gave him a Dust Release Scroll to study.
• Yagami teleported to the Land of Hot Water, where Minato Namikaze and Uchiha Fugaku discussed the difficult war and the death of Fugaku’s father, Uchiha Zhong.
• Yagami approved Minato’s proposed final offensive, ordering Konoha forces to advance through the Land of Moon toward the capital of the Land of Lightning and end the war within a month.

After Konoha expanded its influence and began integrating the Land of Moon, Kakashi, Rin, and Ye Tao returned to Konoha, where they witnessed Sunagakure sign an agreement with Konoha. Yagami learned that Jiraiya had left with Koizumi Yaku, whom he recognized as Asura's reincarnation, and wondered where Indra's reincarnation was.

• The Raikage retreated from the Land of Moon with its Daimyo and noble families, and Yagami chose to consolidate Konoha's control rather than pursue the Cloud Ninja.
• Minato explained the new Security Headquarters system and sent Kakashi, Rin, and Ye Tao on rotating leave back to Konoha through a Three Gods Temple.
• Kakashi, Rin, and Ye Tao returned to a crowded Konoha and saw Pakura arrive to sign Sunagakure's agreement with Konoha.
• Koizumi Yaku confronted Koizumi Chisa over the Koizumi Clan giving up the Land of Rivers, then fled their courtyard.
• An ANBU ninja told Yagami that Jiraiya had left Konoha with Koizumi Yaku, and Yagami recognized the child as Asura's reincarnation and wondered about Indra's reincarnation.

The Third Raikage agreed to face Yagami’s forces while Obito planned to abduct Indra’s reincarnation and train him to defeat Fox. Yagami battled the Raikage at the Land of Lightning’s border, where the Raikage’s final strike pierced his chest and triggered the Arc of the Crescent Moon System.

• Obito told the Third Raikage that Sunagakure had surrendered and proposed training Indra’s reincarnation, whom he planned to take from Konoha.
• The Third Raikage agreed to join forces with Mifune and fight Fox, giving Obito an opportunity to carry out his plan.
• Several days later, Yagami’s Konoha forces reached the Land of Lightning, where they encountered the Third Raikage and the Cloud Ninja.
• Yagami fought the Raikage with taijutsu and the Eight Inner Gates, matching him at the Fifth Gate and overpowering him at the Seventh.
• The Third Raikage struck Yagami’s chest with One-Finger Nukite, and the system announced that its host had died.

Obito Uchiha convinced Yefeng that he and his mother were Iwagakure spies, leading Yefeng to confront Kyouko and accidentally cause her apparent death. Yagami restored Kyouko, while Obito took the unconscious Yefeng away, leaving Yagami intent on growing stronger and confronting the Sage of Six Paths and the Otsutsuki.

• Obito Uchiha showed Yefeng his mother’s file, and Yefeng awakened a Two Tomoe Sharingan after learning Kyouko had been an Iwagakure spy.
• Yefeng confronted Kyouko, who admitted her past but insisted she had abandoned Iwagakure and that Yefeng was a Konoha ninja.
• Yefeng shattered a sake jar and urged Kyouko to flee to Iwagakure; she slipped, struck her head on a shard, and appeared to die as Yefeng’s Sharingan evolved to Three Tomoe before he lost consciousness.
• Obito Uchiha took the unconscious Yefeng away, and Yagami arrived and restored Kyouko using his technique.
• Yagami comforted Kyouko and arranged to send her to Uzu Hidden Village, then resolved to gain Six Paths-level strength and confront the Sage of Six Paths and the Otsutsuki.

Twelve years after the war, Kakashi took Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura on their first mission outside Konoha, where they discovered Akatsuki capturing the Tailed Beasts. Yagami rescued Kushina and confronted the returning threats, reuniting Yefeng with his mother before defeating Obito, Madara, and Kaguya and ending the crisis.

• Kakashi formed Team 7 with Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura, then took them to the One-Tail Nature Reserve, where they encountered Obito Uchiha and Yefeng.
• Akatsuki captured eight Tailed Beasts and used Kinkaku and Ginkaku's chakra to awaken the Ten-Tails, after which Obito seized control and Uchiha Madara was revived.
• Yefeng destroyed Kyouko's izakaya during the attack on Uzu Hidden Village, then recognized his mother and reunited with her; Yoruha and Yefeng later faced Madara and Obito.
• Yagami saved Kushina after the Nine-Tails was extracted, then entered the brothers' soul worlds, destroyed the Sage of Six Paths and the reincarnating souls of Asura and Indra, and revived Yoruha and Yefeng.
• Yagami killed Obito, fought Six Paths Madara, and confronted Kaguya Otsutsuki after Black Zetsu revived her; he destroyed Kaguya and Black Zetsu, ending the threat and freeing everyone caught by the God Tree.