Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Yuzhen confirmed that Konoha’s leaders planned to make him the Fifth Hokage within a week. Namikaze Minato then transported him to Root’s base with Orochimaru, leaving Yuzhen wondering what they intended to do there.

• Uchiha Yuzhen met Namikaze Minato, Sarutobi Hiruzen, and Konoha’s other senior officials to discuss the Hokage succession.
• Namikaze Minato explained that the Jonin Squad vote and the daimyo’s appointment had to be completed before Yuzhen could become Hokage.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen said he would speak with the daimyo that afternoon, and Minato agreed to begin the Jonin vote the next day.
• Uchiha Yuzhen thanked Minato and Sarutobi Hiruzen after they said they would work to appoint him within a week.
• Namikaze Minato used Flying Thunder God to take Yuzhen to Root’s base, where Yuzhen found Orochimaru and asked what they were planning.

Namikaze Minato and Orochimaru used Impure World Reincarnation to strengthen Konoha against the otherworldly threat, summoning Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama but failing to summon Uchiha Madara. Uchiha Yuzhen revealed that he had already reincarnated Madara and brought out his coffin, leaving the four legendary fighters assembled.

• Namikaze Minato urged Orochimaru and Uchiha Yuzhen to prepare for the powerful visitors from beyond the heavens by using Impure World Reincarnation.
• Orochimaru summoned Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama using three White Zetsu bodies, but Uchiha Madara did not appear.
• Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama awoke and realized that Konoha must be facing a grave crisis.
• Uchiha Yuzhen explained that Madara had already been reincarnated through his own Impure World Reincarnation.
• Uchiha Yuzhen produced Madara's coffin and opened it, revealing Uchiha Madara in Modern Armor.

Uchiha Yuzhen explained the Otsutsuki threat to the Senju Brothers through Sharingan genjutsu after reincarnating Uchiha Madara. The brothers learned why Konoha needed their help and were left with a tremendous headache over the visitors from beyond the heavens.

• Namikaze Minato and Orochimaru welcomed Uchiha Madara's reincarnation as extra strength against the Otsutsuki.
• Senju Tobirama objected to relying on Uchiha Madara, while Senju Hashirama considered it a sensible choice.
• Senju Tobirama asked Uchiha Yuzhen to explain the crisis that had brought them back.
• Uchiha Yuzhen activated his Sharingan to pass on the information, irritating Senju Tobirama until Senju Hashirama persuaded him to cooperate.
• Uchiha Yuzhen used genjutsu to give the Senju Brothers most of the information about the Otsutsuki, leaving them with a tremendous headache.

Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama learned that the Otsutsuki threatened the Ninja World, so Uchiha Yuzhen revived Uchiha Madara to bolster their forces. After Yuzhen showed Madara the truth about the Otsutsuki and the God Tree, Madara realized his plan had been manipulated.

• Senju Tobirama and Senju Hashirama recognized the Otsutsuki as a dire threat to the Ninja World and agreed that Uchiha Madara should join their side.
• Senju Hashirama offered to persuade Madara to cooperate, and Uchiha Yuzhen removed the control talisman to awaken him.
• Uchiha Madara recognized that he had been revived through Impure World Reincarnation and demanded to know what had happened.
• Uchiha Yuzhen used Genjutsu to show Madara information about the Otsutsuki and their planet-harvesting God Tree.
• Uchiha Madara realized his plan to revive the God Tree and cast Infinite Tsukuyomi had been a trap, and Senju Tobirama asked him to explain how he had been played.

Uchiha Madara realized Black Zetsu had manipulated him into betraying his ideals and asked Uchiha Yuzhen to take him to the Akatsuki so he could deal with him. Yuzhen agreed, but said it would have to wait until after the crucial week in which he was to become Hokage, provoking the revived Senju brothers.

• Uchiha Madara rejected Senju Hashirama’s awkward attempt to comfort him over being deceived.
• Madara concluded that Black Zetsu had been the mastermind behind his manipulation and asked Uchiha Yuzhen to take him to the Akatsuki so he could deal with him.
• Uchiha Yuzhen agreed to help Madara but said they would have to wait a week because he was about to become Hokage.
• Senju Tobirama questioned Yuzhen’s ascension and accused him of using underhanded means, while Senju Hashirama celebrated and apologized for his brother.
• Uchiha Madara grew irritated as Hashirama once again apologized for Tobirama.

Uchiha Yuzhen was officially inaugurated as Konoha’s Fifth Hokage, while Uchiha Madara accepted that Yuzhen would pursue peace through force and planned to help him get revenge. The chapter ended with Madara, Hashirama, and Tobirama arriving at Yuzhen’s office after the ceremony.

• Uchiha Madara decided that he would not seek resurrection and would entrust his dream of peace to Uchiha Yuzhen, while giving his Rinnegan to Nagato as compensation.
• The Land of Fire’s daimyo approved Uchiha Yuzhen’s appointment, and Konoha’s Jonin Squad voted for him almost unanimously.
• Uchiha Yuzhen gave his inauguration speech and was met with enthusiastic cheers as he became Konoha’s Fifth Hokage.
• Uchiha Madara mocked Senju Tobirama over Yuzhen’s popularity, and Senju Hashirama reminded Madara to help Yuzhen get revenge after the ceremony.
• Uchiha Madara refused to tell Senju Hashirama what had caused his grudge, used the Transformation Technique, and headed for the Hokage Building with Hashirama and Tobirama following.
• The three reanimated Hokage arrived at Uchiha Yuzhen’s office and saw him celebrating his new position.

On his first day as Hokage, Uchiha Yuzhen arranged a visit to the Akatsuki with Uchiha Madara and began reforming the Military Police Force. At Uchiha Fugaku’s residence, he raised the question of what path Uchiha Itachi should take next.

• Uchiha Madara asked Yuzhen to take him to the Akatsuki to deal with Black Zetsu, and Yuzhen agreed to go the next day after completing his Hokage duties.
• Yuzhen finished gathering Hokage authority and returned to the Uchiha compound, where the clan celebrated his appointment.
• Yuzhen told Fugaku that the Military Police Force reforms would begin the next day, and Fugaku accepted the order.
• Yuzhen said he also wanted to discuss Itachi’s future, leaving Itachi uneasy about being assigned a demanding task.

Uchiha Yuzhen rejected Itachi’s plan to serve in the Military Police Force and set him on a path toward becoming Hokage. After a busy first day in office, Yuzhen joined his friends for a celebration, where they reflected on his rise to power.

• Uchiha Itachi asked Yuzhen whether he should follow his father into the Military Police Force, but Yuzhen instead told him to train Toneri and later lead a Jonin team on the path to becoming Hokage.
• Uchiha Fugaku enthusiastically supported Yuzhen’s plan, leaving Itachi unable to object.
• Yuzhen discussed Military Police Force reforms with Fugaku, then finished his first day as Hokage and headed to a celebration at the Akimichi Clan's Yakiniku Restaurant.
• Obito spoke about once dreaming of becoming Hokage, and Kakashi teased him for focusing on his relationship with Rin Nohara.
• Kakashi reflected that Namikaze Minato had arranged for Yuzhen to become Hokage so he could return to his family, then Yuzhen arrived and apologized for keeping everyone waiting.

After celebrating Uchiha Yuzhen’s inauguration as Hokage, he strengthened Uchiha Hikari into a Six Paths-level fighter and set out with Uchiha Madara. Yuzhen left a Shadow Clone to handle Konoha’s affairs and arrived with Madara in Amegakure.

• Rin Nohara and Yuzhen’s companions celebrated his becoming Hokage, and Obito got drunk while Shisui, Hikari, and Yuzhen stayed sober.
• Yuzhen invited Hikari to watch his Ninja Cats perform manzai, then used the night to awaken her blue Six-Tomoe Rinnegan and enhance her power.
• Yuzhen arrived late at the Hokage Office, where Uchiha Madara was waiting and complained about his work habits.
• Yuzhen created a Shadow Clone to handle Konoha’s affairs and, with Namikaze Minato’s approval, took Madara to Amegakure using the Flying Thunder God.

Uchiha Yuzhen brought Uchiha Madara to Amegakure to recruit Nagato and Konan for his plan to eliminate the Akatsuki’s hidden threats and abolish the noble system. The meeting ended with Nagato learning that the unfamiliar shinobi beside Yuzhen was Madara, the former owner of his Rinnegan.

• Uchiha Yuzhen arrived in Amegakure with Uchiha Madara to deal with Isshiki, Black Zetsu, and Obito and obtain Isshiki’s Ten-Tails.
• Konan thanked Yuzhen for helping Nagato on the moon and confirmed that she supported replacing the nobles with shinobi administrators.
• Uchiha Madara learned that Yuzhen intended to dismantle the noble system and showed strong interest in the plan.
• Nagato asked Yuzhen to identify the unfamiliar shinobi whose chakra resembled his own Rinnegan’s.
• Yuzhen revealed that the shinobi was Uchiha Madara, revived in an Impure World body, and Nagato reacted with complicated emotions.

Uchiha Yuzhen explained his plan to use Akatsuki to eliminate the nobles after unifying the ninja villages, with ninjas taking their place. He then turned to Nagato and Konan to determine which Akatsuki members were still aligned with them.

• Uchiha Madara suggested Nagato use the Rinnegan to revive his loved ones, but Nagato rejected the idea and condemned Madara for the pain he had caused.
• Uchiha Yuzhen stopped their argument, promised Madara would never truly be resurrected, and urged Nagato and Konan to tolerate his Impure World Reincarnation for the coming fight against the Otsutsuki.
• Uchiha Yuzhen told Uchiha Madara that Akatsuki would help him unify the ninja villages and remove the secular nobles so ninjas could rule.
• Uchiha Madara questioned whether ninjas could replace nobles, but Uchiha Yuzhen argued that academy-trained ninjas had enough knowledge and military strength to govern.
• Uchiha Yuzhen asked Nagato and Konan which Akatsuki members besides Hiruko belonged to them.

Uchiha Yuzhen had Nagato summon Akatsuki’s members to the Land of Rain so they could ambush their opponents and seize Shennong’s Sky Ninja Village technology. As the gathering approached, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki sensed danger but was driven to attend in hopes of taking Nagato’s Rinnegan as a vessel for resurrection.

• Uchiha Yuzhen told Nagato to summon Akatsuki’s members and secretly notify their allies so they would know which side to fight for.
• Uchiha Yuzhen planned to kill Shennong and take the Sky Ninja Village’s artificial Tailed Beast and floating-city technology for Konoha.
• Nagato agreed to summon everyone, and Uchiha Yuzhen used Indra’s three streams of fortune to ensure the plan would proceed as he wished.
• Akatsuki’s members welcomed Nagato’s summons because the organization had reached full strength and was ready to consider its next objectives.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki sensed that the gathering threatened his life, then decided to attend and try to take Nagato’s Rinnegan as a vessel.

Nagato revealed that he had gathered the Akatsuki to purge the members opposed to him, and the two factions began fighting. Uchiha Yuzhen appeared to stop Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s attack, then teleported away with him, leaving the battle underway.

• Deidara, Kakuzu, and Hidan backed Nagato’s faction, bringing its numbers to six of the ten Akatsuki members.
• Uchiha Dairen sensed trouble and asked Nagato why he had summoned everyone.
• Nagato announced that he would purge the Akatsuki members who opposed him, and Dairen, Black Zetsu, and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki prepared to fight.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki charged at Nagato, while the other Akatsuki members began fighting in pairs.
• Uchiha Yuzhen appeared and caught Isshiki’s attack, then used the Flying Thunder God formula to teleport away with him.

Nagato trapped Uchiha Dairen and Black Zetsu inside Uchiha Yuzhen’s space-time barrier, while Uchiha Madara confronted the creature posing as his will. Black Zetsu sacrificed his chakra to empower Dairen, and Uchiha Madara charged into battle as Akatsuki’s internal war began.

• Nagato revealed that Uchiha Yuzhen’s barrier prevented anyone but Yuzhen from using space-time techniques to escape.
• Uchiha Madara appeared in an Impure World Reincarnation body and accused Black Zetsu of falsely claiming to be his will.
• Black Zetsu realized their forces were outnumbered and transferred his remaining chakra to Uchiha Dairen before falling unconscious.
• Uchiha Dairen’s eyes became the Eternal Eye, and his chakra surged with Black Zetsu’s power.
• Uchiha Madara rushed at the opposing side, beginning Akatsuki’s internal war.

Uchiha Yuzhen toyed with Ōtsutsuki Isshiki while using his aura to locate the hidden Ten-Tails. He agreed to let Kaguya Otsutsuki fight Isshiki after granting her his combat experience, and summoned her into the battle.

• Uchiha Yuzhen fought Ōtsutsuki Isshiki while secretly cracking the space where Isshiki had hidden the Ten-Tails.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki asked Uchiha Yuzhen to let her leave his body and face her former superior.
• Uchiha Yuzhen agreed but gave Kaguya Otsutsuki a blessing that granted her his combat experience and rhythm.
• Uchiha Yuzhen dodged Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's punch and summoned Kaguya Otsutsuki, calling her the Rabbit Goddess.

Uchiha Yuzhen summoned Kaguya Otsutsuki to fight Ōtsutsuki Isshiki while he focused on deciphering spacetime coordinates. Isshiki burned through his remaining lifespan and attacked, but Kaguya struck him down and challenged him to keep fighting.

• Uchiha Yuzhen revealed that he knew Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's identity and summoned Kaguya Otsutsuki as Isshiki's opponent.
• Uchiha Yuzhen ignored Isshiki and focused on calculating and deciphering spacetime coordinates.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki burned away most of his remaining lifespan and charged toward Uchiha Yuzhen in anger.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki used Coercion: Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack to blast Isshiki into the ground.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki healed his injuries by burning more lifespan, then threatened to kill Kaguya Otsutsuki.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki taunted Isshiki and dared him to attack her.

Uchiha Yuzhen found the alternate dimension where Isshiki had hidden the Ten-Tails, then intervened in Kaguya and Isshiki’s battle. He killed Isshiki with a world-empowered punch, collected 100,000 Combat Points, and turned his attention to Black Zetsu and Parallel World Obito.

• Uchiha Yuzhen used his enhanced processing power and Flying Thunder God to locate the alternate dimension holding the Ten-Tails.
• Uchiha Yuzhen told Kaguya to leave the fight and check on her younger son, and Kaguya obeyed.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki charged Uchiha Yuzhen, eager to die fighting a powerful opponent.
• Uchiha Yuzhen empowered his body with the mass of his small world and killed Isshiki with a devastating punch, redirecting the shockwaves into outer space.
• Uchiha Yuzhen received 100,000 Combat Points and headed to see the confrontation involving Black Zetsu and Parallel World Obito.

Uchiha Yuzhen returned to the Akatsuki base, where Kaguya Otsutsuki had saved Black Zetsu and faced off against Uchiha Madara. To reconcile Kaguya’s wish to protect her son with Madara’s demand for justice, Yuzhen proposed sealing Black Zetsu away for five hundred years.

• Nagato warned Yuzhen that Kaguya Otsutsuki had appeared inside the space-time barrier and displayed power rivaling Momoshiki.
• Yuzhen explained that Kaguya was the Rabbit Goddess and one of their allies, while he dismissed Uchiha Dairen’s death as unimportant.
• Madara demanded that Black Zetsu pay for manipulating him or that Yuzhen send him back to the Pure Land.
• Kaguya defended Black Zetsu as her devoted child and argued that she was closer to Yuzhen than Madara was.
• Yuzhen proposed sealing Black Zetsu somewhere without light or sky for five hundred years as a compromise.

Uchiha Yuzhen arranged for Black Zetsu to be sealed for several hundred years, with Kaguya Otsutsuki and Black Zetsu accepting the sentence. The next day, Nagato gathered the remaining Akatsuki members at their base for a meeting with Yuzhen, while Deidara remarked that the organization now worked for him.

• Uchiha Madara accepted the proposed sentence of sealing Black Zetsu for several hundred years to protect the Ninja World.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki and Black Zetsu both agreed to the sealing, and Black Zetsu accepted it as the price of his mother's release.
• Uchiha Yuzhen said he would seal Black Zetsu after dealing with Akatsuki and asked Nagato to notify the remaining members about a meeting.
• Nagato confirmed Shennong had been defeated and went to inform the Akatsuki members.
• The next day, the remaining Akatsuki members gathered at their base, where Deidara commented that the organization had been purged and now worked for Uchiha Yuzhen.

Uchiha Yuzhen gathered the remaining Akatsuki members after defeating several of their former allies and acquiring the Sky Ninja Village’s floating-city and artificial Tailed Beast technologies. The members accepted that they would work for Yuzhen, and he prepared to tell them their next mission.

• Deidara, Kakuzu, and Hidan agreed that working for Uchiha Yuzhen could benefit them, for art, money, or Jashin’s cause.
• Uchiha Yuzhen and Nagato arrived atop the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, silencing the remaining Akatsuki members with the memory of Yuzhen’s power.
• Yuzhen counted Nagato, Konan, Hiruko, Kakuzu, Hidan, and Deidara among the surviving Akatsuki members after Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, Uchiha Dairen, and Shennong were killed and Black Zetsu was sealed.
• Yuzhen considered using Shennong’s floating-city and artificial Tailed Beast technologies to build aerial fortresses for suppressing rebellions after he unified the Ninja World.
• Yuzhen decided to set aside the technologies for later and prepare to announce the remaining Akatsuki members’ next mission.