Chapter Summaries

Chiba revealed that the Sage of Six Paths, the Death God, and Jashin had perished, causing the Natural Energy they had drained to flood back into the Ninja World. He ordered the Empire to prepare for dangerous mutations, promised a Merit Point exchange for Sage Mode, and the chapter ended as a Natural Energy-mutated boar attacked a patrol in Wind Province.

• Chiba showed the council his Six-Tomoe Rinnegan and explained that the Senju, Uchiha, Hyuga, and Uzumaki descended from the Otsutsuki Clan.
• Chiba announced that the Sage of Six Paths, the Death God, and Jashin had died, and that their stolen Natural Energy would soon surge back into the world.
• Chiba ordered all five provinces to enter the highest state of combat readiness and promised Kage Level ninja a Sage Mode cultivation manual available through Merit Points.
• The provincial governors mobilized patrols, and on the fifth day Baki's cross-village squad encountered a gigantic, mutated wild boar in Wind Province.

As Natural Energy spread through the provinces, imperial ninja squads eliminated mutated beasts while Earth Province’s crops grew to extraordinary size. Mei Terumi mastered Sage Mode and gained a powerful new Scorch Release, as Chiba sensed the changes across the Ninja World from the Imperial Capital.

• Baki and two elite ninja defeated a mutated boar in Wind Province, and Baki ordered its intelligence reported to the Imperial Capital.
• Armed ninja squads across the Five Great Provinces swiftly eliminated dangerous mutated creatures as they appeared.
• Ōnoki and Kitsuchi inspected Earth Province’s wheat fields and found crops that yielded dozens of times more than the previous year.
• Mei Terumi followed Chiba’s Sage Mode manual and successfully formed Senjutsu Chakra in a Water Province secret chamber.
• Mei Terumi used Sage Art: Scorch Release to melt through the chamber wall, then vowed to protect Water Province.
• Chiba sensed the mutated creatures, the abundant wheat, and Mei Terumi’s breakthrough through the Natural Energy around the Imperial Capital.

Chiba convened the imperial council to review how natural energy had transformed the provinces and their people. He introduced stricter empire-wide ninja ranks and ordered a new assessment of the provinces’ combat strength within half a month.

• Shikaku Nara reported that natural energy had created dangerous mutated beasts and valuable spirit plants in Fire Province, and that the Anbu and Orochimaru’s researchers were managing the changes.
• Ōnoki, Rasa, A, and Mei Terumi reported that their provinces had gained resources from mutations and contained or eliminated the threats; Mei said Water Province was peaceful.
• Chiba announced that the empire would replace the old ninja rank classifications with new standards for Genin, Chunin, Jonin, Kage Level, and Super Kage Level, while declaring himself the standard for Six Paths Level.
• The council members accepted the new rankings, and Chiba ordered the standards distributed and detailed provincial strength statistics completed within half a month.

Chiba discovered that the Dragon Vein beneath the former Roran site connected to parallel worlds, but its passage could only carry Kage Level ninjas. He tasked Orochimaru with researching the passage’s safety and capacity, setting plans for an expeditionary force in motion.

• Chiba sensed a spatial fluctuation beneath Wind Province and traveled to the Dragon Vein at the former site of Roran.
• Chiba learned that the Dragon Vein connected to parallel timelines and worlds, but his Six Paths-level body nearly destabilized the passage.
• Chiba concluded that only Kage Level ninjas or weaker could pass through and decided to form an expeditionary force for parallel-world missions.
• Chiba reinforced the Dragon Vein with a wooden fortress and sealing techniques before returning to the Imperial Palace.
• Chiba told Orochimaru about the Dragon Vein and ordered him to test its safety and find a way to increase its carrying capacity.
• Orochimaru agreed to bring his research team to the Dragon Vein and promised Chiba results within half a month.

Shikaku Nara reported that the Empire had fifty-seven Kage Level experts and around ten who could reach Super Kage Level with Sage Mode. Orochimaru explained that the unstable passage to a Parallel World could only carry weaker ninja, so Chiba began planning a dangerous vanguard mission to establish a stable gate there.

• Shikaku Nara reported the number of Kage Level experts in each province, totaling fifty-seven across the Empire.
• Shikaku Nara explained that Sage Mode could raise around ten fighters, including Shisui Uchiha and Killer B, to Super Kage Level combat power.
• Chiba ordered the provinces to invest more resources and cultivate talent at any cost.
• Orochimaru reported that the spacetime passage could only accommodate Elite Jonin or newly advanced Kage Level ninja, and stronger chakra would collapse it.
• Orochimaru explained that a vanguard could stabilize the passage by building a two-way Teleportation Gate in the Parallel World, but Chiba rejected Orochimaru as a candidate and began considering who to send.

Chiba announced that a fragile passage through the Dragon Vein led to a parallel Ninja World and called for an elite vanguard to establish a base there. He reserved four combat slots for his personal selection and began weighing the candidates’ abilities and risks.

• Chiba told the governors and clan leaders that the Dragon Vein’s Spacetime Anchor connected to a parallel Ninja World, but only newly entering Kage Level or Elite Jonin could endure the passage.
• Chiba explained that Orochimaru was developing a two-way Teleportation Gate and called for a vanguard to cross over, establish a base station, and stabilize the passage for the Empire’s arrival.
• Fugaku Uchiha recommended Sasuke Uchiha, while Hyuga Hiashi recommended Neji Hyuga for the vanguard.
• Ōnoki recommended Kurotsuchi, A recommended Darui, Mei Terumi recommended Chojuro, and Rasa recommended Temari and Kankuro.
• Chiba set the vanguard at five members, including a Scientific Research Department specialist, and told the governors and clan heads to submit candidates for his selection of the four combat slots.
• After the meeting, Chiba considered the candidates and noted that Naruto’s vast Chakra and the Nine-Tails could collapse the passage.

The Uchiha, Hyuga, Uzumaki, and Senju clans considered who would join the vanguard mission to Parallel World. Sasuke and Neji prepared to go, Naruto was barred because his chakra could collapse the passage, and Tsunade decided the Senju did not need to compete for a place because Chiba protected them.

• Sasuke demanded to join the mission, and Fugaku allowed him to try after Itachi challenged him to last ten moves.
• Itachi and Sasuke fought at the back mountain, where Itachi easily overwhelmed him despite Sasuke's Kage-level strength and Sage Mode.
• Hiashi and Hizashi discussed Neji's opportunity to represent the Hyuga, and Neji vowed not to disappoint them.
• Nagato told Naruto that his immense chakra would collapse the transport passage, so Naruto abandoned his application while Karin mocked him.
• Tsunade realized Chiba's support meant the Senju did not need to compete for the mission and invited Shizune out for a drink.

Chiba selected five people to travel through the Dragon Vein to a Parallel World and build a Teleportation Gate, despite the dangerous one-way jump. Kabuto Yakushi, Sasuke Uchiha, Neji Hyuga, Shikamaru Nara, and Temari began their mission by entering the purple pillar of light.

• Rasa urged Temari and Kankuro to secure a slot, while Gaara left disappointed that he could not join because of Shukaku's chakra.
• Mei Terumi, Ōnoki, and A pressed Ao, Kurotsuchi, and Darui to compete for places on the expedition.
• Chiba reviewed the recommendations and chose Kabuto Yakushi, Sasuke Uchiha, Neji Hyuga, Shikamaru Nara, and Temari for the five-person vanguard.
• At the Dragon Vein Ruins, Orochimaru explained that the unstable passage had no receiving gate on the other side and that the jump could be fatal.
• Chiba warned the five that they might have no way back, told them to prioritize survival, and sent them to build a gate in the New World.
• Kabuto entered the pillar of light first, followed by Sasuke and Neji.

Chiba and Orochimaru established communication with the five-person team in the parallel world, discovering that seven days in the Empire had passed in the time the team experienced as an instant. The team reached a barren Land of Wind and prepared to capture a nearby ninja squad, whose leader Temari recognized as a much weaker parallel-world version of one of Baki’s subordinates.

• On the seventh day, Orochimaru detected the team’s signal and restored communication with Kabuto Yakushi, who reported that the crossing had taken less than a second and everyone was safe.
• Orochimaru proposed that time flowed differently between the worlds until a stable teleportation base anchored both sides, and Chiba ordered the team to gather intelligence and find a site for the Teleportation Gate.
• In the parallel Land of Wind, Shikamaru Nara asked Temari to lead the group toward New Green City, but they found only desert where the city should have been.
• Neji Hyuga detected a four-person ninja squad approaching, and Shikamaru ordered the team to hide and capture them for information.
• Temari recognized the squad’s leader as a subordinate of Baki, but his chakra was far weaker than that of his counterpart in the Empire.

Sasuke and the others learned that they had landed in a parallel world seven years behind their own, where Senju Qianye had never existed and Sarutobi Hiruzen still ruled Konoha. Worried about their counterparts and the villages’ condition, they set off for Konoha aboard Kabuto’s flying puppet.

• Sasuke, Neji, Shikamaru, and Kabuto swiftly defeated four Sunagakure ninja in the Land of Wind.
• Sasuke used Sharingan genjutsu to learn that it was Konoha Year 56 and that Sarutobi Hiruzen ruled Konoha while the other Great Villages had their established leaders.
• The Sunagakure Jonin said he had never heard of Senju Qianye, prompting Sasuke to fear for his family and the Uchiha Clan in this world.
• Shikamaru and Neji agreed to accompany Sasuke to Konoha to investigate their clans’ circumstances, while Kabuto planned to gather materials for a Temporal Gate.
• Temari joined them, and Kabuto summoned a flying puppet eagle that carried the group toward the Land of Fire.

Sasuke wanted to confront the Uchiha, but Shikamaru convinced him to seek intelligence first, and Neji confirmed that Konoha had sealed the clan grounds under heavy surveillance. At a secret Ino-Shika-Cho meeting, Shikaku concluded that Konoha’s leadership intended to exterminate the Uchiha for political, military, and financial gain, before an unknown voice interrupted them.

• Sasuke said he would go to the Uchiha, but Shikamaru warned that the Anbu and Root would detect him.
• Neji used his Byakugan to confirm that the Uchiha Grounds were tightly watched and saw that the Hyuga Branch Family still bore its Cursed Seal.
• Shikamaru brought Sasuke and Neji to the Nara Clan compound to learn about Konoha’s shifting factions.
• In a secret meeting, Yamanaka Inoichi and Akimichi Choza reported increased surveillance and harassment of the Uchiha, while Shikaku Nara argued that the leadership wanted to provoke the clan into rebellion and seize its assets and Sharingan.
• An unknown voice challenged the Ino-Shika-Cho clans for hiding instead of attacking Konoha’s leaders, and Choza, Inoichi, and Shikaku prepared to respond.

Shikamaru Nara and four powerful companions appeared in the Nara Clan compound and told Shikaku Nara about their parallel world's unified Empire under Chiba. Shikaku explained that his world’s clans could not overthrow Konoha’s leaders without triggering civil war and inviting invasion.

• Shikamaru Nara greeted Shikaku Nara as his father from another world, while Yamanaka Inoichi’s mental probe rebounded off Neji Hyuga’s barrier and injured him.
• Shikamaru explained that he came from a parallel world, where Chiba had overthrown Sarutobi Hiruzen’s faction and become Fifth Hokage.
• Shikamaru described how Chiba abolished the Daimyo, unified the Ninja World, and established an Empire in which the Ino-Shika-Cho Clans held great power.
• Sasuke asked why Shikaku’s Ino-Shika-Cho Clans and the Uchiha Clan did not overthrow Konoha’s leaders.
• Shikaku said they lacked a force like Senju Qianye and feared that rebellion would cause civil war, mutual destruction, and an invasion by other ninja villages.

Shikaku Nara explained why the Uchiha could not safely seize power and revealed that Shisui Uchiha was presumed dead and Itachi Uchiha had become a double agent for Konoha’s high command. Sasuke struggled to accept how different his family was in this world, while Neji Hyuga began to ask Shikaku a question.

• Shikaku Nara warned Sasuke that the Uchiha were divided and could become as brutal as Sarutobi Hiruzen without someone strong enough to suppress them.
• Shikaku Nara said Shisui Uchiha had vanished a year earlier and was likely murdered after trusting Konoha’s high command, prompting Sasuke to erupt in anger.
• Shikaku Nara revealed that Itachi Uchiha secretly reported the clan’s plans to Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo.
• Shikamaru restrained Sasuke as Kabuto Yakushi explained that the high command’s pressure had driven Itachi toward sacrificing his clan.
• Sasuke accepted that this was a world without His Majesty Chiba and condemned Konoha’s system, while Neji Hyuga asked Shikaku Nara if he could pose a question.

Neji Hyuga demanded to know what happened to his father, Hizashi, and learned that Konoha had sacrificed Hizashi to appease Kumogakure after the attempted kidnapping of Hinata. Neji contrasted Konoha’s compromise with how His Majesty Chiba crushed Kumogakure’s invasion in his world, leaving the meeting stunned by the difference between the two villages.

• Neji Hyuga confronted Shikaku Nara, Yamanaka Inoichi, and Akimichi Choza and demanded to know where Hizashi was.
• Shikaku and Inoichi explained that Kumogakure’s leader had tried to abduct Hinata, that Hyuga Hiashi killed him, and that Konoha handed over Hizashi to prevent war.
• Neji angrily condemned Konoha’s decision and described how His Majesty Chiba had killed Kumogakure’s infiltrators in his world.
• Neji recounted that Chiba single-handedly defeated Kumogakure’s army of five thousand, captured the Raikage and Killer B, and forced Kumogakure to pay compensation.
• Shikaku and the others were left shocked as Neji and Sasuke judged the Konoha of this world for its compromises and persecution.

Shikamaru revealed that the five visitors were scouts for an Empire preparing to conquer the parallel world, and warned the Ino-Shika-Cho Clans not to resist or alert Konoha's leadership. Shikaku chose to conceal the invasion and withdraw his clans' forces, deciding they would seek survival under the Empire rather than die for Konoha's corrupt leaders.

• Neji condemned Shikaku, Inoichi, and Choza for supporting Konoha's leadership, and Shikamaru stopped him before he questioned Shikaku.
• Shikamaru identified the five visitors as the Imperial Vanguard Army and announced that the Empire planned to conquer the world and abolish its Daimyo and ninja villages.
• Shikamaru described the Empire's Six Paths Level ruler, ten Super Kage Level fighters, and more than sixty Kage Level experts, then warned the Ino-Shika-Cho Clans not to resist or inform Konoha.
• Shikamaru and the other four left through his Shadow Secret Technique, and Inoichi and Choza asked Shikaku whether to report the threat.
• Shikaku refused to alert the Hokage, reasoning that Konoha's leaders would exploit the clans and send them to their deaths, and ordered the Ino-Shika-Cho Clans to hide the information and reduce their missions.
• Shikaku decided that the Ino-Shika-Cho Clans would abandon Konoha's leadership and change allegiance when the Empire arrived.

Shikamaru’s group split up to exploit the Uchiha massacre: Sasuke rushed to the compound while the others targeted Root’s base. Sasuke intercepted Itachi as he prepared to kill a clan family and overwhelmed him in their first clash.

• Shikamaru learned that Anbu and Root forces had surrounded the Uchiha Compound, then assigned Sasuke to intervene while he and the others raided Root’s underground base.
• Itachi prepared to kill a Uchiha family, convincing himself that the massacre would protect Sasuke and prevent civil war.
• Sasuke appeared behind Itachi and revealed his identity, but Itachi refused to believe that the teenager was his eight-year-old brother.
• Itachi attacked Sasuke with his sword and kicks, but Sasuke stopped the blade bare-handed and deflected the blows.
• Sasuke struck Itachi with a powerful side kick, sending him through two walls and into a heap of rubble.

Sasuke defeated Itachi and used Tsukuyomi to show him a Parallel World where the Uchiha lived peacefully and Itachi became a respected ninja. Itachi was left devastated, questioning why he had been forced to slaughter his clan in his own world.

• Uchiha Tekka and the Uchiha Security Force arrived at the ruins and found Itachi defeated by Sasuke.
• Itachi used Tsukuyomi on Sasuke and demanded to know his identity.
• Sasuke claimed he was Sasuke Uchiha from a Parallel World and rewrote the Tsukuyomi to show Itachi that world.
• Itachi saw the Uchiha living openly in the Imperial Capital, Shisui serving as an Anbu leader, and another version of himself honored by the clan.
• After the visions faded, Itachi dropped his blade, collapsed into the bloodwater, and cried out over the life he had been forced to live.

Sasuke awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan after witnessing Itachi’s suffering in Tsukuyomi, then defeated him and confronted Fugaku over the Uchiha Clan’s condition and Itachi’s burden. The chapter ended with Fugaku demanding Sasuke identify himself as the clan members prepared for a confrontation.

• Sasuke remembered the Empire and became furious at the Konoha High Command for forcing Itachi to slaughter the clan.
• Sasuke awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, and its power shattered Itachi Uchiha’s Tsukuyomi.
• Itachi collapsed in the real world, and the Uchiha clansmen discovered Sasuke had awakened the Mangekyō too.
• Fugaku Uchiha arrived, checked on Itachi, and recognized Sasuke’s resemblance to himself and Mikoto Uchiha.
• Sasuke accused Fugaku of failing the clan and burdening Itachi, then Fugaku demanded to know who Sasuke was.

Sasuke revealed that the Uchiha thrived in his Parallel World, while Itachi exposed Konoha High Command’s plan to exterminate the clan and chose to fight for his family. Sasuke summoned a Complete Body Perfect Susanoo, leaving Fugaku and the clansmen stunned by his power.

• Itachi identified Sasuke as his younger brother from a Parallel World, and Sasuke told the Uchiha that their clan wielded great power in the Empire.
• Itachi warned the clansmen that Konoha High Command planned to wipe out the Uchiha that night with Anbu and Root.
• Itachi admitted he had once considered carrying out the mission but now chose to fight alongside his family.
• Sasuke urged the Uchiha to attack Konoha High Command and formed a half-body Susanoo.
• Sasuke activated Sage Mode and transformed his Susanoo into a Complete Body Perfect Susanoo over a hundred meters tall.

Danzō sent Root to attack the Uchiha Compound, mistaking the enormous Susanoo for Itachi’s power and trusting his Sharingan and forbidden techniques to defeat its wielder. Sarutobi Hiruzen recognized the threat to Konoha, summoned the village’s forces, and rushed toward the compound to stop it.

• Root ninjas waited outside the Uchiha Compound for Danzō’s signal to eliminate the clan and collect its Sharingan.
• A towering purple Susanoo appeared over the compound, and its wind knocked several Root ninjas from the trees.
• Danzō assumed Itachi had betrayed him, revealed the Sharingan implanted in his arm, and ordered Root to attack and capture the Susanoo’s wielder.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen saw the Susanoo from the Hokage Building and feared its power could devastate Konoha.
• Hiruzen summoned the village’s ninja clans and fighting Jonin, then hurried toward the Uchiha Compound.