Recaps

Chiba exposed Obito Uchiha’s identity and the truth behind the Moon Eye Plan, then revealed he had sealed Amegakure against space-time ninjutsu. With Obito unable to escape, Chiba left Kakashi to settle their personal grudge.

• Obito Uchiha ripped the Rinnegan from Nagato and tried to take his other eye, but Chiba interrupted him and called him by his real name.
• Chiba told Nagato and Konan that Madara had transplanted the Rinnegan into Nagato and that the Moon Eye Plan aimed to revive the Ten-Tails and cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Chiba revealed that Black Zetsu was working to revive Kaguya Otsutsuki, and Obito Uchiha tore off his mask in anger.
• Kakashi recognized Obito Uchiha, who blamed him for Rin’s death and declared he would create a world where she existed.
• Obito Uchiha tried to escape into the Kamui Dimension, but Chiba’s barrier blocked his space-time ninjutsu.
• Chiba told Kakashi to deal with Obito Uchiha himself.

Chiba sealed Black Zetsu and agreed to save Nagato on the condition that the Akatsuki disband and Nagato be imprisoned in Konoha. After restoring Nagato’s life, Chiba turned back to Kakashi’s fight with Obito, where Kakashi gained the upper hand.

• Chiba pinned Black Zetsu with the Gate of the Great God and sealed him inside a scroll.
• Konan and Jiraiya pleaded with Chiba to save Nagato, and Chiba agreed if the Akatsuki disbanded and Nagato was imprisoned in Konoha.
• Chiba used Sage Art: Life-Saving Reversal to restore Nagato and told Jiraiya to take him back to Konoha after he woke.
• Kakashi countered Obito’s fire technique with a Water Wall and disappeared into the steam.
• Kakashi struck Obito from above with an axe-kick, crushing the stone beneath his feet.

Kakashi defeated Obito in the Land of Rain after resisting Obito’s attempt to exploit his guilt over Rin. He captured Obito and removed his Mangekyō Sharingan, then Chiba ordered Konoha’s armies to plant their flags across the Ninja World within three days.

• Obito deliberately let Kakashi pierce his heart with Chidori, using the scene to trigger Kakashi’s trauma over Rin before escaping with Izanagi.
• Obito attacked Kakashi from behind with a Black Rod, but Kakashi blocked the strike and revealed that he had recognized Izanagi.
• Furious that Obito had used Rin’s death as a tactic, Kakashi severed Obito’s right arm and stopped his attempt to fight back.
• Kakashi removed Obito’s right Mangekyō Sharingan and restrained him with Chakra-sealing handcuffs.
• Kakashi reported Obito’s capture to Chiba, who ordered Konoha’s armies to plant their flags across the Ninja World within three days.

Konoha’s forces defeated or secured the surrender of Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Kirigakure in a sweeping campaign. Acting on Fifth Hokage Chiba’s orders, they moved to eradicate the Daimyo and noble classes, leaving the old order of the Ninja World on the brink of collapse.

• Hashirama Senju forced A to surrender Kumogakure, then ordered Fugaku Uchiha to take control and sent half the forces toward the Land of Lightning’s Daimyo Palace.
• Tobirama Senju defeated Ōnoki as Konoha’s forces broke Iwagakure’s defenses, and Ōnoki surrendered the village.
• Tobirama Senju ordered Shikaku Nara to take control of Iwagakure and directed the army to advance on the Land of Earth’s Daimyo Palace.
• Mei Terumi confirmed Kirigakure’s transfer to Hatake Sakumo, who said Konoha’s main operation was at the Land of Water’s Daimyo Palace.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen led his clan toward the Land of Water’s Daimyo Palace and ordered them to kill every noble there.

Chiba proclaimed the creation of a unified empire and reorganized the Ninja World into five provinces under centralized rule. The four defeated village leaders accepted governorships under Konoha oversight and surrendered their villages’ techniques to the Imperial Ninjutsu Repository.

• Rasa, Mei Terumi, A, and Ōnoki returned to Konoha as Chiba’s victorious forces entered the village.
• Chiba announced that the five great lands and villages would be abolished and the Ninja World united as an empire divided into five provinces.
• Chiba appointed Rasa, Mei Terumi, Ōnoki, and A as provincial governors while assigning Konoha officials to control key departments and monitor them.
• Rasa and Mei Terumi accepted the appointments, followed by A and Ōnoki, who agreed to govern their provinces under Chiba’s conditions.
• Rasa, Mei Terumi, and Ōnoki submitted their villages’ technique scrolls to Chiba, and A surrendered Kumogakure’s scroll as well.

Chiba established the Empire's Merit Point System, ending the villages' monopoly on ninja techniques, and the former governors accepted the coming handover. As the resurrected dead prepared to leave, Hashirama reunited with Tsunade and Mito, who urged Tsunade to marry Chiba and have children.

• Chiba announced that C-Rank Ninjutsu and below would be freely available, while higher-ranked techniques would be exchanged for Merit Points or sealed away, and the four governors submitted to the system.
• Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju praised Chiba's rule, then Hashirama announced that the undead would leave and Chiba gave them twenty-four hours for farewells.
• Hashirama Senju gambled away his money until Tsunade burst into the Gambling House and dragged him out by the ear.
• Mito Uzumaki took Tsunade to a tavern, questioned her about her life, and urged her to marry Chiba and have children to revitalize the Senju Clan.
• Tsunade fled the tavern, while Mito Uzumaki watched her go and reflected that Chiba would keep her from enduring another war.

As the summoned dead prepared to return to the Pure Land, they shared final lessons and farewells with their families and clans. Chiba ordered Orochimaru to release Impure World Reincarnation, and Kushina smiled and waved goodbye to Naruto as she faded away.

• Kushina spent a final meal with Naruto, comforted him, and urged him to take care of himself before she left the next day.
• Hatake Sakumo trained Kakashi in the Hatake blade techniques and warned him to keep his heart facing the light as the Empire's Anbu commander.
• Kagami Uchiha told Fugaku Uchiha and Shisui Uchiha to abandon the clan's arrogance and serve as the Empire's sword and shield.
• Hyuga Hiashi agreed to abolish the Caged Bird Cursed Seal after the Hyuga ancestors discussed Byakugan research and the clan's outdated rules.
• Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju urged Chiba to rebuild the Senju Clan, and he assured them the matter was already underway.
• Chiba told Orochimaru to release Impure World Reincarnation, and Kushina waved to the tearful Naruto as the summoned souls began returning to the Pure Land.

Three years after the Empire’s founding, Qianye ruled from the Imperial Capital with Six Paths-level power while reviewing the Empire’s agricultural and Merit Points reports. The provinces had prospered under his rule, and Rasa and Mei Terumi had become loyal Imperial governors.

• Qianye reviewed his status and recalled that his third annual sign-in had perfected his Yin Release, raising his power to Six Paths Mid-Stage and to Six Paths Peak in Perfect Sage Mode.
• Shikaku Nara reported that ninjutsu farming had tripled the Empire’s grain production and that ninja had shifted from covert missions to public-benefit work for Merit Points.
• Rasa looked over the transformed Wind Province and recalled how Qianye and teams of Earth Style and Water Style ninja had turned its desert into fertile land.
• Mei Terumi reviewed the Water Province’s abundant fishing and grain reports, remembering how Imperial investment and organized labor had ended hunger and won the province’s loyalty.

Ōnoki tried to make Kitsuchi prepare to succeed him as governor of Earth Province, while A discovered bandits in Lightning Province and ordered Killer B to arrest them. The chapter ended with A sentencing the captured bandits to ten years of latrine digging.

• Ōnoki praised Earth Province’s prosperity but scolded Kitsuchi for lacking ambition and urged him to become the next governor.
• Kitsuchi refused the job and suggested Ōnoki train Kurotsuchi instead, prompting Ōnoki to chase him with his cane.
• A struggled through a mountain of paperwork in Lightning Province when a clerk reported bandits near the Valley of Clouds and Lightning.
• The clerk explained that the bandits were lazy thugs who had avoided work at power plants and construction sites to rob caravans.
• A summoned Killer B and ordered him to arrest the bandits alive and send them to dig latrines for ten years.

Three years after the Empire was established, Tsunade trained the Senju descendants while the Uchiha and Hyuga Clans demonstrated their renewed strength. The chapter ended with Hyuga Hiashi reflecting on the successful abolition of the Caged Bird system and the Main Branch–Branch Family distinction.

• Tsunade put more than a hundred Senju children through harsh Chakra training and took satisfaction in Senju Shu, Senju Aoi, and other promising youths.
• Sasuke Uchiha fought Itachi Uchiha, lost to his brother’s Susanoo, and earned praise for reaching Kage Level strength with his Three Tomoe Sharingan.
• Fugaku Uchiha reflected on the clan’s Mangekyō Sharingan users and elite fighters, then pledged the Uchiha Clan’s loyalty to the Empire and Chiba.
• Neji Hyuga demonstrated his Gentle Fist skills while Hinata watched and encouraged him.
• Hyuga Hiashi recalled abolishing the Caged Bird system and the distinction between the Main Branch and Branch Family with Chiba’s support.

The chapter showed how the Empire had improved the Hyuga Clan and brought former Akatsuki members into a peaceful life. It ended with Nagato reflecting that life in the Empire was good.

• Hyuga Hiashi saw Neji Hyuga’s Kage Level strength and Hinata Hyuga’s powerful taijutsu and Byakugan nearing evolution into the Tenseigan, and credited the Empire for the clan’s unity and growth.
• Shikamaru Nara complained about overtime as he walked through the Imperial Capital with Ino Yamanaka and Choji Akimichi.
• Naruto Uzumaki invited Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji to barbecue and introduced them to Karin Uzumaki, Nagato Uzumaki, and Konan.
• Shikamaru reflected that Nagato had been freed under the Empire’s amnesty, regained his health, and abandoned his former pursuit of peace through pain.
• Naruto led the group to buy ingredients for a hot pot at the Uzumaki Clan compound, where more than twenty Uzumaki clansmen now lived.
• Nagato looked at Konan and the peaceful Imperial Capital and said that life was really good.

Chiba rejected Orochimaru’s unstable first-generation Immortality Elixir and was drawn into a higher-dimensional void, where he met Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki. Hagoromo recounted the history of the ninja world and lamented that Chakra had fueled a thousand years of war.

• Orochimaru presented Chiba with Immortality Elixir No. 1, which could theoretically grant thirty years of life but risked fatal rejection.
• Chiba ordered Orochimaru to keep improving the elixir until it could be safely distributed to everyone.
• A mysterious force pulled Chiba’s soul into a gray void, and he chose not to resist.
• Chiba recognized Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki, greeted them formally, and asked why they had summoned him.
• Hagoromo praised Chiba for unifying the Ninja World, then recounted his family’s history and lamented that Chakra had become a source of war.

Chiba learned that Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki had sustained their souls by draining Natural Energy from the Ninja World, and that the Death God and Jashin were doing the same. The brothers prepared to sacrifice themselves to destroy those two entities and return the energy, leaving Chiba to prepare for the changes and honor Hagoromo’s final request about Kaguya Otsutsuki.

• Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki explained that they had used the Pure Land to draw Natural Energy from the living world and preserve their souls.
• Chiba confronted the brothers for draining the Ninja World, but Hagoromo Otsutsuki said they had stayed to guard against Kaguya Otsutsuki’s return and were now ready to let go.
• Hamura Otsutsuki revealed that the Death God and Jashin also stole Natural Energy, and Chiba offered to deal with them.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki said he and Hamura Otsutsuki would destroy the Death God and Jashin by sacrificing their remaining soul essence, then asked Chiba to look after the Hyuga Clan.
• Hamura Otsutsuki and Hagoromo Otsutsuki began to disappear, warning Chiba that Natural Energy would soon return and asking him to spare Kaguya Otsutsuki if she escaped her seal.

After the ancient deities’ deaths, Hagoromo Otsutsuki warned Chiba that vast Natural Energy would soon return to the Ninja World and entrusted him with protecting it. Hagoromo gave Chiba his power, awakening his Rinnegan and formidable ocular abilities, and Chiba summoned the Empire’s leaders to respond to the coming turmoil.

• Three days after Chiba returned to the Imperial Palace, Hagoromo Otsutsuki appeared in a fading state and confirmed that the Death God, Jashin’s remains, and Hamura had perished.
• Hagoromo warned Chiba that the sealed Natural Energy would return to the Ninja World within half a month and asked him to protect the land; Chiba promised to keep Imperial territory safe.
• Hagoromo gave Chiba his remaining power, causing Chiba’s Mangekyō Sharingan to evolve directly into a Six-Tomoe Rinnegan.
• Chiba discovered his new ocular abilities, including time reversal, absolute defense, and the power to take or bestow Bloodline Limits.
• Chiba ordered the Empire’s high-ranking officials and the governors of the four major provinces to join a council meeting.

Chiba told the gathered officials and provincial governors the ancient origins of the ninja clans and the reincarnations of Indra and Asura. He proved the truth by revealing his own Six-Tomoe Rinnegan, leaving the council hall overwhelmed by its power.

• Chiba convened the Empire’s leaders and four provincial governors, then said his soul had visited the Pure Land and met Hagoromo Otsutsuki.
• Chiba explained that Kaguya Otsutsuki had been sealed by her sons, Hagoromo and Hamura, and that Indra and Asura founded the Uchiha and Senju bloodlines.
• Chiba revealed that Hashirama Senju and Uchiha Madara had been reincarnations of Indra and Asura, and that Hamura’s descendants founded the Hyuga and Uzumaki clans.
• When Shikaku Nara questioned whether the revelations were true, Chiba awakened his own Sharingan and showed that he could turn it on and off.
• Chiba transformed his Mangekyō Sharingan into a Six-Tomoe Rinnegan, unleashing pressure that cracked the table and stunned everyone, including Nagato Uzumaki.

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.