Chapter Summaries

Itachi Uchiha accepted Mingye, who claimed to be Otsutsuki Indra, as his master after hearing his account of the past. Meanwhile, Orochimaru fled Konoha after Sarutobi Hiruzen confronted him over experiments on children, and Jiraiya pursued him to bring him back.

• Shisui Uchiha rescued the unconscious Itachi Uchiha from a fog attack, but a butterfly slipped into Itachi's body unnoticed.
• Mingye appeared to Itachi in an illusion, identified himself as Otsutsuki Indra, and named Madara Uchiha as his previous heir.
• Itachi questioned Mingye's account of history but ultimately agreed to become his disciple and heir.
• Orochimaru considered leaving Konoha while spending time with his student Anko, then drugged and sealed her as Sarutobi Hiruzen and Anbu confronted him.
• Orochimaru escaped during a clash involving summoned snakes and Jiraiya's giant toad, while Sarutobi Hiruzen stayed behind to stop the snakes.
• Jiraiya confronted Orochimaru in the Forest of Death and vowed to bring him back to Konoha.

Jiraiya fought Orochimaru but failed to stop him from escaping, while Mingye began plans to infiltrate the Kaguya Clan in the Land of Water and took Kaguya Kimimaro under his tutelage. In Konoha's underground waterways, Shimura Danzō tried to turn Kakashi against Sarutobi Hiruzen by revealing his claims about Kushina's guards and Hatake Sakumo's death.

• Jiraiya battled Orochimaru and summoned Gamabunta against Manda, but Orochimaru escaped, leaving Jiraiya unable to return to Konoha.
• Mingye told Kaguya Gu Daoqu to infiltrate and replace the leadership of the Kaguya Clan in the Land of Water, while delaying its rebellion for several years.
• Kaguya Gu Daoqu introduced his son Kaguya Kimimaro, and Mingye chose to teach the child personally as a hidden piece against Orochimaru.
• Shimura Danzō confronted Kakashi underground and claimed Sarutobi Hiruzen had used Kushina's guards to keep her under watch rather than protect her for Minato Namikaze.
• Shimura Danzō blamed Sarutobi Hiruzen for suppressing the truth about Hatake Sakumo's mission and alleged that a shinobi who accused Sakumo was later found dead.

Mingye discovered a living child with Senju Hashirama’s Wood Release chakra and connected him to the time-traveling attacker at Rōran, leaving him to reconsider Izuna’s role. Meanwhile, Kisame helped Zabuza and the surviving Mist swordsmen agree on a rebellion, and Mingye asked Kimimaro to endure a difficult life and help him.

• Shimura Danzō challenged Kakashi to seek the truth about his father’s death, then left him to investigate.
• Izuna showed Mingye a child in a nutrient tank whose chakra resembled Senju Hashirama’s, and Mingye identified him as Yamato.
• Mingye realized Yamato had ambushed him at Rōran and suspected Izuna had ordered the attack, then returned home to think it over.
• Kisame gathered Zabuza, Raiga, Mangetsu, Kushimaru, and Senba, and they agreed that whoever killed the Fourth Mizukage would become Mizukage with the others’ support.
• Six months later, Mingye brought Kimimaro to a village in the Land of Water and asked him to endure hardship and help him.

Mingye advanced his plans by preparing Kimimaro to infiltrate Orochimaru’s circle, developing elite ninja soldiers, and granting Hidan access to the Box of Ultimate Bliss’s evil power. He also directed Kisame Hoshigaki to kill Kekkei Genkai clans as he pursued his own path to creating weapons for the coming war.

• Mingye told Kimimaro to serve Orochimaru when he appeared in two or three years, using his Bloodline Disease to ensure Orochimaru would keep him alive until he could return to the Kaguya Clan.
• Mingye ordered Undying to seal the prepared corpses and refused to weaken the demanding process of producing ninja soldiers, despite having only a little over three hundred usable soldiers after three years.
• Hidan insulted Mingye, who quickly severed and restored his arm before proposing that Hidan inherit the Box of Ultimate Bliss’s evil power.
• Mingye met Kisame Hoshigaki and told him to kill as many Kekkei Genkai clans in the Land of Water as possible.
• Mingye dismissed the idea of taking Haku from the village and explained to Kisame that he sought strength through a demonic path, using whatever could serve him to create more weapons.

Mingye left Kisame to slaughter the Land of Water village, where Kisame was confronted by a child with an ice Kekkei Genkai before Zabuza intervened. In Konoha, Danzō warned Hiruzen of a possible Uchiha coup, and Hiruzen gave Shisui three days to resolve the threat.

• Mingye abandoned his plan to take Haku and walked into the forest while Kisame began killing the villagers.
• Kisame attacked a child who used ice mirrors and senbon, but Zabuza appeared and ordered him to stop.
• Danzō told Hiruzen that the Uchiha had grown powerful and might be plotting a coup, while Koharu and Homura challenged Danzō's motives.
• Hiruzen left the office and later showed Shisui a letter that confirmed the Uchiha Clan's plans to rebel.
• Shisui asked Hiruzen for three days to prevent the Uchiha from betraying Konoha, and Hiruzen agreed.

Mingye challenged Shisui Uchiha to reconsider his loyalty and use Kotoamatsukami to avert conflict, but Shisui chose to uphold the Will of Fire and hurried to Root after receiving a summons. Meanwhile, Itachi Uchiha found a hidden passage and fought Obito, who recognized his rare skill and knowledge of Uchiha techniques.

• Mingye questioned Shisui Uchiha's loyalty to Konoha and suggested using Kotoamatsukami on Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzō to restore Uchiha power without a coup.
• Shisui Uchiha rejected Mingye's proposal, declared that he would uphold the Will of Fire, and prepared to fight as Mingye vanished.
• Shisui Uchiha received a message from Root ordering him back to headquarters and raced there, suspecting Shimura Danzō was planning something major.
• Itachi Uchiha found a concealed passage, followed the masked Obito through it, and discovered a serene place Obito said had once been his home.
• Itachi Uchiha attacked Obito with kunai and Fire Style while preparing a counter to spatial ninjutsu, forcing Obito to evade and revealing Itachi's exceptional skill.
• Obito recognized the techniques Itachi used as secret Uchiha methods and was impressed by the young ninja's talent.

Itachi Uchiha confronted Obito Uchiha, who revealed his plan to destroy the Uchiha Clan and warned that a coup was imminent. Itachi hurried back to Konoha, while Uchiha Mingye and Uchiha Izuna prepared to make the clan disappear as part of Mingye’s own plan.

• Itachi Uchiha fought Obito Uchiha, recognized his Susanoo, and identified him as Uchiha Madara.
• Itachi told Obito he wanted to learn the truth about Konoha’s founding and save the Uchiha Clan.
• Obito offered to spare Itachi’s parents if he joined his plan, then warned that Itachi’s father was preparing a coup.
• Itachi left for Konoha, and Zetsu questioned Obito about letting him go; Obito said he wanted to see what choice Itachi made.
• Uchiha Mingye explained to Uchiha Izuna that the Uchiha Clan had to disappear from Konoha as part of his plan.
• Uchiha Izuna took Danzo’s appearance, and Uchiha Mingye told him not to let Shisui Uchiha die by his hand.

Mingye set plans in motion as Shimura Danzō attacked Shisui Uchiha to take his Mangekyō Sharingan, while Mingye confronted Zang Shuo and later urged a crippled man to choose whether he would live. The chapter ended with the man agreeing to live, only for Mingye to tell him to continue what he had been doing and kill himself.

• Shimura Danzō ordered Root ninja to kill Shisui Uchiha and take his eyes, but Shisui disappeared in an explosion and Danzō kept one bloody eye.
• Mingye entered an Uchiha clansman’s room and forced him to choose between living and dying.
• Mingye confronted Zang Shuo about loyalty to Konoha and his clan, and Zang Shuo’s young son offered to take his father’s place.
• Mingye visited a crippled man who blamed himself for his predicament and challenged him to repay his family’s debt himself.
• The man told Mingye he wanted to live, and Mingye applauded before telling him to continue what he was doing and kill himself.

Uchiha Mingye seized control of the Uchiha Clan, while Shisui Uchiha gave Itachi Uchiha his remaining Mangekyō Sharingan and disappeared into the river. Mingye revealed that Shisui had survived his apparent suicide and was now in his custody.

• Mingye declared himself head of the Uchiha Clan, and Fugaku Uchiha and the other surviving elites accepted his rule.
• Shisui Uchiha gave Itachi Uchiha a scroll containing his remaining eye and urged him to use Kotoamatsukami on Fugaku to prevent a coup.
• Shisui Uchiha fell into the river, and Itachi Uchiha awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan when Obito appeared behind him.
• Mingye and Izuna Uchiha waited by the river and recovered Shisui Uchiha, who had been pretending to be dead.
• Mingye reminded Shisui Uchiha that he had used up his three challenges and still owed him a promise, while Izuna restored Shisui's eye.

After Shisui’s apparent suicide, Itachi confronted Fugaku and then demanded guarantees from Konoha’s elders, arguing that the village could not safely attack the Uchiha Clan. He ended the meeting by reminding Sarutobi Hiruzen that Fugaku was his father.

• Mingye told Shisui that his life was not his own and that the eye-taking had served a purpose, while Izuna showed him the Uchiha compound in a water mirror.
• Itachi returned home, asked Mikoto where Fugaku was, and went to his father’s study.
• Itachi told Fugaku that Shisui had committed suicide, then later answered Danzō’s questions by claiming Shisui had jumped into the river.
• Danzō reminded Itachi that he had three days in exchange for one eye, and Itachi went to meet Konoha’s elders.
• Itachi accused Sarutobi Hiruzen, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura of driving Shisui to his death and demanded an absolute guarantee for the Uchiha Clan.
• Itachi argued that Konoha could not attack the Uchiha without risking more than a divided village, gave Sarutobi a scroll, and reminded him that Fugaku was his father.

Itachi returned to the Uchiha compound as the village pressed him to choose between Konoha and his clan, but Obito killed Fugaku, Mikoto, and the Uchiha before Itachi could stop him. Itachi left Sasuke alive and in Sarutobi Hiruzen’s care, then vanished; meanwhile, Izuna returned to Shisui with a bloody eyeball.

• Itachi told Sarutobi Hiruzen, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura that he would punish any Uchiha who betrayed Konoha, and Hiruzen decided to speak with Fugaku that night.
• Itachi told Fugaku and Mikoto he had to choose between the village and the clan, but Obito appeared and killed both parents before Itachi could react.
• Obito slaughtered the Uchiha Clan, while Itachi tried and failed to protect the clan members from his spatial ninjutsu.
• Itachi found Sasuke alive, used Tsukuyomi to deepen his hatred, and drove Obito away with his black flames.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen arrived and took the unconscious Sasuke; Itachi warned him not to seize Uchiha property and used black flames to keep the Anbu from taking Sasuke.
• At the Forest of Death, Izuna returned to Shisui and handed him a bloody eyeball.

Mingye assigned Shisui to Hatake Sakumo and discussed Obito’s abilities with Izuna while keeping his larger plan on track. Meanwhile, Itachi encountered Pain and his companions, who invited him to join their ranks.

• Mingye told Shisui that his life belonged to him and ordered him to follow Hatake Sakumo, who confirmed that Obito could combine Susanoo with intangibility.
• Hatake Sakumo took Shisui away to lie low and learn real combat under his command.
• Mingye demonstrated his Susanoo to Izuna and concluded that Obito had devised a deceptive technique; he then said Konoha’s situation needed to change.
• Itachi wandered alone after destroying his home and killing his clan, burdened by grief and growing numb toward the world.
• Pain and a fat ninja confronted Itachi, absorbed his black flames, repelled his Susanoo, and invited him to join their ranks.

Uchiha Itachi joined Pain’s organization after securing a promise that it would not attack Konoha, while Obito arranged for Orochimaru to watch him. Six years later, Mingye discovered Asura’s chakra within infant Naruto and tried to touch it, triggering a massive disturbance that drew Izuna into the blood pool.

• Pain recruited Uchiha Itachi, who agreed to join on the condition that the organization never attacked Konoha.
• Obito accepted Zetsu’s suggestion to assign Orochimaru to Itachi’s team so he could keep an eye on him.
• After learning that Sarutobi Shinnosuke had a son, Mingye sent Immortal to kill Shinnosuke and his wife and resumed investigating his vision of Naruto’s birth.
• Mingye noticed pale green chakra surrounding infant Naruto and identified it as Otsutsuki Asura’s chakra, then considered taking the chakra of both Asura and Otsutsuki Indra.
• When Mingye reached toward Naruto in his illusion, a surge of energy shook the headquarters and trapped him in purple chakra.
• Immortal summoned Izuna, who entered the blood pool and used Susanoo to push past its blood giant toward Mingye.

Mingye met a future version of himself, learned about the repeating timelines and the inheritance of hope, and survived the corrosive energy as Izuna absorbed it. Izuna awakened overwhelming new power, while Future Mingye vanished after removing memories of their conversation.

• Izuna rushed into the purple mist to reach Mingye, absorbed the mist himself, and let Mingye recover in the blood pool.
• Future Mingye appeared before Mingye and explained that he had left behind an inheritance of hope to help break the repeating future.
• Future Mingye realized Mingye could not absorb the accumulated Sharingan resentment energy and urged him to act before it destroyed his body.
• As Izuna absorbed the energy, Mingye's pain eased, and Future Mingye extracted and destroyed memories of their conversation before disappearing.
• Izuna awakened immense power with red swastika-patterned eyes, accidentally destroyed objects around him, and apologized to Mingye for losing control.

Mingye and Izuna confronted Otsutsuki Toneri inside a lunar barrier, where Izuna battled him while Mingye worked to stabilize the barrier and investigate a strange sphere. After Mingye let the Box of Ultimate Bliss swallow it, Toneri was weakened, and Izuna considered sacrificing the energy he had absorbed to restrain him.

• Izuna brought Mingye into a palace on the moon, where they encountered Otsutsuki Toneri, the lone survivor there and a descendant of Hamura Ōtsutsuki.
• Izuna fought Toneri with his complete Susanoo while Mingye summoned experts from the Immortal God Church to reinforce the barrier and keep the battle's shockwaves from reaching Earth.
• Mingye wandered through the barrier and found a blue-white sphere filled with strange energy, which Toneri urgently tried to protect.
• Mingye ordered the Box of Ultimate Bliss to swallow the sphere, and Izuna struck Toneri with black energy, causing him to collapse and convulse.
• Izuna told Mingye that Toneri's body and glasses were incomplete and said he could pour his absorbed energy into Toneri to render him powerless, though he disliked giving it up.

Mingye and Izuna uncovered the cruel history behind the Tenseigan and suspected that powerful eyes might be tied to resurrection. After deciding to lie low, Mingye kept Toneri as a test subject and ordered experiments involving the Hyuga Clan.

• Izuna used black energy to restrain Otsutsuki Toneri while Mingye searched his memories and learned how the moon’s branch family created the Tenseigan by combining Byakugan taken from their clansmen.
• Mingye explained the Tenseigan’s origins to Izuna and suggested that its former owners, like the Rinnegan’s, might have sought resurrection.
• Izuna warned that Toneri’s power could attract the Sage of Six Paths’s attention, so Mingye told him to stop his plans and continue posing as Shimura Danzō.
• Izuna raised his concern about Madara’s missing corpse, but Mingye said they should wait and left Toneri in his custody.
• Mingye revealed that Toneri had awakened and pretended to be unconscious, then let Undying take a sample of Toneri’s flesh.
• Mingye ordered Undying to find a Hyuga Clan member for experiments, while warning Toneri that he would face further cruelty.

Nami Yakushi cared for Naruto while Kakashi returned to Konoha and received an S-rank mission to protect Kazahana Koyuki in the Land of Snow. Mingye decided to pursue Koyuki for his own plans and headed to the Land of Snow, where she returned to the palace and found its servants rushing about.

• Nami Yakushi scolded Naruto for fighting, comforted him, and promised to knit him a new scarf.
• Kakashi thanked Nami Yakushi for caring for Naruto and gave her money to help him.
• Kakashi reported to Sarutobi Hiruzen, who assigned him to protect Kazahana Koyuki and take her from the Land of Snow without interfering in its power struggle.
• Mingye learned that Kakashi had gone to the Land of Snow and identified Kazahana Koyuki as a useful target for his plans.
• Mingye decided to travel to the Land of Snow, while Kazahana Koyuki returned to the palace and saw the servants rushing about.

Kakashi helped Kazahana Koyuki escape the burning Land of Snow, where Mingye persuaded her to seek revenge by marrying the Land of Fire's Daimyo. Mingye abandoned his bloodline fusion experiments and set a new plan in motion, while Itachi trapped Orochimaru in a powerful genjutsu and attacked him.

• Kakashi rescued Kazahana Koyuki from the palace and fought off a ninja whose armor absorbed chakra before escaping with her and Asama Santayū.
• Aboard the ship, Kazahana Koyuki grieved her father and demanded revenge, and Mingye offered her a plan to gain the Land of Fire's Daimyo's support.
• Mingye ended Undying's experiments with Otsutsuki Toneri's blood and ordered him to collect bloodlines from every Kekkei Genkai clan and release Hidan.
• Itachi led Orochimaru toward a meeting with the Land of Earth's rising ninja Deidara, but Orochimaru tried to attack Itachi and became trapped in his genjutsu.
• Itachi bound Orochimaru to a cross within the genjutsu and drove a longsword into his body.

Uchiha Itachi defeated Orochimaru with genjutsu and was paired with Kisame, while Baiye Fengyu confronted Sarutobi Hiruzen over his abandonment of Root survivors and pushed Konoha to restore the Land of Snow. The chapter left Hiruzen fearing that Fengyu would expose Naruto’s parentage and reopen painful questions about Konoha.

• Itachi trapped Orochimaru in a genjutsu, severed his arm, and left him defeated before Orochimaru escaped as sludge.
• Obito and Zetsu discussed assigning Kisame to watch Itachi, and Kisame later introduced himself as Itachi’s new partner at the Heavenly Gate Divine Pillar Bridge.
• Baiye Fengyu reminded Sarutobi Hiruzen that he had been abandoned after exposing Shimura Danzō, prompting Hiruzen to apologize.
• The Daimyo introduced Kazahana Koyuki as his fiancée and ordered Hiruzen to help restore the Land of Snow before their marriage.
• Baiye Fengyu rebuked Hiruzen for Konoha’s treatment of Root survivors and vowed to clear the names of the Fourth Hokage and his son.
• Hiruzen worried that Fengyu would reveal Naruto’s parentage and cause the boy further suffering.

Mingye manipulated Kazahana Koyuki and Mizuki to set plans against Konoha and Naruto in motion. After Mizuki lured Naruto into stealing the Scroll of Seals, Mingye prepared to draw Zetsu to the Forest of Death, where he hoped to take Asura’s chakra from Naruto.

• Mingye ordered Baiye Fengyu to spread rumors about Naruto after Sarutobi Hiruzen sent an envoy to the Land of Snow and to watch Sasuke closely.
• Kazahana Koyuki’s uncle surrendered to the Land of Fire and regained power after about half a year, while Sarutobi Hiruzen failed to make him commit seppuku.
• Mingye sent Kazahana Koyuki to Konoha with a letter revealing that the Fourth Hokage had a son, Namikaze Naruto, and told her to say his name before a crowd.
• Mizuki comforted Naruto after the Ninja Academy graduation and persuaded him to steal the Scroll of Seals, promising to help him become a ninja.
• Mingye told Izuna that Asura’s chakra had appeared in Naruto and pointed out that the evil chakra he released would lure Zetsu to the Forest of Death.