Chapter Summaries

Might Guy battled Undying and the four guardians inside their powerful formation, overcoming their reflected attacks with the Eight Inner Gates. The fight ended with both Guy and Undying still standing, as Undying claimed Guy had reached his limit.

• Might Guy fought Flame General and Stone Elephant, opening the Gate of Wonder and discovering that the formation could reflect even his Morning Peacock.
• Guy struck the formation with Daytime Tiger, overwhelming Stone Elephant’s ability to reflect attacks, while the formation diverted the blast away from the island.
• Steel Warrior returned with Tenten, Neji, and Rock Lee unconscious, and the guardians joined forces against Guy.
• Guy broke free of Undying’s vines, battered the guardians with Speed Whirlwind, and clashed with Undying’s Adamantine using Evening Elephant.
• Guy explained that the formation’s endless Sage Method energy still had a limit, while Undying recovered from the blow and declared that Guy had reached his limits.

Might Guy fought Undying and the revived members of his formation, unleashing the Eight Inner Gates after their five-element attack shattered the island. Undying survived and revealed his golden Vajra form, and the chapter ended with him and Guy locked in a fierce battle.

• Steel Warrior, Stone Elephant, Flame General, Ghost Chariot, and Undying attacked Guy, whose strikes could not break the sealing formation.
• Guy opened the Eight Inner Gates and collided with the five-element dragon, destroying the attackers and shattering the island, but the formation still held him there.
• Undying drained Flame General and Steel Warrior, while Ghost Chariot and Stone Elephant offered themselves to continue the fight; Stone Elephant also rescued Guy's three unconscious disciples.
• A flashback showed an unknown man expose a cult leader, seize his throne, and promise the believers wealth and happiness, inspiring Undying's vision of changing the world.
• Undying summoned his golden Vajra and fought Guy, whose Evening Elephant attacks broke its arms and reduced Undying to a skeleton before it began regenerating.
• Undying struck back with the Vajra's stronger forms and resolved to kill Guy, while Guy pushed his strength to its safe limit and continued fighting.

Might Guy defeated Immortal in a devastating battle, while Kakashi found him exhausted and brought him and the unconscious children aboard a ship. Mingye ordered an attack on Sasuke and began investigating how Guy and his father had learned the Eight Gates Released Formation.

• Guy unleashed the Eight Gates Released Formation’s Final Form and killed Immortal, who turned to ash after testing Guy’s strength.
• Guy found a white pearl, but an unseen attacker drove him away and took it; after resting, he reunited with Kakashi, who carried the unconscious children to the ship.
• Izuna revealed that Immortal’s pearl contained memories of Guy’s battle, and Mingye crushed it before ordering Baiye Fengyu’s group to kill Sasuke.
• Mingye watched Kakashi’s ship approach the harbor and resolved to investigate whether Guy had truly mastered the Eight Gates Released Formation himself.
• Izuna told Mingye that Might Duy had also used the technique and died after holding back the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, deepening their suspicions about Guy’s abilities.

Mingye and Izuna noticed that Guy’s ability to open the Eight Inner Gates might come from an unknown benefactor, while Sasuke was ambushed during the mission in the snowy Land of Waves. Sasuke killed one attacker and rescued Kazahana Koyuki and Hai Shen Quanguang, but Baiye Fengyu appeared to attack him.

• Mingye explained to Izuna that Guy’s unusual progress suggested someone outside Konoha had taught him, and decided to get close to Guy to investigate.
• An Explosive Tag destroyed the residence, and Sasuke evaded an attacker before escaping through a window as Naruto’s shadow clones burst into the fight.
• Sasuke used a shadow clone to deceive the swordsman and pierced his heart with Chidori.
• Sasuke saw Hai Shen Quanguang carrying Kazahana Koyuki while pursued by ninjas, then intervened with fire techniques and guided flaming shuriken.
• Baiye Fengyu appeared before Sasuke and thrust at him, forcing Sasuke to evade while recalling Mingye’s lessons about prioritizing survival.

Sasuke fought Baiye Fengyu in the Land of Snow and called Kakashi for help, while Mingye and Izuna confronted the Sage of Six Paths. The chapter ended with Mingye challenging the Sage over his role in the past and the world they had created.

• Baiye Fengyu recognized Sasuke’s Physical Shadow Clone Explosion Technique and realized Mingye had made Sasuke his disciple, but Asagami Naoto insisted they follow their order to kill him.
• Baiye Fengyu knocked Sasuke into the snow, and Naruto’s shadow clones distracted him long enough for Sasuke to escape and send the agreed signal with Kakashi’s scroll.
• Kakashi received the Flying Thunder God rescue signal and left Guy with Neji, Rock Lee, and Tenten, but Mingye and Izuna arrived and knocked the three unconscious.
• Mingye and Izuna were transported to a grand hall, where the Sage of Six Paths confronted them and revealed that he had once killed Mingye.
• Mingye accused the Sage of interfering in the duel between his brother and Senju Hashirama, then rejected the Sage’s defense of the peaceful world they had built.

Mingye and Izuna escaped the Sage of Six Paths, while Mingye mourned his losses and resolved to continue his plans from the moon. On the ground, Guy trained obsessively, and Orochimaru marked Sasuke with a curse mark before Kaguya Gu Daoqu confronted him.

• Mingye threatened the Sage of Six Paths with his brother’s grave and vanished with Izuna after their confrontation.
• Back on the moon, Mingye learned that Undying and the others’ remains were missing, then ordered Black Horse to guard the great hall.
• Guy refused to leave his training to attend his father’s memorial and vowed to grow stronger to protect Konoha.
• Naruto and Sasuke encountered Orochimaru, and Sasuke tried to distract him so they could escape and find Konoha’s patrol ninjas.
• Orochimaru caught Sasuke, gave him a curse mark, and was interrupted by Kaguya Gu Daoqu, who challenged him.

Kaguya Gu Daoqu fought off Orochimaru while Kabuto removed Sasuke’s Cursed Seal of Heaven and helped them pass into the Chunin Exam’s third stage. Elsewhere, Sarutobi Hiruzen and the elders surveyed the destroyed Ninjutsu Pavilion and argued over the Uchiha Clan’s refusal to help rebuild it.

• Kaguya Gu Daoqu fought Orochimaru with his bone techniques, and Orochimaru retreated after he unleashed Myriad Flowers Dance.
• Kabuto transferred the Cursed Seal of Heaven from Sasuke to Kaguya Gu Daoqu, leaving Sasuke free of the seal.
• Anko Mitarashi found Kabuto, Sasuke, and Kaguya Gu Daoqu; after checking Sasuke, she let them leave for the hospital and advanced them to the third stage.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura surveyed the ruins of the Ninjutsu Pavilion and learned that only a dozen books and scrolls had been saved.
• Utatane Koharu criticized the Uchiha Clan for refusing to provide its duplicate ninjutsu records, while Mitokado Homura reminded her that Fugaku had agreed to mutual noninterference.

Sarutobi Hiruzen discovered Wu’s notes on permanently opening the Eight Inner Gates and helped Might Guy advance his training, while the Sage of Six Paths revealed that Uchiha Mingye was the coming threat. In the present, Kakashi joined Sasuke and Naruto’s battle against Baiye Fengyu, Kokonoe Mutsue, and Asagami Naoto, leaving the conflict unresolved.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen found Wu’s Eight Inner Gates notes among the books that survived the fire and decided to continue his old friend’s dream.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen sought out Might Guy, tested him, and later sent him to train at the Fire Temple after Guy opened the Gate of Healing and could no longer conceal his aura.
• The Sage of Six Paths asked Might Guy to uphold his oath to protect the world and named Uchiha Mingye as the enemy.
• Naruto erupted with a crimson chakra tail as Baiye Fengyu overwhelmed Sasuke, but Kakashi arrived and forced Baiye Fengyu to retreat.
• Kokonoe Mutsue and Asagami Naoto confronted Kakashi, blaming him for their abandonment by Konoha, and the three fought him while Kakashi struggled with their accusations.

Kakashi and his allies defeated the Konoha traitors, but Root seized the bodies and left questions about what Asagami Naoto was about to reveal. Yamato warned that Naruto’s condition was worsening, and Kakashi prepared to return to Konoha while an unidentified woman agreed to something that excited her companion.

• Yamato arrived and restrained Naruto as he entered his Four-Tails state, while Asuma joined the fight against Asagami Naoto.
• Baiye Fengyu unleashed his forbidden Chakra Reversal technique, but Sasuke’s Five-Gate Sealing Technique repeatedly exploded and killed him.
• Root ninjas killed Kokonoe Mutsue and Asagami Naoto, collected the traitors’ bodies, and departed before Asagami could finish his warning.
• Yamato told Kakashi that a strange fluctuation was causing the Nine-Tails to erode Naruto despite the sealing barrier, and that Naruto might not survive much longer.
• Kakashi said he would handle the matter and planned to head to the docks with Asuma, Yamato, and the others; elsewhere, a woman agreed to an unnamed proposal.

Kazahana Koyuki abandoned her mission, entrusted the Land of Snow to her ministers, and left to become a movie star, while Mingye secretly appeared in her villa before it burned down. Back in Konoha, Shimura Danzō confronted Sasuke with doubts about Itachi’s role in the Uchiha massacre and began revealing the clan’s history.

• Kazahana Koyuki told Kakashi she had secured support from the Land of Earth, handed the Land of Snow to trusted ministers, and would leave to promote it as a movie star.
• Kakashi departed the villa, and Mingye appeared there; a day later, the empty villa burned in an accidental fire.
• Sasuke trained for the approaching Chūnin Exams until Shimura Danzō arrived and recognized the Uchiha clan’s kunai training method.
• Shimura Danzō questioned whether Itachi could have killed the entire Uchiha clan alone, leaving Sasuke shaken and demanding answers.
• Shimura Danzō explained the Sharingan’s genjutsu abilities and said the Uchiha clan had planned a coup that he moved to stop.
• Shimura Danzō said Itachi and Uchiha Shisui had bought the clan three days, and that Itachi was the last person to see Shisui before Shisui died in the Forest of Death.

Shimura Danzō told Sasuke that Itachi’s massacre may have had a hidden purpose, prompting Sasuke to seek the truth and train under Uchiha Mingye. Meanwhile, Jiraiya warned Kakashi about the powerful Akatsuki and investigated how Might Guy had permanently opened several of the Eight Inner Gates.

• Shimura Danzō told Sasuke that Itachi may not have killed every Uchiha alone and urged him to seek the truth rather than trust appearances.
• Izuna explained to Mingye why Sasuke should learn the truth gradually, and Mingye urged Izuna to prepare Sasuke to win the Chunin Exams.
• Sasuke awakened the Three Tomoe Sharingan, declared that he wanted strength to uncover the truth, and began training under Uchiha Mingye.
• Jiraiya met Kakashi, learned about his encounter with Itachi, and identified Itachi, Kisame Hoshigaki, Sasori of the Red Sands, and Deidara as members of a dangerous group targeting tailed beasts.
• Jiraiya learned that Might Guy had opened the Eight Inner Gates and discussed the mystery of Guy permanently opening five gates.

Jiraiya learned that Naruto’s seal remained intact even as the Nine-Tails eroded his body, and the Namikaze Clan asked him for the key. Mingye’s people released it to help Naruto communicate with the Nine-Tails, while Hiruzen and Guy questioned what the Sage of Six Paths knew about Mingye’s mysterious disappearance.

• Jiraiya warned Kakashi that opening all Eight Gates consumed a ninja’s life, recalling the Second Hokage and Might Duy.
• The Namikaze Clan head told Jiraiya that Naruto’s seal was undamaged but could not stop the Nine-Tails from eroding his body, then asked whether Jiraiya had brought the key.
• Mingye waited with Kaguya Gu Daoqu and explained that he had placed the Kaguya Clan beside the Namikaze Clan to use them against it when the time came.
• A subordinate told Mingye that Jiraiya had accepted the released key without suspicion, and Mingye ordered him to help Naruto undo the seal and later replace the Namikaze Clan head.
• Hiruzen questioned Guy about the Sage of Six Paths, then wondered whether the Sage had been connected to Mingye’s disappearance before the Warring States war.

Sarutobi Hiruzen warned Might Guy to be wary of the Sage of Six Paths and urged him to recover before pursuing the Sixth Gate, while weighing Konoha’s ties to Uchiha Mingye. Elsewhere, Kakashi arranged for Jiraiya to train Naruto for the Chunin Exams, but Kaguya Gu Daoqu intervened to take over Sasuke’s combat training.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen questioned whether the Sage of Six Paths knew how Uchiha Mingye had died, and Might Guy admitted he had never asked.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen told Might Guy to recover and awaken the Sixth Gate, while advising Konoha to wait rather than pursue Mingye.
• At a conference, a man explained that he had set Hidden Household against the Fuma Clan so Konoha could later mediate and absorb both groups.
• Kakashi introduced Jiraiya as Naruto’s prospective teacher and told Naruto and Sasuke that the Chunin Exams would begin in less than a week.
• Naruto asked Jiraiya to teach him a technique to beat Sasuke, while Sasuke left after trading insults with Naruto.
• Kaguya Gu Daoqu stopped Kakashi and said he would assist with Sasuke’s combat training.

Sasuke began training with Kaguya Gu Daoqu, while Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered Kakashi to keep watching him as the Chūnin Exams approached. At the exam gathering place, Sasuke faced Rock Lee, then reunited with Ino, Sakura, Naruto, Shikamaru, and Choji.

• Kaguya Gu Daoqu took Sasuke to train, and Kakashi reported their departure to Sarutobi Hiruzen.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen explained the Kaguya Clan’s ties to the Uchiha and told Kakashi to keep watch on Sasuke rather than interfere.
• After half a month of training, Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura headed to the Chūnin Exams, where Sasuke exchanged attacks with Rock Lee.
• Rock Lee praised Sasuke, warned that he would grow stronger, and declared he intended to win Sakura’s love.
• Ino greeted Sasuke and argued with Sakura, while Shikamaru and Choji arrived and complained about the gathering.

As the Chūnin Exams began, Kabuto tested a genetic medicine on Kaguya Gu Daoqu and proposed using Orochimaru’s curse seal to strengthen the Kaguya Clan. Jiraiya reconciled with Sarutobi Hiruzen over dinner but resisted returning to village life, until Sarutobi raised a serious concern about Might Guy.

• Team 8 joined Naruto, Sasuke, and the others before the Chūnin Exams, and Rock Lee stopped a ninja from attacking Naruto.
• After the written test, Kabuto gave Kaguya Gu Daoqu a medicine made from Mingye’s blood, which temporarily enhanced his strength and Kekkei Genkai.
• Kabuto proposed transferring Sasuke’s Cursed Seal of Heaven to Kaguya Gu Daoqu after Orochimaru attacked Sasuke, despite their lord’s order to prevent Sasuke from being cursed.
• Jiraiya met Sarutobi Hiruzen, assured him he no longer blamed him for Wu’s death, and explained why he did not want to return to the village as Hokage.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen brought up the unresolved problem involving Might Guy, and Jiraiya stopped talking to listen.

Sarutobi Hiruzen told Jiraiya that the Sage of Six Paths had taught Might Guy how to use the Eight Gates and claimed Uchiha Mingye was still alive. Jiraiya doubted the Sage’s motives and warned Hiruzen that trusting him could lead to Konoha’s destruction.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen showed Jiraiya an unfamiliar sealing pattern that gathered Guy’s released power and helped him advance through the Eight Gates.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen said the Sage of Six Paths had appeared after Guy awakened the third gate and taught him how to use the technique.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen revealed that the Sage said Uchiha Mingye was still alive and suggested Mingye, rather than Uchiha Itachi, might have destroyed the Uchiha Clan.
• Jiraiya questioned why Mingye would destroy his own clan and warned that the Sage might be using Guy to prepare for a powerful enemy.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen and Jiraiya discussed Mingye’s ruthless rise and rule, including his destruction of Kumogakure and the benefits he provided Konoha’s ninja.
• Jiraiya suspected the Sage had arranged Mingye’s death and warned Sarutobi Hiruzen that trusting the Sage could destroy Konoha.

Mingye and his allies broke the barrier around the lunar base and recovered the coffin hidden within it. When Kisame opened the coffin, a mass of powerful evil intent emerged, and Mingye sealed it inside the Box of Ultimate Bliss.

• Mingye ordered Sasori, Kakuzu, Kisame Hoshigaki, and Izuna to help replace the moon’s protective barrier while they corroded the inner barrier.
• Mingye explained that he needed to purify the Blood Pool with Sage Method from the powerful toad on Mount Myoboku, and he ordered Sasori to move his Land of Wind informants to Konoha to prolong the battle.
• Izuna and Mingye began tearing down the barrier, with Mingye using the Blood Pool’s power to break through after Izuna neared exhaustion.
• Mingye and his allies stabilized the damaged lunar barrier, formed islands and an ocean, and recovered the coffin from inside it.
• Kisame Hoshigaki smashed open the coffin, releasing deep evil intent that Mingye quickly drew into the Box of Ultimate Bliss.

Mingye and his allies discovered records about Hamura Ōtsutsuki, the origins of chakra, and a plan to use a recreated Ten-Tails to obtain a God Tree fruit. In Konoha, Sasuke resolved to uncover the world's hidden truths, while Jiraiya began teaching Naruto how shadow-clone memories could accelerate his training.

• Izuna read a scroll describing Hamura and Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki's history, including their mother's plan to create White Zetsu and their efforts to protect humanity from an enemy beyond the world.
• Mingye took Hagoromo's eyes and proposed creating another God Tree using natural energy, the tailed beasts' chakra, and Hagoromo's body, then tasked Akatsuki with gathering the beasts' tails.
• Mingye spoke to Sasuke about happiness and encouraged him to work toward a happy future, while Sasuke vowed to defeat his opponent and seek the truths hidden throughout the world.
• Jiraiya received information from Kakashi and began teaching Naruto to use shadow clones, explaining that their memories and experiences returned to the original when they disappeared.

Jiraiya pushed Naruto through an intense training regimen using over a hundred shadow clones to teach him the Rasengan and two Wind Release techniques, while secretly containing the Nine-Tails’ chakra when it erupted. Mingye arranged for Kaguya Gu Daoqu to find a Reaper Mask and deliver it to Shimura Danzō, and Jiraiya left Naruto in Kakashi’s care as he prepared to investigate Akatsuki after the exam’s next round.

• Jiraiya ordered Naruto to use Multiple Shadow Clone and master the Rasengan and two Wind Release techniques, while Kakashi worried about the strain on Naruto’s body.
• Mingye told Izuna that he had already made a move inside Naruto, and Jiraiya used sage chakra and the scroll’s barrier to smash the fox of Nine-Tails chakra that emerged.
• Mingye took control of Kaguya Gu Daoqu and searched an abandoned temple until he found the Reaper Mask, then ordered him to deliver it secretly to Shimura Danzō.
• Jiraiya and Kakashi discussed Naruto’s persistence and his gradual adaptation to the chakra’s corrosion while Naruto slept in the hot spring.
• Jiraiya told Kakashi to take Naruto home after a week of training, said he would resume investigating Akatsuki after the exam’s second round, and walked toward the women’s baths.

Sasuke intervened when Gaara attacked Naruto and began to embrace Mingye’s guidance about protecting others and changing the world. On the moon, Mingye summoned several deceased Kage and other figures through Impure World Reincarnation, then tried to discuss the chakra origins described in Hamura Ōtsutsuki’s scroll; they demanded to know why he had summoned them.

• Sasuke used the Body Flicker Technique to confront Gaara after Gaara attacked Naruto, and Gaara identified himself before vanishing.
• Mingye told Sasuke that a ninja protected what he wished to protect, and Sasuke vowed to change the unfair world.
• Mingye sent Black Horse to find craftsmen, then raised a barrier and summoned several dead Kage, Minato, Kushina, and the Nine-Tails' jinchūriki with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Wu attacked Mingye with Dust Release, and the First Raikage, Second Mizukage, and A also tried to strike him, but the barrier nullified their attacks.
• Minato recognized Impure World Reincarnation, and the others reacted to seeing the Fourth Hokage and Kushina among the summoned.
• Mingye showed the group a scroll from Hamura Ōtsutsuki’s tomb, and the First Mizukage asked why Mingye had summoned them.