Chapter Summaries

Jin welcomed Akatsuki to Jin’s Castle after Pain said they intended to enter the tournament to raise their reputation. To undermine their plan, Jin revised the tournament into a Kage-level competition with larger prizes and worldwide betting, and the first World Ninja Tournament began three days after Konoha’s young rookies graduated.

• Jin met Pain and the other Akatsuki members, exchanged guarded words with Pain, and led them to Jin’s Castle as tournament guests.
• Pain and Jin briefly clashed through their eyes, while both concealed their suspicions and Jin learned that Akatsuki’s members did not know why they had come to compete.
• Jin lodged Akatsuki at the best hotel and ordered elite jonin to monitor them while ninja from across the world gathered at Jin’s Castle.
• Jin and White agreed to cancel the jonin and special jonin divisions, raise the prizes for the top three Kage-level competitors, and offer tournament betting and ranking booklets.
• Ninja accepted the revised rules, Jin established betting pools worldwide, and the first World Ninja Tournament began three days after Konoha’s young rookies graduated.

Jin arranged the first World Ninja Tournament to showcase the contestants’ strength and build excitement, while Konoha’s young ninja watched the opening matches. The tournament began with hundreds of fights underway, and Jin observed from the stands as the rising stars gathered around him.

• Jin brought Konoha’s young rising stars to the castle to watch the tournament, while villages and independent groups sent contestants and observers.
• The Third Naruto opened the tournament and announced its challenge-match format, with Jin assigning himself Arena One Hundred and separating Kage-level fighters.
• The five great nations and organizations fielded powerful contestants, including Tsunade, Jiraiya, Kakashi, Yugito Nii, Killer B, Whale Child, Deidara, and Gaara.
• The first day of the five-day challenge stage began across one hundred arenas, drawing excited crowds and newly graduated genin.
• Naruto and the other young rising stars joined Jin in the stands, while Sakura and Ino focused on Sasuke and Tenten watched Jin.

Pain’s proposal replaced the planned matches with a free-for-all, prompting the contestants to form factions and Jin to prepare Konoha and Sunagakure for the new format. The tournament began with Jin and Pain coordinating an initial attack against rival teams.

• Pain proposed a free-for-all to select the top twenty, and the spectators backed him despite Jin’s anger over the lost matches and revenue.
• The Third Hokage postponed the contest until the next day, while ninja from different nations formed alliances and sought help for the battle.
• Gaara asked Jin to join Konoha’s camp, and Jin summoned Konoha and Sunagakure’s competitors and leaders to plan their strategy.
• The hundred contestants divided into five factions, and Jin coordinated with Pain to attack other teams first while leaving one team untouched.
• The Third Hokage announced the start of the top-twenty finals as Konoha’s young elites watched the contestants and gathered intelligence.

Jin’s side and Akatsuki prepared for the final battle after Momochi Zabuza and Raiga Kurosuki joined Akatsuki and Itachi returned to Konoha. The fight began with Jin’s clones unleashing rapid attacks and summoning giant ants to face the tailed beasts, as the battle escalated.

• Momochi Zabuza and Raiga Kurosuki joined Pain’s team after most of their ninja withdrew.
• Itachi left Akatsuki and returned to Konoha when Jin gave him his forehead protector; Pain placed him on Akatsuki’s wanted list, and Jin announced a bounty on Akatsuki members.
• Jin sent nine solid clones to attack Akatsuki with rapid elemental ninjutsu, forcing the other side to raise defenses.
• Pain ordered his team to summon the tailed beasts and puppets, and the Two-Tails, Four-Tails, and Eight-Tails appeared in the arena.
• Jin told his allies to rest while his clones summoned nine giant Shadow-level ants to assist them against the enemy.
• Jin’s clones used Ancient Fire Dragon and began casting Undead Sealing.

Jin prepared to test his nine clones against Pain and Akatsuki while warning the three great nations that Akatsuki was targeting their tailed beasts and jinchuriki. The battle began as the three nations' ninjas charged Konoha, and Tobi arrived too late to compete and watched from the arena’s edge.

• Jin explained that the black mist from his nine clones could weaken opponents and throw their chakra into chaos, then challenged Pain and the Six Paths.
• Jin warned the three great nations that Akatsuki was targeting their tailed beasts and jinchuriki, but they did not believe him.
• Konan revealed that Jiraiya had once been her teacher, and Jin secretly told Gaara to stay back and conceal that he was the One-Tail's jinchuriki.
• Tobi arrived after registration had closed and said he would watch the battle, while Pain pressed Jin to begin.
• Jin started the match, Pain assigned Akatsuki members to fight his clones, and the Third Raikage led the three nations' ninjas in a charge against Konoha.

Jin’s forces fought the three great nations and the Akatsuki in separate battles, while Jin struggled to overcome the Third Raikage and Killer B’s coordinated attacks. The chapter left Itachi summoning Susanoo after the Third Hokage warned him that Jin was in trouble.

• Jin ordered his allies to fight separately, and Fire Phoenix, Gamabunta, Katsuyu, and the other fighters engaged their opponents.
• Jin was forced to defend himself against the Third Raikage and Killer B while directing nine clones against the Akatsuki.
• Jin taunted the Raikage brothers into preparing ranged attacks, then had his clones unleash Wind Release: Great Breakthrough on the Akatsuki.
• Tobi watched the battle and considered changing his plan as he looked toward Sasuke Uchiha.
• Itachi overwhelmed the Fifth Mizukage, and the Third Hokage urged him to help Jin.
• Itachi saw Jin under pressure and activated Susanoo.

Jin summoned his complete Susanoo to support Konoha, but the battle remained at a stalemate. He forced the Fifth Mizukage Whale Child to concede with Amaterasu and then teamed up with Itachi to attack the Eight-Tails' jinchūriki and free Fire Phoenix.

• Jin recognized Itachi's Susanoo and urged the Konoha ninja to attack the Akatsuki.
• Jin revealed his own complete Susanoo, but Zetsu avoided its Totsuka Blade and the battlefield remained evenly matched.
• Jin used Space Flash to reach Itachi and set Whale Child's clothes ablaze with Amaterasu.
• Whale Child conceded and left the field after Kisame pleaded with Itachi to spare her.
• Jin asked Itachi to use Susanoo to defend him against the Third Raikage while he attacked the Eight-Tails' jinchūriki.

Jin defeated Killer B, joined the other fighters against the tailed beasts, and rescued White Rose from Konan. He tricked Konan into withdrawing from the competition and then challenged the Third Raikage.

• Jin blinded Killer B with a Lightning Bullet, then knocked him unconscious and threw him out of the arena.
• Katsuyu healed Gamabunta as they fought the Four-Tails, while the Third Raikage struck Susanoo's Yata Mirror and was slapped away.
• Jin shielded White Rose from Konan's attacks, told her to help Kakashi and Red Rose, and fought Konan himself.
• Jin escaped Konan's paper prison with Amaterasu, then used a tornado to conceal his coercion of her into withdrawing from the competition.
• Jin dispersed the tornado and sent Konan out of the arena, then taunted the Third Raikage.

Jin and his allies continued eliminating their opponents in the battle, with Jin defeating the Third Raikage and intervening when Zabuza threatened White Rose and Red Rose. Zabuza withdrew after admitting Jin was stronger, but hinted at a future surprise while looking toward White in the stands.

• Jin and Itachi fought the Third Raikage, and Jin used the Big Ball Rasengan to defeat him after the Raikage damaged Susanoo.
• The Third Raikage conceded defeat and left the field, while Itachi's Susanoo collapsed after his fight with Kisame.
• Fire Phoenix told Jin that Matatabi had been defeated and went to face Deidara, while Jin went to help White Rose and Red Rose against Zabuza.
• Jin reassured White Rose, detected Zabuza nearby, and challenged him to face the three of them or leave.
• Zabuza let the fog disperse, admitted he was no match for Jin, and promised a future surprise while looking toward White in the stands.

Jin’s undead bombs and Fire Phoenix’s attack helped clear the arena as the Third Hokage announced the twenty contestants advancing to the ranking matches. Jin met the five hidden contestants, learned they served a village leader named Shadow, and was suddenly surrounded by them.

• Jin detonated six undead clones, injuring several Akatsuki fighters, while Fire Phoenix trapped Deidara and threw him out of the arena.
• Kakuzu and Sasori of the Red Sands left the field, and Jin sent nine solid clones to attack Pain and Hidan.
• Hinata told the Third Hokage that fifteen contestants remained visible and five more were hidden; the Third Hokage ended the matches and announced the top twenty.
• The Third Hokage listed the twenty qualifiers, including five contestants from the organization called Dark, and ordered them to return in ten days for the ranking matches.
• Jin shook hands with the five newcomers and learned their village chief was Shadow, then the five formed a formation and surrounded him.

Jin survived an ambush by five ninjas using a technique that sealed ninjutsu, then captured them after defeating them in the arena. When Akatsuki and the Land of Earth and Land of Lightning withdrew from the tournament, Jin declared Konoha the winner.

• Five ninjas trapped Jin with a sealing technique, but he escaped the chakra net by using a scroll that teleported him across the arena.
• Jin and the Konoha group attacked the five ambushers, and Jin used Amaterasu and exploding clones to defeat four and trap Water in a genjutsu.
• Jin questioned Water and drained his chakra, but Water collapsed without revealing why the five had attacked.
• Akatsuki appeared and announced its withdrawal from the tournament, followed by the contestants from the Land of Earth and the Land of Lightning.
• Jin told the audience that the tournament no longer needed to continue and declared Konoha the winner.

After the Land of Lightning, the Land of Earth, and the Akatsuki withdrew from the tournament, Jin turned the event into a death-match spectacle and announced plans for a permanent duel arena. A month later, the Hokage’s office discussed team assignments, and Jin arranged to train under Jiraiya to learn Sage Mode.

• Pain and the Kage of the Land of Lightning and Land of Earth left the tournament, provoking the spectators to condemn the two nations’ withdrawals.
• Jin offered ten days of death matches and announced the Celestial Ninja Duel Arena, while secretly appointing Xiaotian to lead the Hexagram Guild’s Land of Water branch.
• The death matches drew worldwide attention, while the withdrawing nations’ reputations and mission volumes fell and the alliance between Sunagakure and Konoha strengthened.
• The Third Hokage, Tsunade, Jin, and Hinata reviewed team assignments, including teams led by the Third Hokage for Jin and his companions.
• Jin proposed that Tsunade lead Kimimaro’s team and Jiraiya lead his team so he could learn Sage Mode, and the Third Hokage agreed.

Jin accompanied his companions to the Ninja Academy, where Iruka announced the newly graduated genin teams and sent them to find their instructors. Jin set out to find Jiraiya and persuade him to teach Sage Mode, but found him spying on the women's bathhouse instead.

• Jin arrived at the academy with Kimimaro, White Rose, Red Rose, Hinata, and Karin, then encouraged the students to train for the coming Akatsuki threat.
• Naruto told Jin that he liked Sakura because he had peeked at her bathing, while Sasuke declared that he would defeat Jin someday.
• Iruka announced the genin teams and instructed them to locate their instructors within three days; Hinata left with Shino Aburame and Kiba Inuzuka to find Kurenai Yuhi.
• Jin sent Kimimaro, White Rose, and Red Rose to find Tsunade, then took White and Karin toward the bathhouse to locate Jiraiya.
• Jin found Jiraiya spying from the bathhouse roof and demanded Sage Mode training, but Jiraiya mistook him for a fellow enthusiast and invited him to watch.

Jin pressured Jiraiya to teach him Sage Mode, but after Jin burned the Sage’s manual, Jiraiya arranged for him, White, and Karin to train at Mount Myoboku. Jin then watched Tsunade gamble and secretly changed the dice so she would finally win, leaving her stunned and dejected.

• Jin threatened Jiraiya until he agreed to teach him Sage Mode, then followed him to a teahouse with White and Karin.
• Jiraiya showed Jin the Sunflower Manual, but Jin set it on fire, damaging the passage Jiraiya said was essential for Sage Mode training.
• Jiraiya told Jin, White, and Karin to meet him in three days so they could travel to Mount Myoboku and train with a powerful teacher.
• Jin took White and Karin to watch Tsunade gamble at his hidden casino room, where Kimimaro and others were keeping watch.
• Jin used his chakra to change the dice to Tsunade’s chosen numbers, and Tsunade won for the first time before leaving in astonishment.

Tsunade and Jiraiya were caught in an embarrassing accident, and Jin secretly moved them to a room and used a powerful stimulant on them. Jin and the others left them together and planned to enjoy a week-long vacation.

• A figure fell through the roof onto Tsunade, and she recognized Jiraiya and attacked him after he accidentally grabbed her.
• Jin filled the area with fog as Tsunade struck Jiraiya, then watched them freeze in embarrassment after noticing their compromising position.
• Jin used Spatial Great Shift to move everyone to his house, where they watched Tsunade and Jiraiya on the Third Hokage's crystal ball.
• Jin secretly entered Tsunade and Jiraiya's room and released a powerful stimulant before returning to the crystal ball.
• Jin turned off the crystal ball, told the others the pair would remain in the room until their energy ran out, and led them away for a week's vacation.

Jin helped Kakashi move past his grief over Obito, gave Team 7 training advice and powerful ninjutsu, and revealed Naruto’s parentage and Sasuke’s importance. He then used a Tsukuyomi illusion to awaken Kakashi’s Mangekyō Sharingan before leaving to handle other business.

• Jin comforted Kakashi at Obito’s grave, and Kakashi vowed to pursue his own ideals and teach Team 7.
• Jin gave Kakashi guidance for training Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura, along with scrolls for the Rasengan, One-Finger Thunderclap, and Body Regeneration.
• Jin told Naruto that his father was Minato Namikaze, urged him to surpass his father, and encouraged Sasuke and Sakura to become stronger.
• Jin trapped Kakashi in a Tsukuyomi illusion where a masked man attacked Team 7, causing Kakashi’s Sharingan to awaken into a Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Jin left with Kimimaro and the others after inviting everyone to a barbecue, while Kakashi remained stunned by his new Mangekyō.

Jin organized training plans and a celebration for Konoha’s young ninja before receiving a challenge from a masked enemy at the Heavenly Ninja Challenge Arena. The masked ninja vanished after Madara Uchiha arrived, leaving Jin confronting Madara and his plan.

• Jin delivered ninjutsu scrolls to the teams’ teachers and urged them to improve the youngsters’ physical strength over the next three years.
• Jin hosted a courtyard gathering where he and the teachers discussed training, and the Third Hokage joined them.
• An ANBU member brought Jin a challenge letter threatening his castle and demanding that he bring White Rose to the arena.
• Jin teleported to the arena with Red Rose and White Rose, where the Demon King-masked ninja resisted his Amaterasu and attacked with powerful flames and genjutsu.
• Jin summoned nine clones to help block the masked ninja’s flames, and Madara Uchiha appeared as the masked enemy disappeared.
• Jin revealed Madara’s plan to gather the nine tailed beasts and become the Ten-Tails’ jinchuriki, and Madara asked whether Jin could read minds.

Jin fought Madara, using the Fire Phoenix and a spatial prison to try to overcome Madara’s ability to evade attacks. The battle left Jin nearly exhausted, and he realized Madara might be able to communicate across dimensions.

• Jin challenged Madara’s plan, but Madara used Tsukuyomi as Jin struck him with Fallen Netherworld, forcing Madara to escape with space ninjutsu.
• Jin summoned the Fire Phoenix and planned to exhaust Madara’s chakra and spiritual energy.
• The Fire Phoenix trapped Madara in a vast net of flames while Jin’s clones attacked, but Madara phased through the fire unharmed.
• Jin used Spatial Imprisonment to trap Madara, draining his own chakra and spiritual energy until he was close to collapsing.
• Madara declared that he would take Jin’s Eternal Sharingan, and Jin began to suspect Madara could transmit his voice outside his dimension.

Jin trapped Madara in Spatial Imprisonment and drained some of his chakra, but Madara fought back as Jin relied on Fire Phoenix, Red Rose, and White Rose to keep the barrier intact. The battle ended with Madara’s right hand visibly aging, while Jin struggled to find a way to outlast him.

• Jin ordered Fire Phoenix to pierce Madara with a fire pillar and absorbed thirty percent of Madara’s chakra before Madara escaped into his own space.
• Madara claimed his voice could cross space and used Tsukuyomi, but Jin explained that their separate spaces prevented the genjutsu from reaching him.
• After eight minutes of maintaining Spatial Imprisonment, Jin called Fire Phoenix into his body to replenish his chakra, and Madara materialized and attacked the barrier.
• Red Rose and White Rose joined Jin and transferred their chakra to him while Fire Phoenix attacked Madara with flames.
• Madara’s full-force attack drained Jin and much of the two women’s chakra, but the barrier held, and Red Rose noticed that Madara’s right hand was aging.

Jin kept Madara trapped in Spatial Imprisonment while they argued over their competing plans for peace. After Jin explained that the moon could not keep the entire Earth under Infinite Tsukuyomi at once, Madara agreed to Jin’s demands, and Jin released him.

• Red Rose left to find people to replenish Jin’s chakra, leaving White Rose to bear the strain of Jin’s absorption.
• Madara tried to recruit Jin by describing the suffering of Hinata Hyuga, White Rose, Karin, Yuki Haku, and Kimimaro, but Jin rejected his plan to control humanity.
• Jin explained the movements of Earth and the moon, convincing Madara that Infinite Tsukuyomi could cover only half the planet at a time.
• Madara reaffirmed his resolve to pursue his plan, and Jin demanded that he stay out of the Land of Fire for ten years and spare ninja below Kage level.
• Madara accepted Jin’s demands, and Jin stopped supplying chakra, causing Spatial Imprisonment to vanish.