Chapter Summaries

Jin and his companions recovered after driving Madara away, and Jin urged the Konoha Twelve to grow stronger so they could help him face their enemies. The chapter ended as Jiraiya greeted the group before Jin and Jiraiya left for training in two days.

• Madara praised Jin's strength, revealed that a genjutsu beyond Tsukuyomi existed, and vanished after warning him to be careful.
• Jin and White Rose recovered at the arena, then Jin placed Red Rose in charge of the city while they returned to the castle to sleep.
• Red Rose arranged security and later settled Jin and White Rose in bed before falling asleep beside them.
• Jin woke at noon to find himself and the two women naked beneath one blanket, while Kimimaro had spent the night outside a room in Jin's Konoha residence.
• Jin told the Konoha Twelve that a powerful enemy had nearly defeated him and urged them to train so they could help defeat Madara and other threats.
• Jiraiya greeted the group, and Jin teased him about having a good time lately.

After months of training, Naruto's Team 7 received a mission to escort bridge builder Tazuna to the Land of Waves. Jin trusted the team to handle the journey and secretly sent a clone to watch over them; on the fifth day, Kakashi sensed they were being watched.

• Jiraiya and Tsunade took Jin, White Rose, Karin, Red Rose, White Rose, and Kimimaro to Mount Myoboku, while Jin left clones to protect Konoha and his forces.
• Half a year passed as Jin trained in Sage Mode and Naruto's Team 7 grew frustrated with low-rank missions.
• The Third Hokage assigned Kakashi's Team 7 to escort Tazuna to the Land of Waves, and Jin's clone assured Tazuna that they would succeed.
• Jin declined to send Itachi along, saying Kakashi was strong enough, and had a clone secretly follow Team 7 after they departed.
• On the fifth day of travel, Kakashi sensed someone watching the group and ordered Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura to protect Tazuna.

Kakashi’s team was ambushed by two Kirigakure ninja while escorting Tazuna, and Sasuke defeated them before Kakashi ordered the students to kill them. The team left for the town, unaware that another Kirigakure ninja had arrived at the bodies.

• Kakashi noticed two ninja tailing the group and left the students to protect Tazuna while he investigated.
• The two Kirigakure ninja attacked Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, and Tazuna, and Sasuke quickly subdued them.
• Naruto recovered from his fear after Kakashi, Sasuke, and Sakura encouraged him, then joined Sasuke and Sakura in carrying out Kakashi’s order to kill the captives.
• Sakura said she had stabbed the captives in the head, throat, and heart, while Naruto and Sasuke returned covered in blood.
• Kakashi led the team toward town, and a Kirigakure ninja carrying the Kubikiribōchō appeared beside the corpses.

Kakashi's team reached the Land of Waves after Zabuza confronted them but chose to leave when he learned why the Mist ninja had been killed. The group arrived at Tazuna's contacts' home, where Naruto recognized the person who opened the door as Sister White.

• Zabuza confronted Kakashi's team and asked whether they had killed the two Kirigakure ninja.
• Kakashi explained that the Mist ninja had threatened their mission, while Sasuke and Naruto displayed their Sharingan and tailed-beast chakra, respectively.
• Zabuza decided not to fight and left, and Kakashi warned Naruto and Sasuke to conserve chakra before beginning chakra-control training.
• Sakura mastered tree climbing first, and Naruto and Sasuke soon followed; the team then entered the Land of Waves and dealt with a band of mountain bandits.
• Tazuna guided the team to Inari's family's home, where Naruto was surprised to see Sister White open the door.

Jin discovered that a boy named Haku in the Land of Waves looked exactly like White and brought her to see him. Meanwhile, Haku met with Zabuza and learned that White might be his sister, while an unseen observer wondered why everyone's personalities had changed.

• Sasuke, Kakashi, and Sakura met Haku at Inari's home and were puzzled by his resemblance to White.
• Jin learned through his clone that Haku was in the Land of Waves, told White, and took her there to see him.
• White and Jin watched Haku from a distance, agreed he looked just like her, and returned to Mount Myoboku for dinner.
• Haku met Zabuza in the forest and reported that Kakashi's team had arrived and completed its mission.
• Zabuza revealed that he had long known about the female ninja who resembled Haku and planned to attack Tazuna at the bridge the next morning.
• After Zabuza and Haku left, a hidden observer wondered why everyone's personalities had changed.

Kakashi's team fought Zabuza and the masked White at the bridge, but Jin intervened to prevent their battle from ending in tragedy. After Zabuza joined Jin's organization, Jin returned to Mount Myoboku and reacted with excitement to a change in his body.

• Tazuna went to the bridge site, where Kakashi's team revealed themselves as his protectors and Gato's men attacked alongside Zabuza and the masked White.
• Naruto fought Gato's thugs while Sasuke faced the masked White, and Kakashi and Zabuza battled through the Hidden Mist Technique until Kakashi used Kamui to evade Zabuza's sword.
• Sasuke activated his Sharingan and Naruto unleashed Nine-Tails chakra, but both were eventually exhausted inside the Crystal Ice Mirrors; Naruto then collapsed after recognizing the youth beneath the mask, and Sasuke awakened the Hexagram Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Jin stopped Kakashi's Lightning Cutter from hitting Zabuza and the beautiful youth, then had White incapacitate Gato and his men; he identified himself as Konoha's Fifth Hokage and took the injured group to Inari's home.
• Three days later, Zabuza agreed to join Jin's castle, and Jin named the beautiful youth Mizunazuki Qiong; Jin left Kakashi to train the others and returned to Mount Myoboku.
• At Mount Myoboku, Jin pondered how to master Sage Mode until Red Rose asked what was hard, prompting him to cry with joy as blue light blazed from his eyes.

Jin mastered Sage Mode and reunited with Jiraiya and Tsunade while the Chunin Selection Tournament unfolded in Konoha. Naruto's team survived Orochimaru and advanced, and the chapter ended with Neji defeating Hinata in the tournament preliminaries.

• Jin resumed Sage Mode training on Mount Myoboku, mastered it with help from his clones, and later left the mountain with his team after nearly three years.
• Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura entered the Chunin Selection Tournament; Naruto challenged Ibiki during the written test, and the examiners passed everyone.
• In the Forest of Death, Orochimaru defeated Naruto and Sasuke and marked Sasuke with the Curse Mark of Heaven; Sakura and other Konoha genin fought off the Sound team before Naruto's group obtained the scrolls they needed.
• Jin tracked down Jiraiya and found him caring for the heavily pregnant Tsunade and their baby; Jin and his companions stayed with them instead of returning to Konoha at once.
• In the tournament preliminaries, Hinata fought Neji, who had escaped the Caged Bird Seal's restraints, and Neji won after Hinata blocked his attacks.

Jin rushed back to Konoha when Orochimaru, Otogakure, and Sunagakure launched the Konoha Crush, but he could not prevent the Third Hokage's death. After breaking the barrier and crippling Orochimaru, Jin took his experimental records and helped end the invasion, then sat in the Hokage's office and summoned Sasuke.

• Orochimaru's attack began during the Chunin Exams, and Jin teleported back to Konoha with his companions and ordered them to protect the young ninja and fight the invaders.
• Jin reached the Four Violet Flames Formation as Orochimaru summoned the First and Second Hokage, while the Third Hokage used the Dead Demon Consuming Seal and died after sealing Orochimaru's hands.
• Jin shattered the barrier with Giant Lightning Slash, crippled Orochimaru with Amaterasu, and spared him in exchange for his experimental records.
• Jin announced that Orochimaru had killed the Fourth Kazekage and impersonated him, prompting Sunagakure's ninja to withdraw from Konoha.
• Sunagakure compensated Konoha and renegotiated their treaty, Konoha held a funeral for the Third Hokage, and Jin summoned Sasuke to the Hokage's office.

Jin arranged for Sasuke to pretend to defect to Orochimaru so he could gain strength and eventually kill him, while Jin secretly protected the plan. Sasuke left Konoha, defeated Naruto at the Valley of the End, and continued toward Orochimaru as Jin began planning his next move.

• Jin told Sasuke to follow Orochimaru's agents undercover, learn from Orochimaru, and kill him when the opportunity arose, giving Sasuke a one-use teleportation scroll for emergencies.
• Jin and Sasuke staged a loud argument, and Jin later argued with Itachi as well to convince Orochimaru's spies that Sasuke wanted to leave Konoha.
• Jin and Itachi discussed forbidden Uchiha techniques and sparred, while Orochimaru searched for Tsunade to heal his sealed hands and later sent the Sound Four to recruit Sasuke.
• Sasuke knocked Sakura unconscious, left Konoha with the Sound Four, and was carried in a coffin after taking a pill that enhanced his Curse Mark.
• Jin secretly took Sasuke's coffin during the rescue mission, but Sasuke broke free and fought Naruto at the Valley of the End.
• Sasuke defeated Naruto, apologized silently, and left to find Orochimaru while Jin watched from hiding and began devising another plan.

Jin learned that Akatsuki had begun capturing tailed beasts and tried to rally the Five Great Nations against them, but Pain’s destruction of Konoha shattered the alliance effort. As Jin prepared to rebuild Konoha and protect Naruto, a challenger arrived at Jin’s Castle and demanded to fight the Fifth Hokage.

• Jin ordered the Red and White Roses to monitor Akatsuki, protect Naruto, and recruit Raiga Kurosuki to guard the Heavenly Ninja Challenge Arena.
• After Akatsuki’s Immortal Duo captured the Two-Tails and killed Yugito Nii, Jin exposed Akatsuki’s tailed-beast hunt to the world.
• Jin joined the Five Kage Summit, but Pain’s destruction of Konoha prompted the other Kage to leave and defend their own villages.
• Jin recalled Konoha’s remaining elites, planned to send Naruto to Mount Myoboku, and began organizing Konoha’s reconstruction.
• A black-clad ninja arrived at Jin’s Castle after killing five jonin and challenged the Fifth Hokage.

Jin fought Shadow, whose Chakra Reversal disrupted Jin’s chakra and prevented him from using his usual techniques. At the training grounds, Jin discovered that his Reversed Sharingan could still activate its powers, including a transformed Susanoo.

• Jin confronted Shadow and evaded his Chakra Reversal technique, but Shadow revealed that the attack had reversed Jin’s chakra and left him unable to use ninjutsu.
• Jin used prepared scrolls to attack Shadow, who escaped in a flash of black light before the attacks could hit him.
• White Rose and Zi Ruoyou explained that Shadow’s Chakra Reversal had altered Jin’s chakra flow, and Karin noticed that Jin’s Sharingan rotated in reverse.
• Jin tested his abilities at the training grounds and found that his innate skills did not work, but Amaterasu produced blazing white light and Tsukuyomi affected Hinata.
• Jin summoned a transformed Susanoo that stood independently and wielded a massive Kubikiribōchō made of white light.

Jin learned that White Rose was pregnant just before being summoned to Sasuke’s fight with Orochimaru. After Sasuke killed Orochimaru and prepared to return to Konoha, Jin learned that Naruto had mastered Sage Mode and was on his way back, setting the stage for a confrontation with Pain.

• Jin developed the Spatial Forbidden Technique Barrier while Akatsuki captured more Tailed Beasts and Deidara died trying to destroy Deva Path Pain.
• White Rose told Jin she was pregnant, but a Summoning formation took him away when Sasuke confronted Orochimaru.
• Jin helped Sasuke defeat Orochimaru, whose attempt to take Sasuke’s body ended with Sasuke absorbing his power.
• Jin urged Sasuke to gather Orochimaru’s former followers and gave him a southern castle in Konoha, then returned to Jin’s Castle with Orochimaru’s research materials.
• A messenger told Jin that Naruto had learned Sage Mode and was returning, and Jin prepared for the coming battle against Pain.

Jin learned that Naruto had defeated Deva Path Pain and left with Sasuke, then heard that the Akatsuki had captured Gaara. He and Itachi set out to find Naruto and Sasuke, while Madara watched the pair and prepared to advance his plan.

• Naruto encountered Deva Path Pain on his way back to Konoha, and Jin rushed to their location after receiving news of the fight.
• Jin found a dying ninja who reported that Naruto had won and left with Sasuke, but Jin could not find either of them.
• Kisame, Konan, Hidan, and Kakuzu attacked Sunagakure, defeated Gaara, and took him away as the villagers cheered.
• Jin summoned Itachi, and they studied Naruto and Sasuke's route before setting out to reach them and stop Madara's plan.
• Madara watched Naruto and Sasuke from a cliff and thought that the Ten-Tails was close to appearing.

Naruto and Sasuke encountered Madara, who persuaded Sasuke to leave with him by blaming Danzo for the Uchiha massacre, while Naruto continued after Pain with Jin. Sasuke reached Danzo’s cave and faced him, as Danzo mistook him for Jin.

• Madara intercepted Naruto and Sasuke, revealed his Eye of the Moon plan, and demanded that one of them come with him.
• Madara told Sasuke that Danzo had masterminded the Uchiha Clan’s destruction, and Sasuke agreed to go with him to find Danzo.
• Naruto continued searching for Pain’s real body, while Sasuke left with Madara and both groups left Konoha markers behind.
• Jin and Itachi found the split trail; Jin joined Naruto, while Itachi pursued Sasuke and Madara.
• Madara led Sasuke to Danzo’s cave, where Danzo emerged and mistook Sasuke for Jin.

Sasuke defeated Danzo after a grueling battle, then left with Madara while Itachi understood that Sasuke was continuing his undercover mission. Meanwhile, Konan told Jin she and Nagato were leaving Akatsuki, and Jin decided to continue pursuing his plan to see the Ten-Tails.

• Madara watched Sasuke fight Danzo, hoping Sasuke’s victory would advance his plan, while Sasuke questioned Danzo about the Uchiha Clan’s destruction.
• Sasuke used Susanoo, Amaterasu, and genjutsu against Danzo, who repeatedly returned through Izanagi, before Sasuke finally defeated him.
• Danzo tried to use a sealing technique to kill Sasuke, but failed; Itachi arrived after Danzo died, and Sasuke left with Madara after reassuring his brother with a look.
• Jin waited outside Nagato’s home while Naruto met with Pain, and Konan arrived to tell Jin she and Nagato were leaving Akatsuki.
• Jin considered abandoning his plan but chose to continue seeking the Ten-Tails, revealing that he had prepared a fake Nine-Tails fox for Naruto and matured pieces of several tailed-beast souls.

Jin, Naruto, and Itachi discussed Madara’s plan and how to stop him while Konan mourned Nagato, who was reviving Konoha’s dead villagers. Jin proposed using Naruto as bait to trap Madara, then explained why Madara would target the Mangekyō Sharingan users; Naruto pointed out that Jin had one too.

• Naruto told Jin and Konan that Nagato had agreed to revive Konoha’s villagers and revealed Madara’s plan to rule humanity.
• Konan revealed that Shukaku and the Eight-Tails had been extracted, leaving Naruto as the only remaining jinchūriki, and said Nagato would die using Rinne Rebirth.
• Jin and Naruto headed toward Konoha, where Itachi met them and told Jin about SasuKe; Naruto wanted to bring SasuKe back, but Jin assured him that SasuKe was safe for now.
• Jin described Madara’s powerful allies and proposed trapping Madara with the Spatial Imprisonment Technique, using Naruto as bait.
• Itachi asked what would happen if Madara took SasuKe hostage, and Jin explained that Madara needed Mangekyō Sharingan eyes to complete his plan.
• Naruto asked Jin why he was not worried about Madara targeting him, since Jin also had a Mangekyō Sharingan.

Jin arranged a Five Kage Summit ambush for Madara, while Madara secretly devised a countertrap targeting Kakashi’s Sharingan. Madara pushed Kakashi into absorbing Danzo’s Mangekyō Sharingan, awakening Kakashi’s Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.

• Jin gathered the five great nations to plan against Madara and secretly told Sasuke to lure Madara to the Five Kage Summit.
• Sasuke returned to Konoha with Danzo’s Mangekyō Sharingan and gave it to Kakashi, claiming it would strengthen his eye without making it Eternal.
• Madara sent a clone with Sasuke to the summit, disguised himself as Sasuke, and brought the Sharingan to Kakashi to provoke him into absorbing it.
• Madara attacked Kakashi outside Konoha, taunted him about his father, and pressured him to use the eye’s power.
• Kakashi absorbed the Sharingan and awakened his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan while Madara watched.

Madara stole Kakashi's Sharingan after disabling Kamui and defeating him, while Jin tried to keep Naruto from pursuing him by implanting a dangerous curse seal. The Five Great Nations moved against Akatsuki, and by the end only Madara remained.

• Madara revealed that the new Sharingan had absorbed Kakashi's Sharingan power, then defeated him and took his eye.
• Jin learned that Naruto had left to chase Madara, caught up with him, and tried to persuade him to attend the Five Kage Summit instead.
• Naruto refused to turn back, so Jin implanted a Black Curse Seal in him that let Jin trigger an explosion through a paired seal.
• After Naruto woke and left to find Sasuke, Jin returned to the Five Kage Summit and reported Madara's new Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
• The Five Great Nations moved against Akatsuki, and Kisame, Sasori, Kakuzu, and Hidan were removed, leaving Madara as its only remaining member.

Jin learned that Madara had become the Ten-Tails’ jinchuriki and confronted him in the Land of Earth. After Madara absorbed Shadow and the Great Demon King, Jin fused with the evolved Fire Phoenix and faced the Ten-Tails Ghost Wolf in his golden form.

• Jin learned that the Ten-Tails had appeared and rallied the five great nations and allied ninja forces to confront Madara.
• Jin caught up with Madara and found him being licked by a ten-tailed black wolf; Madara revealed it was the Ten-Tails Ghost Wolf and became its jinchuriki.
• Madara captured Shadow and the Great Demon King, whose abilities he said could control and suppress the Ghost Wolf.
• Madara released the Ghost Wolf’s full power, prompting the Fire Phoenix to evolve into its ultimate form and fuse with Jin.
• Jin confronted the Ghost Wolf in golden armor, and it marveled at his blue Sharingan and the power of the divine beast.

Jin fought Madara and the Ten-Tails Ghost Wolf, but the allied nations’ betrayal triggered a catastrophic explosion that apparently killed him. He awoke in the real world beside his five wives, and the story ended with him free of rivals.

• Jin battled Madara, escaped his Planetary Devastation, and trapped him and the tailed beasts inside a chakra-powered barrier.
• Madara revealed the Ten-Tails Ghost Wolf’s true form, and Jin used a curse seal to weaken it and offer to become its jinchūriki.
• The Four Great Nations’ ninjas stopped supplying chakra, allowing the Ten-Tails Ghost Wolf to attack and threaten to self-destruct.
• Jin evacuated his allies, then switched places with White Rose, Zi Ruoyou, as the Ten-Tails Ghost Wolf exploded and wiped out the Four Great Nations’ forces.
• Jin awoke beside his five wives in the real world, and the chapter ended with him alive and without any rivals.