Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Yū revealed his identity as the Akatsuki Shadow and leader of Dawn Hidden Village, prompting fear and speculation across the shinobi world. At the front lines, Tsunade recognized that the war was nearing its decisive phase and invited him to face her forces.

• Uchiha Yū read a letter addressed to him as a friend and ordered the messenger ninja brought to the main hall so he could confirm he was alive.
• Uchiha Yū shattered his mask and publicly revealed his identity, declaring he would bring nightmares to Konoha.
• News of Uchiha Yū's resurrection spread, and people debated whether Konoha had secretly helped establish Dawn Hidden Village.
• Tsunade learned the truth, struck the ground in anger, and then assessed the threat to Konoha's morale and chances of victory.
• Tsunade invited Uchiha Yū to the front lines, believing Dawn Hidden Village would collapse if he were defeated or killed.

Uchiha Yū revealed his identity to Konoha and directed Dawn Hidden Village’s assault while its leaders discussed the tailed beasts. The meeting ended with Black and White Zetsu tasked with finding the Eight-Tails’ jinchuriki as Konoha’s defeat appeared increasingly likely.

• Tsunade ordered Konoha’s ninjas to hold their positions and said they should invite Uchiha Yū rather than panic.
• Uchiha Yū revealed himself as Dawn Hidden Village’s leader, and Obito recognized him as Akatsuki Shadow and accepted his past deception.
• Uchiha Yū reported that Dawn Hidden Village’s battlefronts were advancing and warned that Konoha would be on guard against his poison.
• Black and White Zetsu argued that capturing the tailed beasts remained essential, and Kakuzu assigned them the search for the Eight-Tails.
• Uchiha Yū approved the operation, and Black and White Zetsu said they would devote limited manpower to finding the Eight-Tails’ jinchuriki.

Uchiha Yū directed Dawn Hidden Village’s alliance with Ryūchi Cave and discussed the dangers posed by the tailed beasts and Nagato’s worsening health. After receiving Tsunade’s invitation, he decided to go to the front lines with his forces and ordered preparations against Ōnoki.

• Uchiha Yū ordered Dawn Hidden Village’s ninja to target toads in accordance with its alliance with Ryūchi Cave.
• Kakuzu warned Uchiha Yū that Black and White Zetsu were hiding the tailed beasts’ importance, and Uchiha Yū revealed that the true Two-Tails jinchūriki was secretly captive.
• Konan reported that the Rinnegan was weakening Nagato, and Uchiha Yū proposed that Orochimaru’s research might help his body absorb more life energy.
• A ninja delivered Tsunade’s letter, and Kakuzu and Konan urged Uchiha Yū not to risk meeting her on the battlefield.
• Uchiha Yū decided to go to the front lines with Dawn Hidden Village’s core forces and ordered increased deployments and preparations to target Ōnoki through Sunagakure.

Tsunade faced Uchiha Yū’s full-scale assault on Konoha as Black and White Zetsu secretly proposed an alliance to resist Dawn Hidden Village. At the front, Uchiha Yū planned to draw Konoha into a trap to force Iwagakure into the war, leaving the plan poised to begin.

• Tsunade learned that Uchiha Yū had appeared on the battlefield and destroyed a Konoha camp, then dismissed her advisers to consider Konoha’s worsening position.
• Black and White Zetsu emerged before Tsunade and offered to help Konoha resist Dawn Hidden Village, claiming he was acting for himself.
• Uchiha Yū took command at the front and planned to advance east, seize Kirigakure’s coastline, and encircle Konoha with Sunagakure and Iwagakure.
• Pakura told Uchiha Yū that Iwagakure was holding back, so he ordered his forces to slow their attack on Konoha and focus on dealing with Iwagakure.
• Uchiha Yū proposed using Kirigakure to lure Ōnoki’s forces into a trap and identified Konoha as the enemy to draw toward the border region.

Uchiha Yū used the threat of executing Jiraiya to draw Konoha into a rescue operation, while Konoha’s leaders argued over whether to take the bait. Uchiha Yū prepared to meet the rescue force, but Orochimaru arrived at Jiraiya’s prison and hinted that his partner was someone Jiraiya knew.

• Uchiha Yū arranged to leak information that Jiraiya would be executed, slowing the Dawn Hidden Village’s advance to make Konoha’s response more difficult.
• Black and White Zetsu warned Tsunade that Uchiha Yū’s execution notice was a trap, and Tsunade demanded more useful details before returning to Konoha to consult the Fourth Hokage.
• Konoha’s leaders debated the rescue, then agreed they could not let Jiraiya die in enemy hands; Uchiha Yū personally led ninja to wait for the rescue force.
• Jiraiya remained imprisoned under Uchiha Shisui’s guard, with a seal suppressing his chakra and threatening to ignite him if he left its range.
• Orochimaru entered Jiraiya’s cell, and Jiraiya angrily accused him of betraying Konoha and joining the Dawn Hidden Village.
• Orochimaru denied being anyone’s lapdog, called his position a cooperative relationship, and said Jiraiya knew his partner.

Uchiha Yū and Orochimaru prepared to use Jiraiya as bait in a secret operation, while Minato Namikaze led Konoha’s forces toward a trap at sea to rescue him. The chapter ended with Minato volunteering to confront Uchiha Yū if he obstructed the rescue.

• Uchiha Yū revealed himself to Jiraiya, and Orochimaru transformed into her reincarnated female body and explained that she could revive him if necessary.
• Uchiha Yū had Orochimaru remove Jiraiya’s Heavenly Prison Chains, then Uchiha Shisui used genjutsu to seal Jiraiya’s senses as they prepared to move him secretly as bait.
• Uchiha Yū assembled Orochimaru, Uchiha Shisui, Kakuzu, Nagato, and Obito to escort Jiraiya.
• Minato Namikaze led Konoha’s top forces toward the sea execution site, while the Third Hokage recognized that Uchiha Yū had diverted the conflict eastward and drawn them into a trap involving Iwagakure and Sunagakure.
• Minato Namikaze ordered the rescue team to avoid wasting time and volunteered to handle Uchiha Yū if he tried to stop them.

Uchiha Yū arrived at Iwagakure’s naval front and challenged Akatsuchi over the village’s lack of action in the war. He then ordered the Dawn Hidden Village’s forces to attack Iwagakure at sea while watching for Konoha’s ninja, whom he hoped to draw out using Jiraiya as bait.

• Iwagakure’s ninja spent the afternoon fishing in the rear while discussing the war and their lack of fighting.
• Akatsuchi learned that a ship from the Dawn Hidden Village was approaching and assembled his forces to meet it.
• Uchiha Yū arrived with the Dawn Hidden Village’s top experts and questioned Akatsuchi about Iwagakure’s inactivity.
• Akatsuchi blamed Iwagakure’s disadvantage at sea and Kirigakure’s defenses for keeping his forces in the rear.
• Uchiha Yū ordered wide-range attacks to punish Iwagakure and told his forces to watch for Konoha’s ninja, using Jiraiya as bait.

Uchiha Yū detected Konoha’s rescuers approaching and confronted Minato Namikaze and the others as they came to save Jiraiya. He accused Hiruzen Sarutobi and Konoha’s leadership of persecuting the Uchiha Clan, and the confrontation ended with Uchiha Yū preparing to fight.

• Uchiha Yū used radioactive elements spread across the sea to detect an approaching enemy ship and alerted the Dawn Hidden Village ninja.
• Uchiha Yū challenged the hidden rescuers, and Minato Namikaze appeared with Konoha’s high-ranking officials, including Nawaki.
• Nawaki demanded to know why Uchiha Yū had betrayed Konoha, and Uchiha Yū blamed the village for forcing the Uchiha Clan into rebellion.
• Uchiha Yū accused the Hokage faction of killing the former Uchiha clan head and abandoning the clan during the Third Shinobi World War.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi denied ordering the attack and said Danzo had held some authority, but Uchiha Yū rejected his explanation and declared that their paths were different.

Uchiha Yū’s battle with Konoha’s rescuers unleashed enormous waves and explosions, devastating the surrounding waters and trapping Iwagakure’s forces in the chaos. The chapter left the fighting unresolved, with the combatants locked in separate matchups across the sea.

• Uchiha Yū’s Susanoo slash sent towering waves across the sea, waking the Iwagakure ninja and swallowing nearby ships.
• Akatsuchi realized Iwagakure had been drawn into a scheme and ordered his forces to evacuate, but the tsunamis and attacks caused severe losses.
• Uchiha Yū attacked Minato Namikaze with Atomic Fission, forcing Minato to rely on Flying Thunder God to evade the blasts.
• Nawaki struggled to fend off Nagato’s six Rinnegan clones and found that he could not break through their defenses alone.
• Uchiha Obito used Kamui to block Hyuga Reiko while Hiruzen Sarutobi and Kakuzu exchanged ninjutsu, and Hatake Kakashi fought Uchiha Shisui in close combat.

Uchiha Yū and Minato Namikaze fought amid the destruction of the sea battle, and Minato used a hidden Flying Thunder God kunai to gain the upper hand and reach the ship. There, he encountered Orochimaru and discovered that the modified ninja guarding him could withstand explosive tags.

• The Dawn Hidden Village ninja followed Uchiha Yū’s orders to use powerful ninjutsu and draw Iwagakure’s ninja into the battle as tsunamis destroyed ships and swept ninja into the sea.
• Minato Namikaze avoided Uchiha Yū’s attacks with Flying Thunder God, while Uchiha Yū used Radiation Element to threaten Minato’s teleportation points.
• Uchiha Yū tried to punch Minato, but Minato teleported behind him and struck him with a Rasengan, sending him into the sea before boarding the ship.
• Minato ordered his forces to rescue Jiraiya, then encountered a woman who revealed herself to be Orochimaru.
• Minato split from his Shadow Clone to face Orochimaru’s modified ninja, but his explosive tags only tore their clothes and exposed armor fused to their skin.

Uchiha Yū cornered Minato Namikaze aboard the ship and argued that Konoha had become too rotten to survive, while explaining that he sought to unify the ninja world to prepare for stronger enemies. Minato remained committed to protecting Konoha, but Uchiha Yū's promise that he could revive the dead made rescuing Jiraiya seem less urgent.

• Orochimaru described his armored human experiments, while Minato Namikaze realized he could not break through the guards blocking his way to the ship.
• Uchiha Yū confronted Minato and argued that Dawn Hidden Village had surpassed Konoha because it had embraced reform while Konoha remained trapped in its old system.
• Minato admitted that Uchiha Yū might have led Konoha better, but refused to gamble on his plan to tear down and rebuild the village.
• Uchiha Yū told Minato that he had spared him because of their former friendship and revealed that he wanted to unify the ninja world to face enemies stronger than them.
• Uchiha Yū said he could revive Kushina and Minato after the conflict, leaving Minato shocked and less certain that he needed to rescue Jiraiya immediately.

Uchiha Yū explained the origin of chakra and the danger posed by the Sage of Six Paths' mother, then urged Minato Namikaze to cooperate and end the war. Minato believed him but hesitated because he could not decide Konoha's fate alone, while Uchiha Yū proposed resolving the conflict secretly and outlined a future with fewer shinobi.

• Uchiha Yū told Minato Namikaze that the Sage of Six Paths' mother had taken chakra from the Divine Tree and might one day reclaim it.
• Uchiha Yū explained that he had lured Minato to the meeting to end the war sooner and offered to bring prosperity to Konoha and the shinobi world.
• Minato Namikaze declined to accept Uchiha Yū's offer, explaining that his position as Hokage meant he could not decide for Konoha alone.
• Uchiha Yū suggested secretly cooperating to end the war and handle Konoha's anger afterward.
• Uchiha Yū said he would reduce the number of shinobi after the war and develop society while training elite shinobi to face hidden enemies.

Uchiha Yū and Minato Namikaze secretly agreed to end the war, revive Kushina, and secure the tailed beasts, while Minato accepted a plan to imprison the Third Hokage. As Dawn Hidden Village's forces moved to capture him, the Third Hokage mistook Minato's arrival with Jiraiya for the start of his rescue.

• Minato Namikaze agreed to cooperate with Uchiha Yū on the condition that the plan remain secret and that their important loved ones be revived; Uchiha Yū promised to revive Kushina and requested the tailed beasts.
• Uchiha Yū proposed keeping the Third Hokage out of Konoha's power struggle, and Minato agreed to have him imprisoned until the war ended.
• Uchiha Yū agreed to let Minato take Jiraiya, and Minato promised to keep Jiraiya away from the battlefield.
• Uchiha Yū ordered the modified shinobi to attack and hold the Third Hokage, who was soon overwhelmed alongside Kakuzu.
• Minato Namikaze appeared carrying Jiraiya, and the Third Hokage believed Minato had succeeded and would use Flying Thunder God to rescue him.

Uchiha Yū stopped Minato Namikaze from rescuing the Third Hokage and had Shisui control him before he could use the Reaper Death Seal. After the battle, Iwagakure’s forces withdrew, leaving Ōnoki’s village weakened and under Uchiha Yū’s growing influence.

• Minato Namikaze rescued Jiraiya and his companions, but Uchiha Yū interrupted his attempt to take the Third Hokage away.
• The Third Hokage began forming the Reaper Death Seal hand sign, but Shisui used the Sharingan to control him and stop the technique.
• Minato Namikaze returned to his ship injured and told the others that he had failed to rescue the Third Hokage.
• Uchiha Yū’s forces left the surviving Iwagakure ninjas stranded at sea, and Akatsuchi ordered the survivors rescued and the blockade of Kirigakure abandoned.
• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure’s frontline forces to retreat, while Uchiha Yū concluded that the weakened village could no longer resist him.

Minato Namikaze used the failed rescue of the Third Hokage to take control of Konoha from the Hokage Advisors, while keeping Jiraiya in the village and withdrawing the front line. The chapter left Tsunade struggling to hold back the advancing Dawn Hidden Village.

• Minato Namikaze told Mitokado Homura and the other Hokage Advisor that he could not immediately launch another rescue and appointed Hyuga Reiko and Nawaki to take over their duties.
• Mitokado Homura and his companion surrendered their authority and retired from Konoha's political center as Nawaki and Hyuga Reiko witnessed the transfer.
• Nawaki asked Minato Namikaze whether he had deliberately abandoned the Third Hokage, and Minato answered indirectly that the current situation was best for the village.
• Minato Namikaze promised Nawaki he would not be corrupted by power, then kept Jiraiya in Konoha to defend the village.
• Minato Namikaze ordered a further contraction of the defensive line, leaving Tsunade to barely hold back the advancing Dawn Hidden Village.

Uchiha Yū learned that dissent within Iwagakure was growing as the village faced military pressure and economic hardship. Shan Juhua confronted Ōnoki with the consequences of resisting and secured his agreement to travel to Dawn Hidden Village and help end the war.

• Uchiha Yū asked Kakuzu about Ōnoki's resistance, and Kakuzu reported that Iwagakure's higher-ups were divided over seeking peace.
• Chuan Jie urged Ōnoki to negotiate, citing the village's dwindling missions and its encirclement by Dawn Hidden Village and Sunagakure.
• Shan Juhua entered the Iwagakure office and warned Ōnoki that threatening her would devastate the Land of Earth's economy.
• Shan Juhua demanded that Ōnoki step down and acknowledge the war, then invited him to Dawn Hidden Village to discuss ending it.
• Ōnoki accepted the invitation after learning that two Mangekyō Sharingan users would accompany him, and hoped Iwagakure could return to normal.

Uchiha Yū pressured Ōnoki over Iwagakure’s wartime conduct and demanded that the village join the Fourth Shinobi World War and accept a new Tsuchikage. After Ōnoki rejected Chuan Jie, Uchiha Yū proposed another candidate and brought Deidara before him.

• Uchiha Yū confronted Ōnoki about Iwagakure’s lack of contribution and demanded that it join the Fourth Shinobi World War.
• Uchiha Yū recommended Chuan Jie as Ōnoki’s successor, but Ōnoki refused to hand the village to someone he feared would serve Dawn Hidden Village.
• Ōnoki threatened to use Dust Release, but Uchiha Yū warned that his attack would not stop him from taking over Iwagakure and endangering Ōnoki’s companions.
• Uchiha Yū offered to recommend a candidate who could satisfy both sides instead of Chuan Jie.
• Deidara was brought into the hall, and Uchiha Yū asked Ōnoki whether Deidara qualified for the position.

Uchiha Yū forced Ōnoki to appoint Deidara as Iwagakure’s next Tsuchikage and retire, then examined Itachi Uchiha’s genetic illness. The chapter ended with Uchiha Yū planning to take Itachi to specialists who might stabilize his condition.

• Uchiha Yū proposed Deidara as the next Tsuchikage, and Ōnoki agreed to transfer his authority to him.
• Uchiha Yū ordered Ōnoki to retire in Hot Springs Village alongside Chiyo and Ebizo, and Ōnoki accepted.
• Deidara objected to becoming Tsuchikage, but Ōnoki forcibly took him away to prepare for the role.
• Uchiha Yū examined Itachi Uchiha and found that his illness came from a genetic mutation that medical ninjutsu could not cure.
• Uchiha Yū told Itachi Uchiha he would take him to specialists who might stabilize his illness.

Orochimaru diagnosed Itachi Uchiha with a genetic disease that could be suppressed for about ten years, though using the Mangekyō Sharingan would shorten that time. Uchiha Yū then joined Orochimaru at a secret facility to inspect Netherworld Gate experiments and discovered that Katsuyu was being used as the gate’s energy source.

• Orochimaru examined Itachi and explained that his genetic disease resembled Kimimaro’s, could be delayed with medication, and might worsen with Mangekyō Sharingan use.
• Uchiha Yū ordered Itachi to avoid combat missions and teach ninjutsu to the next generation.
• Uchiha Yū asked Orochimaru to develop a genetic virus that targeted sequences shared by the Uchiha and Kaguya bloodlines, and Orochimaru said it was theoretically possible but would take time.
• Orochimaru invited Uchiha Yū to a secret facility, where he explained that Netherworld Gate could exchange life for power using a special organism as its energy source.
• Uchiha Yū recognized the organism powering Netherworld Gate as Katsuyu, whose remaining portions Orochimaru had obtained.

Uchiha Yū and Orochimaru examined the Netherworld Gate, while Orochimaru planned a cautious way to explore the underworld. On the front, Tsunade ordered Konoha to retreat as Dawn Hidden Village’s victory became clear, and Hiruko received word that the Konoha forces were abandoning their camps.

• Uchiha Yū and Orochimaru entered the Netherworld Gate and confirmed that its passage led to the underworld, but Uchiha Yū warned that monsters could breach its fragile barrier.
• Orochimaru shut down the gate and said he would develop a way to explore it with surveillance devices, while the drained Katsuyu rested in its enclosure.
• Tsunade received Minato Namikaze’s order to pull back Konoha’s defensive line and instructed the shinobi to abandon their positions.
• Konoha squads retreated under cover of night, taking useful supplies and burning what they had to leave behind.
• Dawn Hidden Village shinobi spotted the retreat and reported it to Hiruko at the front.