Chapter Summaries

Rōshi and Yugito Nii fully transformed into Tailed Beasts and fought until both returned to human form. As Han transformed into Five-Tails Kokuō, he attacked Iwagakure’s own wall, allowing the village’s shinobi to rush out and surrender to the Allied Shinobi Forces.

• Rōshi transformed into Son Goku, and Yugito Nii answered with a full transformation into Matatabi.
• The two Tailed Beasts fought while the other shinobi waited, and both Jinchūriki eventually returned to human form.
• Rōshi ordered Han to begin the charge, while Shikaku tasked Utakata with stopping Iwagakure’s Five-Tails Jinchūriki.
• Han transformed into Kokuō and demolished Iwagakure’s outer wall instead of attacking the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Iwagakure shinobi emerged from behind the wall, shouted that they were surrendering, and charged toward the Allied Shinobi Forces under Kokuō’s cover.

Rōshi ordered an attack on Iwagakure shinobi who had surrendered, revealing that their defection had been arranged in advance. Shikaku and the Allied Shinobi Forces intervened to save them as explosives fell from the sky.

• Iwagakure shinobi accused Rōshi of leading them to their deaths and tried to surrender, but Dodai ordered them to seal their chakra and approach cautiously.
• Rōshi commanded the flying unit to kill the defectors and ordered the Anbu to carry out the “Jade Shatter” plan against their families.
• Explosions spread through Iwagakure, and Han reassured the defectors that their families had already been moved away.
• Iwagakure's aerial unit dropped clay explosives on the chakra-sealed defectors, while Han realized Rōshi had not told him about the attack.
• Shikaku inferred that the defection and attack had been arranged to test the Allied Forces and secure the defectors’ loyalty, then ordered the air defense unit to save them.
• Baki, Dodai, and Ao ordered their forces to attack the explosives and shoot them down.

The Allied Shinobi Forces crushed Iwagakure’s suicidal last stand, but six White Zetsu rescued Rōshi before he could die. Rōshi vanished underground, and the alliance concluded that Iwagakure had been erased from the Shinobi World.

• Rōshi cloaked himself in lava chakra and led the remaining Iwagakure shinobi in a suicidal charge against the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Shikaku ordered the allied units to contain the attack while minimizing their casualties.
• A middle-aged shinobi from Takigakure used Earth Release to disrupt the Iwagakure charge as Fū praised him.
• Utakata defeated Rōshi, who tried to take his own life after his forces fell.
• Six White Zetsu stopped Rōshi’s suicide, wrapped him in white matter, and escaped underground with him.
• The allied commanders looked to Shikaku, and the alliance concluded that Iwagakure had been erased from the Shinobi World.

After learning that Black Zetsu had taken the Four-Tails, Ren considered how the tailed beasts could be restored and resolved to thwart the Sage of Six Paths' plans. Kabuto reported that preparations for the Dragon Vein were complete, and Ren set the departure for two days later while choosing the team.

• Ren learned that Black Zetsu had taken the Four-Tails after Iwagakure's destruction and reasoned that Madara would have to gather the tailed beasts one by one again.
• Kabuto told Ren that the Dragon Vein preparations were complete and that they could depart at any time.
• Ren delayed the trip until the day after tomorrow and ordered everyone to rest and prepare.
• Ren began drafting the roster, including Shisui, Kakashi, and Might Guy, while crossing Fugaku off so Konoha would not be left without anyone.

Ren planned to turn the shinobi world’s chakra into true chakra and assigned a large mission to begin that effort. Afterward, he returned home and shared a warm dinner with his family.

• Ren refined a list of shinobi who would take part in his plan to spread true chakra.
• Ren summoned the selected shinobi to the Third Training Ground and personally assigned them an important mission.
• The assembled shinobi accepted the mission with excitement, unaware that it could change their destinies and begin a new chapter for the shinobi world.
• Ren went home after work, and dinner began after Natsuri returned from training.
• Ren served Mina and Natsuri food while Takuma grumbled, and Natsuri happily accepted her brother’s renewed affection.

Ren visited the training ground and agreed to guide Naruto, Sasuke, and Natsuri after Sasuke asked if he would keep teaching them. The chapter ended as Ren prepared to train the trio.

• Ren skipped checking on Orochimaru, Kabuto, and the others at the laboratory and went to the training ground.
• Ren reflected on Naruto's inheritance, including the monthly withdrawal limits he had placed on Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki's savings.
• Naruto showed off his chunin flak jacket beside Sasuke, who remained a genin after the Chunin Exams.
• Sasuke ran to Ren and asked whether he would continue teaching them, and Naruto and Natsuri joined them.
• Ren agreed to guide the trio in their training that day.

Ren brought Naruto into his sealing space to let him reunite with Kushina, then showed her the truth about Naruto’s guardian spirit and the reincarnated chakra within him. Kushina chose to stand by Naruto as himself, rejecting the forces that threatened to define her son.

• Ren split off with Naruto, Sasuke, and the third trainee to guide their training, then took Naruto into his sealing space.
• Ren released Kushina’s chakra from Naruto’s seal, and she joyfully embraced Naruto and asked about his life.
• Ren shared his knowledge of Naruto’s guardian spirit, Indra, and Hashirama Senju’s connection to Asura with Kushina.
• Kushina declared that her son would only be Naruto.

Kushina Uzumaki entrusted Ren with protecting Naruto and said goodbye to her son in the sealing space. After she vanished, Naruto thanked the Nine-Tails for staying with him, while Ren’s Shadow Clone offered Sasuke special training to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Kushina Uzumaki chose to trust Ren to protect Naruto, and Ren accepted her thanks as Naruto’s teacher.
• Ren’s Shadow Clone asked Sasuke if he wanted to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan and become stronger than Naruto, then explained a special training method.
• Kushina Uzumaki told Naruto to listen to Ren and mouthed that she loved him before disappearing.
• Naruto replied that he loved Kushina Uzumaki too, then thanked the Nine-Tails for keeping him company.
• The Nine-Tails realized Naruto had called it a big fox and vowed to mess with him the next time he used its chakra.

Ren began special training for Naruto and Sasuke, telling Naruto to stay calm while Sasuke bit his arm and drank his blood. Sasuke felt a surge of exhilaration as he drew Naruto's blood.

• Ren told Naruto that he needed to learn calmness and introduced a special training method.
• Ren brought Sasuke over and instructed Naruto to roll up his right sleeve and stay calm.
• Sasuke hesitated while Naruto teased him, then grabbed Naruto's arm and bit down.
• Ren restrained Naruto and suppressed the Nine-Tails chakra as Sasuke followed the Shadow Clone's instructions and sucked Naruto's blood.
• Sasuke felt a surge of exhilaration as he drew Naruto's blood.

Ren used Naruto’s blood to try to awaken Sasuke’s Indra chakra, causing Sasuke’s Sharingan to evolve while Naruto’s mood shifted with the chakra’s effects. The chapter ended with Sasuke biting Naruto again to pursue further training as Naruto fought back.

• Ren had Sasuke bite Naruto, and Sasuke’s Indra chakra stirred as his Sharingan awakened to a new perception of the world.
• Naruto grew listless and sorrowful, while Ren pulled Sasuke away and told him to look at Naruto’s condition.
• Sasuke bandaged Naruto’s wound, then the Asura chakra’s influence faded and the two argued over what had happened.
• Naruto entered Nine-Tails Chakra Mode and attacked Sasuke, whose Sharingan had evolved to two tomoe.
• Sasuke asked for another special training session and bit Naruto again, prompting Naruto to shout that he would kill him.

Natsuri watched Naruto and Sasuke engage in increasingly bizarre biting attacks, then began to suspect that her brother Ren and Shisui had a similar relationship. She chose not to tell her parents, leaving Ren puzzled by her solemn wish for his happiness.

• Natsuri watched Sasuke repeatedly ambush and bite Naruto while Ren observed approvingly, and concluded that boys were perverts.
• Naruto returned to his apartment with a ruined jacket, decided Sasuke's madness was contagious, and vowed to avoid him.
• At dinner, Natsuri wondered whether Ren and Shisui behaved like Naruto and Sasuke, and blushed at the thought.
• Ren and their parents asked Natsuri what was wrong, but she kept her suspicion to herself and told Ren she hoped he would be happy.

Ren led a team of Konoha shinobi and researchers toward Rōran to investigate the Dragon Vein. On the moon, Orochimaru learned of their mission, left Haku to monitor the Shinobi World, and set out for the Dragon Vein while evading the Heavenly Eye satellite.

• Ren assembled the researchers led by Kabuto and the shinobi led by Kakashi, then ordered the team to move out for Rōran.
• Haku reported to Orochimaru that Ren, Kabuto, and Kakashi were leading a Konoha team toward the Ancient Kingdom of Roran.
• Orochimaru told Haku to monitor the Shinobi World from the moon, then packed his equipment and departed.
• Orochimaru reinforced the seal on the lunar passage and used his knowledge of the Heavenly Eye's limitations to travel unseen.
• Orochimaru headed cautiously toward the Dragon Vein in the Land of Wind.

Baki and Shikaku arranged the handover of three resource sites from Konoha to Sunagakure as part of Ren and Rasa’s deal over the Dragon Vein expedition. Meanwhile, Nagato reflected on how interests shaped war and peace, then concluded that exhausting the shinobi would require a stronger enemy: Konoha.

• Baki received Rasa’s mission to take over three resource sites occupied by Konoha, as agreed in exchange for access to the Rōran ruins and the Dragon Vein expedition.
• Ren considered whether a natural force of correction had drawn Konoha and Sunagakure back together, and accepted that their shared expedition would bind them in a strong alliance.
• Baki explained the handover to Shikaku, who readily agreed and began arranging the transfer of the resource sites.
• Nagato reflected on the Allied Shinobi Forces’ campaign and wrote “interests” on a blank sheet, realizing that interests could both fuel conflict and reconcile enemies.
• Nagato judged the losses in the campaign against Iwagakure too small to exhaust the shinobi, then wrote “Konoha” as the stronger enemy he believed was needed.

Obito tested Shion’s resurrection and tried to use her to reach Moryo, the sealed otherworldly monster. He brought her to Moryo’s sealing site and demanded that she open the seal, but Shion refused.

• Nagato imagined using the Ten-Tails to eliminate nearly all shinobi and create a world without them.
• Obito pierced Shion’s chest, confirmed that she revived in just over ten seconds, and left the shrine maiden’s palace.
• Obito had failed to break Moryo’s seal, so he went to Shion and tried to control her with genjutsu, but it had no effect.
• Obito took Shion to Moryo’s sealing site and ordered her to open the seal, but she refused.

Obito discovered that killing Shion weakened Moryo’s seal, while Shion revived once a day through Moryo’s power. He continued killing her to free Moryo, confident that his Sharingan would keep him safe.

• Obito tortured Shion and killed her, then watched her wounds heal as she revived and the seal loosened.
• Obito killed Shion again, but she stayed dead until the following day, when White Zetsu reported her return.
• After repeatedly killing Shion for over a week, Obito learned that she revived once a day and that the seal weakened each time.
• Obito brought Shion to the priestess’s palace, replaced its guards and maids with White Zetsu, and began killing her at a fixed time each day.
• Obito continued targeting Moryo and trusted his Sharingan to protect him from the demon’s power.
• Obito sat alone on a mountaintop in the Land of Demons, gazing at the moon.

Ren led a team of elite Konoha shinobi and researchers toward Rōran by a direct route, resting at the Land of Rivers border. After receiving intelligence about Tobi’s activities in the Land of Demons, Ren planned an operation to save the Land of Earth and the Priestess, and sent the relevant intelligence to shinobi village leaders.

• Ren’s team reached the border of the Land of Rivers in less than three days by taking a direct route toward Rōran.
• Yamato used his Wood Release to build rooms for Ren and the other shinobi, leaving some team members to sleep outside.
• Ren read a report from a White Zetsu about Tobi’s activities in the Land of Demons and decided the time was right for a new operation.
• Ren concluded that the Allied Shinobi Forces could handle Moryo’s army and that Jiraiya could help confront Tobi.
• Ren ordered intelligence prepared by Qiyue to be sent from Konoha to the Kage and leaders of the shinobi villages.

The Allied Shinobi Force formed and advanced toward the Land of Demons to confront Madara and save the land and its priestess. Obito realized Yushu was behind the operation and saw him as the greatest obstacle to Infinite Tsukuyomi, while Yushu still regarded Obito as unworthy of his attention.

• Nagato secured Amegakure's agreement to oppose Madara, and Konan worried about standing against him.
• Sunagakure, Kirigakure, the Hidden Cloud Village, and several small countries agreed to join the operation, while many others abstained.
• On the fifth day, forces from ten countries advanced toward the Land of Demons as an Allied Shinobi Force.
• Obito learned that the Allied Shinobi Force was approaching and blamed Yushu for organizing the operation.
• Obito reflected on his repeated failures and decided that Yushu was his greatest enemy and obstacle to Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Yushu remained indifferent to Obito, leaving Kakashi to handle Obito's actions against Konoha.

Ren led the Konoha and Hidden Sand teams to the Ancient Kingdom of Roran to study the Dragon Vein, while Orochimaru secretly restored Minato’s seal and escaped. Ren found no sign that his system’s [Backpack] module was present and left the Dragon Vein’s time-travel mysteries for later, focusing instead on his plan to help shinobi obtain real chakra.

• Orochimaru learned that Ren’s team had arrived, restored Minato Namikaze’s seal, erased his traces, and escaped as a small white snake.
• Ren ordered Kabuto and the research team to begin preparations at Roran’s ruins and allowed the Hidden Sand shinobi to move freely as long as they did not interfere.
• The Hidden Sand leader instructed his team to follow their assignments and closely record the Konoha shinobi’s actions.
• Ren and the teams reached the Dragon Vein, where researchers began their work while others kept watch outside.
• Ren searched the Dragon Vein and the ruins but found no reaction from his system, so he decided to leave studying time travel for later.
• Ren resolved to prioritize his plan to help shinobi obtain real chakra and hoped the researchers could make progress soon.

Ren and the Konoha researchers began an experiment to harness the Dragon Vein after preparing equipment to suppress its time-and-space effects. The Dragon Vein was contained, and three volunteer researchers entered pods as the human experiment began.

• Konoha and Hidden Sand Village researchers spent three days gathering data and preparing equipment around the Dragon Vein.
• Ren undid the Fourth Hokage’s seal while four devices diverted the Dragon Vein’s time-and-space force.
• The Dragon Vein released dark-purple energy, which was redirected to power one hundred pods before Kabuto suppressed it.
• Kabuto warned Ren that the suppression would last only half an hour, so Ren selected three eager Konoha researchers as test subjects.
• The three researchers entered the pods, and Kabuto restarted the Dragon Vein as the experiment began.

Ren’s team successfully tested equipment that converted Dragon Vein power into natural, unrestricted chakra, strengthening three researchers and allowing them to sense natural energy. Kabuto reported unexplained excess energy consumption, but confirmed that large-scale conversion could proceed, and the researchers named the real chakra True Origin.

• The three test subjects emerged from the pods strengthened, with their chakra transformed and their senses able to detect natural energy.
• Kabuto and Orochimaru examined the subjects and confirmed the experiment had succeeded, while noticing that actual Dragon Vein consumption exceeded projections.
• Kabuto explained that the excess consumption was close to five percent, but assured Ren it would not affect large-scale conversion.
• Ren ordered Kabuto to begin conversion in batches according to the list.
• Kabuto told Ren that the researchers had agreed to call the real chakra True Origin.