Chapter Summaries

After defeating Konoha, Muzan returned to the Land of Waves and inspected Kabuto’s schools before taking the undisciplined Red Lotus to the front lines. He joined Haku’s forces to prepare for war against the Hidden Mist Village and the Land of Water.

• Inoichi Yamanaka and Choza Akimichi escaped Muzan’s encirclement severely injured as Konoha’s forces retreated.
• The Fire Daimyo ordered Kazuma to use the Nine-Tails, while Kazuma proposed raising an army of the dead and trying to persuade Konoha to send its jinchūriki into battle.
• Muzan finished subduing the Land of Fire, returned to the Land of Waves, and praised Kabuto for building schools and training workers.
• Muzan caught Red Lotus skipping class and took her to the front lines to learn from Haku and the Twelve Kizuki.
• Haku assembled the Land of Waves’ forces and scouts, while Muzan ordered them to assess the Hidden Mist Village’s deployment before launching their counterattack.

The Land of Water's Daimyo ordered defenses as Muzan prepared his fleet to cut off its transport routes and invade. The battle began at sea, where Red Lotus confronted the horrors of war, and Muzan sent Haku into the fight as the Hidden Mist's defenses challenged the Land of Waves.

• The Land of Water's Daimyo silenced the arguing nobles, summoned the Fifth Mizukage, and ordered the nation's defenses deployed.
• Muzan assembled the Land of Waves' fleet and ordered Zabuza and the Demon Corps to infiltrate the Land of Water and destroy its ports.
• Muzan dismissed Zabuza's concerns about the Tailed Beasts and sent the Twelve Kizuki to attack the Land of Water's forces.
• The fleets clashed, and Red Lotus froze in terror after seeing her companions killed until Muzan urged her to grow stronger.
• The Hidden Mist Village's shinobi used thick fog and Water Release to counter the Land of Waves, so Muzan withdrew most of his front-line forces and called on Haku to fight.

Haku’s Ice Release overwhelmed the Hidden Mist forces at sea, securing the Land of Waves’ first victory and prompting the Land of Water to prepare for the threat of the Twelve Kizuki. Muzan forced the island lords who had betrayed the Land of Waves to accept its authority and military presence, then ordered them to block Land of Water merchants from the trade routes.

• Haku used Falling Ice Rain to freeze the sea, destroy the Hidden Mist’s advance, and turn the battle into a victory for the Land of Waves.
• Muzan praised Haku’s strength and urged him to reach absolute zero, while Hidden Mist leaders met with Terumi Mei and the Land of Water’s daimyo to address their defeat and the Twelve Kizuki.
• Haku told Muzan that island lords who had surrendered to the Land of Water were seeking his protection, and Muzan explained that their betrayal required a response despite the Land of Waves’ need for trade routes.
• The island lords offered Muzan treasure and asked forgiveness, but he required them to submit to the Land of Waves and accept its troops on their islands.
• Muzan guaranteed the island lords’ safety while ordering them to keep Land of Water merchants off their trade routes, and they agreed.

Terumi Mei and the Hidden Mist Village's elites investigated the Land of Waves, where Terumi Mei spotted Red Lotus and moved to kill her for her Crystal Release. Hiruko intercepted the attack and warned Red Lotus to flee, while facing the unknown assailants.

• Terumi Mei led the Hidden Mist Village's elites to investigate the sea near the Land of Waves, and Ao warned her that they risked being detected.
• Terumi Mei and Ao disguised themselves with the Transformation Jutsu and went to an island near the main battleship.
• Terumi Mei spotted Red Lotus practicing Crystal Release and decided to kill her for her Bloodline Limit.
• Hiruko caught a kunai aimed at Red Lotus and confronted the attackers, warning her that he could not guarantee her safety.

Hiruko fought Terumi Mei on the island and was reduced to a head before Muzan arrived and helped him recover. Afterward, Muzan ordered stronger surveillance as the Hidden Mist Village’s attack revealed that its forces had found the island chain.

• Hiruko sent Red Lotus away, then recognized Terumi Mei and attacked her with Storm Release.
• Terumi Mei and Hiruko’s battle devastated the island, and Hiruko survived only because of his Man-Eating Demon regeneration.
• Muzan found Hiruko as a head, restored him in acidic liquid, and advised him to seek more Bloodline Limits to strengthen himself.
• Muzan ordered Hizashi’s ability deployed around the perimeter and stationed only a small number of Hyuga shinobi in the Land of Waves’ core region.
• Ao, badly burned by Hiruko’s attack, recalled how Terumi Mei had protected him from the Storm Release.

After Konoha’s defeat, Minato ordered the village to abandon its homeland as Pakura advanced toward the daimyō, while Muzan’s forces consolidated control over the Land of Fire. Kabuto showed Muzan a developing snake-headed creature made with Man-Eating Demon blood, and Muzan considered Mount Myoboku as a future source of nourishment for it.

• Minato learned that Pakura was advancing toward the daimyō and ordered Konoha to evacuate its remaining people and leave the Land of Fire.
• As Konoha withdrew, the Land of Fire fell into turmoil, but Mukawa Hui’s Merchant Alliance helped stabilize it under Muzan’s control.
• Muzan received news that the Land of Fire had fallen and recognized that his plans could advance sooner than expected.
• Kabuto showed Muzan a snake-headed experimental creature whose growth depended on consuming beings with Natural Energy.
• Muzan considered targeting Mount Myoboku for nourishment, but Kabuto warned that an attack could exhaust their forces.
• Muzan said Mount Myoboku would be dealt with later and noted that the White Snake Sage also wanted to destroy it.

Muzan learned that Sasuke Uchiha and Boruto had arrived in his era through the Dragon Vein, and ordered them tracked. After Sasuke and Boruto discovered Konoha had been emptied and its Hyuga shinobi treated them as enemies, Muzan confronted them and explained that this era differed from their own; they still intended to find Naruto.

• Pakura reported that Konoha's residents had left and that Sasuke Uchiha and a child remained there, so Muzan recognized the Dragon Vein and ordered them tracked.
• Sasuke and Boruto found Konoha nearly empty, and a Hyuga Branch Family shinobi attacked them with a kunai carrying an Explosive Tag.
• Sasuke and Boruto hid from searching Hyuga shinobi, then saw Hizashi Hyuga and were confronted by Muzan, whom Sasuke mistook for Teacher Kakashi.
• Muzan revealed that Konoha had been destroyed by him and identified Boruto as Hizashi's family after Boruto said his mother was Hinata.
• Muzan explained that the Dragon Vein had brought them to a parallel world, while Sasuke asked him not to interfere with their mission to find Naruto.

Muzan fought Sasuke Uchiha for Boruto and saw the Jougan rupture space, briefly revealing Yoriichi Tsugikuni. After Sasuke escaped with Boruto, Muzan prepared to conquer the Land of Water, whose desperate nobles began offering him help.

• Muzan overpowered Sasuke Uchiha, ignored Amaterasu by regenerating his severed arm, and trapped Sasuke and Boruto with flesh thorns.
• Muzan captured Boruto, and the Jougan awakened, shattering space and revealing Yoriichi Tsugikuni across the fragments.
• Sasuke used Chidori to break through the thorns, seized unconscious Boruto, and escaped while Muzan ordered his followers not to pursue.
• Muzan examined Boruto's blood and resolved to destroy the Land of Water after stabilizing his rule over the Land of Fire.
• As the Land of Water prepared for a desperate battle, a noble offered Muzan a map to help him conquer it with fewer losses.

Muzan accepted the nobles’ offer of allegiance in exchange for a map and their help destabilizing the Land of Water. As the naval battle approached, the Land of Water’s daimyo recruited Fish-Men to fight the Land of Waves, and Muzan gave Haku the chance to prove himself.

• Muzan spared the kneeling noble and accepted the nobles’ offer to aid him once the war began.
• The Land of Water’s daimyo agreed to fund the Fish-Men and recognize them as an official force if they heavily damaged the Land of Waves’ fleet.
• The Fish-Men emerged from the sea and promised to help the daimyo defeat the invaders.
• A storm gathered as the Land of Waves’ ninjas and warships prepared for battle.
• Haku froze floating ice around the ships, and Muzan told him to destroy enemy warships and earn a place among the Upper Ranks.

Haku and the Twelve Kizuki led Blood Moon’s attack on the Hidden Mist Village’s fleet while the Land of Waves’ ninjas struggled against underwater Fish-Men. As the battle turned against them, Muzan transformed the main warship into a growing flesh-and-thorn monster that devoured approaching Fish-Men.

• Haku said he expected to reach the strength required for a breakthrough after the war and chose not to gain power by devouring others.
• Muzan ordered the attack, and Haku led the Twelve Kizuki across the sea as ice and ninjutsu pierced the enemy fleet.
• Fish-Men used whirlpools and powerful underwater Water Release to attack the ships, forcing the Land of Waves’ ninjas into a costly defense.
• A Fish-Man leader warned his forces to stay underwater and limit losses after one of Muzan’s explosive eyeballs devastated their approach.
• Muzan watched the battle worsen, then spread Flesh Thorns across the main warship, where they captured Fish-Men and grew into a living monster.

Muzan’s assault devastated the Land of Water’s forces as nobles betrayed their country and rebelled on the island. Muzan then fought Terumi Mei at sea, where her corrosive techniques challenged his demonic regeneration, while he ordered Haku to keep suppressing the Hidden Mist Village ninjas.

• Muzan’s thorn-covered ship devoured fish-men and ninjas, while the Land of Water’s daimyo feared that his forces could not stop him.
• A noble allied with Muzan arranged a rebellion on the island, then had a general who knew the plan killed; the uprising disrupted support for the front lines.
• Muzan confronted Terumi Mei, and the two clashed with lightning, water dragons, and brute force across the sea.
• Terumi Mei used Lava Release to flood the area with corrosive acid, damaging Muzan and neutralizing his Blood Demon Art.
• Terumi Mei expanded her attack with Boil Release, causing more severe corrosive injuries, while Muzan stopped Haku from joining the duel and ordered him to defeat the Hidden Mist Village ninjas.

Haku’s forces routed the Land of Water soldiers at sea while Muzan fought Terumi Mei and broke her three water dragons with a single slash. Terumi Mei escaped into the deep sea, leaving Haku to secure the waters as the rebellion on the island neared its end.

• The Land of Water soldiers lost hope when reinforcements failed to arrive, and many threw down their weapons and fled into the sea.
• Haku spared the fleeing soldiers he expected to become citizens of the Land of Waves, but froze the diehards who continued fighting.
• Terumi Mei unleashed three water dragons and poisonous mist against Muzan as her forces faltered and her stamina waned.
• Muzan split the three water dragons with his Hatake Slash, but Terumi Mei dodged his follow-up attack by diving into the sea.
• Haku’s army occupied the waters, trapping and killing those who tried to escape the ice seal, while the island rebellion entered its final stage.

Muzan took control of the Land of Water and appointed its former daimyo to govern it, setting him against the nobles who had betrayed him. After learning that the Fish-Men had caused heavy casualties, Muzan turned his attention to settling the score with them and dealing with the Hidden Mist Village.

• Muzan arrived on the conquered island as the nobles presented the captured former daimyo of the Land of Water.
• Muzan appointed the former daimyo to manage the Land of Water, leaving him to contend with the nobles who had betrayed him.
• Muzan told the daimyo and nobles to keep the region peaceful while he focused on other matters.
• Haku gave Muzan the casualty report, which showed that more than thirty percent of their people had died because of the Fish-Men.
• Muzan ordered Haku to keep the losses secret and vowed to deal personally with those responsible for the trouble on the battlefield.

Muzan planned to secure Fish-Men for the Land of Waves and visited the abandoned Hidden Mist Village, while Terumi Mei led her displaced forces toward the Land of Wind to seek an alliance with Konoha. The Hidden Mist Village chose a dangerous storm route to evade the Land of Waves' blockade.

• Muzan assigned Haku to confront the Fish-Men and ordered Shanye Song to handle the battlefield cleanup.
• Muzan found the Hidden Mist Village deserted after Terumi Mei had led its people away, and he anticipated that they would eventually return to the Land of Waves' fringes.
• Terumi Mei and the Hidden Mist Village's leaders decided to flee toward the Land of Wind and join Konoha while escaping the Land of Waves' pursuit.
• The Great Elder recommended crossing the Storm Sea, and Terumi Mei ordered the ship to change course for the Land of Wind.

Muzan returned to the rebuilt Konoha and visited Orochimaru, who had developed a healing medicine from Man-Eating Demon blood. The medicine could save the gravely wounded but caused temporary madness, and Muzan ordered Orochimaru to continue testing it on captured bandits rather than treating people as disposable.

• Muzan inspected the rebuilt Konoha, where Pakura had overseen reconstruction and researchers had joined the village’s new laboratories.
• Muzan found Orochimaru conducting experiments in a woman’s body and learned that his Living Corpse Reincarnation still had a limited lifespan.
• Orochimaru showed Muzan a medicine extracted from Man-Eating Demons that rapidly healed wounds but left users violent and beast-like for about an hour.
• Orochimaru explained that the medicine could not be mass-produced because extracting it harmed the demons, and that his experiments had used around a hundred people.
• Muzan told Orochimaru to continue the experiments using captured bandits, while warning him not to treat them as disposable.

The Akatsuki sought the Land of Waves’ help against the united shinobi villages, and Muzan offered support while deploying the Twelve Kizuki. As the three allied nations prepared to resist Muzan, a hunt began against Land of Waves shinobi in the Land of Wind.

• Konan asked Muzan to help the Akatsuki, and he offered shinobi support and a retreat route through the Land of Rivers while agreeing to send the Twelve Kizuki.
• Haku defeated Hiruko in a Position-Swapping Blood Battle, becoming Upper Rank Five while Hiruko took Haku’s former position as Lower Rank One.
• The daimyo of the Land of Wind, Land of Earth, and Land of Lightning formed an alliance and planned border defenses and mutual military support.
• The daimyo of the Land of Wind learned that Land of Waves shinobi had reached his port while searching for Konoha’s remnants.
• A Land of Waves squad found its missing scouts dead in the desert, where puppets surrounded the three Elite Jōnin and began a hunt.

After Hidden Sand Village ninjas attacked the Land of Waves’ forces, Muzan learned that Konoha remnants and the Hidden Mist Village were plotting together and prepared to act on Danzo’s intelligence. Meanwhile, the surviving heir of the Land of Fire returned to the ruined Daimyō Palace to sow chaos, and Mukawa Hui’s estate was raided and burned.

• A surviving Land of Waves captain reported the Hidden Sand Village’s attack, and Muzan ordered Yuanshi punished for failing to anticipate the enemy’s escape route.
• Orochimaru gave Muzan intelligence from Danzo revealing cooperation between Konoha and the Hidden Mist Village, and Muzan agreed to eliminate their remaining forces.
• Muzan wrote to Danzo and prepared the Twelve Kizuki to patrol near Konoha’s hidden base without revealing his plans.
• The surviving heir of the Land of Fire returned to the former Daimyō Palace with his followers and chose Mukawa Hui, whom he blamed for his family’s downfall, as their first target.
• Black-clad ninjas attacked Mukawa Hui’s estate, looted it, and set it ablaze while Mukawa Hui hid in a concealed underground passage.

Muzan staged a search in Mukawa Territory to conceal his efforts to locate Konoha’s underground refuge and pressure its survivors. Minato refused Terumi Mei’s call for a counterattack, but after Muzan’s ninja appeared nearby, Konoha prepared to retreat deeper underground as Muzan’s encirclement took shape.

• Muzan deployed Shanye Song and other forces around the border while using the hunt for Mukawa Territory saboteurs as a cover, and he planned to exploit the alliance between Konoha, the Hidden Mist Village, and other powers.
• Terumi Mei urged Minato Namikaze to join the Hidden Mist Village in attacking the Land of Waves, but Minato refused because he suspected Muzan was laying a trap.
• A Root ninja told Danzo that Muzan had agreed to send people over on a condition, and Danzo hoped the arrangement would help him become Hokage.
• Muzan ordered Shanye Song’s group to pass near Konoha’s hidden location and make sure they were noticed, while concealing their surveillance of the refuge.
• Konoha’s patrol found miniature cameras, then a wounded ninja reported that its troops had clashed with Land of Waves ninja; Minato ordered a retreat deeper underground and led Anbu after Shanye Song.
• Minato believed the enemy had not found Konoha, unaware that Shanye Song’s group had passed by to monitor the refuge and potentially help surround it.

Muzan prepared the Land of Waves’ forces and launched a surprise assault on Konoha’s hidden base, using Kamizuru Poison Butterfly’s insect swarm to break through the Aburame Clan’s defenses. Pakura’s flames exposed and scorched Konoha’s outer hiding place as Minato Namikaze gathered the defenders underground.

• The Fourth Hokage reassured the allied ninja that Konoha’s location remained undiscovered, while representatives of the three great nations departed to seek reinforcements.
• Orochimaru showed Muzan an improved potion for the Land of Waves’ elite, and Muzan learned that Konoha was gathering its forces.
• Muzan’s troops encircled Konoha, and Kamizuru Poison Butterfly’s insect swarm tore through the Aburame Clan’s defensive perimeter.
• Land of Waves ninja advanced through the breach as explosions shook Konoha, prompting Minato Namikaze to teleport to the surface and identify the attackers.
• Pakura used her Sage Mode and flames to dispel Konoha’s illusion and set its outer hiding place ablaze while the Twelve Kizuki arrived.
• Minato Namikaze reached Konoha’s underground central square as ninja gathered in response to urgent calls that the village was under attack.

Pakura repelled Konoha and Hidden Mist forces emerging from underground while Minato Namikaze and Terumi Mei launched a risky attack on the Land of Waves' main camp. Muzan sensed their arrival and revealed that he had stayed behind to guard it.

• Minato Namikaze organized Konoha's people underground to resist the heat, but the forces who broke through the surface were driven back by Pakura's fire.
• Pakura warned Haku and the others to watch for Minato Namikaze, while Haku used Sage Mode to slow enemies and Hizashi Hyuga monitored the area.
• Minato Namikaze explained to Terumi Mei that attacking the main camp was their best chance to wound the Land of Waves and halt its advance.
• Minato Namikaze and Terumi Mei charged into the Land of Waves' main camp as Muzan watched the battle at the front.
• Muzan sensed the two intruders and revealed that he had never left the main camp.