Chapter Summaries

Muzan lured Zabuza’s group into the Blood Moon headquarters and targeted Haku for his Ice Release Bloodline Limit. Zabuza tried to protect Haku, but Pakura intercepted him as Muzan reached the boy.

• Muzan learned that Zabuza’s group had entered the island and ordered them allowed inside, warning Pakura not to harm Haku.
• Zabuza sensed danger and told Haku to stay close before Pakura revealed herself and split the mist with flames.
• Zabuza recognized Pakura and ordered his group to retreat while he held her off.
• Muzan arrived and offered the Demon Corps a place in his ranks, then rushed toward Haku as the corps knelt before him.
• Pakura seized Zabuza, whose Executioner’s Blade cut through her body before she healed herself.

Muzan transformed Haku into a Man-Eating Demon, combining his Ice Release with extreme cold to awaken a powerful Blood Demon Art. Haku survived and demonstrated his freezing abilities, though Muzan judged them insufficient against top-tier experts.

• Muzan incapacitated Zabuza and forced Haku to cooperate by threatening Zabuza's life.
• Muzan took Haku to the laboratory and injected him with Man-Eating Demon blood while Pakura assisted and the room was chilled to its lowest temperature.
• Haku underwent the transformation, his blood turned blue, and he awakened a Blood Demon Art that drove the laboratory's temperature below its limits.
• Muzan learned that Haku was a boy and tested his strength outside, where Haku's Falling Ice Rain froze the surrounding area.
• Haku used Ice Lotus Frost Assault, while Muzan assessed that his abilities were terrifying but not yet enough to defeat top-tier experts.

Muzan helped Haku awaken two powerful Blood Demon Arts, but Haku fainted from the energy required to use them. In the Land of Waves, Kakuzu warned Muzan about bad debts, while Muzan ordered Zabuza to serve him and promised to deal with the Hidden Mist Village.

• Haku's Blood Demon Art caused ice lotuses to bloom, but Muzan cut them down with his Blood Fang Blade and praised Haku before he fainted from exhaustion.
• Muzan ordered Haku to be taken back and said he could keep the title of Lower Rank Three and work toward becoming an Upper Rank.
• Kakuzu reported that unpaid arms invoices were becoming bad debts that could damage Blood Moon's cash flow, and Muzan ordered the organization to stop selling weapons at low prices.
• Muzan woke Zabuza with a Water Release technique and told him that serving Blood Moon would protect him and Haku from the Hidden Mist Village.
• Zabuza threatened Muzan, but Muzan struck him into a tree and warned him to obey or be prepared to die.

Muzan traveled to the Land of Crafts to obtain custom parts for his laboratory, while declaring his plan to overturn the existing order and draw every nation into a new war. The Land of Crafts' leaders debated how to respond to the loss of business to his factories, and the chapter ended as its Crafts Shadow prepared to meet Muzan's caravan.

• Muzan told Zabuza and Pakura that he intended to destroy the existing system and build a technological world, then assigned Kakuzu to funding and sent Zabuza to collect debts.
• Pakura explained that Muzan's factory-made tools had taken many orders from the Land of Crafts, so Muzan decided to travel there with Shanye Song for custom parts.
• The Crafts Village's leaders examined identical tools from the Land of Waves and worried that their traditional workshops could not compete with factory production.
• A Crafts Village leader proposed cooperating with Muzan to obtain factory machinery, but the group had no plan for persuading him.
• Muzan arrived in the Land of Crafts with his identity unconcealed, and Shanye Song offered to deal with anyone who obstructed them.
• The Crafts Shadow waited with others at the village entrance to receive Muzan, reminding his companions not to forget their plan.

Muzan negotiated a factory partnership with Crafts Shadow in the Land of Crafts, then encountered Sasori while he was selecting iron ore. Their fight began, and Sasori summoned his puppets as Muzan prepared to face him.

• Crafts Shadow agreed to Muzan's custom parts and factory proposal, with craftsmen from the Land of Waves handling the factory's crucial work.
• Muzan spotted Sasori selecting iron ore and recognized the Akatsuki puppet master.
• Muzan and Sasori clashed, and the village chief ordered the nearby blacksmiths to flee from the battle.
• Shanye Song attacked Sasori but was struck by poisoned needles and thrown aside by Sasori's tail.
• Muzan told Shanye Song to keep others from interrupting, then used his serrated demonic blade to cut through Sasori's concealed weapons.
• Sasori produced a scroll and began deploying his puppets against Muzan.

Muzan fought Sasori and his puppets near the iron mines, overcoming the Third Kazekage’s Magnet Release and confronting Sasori in his Hiruko shell. The battle continued as Muzan shattered Hiruko’s tail, while Sasori’s strongest technique remained unused.

• Sasori sent three puppets to attack Muzan, who destroyed them and blocked their poison needles.
• Sasori summoned the Third Kazekage puppet, whose Magnet Release trapped Muzan’s sword and attacked him with iron sand.
• Muzan cut through the iron sand with his Chakra Scalpel and blocked Hiruko’s poison needles with expendable flesh.
• Sasori held back the Performance of One Hundred Puppets because Shanye Song was nearby and could resist poison and recover from injuries.
• Muzan struck Hiruko’s tail with the Monster Strength Fist, cracking and breaking it apart.
• Sasori followed up with the Deadly Poison Greatsword.

Muzan fought Sasori in the Land of Crafts, but Sasori escaped after his puppets were badly damaged. Sasori returned to Akatsuki and told Konan he had encountered a powerful expert, while Muzan remained determined to kill him if they met again.

• Sasori used the Third Kazekage puppet to block Muzan's Monster Strength Fist, but Muzan's punch battered Hiruko and sent the puppet flying.
• Sasori decided he could not defeat Muzan at an acceptable cost, then attacked with concealed weapons, fire, and poison before escaping with the Substitution Jutsu.
• Muzan blamed Shanye Song for failing to track Sasori and injured him, while Shanye Song resolved to strengthen his Blood Demon Art.
• Muzan declined the village chief's offer to recuperate and said the villagers could use the blueprints he had given them.
• Sasori returned to Akatsuki with Hiruko badly damaged, told Konan he had encountered a powerful expert, and planned to investigate Muzan after repairing his puppet.

Muzan planned to reclaim land in the Land of Waves to make room for industrial growth, but he needed soil and support from the daimyo. He left the negotiations unresolved, while Kakuzu warned him about dealing with the nobles.

• Konan ordered people to monitor the Land of Crafts and the organization that had fought Sasori, while Sasori investigated the country.
• Muzan returned to the Land of Waves and identified limited population and soil as obstacles to development.
• Muzan proposed reclaiming land from the sea, despite Kakuzu's alarm about the cost and the interruption to their work.
• Muzan explained that the Land of Waves would keep advanced processing under its control while basic factories elsewhere generated wealth.
• Muzan said he needed to negotiate with the daimyo for soil, and Kakuzu refused to handle the matter and warned him not to clash with the nobles.

Muzan decided that the Land of Waves needed skilled settlers and planned to contact nearby daimyo and gather children displaced by war. In Konoha, Kakashi’s investigation ended, and he took a mission to protect Muchuan Songhe, hoping it would help him pursue Muzan.

• Muzan concluded that the Land of Waves needed a large, educated population to support its new laboratories and factories.
• Muzan told Muchuan that he would personally seek settlers and contact with the surrounding daimyo, while the Blood Moon Organization continued its other work.
• Kakashi and Sakumo Hatake remained under investigation in Konoha, with Sakumo reflecting on how little he understood Muzan.
• An Anbu delivered Kakashi a mission to escort Muchuan Songhe back to his territory, and the investigation into Kakashi and Sakumo ended.
• Kakashi accepted the mission as a chance to regain influence and investigate Muzan, despite Sakumo’s warning that protecting nobles was politically risky.
• Kakashi and his team reached the Muchuan Household, where Kakashi had to wait outside because of his status as a ninja.

Muzan arrived at the Mukawa Clan to discuss business, but rogue ninja threatened him and Haku outside the gate. Haku killed them instantly, leaving Mukawa Hui terrified.

• Muzan and Haku waited outside the Mukawa Clan gate while rogue ninja watched them and considered abducting Haku.
• Mukawa Hui came out and angrily rejected the rogue ninja, who demanded payment for their failed mission and threatened to attack him.
• Muzan stepped between the two sides and offered to kill the rogue ninja for Mukawa Hui, who agreed to pay him.
• The rogue ninja charged, and Haku froze all five into ice pillars before crumbling them into icy powder.
• Mukawa Hui collapsed in terror after witnessing Haku's power.

Muzan and Haku went to the Daimyō Palace to assassinate Muchuan Songhe, who had hired Kakashi as his bodyguard for the return to his estate. The pair entered the palace grounds by night, leaving the confrontation imminent.

• Muzan reminded Haku that their mission was to kill Muchuan Songhe and told him not to dwell on the city’s prosperity.
• Muchuan Songhe asked Kakashi to protect him as he returned to his estate, and Kakashi agreed.
• Muzan and Haku bypassed the palace’s main gate and entered the courtyard under cover of darkness.

Haku fought Kakashi using his Blood Demon Art, overwhelming him with freezing rain despite taking a Rasengan head-on. Muzan freed the unconscious Kakashi from the ice and told Haku to finish quickly as the disturbance had grown too large.

• Kakashi observed that he could not sense chakra or hand seals in Haku's attacks and prepared to end the fight quickly.
• Kakashi's Great Fireball Technique vanished in Haku's ice and snow, and Haku said he only wanted to kill his mission's target.
• Kakashi struck Haku with a Rasengan as Haku unleashed Blood Demon Art: Falling Ice Rain.
• Haku crashed through a wall but regenerated, while Kakashi was frozen solid by the falling ice rain.
• Muzan dispelled the ice around Kakashi, who fell unconscious, and urged Haku to finish quickly.

Muzan crushed Yoshino Go’s attempt to attack him and turned toward Muchuan Songhe, whom he had come to kill. He encountered three former Anbu comrades guarding the unconscious target and began fighting them.

• Muzan caught Yoshino Go’s arm before the blade could reach his neck, broke both his arms, and hurled him across the snow.
• An Anbu rushed to save Yoshino Go, but Muzan killed him with a kunai to the heart.
• Muzan entered the room and found three masked Konoha Anbu guarding the unconscious Muchuan Songhe.
• The Anbu recognized Muzan, and two attacked him while the third retreated to protect Muchuan Songhe.
• Muzan moved between the two attackers with blue light in his palm and outpaced them.

Muzan and Haku escaped Konoha’s search and brought Muchuan Songhe’s corpse to Mukawa Hui, confirming that Hui’s assassination plot had succeeded. As Hui celebrated becoming the sole heir, an old voice challenged whether he would inherit the position at all.

• The Fire Daimyo ordered Konoha to find the attackers, prompting investigations and clashes with wandering ninja across the Land of Fire.
• Muzan and Haku evaded the Byakugan search, but Jiraiya tracked their route with toads and headed toward the Mukawa Estate.
• Mukawa Hui anxiously waited at the estate, convinced that failing to kill Muchuan Songhe would bring ruin upon him.
• Muzan and Haku arrived and produced Muchuan Songhe’s corpse, and Mukawa Hui laughed as he declared himself the only heir.
• Muzan reminded Mukawa Hui of their agreement, but an aged voice said Hui first had to inherit the position.

Muzan helped Mukawa Hui seize Mukawa Estate and explained his plan to make the daimyo a powerless figurehead while developing the Land of Waves. As Haku embraced the goal of growing stronger and changing the world, Jiraiya entered the estate to search for Muzan, who sensed his arrival.

• Mukawa Hui killed his father with Haku's help and pledged to maintain his alliance with Muzan.
• Muzan encouraged Haku to reject the nobles' abuses and pointed to the Land of Waves as a safer home.
• Muzan told Mukawa Hui where to mine discreetly and suggested he could become the daimyo of the Land of Fire.
• Muzan explained to Haku that a puppet daimyo could serve as a powerless symbol, and Haku resolved to grow stronger and change the world.
• Jiraiya infiltrated Mukawa Estate in disguise to find Muzan, who sensed him approaching and called him an old friend.

Muzan and Haku fought Jiraiya, whose attacks were weakened by Haku’s freezing Blood Demon Art. Jiraiya summoned Gamabunta as the courtyard froze, and Muzan urged Haku to unleash his full strength.

• Jiraiya appeared and challenged Muzan, while Muzan introduced him to Haku as an old teacher and one of Konoha’s Legendary Sannin.
• Muzan told Haku to freeze the area, and Haku used Falling Ice Rain to lower the temperature around Jiraiya.
• Jiraiya attacked with Fire Release, but Muzan split the flames with his blade and endured Jiraiya’s Rasengan as his wound healed.
• Jiraiya summoned Bunta, drawing Mukawa Hui and the other ninjas toward the disturbance.
• Muzan urged Haku to use all his strength, and Haku unleashed Ice Lotus Frost Assault, freezing the courtyard and shattering whatever it touched.

Muzan survived Jiraiya and Gamabunta’s combined attack by protecting himself and Haku with thorns, then fused his Demon King Form with Sage Mode and unleashed a dramatic increase in strength. Jiraiya dispelled Gamabunta after Muzan wounded him, but summoned two sages to continue fighting and capture Muzan.

• Jiraiya and Gamabunta used Toad Oil Flame Bullet against Muzan, while the arriving ninjas hesitated to enter the battlefield.
• Muzan raised three Earth-Style Walls and shielded himself and unconscious Haku inside thorny growths until the flames passed.
• Muzan fused his Demon King Form with Sage Mode, protected Haku, and absorbed natural energy through the mouths on his body.
• Muzan lifted Gamabunta and pierced him with his nails, prompting Jiraiya to dispel the summoning.
• Jiraiya summoned two sages to help him continue the fight and capture Muzan.

Jiraiya fought Muzan with the help of Elder Fukasaku and Elder Shima, but Muzan escaped the Mukawa Estate with Haku before Jiraiya could enter Sage Mode. Konoha’s leaders gathered to discuss the clash and learned that Muzan could enhance other people’s strength.

• Jiraiya and the two sages confronted Muzan, whose blood-red eyes reminded them of the Great Toad Sage’s prophecy.
• Muzan attacked Jiraiya with Black Blood Brambles and Spine Bone Spikes, but Jiraiya countered with Needle Jizo and Rasengan.
• Jiraiya began gathering natural energy, so Muzan spread brambles to distract him, grabbed Haku, and escaped the courtyard.
• Muzan met Mukawa Hui and told him to continue secretly digging the earth and pressure Konoha, promising to send people to help.
• Jiraiya returned to Konoha injured, and the Hokage’s senior officials discussed Muzan’s allies and his ability to enhance other people’s strength.

Minato Namikaze’s effort to pursue Muzan was blocked after Konoha was blamed for attacks on Mukawa, while Danzo considered secretly aligning with Muzan. In the Land of Waves, Muzan continued researching sunlight resistance until Rain ninjas defeated the Demon Corps, prompting him to investigate their arrival himself.

• Minato Namikaze received word that Mukawa had reported ninja attacks to the daimyo, leading to an order forbidding ninjas from invading and halting Konoha’s open investigation of Muzan.
• Danzo saw Muzan’s outlaw status as a chance to form an alliance and take control of Konoha, though he first needed to locate him.
• Hizashi Hyuga warned Muzan that Rain ninjas had arrived, and Muzan said Hanzō of the Salamander was dead and Rain Village was controlled by an organization stronger than him.
• Muzan experimented with natural energy and sunlight, discovering that natural energy neutralized the cold power in his cells that caused his vulnerability to sunlight.
• Hizashi reported that a Rain ninja had defeated the Demon Corps, and Muzan suspected the visitor was an Akatsuki member before setting out to meet them.
• The Rain ninjas surveyed the Land of Waves and were astonished by its transformation into a developed place with cleared land and enormous cargo ships.

Muzan met Konan in the Land of Waves and proposed renewing his partnership with Akatsuki, offering to handle arms shipments and asking them not to interfere in his feud with Sasori. As Konoha traced Muzan’s ties to Mukawa Hui and the Land of Waves, the country emerged as a dangerous center of power backed by Akatsuki.

• Muzan emerged from the fog and reunited with Konan, explaining that he had ended contact with Akatsuki after defecting from Konoha.
• Konan revealed that Orochimaru had joined Akatsuki and offered to renew their cooperation, promising Akatsuki would not avenge Sasori if Muzan killed him.
• Konan warned that transporting Akatsuki’s goods through the Land of Fire risked conflict with Konoha, and Muzan offered to escort the shipments through Mukawa Estate.
• Muzan showed Konan the Land of Waves, whose people seemed unusually peaceful and content.
• Konoha’s Anbu traced Mukawa Hui’s recent secret dealings with Muzan to the Land of Waves, which had become Blood Moon’s headquarters and an ally of Akatsuki.