Chapter Summaries

Hashirama and Xunjing exposed the contradictions in the stone tablet’s promise of peace, leading Madara to realize Black Zetsu had deceived him. Xunjing explained that the Infinite Tsukuyomi could end conflict only by transforming everyone into White Zetsu, while Mito suggested lasting peace would require an immortal ruler.

• Hashirama questioned why the Sage of Six Paths had hidden the Infinite Tsukuyomi instead of sharing it with his sons, and Madara and Hashirama argued before Hashirama returned to the tablet’s contradictions.
• Madara recognized that the Sage could have taught the method to his sons and began to suspect that the tablet’s promise of permanent peace was false.
• Xunjing told Madara that Black Zetsu had fabricated the Infinite Tsukuyomi’s promise of peace, leaving Madara ashamed over the harm he had caused Hashirama.
• Xunjing explained that the Infinite Tsukuyomi would stop war by turning everyone in the Ninja World into White Zetsu, and Mito said lasting peace would require an immortal ruler.

Uzumaki Mito explained that immortality and extended lifespans were possible, while Xunjing speculated that the Sage of Six Paths had died after extracting the Ten-Tails and might have been pursuing power in the Underworld. Madara Uchiha asked when they would capture Black Zetsu, and Xunjing said they would wait for an opportunity, leaving Madara to tour Konoha with Hashirama.

• Uzumaki Mito told the First Hokage and Madara Uchiha that she and Uchiha Chisato had grown younger and gained longer lifespans, and that the Otsutsuki Clan lived for a long time.
• Madara Uchiha questioned why the Sage of Six Paths had died of old age, and Xunjing speculated that losing the Ten-Tails might have drained his vitality and that he had sought to grow stronger as a soul.
• Madara Uchiha asked when Xunjing planned to capture Black Zetsu, and Xunjing said Black Zetsu was too difficult to catch without a suitable opportunity.
• Hashirama reassured Madara Uchiha that Black Zetsu would eventually be captured, then invited him to walk around Konoha and see how it had changed.

Hashirama took Madara to see Konoha while Uzumaki Mito gave Xunjing and Uchiha Chisato information about Uchiha Hikari’s seal. Meanwhile, Ōnoki planned to attack the Sand Ninja after their peace agreement with Konoha, which had just been signed with the Sand Ninja agreeing to pay reparations in ore and gold dust.

• Hashirama hauled Madara away toward Konoha, while Xunjing and Uzumaki Mito exchanged barbs with Uchiha Chisato about the two men’s relationship.
• Uzumaki Mito gave Xunjing and Uchiha Chisato an old book locating Uchiha Hikari’s seal at Thousandwood Mountain and warned them that Hikari likely hated the Uchiha Clan.
• Xunjing and Uchiha Chisato agreed to release Hikari, and Xunjing later left to train with Mikoto and the others.
• Kitsuchi urged Ōnoki to attack the Sand Ninja while they negotiated with Konoha, but Ōnoki decided to wait until after they signed a peace treaty and alliance.
• The Sand Ninja negotiated peace with Konoha and agreed to pay one billion in reparations, requesting to pay in ore and gold dust.

After Konoha and the Sand Ninja signed a mineral reparations deal, Orochimaru and Tsunade convinced Jiraiya to return to the village with them instead of avoiding Third Generation’s trial. The group arranged their departure for dawn while leaving troops behind to guard the border.

• Orochimaru, Tsunade, and the others signed a contract for the Sand Ninja to pay reparations with high-quality ore.
• Jiraiya asked to travel instead of returning to Konoha, hoping to avoid witnessing Third Generation’s trial.
• Orochimaru and Tsunade warned Jiraiya that fleeing would worsen his troubles and urged him to face the situation with them.
• Tsunade pretended to have placed a Flying Thunder God Mark on Jiraiya, and he agreed to return with the group.
• Tsunade set their departure for dawn, and Orochimaru confirmed that five squads would remain to watch the Rock Ninja and Sand Ninja.

Tsunade set out for Konoha as the other great villages learned that Hiruzen Sarutobi’s faction had fallen and that Konoha might have revived Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha. Ōnoki prepared to exploit the Sand Ninja’s withdrawal while seeking answers from Konoha, and Hidden Sand’s leaders feared Uchiha Xunjing could become the Fourth Hokage.

• Tsunade left for Konoha at dawn with Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Hatake Sakumo, Nara Shikayama, and several thousand ninja.
• Ōnoki learned that Hiruzen Sarutobi’s faction had been arrested or imprisoned and ordered his spies to investigate Konoha’s upheaval, its revived legends, and the Uchiha Nutrient Pills.
• Ōnoki decided to inform the other great villages about Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha while ordering Kitsuchi to prepare an ambush against the withdrawing Sand Ninja.
• Chiyo and Ebizo discussed how Uzumaki Mito and Uchiha Chisato had stabilized Konoha and considered that Uchiha Xunjing might become its Fourth Hokage.
• Hidden Sand’s leaders acknowledged that Uchiha Xunjing’s strength could outweigh his age, and Chiyo warned that his possible appointment would put them in serious trouble.

Chiyo and Ebizo considered the threat posed by Uchiha Xunjing becoming Hokage and prepared to counter an expected Rock Ninja ambush as the Sand Ninja withdrew. In Kumogakure, the Third Raikage learned that Konoha had purged Hiruzen Sarutobi and resurrected Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha, and decided that attacking Konoha was too dangerous.

• Ebizo reassured the Sand Ninja leaders that becoming Hokage could slow Uchiha Xunjing's growth, then privately admitted to Chiyo that he did not believe it would.
• Chiyo and Ebizo discussed Konoha's resurrection of Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha, and Ebizo urged patience while the other Great Ninja Villages responded.
• Ebizo warned Chiyo that the Rock Ninja might attack the Sand Ninja during their retreat, so Chiyo decided to set a counterambush in the Land of Wind.
• Chiyo and Ebizo summoned trusted senior officers and prepared the counterambush overnight before the Sand Ninja broke camp at first light.
• The Third Raikage confirmed reports that Hiruzen Sarutobi had been imprisoned and his clan purged, and judged that Kumogakure could not safely attack Konoha.
• The Third Raikage learned that Konoha had resurrected Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha through Impure World Reincarnation and envied the forbidden technique.

The Third Raikage planned to rally the other ninja villages against Konoha’s use of Impure World Reincarnation and intended to test Uchiha Xunjing’s strength. Xunjing told the imprisoned Hiruzen Sarutobi he would become Fourth Hokage and publicly try Hiruzen and Danzo, leaving Hiruzen convinced that his family’s future was ruined.

• The Third Raikage agreed with Hi’s proposal to build support for a Five Kage Summit and pressure Konoha to abolish Impure World Reincarnation.
• The Third Raikage ordered Hi to contact the other villages and said he wanted to test Uchiha Xunjing himself.
• Xunjing visited the imprisoned Hiruzen Sarutobi and told him he would become Fourth Hokage in a few days.
• Hiruzen denied Xunjing’s accusations, so Xunjing used his aura to force him to the floor.
• Xunjing promised to put Hiruzen and Danzo on public trial and punish them, then left Hiruzen fearing for his clan’s future.

After visiting Hiruzen Sarutobi in prison, Xunjing discussed his plans for the disgraced former Hokage over dinner with his family. Meanwhile, Black Zetsu discovered that Konoha had revived Madara and began planning a cautious rescue.

• Xunjing returned home after taunting Hiruzen Sarutobi in prison, and he recounted their conversation to Uchiha Chisato, Kushina, Minato, and Mikoto.
• Kushina, Minato, and Mikoto condemned Hiruzen Sarutobi and supported Xunjing's plan to strip him of power and make him serve Konoha.
• Uchiha Chisato asked when the returning troops would reach Konoha, and Xunjing said they were three or four days away as the village prepared for his inauguration, the public trial, and institutional reforms.
• Black Zetsu sensed Madara's presence in Konoha and realized the village had revived him and placed a powerful seal on him.
• Black Zetsu decided to send more White Zetsu to spy on Konoha before choosing a chance to rescue Madara.

Uchiha Xunjing and his allies let Black Zetsu escape because they planned to use Kaguya to help unify the Ninja World and learn about the Otsutsuki Clan. They uncovered and dismantled an ancient sealing array, freeing Uchiha Hikari from a chained box.

• Black Zetsu took White Zetsu underground and left Konoha while Xunjing, Uchiha Chisato, Uzumaki Mito, and Kushina watched.
• Xunjing explained that they would leave Black Zetsu alone for now and use Kaguya as a way to learn about the Otsutsuki Clan.
• Xunjing, Uzumaki Mito, and Uchiha Chisato teleported to a barren hilltop to find Uchiha Hikari's buried seal.
• Xunjing and Uzumaki Mito copied the seal's formulas before Xunjing unraveled the formation and exposed a rune-covered wooden box.
• Xunjing removed the box's chakra-metal chains and broke its final seal, releasing a young girl dressed in old-fashioned Uchiha clothing.

Xunjing and his allies subdued Uchiha Hikari, sealed her chakra, and took her back to Konoha. At home, Xunjing discussed his dōjutsu research and Susanoo cultivation method with Uchiha Chisato, who suggested he use it to win over the Uchiha Clan.

• Uchiha Hikari attacked Xunjing, Uchiha Chisato, and Uzumaki Mito with Fire Release and Amaterasu, but their defenses blocked the attacks.
• Uzumaki Mito bound Uchiha Hikari with Adamantine Sealing Chains, and Xunjing sealed her chakra before she attacked him again.
• Uchiha Chisato put Uchiha Hikari to sleep with her Mangekyō Sharingan and took her back to Konoha while Xunjing cleaned up the site.
• Xunjing told Uchiha Chisato that he was researching Mangekyo Ocular Techniques and explained the requirements he had discovered.
• Xunjing gave Uchiha Chisato a scroll explaining how three-tomoe Sharingan users with advanced meditation could reach the threshold of Susanoo early.
• Uchiha Chisato urged Xunjing to handle the method himself, saying it could help him win over the clan's older and younger members.

Xunjing planned to announce contracts and make the Susanoo Training Method available to eligible Uchiha, while considering a Genjutsu world to help Uchiha Hikari recover. He discussed Mangekyo training and clan education with Uzumaki Mito, who asked for more access to valuable redemption items.

• Uchiha Chisato urged Xunjing to bind the clan with contracts, and Xunjing decided to announce them at a clan-wide meeting and place the Susanoo Training Method in the Merit Pavilion.
• Xunjing struggled to manage village affairs while Uchiha Chisato cared for Uchiha Hikari, whose hostility toward the Uchiha, Senju, and Uzumaki had begun to ease.
• Xunjing proposed creating a Genjutsu world to reshape Uchiha Hikari's outlook, and Uzumaki Mito noted that developing it would require mastering Tsukuyomi first.
• Xunjing and Uzumaki Mito discussed interclan marriages and the Senju and Uzumaki needing to improve their education and younger generations.
• Uzumaki Mito promised to discuss changes with Lu Ming and asked Xunjing for more high-grade Pirate World potions and discounted redemption items.

Xunjing agreed to help the Uzumaki and Senju Clans and supported ending the Senju assimilation policy. He joined Hashirama and Madara Uchiha to revive Tobirama Senju and Danzo, bringing them to Training Ground Two in the Uchiha Clan Compound as the Uchiha watched.

• Uzumaki Mito asked Xunjing to support the Senju Clan's plan to end assimilation and recall clansmen and descendants, and he enthusiastically agreed.
• Hashirama and Madara Uchiha arrived, and Xunjing told them he was unafraid they could stop his appointment as Fourth Hokage.
• Hashirama and Madara Uchiha agreed to revive Tobirama Senju so they could show him the Senju Clan's state and confront him over his choices.
• Hashirama asked Xunjing to revive Danzo as well, and Xunjing agreed to let the villagers take their anger out on him.
• Xunjing, Hashirama, and Madara Uchiha teleported to Training Ground Two in the Uchiha Clan Compound, where Elite Police Force members asked why they had come.

Uchiha Xunjing revived Tobirama Senju and Danzo with Impure World Reincarnation in the Uchiha Clan Compound, drawing a crowd to watch. Tobirama awoke confused among the Uchiha, while Danzo immediately threatened Xunjing before being silenced.

• Uchiha Shidai gathered clan members and invited others to watch Xunjing revive the Second Hokage and Danzo.
• Madara Uchiha recognized Uchiha Hikari as an ancient Uchiha weapon and learned that Xunjing had rescued her.
• Xunjing placed two White Zetsu into the prepared magic arrays and activated Impure World Reincarnation.
• Tobirama Senju and Danzo emerged from the arrays and opened their eyes in the Uchiha Clan Compound.
• Tobirama Senju recognized Hashirama, Mito, Madara, and Chisato among the onlookers, while Danzo shouted threats at Xunjing and tried to attack him.
• Xunjing ordered Danzo to shut up.

Xunjing immobilized Tobirama Senju and weakened him after resurrecting him, while Hashirama and Uzumaki Mito explained what had happened to Konoha since his death. After learning how Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo had harmed the Senju and Uchiha clans and that Danzo had killed Kagami Uchiha, Tobirama admitted his prejudice and apologized to Xunjing.

• Xunjing used seals to stop Danzo and Tobirama Senju from moving, then drained Tobirama’s chakra when he tried to break free.
• Hashirama assured Tobirama that Konoha was fine and blamed his prejudice against the Uchiha for helping create the village’s problems.
• Hashirama and Uzumaki Mito told Tobirama how Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo had suppressed clans and exploited Konoha’s interests.
• Tobirama grew enraged upon learning of the Senju Clan’s decline and asked what had happened to Kagami Uchiha.
• Xunjing showed Tobirama Kagami’s Sharingan and revealed that Danzo had killed him, prompting Uzumaki Mito to criticize Tobirama’s treatment of the Uchiha.
• Tobirama accepted that he had misjudged Kagami and apologized to Xunjing for his prejudice against the Uchiha.

Tobirama Senju confessed that he had wanted to integrate the Uchiha into Konoha, but Madara Uchiha accused him of persecuting the clan and beat him while the others watched. After Hashirama explained that Xunjing would become Hokage and wanted Tobirama to work in the Research Department, Tobirama accepted the new order and grew curious about Xunjing’s plans for Konoha.

• Tobirama Senju said he had wanted the Uchiha to become part of Konoha, but Madara Uchiha blamed him for the clan’s persecution and his brother’s death.
• Madara Uchiha attacked Tobirama Senju and beat him for about ten minutes while Xunjing, Hashirama, Uzumaki Mito, and the Uchiha watched.
• Hashirama stopped the fight and rebuked Tobirama for passing the Hokage position to Sarutobi and allowing the Senju and Uzumaki clans to be endangered.
• Hashirama told Tobirama that Xunjing would become Hokage, put Sarutobi and Danzo on public trial, and wanted Tobirama to join Konoha’s Research Department.
• Uchiha Chisato challenged Tobirama about the Uchiha becoming Hokage, and he backed down and accepted the villagers’ choice.
• Tobirama realized Xunjing had driven the changes that saved the Senju and Uzumaki clans, and he decided that staying in Konoha to watch what Xunjing did might be worthwhile.

Xunjing brought the newly revived leaders to his office to review Konoha’s First Five-Year Plan, while Danzo was left to face the Uchiha. Tobirama recognized the plan’s ambitions and acknowledged Xunjing as a capable Hokage.

• Tobirama Senju agreed to work in the Research Department, then learned that Xunjing was Uchiha Chisato’s son.
• Xunjing teleported the group to his office and left Danzo chakra-sealed for the Uchiha to punish.
• Uzumaki Mito revealed that she had taught Xunjing the Flying Thunder God Technique in exchange for his restoring her vitality.
• Xunjing handed out Konoha’s First Five-Year Plan for review, and Madara Uchiha and Tobirama Senju competed to read it.
• Tobirama inferred that Xunjing intended to expand Konoha, cultivate officials, develop industry, and eventually unite the Ninja World and take authority from the daimyo.
• Tobirama praised the plan and told Xunjing he had underestimated him, calling him a capable Hokage.

Xunjing refined his reform plan with Tobirama Senju and the others, then welcomed Tsunade and the expeditionary force back to Konoha before announcing his inauguration for the next day. Jiraiya accepted that Danzo and his former teacher would face the public trial, but his faith in the Great Toad Sage’s prophecy worried Tsunade and Orochimaru.

• Tobirama Senju praised Xunjing’s plan, and they discussed its details with Uzumaki Mito, Uchiha Chisato, Hashirama, and Madara Uchiha.
• Three days later, Xunjing welcomed Tsunade and the expeditionary force at Konoha’s gate and announced his inauguration for the following day.
• Orochimaru told Tsunade that Xunjing planned major reforms to the Ninja Hospital and noted that the resurrected Second Hokage could join the Research Department.
• Jiraiya worried that the Second Hokage’s approval of Xunjing meant there was no hope for his former teacher, but he agreed to accept the public trial’s sentence and look after the teacher’s family.
• Jiraiya spoke of the Great Toad Sage’s prophecy, prompting Tsunade to reject the idea of a destined savior and insist that Xunjing would bring stability to the Ninja World.

Orochimaru and Tsunade challenged Jiraiya’s faith in the Great Toad Sage’s prophecy, and Jiraiya agreed to reconsider while remaining loyal to Konoha. In the Hokage Office, Tobirama Senju welcomed Tsunade, invited Orochimaru to join the Research Department, and confronted Jiraiya about his habits.

• Orochimaru argued that prophecy showed only one possible future and that Jiraiya’s search for the child of destiny could alter it.
• Tsunade urged Jiraiya to grow stronger, stay with Xunjing, and help Konoha; Jiraiya promised to think over their advice and stand with Konoha.
• Tsunade credited Xunjing for her growth, frustrating Tobirama Senju, who blamed Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo for the Senju Clan’s troubles.
• Tobirama Senju invited Orochimaru to discuss research and offered him a chance to contribute to the Research Department.
• Tobirama Senju asked Jiraiya whether he had been sneaking into hot springs and demanded to know who taught him those habits.

Jiraiya tried to shift the blame for his spying onto Hiruzen Sarutobi, but Tobirama Senju beat him and warned him never to do it again. The chapter left Jiraiya battered, remorseful, and convinced he had lost any chance with Tsunade.

• Jiraiya blamed Hiruzen Sarutobi for teaching him bad habits and revealed that Hiruzen had developed the Telescope Technique to peep.
• Tsunade and Orochimaru confirmed that Hiruzen had used the technique, but Tobirama Senju saw through Jiraiya's attempt to escape responsibility.
• Tobirama Senju dragged Jiraiya to a clearing and beat him for nearly half an hour, warning that he would cripple him if he spied again.
• Xunjing and the others watched the beating, and Xunjing warned Jiraiya that he would have him castrated if he harassed women again.
• Tsunade told Jiraiya that he deserved the beating and left, while Orochimaru chastised him for spying on villagers' wives and daughters.

Orochimaru left Jiraiya chastened, while Tobirama Senju agreed to wait for Hiruzen Sarutobi’s public trial before punishing him. Xunjing was proclaimed Fourth Hokage, announced sweeping reforms, and assigned the First Hokage to lead Konoha’s expansion and reconstruction.

• Orochimaru used Space Transfer to leave, and Jiraiya resolved to stop harming people in Konoha before wondering how Orochimaru had learned the technique.
• Tobirama Senju prepared to attack Hiruzen Sarutobi, but Uzumaki Mito persuaded him to wait until the public trial and outlined Hiruzen’s planned punishment.
• Xunjing was proclaimed Fourth Hokage at a public ceremony, and Nara Shikayama announced plans to reform schools and redesign Konoha.
• Xunjing convened Konoha’s Jonin, presented the First Five-Year Plan, finalized leadership appointments, and won approval to begin the reforms.
• Xunjing tasked the First Hokage with Konoha’s expansion and reconstruction, prompting the First Hokage to ask if he could refuse.