Chapter Summaries

Hashirama proposed using Madara to help expand Konoha, and Xunjing agreed, threatening to seal Madara further and force him to work. Madara offered to help capture Black Zetsu to avoid construction duty, but Xunjing revealed that he planned to leave Black Zetsu free to provoke the other villages while Konoha grew stronger.

• Madara laughed at Hashirama and praised Xunjing for assigning him to the Research Department.
• Hashirama suggested Madara use Wood Release and Earth Release to help renovate Konoha, and Madara considered whether the work could offer a chance to escape.
• Madara told Xunjing he had abandoned Infinite Tsukuyomi and was content to stay in Konoha, but refused to do construction work.
• Xunjing threatened to seal Madara's power and control his body to make him work alongside Hashirama.
• Madara offered to help capture Black Zetsu in exchange for being excused from construction, but Xunjing refused and explained that Black Zetsu's schemes could help Konoha unify the Ninja World.

Xunjing explained his plan to manipulate Black Zetsu while minimizing casualties, then pushed forward Konoha’s expansion and the use of ninja in public works. After Hashirama and Madara left to help with construction, Uzumaki Mito asked how Xunjing would secure funding from the Daimyo.

• Xunjing said he would leave Black Zetsu active and secretly encourage him so he could unite the Ninja World without destroying it or provoking widespread hatred.
• Tobirama Senju brought Xunjing a research proposal from himself and Orochimaru, and Xunjing approved several projects for immediate work.
• Xunjing sent Hashirama and Madara to the Engineering Department and explained his plan to employ ninja in infrastructure and reshape their role in society.
• Xunjing loosened some of Madara’s seals, restoring his strength up to the limit of his current body, and promised further restoration if Madara worked well.
• Uzumaki Mito asked Xunjing how he would approach the Daimyo for construction funds and warned that relying on Uchiha money and land would harm the village.

Xunjing laid out a plan to fund Konoha’s expansion through shares, build appliance and pharmaceutical sales networks, and delay issuing a new currency until Konoha had secured broader economic influence. The chapter ended with villagers gathering around the resurrected Danzo and an aged Third Generation, ready to confront them over their past actions.

• Xunjing proposed selling shares to Konoha’s clans, residents, the Daimyo, and Fire Country elites to fund construction and bind them to Konoha’s interests.
• Uzumaki Mito agreed and discussed expanding subscriptions, while Xunjing outlined plans for appliance production, Uchiha Pharmacy, sales networks, housing, and possible banking reforms.
• Xunjing said Konoha could eventually issue its own gold-backed currency, but only after it had enough strength and economic influence to withstand the powerful elite’s opposition.
• Uzumaki Mito approved his cautious approach to currency reform and his broader efforts to change the ninja profession and society.
• Villagers gathered outside the Hokage Building, recognized resurrected Danzo and an aged Third Generation, and angrily condemned Danzo for abducting children and forcing them into Root.

Xunjing and the Second Hokage brought Danzo and the Third Hokage before the villagers, who condemned the crimes of their clans. The Second Hokage announced Danzo’s punishment, while the Third Hokage faced an impending trial and the Sarutobi and Shimura clans faced severe consequences.

• Villagers accused the Third Hokage, the Sarutobi Clan, and the Shimura Clan of abusing their power, while the Third Hokage realized how much resentment they had hidden.
• The Third Hokage recalled Orochimaru advising him to admit guilt and Jiraiya confronting him over his betrayals of Konoha; Jiraiya agreed to look after some of the Sarutobi Clan.
• Xunjing’s group arranged gradual punishments for the Sarutobi Clan, the destruction of the Shimura Clan, and lighter penalties for the Utatane and Mitokado clans.
• Xunjing read Danzo’s and the Third Hokage’s crimes aloud before the villagers, while Danzo could not speak and the Third Hokage kept his head lowered.
• The Second Hokage sentenced Danzo to hang for three days with an undying body and invited villagers with grudges to take action against him.

The villagers celebrated as Xunjing’s punishment exposed the two elders’ past misdeeds and destroyed their reputations. Xunjing then revealed that they had also plotted to exploit Nawaki and Tsunade and endanger the entire village, leaving the elders surrounded by the crowd’s renewed fury.

• The villagers erupted in approval after the two elders’ hidden crimes were exposed and their respectable reputations collapsed.
• The two elders stood in despair and turned toward Xunjing, recognizing him as the cause of their downfall.
• Xunjing rejected their implied grievance and declared that their punishment was still insufficient.
• Xunjing revealed that the elders had secretly plotted to manipulate Nawaki and Tsunade and throw the village into turmoil.
• The villagers learned the scheme could have harmed the entire village and cursed the elders for their vicious plans.

Xunjing watched Danzo face the enraged crowd while the Second Hokage rejected Hiruzen Sarutobi and sent the former Third Hokage to serve his sentence. The Second then left to oversee appliance research, and Xunjing tasked Hatake Sakumo with rebuilding the Anbu.

• Danzo's seals were lifted, and the crowd attacked him, repeatedly cutting him apart as he revived.
• Xunjing warned the Third that the crowd might turn on him too, and the Third refused to join Danzo.
• Tobirama Senju disowned Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzo, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura, then went to oversee the Research Department's chakra-powered appliances.
• Tobirama told Xunjing to remove Hiruzen's Hokage portrait from Kage Rock and put Xunjing's face in its place.
• Xunjing ordered Hatake Sakumo to take Hiruzen to the Cleaning Bureau, where Hiruzen began sweeping the streets.
• Xunjing put Hatake Sakumo in charge of reorganizing, training, and expanding the Anbu.

Xunjing appointed Hatake Sakumo as Anbu Director and arranged a swordsmanship exchange with him. Tsunade asked Xunjing for staff to support Konoha’s expanding medical system, and he agreed to transfer most of the Uchiha Hospital staff and forty doctors from the Pirate World, leaving her to recruit Dr. Kureha herself.

• Xunjing appointed Hatake Sakumo as Anbu Director, and Sakumo accepted the position.
• Xunjing scheduled a swordsmanship exchange with Sakumo for the following afternoon and hinted that he had an important matter to discuss about Sakumo’s future.
• Tsunade asked Xunjing to provide Dr. Kureha, Uchiha Hospital staff, and doctors from the Pirate World to help expand Konoha’s Medical Department.
• Xunjing authorized the transfer of ninety percent of Uchiha Hospital’s staff and forty doctors from the Pirate World, but told Tsunade to invite Dr. Kureha herself.
• Xunjing suggested that Tsunade use the village hospital’s medical information and experimental records to entice Dr. Kureha.

Tsunade secured Xunjing’s approval to bring Dr. Kureha to Konoha to study its medical records. Meanwhile, Gamamaru foresaw a changed future in which Konoha united the Ninja World and Mount Myoboku might be destroyed, leaving the toads worried that his plans involving Jiraiya would make them enemies of Konoha.

• Tsunade asked Xunjing for an order transferring forty doctors from Uchiha Hospital, and he wrote and stamped it for her.
• Tsunade said Dr. Kureha could study Konoha’s medical records and teleported away with the transfer order.
• Gamamaru summoned Shima and Fukasaku after dreaming that Konoha would unite the Ninja World and Mount Myoboku might be wiped out.
• Gamamaru told the other toads that he had once promised the Sage of Six Paths to watch over and influence the Ninja World, and admitted he had used Jiraiya to pursue that task.
• Shima and Fukasaku suspected Gamamaru’s deception had led Jiraiya to oppose Konoha and could bring about Mount Myoboku’s destruction.
• Gamamaru concluded that the unforeseen force changing the future might be too dangerous for him to challenge.

Gamamaru told Jiraiya that his prophecies had failed and Mount Myoboku would stop using him to pursue the Child of Prophecy. Jiraiya learned that Mount Myoboku planned to apologize to Konoha and offer compensation, while Fukasaku and Shima resolved to visit the Fourth Hokage.

• Gamamaru decided to tell Jiraiya the truth, apologize to Konoha, hand over Mount Myoboku's Summoning Contract Scroll, and keep the Ninja World's recent events from the Sage of Six Paths.
• Fukasaku and Shima explained Gamamaru's new vision to Jiraiya, who doubted the prophecies he had devoted his life to following.
• Gamamaru apologized to Jiraiya, freed him from pursuing the Child of Prophecy, and promised to send Fukasaku and Shima to Konoha with compensation.
• Shima asked Jiraiya about Konoha's recent upheaval, and he told her that the Third Hokage had been killed and described the changes in the village.
• Fukasaku and Shima concluded that the unpredictable factor was the Fourth Hokage, Uchiha Xunjing, and Shima decided they should go to Konoha to apologize and congratulate him.
• Jiraiya realized Mount Myoboku's decision might have prevented him from being manipulated into opposing Konoha and Xunjing.

Jiraiya returned from Mount Myoboku with an offer of apology and compensation, including its Summoning Contract and Sage Art Cultivation Method. After Xunjing deduced that the Great Toad Sage had foreseen Mount Myoboku’s destruction if it opposed Konoha, he asked the others what to do about accepting the apology.

• Jiraiya persuaded Fukasaku and Shima to apologize to Konoha and offer the village Mount Myoboku’s Sage Art Cultivation Method; they agreed to include Senjutsu and visit Konoha.
• Jiraiya returned to the Ichiraku Ramen Shop, paid for the bowl that had disappeared, and went to the Hokage Office at Xunjing’s request.
• Jiraiya told Xunjing and the others about Mount Myoboku’s prophecy that Konoha would unify the Ninja World.
• Xunjing deduced that the Great Toad Sage had seen Mount Myoboku’s destruction if it failed to apologize and make peace with Konoha, and Jiraiya confirmed his guess.
• Jiraiya asked Xunjing to accept Mount Myoboku’s apology, and the others said the decision was his to make.

Jiraiya summoned Fukasaku and Shima, who offered Konoha Mount Myoboku’s summoning scroll and Senjutsu manuals while explaining the risks of training. Tsunade and Orochimaru vowed to master perfect Senjutsu and get revenge on Jiraiya, while Xunjing challenged Jiraiya for blaming his lechery on the Third Hokage.

• Jiraiya summoned Fukasaku and Shima to meet Xunjing and the Konoha leaders.
• Fukasaku and Shima apologized for misleading Jiraiya and offered Mount Myoboku’s summoning scroll and Senjutsu training manuals.
• Tsunade said Xunjing could help her overcome her past difficulties with Senjutsu, then promised to beat Jiraiya after mastering the perfect form.
• Orochimaru joined Tsunade in threatening Jiraiya, while the First Hokage questioned how Jiraiya had learned his flawed Sage Mode.
• Fukasaku and Shima explained Jiraiya’s talent and shortcomings, then Shima blamed the Third Hokage for teaching him to peep on women.
• Xunjing asked Jiraiya whether he had falsely blamed the Third Hokage for making him a lecher.

Tsunade exposed Jiraiya’s true nature, and Hashirama accidentally revealed to Madara that he had faked threatening himself with a kunai, provoking a fight. Xunjing sent them away and secured Mount Myoboku’s cooperation with Konoha by accepting its compensation and offering Nutrient Pills.

• Tsunade told Shima and Fukasaku that Jiraiya had been a pervert from the start, rather than simply a product of his teacher’s influence.
• Hashirama bragged that his kunai threat had fooled Madara, and Madara grabbed a kunai and attacked him after realizing he had been deceived.
• Xunjing teleported Hashirama and Madara to a clearing behind Kage Rock, then accepted Shima and Fukasaku’s compensation and settled Mount Myoboku’s past deception of Jiraiya.
• Xunjing gave Shima Advanced Nutrient Pills and promised benefits for Mount Myoboku if its toads cooperated with Konoha and trained its ninja in senjutsu.
• Fukasaku and Shima agreed to fully support Konoha, and they wondered whether Shikkotsu Forest and Ryūchi Cave might also seek cooperation.

Fukasaku and Shima gave Xunjing Mount Myoboku’s summoning and senjutsu scrolls, while Jiraiya asked to learn Perfect Senjutsu. Xunjing agreed only if Jiraiya abandoned his lecherous habit, then sent him to the Mission Department and brought Hashirama and Madara back.

• Fukasaku and Shima handed Xunjing Mount Myoboku’s Summoning Contract Scroll and Senjutsu Compendium before returning to Mount Myoboku.
• Xunjing read the scrolls, praised Jiraiya for helping with Mount Myoboku, and explained that learning senjutsu required a contract and his Meditation Method.
• Jiraiya asked Xunjing to teach him Perfect Senjutsu, and Xunjing made him promise to quit his filthy habit completely.
• Tsunade, Uzumaki Mito, and the Second Hokage warned Jiraiya to keep his promise, and Xunjing threatened to deal with him if he relapsed.
• Xunjing ordered Jiraiya to report to the Mission Department for S-Rank missions, then teleported Hashirama and Madara back.
• Madara complained that he had not finished beating Hashirama, and Xunjing told him to stop because he could neither kill nor hurt him.

Hashirama and Madara settled their quarrel, and Xunjing arranged for Tobirama to approach the Daimyo about funding and investment. Xunjing then showed Hatake Sakumo a new swordsmanship system and demonstrated its power, revealing that his own strength exceeded that of an ordinary Sword Master.

• Hashirama persuaded Madara to call their old grievances even, and they sat together again.
• Xunjing finalized a preliminary investment plan and asked Tobirama to visit the Daimyo and invite nobles and merchants to Konoha.
• Xunjing exchanged swordsmanship manuals with Hatake Sakumo, who recognized that the new method could reach the Sword Master and Great Swordsman levels but required great physical strength.
• Xunjing took Hatake Sakumo to the Forest of Death and demonstrated a slash that cut through rows of trees without using chakra.
• Xunjing told the astonished Hatake Sakumo that even a peak Sword Master could produce only a tenth of the destruction he had shown.

Xunjing offered Hatake Sakumo the Sword Intent Cultivation Method in exchange for a contract binding Sakumo to his interests, and Sakumo accepted. The contract gave Sakumo vast knowledge about other worlds and powerful cultivation techniques, leaving him overwhelmed as he processed the revelations.

• Xunjing explained that his powerful sword strikes came from his self-developed Sword Intent Cultivation Method, which he had also taught Koshiro.
• Xunjing offered to teach Sakumo the method through a contract that would prevent Sakumo from harming him or even considering it, while granting him further benefits.
• Sakumo accepted the terms and touched the Contract Rune, completing the contract with Xunjing.
• The contract flooded Sakumo's mind with knowledge about the Pirate World and Ninja World, along with numerous cultivation methods and techniques.
• Sakumo learned that Xunjing could travel between worlds, that some Konoha clans had grown stronger through that connection, and that Nutrient Pills used ingredients from the Pirate World.

After receiving Xunjing’s divine arts and learning about his family’s tragic original fate, Hatake Sakumo pledged himself to Xunjing and began exchanging swordsmanship with him. Xunjing rapidly mastered Sakumo’s techniques, while Sakumo learned the basics of Pirate World swordsmanship and was sent to study with Teacher Koshiro.

• Hatake Sakumo resolved to earn enough merit to ask Xunjing to form contracts with Keiko and Kakashi, and his affection for Xunjing reached its maximum.
• Sakumo thanked Xunjing for his blessing and pledged to help him unify the Ninja World and conquer the Pirate World.
• After learning about the original fate of his family, Sakumo grew furious at the Third Generation and Danzo and privately considered attacking them.
• Sakumo and Xunjing exchanged swordsmanship instruction through shadow clones, and Xunjing quickly advanced in Hatake Swordsmanship and ninja swordsmanship.
• Xunjing told Sakumo to visit Frostmoon Island and study under Teacher Koshiro at the Itto Dojo.

Xunjing arranged for Sakumo to learn from Koshiro and discussed expanding their contracts and operations in the Pirate World with his family. He proposed taking over a country there as a training ground for future governance, leaving the idea under consideration.

• Xunjing told Sakumo that Koshiro was a renowned Great Swordsman and encouraged him to seek Koshiro's guidance and spar with him.
• Xunjing returned home, where Uchiha Chisato called him to help serve dinner, and he explained that he had signed a contract with Sakumo.
• Xunjing asked Minato to introduce Sakumo at the Itto Dojo and offered his family opportunities to learn Sakumo's swordsmanship.
• Xunjing advised Uchiha Chisato, Minato, and Mikoto to strengthen their Basic Swordsmanship and Sword Intent before studying other styles.
• Uchiha Chisato asked about signing contracts with returning ninjas, and Xunjing agreed to begin arranging them the day after tomorrow.
• Xunjing asked Uchiha Chisato whether they should take over a country in the Pirate World to train administrators and test reforms.

Xunjing and his allies considered taking over a country in the Pirate World to train people and develop their operations. They left Wano Country as a backup option, pending a better understanding of whether they could defeat and kill Kaido without drawing unwanted attention.

• Xunjing rejected Drum Island as a target because it belonged to the World Government, had harsh conditions, and was too small to support their plans.
• Minato suggested the sky islands as a place to establish a country, and Xunjing and Uchiha Chisato added them to the shortlist.
• Mikoto proposed Wano Country, citing its isolation and the people’s resentment of Kaido and Shogun Orochi, but noted they would have to overcome Kaido and his crew.
• Uchiha Chisato warned that Kaido might survive defeat and retaliate with Big Mom, while killing him could attract the World Government and Marines.
• Xunjing made Wano Country a backup option and suggested sparring with Rayleigh to compare Pirate World fighters with Ninja World fighters before deciding whether to attack Kaido.

Xunjing discussed sealing Devil Fruit powers and proposed building a pirate territory while infiltrating the Pirate World's major powers. He and Uchiha Chisato concluded that recruited contractors could enter the Navy, though Xunjing could not join it himself for now.

• Xunjing proposed researching Sealing Arts to suppress Kaido and other Devil Fruit users, and Uchiha Chisato agreed that stronger seals were worth developing.
• Xunjing outlined a plan to claim territory in the New World, build a pirate crew, and infiltrate kingdoms and major powers to recruit contractors.
• Uchiha Chisato recommended securing powerful contractors such as Hashirama, Tobirama, and Madara Uchiha, while Kushina suggested recruiting Navy figures.
• Xunjing considered joining the Navy under a clean identity, but Uchiha Chisato warned that his secrets and responsibilities in the Ninja World made it impractical.
• Uchiha Chisato suggested sending other contracted geniuses into the Navy, naming Kushina, Mikoto, Minato, Might Duy, Kuina, and Nami as possible candidates.

Xunjing and the others discussed recruitment and infiltration plans, deciding that chakra and ninjutsu must remain exclusive to Contractors in the Pirate World. After learning the Sage of Six Paths might be watching the Ninja World, Xunjing planned safeguards and a refuge inside the Space-Time Gate Space.

• Xunjing agreed to add Might Duy to the next group of recruits, while Might Guy would have to wait until he was older.
• Minato said he was willing to join the Marines, but Kushina refused and preferred piracy; Mikoto warned that infiltrators must conceal their ninja abilities.
• Xunjing rejected spreading chakra techniques to outsiders, explaining the danger of empowering people and sea creatures, and added a prohibition against teaching chakra to the Space-Time Gate Contract.
• Chisato warned Xunjing that the Sage of Six Paths might be monitoring the Ninja World through the Great Toad Sage.
• Xunjing planned an automatic emergency teleport to the Space-Time Gate Space and a base there to serve as a refuge and transit station.