Chapter Summaries

Orochimaru mastered the Life-Nourishing Art, raised his favorability toward Xunjing, and agreed to form a contract with him. The contract granted Orochimaru powerful techniques and knowledge, and he left eager to pursue immortality while agreeing not to provoke the Sage of Six Paths.

• Orochimaru completed a circulation of the Life-Nourishing Art and noticed small improvements to his lifespan, life origin, and aptitude.
• Xunjing advised Orochimaru to take Nutrient Pills while practicing, and Orochimaru found that they greatly increased the art's effects.
• Orochimaru's favorability toward Xunjing rose to eighty-five, qualifying him to form a contract, and he agreed to sign it.
• The Contract Rune entered Orochimaru's consciousness, strengthening his soul and giving him the complete Life-Nourishing Art, the Longevity Manual, and many other techniques and records.
• Orochimaru expressed excitement about using the new techniques to pursue immortality and discussed the danger posed by the Sage of Six Paths.
• Xunjing warned Orochimaru not to draw the Sage of Six Paths' attention, and Orochimaru agreed to avoid stirring up trouble.

Xunjing advised Orochimaru on training and gave him a Zoan Devil Fruit to study, while Orochimaru proposed using contracted creatures to infiltrate the Pirate World. They discussed capturing White Zetsu, but Xunjing said they would wait until after dealing with Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu.

• Xunjing told Orochimaru to focus on several techniques and Observation Haki, and Orochimaru thanked him for the advice.
• Xunjing gave Orochimaru a Zoan Devil Fruit and explained that he had not yet found Vegapunk.
• Orochimaru suggested using contracts with small, intelligent animals or insects to scout hidden locations in the Pirate World.
• Xunjing praised Orochimaru's infiltration plan and proposed using White Zetsu for the task.
• Orochimaru asked Xunjing to capture White Zetsu for research, but Xunjing said they had withdrawn to the camp's outskirts and that they must wait until they dealt with Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu.

Xunjing and Orochimaru discussed the Sage of Six Paths, the origins of the Rinnegan, and the likely threat posed by the Rock Ninja and Sand Ninja. Xunjing planned a meeting to decide how to continue the war and revealed that he wanted to make Wood Release safely accessible to the Senju and others.

• Orochimaru asked whether Xunjing had arranged Senju-Uchiha intermarriages to help their descendants awaken the Rinnegan, and Xunjing explained that the plan focused on combining their talents and bloodlines.
• Orochimaru reasoned that Indra and Asura's reincarnations had fueled centuries of Uchiha-Senju conflict, while Xunjing suggested the Sage of Six Paths might have been preparing the Ninja World for an Otsutsuki invasion.
• Xunjing and Orochimaru concluded that the Rock Ninja and Sand Ninja might be targeting Konoha and discussed the likelihood of fighting them after Hanzo's death.
• Xunjing said he would convene the camp's jonin once Tsunade and the three clans' forces returned to plan the next stage of the war.
• Orochimaru asked about the First Hokage's cells and Danzo's Wood Release research, and Xunjing said he wanted to find a safe way for the Senju and others to obtain Wood Release.

Xunjing recruited Orochimaru to help research the First Hokage’s sage body and revealed plans to revive the First and Second Hokage. At a meeting, Tsunade accused Danzo of setting a trap for Xunjing and the Three Clans, and Xunjing produced Hanzo and Danzo’s call records as evidence.

• Xunjing told Orochimaru he would join the Research Department and help study the sage body, then described plans to revive the First and Second Hokage with Lady Mito’s agreement.
• Xunjing revealed that Danzo’s men murdered Kagami Uchiha and showed Orochimaru Kagami’s two Mangekyō Sharingan, but refused to lend them to him.
• Tsunade told the jonin that Xunjing had killed more than two thousand Rain Shinobi and Hanzo, and accused Danzo of arranging the ambush.
• Tsunade called on Xunjing to produce Hanzo and Danzo’s call records so the Yamanaka Clan and Interrogation Squad could verify them.
• Xunjing used his storage ability to place Hanzo and Danzo’s records on the conference room table, surprising the assembled ninja.

Xunjing stopped Sarutobi Heishan’s attempt to destroy Danzo’s and Hanzo’s bodies, then proved they had survived so the Interrogation Squad could examine their memories. The examination confirmed Tsunade’s accusations, and Xunjing produced letters linking the Third Generation to Danzo as Yamanaka Uya prepared to reveal more.

• Nara Shikayama ordered Yamanaka Uya to examine Danzo’s and Hanzo’s memories, but Sarutobi Heishan and other ninja tried to destroy the bodies with explosive tags.
• Xunjing trapped the attackers inside a Four Violet Flame Formation and crushed Sarutobi Heishan with Susanoo, containing the explosions within the barrier.
• Nara Shikayama, Hizashi Hyuga, and Hatake Sakumo recognized that Xunjing had secretly preserved the bodies, and Xunjing brought them back for examination.
• Yamanaka Uya and the Interrogation Squad confirmed that Danzo had conspired with Hanzo to kill the Uchiha, Senju, and Uzumaki ninja on the front lines, including Tsunade and Xunjing.
• Xunjing produced genuine letters exchanged between the Third Generation and Danzo as Yamanaka Uya prepared to disclose further findings.

Yamanaka Yu revealed that Danzo and the Third Hokage had conspired to destroy the Uchiha, Senju, and Uzumaki clans and exploit other clans, prompting the assembled Jonin to demand the Third Hokage’s removal and support Xunjing as the next Hokage. Xunjing assured them that the village was secure and that the Third Hokage would face arrest and trial after the war, then turned their attention back to the front lines.

• Yamanaka Yu announced that Danzo’s memories and secret letters showed the Third Hokage had ordered the clans’ destruction and worked with Danzo to harm other clans.
• Jonin from several clans testified that Danzo had taken gifted young members who never returned, and Xunjing presented letters proving the Third Hokage’s collusion with Danzo.
• The assembled Jonin denounced the Third Hokage and called for Xunjing to become the Fourth Hokage.
• Xunjing quelled the crowd and said they should postpone choosing a Hokage until the war ended, while assuring them that Lady Mito and his mother were overseeing the village and that the Third Hokage would be arrested and tried.
• Xunjing said he would send Hanzo’s and Danzo’s bodies and the secret letters to Konoha, then directed the Jonin to prepare to capture Amegakure and fight the Hidden Sand and Iwagakure.

Uzumaki Mito and Uchiha Chisato took control of Konoha after Hiruzen Sarutobi confessed and surrendered. The clan forces arrested the Sarutobi, Shimura, Utatane, and Mitokado clans, while an interim administration began stabilizing the village.

• Uzumaki Mito told the villagers that Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo would be tried after the war, and announced that she and Uchiha Chisato would temporarily govern Konoha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi surrendered to Uzumaki Mito and asked her to spare the Sarutobi Clan; she sealed his chakra and promised to preserve the clan's bloodline.
• Uzumaki Mito and Uchiha Chisato formed an interim administration with representatives of the ninja clans and influential jonin.
• Allied clan forces surrounded the Sarutobi, Shimura, Utatane, and Mitokado clan grounds, killing resisters and sealing the chakra of those detained.
• The allied forces crushed the Shimura Clan's resistance and headed to the Hokage Building after tallying the operation's results.

Uzumaki Mito and Uchiha Chisato consolidated control of Konoha after the four clans were subdued, assigning Contract Ninja to hunt down those still away on missions. Mito then confronted Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura, demanding they repay twice what they had taken from the village.

• Uchiha Aota reported that the Sarutobi, Shimura, Utatane, and Mitokado clans had been subdued, with casualties among the resisting clans and no deaths on his side.
• Uzumaki Mito explained that most of the four clans' frontline ninja had died or been captured, and Uchiha Chisato ordered the Three Clans' Contract Ninja to capture or kill those still on missions.
• Uchiha Aota left to reorganize Anbu, while Uzumaki Mito ordered the Daimyo to provide more funding and said Konoha would choose a Fourth Hokage after the war.
• Uzumaki Mito and Uchiha Chisato agreed to give the Daimyo's Senju-descended family a peaceful future if Xunjing later unified the Ninja World.
• Uzumaki Mito praised Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura for surrendering their authority, but demanded they repay double what they had taken from the village.

Uzumaki Mito forced Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura to surrender their authority and repay their clans’ embezzled funds. Meanwhile, Black-and-White Zetsu reported Xunjing’s strength and Konoha’s upheaval to Madara Uchiha, who began considering how to deal with Xunjing and Uchiha Chisato before questioning reports that Mito and Chisato looked young and possessed immense power.

• Uzumaki Mito ordered Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura to hand over their authority and have their clans repay the embezzled funds through mission earnings.
• Black-and-White Zetsu inspected the battlefield where Xunjing and the others had defeated Hanzo’s forces and concluded that Xunjing had overwhelming power and had mastered Flying Thunder God.
• Black-and-White Zetsu observed Uzumaki Mito and Uchiha Chisato crush the Sarutobi Clan and three other clans, transforming Konoha’s internal order.
• Black-and-White Zetsu reported Xunjing’s feats and Konoha’s changes to Madara Uchiha, who declared that Xunjing and Uchiha Chisato needed to be dealt with.
• White Zetsu told Madara Uchiha that Uzumaki Mito and Uchiha Chisato looked young and radiated terrifying power, and Madara questioned whether Mito was merely preserving her appearance with her Yin Seal.

Madara Uchiha learned that Uchiha Chisato, Uzumaki Mito, and Uchiha Xunjing had become powerful, and he agreed to a plan to lure and kill them. Meanwhile, Ōnoki was stunned by a report that Hanzo and Danzo had died and two thousand Rain Shinobi had been wiped out.

• Black Zetsu confirmed that Uzumaki Mito and Uchiha Chisato had regained their youth and reached power near Madara Uchiha's level.
• Black Zetsu linked the clans' unusual growth to the Uchiha's Nutrient Pills and explained that barriers had blocked his access to their clan grounds.
• Madara Uchiha decided to target Uchiha Chisato, Uzumaki Mito, and Uchiha Xunjing, and Black Zetsu proposed using hostages to bait them into a fight with three Wood Clones.
• Madara Uchiha approved Black Zetsu's preparations and ordered him to return with his Shadow Clone once they were ready.
• Ōnoki heard a report that Hanzo and Danzo were dead and two thousand Rain Shinobi had been defeated by two Lightning Release attacks.

Ōnoki learned that Uchiha Xunjing had killed Hanzo and over two thousand Rain Shinobi, then joined forces with the Third Kazekage to attack Konoha near Amegakure. As the Third Kazekage marched out, Xunjing and Tsunade were already leading Konoha forces toward the city.

• Dong Sijin told Ōnoki that Danzo’s forces had died in Hanzo’s poison mist and that Uchiha Xunjing had killed Hanzo and over two thousand Rain Shinobi.
• Ōnoki decided Xunjing was a threat to Iwagakure and resolved to join the fight around Amegakure and kill him.
• Dong Sijin suggested involving the Sand Ninja, and Ōnoki flew to meet the Third Kazekage, who agreed to join forces against Konoha.
• Ōnoki returned to gather his troops while the Third Kazekage led several thousand Sand Ninja toward Amegakure.
• Xunjing and Tsunade led over four thousand Konoha troops toward Amegakure, leaving about a thousand behind to guard their camp.

Konoha’s force reached Amegakure, but Xunjing detected the approaching Rock and Sand armies and led Konoha toward the Sand Ninja instead. As the Third Kazekage’s force advanced through the Land of Rain, lightning began flickering in the clouds above them.

• Xunjing sensed roughly five thousand Rock Ninja led by Ōnoki and four thousand Sand Ninja led by the Third Kazekage approaching Amegakure.
• Xunjing proposed leaving Amegakure for later and attacking one enemy army first, and Konoha’s leaders agreed to target the Sand Ninja.
• Hatake Sakumo argued that the Sand Ninja were the easier target and that Ōnoki’s Dust Release made the Rock Ninja more dangerous.
• Xunjing ordered Konoha’s force to change direction and march toward the Sand Ninja.
• The Rain Shinobi chose to remain inside Amegakure rather than pursue Konoha.
• As the Sand Ninja advanced, they noticed electricity flickering in the clouds, alerting the Third Kazekage.

Uchiha Xunjing used lightning from the thunderclouds to devastate the Sand Ninja forces, forcing the Third Kazekage to retreat. Tsunade arrived with Konoha reinforcements and ordered a pursuit, while Xunjing prepared to slow the fleeing army.

• The Third Kazekage warned his troops of Xunjing's attack and raised iron sand to shield them, but two lightning strikes killed more than a thousand Sand Ninja.
• Xunjing appeared near the retreating force and taunted the Third Kazekage, who kept withdrawing under an iron-sand barrier after spotting Konoha's approaching troops.
• Tsunade arrived with Hatake Sakumo and others, and Xunjing explained that the lightning-charged clouds would take time to recover.
• Tsunade ordered the Konoha forces to pursue the Sand Ninja and told Xunjing to slow them down until the troops caught up.
• Xunjing threw Flying Thunder God short swords toward the retreating Sand Ninja and placed a hand on Jiraiya's shoulder and another on Hatake Sakumo's.

Xunjing teleported into the battle with Hatake Sakumo and Jiraiya, then fought and killed the Third Kazekage. With the Kazekage and his elite guards dead, Xunjing joked that he was still weaker than Hanzo.

• Xunjing used Susanoo to block the Third Kazekage's iron-sand needles and slash through the battlefield, killing Sand Ninja caught in its path.
• Xunjing sent Hatake Sakumo and Jiraiya to fight the Sand Ninja elites while he faced the Third Kazekage.
• Xunjing abandoned Susanoo and dodged the Kazekage's iron-sand attacks, then escaped a trap of spikes and appeared behind him using the Space-Time Gate.
• Xunjing decapitated the Third Kazekage, and Hatake Sakumo and Jiraiya killed the distracted Sand Ninja jonin.
• Jiraiya praised Xunjing for defeating the Kazekage, and Xunjing said he was still a little short of Hanzo.

Xunjing killed the Third Kazekage, prompting Konoha’s forces to pursue the retreating Sand Ninja. He also struck a deal with Hatake Sakumo to trade swordsmanship lessons for payment and materials, while planning to strengthen his hold over Konoha.

• Hatake Sakumo praised Xunjing’s Flying Thunder God Technique and blade, and Xunjing offered to arrange a weapon for him in exchange for teaching swordsmanship.
• Tsunade and the arriving Konoha ninja found the Third Kazekage dead and reacted with astonishment and admiration for Xunjing.
• Xunjing offered Sakumo an advance for materials, noticed that many Konoha ninja had high affection for him, and marked the few with negative scores for future investigation.
• Tsunade ordered Konoha’s forces to pursue the fleeing Sand Ninja and cripple their strength, and Xunjing followed after storing the Kazekage’s corpse and burning away the bloodstains.
• Uesugi Kazuo rallied the Sand Ninja to fight back as Konoha caught up with their rear.

After Tanaka sacrificed his squad to cover the Sand Ninja retreat, Xunjing and Konoha’s leaders stopped pursuing and decided to confront Ōnoki’s Rock Ninja near Amegakure. Xunjing planned a surprise Lightning Release attack and agreed to teleport Konoha’s forces there using a Shadow Clone.

• Tanaka sent Uesugi Kazuo away with fifteen hundred Sand Ninja while he and a thousand others stayed behind to cover their retreat.
• Konoha’s forces killed Tanaka’s squad after a fierce battle, and Xunjing’s group chose not to pursue the survivors nearing the Land of Rain border.
• Xunjing learned that Ōnoki had brought the Rock Ninja close to Amegakure and decided Konoha had to stop their attack and drive them from the Land of Rain.
• Xunjing proposed going ahead alone to attack the Rock Ninja with Lightning Release, but Tsunade urged him to teleport the group there with Flying Thunder God instead.
• Xunjing agreed to send the army with a Shadow Clone while his real body went ahead to gather thunderclouds and electric charge for a surprise strike.

Xunjing prepared a one-use Flying Thunder God group teleportation array, then unleashed two devastating waves of lightning on the Rock Ninja besieging Amegakure. The survivors hid underground, and Ōnoki decided Xunjing had exhausted his trump card and could now be killed.

• Xunjing reassured Tsunade that his Shadow Clone could activate the group teleportation array, and he and his clones drew the one-use formulas.
• Xunjing teleported to a hill outside Amegakure and gathered electricity in the storm clouds above the Rock Ninja.
• Ōnoki sensed the danger, warned his troops, and raised earthen defenses, but the first lightning wave killed over a thousand Rock Ninja.
• Xunjing unleashed a second wave that killed more than five hundred Rock Ninja who had not escaped underground.
• The Rain Shinobi wondered what Xunjing's attack meant for Hanzo, while Ōnoki waited underground and concluded Xunjing could not keep using the technique.

Uchiha Xunjing confronted Ōnoki after devastating the Rock Ninja forces and revealed that the Third Kazekage and Sand Ninja had been defeated. When Tsunade and thousands of Konoha Ninjas arrived through mass teleportation, Ōnoki conceded and offered peace and an alliance; Konoha’s leaders recognized that the teleportation had frightened him into retreat.

• Ōnoki emerged with his Rock Ninja and challenged Xunjing, who accused him of attacking Konoha alongside the Kazekage.
• Xunjing told Ōnoki that he had killed the Third Kazekage and wiped out the Sand Ninja, prompting Ōnoki to consider retreating.
• Thousands of Konoha Ninjas appeared behind Xunjing through mass teleportation, and his Shadow Clone dispelled itself.
• Tsunade prepared to attack, but Ōnoki offered to withdraw and sign a peace treaty or alliance agreement.
• Nara Shikayama told Tsunade and the others that mass teleportation had likely convinced Ōnoki that Konoha could strike Iwagakure directly.

Xunjing pressured Ōnoki into peace talks after claiming Konoha had defeated the Sand Ninja and killed the Third Kazekage. After confirming the Kazekage’s corpse, Ōnoki agreed to pay Konoha one billion in cash or supplies, and the Rock Ninja withdrew toward the Land of Earth.

• Xunjing told Tsunade and the others that Ōnoki had planned to ambush him and that Mass Teleportation had made continued fighting too dangerous for the Rock Ninja.
• Xunjing demanded compensation from Ōnoki and threatened to wipe out his forces, citing Konoha’s victory over the Sand Ninja and the death of the Third Kazekage.
• Ōnoki challenged Xunjing’s strength, but Xunjing unleashed overwhelming chakra and reminded him that Tsunade, Sakumo, and Jiraiya were also present.
• Ōnoki agreed to pay after Xunjing produced the Third Kazekage’s corpse for him to verify.
• Xunjing, Nara Shikayama, and the Konoha leaders negotiated an agreement requiring Iwagakure to pay one billion in cash or supplies, with at least forty percent due within a month.
• Ōnoki signed the agreements, gathered the Rock Ninja and their dead, and withdrew toward the Land of Earth.

Ōnoki considered targeting the weakened Sand Ninja and seeking the Hidden Cloud Village’s space-time ninjutsu after deciding Konoha was too dangerous to fight. Outside Amegakure, Xunjing showed the Rain Shinobi Hanzo’s corpse, prompting them to discuss surrender.

• Ōnoki sent Kitsuchi and two elite squads to scout the Sand Ninja camp and look for evidence of a battle with Konoha.
• Ōnoki explained that Konoha’s mass teleportation made a direct war too dangerous, then considered attacking the weakened Sand Ninja instead.
• Ōnoki decided to wait until Konoha had beaten the Hidden Cloud Village before approaching them about the Heavenly Transfer Technique.
• Xunjing showed the Rain Shinobi Hanzo’s corpse and told them that Hanzo and the more than two thousand men who left with him were dead.
• A Rain Shinobi confirmed Hanzo’s identity and returned to Amegakure to discuss surrender with the village leadership.