Recaps

Pain convened the Akatsuki and assigned teams to capture several jinchuriki while the Five Kage gathered in Konoha. The members departed on their missions, leaving Pain and Konan in the chamber as Obito vanished.

• Zetsu reported that the Five Kage had gathered in Konoha for the Chunin Ninja Exams, the Tailed Beasts' locations were confirmed, and his spores had infiltrated the village.
• Pain summoned the Akatsuki through their rings and announced their next mission was to capture the Tailed Beasts before the Kage could react.
• Pain sent Kisame Hoshigaki and Zabuza Momochi to capture the Two-Tails' jinchuriki in Kumogakure, while Obito and Danzo headed for the Eight-Tails in the Valley of Clouds and Lightning.
• Pain assigned Kakuzu and Hidan to capture Utakata in the Land of Water, and Deidara and Sasori to capture the One-Tail's jinchuriki in Sunagakure.
• Pain said he would capture the Four-Tails and Five-Tails in Iwagakure, then ordered Zetsu to keep the intelligence updated in real time.
• The Akatsuki members' projections faded, and Pain remained with Konan before the Gedo Statue, whispering that Yahiko's time would come soon.

Hyuga Tianyi used Impure World Reincarnation to briefly bring Rin Nohara back, then sent her back to the Underworld after telling her that Obito was alive. At dawn, Uchiha Itachi, Kabuto Yakushi, and Inuzuka Hana set out to hunt weakened teams at a strategic point in the Forest of Death.

• Tianyi summoned a White Zetsu Clone in his underground laboratory and prepared it for Impure World Reincarnation.
• Tianyi revived Rin Nohara with a piece of bone, and she asked where she was and whether she was still alive.
• Tianyi told Rin that she was near Konoha, had died, and would meet Obito the next time she saw him.
• Rin reacted in disbelief when Tianyi told her Obito was still alive, but Tianyi immediately released the jutsu and sent her back to the Underworld.
• At dawn, Itachi studied the Forest of Death map and identified C-7 as a likely route for teams retreating from the central area.
• Itachi, Kabuto, and Hana agreed to wait at C-7 and attack exhausted teams, then headed toward the position.

Jiraiya returned to Konoha with the Great Toad Elder’s vision of a war-torn world and suspected Hyuga Tianyi might be the figure at its center. On Blue Star, Tianyi prepared to awaken the Tenseigan using hundreds of cloned Byakugan.

• Jiraiya arrived at Konoha and saw how much the village had prospered under Hyuga Tianyi’s leadership.
• Jiraiya recalled the Great Toad Elder’s prophecy of a world at war and a figure with glowing white eyes, then hurried to the Hokage Building intending to stop Tianyi if necessary.
• On Blue Star, Tianyi met Commander Tian in an underground laboratory and learned he had been called to help with an experiment.
• Commander Tian showed Tianyi 220 pairs of cloned Byakugan made from Hinata Hyuga’s DNA and explained the plan to fuse them into a Tenseigan.
• Tianyi entered the jutsu array, activated Sage Mode, and prepared to attune the Byakugan to himself.

Jiraiya told Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Hiruzen Sarutobi that the Great Toad Elder had prophesied Hyuga Tianyi would bring war and ruin to the Ninja World. After the others rejected his suspicions, Tsunade assigned Jiraiya to guard the Chunin Ninja Exams perimeter, but he left the meeting determined to stop Tianyi.

• Jiraiya described the Great Toad Elder's vision of a war-torn Ninja World and identified Hyuga Tianyi as the figure at its center.
• Tsunade questioned Jiraiya's belief in the prophecy, while Orochimaru mocked him and left the office.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi defended Tianyi's contributions to Leaf Village and criticized Jiraiya for placing Mount Myōboku before the village.
• Tsunade rejected Jiraiya's insistence that the prophecy would come true and ordered him to oversee perimeter security for the Chunin Ninja Exams.
• Jiraiya left the office convinced that Tianyi would cause mass suffering and resolved to stop him.

Uchiha Itachi's squad led the Chunin Ninja Exams leaderboard after winning three battles, but four rival squads converged on their position in sector C-7. Itachi ordered his team to retreat deeper into the Forest of Death and delay the pursuers with traps.

• Uchiha Itachi's squad ambushed three teams and took first place with 180 points and abundant supplies.
• The commentator announced that squads led by Darui, Chojuro, Yashamaru, and Akatsuchi were converging on sector C-7.
• Tsunade learned that Tianyi said events were proceeding according to plan, though she worried about Itachi facing four squads.
• Kabuto Yakushi and Inuzuka Hana detected enemies approaching from three directions, and Itachi deduced that the remaining route was likely an ambush.
• Itachi ordered Hana to scout ahead, Kabuto to set Explosive Tag traps, and himself to cover the rear as they retreated deeper into the forest.

Uchiha Itachi and his teammates fought off a Hidden Sand ambush in the forest, then withdrew to avoid being surrounded by more pursuing squads. Yashamaru ordered his team to trail them while leaving the chase to the others.

• Inuzuka Hana and Haimaru detected three Hidden Sand shinobi nearby, and Itachi stopped his team to prepare for an attack.
• Itachi used Nuibari and his Sharingan to counter the Hidden Sand shinobi’s Manipulated Assault Blades, then bound two attackers with threads and launched a Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique.
• A Hidden Sand puppet rescued the two genin from the flames, but Inuzuka Hana and Haimaru struck Yashamaru with Fang Over Fang while Kabuto Yakushi destroyed the puppet with explosive-tagged kunai.
• Yashamaru signaled his team to retreat after realizing they could not stop Itachi’s squad, and Kabuto warned that pursuers from three other villages were closing in.
• Itachi led his team away to find favorable terrain, while Yashamaru ordered his squad to trail them and let the other pursuers give chase.

Pain attacked Iwagakure and overwhelmed Kitsuchi while the summoned bird carried the unconscious Five-Tails Jinchuriki, Han, away. Kitsuchi ordered the pursuit team to track Han and the remaining ANBU to hold Pain using the five-second interval between his abilities.

• Pain's summoned beasts and attacks devastated Iwagakure as Kitsuchi tried to identify an opening in his defenses.
• Kitsuchi struck at Pain during the interval after Shinra Tensei, but Pain stopped him with Banshō Ten'in and hurled him into a ruined wall.
• Pain's mechanical figure fired missiles that blasted through Kitsuchi's Earth-Style Wall and left him badly wounded.
• A summoned bird carried the unconscious Han away, and Kitsuchi admitted he could not pursue it himself.
• Kitsuchi ordered the pursuit team to track Han from a distance and told the ANBU to keep Pain occupied by exploiting the five-second interval between his repulsive and gravitational abilities.

After Pain explained his plan to impose peace through destruction, Kitsuchi ordered ANBU to prepare for Rōshi's capture near Stone River Town. Nagato's group headed there after capturing the Five-Tails, while news of the ongoing Tailed Beast hunts reached Ōnoki during the Kage's viewing of the Chūnin Exam.

• Pain told Kitsuchi that he sought peace by making the Five Great Nations experience pain, then flew away from the burning village.
• Kitsuchi learned that Rōshi was near Stone River Town and ordered ANBU squads and his father to prepare to intercept Nagato's group.
• Nagato and Konan set out for Stone River Town after capturing the Five-Tails, while White Zetsu reported that the One-Tail, Two-Tails, and Six-Tails had also been captured but Killer B remained difficult to defeat.
• Nagato ordered Kisame Hoshigaki and Zabuza Momochi to help Madara capture the Eight-Tails.
• The four Kage watched Uchiha Itachi's squad face the Hidden Mist squad in the Forest of Death, until an Iwagakure ANBU delivered startling news to Ōnoki.

After the Akatsuki attacked several villages and captured the Five-Tails, the Kage returned home while Tianyi explained his plan to unify the Ninja World. He revealed that he intended to destroy the existing order through targeted purges and replace it with trained officials, declaring his goal was revolution.

• Ōnoki, A, Rasa, and Karatachi Yagura received reports that the Akatsuki had attacked their villages and left to respond.
• Tsunade offered support to the attacked villages, then summoned Tianyi and Nara Shikaku to her office.
• Tianyi told Tsunade he planned to unify the Ninja World without starting a great war, first eliminating the major villages' elite forces and the nobles.
• Tianyi revealed a roster of trained officials prepared to take over government duties after the old order fell.
• When Tsunade asked what he was trying to do, Tianyi declared, “Revolution!”

Tianyi declared his revolutionary goal and gained Tsunade’s support. In the Land of Earth, Pain confronted Rōshi over Son Goku, and Rōshi challenged Pain’s claim that battle and plunder could bring peace.

• Tianyi called for ending the daimyō’s supremacy and giving everyone food, shelter, medical care, and support in old age.
• Tsunade praised Tianyi’s ambition and promised to support him, while Shikaku silently reflected on his words.
• Rōshi lived peacefully near Stone River Town, where local children brought him food in gratitude for saving their village.
• Son Goku warned Rōshi that powerful chakra was approaching, so Rōshi sent the children home and went to an empty valley.
• Deva Path Pain confronted Rōshi for Son Goku, and Rōshi argued that true peace came from understanding, empathy, and trust.

Rōshi fought the Six Paths of Pain with Lava Release, but their coordinated abilities overwhelmed his attacks. As Hidden Stone Village ANBU signaled for reinforcements, the Six Paths surrounded him, and Rōshi began a partial Tailed Beast transformation.

• Rōshi attacked Deva Path with magma, but Deva Path repelled the lava and used gravitational force to fling him through trees.
• Rōshi raised a lava-coated stone wall to block Asura Path’s missiles, then identified Deva Path’s force control and Asura Path’s long-range attacks.
• Rōshi unleashed a torrent of magma, but Preta Path absorbed it with the Absorption Seal.
• Hidden Stone Village ANBU harassed Pain with kunai and explosive tags, protected by Rōshi’s summoned Stone Panda, and sent up a signal flare.
• Animal Path summoned the full Six Paths of Pain, surrounding Rōshi as Hidden Stone Village ANBU watched from a distant ridgeline.
• At Four-Tails Son Goku’s urging, Rōshi released the beast’s chakra and began a partial Tailed Beast transformation.

The Six Paths of Pain overwhelmed Rōshi with coordinated attacks, but he transformed into the Four-Tails and unleashed a vast magma assault. Deva Path Pain countered with Super Shinra Tensei, leaving the valley devastated as Ōnoki rushed toward the battlefield.

• The Animal Path summoned a giant rhinoceros, which Rōshi killed with Undersea Needles, before the crab's foam weakened his Lava Release Chakra Mode.
• The Six Paths of Pain restrained Rōshi, struck him with the Asura Path's laser, and drove black rods into his tails, suppressing his tailed beast chakra.
• Kitsuchi and nearly a hundred Stone ninja arrived and buried Rōshi and the Pain bodies in a pit with Earth Release: Great Earth Core Movement.
• Rōshi transformed into the Four-Tails, Son Goku, and attacked the Six Paths of Pain with Great Eruption of Scorching River.
• Deva Path Pain used Super Shinra Tensei to blast away the magma and devastate the valley, while Kitsuchi and the Stone ninja sheltered underground.
• Ōnoki raced toward the ruined battlefield, furious at the Akatsuki.

Pain defeated Son Goku and gravely injured Rōshi with Super Shinra Tensei, then explained Akatsuki’s plan to use a Tailed Beast weapon to deter war. Kitsuchi challenged Pain’s idea of peace as Ōnoki arrived and attacked him with Dust Release.

• Kitsuchi found Rōshi alive but critically injured, and medical ninja began treating him.
• Pain told the Hidden Stone ninja he had held back and identified himself as the leader of the Akatsuki.
• Pain argued that the great nations had caused wars and that Akatsuki would gather the Tailed Beasts to create a weapon capable of destroying nations and enforcing peace.
• Kitsuchi called Pain’s plan naïve and hypocritical, arguing that fear could not secure lasting peace.
• Ōnoki arrived and launched Dust Release: Atomic Dismantling Jutsu at Deva Path Pain.

Ōnoki and the Hidden Stone ninja fought Pain’s Six Paths while trying to rescue Rōshi, and Ōnoki disrupted Pain’s attempt to pull the medical ninja back. As Ōnoki struck the Deva Path with Dust Release, Pain began Planetary Devastation.

• The Preta Path absorbed Ōnoki’s Dust Release, and Kitsuchi explained the Six Paths’ known abilities to Ōnoki.
• Ōnoki ordered most of the Hidden Stone ninja to retreat with Rōshi while he, Kitsuchi, Bunya, and Ittan stayed to fight Pain.
• The Deva Path used Banshō Ten'in to drag the medical ninja carrying Rōshi toward him, but Ōnoki halted them with Added-Weight Rock Technique and disrupted the pull with Moving Earth Core.
• The Deva Path retreated behind the other Pains and began concentrating chakra while Konan warned Nagato.
• Ōnoki fired Dust Release again, destroying the Deva Path’s lower body, but the Deva Path summoned a black sphere and began Planetary Devastation.

Nagato used Deva Path Pain’s Planetary Devastation to trap Ōnoki, Kitsuchi, Rōshi, Bunya, Ittan, and the others inside a massive stone sphere. As Nagato recovered with Konan nearby, he realized someone had traced his chakra and identified Hyuga Tianyi.

• Deva Path Pain created a black sphere whose gravitational pull drew the battlefield’s debris and Ōnoki toward it.
• Ōnoki raised a stone golem to protect himself and the others, then attacked the growing sphere with Dust Release.
• Nagato intensified the sphere’s pull, breaking apart the golem and overcoming Ōnoki’s attempts to hold Kitsuchi and the others down.
• The debris sealed Ōnoki, Kitsuchi, Rōshi, Bunya, Ittan, and the others inside a stone sphere more than a hundred meters across.
• Nagato told Konan that he had needed to defeat the Iwagakure force before reinforcements arrived, then sensed someone tracing his chakra and recognized Hyuga Tianyi.

Tianyi attacked Nagato and Konan, using Magnet Release to overwhelm them while Konan shielded Nagato with paper and explosives. He used Flying Thunder God to steal Nagato’s right Rinnegan and escaped, while Black Zetsu considered how Tianyi might be tempted to transplant the eye.

• Tianyi launched Metal Spears and a flaming metal pillar at Nagato and Konan, and Nagato was wounded while dodging the pillar.
• Tianyi trapped Nagato and Konan in a Metal Storm, and Black Zetsu urged Nagato to let White Zetsu cover and heal him.
• Konan used explosive-tagged paper to shield Nagato from the Metal Storm as blasts filled the area.
• Tianyi used Flying Thunder God to appear behind Nagato and gouged out his right Rinnegan.
• Tianyi retreated with the Rinnegan, and Black Zetsu worried that the theft threatened his plan but considered that Tianyi might transplant the eye.

White Zetsu restored Nagato’s body and strength, but Hyuga Tianyi sealed away the other Rinnegan and escaped toward the Four-Tails’ jinchuriki. Nagato pursued him, with Konan following and the Zetsu sinking underground.

• Black Zetsu decided that reviving Uchiha Madara was still the way to recover the stolen Rinnegan.
• White Zetsu used the Spore Technique to restore Nagato’s legs, vitality, and chakra.
• Nagato ordered Konan to stand back and challenged Hyuga Tianyi after Tianyi sealed the Rinnegan in a scroll.
• Nagato’s Banshō Ten'in failed to stop Tianyi, who flew toward the Four-Tails’ jinchuriki as the stone sphere crumbled.
• Nagato summoned a Three-Legged Bird and pursued Tianyi, while Konan formed paper wings and followed him.
• White Zetsu and Black Zetsu sank beneath the earth as the battlefield fell silent.

Tianyi rescued Rōshi and escaped Nagato’s attack, leaving Ōnoki, Kitsuchi, Bunya, and Ittan behind. Iwagakure’s leaders and elite forces were dead, its jinchuriki captured, and Nagato ended the chapter furious at Tianyi and blamed for the devastation.

• Tianyi used his Byakugan to find Rōshi in the stone sphere and carried him away while placing metal tags beside Ōnoki, Kitsuchi, Bunya, and Ittan.
• Nagato attacked Tianyi with Shinra Tensei, but Tianyi vanished with Rōshi using Flying Thunder God.
• Iwagakure ninja found Ōnoki, Kitsuchi, Bunya, and Ittan, and medical ninja discovered that Ōnoki and Kitsuchi had died.
• Iwagakure’s surviving ninja realized that the village had lost its leadership, elite fighters, and both jinchuriki, leaving it devastated.
• Nagato recognized that Tianyi had escaped with Rōshi and that the Iwagakure ninja blamed him for Ōnoki and Kitsuchi’s deaths.
• Nagato, enraged by his losses and the blame placed on him, shouted Tianyi’s name across the battlefield.

Commander Tian observed the Tenseigan Prototype nearing completion in the Upper Capital, while Tianyi extracted Son Goku from the unconscious Rōshi and sealed the Four-Tails in a metal sphere. The Prototype was expected to stabilize within a day, and Son Goku's fate was left in Tianyi's hands.

• Researchers reported that the Tenseigan Prototype's energy and internal chakra circulation were stabilizing, and Commander Tian anticipated the unification of the Ninja World.
• Kurama sensed the Prototype's energy from his containment zone, learned that it was the Tenseigan, and recognized it as the eyes of the Six Paths Sage's younger brother.
• Tianyi brought Rōshi to a secret base near Konoha, released the seal on the Four-Tails, and drew Son Goku's chakra toward a metal sphere.
• Tianyi restrained Son Goku with senjutsu-coated Magnet Release chains and pulled his fading form into the metal sphere.

Black Zetsu and Uchiha Obito ambushed Nagato and Konan in Amegakure, while Konan’s explosive paper technique devastated the chamber. The attack left Nagato motionless and Obito severely injured, with his Sharingan drained of its power.

• Nagato reassured Konan that losing one Rinnegan and merging with White Zetsu had made his body stronger.
• White Zetsu warned Konan that the other members had returned and were fighting in the base’s main hall.
• As a hand emerged from a spatial rift behind Konan, White Zetsu’s Spore Technique restrained Nagato and Black Zetsu began taking over his body.
• Konan turned and used her Paper Person of God Technique, covering herself in explosive tags that blasted the chamber.
• Uchiha Obito emerged from a spatial vortex, badly burned and shattered, with his left Sharingan gray.

Obito rejected Black Zetsu’s demand to resurrect Uchiha Madara and went to retrieve the other eye from the Leaf Village. On Blue Star, Tianyi awakened the Giant Tenseigan’s power and gained a chakra level he believed could challenge Six Paths Madara, while Commander Tian ordered tests to measure his new abilities.

• Obito used his space-time technique to draw Nagato into a vortex, separating Black Zetsu from him.
• Obito told Black Zetsu he would retrieve the other eye from the Leaf Village, then vanished; Black Zetsu realized Obito intended to cast Infinite Tsukuyomi himself.
• Tianyi entered Sage Mode and channeled senjutsu chakra into the Giant Tenseigan, awakening its power and transforming his Byakugan.
• The Giant Tenseigan’s chakra flowed into Tianyi, forming a Chakra Cloak and expanding his sensory range.
• Commander Tian ordered the researchers to test Tianyi’s new mode and report its capabilities and upper limit.

After the Akatsuki seized several Tailed Beasts and killed the Third Tsuchikage, Tsunade tried to form an alliance against them. Konoha allied with Kirigakure, while the other villages refused or could not contribute, and Tsunade summoned Hyuga Tianyi.

• The Konoha Daily reported the Akatsuki's attacks, the capture of several Tailed Beasts, and the deaths of Ōnoki, Kitsuchi, and others.
• Tsunade proposed a joint force led by Konoha and a Kage-level squad under Hyuga Tianyi, but Raikage A refused to trust Konoha and demanded to lead the squad himself.
• A Kumogakure ANBU told Raikage A that Killer B had escaped, and A withdrew Kumogakure from the alliance.
• Iwagakure supported the alliance but said it lacked high-level fighters, while Rasa said the Hidden Sand Village did not trust the Leaf Village and ended the call.
• Karatachi Yagura agreed to ally the Hidden Mist Village with the Leaf Village and requested support against the Akatsuki.
• After confirming support and intelligence-sharing arrangements with Yagura, Tsunade asked for Tianyi to come to her office.

Kakashi visited Rin Nohara’s grave and later trained to improve his Raikiri after recovering from surgery performed by Senior Tianyi. As Kakashi headed home, Obito appeared behind him, poised to strike.

• Kakashi laid white wildflowers at Rin Nohara’s grave and told her how the Leaf Village had improved under Senior Tianyi’s planning.
• Obito watched Kakashi from a tree, called him worthless, and vanished without being noticed.
• White Zetsu told Obito that Kakashi was returning home and warned that Hatake Sakumo was there; Obito teleported away.
• Kakashi practiced Raikiri at Training Ground Seven and reflected on his recovery and his effort to reduce the technique’s Hand Seals.
• As Kakashi walked home, a hand appeared silently behind him near a narrow alley.

Obito attacked Kakashi with his spatial ability and stole the Sharingan from Kakashi’s right eye, but the transplanted eye rejected Obito’s chakra. Obito realized the eye was not his own.

• Kakashi fought Obito, whose spatial ability let attacks pass through him, and tried to signal nearby ANBU.
• White Zetsu burst out from inside Kakashi and immobilized him, so Kakashi used Raikiri on his own abdomen to force them off.
• Obito appeared behind the injured Kakashi and took the Sharingan from his right eye.
• Obito implanted the eye in his left socket, but it rejected his chakra, and a voice confirmed that it was not his eye.

Hyuga Tianyi revealed that the masked man was Obito and summoned Rin with Impure World Reincarnation. Obito’s rage gave way to recognition, and he embraced her.

• Tianyi appeared behind Kakashi and called the masked man Obito, exposing his identity.
• Obito denied being Obito and activated Kamui as Tianyi prepared a jutsu.
• Tianyi used Impure World Reincarnation to summon Rin, triggering memories of their time together and her death in Obito.
• Obito charged at Tianyi in a rage, but his Mangekyō Sharingan made him intangible and Tianyi’s metal fragments passed through him.
• Rin walked toward Obito, and he stopped, opened his arms, and embraced her.