Recaps

Uchiha Shisui led Konoha’s Intelligence Department to Mount Myōboku to seize the Remains of the Sage of Six Paths. Gamamaru retrieved Hagoromo Otsutsuki’s coffin and faced Shisui’s prepared counter to his sonic genjutsu.

• Uchiha Shisui took command of the search for the Sage of Six Paths’ remains and led the Second and Third Teams to Mount Myōboku.
• Gamamaru awoke, ordered the toad clan to flee, and received renewed life from the pendant Hagoromo Otsutsuki had left him.
• Uchiha Shisui and his team ambushed Gamamaru, killing Shima and Fukasaku as Gamamaru fled.
• Gamamaru hid inside the Sage Mode training grounds, opened a mechanism concealed among the toad statues, and placed Hagoromo Otsutsuki’s crystal coffin in his stomach pouch.
• Gamamaru emerged from a toad statue and was attacked by Shisui’s team, but Shisui used Genjutsu: Reflection against Gamamaru’s sonic genjutsu.

Uchiha Shisui and the Konoha forces cornered the Toad Sage while pursuing Hagoromo Otsutsuki's corpse, but the Sage used burning toad oil to force them back. Fugaku Uchiha headed toward Shisui's signal flare as the Toad Sage's fate remained unresolved.

• The Toad Sage fled with Hagoromo Otsutsuki's corpse, and Uchiha Shisui pursued him as Mount Myōboku's defenders scattered.
• Uchiha Itachi reported the toads' collapse to Fugaku Uchiha, who ordered the exits sealed while Shikaku Nara warned that Shisui might be in trouble.
• Fugaku Uchiha left with Uchiha Itachi to support Shisui, while Shikaku Nara stayed behind to guard against Ryūchi Cave.
• Uchiha Shisui and the Konoha shinobi surrounded the wounded Toad Sage and demanded that he surrender the item.
• The Toad Sage unleashed Sage Art: Toad Oil Flame Bullet, and Shisui warned his forces not to use Water Release as they retreated and watched for an escape attempt.
• Fugaku Uchiha saw Shisui's signal flare and hurried toward it with Uchiha Itachi.

Fugaku Uchiha and Uchiha Shisui killed the Toad Sage and recovered the Sage of Six Paths' body from his stomach pouch. Back in the laboratory, Uchiha Kyu announced that Orochimaru would study the corpse so they could claim the Sage's power.

• Fugaku Uchiha used his Mangekyō Sharingan to find the Toad Sage's hidden escape route and led Shisui and Itachi there.
• The Toad Sage entered the passage beneath his stone chair, where Fugaku Uchiha and Shisui's subordinates ambushed and killed him.
• Uchiha Shisui cut open the Toad Sage's stomach pouch and recovered the Sage of Six Paths inside a crystal coffin.
• Fugaku Uchiha reassured the White Snake Sage that the Uchiha Clan would honor its summoning contract with Ryūchi Cave.
• Uchiha Kyu showed the Sage of Six Paths' corpse to Konoha's gathered leaders and said Orochimaru would study it to obtain the Sage's power.

Uchiha Kyu revealed the Sage of Six Paths’ lineage and its ties to the Uchiha, Senju, and Hyuga clans, then sent Minato to ask Kushina about the Dead Demon Consuming Seal. Minato and Kushina uncovered her Uzumaki sealing inheritance and looked forward to teaching their unborn son.

• Uchiha Kyu explained that Indra and Asura were the ancestors of the Uchiha and Senju clans, and that Hashirama and Madara Uchiha were their latest reincarnations.
• Uchiha Kyu told Hyuga Hiashi that the Sage of Six Paths was Hagoromo Otsutsuki and that the Kaguya Clan was connected to the Hyuga Clan.
• Uchiha Kyu warned the gathered leaders to keep the revelations secret, said Hagoromo was likely in the Pure Land, and asked Minato to consult Kushina about the Dead Demon Consuming Seal.
• Minato Namikaze asked Kushina about the seal, and she revealed that Lady Mitokado had left her a box of Uzumaki Clan sealing techniques.
• Kushina brought Minato Namikaze the sealed box of Uzumaki inheritance, and they planned to teach their son sealing techniques and the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Uchiha Kyu studied the Dead Demon Consuming Seal and worried that Hagoromo Otsutsuki might interfere with the Shinobi World, while the Uchiha Clan continued building its strength. The chapter ended with Hagoromo Otsutsuki adrift in the Pure Land after losing contact with the Shinobi World.

• Minato Namikaze brought Uchiha Kyu a scroll from Kushina about the Dead Demon Consuming Seal and stayed for dinner with Uchiha Kyu and Konan.
• Uchiha Kyu learned that the Dead Demon Consuming Seal required a blood pact with the Death God and suspected Hagoromo Otsutsuki was watching the Shinobi World from the Pure Land.
• The destruction of Mount Myōboku alarmed the Summoning World and shinobi villages, while Uchiha Kyu focused on development and preparing the Uchiha Clan for long-term strength.
• Uchiha Kyu encouraged clan members to have children and train, while Uchiha ninja practiced techniques and weapons on the clan training ground.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki drifted across the Sea of the Pure Land and realized he had lost contact with the Shinobi World.

Uchiha Kyu directed his clan to track Obito, maintain a balance of power among the nations, and profit from intelligence sales while the clans rebuilt. Hyuga Hiashi then brought Kyu a detailed financial report of supplies seized during the recent wars.

• Uchiha Kage reported that Shisui had tracked Obito's trail from Konoha's former site to the coast, and Kyu ordered Shisui to monitor the Land of Water and Kirigakure.
• Kyu ordered Minato to prevent any country or village from overwhelming its rivals, while secretly directing Okamoto to sell intelligence with Shisui's department.
• Fugaku stepped down as Security Force captain and handed the position to Huo, then told Kage he would continue shouldering the clan's burdens.
• Shisui deployed people to watch the fighting and search for Obito, while Minato personally led Anbu efforts to carry out Kyu's orders.
• The clans began recuperating and rebuilding as Kyu's directives stabilized the situation.
• Hyuga Hiashi brought Kyu detailed financial records listing supplies seized during the recent wars.

Uchiha Kyu learned Konoha’s finances would run out within a year, so he authorized Hyuga Hiashi to fund the village by profiting from war. Hyuga Hiashi, Fugaku Uchiha, and Shikaku Nara organized a heavily guarded merchant caravan, while Uchiha Obito questioned Konoha’s new business and Black Zetsu threatened him with Madara’s return.

• Hyuga Hiashi warned Uchiha Kyu that Konoha’s finances would be exhausted within a year, and Uchiha Kyu refused to cancel the benefits he had granted.
• Hyuga Hiashi proposed profiting from war, and Uchiha Kyu gave him authority to arrange the operation and mobilize personnel.
• Hyuga Hiashi and Fugaku Uchiha planned to use iron from the Land of Earth and other resources, then recruited Shikaku Nara to devise a secure trading scheme.
• Fugaku Uchiha proposed choosing Uchiha personnel for lucrative posts, and Hyuga Hiashi welcomed the chance for both clans to place their people.
• A week later, the Peace Envoys merchant caravan began moving war supplies under the protection of five hundred Konoha shinobi.
• Uchiha Obito questioned Konoha’s business activities, and Black Zetsu warned that Madara Uchiha might attack him if he destroyed it.

Uchiha Kyu completed the Immortal Palace and declared the founding of the Immortal Empire, with his allies anticipating new roles in the regime. The chapter ended as he announced Fugaku Uchiha as Minister of Finance.

• Uchiha Obito rejected Black Zetsu's threats and decided to wait for the Three-Tails to revive.
• Six months later, Uchiha Kyu unveiled the completed Immortal Palace as the center of his Empire.
• Minato Namikaze, Shikaku Nara, and other leaders discussed the planned Immortal City and their clans' future under Uchiha Kyu.
• Hyuga Hiashi wondered about the Tenseigan and the Otsutsuki clan leader on the moon.
• Uchiha Kyu declared the Immortal Empire founded and invited Fugaku Uchiha to report as Minister of Finance.

Fugaku Uchiha reported that the Immortal Empire had amassed enough wealth to operate for nearly ten years, and Uchiha Kyu announced the Empire’s officials and new policies. At court, Miyamoto Ye asked Uchiha Kyu for help because a demon in the Land of Demons was awakening.

• Fugaku Uchiha reported the Empire’s finances and explained that its war trade had made it wealthy.
• Uchiha Kyu appointed officials, renamed Konoha shinobi as Imperial soldiers, and later made chakra cultivation public across the Empire.
• Fugaku Uchiha told Uchiha Kyu that Shrine Maiden Miroku had sent gifts and requested an audience.
• Miyamoto Ye presented Miroku’s request for help, warning that the demon in the Land of Demons was awakening and could turn the world into its garden.
• Uchiha Kyu doubted the demon’s power, recalling that it had once been sealed by a Konoha Genin.

Uchiha Kyu assigned Shikaku Nara to resolve the Land of Demons’ demon problem in exchange for Priestess Miroku’s prophecy, while Fugaku Uchiha warned him that the mission might be dangerous. The chapter ended with Uchiha Kyu stressing that the Empire needed to strengthen its military before the Three-Tails revived in two and a half years.

• Uchiha Kyu dismissed the demon as a minor threat and offered to help the Land of Demons in exchange for Priestess Miroku’s Prophecy Jutsu.
• Shikaku Nara volunteered for the mission before Hyuga Hiashi could claim it, and Uchiha Kyu ordered him to ask the priestess about the future once the problem was resolved.
• After the envoy left, the court continued its discussions, and Shikaku Nara enlisted Choza Akimichi and Inoichi Yamanaka to join the mission.
• Miyamoto Ye waited outside the Nara Clan compound as Shikaku Nara prepared for the operation, wary that failure would damage the Empire’s reputation.
• Fugaku Uchiha privately warned Uchiha Kyu that the demon might be dangerous and that the Nara Clan lacked expertise in Sealing Jutsu.
• Uchiha Kyu told Fugaku Uchiha to worry instead about the Empire’s Two-and-a-Half-Year Plan and the shortage of Jonin before the Three-Tails revived.

Uchiha Kyu explained that Mangekyō Sharingan awakening depended on bloodline purity and conviction, not simply loss, and revealed his plan to create a real world where Uchiha clansmen could experience cycles of reincarnation. Fugaku Uchiha remained skeptical as the chapter ended.

• Uchiha Kyu told Fugaku Uchiha that the clan needed more Mangekyō Sharingan to face powerful threats such as the Sage of Six Paths.
• Uchiha Kyu said his own eyes had awakened the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan through bloodline purity and that Orochimaru was working on a solution to the blindness caused by ordinary Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Fugaku Uchiha revealed that he thought the Mangekyō Sharingan were cursed because awakening them had cost him his closest friend, and Uchiha Kyu criticized him for rejecting his own power.
• Uchiha Kyu explained that bloodline purity and unwavering conviction could awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan, using Uchiha Obito's experience as an example.
• Uchiha Kyu announced that he would create a real world where clansmen could undergo cycles of reincarnation to awaken their Mangekyō Sharingan, leaving Fugaku Uchiha shocked and doubtful.

Uchiha Kyu proposed creating a secret Illusion Realm for the Uchiha clan, powered by the Dragon Vein in the Ancient Kingdom of Roran. He assigned Fugaku Uchiha and Minato Namikaze to handle the mission, leaving its execution ahead.

• Uchiha Kyu explained to Fugaku Uchiha that a simulated world could be presented to the clan as a secret realm that improved those who entered it.
• Uchiha Kyu identified the Dragon Vein in the Ancient Kingdom of Roran as the energy source needed to sustain the Illusion Realm and suggested Minato Namikaze join Fugaku Uchiha.
• Uchiha Kage found Minato Namikaze daydreaming while cooking and summoned him to Uchiha Kyu.
• Uchiha Kyu told Minato Namikaze and Fugaku Uchiha that he was leaving the Ancient Kingdom of Roran mission to them.

Uchiha Kyu hosted Fugaku Uchiha and Minato Namikaze to a lavish seafood meal before warning them to monitor the Dragon Vein. In the Land of Demons, Shikaku Nara discovered that Miroku might be connected to Mōryō and chose to delay sealing the monster until she revealed her intentions.

• Uchiha Kyu served Fugaku Uchiha and Minato Namikaze a seafood feast, offered each of them a chef, and reminded them to keep the Dragon Vein from going berserk.
• Shikaku Nara instructed his clansmen to protect the Sealing Team and questioned Miroku about Mōryō.
• Shikaku Nara grew suspicious after learning Mōryō had appeared after Miroku became shrine maiden and that she seemed unusually familiar with the monster.
• A Hyuga Jonin reported that Miroku and Mōryō had powers from the same source and might be one and the same.
• Shikaku Nara rejected reporting the matter to Lord Hiashi and decided to wait for Miroku to expose her weakness.

Shikaku Nara prepared to seal Mōryō while testing his suspicions about Miroku, and Fugaku Uchiha and Minato Namikaze traveled to the Ancient Kingdom of Roran to claim the Dragon Vein. After learning that Hiruzen Sarutobi had previously sent a team there that never returned, Uchiha Kyu decided to investigate the old mission records.

• Miroku grew anxious about Shikaku Nara and the others delaying their mission, and Miyamoto Ye tried to bribe them to act.
• Shikaku Nara rejected the bribe, ordered the team to distribute the benefits, and planned to make their move the next day while forcing Miroku to reveal her secret.
• Fugaku Uchiha and Minato Namikaze became lost amid magnetic interference on their way to Roran and found a long-dead Konoha shinobi.
• Orochimaru told Uchiha Kyu that a team sent by Hiruzen Sarutobi to the Ancient Kingdom of Roran had never returned.
• Uchiha Kyu asked Orochimaru to investigate the old mission using the surviving confidential records.

Uchiha Kyu tested Orochimaru’s new eye drops on Uchiha Shisui, and they healed the strain caused by the Mangekyō Sharingan. He ordered mass production and rewarded Orochimaru with treasures and valuable prisoners.

• Uchiha Kage was ordered to search for classified documents about Hiruzen Sarutobi’s campaign against the Ancient Kingdom of Roran.
• Orochimaru gave Uchiha Kyu eye drops he had developed to treat the Mangekyō Sharingan’s ocular strain, and Kyu summoned Uchiha Shisui to test them.
• Uchiha Shisui endured sharp pain before the eye drops restored his eyes and relieved the aftereffects of using ocular techniques.
• Uchiha Kyu told Uchiha Okamoto he could be first in line to receive a Mangekyō Sharingan and ordered him to have Orochimaru mass-produce the eye drops.
• Uchiha Kyu gave Orochimaru treasures and prisoners from several clans, and Orochimaru thought that Kyu understood him best.

Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi kept captured test subjects with rare Kekkei Genkai, while Uchiha Kyu deduced that Uchiha Obito was investigating shrine maiden Miroku and ordered a plan involving Mōryō. The plan culminated in Mōryō breaking free in the Land of Demons, leaving Miroku stunned as the demon’s undead army attacked civilians.

• Orochimaru ordered Kabuto Yakushi to imprison the captured test subjects and preserve those with Kekkei Genkai for later experiments.
• Uchiha Obito went alone to the Land of Demons to investigate why Uchiha Kyu had sent people to assist Miroku, while Black Zetsu hid Madara Uchiha’s corpse.
• Uchiha Shisui reported that Obito had appeared without White Zetsu, prompting Uchiha Kyu to suspect Black Zetsu might still be alive.
• Uchiha Kyu ordered Shikaku Nara to deliberately release Mōryō during the sealing process and have Miroku cooperate in staging the event.
• Mōryō broke free of its seal and unleashed an undead army on the Land of Demons, leaving Miroku shocked by how quickly the seal had failed.

Shikaku Nara led Miroku to believe he would help seal Mōryō while secretly setting a trap for Uchiha Obito. After the sealing team trapped and fought Obito, Shikaku revealed they had been buying time, leaving Obito fearing Uchiha Kyu’s arrival.

• Shikaku Nara secretly released Mōryō ahead of time, then promised Miroku that the Immortal Empire would help seal it.
• Uchiha Obito approached Miroku and offered to deal with Mōryō in exchange for information about why Uchiha Kyu had helped her.
• Shikaku Nara and his hidden troops waited for Obito, then raised barriers that suppressed his space-time technique and trapped him.
• The ninja attacked Obito for half an hour, and the battle left him wounded while the sealing team neared exhaustion.
• Shikaku Nara said they had delayed Obito long enough, making Obito suspect Uchiha Kyu was coming and fear a deadly encounter.

Shikaku Nara and his allies tried to keep Uchiha Obito from escaping while Mōryō ravaged the Land of Demons, but Obito fled through a spatial vortex. Miroku admitted she had deceived the group and begged them to seal Mōryō.

• Shikaku Nara tricked Uchiha Obito into believing Uchiha Kyu was about to arrive, driving Obito to use his Mangekyō Sharingan to escape.
• Uchiha Obito unleashed Wood Release, but Shikaku Nara, Choza Akimichi, and Inoichi Yamanaka combined their abilities to attack him.
• Mōryō continued destroying the Land of Demons as Miyamoto Ye watched the battle and the Sealing Team’s barrier collapsed.
• Uchiha Obito escaped through a spatial vortex before Choza Akimichi could strike him, leaving Shikaku Nara frustrated.
• Miroku asked Shikaku Nara to honor his promise to seal Mōryō, then dismissed the guards and apologized for deceiving the group.

Shikaku Nara and the Sealing Team defeated and sealed Mōryō after Miroku revealed how the miko inherited her power. In the Ancient Kingdom of Roran, Minato Namikaze and Fugaku Uchiha persuaded the Queen of Roran to let them take the Dragon Vein in exchange for the Immortal Empire's protection.

• Miroku told Shikaku Nara that each miko inherited power from her predecessor, who died from the transfer's backlash.
• Shikaku Nara's shinobi restrained Mōryō and its immortal army while the Sealing Team recovered their chakra and sealed Mōryō in a scroll.
• Minato Namikaze and Fugaku Uchiha met the Queen of Roran and asked for access to the Dragon Vein.
• Fugaku Uchiha warned the Queen of Roran that refusing would make matters worse, and she agreed to lead them to the Dragon Vein to protect her people.
• Fugaku Uchiha promised the Ancient Kingdom of Roran the Immortal Empire's protection, and the Queen of Roran asked them to keep their promise.

Minato Namikaze and Fugaku Uchiha investigated the Dragon Vein in the Ancient Kingdom of Roran, while their reports prompted Uchiha Kyu and the Empire’s leaders to consider contact with another world. The chapter ended with Konan asking whether Nagato and the others could be resurrected if that world truly existed.

• Queen of Roran told Minato Namikaze and Fugaku Uchiha that a previous group of shinobi had died instantly in Roran, without showing signs of resistance.
• Fugaku Uchiha set aside his suspicions about Minato Namikaze and asked Queen of Roran to lead them to the Dragon Vein sealed beneath her palace.
• Uchiha Kyu asked the Empire’s leaders to discuss the reports from Roran, and Hyuga Hiashi proposed seeking resources and allies in the other world.
• Uchiha Shisui and the other leaders expressed interest in meeting their counterparts in that world.
• Uchiha Kyu ordered the matter kept confidential and called for a detailed plan after Shikaku Nara returned, warning that the two sides might become enemies.
• Konan asked Uchiha Kyu whether Nagato and the others could be resurrected if another world existed.

Uchiha Kyu agreed to Konan’s request to revive Nagato and Yahiko, while the Empire’s leaders planned how to reach another space-time through the Dragon Vein. When Fugaku Uchiha and Namikaze Minato failed to move the Dragon Vein, Uchiha Kyu decided to connect it to the Immortal Empire with a Flying Thunder God Teleportation Barrier.

• Uchiha Kyu agreed to revive Nagato and Yahiko after Konan promised they would serve the Immortal Empire.
• Shikaku Nara and Hyuga Hiashi discussed the risks of dealing with the Emperor of the Dragon Vein’s parallel world and began planning how to travel there.
• Shikaku Nara sent the sealed Mōryō demon to Orochimaru, who took it away to study as experimental material.
• Fugaku Uchiha and Namikaze Minato struggled to transfer the Dragon Vein and reported that sealing it was impossible.
• Uchiha Kyu decided to move the Dragon Vein under his supervision by building a Flying Thunder God Teleportation Barrier between the Immortal Empire and the Ancient Kingdom of Roran.

Uchiha Kyu ordered the Immortal Empire to find a suitable place for the Dragon Vein and to protect the Ancient Kingdom of Roran, while Uchiha Shisui reported that White Zetsu had fallen out with Uchiha Obito. As refugees overwhelmed the empire’s food supplies, Uchiha Kyu ordered them to build the Immortal City and prove themselves through survival.

• Fugaku Uchiha and Minato Namikaze returned to the Immortal Empire with a map of the Ancient Kingdom of Roran, and Uchiha Kyu ordered the empire’s ninjas to search for similar terrain.
• Might Guy gathered Kakashi, Kurenai Yuhi, Gekko Hayate, and others to search for the location, with a reward of one hundred million for whoever found it first.
• Fugaku Uchiha urged Uchiha Kyu to prepare for the possibility that no suitable location existed, and Uchiha Kyu said they could build one artificially.
• Uchiha Shisui reported that Uchiha Obito had disappeared and that White Zetsu appeared to have fallen out with him; Uchiha Kyu ordered continued surveillance and told Fugaku Uchiha to arrange protection for the Ancient Kingdom of Roran.
• Hyuga Hiashi warned Uchiha Kyu that the growing number of refugees threatened the empire’s food supplies, and Uchiha Kyu ordered the refugees to construct the Immortal City to earn the right to become citizens.

Uchiha Kyu’s ministers discussed refugee limits, military expansion, and exploring the Dragon Vein’s parallel timeline, while Fugaku admitted his past mistake and received eye drops that could restore his eyes. The chapter then shifted to the parallel timeline, where Namikaze Minato reported his Dragon Vein encounter to Sarutobi Muzan, prompting a meeting of Konoha’s senior officials.

• Fugaku Uchiha and Hyuga Hiashi agreed that the Immortal Empire could not spend its resources freely on refugees, and Uchiha Kyu assigned Hiashi responsibility for internal affairs.
• Uchiha Kyu argued that the empire needed to expand its military and said he wanted to see how the Uchiha Clan had developed in the other timeline.
• Hyuga Hiashi asked to handle the Hyuga Clan in that world, while Fugaku admitted that his past decisions had cost the Uchiha Clan the initiative.
• Uchiha Shisui gave Fugaku eye drops developed by Orochimaru and said one drop could restore his eyes.
• Namikaze Minato returned from the Dragon Vein and reported his encounter with another world’s identical Minato and Uchiha Kyugaku to Sarutobi Muzan, who called a meeting of Konoha’s senior officials.

Uchiha Kyu changed his strategy to gather the remaining Tailed Beasts before Hagoromo Otsutsuki could return, aiming to reach Six Paths Form and secure an advantage. He sent Minato Namikaze and Uchiha Shisui to investigate the Parallel World through the Dragon Vein and dispatched teams to capture the other Jinchūriki.

• Uchiha Kyu questioned the Nine-Tails about the Dragon Vein, but the Nine-Tails said the Sage of Six Paths had never told him about it.
• Uchiha Kyu concluded Hagoromo Otsutsuki might soon return and decided to capture the remaining Tailed Beasts so he could enter Six Paths Form.
• Uchiha Kyu ordered Uchiha Shisui and Minato Namikaze to travel to the Ancient Kingdom of Roran and use the Dragon Vein to reach the Parallel World.
• Uchiha Kyu sent Orochimaru, Tsunade, Jiraiya, Fugaku Uchiha, Hyuga Hiashi, Kakashi, and other ninja to capture the remaining Jinchūriki.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade exchanged a joking farewell before the capture teams departed.

Uchiha Kyu prepared to seize the Ten-Tails and confront the Sage of Six Paths, while his forces moved to capture the Eight-Tails. The chapter ended with Kyu planning to revive the Sage of Six Paths’ body and Konan encouraging him.

• Orochimaru supported Uchiha Kyu’s secret operation to gather the Tailed Beasts, while Black Zetsu wondered what the Immortal Empire was planning.
• Uchiha Obito returned to the place where Madara Uchiha had saved him and asked Black Zetsu to talk so they could join forces against Uchiha Kyu.
• Fugaku Uchiha positioned his team near Kumogakure to capture the Eight-Tails Jinchūriki, assigning Hyuga shinobi to keep watch with their Byakugan.
• Uchiha Kyu considered using the perfected Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu on the Sage of Six Paths’ body and planned to act before Hagoromo Otsutsuki could appear.
• Konan reassured Uchiha Kyu that he would defeat the Sage of Six Paths, and he carried her away affectionately.