Recaps

Hiruzen Sarutobi finished refining cultivation pills, brought Zisu through Konoha, and visited Orochimaru’s laboratory. There, Orochimaru prepared to help Shisui and Fugaku awaken the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and restore their deteriorating eyesight.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi completed enough cultivation pills for six months and gave portions to Tsunade and Miki Xiaoai.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi brought Zisu toward the Hokage's office, and they stopped at a dessert shop where Itachi recommended sweets.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi teased Itachi and Izumi Uchiha by calling their outing a date, making Itachi blush.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that Orochimaru was in the laboratory beneath Konoha Hospital.
• Orochimaru began an experiment to help Shisui and Fugaku awaken the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan using perfected Ōtsutsuki Bloodline modifications and transplanted Sharingan.

Orochimaru successfully gave Shisui and Fugaku Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan by replacing their eyes with cloned Sharingan. Hiruzen Sarutobi then arranged for them to capture the Four-Tails at Flower Fruit Mountain, with the group set to depart in three days.

• Orochimaru replaced Shisui’s eyes with cloned Sharingan, and Shisui awakened the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan with restored vision and greater power.
• Orochimaru replaced Fugaku’s eyes as well and preserved the Mangekyo Sharingan removed from both men.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Orochimaru, Fugaku, Shisui, and Zisu that he planned to reclaim Flower Fruit Mountain from the Four-Tails for the Monkey Demon Clan.
• Orochimaru urged Fugaku and Shisui to capture the Four-Tails for his research and said Konoha would handle the Hidden Rock Village and the Land of Earth.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered the group to prepare and leave in three days.

Might Guy, Kakashi, and Shisui met at the training ground, where Shisui and Might Guy tested their abilities in a spar. The fight ended after Guy opened the seventh gate and Shisui expanded Susanoo, leaving both of them unharmed and the training ground intact.

• Might Guy invited Kakashi to train, and Kakashi agreed to join him at the training ground.
• Shisui challenged Kakashi and Might Guy to a real fight, and Might Guy accepted a barbecue wager.
• Might Guy and Shisui began sparring, with Shisui using skeletal Susanoo to withstand Guy's taijutsu.
• Might Guy opened the seventh gate, and Shisui strengthened Susanoo into a half-bodied form and summoned a Spiral Sword.
• Might Guy and Shisui ended the spar before Guy used Daytime Tiger or the training ground was destroyed.

Might Guy and Shisui ended their destructive spar, while Itachi took Sasuke and Naruto back to the Uchiha compound and warned Sasuke away from the Mangekyo Sharingan. At a separate family gathering, Hiruzen Sarutobi and Zisu reflected on ordinary life and the bonds that cultivators eventually leave behind.

• Might Guy and Shisui stopped sparring after wrecking the training ground, while Kakashi went to practice swordsmanship and Might Guy went to the hospital.
• Itachi led Sasuke, Naruto, Shisui, and Izumi toward the Uchiha compound, and he told Sasuke he hoped he would never awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Sasuke argued with Naruto after Naruto joked that Sasuke could not awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan, and Itachi stopped their bickering.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi hosted Shinnosuke, Hinako, Konohamaru, Asuma, Miki Xiaoai, Tsunade, and Orochimaru for a meal, while Jiraiya remained in the Hidden Mist Village.
• Zisu wondered whether this was ordinary human life, and Hiruzen reflected that cultivators eventually forgot most bonds as time passed.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, Fugaku, Shisui, and Zisu traveled toward the Land of Earth to capture another Tailed Beast while Black Zetsu went to Konoha to investigate Kimimaro. Black Zetsu tried to recruit Kimimaro, but Kimimaro and Haku attacked him, forcing him to retreat.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Fugaku, Shisui, and Zisu departed Konoha with a merchant caravan bound for the Land of Earth.
• Black Zetsu learned that Hiruzen had left Konoha and traveled there to investigate Kimimaro and gather intelligence.
• Kimimaro sensed Black Zetsu in his room and attacked him with the Byakugan and Eight Trigrams Air Palm.
• Black Zetsu tried to persuade Kimimaro to help revive the progenitor of the Otsutsuki Clan, but Kimimaro and Haku attacked him.
• Black Zetsu sensed powerful chakra signatures approaching, sank into the ground, and promised Kimimaro they would meet again.

Kimimaro thwarted Black Zetsu’s attempt to kidnap him, while Orochimaru learned an enemy had infiltrated the village and escaped underground. Hiruzen Sarutobi’s caravan crossed the Land of Rain and entered the Land of Earth, where its members continued toward their target, the Four-Tails Jinchūriki Rōshi.

• Kimimaro told the arriving shinobi that an enemy had infiltrated the village and escaped using advanced Earth Release, and Orochimaru ordered the barrier reinforced before taking Haku and Kimimaro to question them.
• Konan spotted Hiruzen Sarutobi’s merchant caravan in the Land of Rain and sensed Shisui and Fugaku’s powerful chakra, but she chose not to investigate.
• Shisui remarked that the Land of Rain seemed to be managed by an organization, while Fugaku dismissed it as too small and unimportant to the great nations.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi considered Akatsuki a future threat but decided it would be better to capture Obito and Black Zetsu together rather than attack immediately.
• The caravan entered the Land of Earth and continued toward Rōshi, the wandering Jinchūriki of the Four-Tails, who often operated near Flower Fruit Mountain.

Konoha’s convoy traveled to Flower Fruit Mountain to capture Rōshi, the Four-Tails’ Jinchūriki, while Hidden Rock Village sent a squad to protect him. The chapter ended as Shisui confronted Rōshi and ordered him to come with Konoha.

• Fugaku explained to Shisui that Tailed Beasts had intelligence comparable to humans and that the Four-Tails called himself the Great Sage Equal to Heaven.
• Kitsuchi and Akatsuchi learned that a Konoha caravan was approaching Flower Fruit Mountain and hurried there with Hidden Rock Village’s squad.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi noticed that Flower Fruit Mountain resembled the Monkey Demon Clan’s territory in the Summoning World.
• Rōshi sensed the approaching visitors and came out of Water-Curtain Cave, where Son Goku recognized the Uchiha’s Mangekyo Sharingan and warned him they were enemies.
• Shisui faced Rōshi with a Flying Thunder God Kunai and ordered him to come with Konoha.

Shisui and Fugaku confronted Rōshi and the Four-Tails, with Shisui forcing Rōshi into battle and Fugaku unveiling Susanoo. The chapter ended with Fugaku challenging Rōshi to face his armored Susanoo.

• The Four-Tails urged Rōshi to agree to fight and stall for Iwagakure reinforcements, so Rōshi followed the Uchiha out of the valley.
• Rōshi and the Four-Tails recognized Enma and Hiruzen Sarutobi among the Konoha group, while the Four-Tails warned Rōshi of the danger.
• Shisui demanded that Rōshi enter Tailed Beast Transformation, then wounded him with a Flying Thunder God strike that forced him to draw on the Four-Tails' chakra.
• Rōshi healed, entered Lava Release Chakra Mode, and charged Shisui, but Shisui returned to Fugaku's side with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Fugaku activated Susanoo and withstood Rōshi's lava fireballs, then called on Rōshi to attack his armored form.

Fugaku defeated Rōshi and the Four-Tails with his complete-body Susanoo, allowing Konoha’s ninja to capture and seal them. When Iwagakure reinforcements arrived, Kitsuchi accused the Uchiha of rebellion for taking their village’s Tailed Beast.

• Rōshi transformed into the Four-Tails, Son Goku, to fight Fugaku’s Susanoo.
• Fugaku’s Susanoo grew into its complete-body form, rose above the Four-Tails, and countered its lava attacks and Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Fugaku cut down the Four-Tails until its injuries forced it back into Rōshi, leaving the Jinchūriki near death.
• Konoha’s ninja treated Rōshi, sealed him with the Four-Tails, and prepared to take them back for study.
• Hiruzen sent Shisui to confront the approaching Iwagakure ninja while he, Zisu, and Enma went to inspect Flower Fruit Mountain.
• Kitsuchi recognized Fugaku and Shisui and accused the Uchiha of rebelling by capturing Iwagakure’s Four-Tails.

Fugaku’s convoy took Rōshi from Flower Fruit Mountain while Shisui and Kitsuchi’s group reached a tense standoff. Ōnoki rushed to confront the Konoha force, but doubted his elite ninja could defeat Shisui and feared the consequences of war.

• Fugaku dismissed Kitsuchi’s protest and prepared the convoy to leave with Rōshi, while Shisui warned the Rock Ninja to give up.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Enma inspected Flower Fruit Mountain, and Enma summoned monkeys to restore the Monkey Demon Clan’s shrine.
• Shisui accused Iwagakure of attacking Konoha’s orphanage, and Kitsuchi denied knowing anything about it.
• Fugaku ordered Shisui to capture Kitsuchi, Akatsuchi, and Bunya, and Shisui subdued all three with genjutsu.
• Ōnoki learned that the Konoha force had used Susanoo to capture the Four-Tails, and he worried that his elites could not overcome Shisui.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and his group prepared to leave the Shikkotsu Forest as Ōnoki arrived with Iwagakure forces and attacked them. Shisui and Fugaku overwhelmed the Rock Ninja, forcing Ōnoki to surrender and agree to talk in his village.

• Zisu told Hiruzen Sarutobi she would return to Konoha with him before going back to the Shikkotsu Forest.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi prepared to leave after Enma reported that the group was ready, expecting Ōnoki to arrive.
• Ōnoki confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi and demanded to know whether Konoha intended to declare war on Iwagakure.
• Ōnoki attacked with Dust Release: Boundary Stripping Technique, but Shisui teleported Konoha's shinobi away and fought back with Susanoo.
• Shisui and Fugaku summoned their Susanoo, overwhelming Iwagakure's forces and leaving Ōnoki with no choice but to surrender.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi proposed continuing their discussion in Ōnoki's village, and Ōnoki agreed.

Hiruzen Sarutobi took Rōshi from Hidden Rock and warned Onoki to leave Flower Fruit Mountain to the Monkey Demon Clan, then returned to Konoha to resume his cultivation. In the Land of Rain, Akatsuki discussed Konoha’s growing threat, and Black Zetsu proposed unsealing Uchiha Nanashi.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Onoki that Flower Fruit Mountain belonged to the Monkey Demon Clan and left Hidden Rock with Rōshi, Fugaku, and Shisui.
• Onoki suppressed unrest in Hidden Rock and concluded that his village would have to wait for a chance to challenge Konoha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi returned to Konoha and began secluded cultivation to reach Mid-Stage Foundation Establishment.
• Nagato and Konan discussed defeating Konoha, while Obito and Black Zetsu worried that Akatsuki lacked time to grow.
• Black Zetsu proposed unsealing Uchiha Nanashi, and he asked Obito to come with him to find Nagato.

Nagato sent Pain, Obito, and Black Zetsu to unseal Uchiha Hikari and recruit her into the Akatsuki. After learning about the modern Shinobi World, Hikari joined them, driven by hatred for the world and especially Konoha and the Uchiha.

• Nagato agreed to recruit Uchiha Hikari, Kakuzu, and Zabuza, and sent Pain, Obito, and Black Zetsu to release Hikari from her seal.
• Pain lifted Hikari’s seal, and she awakened and reacted to Obito as a potential threat.
• Konan invited Hikari to join the Akatsuki and explained the organization’s goal and the current state of the Shinobi World.
• Hikari agreed to return to Amegakure with the Akatsuki to learn more about the era.
• Kakuzu joined the Akatsuki, and Zabuza defected from Kirigakure and joined with the Kubikiribōchō.
• As Hikari learned more about the Shinobi World, she grew more determined to make it suffer, especially Konoha and the current Uchiha.

Hinata was bullied by village children, but Naruto, a red-haired girl, and a black-haired boy stepped in to defend her. Neji watched nearby, and the chapter ended with the three children facing down the bullies.

• Konoha prospered while its arms trade fueled conflict beyond the Land of Fire, and Orochimaru's research into the Ōtsutsuki Bloodline stalled.
• Naruto's changed fate led the Uchiha to accept him as one of their own, while the Hyuga Clan abolished the Caged Bird and the division between its main and branch families.
• Hinata tried to join a group of children playing ninja, but they mocked her and threw a stone at her.
• Neji watched Hinata being bullied and prepared to intervene, believing her behavior brought shame on the Hyuga Clan.
• Naruto rushed to Hinata's defense, a red-haired girl joined him, and a black-haired boy stood beside them as they confronted the bullies.

Naruto, Sasuke, and Karin defended Hinata from a group of children, and Itachi stopped Naruto from confronting Neji. Hinata chose to go with them to the dessert shop, leaving Natsu Hyuga to accompany her.

• Naruto, Sasuke, and Karin drove off the children who had insulted and bullied Hinata.
• Naruto checked on Hinata, while Karin condemned the bullies and Hinata shyly said she was fine.
• Neji criticized Hinata and declared that he would prove himself worthy of becoming Hyuga clan head, but Itachi stopped Naruto from attacking him and warned Neji not to overlook what mattered.
• Naruto invited Hinata to the dessert shop, and Natsu Hyuga tried to stop her because the clan had matters to attend to.
• Hinata gathered her courage and chose to visit the dessert shop with Naruto and the others, and Natsu agreed to accompany her.

Hinata joined Naruto, Itachi, Karin, and Sasuke for ramen, where she ate her fill and grew more cheerful. Meanwhile, the Hidden Mist Village struggled with defections and considered whether to cooperate with or join Konoha.

• Itachi treated Hinata, Natsu Hyuga, Naruto, Karin, and Sasuke to desserts, and the group went to Ichiraku Ramen.
• Hinata ate five bowls of ramen, while Naruto and the others reassured her that she could eat as much as she wanted.
• Hiashi took Hinata home, and he later noticed that her appetite had grown as she became happier and more outgoing.
• Jiraiya gained a deeper understanding of the Hidden Mist Village as Konoha's influence over it continued to grow.
• Mei Terumi and the Hidden Mist leadership considered how the Hidden Mist Village could develop, including the possibility of cooperating with or joining Konoha.

Years after Konoha expanded its control over the Land of Fire and nearby villages, Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that the Divine Tree had drained the continents beyond the Shinobi World. Orochimaru also reported a possible passage to another world near Mist Village, while Uchiha Hikari entered Konoha to see the village for herself.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi reached Mid-Stage Foundation Establishment, while Miki Xiaoai and Tsunade advanced in Qi Refining and the younger generation matured.
• Orochimaru told Hiruzen Sarutobi that the continents beyond the Shinobi World were barren, apparently drained by the Divine Tree.
• Orochimaru reported traces of space-time ninjutsu near Mist Village and said Kisame Hoshigaki's clan came from another world; Hiruzen ordered the discovery kept secret until Mist Village had results.
• Mei Terumi agreed to Jiraiya's proposal for Mist Village to seize control of the Land of Water's daimyō.
• Uchiha Hikari visited Konoha, registered without trouble, and was surprised by the friendliness of the Uchiha handling her entry.

Uchiha Hikari arrived in Konoha and encountered Hiruzen Sarutobi, Sakura, Itachi, and Izumi while trying to understand the peaceful village. Itachi suspected she was an unknown Uchiha and trapped her in his Tsukuyomi Space, where he discovered she had awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan.

• Uchiha Hikari wandered through Konoha and felt overwhelmed by Hiruzen Sarutobi's power as he focused on cultivating toward Core Formation.
• Sakura mistook Uchiha Hikari for Sasuke, but Uchiha Hikari said she had only arrived that day and did not know him.
• Itachi Uchiha spotted Uchiha Hikari, introduced himself with Izumi Uchiha, and heard her claim she was Nameless, a ninja from Amegakure.
• Itachi used Tsukuyomi to pull Uchiha Hikari into his Tsukuyomi Space after sensing she was an Uchiha from outside the present clan.
• Uchiha Hikari resisted Itachi's control but could not escape, and Itachi recognized that she had awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan.

Itachi subdued Uchiha Hikari in Tsukuyomi and brought her to the Uchiha Grounds with Shisui and Izumi. Seeing the clan living happily left Hikari confused, since she believed hatred was all the Uchiha had ever known.

• Black Zetsu and Obito learned that Hikari had gone to Konoha alone and feared losing her Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Itachi trapped Hikari in Tsukuyomi, where she denounced Konoha and the Uchiha as cursed and evil.
• Itachi ended Tsukuyomi and asked Hikari to come to the Uchiha Grounds, while Izumi recognized her Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Shisui arrived using Flying Thunder God and joined Itachi in escorting Hikari to the Uchiha Grounds.
• Hikari saw the clan's vibrant, happy life and wondered how it could differ so much from the hatred she remembered.

Itachi and Shisui brought Uchiha Hikari to Fugaku and Mikoto, where they learned she was Uchiha Nanashi, a sealed weapon from the Warring States Era. The Uchiha offered her a home in Konoha, but she remained torn between accepting them and clinging to her hatred, while Shisui considered using Kotoamatsukami.

• Itachi and Shisui brought Uchiha Hikari to the Uchiha reception hall and removed the White Zetsu that had been watching her.
• Fugaku recognized Uchiha Nanashi as the legendary weapon whose powerful eye technique had led other clans to seal her away.
• Fugaku and Mikoto welcomed Hikari into the Uchiha clan and told her Konoha was her home, but she accused them of pretending and blamed them for abandoning her.
• Fugaku explained that the Uchiha of the Warring States Era were gone and that the modern clan had chosen to become part of Konoha.
• Shisui kept his Mangekyo Sharingan active and considered using Kotoamatsukami if Hikari continued to resist.

Nagato learned that Uchiha Hikari had stayed in Konoha and decided the Akatsuki would gather information rather than confront the village. In Konoha, Hikari adjusted to the Uchiha while Hiruzen Sarutobi prepared to forge the Six Paths Ninja Tools into an upgraded heavy sword.

• Nagato asked Konan whether Konoha had captured Hikari, then ordered the Akatsuki to investigate her and prepare to go to Konoha if she was in danger.
• Nagato accepted that the Akatsuki could not fight Konoha and continued using the organization to provoke conflicts among the ninja villages.
• Hikari spent two days with the Uchiha and found that the clan and village had changed, though she still struggled to feel that she belonged.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi studied the Six Paths Ninja Tools and decided to melt them down to upgrade Star Severer into a heavy sword.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Zisu to help with the forging and considered whether the Sage of Six Paths would react to the tools being destroyed.

Hiruzen Sarutobi refined Star Severer as Konoha’s expansion and reforms reshaped the Shinobi World. Hidden Mist Village’s leaders arrived in Konoha to begin talks on integrating their village and the Land of Water.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi refined Star Severer, making it heavier and strengthening its bond with him.
• Konoha’s reforms improved life in the Land of Fire while ANBU suppressed opposition to the daimyo’s new rule.
• Hidden Mist Village agreed to Konoha’s plan to take over the Land of Water, and Mei Terumi, Kisame, Ao, and other leaders traveled to Konoha.
• The Hidden Mist delegation saw Konoha’s prosperity and considered that joining Konoha might improve life in their village.
• Mei Terumi recognized that most people in Hidden Mist Village supported integration, while loyalists such as Zabuza Momochi had already left.

Mei Terumi and the Mist Village delegation toured Konoha before agreeing to the Land of Water’s annexation and deeper integration with the Land of Fire. Orochimaru then questioned Kisame Hoshigaki about the Hoshigaki Clan’s rumored Fish-Man origins and asked for a blood sample.

• Mei Terumi and the Mist Village delegation toured Konoha’s schools, hospitals, and Hokage Building, where they saw how powerful and developed the village had become.
• Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade met Mei Terumi and agreed that Konoha would help the Mist Village control the Land of Water and that the Land of Water would be annexed by the Land of Fire.
• Orochimaru asked Kisame Hoshigaki to remain after Mei Terumi and Ao left, then asked what he thought of Konoha and the Mist Village.
• Kisame said he accepted the village’s decisions and explained that the Hoshigaki Clan’s elders traced its origins beyond the ocean and called it the Fish-Man Tribe.
• Orochimaru asked Kisame to give him a vial of blood for research.

After analyzing Kisame Hoshigaki’s blood, Orochimaru became eager to explore other worlds and considered Mist Village a key to that research. Konoha conquered the Land of Water, renamed its expanded territory Konoha Country, and Orochimaru became the Fifth Hokage as Hiruzen Sarutobi stepped down.

• Orochimaru discovered that Kisame Hoshigaki’s genes contained traits from an alien race and began considering how to explore another world.
• Mei Terumi and the Mist Village delegation left Konoha reassured about their decision to cooperate, and Kisame rejoined them after speaking with Orochimaru about the Hoshigaki Clan.
• Three days later, the Land of Fire declared war on the Land of Water while Mist Village refused the daimyo’s summons and withdrew its ninjas from missions.
• Konoha ANBU purged the Land of Water’s ruling class, and the arriving troops registered civilians and distributed supplies.
• The Land of Fire became Konoha Country, incorporating the Land of Bears, Land of Crafts, Land of Whirlpools, and Land of Water.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi stepped down, and Orochimaru became the Fifth Hokage.

Konoha’s rise reshaped the Shinobi World as nations and villages fell into distrust and refugees flocked toward Konoha Country. Orochimaru and Seimei completed the ship Konohamaru, while the chapter also showed how Naruto, Sasuke, Hinata, and their classmates were growing up in this altered Konoha.

• The other nations regretted failing to unite their villages and daimyo earlier, while political disorder and migration spread across the Shinobi World.
• Konoha tightened border controls as refugees and ninja sought entry, and Mist Village ninja helped meet the sharp rise in missions.
• Orochimaru and Seimei finished building Konohamaru, a ship equipped with advanced technology for potential travel between worlds.
• Orochimaru returned to Konoha and left Seimei in the Mist Village to maintain Konohamaru while information about alternate worlds was gathered.
• Konohamaru grew up alongside Moegi and Udon as Naruto and Sasuke competed for top marks at the Ninja Academy.
• Hinata grew stronger through diligent training and plentiful food, while Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Ino, and the others developed rivalries and friendships shaped by their changed upbringing.