Chapter Summaries

Ren used his Death Flame and Susanoo to attack the Kazekage, whose Iron Sand defenses began to decay under the flames. As the Kazekage unleashed an Iron Sand Tsunami, Ren activated Life Bestowal on the sand beneath him.

• Ren explained that his Death Flame represented decay and death, and it turned the Kazekage's Iron Sand to ash.
• The Kazekage avoided the flames with an Iron Sand Clone, but Ren formed a Susanoo divine sword and spread Death Flame across its blade.
• Ren charged the Kazekage and struck his Iron Sand barrier, sending Death Flame through its gaps.
• The Kazekage retreated and unleashed Magnet Release—Iron Sand Tsunami, sending a vast wave of Iron Sand toward Ren.
• Ren used Life Bestowal to merge a green sphere of light into the sand beneath him, causing it to tremble.

Ren used his ocular technique, Life Bestowal, to animate rocks and Gold Dust into giants that fought the Kazekage’s Magnet Release. As the giants regenerated despite being shattered, Black Zetsu and Madara recognized the threat posed by Ren’s unusual ocular techniques.

• Ren used Life Bestowal to turn a rock into a giant and animate Gold Dust into towering fighters, while blood ran from his left eye.
• The Kazekage attacked from the air with Sand Iron spears and a barrage of iron, destroying Ren’s giants.
• Ren said the giants would not be easily destroyed, and the rock giant regenerated from its fragments.
• Black Zetsu and White Zetsu watched the battle, and Black Zetsu compared Ren’s abilities to powers of Kaguya and Hamura.
• White Zetsu relayed images of the fight to Madara, who watched Ren’s ocular techniques after abandoning his plan to recruit Sasori of the Red Sands.

Ren fought the Kazekage, who sealed Ren’s summoned Giants and then unleashed an overwhelming Iron Sand attack. Ren used Susanoo to defend himself as the chapter ended with the Iron Sand raining down.

• Madara and Black Zetsu watched Ren’s flames of death, and Black Zetsu feared that Ren’s ocular technique could kill him.
• The Kazekage attacked Ren with Sand Iron Barrier, but Ren summoned his Giants and merged them into a massive Giant armored with Gold Dust.
• The Kazekage used Sand Iron Seal to restrain the Giant and seal its life force.
• Ren charged the exhausted Kazekage, who swallowed a pill to boost his Chakra and unleashed Iron Sand Drizzle.
• Ren formed his third-form Susanoo and turned the Ghost-Faced Divine Sword into a shield as Iron Sand descended like a tidal wave.

Ren fought the Kazekage in Kong, using Susanoo, the Ghost-Faced Divine Sword, and his Mangekyō abilities to turn the Kazekage’s Iron Sand against him. The chapter ended with Ren’s sword cutting the Iron Sand Giant in two as the battle reached its conclusion.

• Ren used Yasaka Tomoe against the Kazekage, who blocked the attack with Magnet Release—Absolute Defense.
• Ren devoured Iron Sand and used Life Bestowal to turn it into living iron wings that carried Susanoo into the sky.
• The Kazekage formed a Sand Iron Giant, and it clashed with Ren’s Susanoo amid a desert storm.
• Ren transformed Susanoo into its complete form and used gray flames and Life Bestowal to bind the Sand Iron Giant with living Iron Sand.
• Ren raised the Ghost-Faced Divine Sword and cut the Sand Iron Giant in two.

Ren defeated and killed the Kazekage, then had Ye Yan seal the corpse so he could investigate Magnet Release. Afterward, Ren’s overuse of Mangekyō Sharingan techniques left him completely blind, though he insisted that was the objective of his visit.

• Ren restrained the Kazekage with living Iron Sand chains and revealed that he had marked him with Flying Thunder God long before the battle ended.
• Ren told the Kazekage he wanted him as a sacrifice for his eyes and to learn the secrets of Magnet Release, then killed him with lightning senbon.
• Ye Yan sealed the Kazekage’s corpse, and Ren and Ye Yan fled through a secret passage as Sand Ninja arrived at the ruined battlefield.
• Ren explained to Ye Yan that provoking the Mangekyō Sharingan’s side effects had been his objective, while his eyesight faded completely from extensive use of ocular techniques.

Ren learned that Rasa was preparing the Sand Ninja Village for war with Konoha, then returned to Konoha after losing his sight and underwent an eye transplant using his father's Mangekyō Sharingan. His vision returned, but he found the transplanted eyes far weaker than his own.

• Ren ordered Ye Yan to investigate the Sand Ninja Village and Sasori's fate while Madara and Black Zetsu discussed Ren's damaged Mangekyō Sharingan and Sasori.
• Madara decided to cast the sleeping Sasori into the desert after planting a seed of hatred in his heart.
• Ye Yan reported that Rasa had blamed Konoha for the Kazekage's disappearance and was quietly preparing the Sand Ninja Village for war.
• Ren told Ye Yan to remain in the Sand Ninja Village, returned to Konoha, and asked Tsunade to begin the eye transplant.
• Tsunade and Ren's women transplanted his father's Mangekyō Sharingan, restoring his vision, but Ren said the new eyes were much weaker than his own.

Ren’s transplanted Mangekyō Sharingan turned into Byakugan and then went blind, so he had Tsunade restore his original eyes. They recovered and evolved into the Eternal Eyes, leaving Ren with a stronger new ocular power.

• Tsunade transplanted Ren’s father’s Mangekyō Sharingan, but Ren’s eyes soon went blind and changed into Byakugan.
• Ren asked Tsunade to replace the pale eyes with his grandfather’s Mangekyō Sharingan, which also turned pale and left him blind.
• Ren told Tsunade to transplant his original eyes back, and they regained their sight.
• Ren’s restored eyes evolved into the Eternal Eyes, with a crimson pattern resembling a black sun and twelve rays.

Ren discovered that the Devouring Heaven Demonic Jar had taken the ocular power from his father’s and grandfather’s eyes, then restored and evolved his own eyes into Eternal Eyes. He tested their abilities and entered the chamber holding dangerous decay energy from the Shrouding the Heavens World, relying on Source to protect himself.

• Ren realized that Devour had drained his father’s and grandfather’s Mangekyō Sharingan, then returned their ocular power to his own eyes and evolved them.
• Ren tested his gray flames and life-giving ocular technique at Valley of the End, confirming that using them no longer harmed his sight.
• Ren went to a sealed chamber beneath the river and ordered Red Queen to open it despite her warning that the decay aura inside could kill him.
• Ren used Source from the Shrouding the Heavens World and stepped into the chamber, where the decay gas surged toward him.

Ren used the decaying aura and the source inside his Devouring Heaven Demonic Jar to evolve his Mangekyō Sharingan and strengthen his body. After his body reached its limit with half the source still remaining, he sealed the aura away and practiced the Hengyu Fist to burn off the excess energy.

• Ren absorbed the decaying aura, aged rapidly, and used his Susanoo to place the source into the Devouring Heaven Demonic Jar.
• The jar released the source’s vitality into Ren, restoring his body and strengthening his physique as his eyes underwent a change.
• Red Queen warned Ren that his body had reached its limit, so Ren stopped absorbing the energy and told her to seal the aura away.
• Ren found that half the source remained and, unable to absorb more, entered the gravity chamber to practice the Hengyu Fist and expend its energy.

Ren’s body and Mangekyō Sharingan evolved after absorbing energy, and he learned that the Third Shinobi World War had begun. After hearing that the Sand Ninja Village was advancing toward the Land of Fire and demanding Konoha hand over the alleged killer of the Third Kazekage, Ren accepted the prospect of war.

• Ren’s body reached perfection after the Devouring Heaven Demonic Jar released its final energy, which then flowed into Kushina.
• Kushina noticed that Ren’s Mangekyō Sharingan had changed into a nine-petaled flower, with his right eye seeming to hold death and his left eye vitality.
• Ren speculated that his evolved eyes might reflect flowers from the Shrouding the Heavens World and planned to receive a new batch of trash later.
• Reiko called Ren with news of a major event, and he used Flying Thunder God to join Shikaku, Inoichi, and Choza in the office.
• Shikaku reported that the Third Shinobi World War had begun after the Sand Ninja Village advanced toward the Land of Fire and demanded Konoha hand over the person who killed the Third Kazekage.
• Ren rejected the demand and declared that Konoha would fight if the Sand Ninja Village wanted war.

Ren prepared Konoha for the Third Shinobi World War by assigning forces to contain the Sand Ninja Village, Iwagakure, and Kirigakure while Root dealt with smaller villages. He then urged Mei Terumi to return to Kirigakure and use her father’s legacy and what she had learned to lead its civilian ninja, possibly becoming its Kage.

• Shikaku reported that the Sand Ninja Village had attacked, Iwagakure and Kumogakure were gathering forces, and Kirigakure might join the war.
• Ren summoned Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade, then ordered Jiraiya to take three thousand ninja and Tsunade’s medical ninja to hold off the Sand Ninja Village.
• Ren sent Orochimaru to defend against Kirigakure and assigned Tsunade, Mikoto, Kushina Uzumaki, and Reiko to face Iwagakure.
• Ren ordered Kurama Yun to lead Root against disobedient smaller ninja villages and tasked Shikaku with logistics.
• Ren told Konan to remain in Konoha and asked Mei Terumi whether she would return to Kirigakure; he revealed that her father had led the village’s civilian ninja and suggested she could become its Kage.

Ren prepared Konoha’s clans for the Third Shinobi World War while Madara ordered Hidden Mist to attack Konoha. Ren then received a new batch of trash from the Distortion vortex and sensed an aura purer than Natural Energy.

• Ren told Mei Terumi that obstacles to her becoming Mizukage could be removed during the Third Shinobi World War and summoned the Hyuga and Uchiha clan heads.
• Ren ordered Hyuga Hiashi to assemble a hundred-person squad for Orochimaru and Fugaku Uchiha to gather fighters for Jiraiya’s front against the Sand Ninja Village.
• Ren promised the clan heads that successful service in the war could lift their previous agreements, and they left to prepare.
• Madara ordered Hidden Mist to attack Konoha, while White Zetsu and Black Zetsu arranged intelligence and other support under Yagura’s control.
• Ren watched the Distortion vortex spill out clothing, stones, bloodstained items, and weapons, then sensed an aura purer than Natural Energy.

Ren received trash from the Jade Dynasty World, including corpses and weapons, but a lingering Distortion Uzumaki unleashed the Zhu Immortal Sword Formation’s sword aura and badly wounded him. As another sword aura shot toward him, Ren’s Susanoo compressed into armor around his body.

• Ren noticed the incoming corpses came from different kinds of cultivators and sensed Natural Energy in the trash.
• A screen identified the trash as coming from a main world, and Ren recognized the vision of the Qing Yun Sect battle from the Jade Dynasty World.
• The Distortion Uzumaki remained open and released sword aura that shattered Ren’s Complete Body Susanoo and made him spit blood.
• As the Uzumaki closed, a gray sword aura shot directly at Ren too quickly for him to dodge or use space ninjutsu.
• Ren’s Susanoo transformed under the threat, shrinking from a thousand-meter giant into a tightly fitted suit of dense black armor.

Ren was struck by Zhu Xian Sword Aura, which pierced into his mind and attacked his soul. He survived with the Sword Aura merged into his soul and his mental power greatly diminished, then continued onward after Uzumaki vanished.

• The gray Sword Aura pierced Ren's glabella and entered his mind, bypassing his Susanoo defenses.
• Ren recognized the attack as Zhu Xian Sword Aura from the Jade Dynasty World and felt it devouring his mental power as it rushed toward his soul.
• The Sword Aura struck Ren's soul, and he lost consciousness.
• Ren regained consciousness and found his soul unharmed, but marked by a gray sword mark, while more than half his purple mental power had turned pitch-black.
• Ren examined himself, accepted the changes, and walked on after seeing that Uzumaki had vanished.

After surviving a deadly battle, Ren discovered a sword-shaped mark on his brow and returned to the Dog Clan, where debris from the Jade Dynasty World revealed a source of exceptionally pure Heavenly Spiritual Qi. When he absorbed the Spiritual Qi into his brow, Zhu Xian Sword Intent erupted from within him, leaving the Dog Clan terrified and Ren struggling to understand its power.

• Ren returned to his office, found a sword mark on his brow, and wondered what had Devoured Zhu Xian Sword Aura and changed his soul.
• Ren used the Reversal Summoning Technique to reach Dog Square and ordered the husky to carefully inspect the corpses and debris from the Distortion Uzumaki.
• The husky sensed unusually pure Natural Energy in the fallen trash, and Ren identified it as Heavenly Spiritual Qi from the Jade Dynasty World.
• Ren absorbed some Spiritual Qi and guided it toward his brow, triggering a terrifying eruption of Fiendish Qi and Zhu Xian Sword Intent.
• The Dog Clan watched in fear as Ren radiated overwhelming killing intent, and Ren realized the Zhu Xian Sword Aura had become Sword Intent within his soul.

Ren absorbed the Zhu Xian Sword Intent into his soul and salvaged valuable remnants from the Jade Dynasty World. He left with Formation Array fragments, Spiritual Qi-infused wood, and a new sword suited to his Fiendish Qi.

• Ren calmed the Zhu Xian Sword Intent within his soul and told the Dog Clan members to search the debris carefully.
• Ren identified broken Formation Array fragments and sent Reiko and Red Queen to study them.
• Ren collected black wooden fragments that resisted his strength and faintly emitted Spiritual Qi.
• Ren examined six immortal cultivator corpses and found only an ordinary Buddhist scripture among their belongings.
• Ren chose an intact black-gold sword edged in red and named it the Baleful-Slaying Sword.

Ren collected weapons and corpses from the Jade Dynasty World, then prepared to join Jiraiya’s forces against Sand Ninja Village. As Sand Ninja launched an all-out assault with its Jinchuriki, Jiraiya and his commanders rushed to defend Kikyo Mountain.

• Ren stored the Baleful-Slaying Sword and eight Qing Yun swords, planning to create Konoha’s Eight Sword Guards, and gave the weapon fragments to Bully Dog to study.
• Ren ordered Red Queen to preserve six corpses from the immortal cultivation world for his own experiments after the war.
• Ren chose to reinforce Jiraiya’s force against Sand Ninja Village and sent a squad of Shadow Guards with him.
• Ren summoned Sled Dog and Blood-Colored Demon Dog to guard Konoha while he was away, placing Konan in charge if needed.
• Fugaku and Minato warned Jiraiya that Sand Ninja Village was massing its main force, and an Uchiha messenger reported that the attack had begun with the Jinchuriki deployed.
• Jiraiya rushed to the wall at Kikyo Mountain to face the assault.

Ren arrived at the Sand Ninja battlefield and kicked away One-Tail's Tailed Beast Ball, sending it toward the Sand Ninja camp, where Law blocked its explosion with Gold Dust. Ren then confronted Law, who declared that war could wear down even the strongest opponent.

• Jiraiya and Minato spotted Ye Yan controlling One-Tail Tsuru as the Sand Ninja approached Kikyo Mountain.
• Ye Yan ordered a full attack and charged a Tailed Beast Ball, prompting Minato to prepare to divert it with Flying Thunder God.
• Ren arrived with the Shadow Guards and kicked the Tailed Beast Ball toward the Sand Ninja camp.
• Law blocked the Tailed Beast Ball's explosion with Gold Dust as Ye Yan and the battlefield ninja reacted to Ren's arrival.
• Ren dismissed Law and warned him against provoking him, and Law answered that war could ravage anyone, no matter how powerful.

Ren effortlessly blocked Law’s Sha Gold attack, then unleashed his overwhelming physical strength and Chakra against the battlefield. The chapter ended with Ye Yan firing a Tailed Beast Ball at Ren at his command.

• Law formed a giant Sha Gold fist and sent it charging at Ren, who blocked and shattered it with a single strike.
• Ye Yan transformed into the One-Tail and used a powerful Wind Release attack to sweep the falling Sha Gold toward Ren.
• Ren revealed his full aura and stomped down, creating a blast of Kong air that broke the winds and pulverized rocks and mountains.
• Law stared at Ren in disbelief as Ren remained unharmed by the attack.
• Ye Yan gathered a Tailed Beast Ball and fired it straight at Ren, following Ren’s order to attack without holding back.

Ren stopped Ye Yan’s One-Tail Tailed Beast Ball with his bare hand, then joined Minato and Jiraiya at Kikyo Mountain and rallied Konoha’s forces into battle. As the armies clashed, Rasa and Chiyo prepared to commit the Sand Ninja army and planned to work together to stop Ren.

• Ren caught Ye Yan’s Tailed Beast Ball with his palm, survived its explosion, and Devoured its Chakra with the Devouring Heaven Demonic Jar.
• Ren used Flying Thunder God to appear atop Kikyo Mountain’s walls, where Minato and Jiraiya reacted in shock to his power.
• Ren observed Jiraiya’s Sage Mode, then ordered Konoha’s shinobi to attack the frightened Sand Ninja.
• Rasa ordered a retreat, but Chiyo said the Konoha charge had made retreat impossible, so Rasa committed the entire Sand Ninja army.
• Rasa and Chiyo agreed they needed to stop Ren and planned to fight him together with Ye Yan.