Chapter Summaries

Ren sent White Fang to Kirigakure to find Madara Uchiha and support Mei Terumi, then traveled with Jiraiya to Mount Myōboku to sign a summoning contract and learn its Sage Mode. The Great Toad Sage summoned Ren, surprising Jiraiya, who believed Mount Myōboku would reject someone with so many summoning contracts.

• Ren ordered White Fang to infiltrate Kirigakure, find Madara Uchiha, and bring back his eyes if he killed him.
• Ren told White Fang to help Mei Terumi seize political power and eliminate clans that resisted her.
• Ren asked Jiraiya for Mount Myōboku’s Summoning Scroll, and Jiraiya agreed to accompany him there.
• Ren signed Mount Myōboku’s summoning contract and traveled there with Jiraiya.
• Shima and Fukasaku told Ren that the Great Toad Sage wanted to see him, leaving Jiraiya shocked.

Ren met the Great Toad Sage, who warned that Ren would fight two powerful outsiders on the moon and might face a major disaster. Ren then began Mount Myōboku’s Sage Mode training and rapidly absorbed Natural Energy, causing a Divine Dragon to emerge from his chest.

• Ren followed Fukasaku to meet the Great Toad Sage, who described a vision of two outsiders and a Byakugan wielder whose eyes became the Tenseigan.
• The Great Toad Sage told Ren that Hamura’s inheritance on the moon might help him evolve his Byakugan and warned that Ren’s battle with the outsiders could harm the world.
• The Great Toad Sage sent Ren to cultivate Sage Mode with Fukasaku at Mount Myōboku.
• Ren touched the Toad Oil and quickly controlled the Natural Energy without needing Fukasaku’s stick.
• Ren’s four fused types of Sage Mode triggered a transformation, and a Divine Dragon formed from Natural Energy above him.

Ren completed his Sage Mode training and returned to Konoha, while the four other villages formed an alliance against Konoha and discussed using a dangerous sealing technique to fuse Tailed Beasts. The alliance chose Ōnoki as commander but found that acquiring an Uzumaki Clan member for the technique would be difficult.

• Ren used his fused Sage Mode to destroy stone frogs with punches and Natural Energy, convincing Fukasaku that his training was complete.
• Ren returned to Konoha with Jiraiya, ordered the ANBU to gather Tsunade and the others, and resolved to seek the passage to obtain the Tenseigan.
• In Kumogakure, Darui asked Ōnoki to assess Ren's strength, and Ōnoki compared Ren's power with Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha.
• Rasa described how Ren had defeated him effortlessly, and Darui, Rasa, Yagura, and Ōnoki agreed to unite against Konoha and chose Ōnoki as their commander.
• Darui explained that their plan relied on a sealing technique that fused Tailed Beasts and required an Uzumaki Clan member, but Ōnoki and Rasa could not provide one.

Yagura and the other Kage agreed to join forces against Konoha, while Madara learned that Ren was hunting him and chose to retreat to Akatsuki. Ren prepared for the coming battle and learned that White Fang’s search had uncovered White Zetsu’s severed arm and an abandoned cave.

• Yagura, Ōnoki, Rasa, and Darui discussed dividing the Uzumaki Clan and agreed to attack Konoha and the Land of Fire, while Darui declined to claim territory.
• Yagura, controlled by Black Zetsu, told Madara that Kirigakure had selected Uzumaki members to help capture Tailed Beast Chakra and revive the Ten-Tails.
• White Zetsu reported that Ren’s Sword Guards had searched Kirigakure, discovered him, and severed his arm, and Madara concluded that Ren intended to kill him.
• Madara assessed Ren as stronger than he had been in his youth, resolved to avoid him for now, and ordered the group to go to Akatsuki.
• Ren welcomed Tsunade back and reassured her about the coming battle against the four allied villages and eight Tailed Beasts.
• White Fang told Ren that his search had found no sign of Madara but had uncovered White Zetsu’s severed arm, an abandoned cave, and several weapons.

Ren prepared for a continent-wide war, ordering White Fang to track Akatsuki while confirming Mei Terumi's control of Kirigakure. As Konoha and the Allied Shinobi Forces began fighting, Ren headed for the battlefield, intent on defeating the alliance and unifying the Ninja World.

• White Fang delivered Madara Uchiha's weapons, and Ren ordered the Sword Guards to pursue Madara and find Akatsuki, seize its leader's eyes if necessary.
• White Fang reported that Mei Terumi had become Fifth Mizukage, purged Kirigakure's resisters, and prepared to align with Konoha.
• Ren ordered preparations for war after learning that Orochimaru had joined Jiraiya at the camp and that enemy forces were readying an attack.
• Orochimaru explained to Jiraiya that Ren meant to unify the Ninja World by defeating the allied villages and their supporters.
• Konoha and the Allied Shinobi Forces clashed, and Jiraiya coordinated mass Fire Release and Wind Release attacks as the opposing forces answered with Water Release.

Konoha’s Kekkei Genkai squads and Nawaki’s Wood Release challenged the enemy forces as Jiraiya and Orochimaru attacked the four Kage. Their coordinated assault briefly caught the Kage off guard, but they escaped the summoned python and faced the two Sannin in anger.

• Enemy Kekkei Genkai squads charged through the battlefield, and Jiraiya sent Konoha’s own special squads to stop them.
• Nawaki used Wood Release—Tree World Advent to pierce numerous enemies with trees.
• Jiraiya attacked the four Kage with Sage Art—Goemon, while Ōnoki countered with Dust Release—Atomic Dismantling Jutsu.
• Orochimaru summoned a giant python that swallowed the battlefield, Jiraiya’s flames, and the four Kage.
• The four Kage escaped atop Rasa’s Gold Dust, and Jiraiya and Orochimaru faced them as Ōnoki reacted with fury.

Ren arrived on the battlefield and confronted Ōnoki, who attacked him with Dust Release. Ren caught and endured the technique without injury, crushed its condensed light, and left Ōnoki and the other Kage stunned.

• Ōnoki demanded to meet Ren, and Ren descended from Kong, creating a vast canyon with his impact.
• Ren rebuked Ōnoki and dismissed his past battlefield dominance.
• Ōnoki fired Dust Release—Atomic Dismantling Jutsu at Ren, but Ren caught the beam in his hand.
• Ōnoki intensified Dust Release until it engulfed Ren, destroying his clothes but leaving his body unharmed.
• Ren condensed the Dust Release into a sphere, crushed it, and left Ōnoki, Rasa, Darui, and the others dumbfounded.

Ren faced the Four Kage and focused his attack on Yagura, who he recognized as Black Zetsu sustaining the dead Mizukage. He shrugged off the Kage’s attacks and continued charging through their defenses.

• Ōnoki’s Dust Release destroyed Ren’s clothes but failed to harm him, and Ren taunted Ōnoki before declaring himself the war’s victor.
• Ren charged the Four Kage, shattered Rasa’s Gold Dust and Yagura’s Water Dragon, and demanded that Black Zetsu die.
• Ren saw that Yagura was already dead and that Black Zetsu had taken his place, then cut down what proved to be a Water Clone.
• Yagura urged the Kage to cooperate, and Darui and Rasa attacked Ren with Storm Release lasers and a Gold Dust spear.
• Ren crushed Darui’s lasers and charged through the remaining attacks, while the Gold Dust spear struck his body without harming him.

Ren killed Black Zetsu, who had been controlling Yagura, by overcoming Yagura’s Water Release and striking him with the Baleful-Slaying Sword. He then attacked Darui while Rasa and Ōnoki tried to protect him, and the chapter ended as Ren’s sword struck Darui.

• Yagura unleashed Isobu Great Waterfall, but Ren controlled the water and charged through it.
• Ren’s sword and black flames exposed and killed Black Zetsu, who had been fused with Yagura.
• Ren declared Darui his next target and said he would kill the three Kage before the Tailed Beasts arrived.
• Darui attacked with Storm Release while Ōnoki fired Dust Release and Rasa shielded him with Sha Gold.
• Ren turned Darui’s Storm Release against Ōnoki’s Dust Release, caught the Dust Release, and blasted away Rasa’s Sha Gold.
• Ren brought down the Baleful-Slaying Sword on Darui, who screamed as it struck.

Ren killed Darui by draining the blood from his severed arm, then slew Ōnoki with the Baleful-Slaying Sword despite Ōnoki's Dust Release. With the remaining Kage and eight Tailed Beasts facing him, Ren turned his attention to Rasa.

• Ren drained Darui's blood until he became a dried corpse and turned to ash.
• Ōnoki and Rasa watched Ren kill Darui and feared they could not resist him.
• Gyūki and the other seven Tailed Beasts besides the Nine-Tails appeared and attacked Ren with a Tailed Beast Ball.
• Ren dodged the Tailed Beast Ball and charged Ōnoki, cutting through his Dust Release with the Baleful-Slaying Sword.
• Ren killed Ōnoki and told Rasa that he was next.

Ren overwhelmed the Tailed Beasts’ attack with his Dragon Roar Rasengan and turned on Rasa. After defeating Gyūki and trapping the Tailed Beasts with water Giants, Ren confronted Rasa as he tried to flee.

• Rasa called on the Tailed Beasts, and all eight launched Tailed Beast Balls at Ren.
• Ren created the Dragon Roar Rasengan, combining gathered water and Natural Energy, and sent it into the incoming Tailed Beast Balls.
• The collision unleashed a devastating storm of water that battered the ninjas on the battlefield.
• Ren charged Rasa, but Killer B, transformed into the Eight-Tails, intervened.
• Ren threw the Eight-Tails, struck Gyūki with a water whip, and summoned eight water Giants to engage the Tailed Beasts.
• Ren faced Rasa and asked whether he still intended to run.

Ren overwhelmed Rasa’s final Gold Dust attack with black flames, then faced all eight Tailed Beasts as they joined the battle. He began gathering a vast ocean of water above the battlefield, leaving the fight poised to escalate.

• Rasa sacrificed his life force to unleash Magnet Release—Desert Descends, sending a vast sea of Gold Dust toward Ren.
• Ren countered with Blaze Release—Heaven-Burning Sea of Flames, melting the Gold Dust and engulfing Rasa in black flames.
• The eight Tailed Beasts destroyed Ren’s hastily formed water giants and prepared to fight him together.
• Gyūki and the One-Tail challenged Ren, who dismissed their strength and began gathering water.
• Ren summoned torrents of water into the sky until a vast ocean formed above the battlefield.

Ren used a massive surge of water to overwhelm the eight Tailed Beasts’ combined Tailed Beast Ball, devastating the battlefield and killing many enemy ninjas. He worried that Zhu Xian Sword Intent was making him enjoy slaughter, then faced the Tailed Beasts in close combat as his fist collided with Eight-Tails’ tentacle.

• Ren gathered water across the sky and unleashed it against the eight Tailed Beasts’ combined Tailed Beast Ball.
• Ren’s wave crushed the attack and swept through the battlefield, killing many enemy ninjas while Konoha’s forces remained mostly safe after retreating.
• Ren regretted losing potential subjects for his experiments and suspected Zhu Xian Sword Intent was influencing him to enjoy killing.
• Eight-Tails rallied the other Tailed Beasts and charged Ren with their claws and tentacles.
• Ren rejected their attempt at hand-to-hand combat and struck Eight-Tails’ tentacle with his fist.

Ren overwhelmed the controlled Tailed Beasts with immense physical strength and powerful techniques. After defeating several of them, he appeared before the One-Tail, which roared at him.

• Ren kicked the Four-Tails back and sent the Three-Tails crashing into the ground with an armored punch and sword-like strike.
• The Two-Tails struck Ren from behind, but Ren remained unharmed, launched it into the air, and smashed its head into the ground.
• Ren rushed toward the One-Tail after creating a huge crater, and the One-Tail shouted at him.

Ren overwhelmed the eight Tailed Beasts in close combat and shattered their Tailed Beast Balls, then challenged them to attack with Tailed Beast Bombs so he could test his strength. He caught one bomb with his right hand as the others were still coming.

• Ren battered Tsuru and used One-Tail to slam into Kong and the Eight-Tails.
• Ren taunted the fallen Tailed Beasts and threatened to shackle them as watchdogs.
• The enraged Tailed Beasts fired Tailed Beast Balls, which Ren kicked, knocked away, or shattered with black-flame swords.
• The Tailed Beasts joined together and began charging Tailed Beast Bombs while Ren welcomed the chance to test his body.
• Ren caught the first Tailed Beast Bomb with his right hand as the other bombs approached.

Ren survived the eight Tailed Beasts’ bombardment and forced them to use the Fusion Seal. The seal began merging the Tailed Beasts into an Uzumaki Clan member, whose body transformed painfully as the fusion progressed.

• The eight Tailed Beasts bombarded Ren with Tailed Beast Bombs, but he emerged atop a giant armored skeleton with only minor injuries.
• Ren challenged the Tailed Beasts to use their Fusion Seal, and the One-Tail began the technique with an unconscious red-haired Uzumaki Clan member as its core.
• Golden chains pulled the Two-Tails and Three-Tails into the One-Tail, giving the fusion power comparable to the Eight-Tails.
• The Four-Tails and Six-Tails fused next, and the Uzumaki Clan member’s body began changing toward a God Tree-like form.
• The golden chains absorbed the Seven-Tails, and the suffering Uzumaki Clan member swelled into a huge white sphere as the Tailed Beasts’ heads tangled together.

Ren fought the newly fused Eight-Tailed Beast, whose combined powers and defenses withstood his attacks. The battle continued as Ren reached out toward another incoming Tailed Beast Ball.

• The Eight-Tails used the Fusion Seal, merging into a giant creature with the forms and heads of all eight Tailed Beasts.
• Ren sent his bone giant and eight Black Bone Divine Dragons against the Eight-Tailed Beast, but the creature destroyed them with its combined elemental attacks.
• Ren covered his bone giant with Susanoo armor and attacked the Eight-Tailed Beast with the Ghost-Faced Divine Sword.
• The Eight-Tailed Beast fired a greatly strengthened Tailed Beast Ball, which clashed with Ren’s sword in a massive explosion.
• Ren charged into close combat, but his slash failed to harm the creature, and another Tailed Beast Ball struck Susanoo.
• Ren stepped back and extended his right arm toward the Tailed Beast Ball pursuing him.

Ren summoned the Divine Dragon and fought the Eight-Tailed Beast, which unleashed the combined powers of eight Tailed Beasts. As the beast’s devastating beam overwhelmed the dragon’s water attack, Ren entered Sage Mode and prepared a Divine Arrow infused with gathered energy and the dragon’s power.

• Ren summoned the Divine Dragon, whose roar and water attack confronted the Eight-Tailed Beast.
• The Eight-Tailed Beast gathered the abilities of all eight Tailed Beasts and fired a powerful combined beam that tore through the Divine Dragon’s water pillar.
• Ren entered Sage Mode and drew Natural Energy into his body.
• Ren transformed Susanoo’s Ghost-Faced Divine Sword into a Divine Bow and merged the Devouring Heaven Demonic Jar into it to gather energy.
• Ren formed a Divine Arrow, which the Divine Dragon coiled around as Ren layered it with Blaze Release flames, vitality, and death.

Ren defeated the fused Eight-Tailed Beast with his divine arrow and sealed the Tailed Beasts inside the Divine Dragon. He left Eight-Tails as the last to be swallowed, declaring that he would eventually challenge the Sage of Six Paths.

• Ren fired the Arrow of the Gods at the fused Eight-Tailed Beast, and their attacks triggered a vast explosion that devastated the area.
• Ren emerged within Susanoo as the darkness dissipated, revealing that the divine arrow had pierced and pinned the Eight-Tailed Beast.
• The Eight-Tailed Beast split back into its eight original Tailed Beasts, and they acknowledged Ren's overwhelming strength.
• Ren bound the Tailed Beasts with crimson chains and had the Divine Dragon swallow One-Tail through Seven-Tails.
• Eight-Tails warned Ren that the Tailed Beasts would gather again, but Ren ordered it into the Divine Dragon and vowed to confront the Sage of Six Paths.

Ren defeated the Eight-Tails and declared that the shinobi villages would be replaced by a unified Shinobi Nation. Years later, he ruled the Shinobi Empire while Madara remained in hiding, and Ren turned his attention toward Akatsuki.

• Ren absorbed the Eight-Tails into the Divine Dragon, then announced that Konoha would become a Shinobi Nation.
• Madara learned that Ren had sealed the Tailed Beasts and ordered White Zetsu to hide their plan while using Akatsuki to distract Ren.
• Ren ordered Konoha’s expansion and told Shikaku that enemies remained in the shadows.
• Years later, White Fang reported that Madara had escaped their latest search, and Ren ordered him to suspend the pursuit and target Akatsuki instead.
• Ren unified the continent under the Shinobi Empire, relocated its population to the Land of Fire, and supplied them with high-yield crops.