Recaps

Ōnoki and the Third Kazekage arrived in Konoha, where Jingyi revealed that Madara Uchiha had survived and planned to capture the Tailed Beasts. Ōnoki’s old fear of Madara surfaced, and the leaders agreed to wait for Yagura before deciding how to respond.

• Ōnoki arrived in Konoha before the Third Kazekage, and Jingyi received them both.
• Ōnoki asked whether the Third Raikage had arrived and insisted that Konoha not favor him.
• Jingyi took Ōnoki and the Third Kazekage to a guarded Akimichi barbecue restaurant and explained Madara Uchiha’s survival, possession of the Rinnegan, and plan to capture the Tailed Beasts.
• Ōnoki slammed the table and urged the villages to destroy the Rinnegan, while Jingyi revealed that Madara had once beaten Ōnoki and Mū.
• Jingyi persuaded Ōnoki to wait for Yagura and plan together, and Ōnoki sat down to eat as the old village disputes faded from his mind.

Madara Uchiha learned about Obito Uchiha and chose him as a potential pawn for his plan. Meanwhile, the leaders gathered in Konoha as Yagura arrived, while Jingyi remained unaware that Madara had targeted Obito.

• Ōnoki ignored the Third Raikage when they met at their quarters, and the Third Raikage let the encounter pass without a fight.
• White Zetsu told Madara Uchiha about the kind-hearted, mocked Uchiha child named Obito Uchiha, and Madara ordered him to keep watch on the boy.
• White Zetsu withheld his concerns about being watched near parts of Konoha and struggled unsuccessfully to relieve his constipation.
• After several days, Yagura arrived in Konoha, while Jingyi still did not know Madara Uchiha had set his sights on Obito Uchiha.

Jingyi explained to Yagura and the other Kage that Madara Uchiha had survived, placed the Rinnegan in Nagato, and planned to capture the Tailed Beasts to become the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki. The Five Great Shinobi Villages agreed they should unite against Madara, and the chapter ended with Yagura asking why Konoha had not taken Nagato’s eyes earlier.

• Yagura arrived at Konoha’s meeting room and questioned why Tsunade was absent before Jingyi began briefing the Kage about Madara Uchiha.
• Yagura was shocked that the others already knew about Madara and asked Jingyi to confirm the claims.
• Jingyi revealed that Nagato, a war orphan with Uzumaki Clan blood in the Land of Rain, carried the Rinnegan.
• Jingyi explained how Madara faked his death, obtained the Rinnegan, and planned to capture all nine Tailed Beasts to become the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki.
• Yagura agreed that the Five Great Shinobi Villages should unite against Madara, then asked why Konoha had not taken Nagato’s eyes.

Jingyi persuaded the assembled Kage to strike first and seize the Rinnegan in the Land of Rain, while warning them that Madara Uchiha could use the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu. The group prepared to leave the next day with sealing shinobi, and Jiraiya and Orochimaru joined the expedition.

• Yagura supported striking first after learning that the Rinnegan was essential to Madara Uchiha's plan.
• Jingyi warned the Kage that Madara Uchiha could use the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, whose revived victims could be sealed or released by its caster.
• Ōnoki proposed gathering the Five Great Shinobi Villages' sealing shinobi, and the Kage agreed to depart for the Land of Rain the next day.
• Jingyi told Tsunade that the group would secure the Rinnegan first and adapt their plans afterward.
• Jiraiya eagerly agreed to join the expedition, and Orochimaru indicated that he understood he would go as well.

Jingyi and the other Kage traveled to the Land of Rain to confront Madara Uchiha, while Jiraiya worried about his former students. They arrived quickly, and the group looked to Jingyi to find Nagato.

• Jiraiya argued with Orochimaru about who was going to the Land of Rain, while Tsunade and Mitokado Homura watched.
• Tsunade told Jingyi she would hold down the fort in Konoha as he prepared to confront Madara Uchiha.
• The next day, Jingyi, Jiraiya, Ōnoki, the Third Raikage, the Third Kazekage, Yagura, and the others left Konoha without guards.
• Ōnoki carried the group through the sky, and Jingyi ended their conversation by casually mentioning flying to the moon.
• Jiraiya worried about Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan, while Jingyi considered whether Nagato could be saved from Madara Uchiha.
• The group arrived in the Land of Rain and looked to Jingyi to locate Nagato.

Jingyi stole the Rinnegan from Nagato and captured Akatsuki’s three leaders, prompting White Zetsu to flee and report to Madara Uchiha. In Konoha, Orochimaru’s trap caught another White Zetsu, whom he planned to use as an experimental subject.

• Jingyi entered Akatsuki’s base alone, took Nagato’s Rinnegan, knocked him unconscious, drained Yahiko and Konan’s strength, and carried all three away.
• White Zetsu witnessed the raid and escaped underground to report to Madara Uchiha.
• Orochimaru saw his miniature puppet activate and prepared to capture a White Zetsu for experiments.
• White Zetsu followed Obito Uchiha to the Ninja Academy, then discovered he could not burrow underground near its restroom.
• Orochimaru and several green-eyed figures surrounded White Zetsu, who realized he would likely be captured.

Jiraiya explained that Madara Uchiha had implanted the Rinnegan in Nagato and left a cursed seal that could kill him. Jingyi said he could protect Nagato’s heart with the Tenseigan while destroying it to break the seal, and Yahiko and Konan offered to sacrifice themselves to save him.

• Jiraiya told Yahiko and Konan that Madara Uchiha had transplanted the Rinnegan into Nagato and that Konoha had taken the eyes to stop Madara.
• Jingyi revealed that Madara had placed a cursed seal on Nagato’s heart and that the Tenseigan could not simply remove it.
• Jingyi proposed protecting Nagato’s heart with the Tenseigan, destroying it to break the seal, and leaving Nagato in suspended death while they sought a replacement heart.
• Jiraiya asked what he could do to help, and Yahiko and Konan offered their lives if that would save Nagato.

Jingyi left Nagato in suspended death and urged Jiraiya to ask Orochimaru to restore him. After learning Jingyi had taken the Rinnegan, Madara Uchiha decided to reclaim it and severed the tubes sustaining his body.

• Jingyi used a green glow to shatter Nagato's heart while the Tenseigan's power kept him alive in suspended death, then left the cave.
• Jiraiya wrapped Nagato's body and accepted that he would need to ask Orochimaru for a new heart and eyes.
• Jiraiya, Konan, Yahiko, Ōnoki, and the Third Raikage left the Land of Rain for Konoha.
• White Zetsu told Madara Uchiha that Jingyi Hyuga had attacked Nagato, taken the Rinnegan, and carried away Akatsuki's three leaders.
• Madara Uchiha concluded that his plans and revival depended on recovering the Rinnegan, then severed the tubes sustaining him.

Madara Uchiha severed the tubes sustaining him and died, leaving Black Zetsu furious that his plans had been ruined and scrambling to revive him with an unfinished Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu. Back in Konoha, Jingyi and the Kage examined the Rinnegan and discussed its influence and the dangers of using it.

• Madara Uchiha cut the tubes keeping him alive and died as Black Zetsu sent White Zetsu away to gather intelligence.
• Black Zetsu cursed Madara Uchiha for delaying the Infinite Tsukuyomi Plan and realized he would have to use the unfinished Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu to revive him.
• Jingyi and the others returned to Konoha and displayed the Rinnegan in a glass jar at a meeting in the Hokage Office Building.
• Tsunade, Ōnoki, and the Third Raikage described the pressure and mental effects they felt while looking at the eyes.
• The Third Kazekage worried that the Rinnegan might be difficult to destroy, and Jingyi explained that the eyes would weaken after being separated from their host.
• Yagura asked about the conditions for using the Rinnegan, prompting the others to recognize that its power could tempt them.

Jingyi explained that only Madara Uchiha and he could withstand the Rinnegan’s power, warning that other users could be drained into mummified corpses. Yagura questioned his claim and was mocked by the other Kage, leaving the Rinnegan untouched.

• Jingyi said the Rinnegan’s power could be borne only by Madara Uchiha and himself, and explained that even Uchiha might be drained by using it.
• The Third Raikage questioned Jingyi’s warning, but declined to risk trying the eyes after Jingyi invited him to do so.
• The Third Raikage asked whether Yagura would test the Rinnegan, and the other Kage showed no interest in trying it themselves.
• Yagura asked why Nagato had survived using the Rinnegan, and Jingyi pointed to the Uzumaki bloodline before offering to help transplant the eyes.
• The Third Raikage and Ōnoki mocked Yagura for coveting the Rinnegan, while the Third Kazekage silently agreed that he should try it.

The Five Kage agreed to test whether anyone could withstand a Rinnegan transplant, with Kirigakure providing the candidates and Konoha performing the surgery. After arranging the tests, Jingyi met the Third Kazekage for a meal, where they discussed Sasori and the Kazekage asked whether the transplant could succeed.

• The Third Raikage, Ōnoki, and the Third Kazekage backed Yagura’s proposal to test the Rinnegan on Kirigakure candidates, while Tsunade ruled out using anyone from Konoha.
• Yagura agreed to send suitable candidates to Konoha, and Jingyi kept the Rinnegan in his custody and asked to be notified when they arrived.
• Tsunade questioned Jingyi about the possibility that a transplant might succeed, but he dismissed the idea and left the Hokage Office.
• The Third Kazekage invited Jingyi to a barbecue and thanked him for helping with Sasori, whom the Kazekage suspected still resented him.
• The Third Kazekage changed the subject and asked Jingyi whether a Rinnegan transplant could succeed.

The Third Kazekage told Ōnoki and the Third Raikage that Jingyi had questioned whether the Rinnegan experiment could succeed, leaving them to expect Kirigakure to suffer losses. Yagura summoned Hozuki Mangetsu and Ao to Konoha and offered to end his feud with the Hozuki Clan if Mangetsu agreed to a dangerous experiment.

• Jingyi asked the Third Kazekage, “Could it succeed?” when questioned about the Rinnegan research.
• The Third Kazekage relayed Jingyi’s answer to Ōnoki and the Third Raikage, who anticipated that Kirigakure’s experiment would end badly.
• Yagura ordered Genji to send Hozuki Mangetsu and Ao to Konoha, and Genji selected the two shinobi.
• Yagura told Hozuki Mangetsu that the experiment could grant him great strength but would kill him if it failed.
• Yagura promised not to target the Hozuki Clan again if Mangetsu accepted, and Mangetsu asked what the experiment was.

Yagura revealed that Ao and Hozuki Mangetsu would undergo surgery to transplant the legendary Sage Eye, the Rinnegan. Hozuki Mangetsu went first, but after the transplant his body began to convulse and wither as the Rinnegan drained him.

• Yagura told Ao and Hozuki Mangetsu that the Five Great Shinobi Villages had seized the Rinnegan and chosen them for its transplantation.
• Jingyi prepared to perform the surgery, and Hozuki Mangetsu volunteered to go first in exchange for Yagura’s promise to stop targeting the Hozuki Clan.
• Jingyi anesthetized Hozuki Mangetsu, removed his eyes, and transplanted the Rinnegan into him.
• The transplanted Rinnegan began to move, and Jingyi stepped back as Hozuki Mangetsu started convulsing.
• Hozuki Mangetsu’s skin darkened and his muscles shriveled as the Rinnegan drained his vitality.

Jingyi demonstrated that the Rinnegan drained Hozuki Mangetsu nearly to death, convincing the Five Kage not to attempt a transplant. As the Kage began discussing preparations for Madara Uchiha’s retaliation, Black Zetsu revived Madara with an imperfect Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.

• Jingyi removed the Rinnegan after it nearly drained Hozuki Mangetsu dry, then warned the Five Kage that transplanting both eyes would be even more dangerous.
• Yagura accepted that Hozuki Mangetsu would not recover and agreed to honor the promise that would end his conflict with the Hozuki Clan.
• Tsunade, Yagura, Ōnoki, and the Third Raikage discussed the danger of the Rinnegan, while Ao was spared from being tested.
• The Five Kage met with Jingyi to discuss preparing for Madara Uchiha’s retaliation, and Jingyi left the practical arrangements to them.
• Black Zetsu used the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu to bring Madara Uchiha back, then realized the technique had not been perfected.

Madara Uchiha’s first Impure World Reincarnation revived him in his frail elderly body, so Black Zetsu released the jutsu and began seeking sacrifices and refining it. Meanwhile, the Four Kage visited Jingyi to ask why Madara had not acted, and Jingyi explained that Madara’s followers were trying to resurrect him in a younger body; Ōnoki remained unwilling to wait indefinitely.

• Madara Uchiha found that the Impure World Reincarnation had restored him in his decrepit state, and he ordered Black Zetsu to release the jutsu.
• Black Zetsu sent White Zetsu to capture more sacrifices, then began experimenting to improve the Impure World Reincarnation.
• Ōnoki, the Third Raikage, the Third Kazekage, and Yagura visited Jingyi because Madara Uchiha had made no move since the Rinnegan was taken.
• Jingyi told the Four Kage that Madara’s people were working to resurrect him and explained that the jutsu restored the dead to their state at the time of death.
• Ōnoki objected to waiting indefinitely, while the Third Raikage teased him about his age.

Jingyi reassured the other Kage that Madara Uchiha was unlikely to attack Konoha immediately, while Black Zetsu refined the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu to revive Madara. Madara returned stronger than before but remained dissatisfied with his body.

• Ōnoki and the Third Raikage traded insults while Jingyi and the other Kage waited for news of Madara Uchiha.
• The Third Kazekage asked Jingyi whether Konoha needed more preparations, and Jingyi said Madara would probably seek to recruit him rather than attack.
• Black Zetsu reported that White Zetsu infiltrators had disappeared in Konoha, leading Madara to conclude the village could detect them.
• Madara ordered Black Zetsu to use White Zetsu as a sacrifice so he could travel to Konoha soon.
• Black Zetsu sacrificed a White Zetsu and revived Madara again, but Madara complained that he had not returned to his peak.

Madara Uchiha left his underground base in an Impure World Reincarnation body and headed for Konoha to reclaim the Rinnegan. Jingyi and the four Kage met him outside the village, where Madara immediately provoked Ōnoki.

• Madara Uchiha accepted his imperfect, aging reincarnated body and ordered Black Zetsu to cultivate more White Zetsu with Hashirama's cells.
• Black Zetsu worried that Madara might fail to reclaim the Rinnegan and continue the Infinite Tsukuyomi Plan after the Five Great Shinobi Villages seized it.
• Jingyi's puppet spotted Madara in the Land of Fire, and Jingyi told Ōnoki and the other Kage to prepare to meet him outside Konoha.
• Madara waited by the road after realizing Konoha's forces would avoid fighting inside the village.
• Ōnoki, Jingyi, the Third Raikage, the Third Kazekage, and Yagura arrived, and Madara called Ōnoki as weak as he had been decades earlier.

Madara Uchiha assessed the Five Kage and invited Jingyi to join his plan to create a world without war. Jingyi rejected him and revealed that his eyes were the Tenseigan, leaving Madara Uchiha suspicious and intrigued.

• Madara Uchiha belittled Ōnoki, Yagura, and the Third Kazekage while assessing the Third Raikage as stronger than the previous two.
• Madara Uchiha praised Jingyi’s strength, criticized the Hyuga Clan, and invited Jingyi to help create a world without war.
• Madara Uchiha failed to pull Jingyi’s consciousness into a mental realm, and Jingyi rejected the invitation, arguing that conflict could not be eliminated while people had emotions and desires.
• Jingyi told Madara Uchiha that he could see what Madara Uchiha could see and denied that his eyes were the Byakugan.
• Jingyi removed his forehead protector and revealed that his eyes were the Tenseigan, while Madara Uchiha noticed he had no Caged Bird Seal.

Madara Uchiha questioned Jingyi about the Tenseigan and learned that his Rinnegan were still intact but in Jingyi’s possession. When Jingyi refused to show him the eyes, Madara declared a one-month warm-up war against the Five Great Shinobi Villages, beginning in the Land of Earth.

• Madara Uchiha guessed that Jingyi’s Tenseigan had removed his Caged Bird Seal, and Jingyi confirmed it.
• Madara Uchiha and Ōnoki considered the relationship between the Byakugan and Tenseigan, then Madara asked about his own eyes.
• Jingyi said the Rinnegan were with him but refused to take them out for Madara Uchiha to see.
• Madara Uchiha announced a one-month war against the Five Great Shinobi Villages and chose the Land of Earth as the battlefield for a warm-up fight with Ōnoki.
• Madara Uchiha told Jingyi to protect the Rinnegan and threatened to flatten the Shinobi World if they were lost.

After Madara Uchiha declared war on the Five Great Shinobi Villages and threatened anyone who touched the Rinnegan, Jingyi urged the leaders to prepare for a direct conflict. The leaders began planning a joint mobilization and realized they would need to draw manpower and supplies from the smaller nations and villages.

• Madara Uchiha vanished after warning that he would destroy the Shinobi World if anyone tampered with the Rinnegan, and Ōnoki smashed a rock in anger.
• Jingyi argued that the villages should accept Madara Uchiha’s challenge and prepare for war rather than risk his attacks from the shadows.
• Yagura questioned where Madara Uchiha’s forces were, and Jingyi said he must have enough manpower to threaten the united villages.
• The Third Raikage questioned whether the villages should mobilize, while Jingyi insisted Konoha would take the declaration seriously unless Madara Uchiha no longer wanted his Rinnegan.
• The Third Kazekage raised concerns about supplies, and Jingyi suggested that the smaller nations and villages should contribute troops or provisions to the war.

Jingyi helped the Five Great Shinobi Villages arrange a conference in the Land of Iron after Madara Uchiha declared war, with the Land of Earth set as the battlefield. Madara tried to recruit Jingyi again and failed, while Jingyi returned to Konoha and explained Madara’s motives to the others.

• The Third Raikage proposed a Shinobi World Conference in the Land of Iron, and the other Kage agreed to gather there in a week.
• After the Kage left, Madara Uchiha reappeared and tried to recruit Jingyi, but Jingyi threatened to destroy or seal away the Rinnegan and warned that Impure World Reincarnation could be countered.
• Madara abandoned his attempt and sank underground, and Jingyi returned to Konoha on his Giant Eagle Puppet.
• At the Hokage Office, Jingyi told Tsunade, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Mitokado Homura that Madara had declared war, with the Land of Earth as the battlefield and the fighting due to begin in a month.
• Jingyi explained that Madara wanted the villages to unite against him to protect the Rinnegan, weaken their forces, and indulge his boredom.

With Madara Uchiha declaring war on the Five Great Shinobi Villages, Tsunade and Jingyi arranged for the Third Hokage to represent Konoha at the Land of Iron summit. Jingyi suspected Madara would rely on White Zetsu, and Konoha began sending out summit invitations.

• The Third Hokage worried that the Five Great Shinobi Villages lacked the supplies for war, and Tsunade asked who would attend the summit in seven days.
• Jingyi refused to go and assigned the Third Hokage to represent Konoha, with Mitokado Homura assisting him.
• Tsunade questioned Jingyi's decision, and he explained that the Third Hokage was suited to negotiations while she, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru preferred to stay in Konoha.
• Tsunade asked how Madara could wage war, and Jingyi guessed that he would use White Zetsu, which immediately interested Orochimaru.
• Tsunade ordered Konoha to notify nearby nations and villages, and Jingyi dispatched flying puppet teams to deliver invitations.

The Five Great Shinobi Villages organized a conference in the Land of Iron and began forming the Allied Shinobi Forces to fight Madara Uchiha. Madara prepared his White Zetsu army while Black Zetsu proposed assassinating the daimyō, but Madara questioned whether that would actually break up the alliance.

• The Five Great Shinobi Villages convened a conference in the Land of Iron, and villages across the Shinobi World began gathering troops and supplies for the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Black Zetsu mass-produced White Zetsu for Madara Uchiha, who accepted that the batch-activated soldiers would be weaker and looked forward to their battlefield debut.
• Black Zetsu speculated that the Tenseigan was connected to Hamura and continued supporting Madara's plan to defeat the villages and activate the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Black Zetsu used White Zetsu to monitor the villages' preparations and suggested assassinating the daimyō who had helped assemble the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Madara Uchiha asked Black Zetsu whether assassinating the daimyō could destroy the Allied Shinobi Forces.

The Allied Forces formed to oppose Madara Uchiha, and Jingyi proposed recruiting Rogue Ninja and prisoners as cannon fodder in exchange for a chance to atone for their crimes. Despite Yagura’s objections, the other Kage approved the plan, with the Third Raikage volunteering to supervise them.

• The Third Hokage helped the nations and villages reach a consensus, establishing the Allied Forces against Madara Uchiha.
• Jingyi and Konoha’s forces joined the camp on the border between the Land of Grass and the Land of Earth, where Konoha and Iwagakure gathered the Allied Forces.
• Jingyi proposed recruiting Rogue Ninja and prisoners, promising that they could atone for their crimes by earning merit in the Allied Forces.
• Yagura objected, but the Third Raikage offered to lead and control the recruits, and the other Kage approved the plan over Yagura’s opposition.
• The Allied Forces announced the offer throughout the Shinobi World, and most imprisoned shinobi accepted the chance to earn forgiveness through service.

As Rogue Ninja joined the Allied Forces, Jingyi told Orochimaru about Kakuzu’s longevity and strength, prompting Orochimaru to take an interest in him. Jingyi then assessed the Allied Forces’ forty thousand elite combat troops against Madara Uchiha’s one hundred thousand White Zetsu, while small-village ninja handled logistics.

• Rogue Ninja joined the Allied Forces after signing a harsh agreement and receiving a warning from the Third Raikage.
• Jingyi recognized Kakuzu on the recruits’ list and told Orochimaru that Kakuzu had survived a failed attempt to assassinate the First Hokage.
• Jingyi explained Kakuzu’s heart-stealing secret technique, and Orochimaru agreed not to target him during the war before asking Jingyi to help if an opportunity arose.
• Jingyi noted that the Allied Forces had selected only forty thousand elite combat troops, far fewer than the hundred thousand White Zetsu they would face.
• Ninja from small villages were assigned transport and logistics duties, and they worked eagerly to avoid the battlefield.