Chapter Summaries

Kakashi led a powerful Konoha force to the Daimyo's Mansion to replace Hatake Sakumo and secure the daimyo while Konoha expanded its control over the Land of Fire. After explaining the threat posed by the Akatsuki Organization and Uchiha Madara, Kakashi proposed training the daimyo's samurai as ninja.

• Namikaze Minato assigned Kakashi to establish a force at the Daimyo's Mansion, protect the daimyo, and gradually bring the Land of Fire under Konoha's control.
• Kakashi departed with Yakushi Nonō, Uchiha Kōta, Gekko Hayate, Shimura Dan, Sarutobi Tsuchigin, Zhi Yin, Rin Nohara, and their teams.
• Kakashi's group used Uchiha Itachi's Sharingan to pass the daimyo's guards, entered the palace, and took over from Hatake Sakumo.
• The daimyo summoned Kakashi, who described the Akatsuki Organization's attacks and the possibility that Uchiha Madara was alive and seeking to control the world.
• Kakashi told the daimyo and his ministers that Konoha could not guarantee their safety completely, then offered to train the daimyo's samurai as ninja.

Kakashi secured the Daimyo’s Mansion’s cooperation after Mist Ninja attacked, then arranged to train its ninja and healers. Meanwhile, Asuma returned to Konoha and learned Tsunade’s research had produced transplantable artificial organs and limbs, which the village planned to use for its ninja before offering the service to wealthy clients.

• Kakashi and Nohara Rin discussed the coming war before Uchiha Itachi reported an enemy infiltration at the Daimyo’s Mansion.
• Kakashi, Nohara Rin, Uchiha Itachi, and the other Konoha ninja repelled the attackers and captured three, discovering that Mist Ninja had come for the Ninja Swords.
• Kakashi arranged a cover story for the daimyo, who then ordered General Bus to cooperate with Konoha and approved Kakashi’s request to centrally manage the Mansion’s healers.
• Asuma returned to Konoha with Shizune, and Tsunade told him that her research into artificial cells, organs, and limbs had succeeded.
• Namikaze Minato ordered Konoha Hospital to begin using the transplant technology for injured ninja, while Asuma proposed selling the service to wealthy people to fund the village.

Asuma learned that Uka’s awakened Rinnegan wielded Mishirugane, which reversed the timelines of selected people and could undo even fatal injuries at a steep Chakra cost. In May of Konoha Year 61, Asuma set out to capture the Two-Tails Jinchuriki to advance his God Tree research and Ten-Tails Clone.

• Uka revealed that his Rinnegan’s Mishirugane rewound the timelines of affected individuals while leaving the outside world unchanged.
• Asuma and Uka tested Mishirugane in combat, confirming that it restored their Chakra and reversed their injuries without undoing damage to the island.
• Asuma brought in Senju Tobirama to test the technique on a third person, and Mishirugane restored his severed arm at the cost of exhausting Uka and reverting his Rinnegan to Mangekyo.
• Asuma restored Uka’s ocular power with Chakra, then assigned his new Attribute Point to Intelligence and considered how to advance his Substitution Technique and develop a third Kekkei Mōra.
• By May of Konoha Year 61, the major villages had relaxed restrictions on their Jinchuriki, and Asuma sensed that the Two-Tails Jinchuriki had emerged.
• Asuma left the Immortal Tree to capture the Two-Tails and obtain its Chakra for his God Tree research and Ten-Tails Clone.

Asuma disguised a powerful Clone as Ōtsutsuki Kamishiki while warning Yugito Nii that the Akatsuki Organization was targeting her. After Kakuzu and Hidan captured Yugito Nii and the Akatsuki extracted the Two-Tails, Ōtsutsuki Kamishiki confronted the pair and seized Hidan as Kakuzu escaped.

• Asuma created Ōtsutsuki Kamishiki from a powerful Clone and had him capture and consume the White Zetsu watching Yugito Nii's squad.
• Asuma warned Yugito Nii through the Infinite Illusory Realm that the Akatsuki Organization would target her, then split the Two-Tails and took its Yang half.
• Yugito Nii and her squad reached the Hagoromo Clan ruins, where Kakuzu and Hidan attacked; Yugito Nii sent her injured subordinates away and fought the pair alone.
• Kakuzu and Hidan defeated Yugito Nii, and the Akatsuki extracted the Two-Tails while the Fourth Raikage rushed to rescue her too late.
• Ōtsutsuki Kamishiki intercepted Kakuzu and Hidan outside the cave, took Yugito Nii, and snapped Hidan's neck as Kakuzu fled.

Asuma revived Yugito Nii, revealed his overwhelming power, and placed her under Ōtsutsuki Kamishiki’s supervision while he investigated Hidan’s immortality. The chapter ended as Asuma began testing Hidan’s Cursed Seal by guiding him through its ritual.

• Asuma revived Yugito Nii in the Forbidden Life Zone and demonstrated his powerful Wood Release, convincing her that he had saved her for a reason.
• Asuma told Yugito Nii she had lost their bet and must follow Ōtsutsuki Kamishiki, who took her to watch the Akatsuki Organization’s pursuit of the Three-Tails.
• Namikaze Minato assigned Yūhi Kurenai, Yamato, and Sarutobi Shinya to stop the Akatsuki Organization from obtaining the Three-Tails.
• At the Laboratory Base, Tsunade and Senju Tobirama explained how Hidan’s body and soul were bound together by the Evil God’s power and discussed investigating his secret technique.
• Asuma placed a bead of blood on Hidan’s lips and guided him through the ritual, causing Cursed Seal patterns to appear across Hidan’s dissected body.

Asuma traced Hidan's Forbidden Technique to the Evil God and confronted its mark in a spiritual realm. He subdued the Evil God with Wood Release and the Dream Eye, leaving it trapped in a dream.

• Asuma used Hidan as an intermediary to trace the Forbidden Technique, while Tsunade and Senju Tobirama watched anxiously.
• Asuma guided Hidan to injure himself, and the resulting wound let Asuma sense the Evil God's power stealing his strength.
• Asuma followed that power to the Evil God, endured its blood-soaked assault, and clashed with it using a Truth-Seeking Orb blade.
• The Evil God mistook Asuma for an Ōtsutsuki servant and offered him an immortal body in exchange for worship and slaughter.
• Asuma sent Adamantine Sealing Chains at the Evil God, then suppressed it with a torii and subdued it with Wood Release and the Dream Eye.

Asuma sealed the mark linking Hidan to the Evil God, prompting Konoha to send Anbu to destroy Jashinism. Meanwhile, Naruto’s team fought Orochimaru’s forces on the way to the Three-Tails, while Yūhi Kurenai and Sarutobi Shinya moved to confront Orochimaru.

• Asuma removed the Evil God’s mark from Hidan and explained that it was connected to the evil spiritual power of Jashinism’s followers; Namikaze Minato ordered the Anbu to exterminate the sect.
• In the Land of Fire, the Mist Ninja fought the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist as Orochimaru and Kakuzu attacked them with Kakuzu’s masked monsters.
• Yūhi Kurenai used her Dream Eye to control the Third Kazekage and Fourth Kazekage, then went with Sarutobi Shinya to keep Orochimaru from interfering with Naruto’s team.
• Naruto’s team encountered Kabuto, Guren, and other enemies; Second Pillar attacked Kabuto, and Yamato assigned the group opponents before the battle began.
• Guren fought Naruto, Second Pillar, and Haruno Sakura with Crystal Style, while Kabuto broke Yamanaka Ino’s Genjutsu and the enemy teams forced Naruto’s group to retreat.

Hinata, Kiba, and Shino defeated Orochimaru’s cursed-seal fighters while the battles around the Three-Tails continued. Kamishiki recruited Guren and rescued Yūkimaru, then left as the Akatsuki captured the Three-Tails.

• Hinata, Kiba, and Shino defeated Ghost Mist, Ghost Phoenix, and Nurari, then joined their companions at the lake where the Three-Tails was hiding.
• Yūkimaru unleashed his power and controlled the Three-Tails, while Guren failed to seal it and was knocked into the lake.
• Kamishiki warned Guren that Yūkimaru would die if the Three-Tails were extracted, and Guren decided to protect him instead of serving Orochimaru.
• Gozu rescued Guren, and she joined Kamishiki; Kamishiki then used Genjutsu to take Yūkimaru from Kabuto’s hideout.
• Orochimaru chose not to pursue Yūkimaru, and Tobi and Deidara later captured the Three-Tails while Kamishiki and his group watched from the forest.

Sarutobi Asuma finished the Chunin Special Training Class by criticizing Naruto and the others before rewarding them with a Summoned Beast. The strange three-headed bird demonstrated Ice Style and Scorch Release, and Naruto eagerly accepted it.

• Yūhi Kurenai, Sarutobi Shinya, and Yamato praised Naruto and the others for surviving their battles, while discussing how to help them recover from their disappointment.
• In July of Konoha Year 61, news that the Akatsuki Organization had taken the Four-Tails heightened the shinobi villages’ alarm, and Deva Path Pain assigned a team to target the Five-Tails Jinchuriki in Iwagakure.
• Namikaze Minato learned of the Akatsuki Organization’s plan and went to the Sage Domain, where he watched Sarutobi Asuma deliver the final lesson of the Chunin Special Training Class.
• Sarutobi Asuma criticized Naruto, Second Pillar, Haruno Sakura, and the others, then announced that he would give them a Summoned Beast instead of teaching them a new ninjutsu.
• Sarutobi Asuma summoned a bald, three-headed bird that froze Naruto with Ice Style and shattered the ice with Scorch Release Fire; Naruto eagerly accepted the bird.

Asuma distributed rewards to the young ninjas, giving Second Pillar a powerful Chakra Blade and teaching Sakura, Choji, and Shikamaru new techniques while assigning Ino and Neji Summoned Beasts. After demonstrating the abilities he had bestowed, Asuma turned to Tenten to announce her reward.

• Asuma gave Second Pillar a Chakra Blade that amplified his Chakra and strengthened his Lightning Style.
• Asuma named Kurenai as Sakura’s Genjutsu teacher and taught her Water Style Chakra Mode.
• Asuma gave Ino a purple-furred squirrel Summoned Beast that wielded powerful Lightning Style.
• Asuma taught Choji a new Size Manipulation technique that changed his body’s mass and could store power through growth.
• Asuma taught Shikamaru the Shadow Doppelganger technique, which could hide in shadows, ignore physical attacks, and harm enemies.
• Asuma gave Neji an invisible Chameleon Summoned Beast with a long, venomous tongue, then turned to Tenten.

Asuma rewarded Tenten, Rock Lee, Aburame Shino, Inuzuka Kiba, and Hinata with magical weapons, enhancements, and companions. The chapter ended with Hinata meeting Little Eight, a talkative mynah bird that Asuma assigned to her.

• Asuma gave Tenten a Flying Sword, and she used a Cursed Seal to control it at high speed before running out of Chakra.
• Asuma placed a Sage Cursed Seal on Rock Lee and gave him bone-strengthening medicine, which caused him intense pain as it took effect.
• Asuma gave Aburame Shino a contract for Exploding Bugs, and Shino discovered that the insects could merge as well as divide.
• Asuma infused Akamaru with Senjutsu Chakra, transforming him so he could speak, and Inuzuka Kiba thanked Asuma.
• Asuma summoned Little Eight and assigned the talkative mynah bird to Hinata, who blushed at its praise.

Sarutobi Asuma trained the young ninjas with new Summoned Beasts and techniques before learning that the Akatsuki Organization was moving against Iwagakure. As the invasion began, Asuma and Namikaze Minato watched Nagato’s Six Paths of Pain infiltrate the village, leaving Iwagakure’s defenses facing a deceptive attack.

• The Mynah Bird revealed Hinata’s feelings for Naruto, causing her to faint, and explained its mind-reading ability and limitations.
• Sarutobi Asuma gave Fūrin a method for Wind Release Chakra Mode, introduced Oto to a koala with powerful infrasound abilities, and taught Yamashita the Light-Weight Rock Technique and Heavy-Weight Rock Technique.
• Sarutobi Asuma and Namikaze Minato discussed the Akatsuki Organization’s plans, Nagato’s possible betrayal, and the threat of Uchiha Madara; Asuma revealed that one of his Clones had awakened the Rinnegan.
• After the Six-Tails Jinchuriki defected, Asuma sent Ōtsutsuki Kamishiki to find them and learned that the Akatsuki Organization was attacking Iwagakure for the Five-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Uka infiltrated Iwagakure, while Deidara and Tobi approached from above and the Six Paths of Pain entered the village; Animal Path summoned Deva Path inside before the Paths scattered.

The Akatsuki Organization attacked Iwagakure to seize the Five-Tails, with Ōnoki fighting Pain while Uka captured Han. After the Five-Tails was taken, the Five Great Shinobi Villages began preparing to unite against the Akatsuki Organization, which moved on to target the Six-Tails and Seven-Tails.

• The Akatsuki Organization's summoned beasts and Deidara's explosives threw Iwagakure into chaos as Ōnoki fought Pain and Deidara.
• Pain absorbed Ōnoki's Dust Release, then Ōnoki escaped Pain's pull with Heavy Rock Jutsu and attacked with a stone giant.
• Uka subdued Han, and Ōtsutsuki Kamishiki split the Five-Tails and took its Yang half.
• The Akatsuki Organization withdrew from Iwagakure, and Ōnoki realized Han had been their target.
• Asuma and Namikaze Minato discussed preparing for war and sending Naruto to train, while the Five Great Shinobi Villages began coordinating against the Akatsuki Organization.
• After sealing the Five-Tails, the Akatsuki Organization split up to pursue the Six-Tails and Seven-Tails, while Ōtsutsuki Kamishiki followed to take the Seven-Tails.

Asuma welcomed his daughter Sarutobi Ene while the shinobi world prepared to fight the Akatsuki Organization over the Seven-Tails. The Five Great Shinobi Villages’ forces pursued the Akatsuki in the Land of Rice, where Sarutobi Shinya’s team clashed with Kakuzu and Kisame as Yūhi Kurenai’s group pressed onward.

• Shizune gave birth to Sarutobi Ene, who inherited a Sage Body, seven Chakra Nature Transformations, Heavenly Water Life Creation, and Electromagnetic Release.
• Asuma told Uzumaki Kushina that Naruto had mastered half of the Nine-Tails’ power and was learning Sage Mode.
• The Five Great Shinobi Villages agreed to send elite forces after the Akatsuki Organization, but the Akatsuki captured the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki before the forces could assemble.
• In the Land of Rice, Sarutobi Shinya’s team engaged Kakuzu and Kisame while Yūhi Kurenai led Hinata, Shino, and the Anbu onward.
• Might Guy and Rock Lee opened the Six Gates and countered Kakuzu and Kisame’s combined attacks with flaming shockwaves.
• Yamanaka Ino warned the group of an attack behind them, and her squirrel, Little Pine, fired a bolt of purple lightning.

Sarutobi Shinya’s teams fought Impure World Reincarnation clones of Akatsuki members while tracking the real threat, and Uchiha Itachi swiftly defeated Orochimaru’s clone. At the laboratory, Asuma tested a secret technique that gave a clone three heads and six arms, then explained that the technique was extremely important to him.

• Sarutobi Shinya’s group defeated Kakuzu and Kisame’s sacrificial bodies, realized the pair were stalling, and continued toward the Tailed Beast sealing site.
• Yūhi Kurenai and Uchiha Itachi’s group overcame Deidara and Tobi’s clones, while Yūhi Kurenai spoke with Uchiha Obito inside Dream Space.
• Uchiha Itachi trapped Orochimaru’s clone with Demonic Illusion: Caged Tiger, killed him, and dispelled the coffins behind him.
• Asuma watched Uchiha Itachi defeat Orochimaru’s clone and considered how Sasuke might awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan and receive a power-up from the Sage of Six Paths.
• Asuma, Tsunade, and Senju Tobirama tested a clone that grew six arms and then three heads, confirming it could perform multiple ninjutsu.
• Senju Tobirama asked why Asuma had developed the technique, and Asuma said it was extremely important to him.

The Akatsuki’s attempt to take the Seven-Tails ended with Ōtsutsuki Kamishiki taking Fu from Orochimaru, and the Five Kage prepared to meet as the shinobi world edged toward war. Uka and Deidara then attacked Killer B to capture the Eight-Tails, but Killer B countered Deidara’s explosives and began forming a Tailed Beast Bomb.

• Yūhi Kurenai, Sarutobi Shinya, and their allies fought the Akatsuki and Orochimaru’s Impure World Reincarnations; Ōtsutsuki Kamishiki knocked Orochimaru out and took Fu, the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Asuma continued researching the Tailed Beasts while the Five Great Shinobi Villages arranged a Five Kage Summit in the Land of Iron, and Akatsuki assigned Uka and Deidara to capture the Eight-Tails.
• Namikaze Minato traveled to the summit with Uchiha Shisui and his guards, while Uchiha Obito and Nagato discussed declaring war and delaying their attempt to capture the Nine-Tails.
• Uka and Deidara infiltrated Kumogakure and confronted Killer B after finding him at the Valley of Clouds and Lightning.
• Killer B used Lightning Style to disable Deidara’s clay attacks, survived a blast involving hidden Explosive Spiders, and began forming a Tailed Beast Bomb.

Uka rescued the injured Killer B after Deidara sacrificed himself in a massive explosion, while the Five Kage gathered to discuss the Akatsuki Organization. Uchiha Obito revealed the Moon Eye Plan, declared war after the Kage rejected it, and the leaders began discussing an alliance.

• Deidara unleashed his Ultimate Art, creating an explosion with a radius of more than ten kilometers, while Killer B survived by using the water and Severing Tail to Survive.
• Uka found the injured Killer B and took him away before Cloud Ninja arrived and reported that he was missing.
• At the Five Kage Summit, Namikaze Minato shared intelligence linking the Akatsuki Organization to Uchiha Madara and explained that its Rinnegan-wielding attackers were likely puppets.
• Uchiha Obito appeared at the summit, claimed to be Uchiha Madara, and described the Moon Eye Plan as a way to create eternal peace through an illusion.
• The Five Kage and Mifune rejected the plan, and Uchiha Obito declared war before escaping with Space-Time Ninjutsu as White Zetsu infiltrators attacked the gathered leaders.
• Namikaze Minato decided not to pursue Uchiha Obito and called for the Five Kage to discuss forming an alliance.

The Five Kage agreed to form the Allied Shinobi Forces under Namikaze Minato’s command after Akatsuki captured the Eight-Tails. Asuma staged a battle against Nagato and the Six Paths of Pain, drew out Uchiha Obito and Black Zetsu, and persuaded Konan to bring Amegakure into the alliance.

• Mifune recommended Namikaze Minato as commander of the Allied Shinobi Forces, and the Five Kage accepted after learning Akatsuki had captured the Eight-Tails.
• Asuma appeared beneath the Immortal Tree in the Land of Rain and defeated the Six Paths of Pain with his Ion Style Chakra Mode.
• Asuma and Nagato staged a battle watched by Black Zetsu, while Uka and the Tenshin Group joined the fight and Asuma demonstrated his strength against Susanoo and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Uchiha Obito rescued the injured Nagato and the Rinnegan after Asuma’s Adamantine Sealing Chains threatened to seal the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Asuma told Konan that Nagato was safe and asked her to represent Amegakure in the Allied Shinobi Forces; Konan agreed after Asuma promised he could save Nagato.

Orochimaru used Impure World Reincarnation to bring Uchiha Madara back, and Madara set out to capture the Nine-Tails and test Sarutobi Asuma’s strength. As Madara attacked Konoha, Asuma met him in battle and sent him crashing into a mountain.

• Orochimaru revealed that Uchiha Obito was not Madara and resurrected Uchiha Madara with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Madara learned that Sarutobi Asuma had defeated Nagato, then had Black Zetsu and White Zetsu take control of Nagato’s body before heading for Konoha.
• Asuma placed his Sage Cursed Seal on Uchiha Itachi, then sensed Madara’s arrival and sent Shisui to alert the Fourth Hokage.
• Namikaze Minato ordered Konoha to prepare for battle, while Madara’s attempt to summon the Nine-Tails caused Kushina’s seal to react; Yin Kurama agreed to cooperate with her.
• Asuma confronted Madara outside Konoha, and after Madara unleashed Majestic Destroyer Flame, Asuma struck him and sent him crashing into a mountain.

Asuma battled Edo Madara, overpowering his Susanoo and forcing him to unleash the Rinnegan’s meteor technique. While Konoha’s assembled shinobi destroyed the falling meteors, Asuma broke through Madara’s gravitational attacks and blasted his body apart with his bare strength.

• Namikaze Minato, Sarutobi Shinya, Uchiha Fugaku, Tsunade, and Senju Tobirama arrived as Asuma kicked Uchiha Madara into a mountainside.
• Uchiha Madara unleashed a gigantic winged Susanoo, but Asuma formed the Dragon God Dharma and broke through its blades in their clash.
• Uchiha Madara transformed his eyes into the Rinnegan, abandoned Susanoo, and summoned two enormous meteors toward Konoha.
• Ōnoki and Sarutobi Hiruzen slowed the meteors while Uchiha Yashiro, Uchiha Shisui, Uchiha Itachi, and the Kage shattered their fragments to protect Konoha.
• Uchiha Madara pulled Asuma toward him with Banshō Ten'in and struck him with Shinra Tensei, but Asuma broke through and exploded Madara’s head and body with his strength.