Chapter Summaries

Kirito used Hatake Sakumo’s body, the Eight Gates, and Sage Chakra to battle Madara Uchiha, then sealed him in an unknown alternate space with a hidden formation. Kirito collapsed from the backlash, and his main body arrived as Hatake Sakumo lay unable to move.

• Kirito opened seven gates in Hatake Sakumo’s body, entered Sage Mode, and tried to escape, but Madara Uchiha trapped them inside the Four Violet Flames Formation.
• Kirito fought Madara Uchiha with a Rock Golem, a swamp, and Adamantine Sealing Chains, destroying his third-stage Susanoo before Madara Uchiha countered with Wood Style.
• As Kirito’s Sage Chakra faded, he activated a concealed formation combining the Reverse Four Symbols Seal and the Six Lantern Array.
• The formation pulled Madara Uchiha into an unknown alternate space, defeating him.
• Kirito collapsed from the backlash of the Replica Chili Pill and Eight Gates Formation, and his main body praised his Sealing Jutsu.

Kirito learned that Madara Uchiha had captured Hatake Sakumo and destroyed the Soul Seed Kirito had left in him, forcing Kirito to search for a way to rescue his sensei. Meanwhile, in Amegakure, Kirito’s disguised White Zetsu Clone waited with Hanzō as the Cloud Ninja prepared to attack, and a blonde kunoichi finally arrived.

• Madara Uchiha captured Hatake Sakumo, healed him enough to keep him alive, and destroyed Kirito’s Soul Seed when it tried to escape.
• Kirito learned of Sakumo’s capture, rushed to the scene, and failed to find Madara, who watched him while concealed with White Zetsu Tobi.
• Madara decided to avoid fighting Kirito while weakened and left to meet Black Zetsu, intending to continue his plans through Root’s Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.
• In Amegakure, Hanzō worried about the approaching Cloud Ninja attack while Kirito’s disguised White Zetsu Clone reassured him that help might arrive.
• A striking blonde kunoichi entered the secret chamber where Kirito and Hanzō were waiting.

Tsunade arrived in Amegakure to confirm Konoha’s support, lifting the Rain Ninja’s spirits as Hanzō warned Gindara against internal strife. The Third Raikage chose to attack before Konoha’s reinforcements arrived, and Kirito confronted his force as the assault began.

• Tsunade came to Amegakure personally, assuring Hattori Masanari and Salamander Hanzō that Konoha would help defend the village.
• Gindara urged Hanzō to eliminate Hattori Masanari, but Hanzō warned him that Amegakure mattered more than the Salamander Clan and left to prepare for battle.
• The Third Raikage rallied Kumogakure’s leaders to fight Konoha, while Eruyi, the Fourth Raikage, and Blue B agreed that they had to win quickly.
• At dawn, the Third Raikage, the Fourth Raikage, and Blue B led more than ten thousand Cloud Ninja in an attack on Amegakure from three directions.
• Kirito used the Earth Style: Adamantine Form Technique to raise a Rock Golem against the Third Raikage’s force, and the Third Raikage charged at him in Lightning Release Chakra Mode.

Kirito used his Rock Golem to hold off the Third Raikage while Kumogakure forces ravaged Amegakure Village, then triggered a hidden explosive trap that devastated the village and its invaders. As Hanzō watched the destruction, Amegakure was left without a home, while Tsunade resolved to pursue the power needed to become Hokage.

• Kirito evaded the Third Raikage's attacks and continued crushing Kumogakure ninja trapped in his Swamp of the Underworld.
• Watching Kirito fight, Tsunade decided that becoming Hokage meant gaining the power to protect others and began considering Wood Release.
• Blue B and Kumogakure forces broke into Amegakure Village, prompting the Third Raikage to declare victory and taunt Kirito.
• Kirito fired a signal flare, and hidden Amegakure veterans detonated explosives planted beneath the village, trapping and killing many Kumogakure ninja.
• Kirito revealed that he had secretly arranged the explosives, while Hanzō recognized that Amegakure had sacrificed its home to strike back at Kumogakure.

Kirito used Amegakure Village’s destruction to inflict devastating losses on Kumogakure, then withdrew as Kirigakure joined the battle and the Cloud forces collapsed. Madara learned that Nagato was beneath Amegakure Village and moved to retrieve his Rinnegan.

• The Third Raikage attacked Kirito with Black Ant, but Kirito stopped the strike with Wind Wall and taunted him into sending troops to rescue survivors in Amegakure Village.
• The Third Raikage targeted Tsunade with Black Ant; Kirito was injured while catching her, then restored her ability to fly and ordered Shadow Clones to tell Hanzō’s forces to prepare to withdraw.
• Kirito told Tsunade that sacrificing Amegakure Village had been worthwhile because its people had evacuated and the village could be rebuilt; Tsunade promised Konoha would help.
• Karatachi Yagura led Kirigakure’s forces into battle, and the Mist ninja attacked the wounded Kumogakure survivors, driving the Cloud forces into a rout after more than five thousand had died.
• Madara Uchiha watched the battle in disguise and, after Black Zetsu reported that Nagato was beneath Amegakure Village, asked where he was.

Madara Uchiha decided to sacrifice Amegakure’s hidden villagers to advance his Moon Eye Plan and infiltrated their shelter with Black Zetsu and the White Zetsu. Inside, Konoha ninja attacked the shelter, and Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato witnessed the slaughter of Amegakure’s defenders and civilians.

• Madara Uchiha learned that Amegakure’s villagers were hidden beneath the ruined village, then chose to kill them as a sacrifice for his plan.
• Black Zetsu warned Madara about the shelter’s defenses and led him through a gap in its barrier opened by White Zetsu.
• Madara entered the shelter, made Shadow Clones, and ordered Black Zetsu to take him to Nagato while Tobi and the others killed everyone else.
• Sanshouo Guizang blamed Hattori Masanari for the crisis, and Yahiko struck him as villagers defended Hattori.
• Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato rushed toward the attacked sections and discovered Konoha ninja killing Amegakure’s defenders.
• Yahiko heard civilians screaming in the central section and realized the Konoha ninja were slaughtering the people he knew.

Madara Uchiha tried to seize Nagato and make him hate Konoha, but Kirito intervened and stopped Nagato from dying after he unleashed the Rinnegan's power. Kirito captured Nagato and used the Rinnegan to force Madara to bring Hatake Sakumo to him, leaving Madara desperate as Kirito threatened to destroy one of the eyes.

• Madara Uchiha blamed Konoha for the deaths of Amegakure civilians and attacked Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan.
• Nagato awakened the Rinnegan's repulsive force to drive Madara away, then sent Yahiko and Konan fleeing while he stayed behind.
• Kirito arrived, stopped Nagato's uncontrolled Rinnegan power, and bound him with Chakra Chains after injuring Madara.
• Madara threatened to kill Hatake Sakumo unless Kirito handed over Nagato, but Kirito demanded to see his teacher first.
• Kirito removed one of Nagato's Rinnegan and threatened to crush it, leaving Madara feeling that Kirito had seized his heart.

Kirito forced Madara Uchiha to leave without the Rinnegan, then treated Nagato and concealed what had happened from the others. Above ground, Amegakure defeated Kumogakure, and Kirito joined Tsunade to greet the victory while Madara abandoned an attempt to kidnap her.

• Kirito removed both of Nagato's Rinnegan and refused Madara Uchiha's demand to return one, insisting that Madara bring Hatake Sakumo to the old place.
• Black Zetsu calmed Madara Uchiha, who compromised and left after warning Kirito not to try anything.
• Kirito transplanted a dead Amegakure ninja's eyes into Nagato, treated him, and used the Ketsuryūgan's Blood Genjutsu to hide the confrontation from Yahiko and Konan before departing.
• The underground shelter's occupants slowly awoke as Kumogakure's forces accepted defeat and retreated under the Third Raikage, Fourth Raikage, and Blue B.
• Tsunade congratulated Hattori Masanari on Amegakure's victory, and Kirito invited her to descend with him to greet the troops.
• Madara Uchiha considered kidnapping Tsunade but abandoned the idea because Hattori Masanari stayed beside her and Kirito might still be nearby.

Kirito tested the Rinnegan in a Lightning Release Clone, but its chakra drain and severe rejection forced him to stop. He transplanted it into a stable Uzumaki Clone made from his and Mito Uzumaki’s bloodline, where the rejection proved weaker and began to fade.

• Kirito worried that Madara Uchiha might target Kushina after losing Nagato as a Rinnegan vessel, and resolved to protect her from Konoha’s White Zetsu spies.
• Kirito implanted the Rinnegan in his Lightning Release Clone and found that it rapidly drained the clone’s chakra while trying to absorb his Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Kirito suppressed the Rinnegan with Adamantine Sealing Chains, but the clone suffered severe rejection, so he removed the eye and restored the clone’s original one.
• Kirito returned to the laboratory beneath the Orphanage and implanted the Rinnegan into an adult Uzumaki Clone created from his and Mito Uzumaki’s bloodline.
• The Uzumaki Clone showed weaker rejection than the Lightning Release Clone, and its reaction gradually faded.

Kirito explored the Rinnegan’s abilities, discovered its dangerous hunger for Chakra and negative emotions, and used its Yin-Yang Release to create Black Rods. As he considered how to rescue Teacher Hatake from Madara Uchiha, news of Amegakure’s victory over Kumogakure reached Konoha, where the Third Hokage called an urgent meeting.

• Kirito controlled the Uzumaki Clone’s Rinnegan, sensed its power and dark influence, and heard Shukaku panic and demand that he stop feeding it Chakra.
• Kirito tried to learn about the Rinnegan from Shukaku, but Shukaku refused to reveal its secrets and warned Kirito not to use its Chakra for the eye again.
• Kirito used the Rinnegan’s Yin-Yang Release to create a pile of Black Rods, then stopped when his Chakra was nearly depleted and chose not to test the eye with Sage Chakra.
• Kirito weighed using the Rinnegan against Madara Uchiha, worried that Madara might exploit his knowledge of the eye, and began considering a plan after spotting the Black Rods.
• News spread that Amegakure had defeated Kumogakure, and the Third Hokage summoned the Hokage Advisors to discuss how Konoha should deal with Amegakure.

The Third Hokage and Konoha’s elders debated sending troops to aid Amegakure, while Momoka pressed them not to abandon another ally. They chose Orochimaru to lead the aid force, and the chapter ended with Madara Uchiha returning to his lair to receive a revived creature inside a cocoon.

• The Third Hokage worried that Homura Uchiha and Hatake Sakumo had vanished while pursuing Chiyo, and Momoka questioned Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu’s reactions.
• The Third Hokage and the elders considered Tsunade’s request for Konoha to send reinforcements to Amegakure, while Momoka argued that Konoha must not abandon another ally as it had Uzu Village.
• The Third Hokage, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu agreed to aid Amegakure after Momoka invoked Mito-sama and Kirito’s likely views.
• Momoka proposed sending Kirito to support Tsunade, but the Third Hokage argued that his status as a Jinchuriki made the battlefield too dangerous, and the elders agreed.
• The Third Hokage appointed Orochimaru to lead Konoha’s troops to Amegakure.
• Madara Uchiha returned to his underground lair, where a White Zetsu presented him with a cocoon containing a revived creature.

Madara Uchiha kept Hatake Sakumo alive as leverage against Kirito and planned to steal more Sharingan and recruit subordinates. He then confronted the supposedly dead Shimura Danzō at Root’s Land of the Waterfall base and trapped him in Genjutsu.

• Madara Uchiha examined Hatake Sakumo, who was recovering from his injuries, and decided to use him as a burden for Kirito.
• Black Zetsu persuaded Madara Uchiha to target Chizuru Uchiha and Kirito’s forces, while Madara chose to first take Danzo’s remaining resources.
• At the underground Root base in the Land of the Waterfall, the White Oni Masked Man ordered Hiruko to recover Rat and Rabbit’s Edo Tensei Puppets.
• Madara Uchiha attacked the White Oni Masked Man, who rebuilt himself from paper scraps and was revealed to be Shimura Danzō, revived through Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.
• Madara Uchiha used Genjutsu to control Danzo and the Edo Tensei Puppets guarding the base, leaving Danzo unable to summon help.

Madara Uchiha seized control of Danzō and Root, but Danzō broke free of his Genjutsu before Madara sealed him and left Black Zetsu to interrogate him. At Old Root headquarters, Hiruko revealed his own control over the improved Impure World Reincarnation and continued his Chimera experiments until an unseen attacker challenged his Sharingan.

• Madara Uchiha considered using the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu to summon Hashirama Senju and decided to take control of Hiruko before going after Kirito Tonsaka.
• Shimura Danzō broke free of Madara's Genjutsu, but Madara caught him with Susanoo, crushed him, sealed him, and ordered Black Zetsu to watch and question him.
• Hiruko dismissed Danzō's authority and revealed that he had secretly altered the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu so he could control its Edo Tensei Puppets.
• Hiruko subdued a Masked Man with his stolen Sharingan and prepared a human and a black bear for another Chimera experiment.
• As Hiruko began the experiment, an unknown voice asked why his body showed no rejection of the Sharingan despite his not being an Uchiha.

Madara Uchiha subdued Hiruko, took his Sharingan and Chimera Technique, and bound him to serve. In Iwagakure, Ōnoki appointed Kitsuchi to lead a campaign against Amegakure, leaving the conflict poised to widen.

• Madara Uchiha trapped Hiruko in a genjutsu and demanded to know how he had used the Sharingan without rejection.
• Madara gouged out both of Hiruko's Sharingan, then spared him after Hiruko explained that his Chimera Technique had fused an Uchiha Jonin into his body.
• Hiruko offered Madara the latest version of the Chimera Technique, and Madara praised its potential and promised to help him obtain other Kekkei Genkai.
• Madara placed Yin Release Chakra into Hiruko's head, leaving Hiruko aware that his life depended on serving him.
• Ōnoki reflected on Iwagakure's victory over Kumogakure and the blow dealt to his plans by Konoha's support for Amegakure.
• Ōnoki appointed Kitsuchi frontline commander in the Land of Rain and ordered him to eliminate Amegakure's forces, with Han accompanying him.

After Amegakure’s destruction, Hattori Masanari secured control of the village and promised to rebuild it, while Jiraiya learned that Kirito Tonsaka had taken Nagato’s Rinnegan. Yahiko and Konan resolved that Amegakure would reclaim Nagato’s eyes someday.

• Hattori Masanari told Hanzō he would rebuild Amegakure, and surviving Jonin and elders stood behind him as Hanzō recognized that the village had chosen its new leader.
• Tsunade warned Jiraiya not to show hostility toward Amegakure’s new leader, then sent him to check on the ailing Nagato.
• At the field hospital, Yahiko told Jiraiya that Nagato’s Rinnegan had been taken by a black-haired youth who had fought a blond impostor.
• Jiraiya identified the youth as Kirito Tonsaka, admitted he could not recover the Rinnegan, and warned Yahiko against seeking revenge.
• Yahiko insisted Amegakure would reclaim Nagato’s eyes, and Konan silently supported him.

After learning that Iwagakure was massing to attack Amegakure, Kirito led six Amegakure Jonin in a surprise assault on its border base. He crippled the gathered Iwa forces with their own attacks, but Han transformed and launched himself at Kirito.

• Tsunade received intelligence that nearly ten thousand Iwa ninja were gathering near the Land of Rain, and she warned Kirito that Amegakure needed to act quickly.
• Kirito dismissed Tsunade’s concerns, gathered six Amegakure Jonin skilled in Dance of the Paper Charms, and borrowed several thousand Exploding Tags from her.
• Kitsuchi and Han arrived at Iwagakure’s crowded border base, where Kitsuchi tried to discuss their plan to restrain Kirito and Salamander Hanzō.
• Kirito and the six Jonin attacked the base from the air, setting fires and destroying a granary with explosive paper cranes.
• Kirito used the Super Weighted Rock Technique to make Iwa ninja’s stone cannonballs fall back into their own ranks, inflicting heavy casualties.
• Han activated his Tailed Beast Cloak, propelled himself into the air, and attacked Kirito with two extending Chakra tails.

Kirito overwhelmed Iwagakure’s base, forcing Kitsuchi to lead a retreat, but Han’s Five-Tails broke free and attacked the remaining Iwagakure ninja. Kirito watched Mu Wu’s rampage as the battle shifted into a struggle to contain the beast.

• Kirito blocked Han’s attacks, then used Sage Art: Earth Style: Rock Iron Cannon Technique to crush him into the Iwagakure base.
• Kitsuchi ordered a retreat as Kirito’s attacks devastated the base, and his departure triggered Iwagakure’s fleeing forces.
• Kirito left with the six Amegakure Jonin, but the Five-Tails burst out of Han and revealed itself as Mu Wu.
• Kitsuchi and the Iwagakure ninja attacked Mu Wu with Earth Style techniques while Kitsuchi sent for the Tsuchikage.
• Mu Wu unleashed high-temperature steam, killing many Iwagakure ninja as Kirito watched from the sky.

Kitsuchi’s forces failed to capture Kokuō, and Kirito attacked the Five-Tails after it broke through Iwagakure’s defenses. Kirito ripped off one of Kokuō’s tails, but a huge white beam destroyed his Rock Golem’s head.

• Kitsuchi ordered the Iwa Ninja to defend against Kokuō’s steam attacks, but its sweeping tails inflicted heavy casualties.
• Iwagakure’s ninja trapped Kokuō with combined Earth Style techniques, but it used steam jets to fly free and forced Kitsuchi to order a retreat.
• Kokuō attacked the fleeing Iwa Ninja with water spheres while Kirito considered capturing it and taking its Chakra.
• Kokuō sensed Kirito’s hostility and attacked him, but Kirito used Earth Style techniques to ground and restrain it.
• Kirito’s Rock Golem battered Kokuō and tore off one of its tails, before a huge white beam reduced the Golem’s head to ashes.

Kirito survived Ōnoki’s Dust Release and refused to let Iwagakure capture the Five-Tails, while Ōnoki offered trade concessions to keep him from interfering. Kirito exposed Kokuō’s escape plan, drained most of the Chakra from its severed-tail clone, and offered to make a deal with it.

• Ōnoki killed Hattori Masanari’s Rock Golem with Dust Release, but Kirito evaded the attack and revealed he was alive.
• Ōnoki demanded that Kirito let Iwagakure capture the Five-Tails and offered two years of peace and renewed trade with Amegakure.
• Kirito refused to help Ōnoki, then considered the importance of trade with the Land of Earth and chose to maintain Hattori Masanari’s persona.
• Kirito recognized that Kokuō had split its soul into its severed tail to escape capture and carried the tail away from the Iwa Ninja.
• Kirito restrained Kokuō’s tail with Wood Style and absorbed most of its Chakra, forcing Kokuō to surrender.
• Kirito told Kokuō he wanted to make a deal, and Kokuō asked what he wanted.

Kirito sealed the Five-Tails clone while Ōnoki subdued and resealed the beast, then withdrew Iwagakure’s forces from the Land of Rain. As Amegakure celebrated and the Third Raikage refused to retreat, Madara Uchiha summoned Hashirama Senju with Impure World Reincarnation, and Hashirama began breaking through his restraints.

• Kirito sealed the Five-Tails clone, causing the main body to lose focus as it fought Ōnoki.
• Ōnoki, Kitsuchi, and the Iwagakure ninja restrained the Five-Tails and resealed it inside Han with Sealing Talismans Kirito recognized as his own work.
• Ōnoki rejected Kitsuchi’s call to continue attacking Amegakure and ordered Iwagakure to retreat, while Kirito watched them cross the border.
• Tsunade received news of Hattori Masanari’s victory, and Amegakure’s people celebrated as Jiraiya watched in troubled silence.
• Eruyi urged the Third Raikage to withdraw, but he refused to retreat despite Kumogakure’s losses and Amegakure’s new alliance with Konoha.
• Madara Uchiha revealed that he had summoned Hashirama Senju with Impure World Reincarnation, and Hashirama’s Chakra weakened the restraints holding him.