Chapter Summaries

Key events

• Uchiha Yi unleashes ten Susanoo-wielding Shadow Clones against Iwagakure’s forces, slaughtering Stone Shinobi across the battlefield.
• Ōnoki mistakes Yi for Madara, then resolves to kill him even at the cost of his own life, believing the sacrifice would be worthwhile.
• Ōnoki attacks with Dust Release, but Yi opens a space-time portal and redirects the technique into Iwagakure’s own troops, killing several of its strongest fighters.
• Tobirama Senju observes that Yi’s redirection resembles Flying Thunder God, though it works differently, and recognizes that Ōnoki may now hesitate to use ninjutsu against him.

Character developments and interactions

• Yi is portrayed as overwhelmingly powerful, composed, and contemptuous of his opponents. His massed Susanoo and tactical use of Shadow Clones make him a battlefield-wide threat.
• Ōnoki moves from shock and fear to furious determination, but his attack only worsens the damage to his own army.
• Tobirama watches in silence, assessing Yi’s unusual technique.
• The narration links Yi’s taunting, combative manner to Madara’s and suggests Mikoto learned some of her own battlefield taunts from Yi.

Significant themes

• The cost of overwhelming power: Yi’s attacks devastate ordinary soldiers and threaten Iwagakure’s future by killing promising fighters.
• Tactical adaptation: Yi combines Shadow Clones, Susanoo, and space-time redirection to overcome the limitations of fighting a scattered army.
• War’s self-inflicted losses: Ōnoki’s own weapon becomes a danger to his side, emphasizing how desperation can compound defeat.
• Reputation and fear: Yi’s deeds invite comparisons to Madara and earn him the image of a “god of slaughter.”

Plot points and events

• Ōnoki is shaken by Uchiha Yi’s presence, which recalls the terror he felt facing Madara Uchiha. He resents that such a formidable talent belongs to another village.
• Yi taunts Ōnoki by asking whether he wants to “dance too,” as his ten shadow clones—each using Susanoo—fight the Stone Shinobi.
• The Stone forces’ coordinated tactics briefly threaten some clones, demonstrating that teamwork and numbers can challenge even powerful opponents. But the clones adapt and continue cutting through the army.
• Yi challenges Ōnoki to consider whether ten thousand shinobi can truly exhaust him, after nearly a thousand Stone Shinobi have already died.
• Ōnoki prepares to commit more lives to the battle. Yi condemns the shinobi world’s tendency to treat people as expendable, while recognizing that leaders across villages might make similarly ruthless choices.
• Resolving to reform the world, Yi unleashes a colossal Susanoo roughly 500–600 meters tall. Its chakra is felt across much of the world, and even Hashirama and Tobirama are stunned.
• Ōnoki realizes he badly underestimated Yi and privately regrets not surrendering earlier, reasoning that Iwagakure could have submitted and waited for a chance to act later.

Character developments and interactions

• Ōnoki shifts from fearful resentment to grim resolve, then to alarm and regret as Yi reveals the scale of his power. His thoughts expose both his pragmatism and his willingness to sacrifice soldiers.
• Uchiha Yi moves from mocking confidence to moral conviction. He sees the battle as evidence of a rotten system and commits himself to changing it, despite acknowledging the hard choices leaders face.
• Yi and Ōnoki clash not only militarily but ideologically: Yi challenges Ōnoki’s view of soldiers as resources, while Ōnoki sees surrender as a practical means of survival.
• Hashirama and Tobirama witness Yi’s immense Susanoo and are left astonished by a power far beyond the Susanoo they knew.

Significant themes

• Power and scale: Numbers can overwhelm ordinary Kage, but Yi’s overwhelming strength appears to render them meaningless.
• The cost of leadership: Leaders may sacrifice individuals to protect a larger whole, but those sacrifices reveal the cruelty of the shinobi system.
• Fear, pragmatism, and submission: Ōnoki’s belated willingness to yield shows how power can reshape political judgment.
• Reform and moral resolve: Yi’s response to the system’s brutality is not merely to win the battle, but to remake the world that produces such conflicts.

Key plot points and events

• Uchiha Yi’s enormous Susanoo appears before the Stone Shinobi, leaving Ōnoki and his forces despairing at the scale of the threat.
• Ōnoki spends nearly all his Chakra on Earth Release: Mountain Earth Technique, trying to trap the Susanoo. Yi cuts through the earth with a single sweep, then attacks the Stone Shinobi with a barrage of strikes.
• Watching Yi’s power, Danzō fears the consequences of making him an enemy—but also fantasizes about stealing Yi’s Mangekyō Sharingan and combining it with Hashirama’s cells to become unbeatable. He decides he must escape.
• Hashirama acknowledges that Yi may have surpassed both him and Madara. Mito suggests that Madara survived their old battle, acquired Hashirama’s power, and may have gained the legendary “Power of All Creation.” Hashirama begins to recall something Madara once told him.

Character developments

• Ōnoki demonstrates genuine resolve: rather than sacrifice his troops from a distance, he risks his own life and Chakra to confront Yi.
• Yi recognizes Ōnoki’s courage and answers it by using greater force, underscoring both his strength and his respect for personal sacrifice.
• Danzō is exposed as both frightened and dangerously ambitious. Even in the face of overwhelming odds, he imagines turning Yi’s power into a weapon for his own rise.
• Hashirama admits the limits of his power and accepts that Yi may now surpass the greatest shinobi of the past.

Significant themes

• Power and its cost: Ōnoki’s technique and Hashirama’s ultimate Wood Release both demand enormous Chakra—and may be fatal.
• Courage versus self-interest: Ōnoki risks himself for his village, while Danzō thinks only of escape and personal gain.
• Escalating power and legacy: Yi’s strength challenges the old standards set by Hashirama and Madara, while the possibility that Madara obtained a new power hints at an even greater threat.

Character interactions

• Ōnoki directly challenges Yi to protect his forces; Yi recognizes his resolve but overwhelms his defense.
• Danzō watches Yi with fear and envy, privately plotting to take his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Mito and Hashirama discuss Yi’s strength while fighting. Mito raises the possibility that Madara acquired Hashirama’s power and the “Power of All Creation,” prompting Hashirama to remember Madara’s words.

Key plot points and events

• Hashirama reflects on Uchiha Yi’s Yin–Yang Release and wonders whether Yi has reached the legendary Power of All Creation, said to require both Senju and Uchiha power. He recalls considering interclan marriages, but the Senju Clan was dissolved so its bloodline could spread through Konoha and its feud with the Uchiha could fade.
• Tobirama arrives and, with Mito Uzumaki, restrains the reanimated Hashirama. Hashirama cooperates and urges them to capture Shimura Danzō, warning that Impure World Reincarnation is too dangerous to leave unchecked.
• Hashirama recognizes how formidable Yi and Mito have become and believes Konoha can protect itself without Mito continuing to bear her burdens. He worries that a future reanimation of Mito could force Yi into an unbearable conflict.
• Tobirama is angered by Danzō’s transformation into an ambitious politician who has lost the Will of Fire. He resolves to stop his former student himself.
• Before Tobirama can act, a dangerous beam of golden light descends from the sky toward Yi. Yi counters by raising Susanoo and meeting it with his sword.

Character developments and interactions

• Hashirama is thoughtful about the Senju–Uchiha legacy, accepts restraint rather than resisting, and shows concern for Mito and Yi as well as for Konoha’s safety.
• Tobirama shifts from helping restrain his brother to confronting Danzō, whom he feels has betrayed his ideals and his teachings.
• Mito helps subdue Hashirama, revealing strength beyond his expectations; Kurama’s aside insists that her power comes from him.
• Yi is presented as exceptionally powerful and emotionally connected to Mito. His calm, immediate response to the golden attack ends the chapter on a cliffhanger.
• Hashirama and Tobirama act together against Hashirama’s reanimation, while Hashirama and Tobirama both identify Danzō as the urgent threat.

Significant themes

• Legacy and unity: Hashirama’s reflections frame the Senju Clan’s dissolution as a way to preserve its bloodline and end an old feud.
• Power and responsibility: Impure World Reincarnation’s danger makes Danzō’s unchecked ambition especially threatening.
• Changing ideals: Tobirama condemns Danzō for abandoning the Will of Fire, suggesting that strength without principle leads to corruption.
• Burden and protection: Hashirama wants Mito to stop suffering for Konoha, trusting that the next generation can defend it.

Key plot points and events

• A golden pillar of light strikes Uchiha Yi’s Susanoo sword with enough force to crack it. Yi recognizes the attack as Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion and realizes the Ōtsutsuki Clan on the moon has targeted him.
• Yi regards the lunar clan as dangerous meddlers: despite their possible role as guardians against alien threats, he believes they have helped cause turmoil and may eventually threaten the shinobi world. Their attack confirms his hostility toward them.
• Hashirama and Tobirama are alarmed by the power of the blast. Mito, who knows more about the world’s hidden affairs, suspects the attackers are the Ōtsutsuki on the moon and worries that Yi may be facing an entire clan.
• Mito explains that Hiruzen used Yi’s reputation to pressure the Daimyō into supplying the village, after Danzo secretly embezzled resources. Tobirama concludes that the Daimyō’s Residence may be connected to the attack and muses that it might be time to eliminate it.
• The group wonders whether Yi can reach or evade the lunar attackers. Hashirama notes that he cannot fly to the moon, while Tobirama trusts Yi’s Flying Thunder God technique to make him difficult to kill.

Character developments and interactions

• Uchiha Yi is revealed as openly distrustful of the lunar Ōtsutsuki and sees their assault as an unjustified provocation.
• Mito Uzumaki prioritizes Yi’s survival above even Kurama’s, prompting Kurama’s irritated complaint that humans treat him as disposable.
• Hashirama Senju is awed by the attack and candidly reflects on the limits of his own abilities, including his inability to fly.
• Tobirama Senju remains strategic and politically hard-line. He connects the attack to the village’s dealings with the Daimyō and considers abolishing the Daimyō’s Residence.
• Mito’s familiarity with Yi’s secrets contrasts with Hashirama’s and Tobirama’s uncertainty about the lunar clan and its power.

Significant themes

• Hidden power and escalating threats: The moon holds a formidable clan capable of challenging even Susanoo.
• Protection versus interference: The Ōtsutsuki may see themselves as guardians, while Yi views their covert influence as dangerous meddling.
• Loyalty and sacrifice: Mito’s willingness to risk Kurama to protect Yi underscores her faith in him as Konoha’s future.
• Political power and militarism: The village’s supply crisis, Danzo’s corruption, and Tobirama’s contempt for the Daimyō reveal how internal politics feed into wider conflict.

Plot points

• Yi recognizes the Giant Tenseigan’s Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion as a serious threat. He reinforces his Susanoo and reveals a new form of his eyes: a Rinnegan with six tomoe in each.
• Tobirama identifies Yi’s eyes as the Rinnegan and celebrates what he sees as proof that Yi followed the right path of evolution, unlike Madara.
• Mito explains that the Senju and Uchiha descend from the Sage of Six Paths’ two sons. Yi has inherited both the Sage’s physical constitution and eyes, restoring his bloodline to its ancestral state.
• Mito suspects that the attack—and perhaps the centuries-long conflict between the brothers’ descendants—was engineered by someone.

Character developments and interactions

• Yi shows the extent of his power but remains wary of the Tenseigan’s destructive force.
• Tobirama is astonished by Yi’s Rinnegan and the shared ancestry of the Senju and Uchiha. Despite this revelation, he continues to blame and resent the Uchiha.
• Hashirama acknowledges that Yi is stronger than he is and takes comfort in knowing Yi can protect Konoha.
• Mito calmly confirms that Yi’s Rinnegan is no secret to her. She focuses on the danger facing him and questions whether history’s feuds were deliberately manipulated.

Significant themes

• Power and inheritance: Yi’s Rinnegan reflects the union of the Sage’s two ancestral legacies.
• Prejudice and inherited conflict: Learning that the Senju and Uchiha share an ancestor does not undo Tobirama’s hostility or their long history of war.
• Fate versus manipulation: Mito wonders whether the repeating conflicts between Indra and Asura’s descendants were inevitable—or arranged by a hidden force.
• Protection and responsibility: Hashirama’s confidence in Yi contrasts with Mito’s concern about the powerful enemy behind the attack.

Key events

• Tobirama, Hiruzen, and Mito watch Uchiha Yi endure a devastating golden attack. Tobirama argues they should help him, though he believes Yi may be staying to destroy the hidden enemy behind it.
• Hiruzen reports that Danzo escaped during the attack. He vows to deal with Danzo, but admits the golden strike was too dangerous for him to pursue.
• Tobirama judges the golden attack to exceed even Hashirama’s greatest Wood Release technique and recognizes that its unknown source poses a major threat to Konoha.
• Yi, meanwhile, has secretly marked Danzo with Flying Thunder God and is willing to let him escape for now, hoping Danzo will draw out other opponents. Yi is more concerned about why the Ōtsutsuki have appeared at this moment.
• Yi’s Susanoo grows to a thousand meters. While using its sword to brace against the golden beam, he forms an enormous Tailed Beast Bomb—apparently larger than the Nine-Tails’ own.

Character developments and interactions

• Tobirama shifts his attention entirely from Danzo to Yi and the golden attacker, acknowledging that both may surpass Hashirama’s power. He also considers Yi a worthy potential Hokage.
• Hiruzen feels guilty about Danzo’s escape and remains ready to sacrifice himself against the unknown enemy, though he doubts whether his sealing technique could work.
• Yi shows confidence and strategic patience: he is not personally troubled by Danzo’s escape and plans to deal with him later, while prioritizing the larger threat.
• Tobirama and Hiruzen discuss Yi’s intentions and the danger facing Konoha; Yi’s actions reveal that his priorities differ from theirs.

Significant themes

• The scale of power and changing ideas of strength: The golden attack and Yi’s Susanoo challenge the characters’ former belief that Hashirama was unmatched.
• Duty and sacrifice: Hiruzen is prepared to risk his life to protect the village.
• Strategy versus impulse: Yi chooses to use Danzo as bait rather than kill him immediately.
• Uncertainty and hidden threats: The Ōtsutsuki’s timing and the source of the golden attack remain unexplained.

Key plot points and events

• The Nine-Tails senses something of the Ten-Tails in Uchiha Yi and decides this is understandable because Yi is the Sage of Six Paths’ chakra reincarnation.
• Under attack by the Ōtsutsuki from the moon, Yi uses Yomotsu Hirasaka to send a Tailed Beast Bomb directly to his carefully tracked target. The blast shakes the moon and stops the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.
• Yi leaves Mito, Tobirama, Hashirama, and the others to finish the battle at Iwagakure and capture Ōnoki, whose feet have been destroyed. Yi intends to postpone conquering the Land of Earth until he has secured power within Konoha.
• Yi travels to the moon, prepared to fight Hamura Ōtsutsuki. He considers damaging the moon to release Kaguya as a last resort.
• Before leaving, Yi warns Tobirama and Hashirama to remain in the living world, hinting that the Pure Land may not stay safe. Tobirama suspects there is a reason and agrees they should deal with Madara before returning.

Character developments and interactions

• Uchiha Yi demonstrates the strategic precision of his space-time ability and shifts from immediate conquest to a more measured plan: consolidate Konoha first, then expand his influence. He accepts the danger of confronting the Ōtsutsuki but keeps a drastic contingency in reserve.
• The Nine-Tails grows more sympathetic toward Yi, interpreting his unusual chakra as a link to the Sage.
• Tobirama takes Yi’s warning seriously, while Hashirama is persuaded to remain mainly by the prospect of confronting Madara.
• Mito expresses concern for Yi, and Tobirama offers to help before Yi explains that the moon’s enemies could destroy even their reincarnated bodies.
• Hiruzen recognizes that the shifting balance of power may allow Konoha to challenge the Daimyō once Yi defeats the force supporting them.

Significant themes

• Power and strategy: Yi’s victory comes from combining overwhelming force with precise targeting, while his political ambitions require patience as well as strength.
• Loyalty and legacy: The Nine-Tails connects Yi to the Sage’s legacy, and the resurrected Hokage remain invested in protecting Konoha and confronting Madara.
• Escalating stakes: The conflict expands from a battle at Iwagakure to threats involving the moon, the Pure Land, and the political order of the entire Shinobi World.

Plot points

• A Tailed Beast Bomb strikes the moon, startling the Ōtsutsuki Clan and disrupting the Giant Tenseigan. Uchiha Yi’s arrival alarms them further.
• The clan mistakes Yi for a powerful Ōtsutsuki from the heavens because his chakra combines Indra’s and Asura’s signatures with an unusually pure Ōtsutsuki constitution.
• Yi realizes why they attacked: they believed they were defending the Shinobi World from a celestial invader. He understands their reasoning but decides they must still pay for attacking him, especially since they could threaten Konoha and oppose his plans to reshape the world.
• Yi launches an assault. His Susanoo attacks the clan leader while a clone moves toward the Giant Tenseigan. The clan’s fighters cannot stop him.
• In battle, Yi discovers that the lunar Ōtsutsuki’s Gentle Fist is far more developed than the Hyuga’s, and senses that they possess Yin-Yang Release. He also finds he can connect to and control the Giant Tenseigan, which can purify the body and strengthen bloodlines.

Character developments and interactions

• Yi shows both strategic caution and confidence: he acknowledges the clan’s motives but refuses to appear weak, and believes he can handle future Ōtsutsuki threats.
• The Ōtsutsuki leader’s initial hostility shifts to panic once Yi targets the Giant Tenseigan; he orders his people to intervene.
• Yi becomes interested in the clan’s fighting techniques, training methods, and legacy, seeing potential benefits for himself and his allies.

Significant themes

• Misunderstanding and justified conflict: The Ōtsutsuki attack Yi out of mistaken identity and a desire to protect the Shinobi World, yet their intentions do not erase the consequences.
• Power and responsibility: Yi weighs restraint against the danger the clan poses to Konoha and his broader plans.
• Bloodline and inheritance: The chapter contrasts the lunar Ōtsutsuki’s preserved lineage and refined techniques with those of the Uchiha, Senju, and Hyuga clans.

Key events

• Uchiha Yi realizes the Giant Tenseigan can strengthen the bloodlines of people around him through atavism. He intends to use it to empower Hyuga Rinka—and potentially Uchiha Mikoto and Kushina Uzumaki—believing Rinka could become Kage-level with his help.
• When Ōtsutsuki Tarō tries to control the Giant Tenseigan as the clan’s last defense, Yi takes command of it effortlessly. He regards his bloodline and connection to Ōtsutsuki Haguki as grounds to claim it.
• Yi unleashes the Giant Tenseigan’s power. Its chakra engulfs the hall, shakes the moon, and makes it shine like the sun.
• On the battlefield, Hashirama orders the Stone Shinobi secured and sends Hiruzen to Konoha’s main camp, acknowledging that he can no longer keep pace with the strongest fighters. Tobirama recognizes that Yi’s space-time ninjutsu far surpasses his own.
• Black Zetsu, who has been helping Madara improve the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, is using Danzō as a useful agitator against Yi. He is stunned when he sees the moon flare with golden light.

Character developments and interactions

• Yi’s ambition expands beyond his own strength: he wants to use the Tenseigan to elevate allies he cares about, especially Rinka. He also asserts a sense of entitlement to the moon’s power.
• Tarō’s confidence in the Ōtsutsuki safeguard collapses when Yi commandeers it, and he cannot reconcile Yi’s power with his belief that no ordinary ninja could possess such a pure bloodline.
• Hashirama shows humility and frustration at being unable to match the current struggle; Tobirama responds with wary admiration of Yi’s abilities.
• Madara and Black Zetsu work effectively together on forbidden jutsu research, while Danzō serves their plans as a political disruptor rather than a true representative.

Significant themes

• Power and inheritance: Bloodline purity and inherited chakra determine who can wield extraordinary abilities, but Yi’s strength unsettles the Ōtsutsuki’s assumptions.
• Power used for others: Yi sees the Tenseigan not only as a weapon but as a means to strengthen those close to him.
• Changing limits: The older generation’s former confidence gives way to the reality that newer, more powerful figures have surpassed them.

Key plot points and events

• Black Zetsu sees a golden light come from the moon and suspects Uchiha Yi may have fought there. Yi’s growing power and newly awakened Rinnegan alarm him; he fears Yi could eventually surpass Hagoromo and resolves to accelerate the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan, though Madara’s Rinnegan is not yet fully developed.
• Isshiki, controlling Jigen, watches the moon and recalls that Hamura’s descendants have repeatedly thwarted his attempts to cause trouble. He fears Hagoromo and Hamura more than the lunar Ōtsutsuki, especially Hagoromo, whose strength once exceeded Isshiki’s peak.
• Isshiki interprets Yi’s powerful, increasingly pronounced Ōtsutsuki aura as evidence that Yi is a reincarnated Ōtsutsuki releasing his Kāma. He plans to use Yi as a distraction while he considers making a move against the Uchiha.
• Hamura confronts Hagoromo about Yi’s extraordinary aura, which contains traces of Indra, Asura, Hamura, and the Tailed Beasts. Hagoromo reviews Yi’s past and concludes he was born in the Shinobi World, not connected to Kaguya, and transformed through the world’s blessing and atavism.
• Hagoromo believes Yi is an ally of the Shinobi World and warns that “Outsiders” will soon arrive. Hamura shifts his concern from his threatened descendants to this looming danger.

Character developments and interactions

• Black Zetsu grows more anxious about Yi’s power but keeps his concerns hidden while pursuing his plan.
• Isshiki remains wary of Hagoromo and Hamura, yet sees Yi’s arrival as a chance to act against the Uchiha. His interpretation of Yi differs sharply from theirs.
• Hamura is shocked and frustrated by Yi’s power and the threat to his descendants, but trusts Hagoromo’s judgment and calms himself.
• Hagoromo responds with composure, studies Yi’s history, and frames his emergence as beneficial to the world. He also reveals a wider threat approaching.

Significant themes

• Uncertainty about identity and allegiance: Yi’s unusual origins and aura lead different characters to very different conclusions.
• Power and suspicion: Yi’s rapid growth unsettles powerful figures and reshapes their plans.
• Long-term schemes and shifting priorities: Black Zetsu and Isshiki pursue separate agendas, while the looming Outsiders redirect Hamura’s attention.
• The world’s influence: Hagoromo suggests the Shinobi World itself may bless and produce a powerful protector.

Plot points and events

• Hagoromo and Hamura discuss Uchiha Yi, whose power is extraordinary for his age and may eventually rival Kaguya. Yi has also learned that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki is alive, confirming a major threat to the Shinobi World.
• The brothers agree they may need to cooperate with Yi against the wider Ōtsutsuki Clan. Hagoromo also considers recruiting Madara, whose Rinnegan and strength could make him a valuable ally. If necessary, they might even release Kaguya to help fight.
• Yi has already used the Giant Tenseigan to destroy the Ōtsutsuki Clan on the moon. Hamura does not intervene. Yi leaves clones behind to search the moon for useful knowledge and resources, including material that may help trigger Bloodline Reversion for Hyuga Rinka and others.
• Back in the Shinobi World, Yi tells Mito, Tobirama, and Hashirama that the lunar clan is gone—but that more powerful enemies remain. He asks the two former Hokage to postpone going to the Pure Land and help prepare for the coming danger.

Character developments and interactions

• Hagoromo recognizes Yi as a potential partner rather than merely a powerful outsider, and is willing to overlook Madara’s ambitions because he may be useful in the coming conflict.
• Hamura accepts that the Giant Tenseigan is not vital, but feels helpless and conflicted after Yi wiped out his descendants.
• Yi acts decisively to remove a future threat, then turns immediately to gathering intelligence and preparing allies. He is candid with the former Hokage about the scale of the danger.
• Hashirama and Tobirama react with alarm to the possibility of stronger enemies. Hashirama admits he would be no match for Yi, while Tobirama agrees the lunar clan was dangerous.

Significant themes

• Cooperation against a greater threat: Even former enemies and rivals—Hagoromo, Hamura, Madara, and Yi—may need to unite.
• The cost of decisive action: Yi’s victory protects the Shinobi World but leaves Hamura mourning the loss of his descendants.
• Preparation and responsibility: The characters look beyond immediate victories, gathering knowledge and recruiting strength for dangers still to come.

Key plot points and events

• Hashirama and Tobirama agree to help Yi improve Impure World Reincarnation, hoping the revived can retain more of their original strength. White Zetsu bodies are proposed as ideal vessels, with Orochimaru’s expertise and Konoha’s resources supporting the research.
• Hashirama also agrees to return because Madara is still alive and he wants to settle their unfinished conflict. Mito says she is willing to be reincarnated if her strength is needed, though she is elderly and in poor health.
• News spreads that Ōnoki led a massive Stone assault on Konoha and was defeated by Yi; his fate remains uncertain. Danzō is exposed for illegal experiments and a failed attack on the Hokage, becoming Konoha’s first S-rank Missing-nin. Madara, despite leaving Konoha and later fighting Hashirama, was never formally declared a Missing-nin.
• Yi takes Mito, Hashirama, and Tobirama back to Konoha, then travels to the front against Sunagakure. There he finds Jiraiya, who has returned after spending two years teaching Nagato in the Land of Rain.
• Tsunade resents Jiraiya’s departure, which coincided with the team’s struggles and the permanent breakup of the Sarutobi Squad. Yi criticizes him privately and assigns him to watch the front while he meets with Tsunade and Orochimaru.

Character developments and interactions

• Yi is confident in his overwhelming power but seeks practical ways to support Konoha and prepare for future conflicts. He is willing to offer even his own cells for research to help Mikoto and Kushina.
• Hashirama and Tobirama accept a renewed role in the living world: Tobirama eagerly joins the research, while Hashirama is motivated chiefly by the chance to face Madara again.
• Mito accepts the possibility of being revived, prioritizing her usefulness to others despite her age and declining health.
• Tsunade openly blames Jiraiya for leaving the front and is bitter about the consequences for their team. Jiraiya has returned after keeping his promise to teach Nagato for exactly two years; Yi sees his choice as a serious failure of loyalty to Konoha.

Significant themes

• Duty versus personal commitments: Jiraiya’s time with Nagato is set against the needs of Konoha’s fighters.
• The cost and ethics of power: Reanimation research depends on disturbing the dead and using experimental vessels, while characters weigh that cost against protecting others.
• Loyalty, legacy, and unfinished conflict: Hashirama’s renewed bond with the living is driven by his unresolved struggle with Madara, while Danzō’s betrayal shows how authority can be corrupted.

Key plot points and events

• Uchiha Yi tells Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya that he unleashed the enormous chakra surge they sensed. The fighting at Iwagakure is nearly finished, and Ōnoki has been captured; Yi says Konoha can now turn its attention to Sunagakure if necessary.
• Yi invites Orochimaru to investigate the origins of chakra and the so-called Deities. Orochimaru eagerly accepts, intrigued by the subject and by Yi’s claim that it surpasses his Wood Release research.
• Yi criticizes Jiraiya for abandoning his post and challenges his faith in the Child of Prophecy. Jiraiya insists Nagato is that child, while Yi claims the true Child of Prophecy has not yet been born and says he recently confirmed this with Gamamaru. Yi argues that peace must be made through one’s own power, not entrusted to a prophecy.
• Yi takes Tsunade and Orochimaru to Konoha, leaving Jiraiya behind to deal with the situation.
• At Mito Uzumaki’s home, Hashirama is happily talking with Nawaki. Tobirama is drawn to Minato, especially after learning that Minato is training in the Flying Thunder God Technique. Kagami speaks with Mikoto, while Kushina remains grateful to Kagami for saving her in Uzushio.

Character developments and interactions

• Uchiha Yi presents himself as a decisive figure who intends to shape the world directly. He recruits Orochimaru for a major investigation and confronts Jiraiya over both his desertion and his reliance on prophecy.
• Orochimaru shows enthusiasm for uncovering hidden truths and appears willing to support Yi. At this point, he still regards Konoha as home and has not abandoned his moral grounding.
• Jiraiya remains devoted to the prophecy and convinced Nagato is the Child of Prophecy. Yi’s challenge unsettles him, but he refuses to accept it.
• Tsunade trusts Yi and follows him without hesitation. She and Orochimaru still care for Jiraiya, though his desertion has strained their friendship.
• Tobirama feels an immediate kinship with Minato, whose study of the Flying Thunder God Technique strengthens his admiration.

Significant themes

• Agency versus prophecy: Yi believes people must create peace themselves, while Jiraiya trusts a foretold savior.
• The ethics and purpose of research: Yi defends experimentation by arguing that its value depends on how the knowledge is used.
• Loyalty and strained friendship: Tsunade and Orochimaru remain close to Jiraiya, but his choices have changed their relationship.
• Legacy and mentorship: Tobirama’s connection with Minato echoes the importance of teachers passing on their skills and values.

Plot points and events

• Tsunade and Orochimaru learn that Danzō used Impure World Reincarnation to summon the First and Second Hokage; he has since become an S-rank missing-nin.
• Uchiha Yi reveals that a battle sensed earlier involved another faction, then offers to show the group the moon. He opens a space-time portal with his newly revealed Six-Tomoe Rinnegan.
• On the moon, the group finds the bodies of its inhabitants and a Giant Tenseigan, the source of the beam they had witnessed.
• Yi explains that the dead were descendants of Hamura Ōtsutsuki, that the Tenseigan was a mutation of the Byakugan, and that the lunar Ōtsutsuki possessed strength and vitality far beyond what was typical in the Shinobi World.
• Yi proposes that Orochimaru and Tobirama study the Giant Tenseigan and the Ōtsutsuki training methods, hoping their discoveries can help others grow stronger.

Character developments and interactions

• Tsunade reacts furiously to Danzō’s actions and is described as having reached Kage-level strength through years of war. Orochimaru has also reached that level.
• Orochimaru is fascinated by the moon’s inhabitants, their eyes, and the possibility of studying their power.
• Tobirama treats the slain Ōtsutsuki as a threat that needed to be eliminated, while asking perceptive questions about the Tenseigan and Byakugan.
• Hyuga Rinka is unsettled by the sight of countless Byakugan apparently used to form the Giant Tenseigan, and learns that her clan’s records refer to the Tenseigan.
• Kushina’s exceptional vitality serves as a comparison for the lunar inhabitants’ unusual constitution. Yi positions himself as a guide, sharing what he has learned and inviting the others to help investigate.

Significant themes

• Hidden history and power: The moon conceals a powerful civilization and truths unknown to the Shinobi World.
• Knowledge as a path to progress: Yi hopes that studying the Tenseigan and Ōtsutsuki techniques will let others overcome their limitations.
• Danger and pragmatism: Tobirama’s response reflects the view that those who pose a lethal threat must be dealt with, even if they belong to an ancient lineage.

Key plot points and events

• Uchiha Yi offers Orochimaru the chance to study descendants of Hamura Ōtsutsuki, the Sage of Six Paths’ younger brother. Orochimaru eagerly accepts, hoping the research might also increase his own strength.
• Yi shares an ancient record describing how the Sage and Hamura sealed their mother on the moon, how the Sage founded Ninshū, and how his sons Indra and Asura became ancestors of the Uchiha and Senju.
• Tobirama is shocked but accepts the book as authentic. He concludes that Indra and Asura’s dispute—and their chakra’s repeated reincarnations—lies behind the long conflict between the Uchiha and Senju.
• Tobirama suspects the Sage deliberately set events in motion, then considers Yi’s explanation: the Sage may have been preparing the world for a powerful Ōtsutsuki clan that could threaten it.
• Yi argues that shinobi strength has advanced over the centuries, but that bloodlines have weakened. He wants to restore that power and gather allies for future battles against enemies as strong as himself.
• Yi reveals that the Sage of Six Paths is still alive in some form, since powerful souls can persist beyond death. The chapter ends with this revelation and an explanation of Yi’s own progress toward six-paths-level power.

Character developments and interactions

• Orochimaru eagerly embraces the opportunity to experiment, especially because it could lead to the creation of a being like the Sage.
• Tobirama moves from disbelief to grim speculation. His knowledge of Uchiha family bonds makes him reconsider Indra’s motives, and he admits inwardly that his own actions helped drive a wedge between Hashirama and Madara.
• Uchiha Yi presents himself as already undergoing bloodline “atavism” and frames his plans as preparation for a larger threat, not merely personal advancement.
• Nawaki objects when Yi dismisses ancient fighters as weaker than him, asserting his pride in being a fourteen-year-old Konoha jōnin.
• Yi’s claims prompt Tobirama and Orochimaru to question the Sage’s motives and the future significance of inherited power.

Significant themes

• Inherited conflict: The Senju–Uchiha feud is portrayed as part of a cycle rooted in Indra and Asura, rather than simple clan rivalry.
• Hidden purpose and manipulation: Tobirama wonders whether the Sage engineered centuries of conflict for a greater goal.
• Preparation for existential threats: The possibility of a powerful Ōtsutsuki clan reframes shinobi history as a long effort to strengthen the world.
• Bloodline decline and renewal: Yi’s talk of atavism raises the question of whether ancient power can—or must—be restored.
• Bonds and rivalry: The chapter challenges the idea that Indra simply resented Asura, emphasizing the Uchiha’s strong family attachments and the possibility that the brothers once cared for each other.

Plot points and events

• Uchiha Yi proposes strengthening Konoha by combining powerful bloodlines, including Senju, Uchiha, Uzumaki, Hyuga, and Ōtsutsuki traits.
• Tobirama warns that Senju and Uchiha cells strongly reject one another, though Senju–Uzumaki combinations are more compatible. He suggests having children with exceptional women instead.
• Yi proposes using White Zetsu as intermediaries: transplanting bloodline cells into them, then transferring the stabilized cells to people. The Giant Tenseigan could activate and fuse dormant traits, though it can be used only about once a year.
• Tobirama offers to supply the necessary chakra, even proposing that Konoha seize Tailed Beasts from rival villages.
• Yi suggests using disobedient Uchiha as the first experimental subjects. Tobirama approves, framing the plan as preparation for future conflict with the Ōtsutsuki.

Character developments and interactions

• Mikoto, Kushina, and Rinka are alarmed by Yi’s apparent ability to persist beyond death and resolve to grow stronger rather than be left behind.
• Tobirama shifts from scientific caution to political support, treating Yi’s power and future Hokage status as grounds to back his plan. He also considers Tsunade as a potential mother of a powerful descendant.
• Orochimaru is fascinated by the prospect of Yi’s genetic material and wonders whether White Zetsu could help him create a new body.
• Kagami is shocked by Yi’s willingness to experiment on his own clan. Yi regards the targeted Uchiha as traitors, while Tobirama accepts the decision because Yi is an Uchiha and is expected to lead Konoha.

Significant themes

• Power and permission: Yi’s strength allows him to pursue plans that would otherwise provoke resistance.
• Science versus ethics: The proposed breeding and cell-transplant programs treat people and bloodlines as tools, with dissenting Uchiha singled out as test subjects.
• Security over peace: Tobirama is willing to abandon the earlier policy of distributing Tailed Beasts in favor of consolidating power in Konoha.
• Legacy and survival: The characters weigh immortality, descendants, and Konoha’s future against the risks of Yi’s ambitions.

Plot points and events

• Tobirama argues that the village should act against only a few defiant Uchiha, presenting the effort as a way to help the clan’s leader unite the clan. Hashirama worries that targeting fellow villagers is wrong.
• Yi asks Hashirama to help develop a human-specific Sage Mode. He argues that humanity needs its own version of Sage Mode to prepare for the Ōtsutsuki, and that Hashirama’s Impure World Reincarnation body makes him unusually safe for experimentation.
• Hashirama reluctantly agrees, with Tobirama and Mito supporting the plan. He resolves to stay out of village politics and focus on strengthening the next generation.
• Orochimaru asks to experiment on the corpses and White Zetsu. Yi agrees to provide more White Zetsu, while warning that the available corpses are scarce.
• Yi also asks Orochimaru to help complete the Ōtsutsuki bloodline, offering his own tissue if needed, but cautioning against its misuse.

Character developments and interactions

• Hashirama remains compassionate and wary of political conflict, but accepts that the coming Ōtsutsuki threat makes training and research necessary.
• Tobirama is unusually firm in opposing Hashirama’s hesitation, and privately sees the Sage Mode project as a productive way to occupy his brother.
• Yi acts as a powerful patron and strategist, supplying resources to help allies grow stronger—especially Mikoto, Kushina, and Rinka, whom he does not want to become liabilities.
• Orochimaru is energized by the chance to pursue Sage Mode, bloodline research, and body modification. He appreciates Yi’s support, while privately wishing Tsunade could be an experimental subject.

Significant themes

• Preparation against existential danger: The Ōtsutsuki threat justifies research and training that might otherwise seem risky or unconventional.
• Ethics and power: Hashirama’s unease contrasts with Tobirama’s pragmatism and Yi’s confidence in controlling dangerous experiments.
• Cooperation and ambition: Yi’s resources let Orochimaru pursue personal scientific goals while serving the wider effort to strengthen the group.

Key plot points and events

• Nawaki asks whether Senju and Uzumaki descendants could awaken the Sharingan. Uchiha Yi explains that the clans may carry recessive genes for both the Sharingan and Byakugan, which might be activated through genetic research.
• Tobirama agrees to cooperate with Yi’s experiments, and Tsunade will assist using her medical expertise. The group considers setting up their research on the Moon or at Danzō’s former Root base, where Wood Release experiments were conducted.
• Orochimaru raises the ongoing Sunagakure Front. Tobirama decides the war should continue as training for Konoha’s ninja, despite Hashirama’s objection.
• Tobirama proposes that the Sage of Six Paths may have deliberately prolonged conflict to strengthen the Shinobi World against the Ōtsutsuki. Yi considers this plausible and suggests the Sage may also harvest the Chakra of the dead. Tobirama embraces this as a possible explanation for the Sage’s motives.

Character developments and interactions

• Nawaki eagerly hopes to gain the Sharingan after seeing its usefulness, while Tobirama scolds him but privately recognizes the potential value.
• Tsunade agrees to help her brother, even though she had hoped to relax and is not especially driven to become stronger.
• Tobirama takes charge of the research and argues forcefully with Hashirama, prioritizing preparation and training over an immediate end to the war.
• Orochimaru contributes by asking how the research and the war fit alongside Konoha’s other priorities.
• Uchiha Yi develops the genetic and historical theories, prompting the group to reconsider the Sage’s role in the Shinobi World.

Significant themes

• Power and inherited potential: Hidden genetic traits may let Senju and Uzumaki descendants access abilities associated with other clans.
• War as preparation: Tobirama views conflict as a grim means of strengthening ninja for a greater threat, clashing with Hashirama’s ideal of peace.
• Suspicion of the Sage’s motives: The Sage may have shaped generations of conflict both to prepare humanity for the Ōtsutsuki and to benefit from the Chakra of deceased ninja.

Key plot points and events

• Hashirama objects to the idea that the Sage of Six Paths engineered generations of conflict, especially because Hashirama and Madara are said to be reincarnations of Hagoromo’s sons, Asura and Indra.
• Tobirama argues that Hagoromo may have used cruel methods to strengthen the Shinobi World against the Ōtsutsuki Clan, whose arrival could threaten humanity. He urges preparation before that danger becomes immediate.
• Uchiha Yi considers this interpretation and believes Hagoromo’s main concern was protecting the Shinobi World and its dead, though he wonders whether Hagoromo can be persuaded to accept change.
• In the Pure Land, Hagoromo is angered by Tobirama’s accusation. He insists he spread Chakra to foster understanding and never deliberately made his sons fight. Hamura, however, questions whether Yi’s plan to induce Atavism can work.
• Hagoromo says the plan is theoretically possible, though it would require vast Chakra and Hamura’s Giant Tenseigan. He hopes it succeeds, revealing that the Ōtsutsuki Clan may arrive in fewer than thirty years.

Character developments and interactions

• Hashirama struggles to reconcile his desire for peace with the possibility that he and Madara were manipulated into conflict.
• Tobirama presents himself as a pragmatic strategist, arguing that harsh measures may be justified by the need to prepare for an existential threat.
• Uchiha Yi revises his view of Hagoromo and weighs whether their goals can be reconciled.
• The Nine-Tails, hearing Tobirama’s theory through Mito, is deeply shaken: Hagoromo was like a father to him, but Tobirama’s reputation makes the accusation difficult to dismiss.
• Hagoromo and Hamura reveal a rift in how Hagoromo’s legacy is understood. Hagoromo feels hurt that Hamura might doubt him, while Hamura’s real concern is whether Yi’s proposal can succeed.

Significant themes

• Peace versus preparation: Characters debate whether preparing for future war can justify present-day cruelty.
• Legacy and misunderstanding: A thousand years of distance have distorted Hagoromo’s motives, even for those closest to him.
• Moral ambiguity: Protecting the world may involve methods that are difficult to defend.
• The looming threat: The approaching Ōtsutsuki Clan turns these historical debates into an urgent question of survival.