Chapter Summaries

Danzo used Impure World Reincarnation to make Hashirama and Tobirama attack the allied shinobi, while Eiji drew the two away with a powerful strike. The village leaders united against Hashirama’s wood clones, but White Zetsu’s infiltrators ambushed them and plunged the battlefield back into chaos.

• Danzo forced Hashirama to unleash Deep Forest Emergence, which trapped shinobi in branches that drained their chakra.
• Hashirama’s wood clones and Tobirama’s Flying Thunder God attacks devastated the army until Eiji blasted them away and drew them into pursuit.
• Ōnoki, Rasa, Hiruzen, the Fourth Raikage, and Hanzō agreed to cooperate against Hashirama and Tobirama’s clones.
• White humanoids emerged from Ōnoki and other shinobi, draining chakra and launching ambushes that disrupted the allied forces.
• Orochimaru stopped Tsunade from attacking Danzo and watched Eiji’s battle, concluding that its outcome would decide the conflict.

Ryuuzaki Eiji fought Hashirama and Tobirama while using his Azure to protect the allied shinobi from White Zetsu. As Hashirama and Tobirama struggled against Black Zetsu’s control, Danzo worried that Hashirama might break free and turn against him.

• Eiji battled Tobirama at high speed, and Tobirama explained how Eiji could use his Six Eyes to track Flying Thunder God marks.
• Hashirama attacked Eiji, but Limitless stopped his punch, and Eiji struck him with an Azure Fist that sent him crashing through trees.
• Eiji kept crushing White Zetsu that threatened the allied shinobi, while Tsunade urged him to focus on his fight.
• Tobirama warned Hashirama that unleashing their full strength in their reincarnated bodies could endanger their allies, while Hashirama trusted Eiji to resolve the crisis.
• Danzo feared that Hashirama could break free of Black Zetsu’s control and recognized that the technique had a serious flaw.

Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade summoned their giant beasts to help fight the White Zetsu army, but Hashirama bound them with Wood Release. As the allied shinobi struggled against the clones and trees, Ōnoki saw a dazzling red light flash across the battlefield.

• Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade summoned Gamabunta, Manda, and Katsuyu, but Hashirama used tree trunks to bind them.
• Eiji saved Pakura from a White Zetsu attack while continuing his supersonic fight against Tobirama.
• The Wood Clones and White Zetsu overwhelmed the allied shinobi, while Tsunade used Katsuyu to heal them.
• Ōnoki realized Danzo intended to destroy the Shinobi Villages and insisted they had to stop him, but a dazzling red light flashed before he finished speaking.

Ryuuzaki Eiji continued fighting Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju while spectators watched in awe. Hashirama and Tobirama summoned a towering Wood Human, and Eiji faced them in the air as both battlefields fell silent.

• Ryuuzaki Eiji battled Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju with teleportation, sword strikes, and powerful attacks that shook the terrain.
• Ōnoki, Chiyo, the Fourth Raikage, and shinobi from several villages watched the fight and marveled at Eiji's strength.
• Ryuuzaki Eiji struck Hashirama repeatedly while Tobirama attacked with Flying Thunder God Kunai and considered how Eiji's strange space-time technique worked.
• Tobirama urged Eiji to handle the relationship between the Village and the Uchiha Clan, and Eiji hinted that he had a way to deal with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Hashirama and Tobirama summoned a towering Wood Human with a Wood Dragon coiled around it, and Ryuuzaki Eiji appeared in the air to face them.

During the Allied Shinobi Forces’ battle against the White Zetsu, Hashirama Senju used the Wood Human Technique against Eiji Ryuuzaki. Eiji stopped its enormous fist with Limitless, leaving his enemies and allies stunned as the battle continued.

• Tsunade, Ōnoki, Chiyo, Uchiha Somei, and others recognized Hashirama Senju’s Wood Human Technique and feared its power.
• Black Zetsu watched from a distance, confident that his enhanced Impure World Reincarnation would defeat Eiji Ryuuzaki and considering his final trump card.
• Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju warned Eiji about the Wood Human Technique as the wood man swung a huge fist at him.
• Eiji stood his ground, and Limitless stopped the wood man’s fist before it could touch him.
• The Allied Shinobi Forces regained hope, while Orochimaru studied Limitless and speculated that it blocked harm carrying hostile intent.

Ryuuzaki Eiji used his Kusanagi Sword and Azure to destroy Hashirama’s Wood Human Technique, leaving the gathered shinobi stunned by his strength. With Hashirama and Tobirama falling with the shattered construct, the battle’s balance shifted decisively toward Eiji.

• Eiji extended his Kusanagi Sword and cut through the Wood Human’s arm with his Heavenly Demon Destruction and Full Moon Killing Technique.
• Eiji used Azure to evade Hashirama’s attacks and carve through the Wood Human until it was riddled with holes.
• Eiji unleashed a rapid series of sword-drawing slashes, and the Wood Human crumbled after he sheathed his sword.
• Hashirama praised Eiji, while Tobirama asked about his Kekkei Genkai and urged him to leave behind descendants for Konoha.
• Hiruzen, Ōnoki, the Raikage, Pakura, and the Uchiha Clan members reacted with astonishment or excitement at Eiji’s display.

Ryuuzaki Eiji fought Hashirama and Tobirama, whose Impure World Reincarnation bodies continually healed, while Black Zetsu decided to unleash Hashirama’s full power. Hashirama entered Sage Mode and warned Eiji to fight seriously, leaving the gathered shinobi terrified of what was coming.

• Hyuga Soichiro observed that Eiji’s attacks used almost no Chakra and approved of his son’s plan to bring Eiji into an alliance of the Three Great Families.
• Eiji continued battling Hashirama and Tobirama, overpowering them with his punches even as their Impure World Reincarnation bodies rapidly repaired themselves.
• Danzo taunted Eiji, who struck him in half with a Giant Rock; Danzo healed and threatened to resurrect and humiliate him.
• Black Zetsu learned how powerful Eiji had become and chose to unleash Hashirama’s full strength, believing he could regain control afterward.
• Hashirama entered Sage Mode and told Eiji to go all out, while Hiruzen Sarutobi, Ōnoki, Chiyo, Hanzō, and the other witnesses reacted with fear.

Hashirama entered Sage Mode and attacked Eiji with powerful Wood Release techniques, but Eiji repeatedly countered them. As Eiji struggled to find a way to defeat Hashirama and Tobirama’s Impure World Reincarnation, he resolved to risk everything and continued fighting.

• Dodai explained to the Raikage that Hashirama’s Sage Mode greatly enhanced his abilities.
• Hashirama attacked Eiji with a Wood Dragon, then used Deep Forest Bloom and flowering trees that released paralyzing pollen, but Eiji evaded the attacks and remained unaffected by the pollen.
• Eiji used Azure to destroy Hashirama’s vines and flowers, then fired Maximum Output Blue at him, but Hashirama blocked it with the Hōbi Technique.
• Tobirama warned Eiji that Hashirama’s Sage Mode made his Wood Release tougher and that Impure World Reincarnation gave him an advantage in a prolonged fight.
• Eiji considered his lack of Yin-Yang Release and the danger of Black Zetsu undoing a seal, then decided he could not simply retreat.
• Hashirama used the Hotei Technique to surround Eiji with giant wooden hands, and Eiji coated his extended Kusanagi Sword in Azure and cut them all down.

Eiji Ryuuzaki fought Hashirama Senju while searching for a way to solve the problem of Black Zetsu’s control. As Eiji’s strength began to fail, Black Zetsu prepared a powerful finishing move and Hashirama raised a giant wooden golem.

• Eiji Ryuuzaki blasted through three Rashomon gates with Maximum Output Blue, and Hashirama Senju escaped the attack.
• Eiji wondered how an Impure World Reincarnation body could use the Summoning Technique and began to see a possible clue to solving the problem.
• Jiraiya freed Gamabunta from the Wood Release, but falling torii gates pinned Gamabunta and Manda until both summons disappeared.
• Black Zetsu decided to use his strongest killing move against Eiji Ryuuzaki, despite shortening the time he could control Hashirama Senju.
• Hashirama Senju summoned a giant wooden golem as Tobirama joined him, and Eiji admitted he could barely keep fighting.

Eiji considered using Hollow Purple against Hashirama and Tobirama, but Hashirama suddenly summoned the colossal True Several Thousand Hands. The Ninja watching the battle lost hope as the enormous Buddha emerged from the collapsing cliff.

• Eiji realized that Hashirama’s regenerated body and Wood Release made continuing the fight pointless without an effective countermeasure.
• Ōnoki, Chiyo, Pakura, and Tsunade reacted to Eiji’s struggle, while Danzo declared that Impure World Reincarnation made Hashirama impossible to defeat.
• Hashirama and Tobirama urged Eiji not to give up, and Eiji regained his composure and decided to try Hollow Purple.
• Hashirama’s body began trembling, and he warned Eiji to hold on as his hands clapped together against his will.
• Hashirama unleashed Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands, and the colossal Buddha burst through the cliff.
• The Ninja watching the battle were overwhelmed by the giant statue, and Ōnoki recognized it as the Buddha that had ended the Warring States Period.

Ryuuzaki Eiji faced Hashirama’s Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands and was buried beneath a devastating barrage of fists. The onlookers believed he had been killed, while Orochimaru suspected Eiji had a reason for refusing to flee.

• Tsunade, Hanzō, and the Raikage watched the battle falter as Danzo celebrated Eiji’s impending defeat.
• Tobirama warned Eiji to run and endure until he could find a way to stop Hashirama, but Eiji refused to retreat.
• Hashirama’s countless fists struck Eiji, triggering a massive explosion that blasted the surrounding forest with a powerful shockwave.
• Tsunade, Ōnoki, and Pakura feared Eiji had died, while Orochimaru believed he would not die so easily.
• Tobirama gave up hope of finding Eiji, and Hashirama mourned him as Danzo’s captive.

Ryuuzaki Eiji survived Hashirama and Tobirama’s attack and launched Hollow Purple at them, destroying much of the giant Buddha statue. Tobirama escaped unharmed while Hashirama was badly damaged, leaving Eiji ready to put his plan into action.

• Shimura Danzō prepared to seize the Eyes of the Blue Sky, but Ryuuzaki Eiji emerged from the dust unharmed.
• Orochimaru concluded that Eiji’s defense worked by a rule that prevented hostile attacks from reaching him, while Tobirama suspected it involved space-type Ninjutsu.
• Eiji combined the azure and crimson spheres and fired Hollow Purple at Hashirama and Tobirama.
• Hollow Purple annihilated the upper part of the Buddha statue, but Tobirama escaped with Flying Thunder God and Hashirama was caught in the blast.
• Eiji saw Hashirama’s damaged body repairing itself more slowly and decided the prerequisite for his plan was in place.

Eiji exhausted himself fighting Hashirama and Tobirama while secretly arranging a trap with Azure and Maximum Output Blue. The chapter ended as the two techniques converged near the Buddha statue, leaving the outcome—and Eiji’s fate—uncertain.

• Hashirama praised Eiji’s resolve, and Tobirama loudly suggested that Eiji become the Fourth Hokage after Hiruzen stepped down, angering Danzo.
• Eiji’s Hollow Purple damaged the Buddha statue and slowed Hashirama’s regeneration, but left Eiji severely exhausted.
• Danzo urged Hashirama and Tobirama to wear Eiji down, while Black Zetsu intensified his control over them.
• Eiji continued fighting until he threw Azure past Tobirama, then used Hashirama’s body to force Tobirama to catch him.
• Eiji launched Maximum Output Blue upward as the earlier Azure looped around the Buddha statue and flew back toward it.
• Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya realized the techniques were about to collide directly and feared the resulting explosion.

Ryuuzaki Eiji combined Azure and Maximum Output Blue to unleash Hollow Purple, destroying the battlefield and surviving the blast himself. As Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju began regenerating through Impure World Reincarnation, Eiji searched the crater and insisted he needed more time.

• Ryuuzaki Eiji used the final incantation to combine Azure and Maximum Output Blue, unleashing Hollow Purple and engulfing Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and the Wood Release statue.
• The explosion left a vast crater, and Tsunade, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and shinobi from other villages rushed to investigate as the forest lost its vitality.
• Tsunade found Ryuuzaki Eiji alive in the crater with torn clothes and burn marks, which healed as he searched the ground.
• The shinobi saw Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju regenerating from dust through Impure World Reincarnation, prompting many to flee while Danzo and Black Zetsu believed Eiji could not stop them.
• Eiji examined the two piles of dust as Tobirama Senju, Hashirama Senju, and Hiruzen Sarutobi urged him to escape or seal them, but Eiji asked for a little more time.

Eiji used Reverse Cursed Technique to restore Hashirama and Tobirama’s bodies, reasoning that their souls and their original DNA made those bodies their true forms. Their recovery severed Black Zetsu’s control, leaving him unable to undo or recast the Impure World Reincarnation.

• Eiji examined Hashirama and Tobirama and theorized that the Living Sacrifice’s DNA had merged with their bodies while their own souls remained intact.
• Eiji established a Binding Vow that doubled his healing speed in exchange for giving up Kikufuku for fifty years, then applied Reverse Cursed Technique to both brothers.
• Hashirama and Tobirama’s bones, organs, and flesh regenerated, and Eiji confirmed his theory as Orochimaru and Tsunade watched.
• Hashirama and Tobirama stood up looking alive, alarming Danzo, who realized Eiji had used the Eyes of the Blue Sky to restore them.
• Black Zetsu learned from White Zetsu that his connection to the brothers had been severed and angrily blamed Eiji.

Eiji stopped Danzo from reaching his eyes as Danzo crumbled away, then gained the ability to activate Black Flash. With the crisis over, Hashirama faced the other villages’ leaders, whose fear of Konoha’s strength had grown after witnessing the battle.

• Eiji seized Danzo, but Danzo began to crumble as the Impure World Reincarnation was undone and failed to reach Eiji’s eyes.
• Danzo defended his ambition to become Hokage, and Eiji mocked him as weak before Danzo fell apart into dust.
• Eiji received a system notification that his Character Fusion Rate had risen to 76% and unlocked Black Flash, which he could now activate once a day.
• Ninja from the various Shinobi Villages returned to the crater, and Ōnoki, the Raikage, and Pakura considered what they had witnessed.
• Hashirama asked the leaders of the villages to do a favor for the deceased man, and they felt unable to refuse as they recognized Konoha’s renewed dominance.

After the war ended, Konoha negotiated reparations and divided the captured White Zetsu among the villages before its forces began returning home. Hashirama and Tobirama arrived in a jubilant Konoha, where Eiji was widely regarded as the likely Fourth Hokage.

• Hashirama, Tobirama, and Hiruzen negotiated reparations and divided the White Zetsu among Konoha and the other villages.
• Hanzō allowed Konoha Ninja to spend money near Amegakure, and Jiraiya stayed behind after taking three homeless children as his disciples.
• Konoha celebrated the victory as returning Ninja spread stories of Eiji's battle against the reanimated Hashirama and Tobirama under Danzo's control.
• Hashirama and Tobirama returned to Konoha with the victorious main force, medical supplies, and sealed White Zetsu.
• Konoha's residents crowded around the returning leaders, while many young people looked to Eiji as the likely Fourth Hokage.

Hashirama reunited with Mito at the Senju Ancestral Home and reflected on his past mistakes as he spent time with her and Eiji. Later, Hashirama, Tsunade, and Eiji visited a Konoha casino, where Tsunade lost heavily and took her frustration out on Eiji.

• Tsunade, Hashirama, Tobirama, and Eiji returned to the Senju Ancestral Home, where Nawaki hurried to tell Mito they had arrived.
• Hashirama reunited with Mito, apologized for leaving her alone, and shared a meal prepared by Eiji.
• Hashirama watched the sunset with Mito and worried that his actions had nearly caused a catastrophe, while Mito reassured him that Eiji could help bring peace.
• Eiji promised to bring Hashirama, Tobirama, and Mito back in the future to see a peaceful world.
• Hashirama, Tsunade, and Eiji visited a Konoha casino, where Tsunade lost more than five million and blamed Hashirama.
• Eiji explained how he could predict slot-machine results and read dice, so Tsunade grabbed him and roughed him up.

Tobirama approved of Eiji’s influence on the Uchiha while Kushina heard rumors of Eiji’s battle and worried about his safety. Eiji arrived at the bride-training camp to collect Kushina, who had passed her assessment, and rescued him from a crowd of noble girls eager to meet him.

• Tobirama discussed the Uchiha with Hiruzen Sarutobi and was pleased that Eiji had helped settle the clan.
• Kushina learned of Eiji’s battle and complained that he had broken his promise not to take risks.
• The Princesses of the Land of Water, the Land of Earth, and the Land of Lightning crowded Kushina in the dining hall to ask her to introduce them to Eiji.
• Eiji arrived at the Land of Fire dining hall to pick up Kushina, but the girls swarmed him.
• Kushina smashed a crater into the floor to make the girls back away, then pulled Eiji free.
• Kushina told Eiji and Sayuri that she had passed her assessment and become a qualified bride-to-be.

Kushina celebrated her victory with Eiji while other princesses tried to approach him, and Madara decided to leave Eiji alone and target the Uchiha for his plans. As Hashirama and Tobirama helped Konoha recover, Eiji learned that other villages were experimenting with White Zetsu Cells, a dangerous effort likely to kill them without Uchiha blood.

• The Princess of the Land of Lightning challenged Eiji to fight, while the Princess of the Land of Earth asked him for an autograph and Shinka Shinazugawa apologized before fleeing.
• Black Zetsu warned Madara that Eiji’s strength and influence over the Uchiha threatened their plans, but Madara chose to leave Eiji alone and seek an easily influenced Uchiha.
• Hashirama repaired the damage in Konoha Forest, while Tobirama and Orochimaru studied White Zetsu and Tobirama searched unsuccessfully for the masked man.
• Eiji used Azure to gather intelligence and learned that major Shinobi Villages were transplanting White Zetsu Cells to study their power.
• Eiji concluded that people without Uchiha blood would die from the White Zetsu Cell transplants.