Chapter Summaries

Sasuke and Orochimaru sought the White Snake Sage’s medicine to cure Itachi, and Sasuke told Itachi the story of his previous life. Itachi chose to stand with Sasuke, while Orochimaru proposed making Shisui Uchiha’s eyes usable for Itachi by making them brothers.

• Orochimaru told Sasuke that Itachi needed the White Snake Sage’s Sage Medicine to recover fully, and Sasuke vowed to obtain it.
• After three days of rest, Itachi joined Sasuke by the lake, where the brothers shared wine and talked about their childhood.
• Sasuke recounted his previous life, beginning forty years ago at the Valley of the End, while Itachi listened until dawn.
• Itachi wept with relief that Sasuke had survived and said he was grateful Sasuke had come back alive.
• Orochimaru told Kabuto Yakushi that Shisui Uchiha’s eyes could be used for Itachi, then proposed making the two Uchiha brothers.

Itachi joined Sasuke’s group on Blue Moon Island and agreed to pursue an Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan using Shisui’s eyes. The group learned that Itachi had hidden Shisui’s remains, leaving them to reclaim Shisui’s right eye from Danzō.

• Itachi bowed to Orochimaru in gratitude, exchanged introductions with Kabuto, and welcomed Karin as Sasuke’s friend.
• Orochimaru explained that Itachi would receive treatment for his illness and Hashirama cells to support an Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan transplant.
• Orochimaru proposed using Shisui’s eyes and described a technique that could overcome the blood-relation restriction on the transplant.
• Itachi accepted the proposal, despite his reservations about gaining lasting eyesight this way.
• Itachi revealed that he had hidden Shisui’s remains after finding the body downstream in the Naka River.
• Orochimaru said they only needed to reclaim Shisui’s right eye from Danzō, and Sasuke silently set down his teacup.

Kabuto, Obito, and White Zetsu each tried to capture Danzo and claim Shisui’s right eye, but Danzo used multiple living doubles and Izanagi to survive and learn that Orochimaru and the Akatsuki were both targeting him. At Blue Moon Island, Orochimaru began a new jutsu to summon Danzo directly, preparing Sasuke for the coming Fifth Battle.

• Kabuto lured a Danzo double to their meeting place, took its ordinary eye, and watched it kill itself before realizing the real Danzo had never come.
• Obito attacked Danzo in the mountains outside Konoha, killed another living double and Root members, then discovered the target had no Sharingan.
• White Zetsu killed a Danzo double at Root headquarters, but Obito recognized it as another decoy and left with White Zetsu to reconsider their plan.
• The real Danzo rose from among the dead, used Izanagi to restore his lost eye, and revealed a Mangekyo with four angular tomoe after learning that Orochimaru and the Akatsuki were both pursuing him.
• Orochimaru used Danzo’s preserved life substance to prepare the Soul-Summoning Lock and told Sasuke to get ready for the Fifth Battle.

Orochimaru summoned Shimura Danzō and demanded Shisui’s right eye, but Danzo attacked and Sasuke faced him with Susanoo. After Sasuke repeatedly stopped Danzo’s attempts to reach Itachi, Danzo agreed to fight Sasuke alone and began a summoning technique.

• Orochimaru used Death Release: Soul-Summoning Lock to summon Shimura Danzō and demanded that he surrender Shisui’s right eye.
• Itachi accused Danzo of stealing Shisui’s eye, while Danzo called Itachi a traitor and prepared to use Kotoamatsukami.
• Sasuke covered his eyes with a black bandage, formed Susanoo, and struck Danzo with a heavy fist.
• Danzo used Izanagi to return after each apparent death, but Sasuke tracked him and repeatedly stopped him with Susanoo’s arrows.
• Orochimaru promised to let Danzo go if he got past Sasuke, and Danzo turned to fight Sasuke alone.
• Danzo formed hand seals and began a Summoning Technique.

Sasuke fought Danzo while secretly pretending to run out of chakra, drawing Danzo into range and preventing him from using Shisui’s eye. Sasuke gouged out Danzo’s right eye, leaving Danzo screaming as Orochimaru declared the plan complete.

• Danzo used Baku’s suction to pin Susanoo and attack, but Sasuke trapped him with Wood Release and poisoned Baku with Flower-Tree World pollen.
• Danzo revived with Izanagi and kept attacking as Sasuke appeared to exhaust his chakra, while the spectators began to suspect Sasuke was acting.
• Danzo’s final Sharingan closed, and he rushed to remove Sasuke’s blindfold and use Kotoamatsukami, while Itachi assured Kabuto that Sasuke had everything under control.
• Orochimaru explained that Sasuke had feigned weakness throughout the fight and that his snake corneas protected him from Kotoamatsukami.
• Sasuke used heat-sensing to locate Danzo’s right eye and gouged it out, completing Orochimaru’s plan.

Sasuke, Itachi, Orochimaru, and Karin defeated Danzo, who died after his attempt to use the Reverse Four Symbols Seal failed. Orochimaru revealed Sasuke's opponent in the Fifth Battle: Jiraiya.

• Sasuke stored Shisui's right eye, then used Amaterasu to burn Danzo after Danzo attacked him with Wood Release.
• Itachi refused to save Danzo, and Karin used her Ketsuryūgan to make Danzo suffer a wound to his chest before healing herself.
• Orochimaru questioned Danzo about Kagami Uchiha's missing eyes, but Danzo denied possessing them and refused to reveal what he knew.
• Danzo tried to activate the Reverse Four Symbols Seal, but Sasuke kicked him into Baku's corpse, and the technique consumed them both.
• Orochimaru dissolved Danzo's remains and said Shisui's eyes were secured, then told Sasuke that Jiraiya would be his opponent in the Fifth Battle.

Obito revealed his identity as Madara to Kisame and accelerated the Akatsuki’s hunt for the remaining tailed beasts, while Orochimaru prepared to clone White Zetsu. Kabuto returned with news that the man they sought was at the ruins of the Uzumaki Clan in the Land of Whirlpools.

• Deidara captured Roshi, and Kisame captured the Five-Tails, prompting Ōnoki to sever ties with the Akatsuki.
• Obito learned that Danzo had died and grew concerned that Orochimaru and Sasuke posed a threat to the Akatsuki.
• Obito removed his mask and revealed himself to Kisame, then ordered him to capture the Six-Tails, Seven-Tails, and Eight-Tails within a month.
• Orochimaru showed Itachi cloning equipment and explained that he planned to mass-produce White Zetsu clones for warfare and intelligence gathering.
• Kabuto arrived at Orochimaru’s laboratory and reported that the man they sought was in the Land of Whirlpools.

Jiraiya discovered that the mask Sasuke took could release the souls sealed inside the Shinigami, potentially giving Orochimaru access to the four Hokage and the other half of the Nine-Tails. As Jiraiya prepared to return to Konoha with Naruto, Sasuke appeared and challenged him to a fight.

• Naruto trained relentlessly with Yamato, rapidly advancing his Rasengan training and resolving to grow strong enough to bring Sasuke back.
• Jiraiya entered the Uzumaki Clan's Archive Room and found a document explaining how the Reaper Death Seal could be undone with the mask Sasuke had taken.
• Jiraiya realized the ritual would cost a sacrificer's life and could release every soul sealed inside the Shinigami, including the four Hokage and the other half of the Nine-Tails.
• Jiraiya decided to stop Naruto's training and return to Konoha to warn Tsunade about Orochimaru's potential plans.
• Sasuke arrived in the Land of Whirlpools and asked to test his skills against Jiraiya.

Sasuke fought Jiraiya to force him into using Sage Mode, overwhelming him with powerful Fire Release, Susanoo, and Wood Release while Jiraiya evaded and prepared to summon the Two Great Sage Toads. As two powerful chakra signatures arrived, Jiraiya began activating Sage Mode and Sasuke pursued him.

• Jiraiya questioned whether Sasuke challenged him willingly or on Orochimaru's orders, and Sasuke answered that it was both.
• Sasuke's Flame Martial Dragon absorbed Jiraiya's Flame Bullet, and the two traded attacks as Jiraiya summoned toads and Sasuke revealed Susanoo.
• Jiraiya trapped Susanoo in an Underworld Swamp and sealed it beneath hardened rock, but Sasuke broke free and unleashed Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence.
• Jiraiya used a Shadow Clone while his real body hid underground, then tried to summon the Two Great Sage Toads as Sasuke pursued him with Susanoo arrows.
• Orochimaru, Itachi, Kabuto Yakushi, and Karin watched the fight through a Crystal Ball, and Karin sensed two powerful chakra signatures approaching.
• Jiraiya sensed the arrivals and began activating Sage Mode while Sasuke continued chasing him.

Jiraiya summoned Sage Shima and Sage Fukasaku to help him fight Sasuke, and the three used Sage Mode techniques against Sasuke’s Susanoo and Wood Release. The battle escalated when Shima unleashed an acid rain technique over the battlefield.

• Jiraiya summoned Sage Shima and Sage Fukasaku and explained that Sasuke possessed Mangekyō Sharingan and Wood Release.
• Sasuke’s Susanoo fired an arrow, but Jiraiya dodged it, restrained the Susanoo with Wild Lion’s Mane, and struck it with an Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan.
• Sasuke used Amaterasu against the Rasengan, and Fukasaku severed Jiraiya’s burning hair with Sage Art: Water Slash.
• Shima spread a sandstorm to obscure Sasuke’s vision, and Jiraiya used Sage sensing to gain the advantage in taijutsu and knock Sasuke into a rock wall.
• Sasuke countered with Wood Release: Advent of a World of Flowering Trees, forcing Jiraiya to retreat from the poisonous pollen.
• Shima ignored Fukasaku’s warning and unleashed Sage Art: Acid-Eroding Rain over the battlefield.

Sasuke and Jiraiya escalated their battle as Jiraiya broke through Susanoo with a fire-infused Rasengan, but Sasuke escaped and prepared a lightning strike. Sasuke then armored Kirin with Susanoo and unleashed a new technique called Takemikazuchi.

• Sasuke used Susanoo and a Flame Arrow to destroy the clouds producing his acid rain, while Jiraiya and the sages attacked with Goemon.
• Jiraiya and the sages concentrated Goemon's flames into a Rasengan, and Jiraiya sealed away Sasuke's black flame armor at the cost of severely burning his left arm.
• Jiraiya's Rasengan shattered Susanoo and struck Sasuke, who escaped by shedding his body and fleeing with white cursed wings.
• Sasuke's earlier attack on the clouds helped create Kirin, and he covered the lightning beast with Susanoo armor.
• Sasuke named his new technique Thunderclap: Takemikazuchi and sent the armored Kirin crashing down.

Jiraiya trapped Sasuke with the Toad Confrontation Chant and stabbed him through the heart, but Sasuke survived and awakened the White Cursed Seal’s State Three. The fight continued as Sasuke sought to unleash his newly released power.

• Jiraiya survived Sasuke’s Takemikazuchi by hiding inside the Toad Gourd Prison, where he and the Two Great Sage Toads prepared the Toad Confrontation Chant.
• Jiraiya emerged near a distant pond and used the chant to trap Sasuke in auditory genjutsu.
• Jiraiya stabbed Sasuke through the heart while he was incapacitated, believing the attack had killed him.
• Sasuke rose again as his heart wound healed, then told Jiraiya he wanted to continue fighting openly.
• Sasuke’s White Cursed Seal entered its penultimate stage, State Three.

Sasuke activated White Cursed Seal State Three, gaining the ability to harmonize chakra natures and create kekkei genkai releases. Jiraiya realized Sasuke was not fighting to kill him, but the duel continued as Sasuke tested his new powers and prepared a final technique.

• Sasuke manifested the Cursed Garment, and Jiraiya questioned whether he had wrongly assumed Sasuke was Orochimaru's accomplice.
• Jiraiya raised the Seal of Confrontation and declared that their fight would no longer be to the death, while Sasuke learned State Three could harmonize chakra natures.
• Sasuke used Lava Release and Storm Release against Jiraiya, who defended himself with Earth-Style Walls and was wounded by the lasers.
• Sasuke formed an iron sand blade with Magnet Release, broke Jiraiya's Greatsword, and explained that he was trying out unfamiliar kekkei genkai.
• Sasuke summoned a Wood Dragon and covered it with Amaterasu, then unveiled Fire-Wood Release: Fire Dragon Torch as the technique meant to end their Fifth Battle.

Sasuke defeated Jiraiya by trapping him in a barrier and filling it with black flames, then prepared to explain his purpose. Orochimaru, Itachi, and the others appeared, leaving Jiraiya to suspect that Sasuke had returned from the future.

• Sasuke used the Fire Dragon Torch and Uchiha Flame Formation to spread black flames across the battlefield and corner Jiraiya.
• Jiraiya accepted that he had lost, and Sasuke approached him but decided someone else should explain the truth.
• Orochimaru, Kabuto, Karin, and Itachi arrived through the Blade Reversal Vortex, shocking Jiraiya with Itachi's presence.
• Fukasaku told Jiraiya that the Great Toad Sage had entered a long slumber, signaling a new prophecy.
• Jiraiya reflected on Sasuke's unusual maturity and wondered whether Sasuke had traveled back from the future.

Orochimaru brought Jiraiya to Blue Moon Island and revealed the truth about his past and future, including how he had changed. After Jiraiya accepted him as he was, Orochimaru abruptly used the Thousand Years of Death on him.

• Karin remembered the fall of her homeland before Sasuke led her and the others back to Blue Moon Island.
• Kabuto told Sasuke that Naruto was nearby with Yamato, but Sasuke said it was not yet time to meet him.
• Orochimaru explained to Jiraiya the future he had witnessed and described himself as caught between his past and future selves.
• Jiraiya admitted he felt defeated that he had not been the one to change Orochimaru, and Orochimaru said Jiraiya's novels had inspired him to want a child.
• Jiraiya told Orochimaru to be the person he truly wanted to be, and Orochimaru sneaked behind him and performed the Thousand Years of Death.

Orochimaru treated Jiraiya’s burns, and they debated whether to tell Naruto about the future before watching Sasuke demonstrate his dangerous training. Meanwhile, Black Zetsu attacked Kabuto in the Archive Room, seeking the truth behind Sasuke’s sudden increase in strength.

• Orochimaru argued that Naruto needed the truth about the future, but Jiraiya decided to keep it from him for now and guide his training more carefully.
• Orochimaru revealed that he had transplanted Hashirama cells into Jiraiya’s left arm without asking him.
• Orochimaru took Jiraiya to watch Sasuke train with eight Wood Release clones, whose Susanoo-fired arrows Sasuke caught while blindfolded using the Hotei Technique.
• Kabuto finished organizing documents in the Land of Whirlpools Archive Room, but Black Zetsu punched through his chest and used Mind Link to investigate Sasuke’s strength.

Black Zetsu learned the secrets of Orochimaru and Sasuke’s plans, then attacked Kabuto, killed Yamato, and abducted Naruto. Kabuto returned to Orochimaru badly injured and reported what had happened, while Orochimaru comforted him.

• Black Zetsu extracted Kabuto’s memories, learned about the future and the plans involving Orochimaru and Sasuke, then burned Kabuto with Amaterasu and destroyed the documents.
• Kabuto used Izanagi to escape the flames, but Black Zetsu attacked Naruto and Yamato at Falling Cloud Gorge.
• Yamato bound Naruto to protect him, but Black Zetsu killed Yamato and abducted Naruto after subduing Naruto’s four-tailed transformation with black flames.
• Kabuto arrived to find Yamato’s remains, cut off his burning left hand, and vowed never to be ambushed again.
• Orochimaru summoned Kabuto back to Blue Moon Island, where Kabuto reported that Black Zetsu had learned their secrets and taken Naruto.
• Orochimaru helped Kabuto to his feet and reassured him that surviving was what mattered most.

Orochimaru organized a rescue mission after Black Zetsu abducted Naruto, while suspecting the plot was connected to Madara and Infinite Tsukuyomi. He sent Jiraiya, Itachi, Kabuto, and Karin to investigate, revived Yamato, and took Sasuke toward his Sixth Battle, where Sasuke suspected Orochimaru was hiding what had happened to Naruto.

• Orochimaru told the group that Naruto was probably safe for now and theorized Black Zetsu had abducted him to prepare for Infinite Tsukuyomi and revive Kaguya.
• Orochimaru sent Jiraiya, Itachi, Kabuto, and Karin to search for Naruto, while keeping Sasuke out of the investigation.
• Orochimaru used a White Zetsu clone and Impure World Reincarnation to restore Kabuto's left hand and revive Yamato.
• Jiraiya realized Sasuke's next opponent was likely Nagato, and Orochimaru set out with Sasuke for the Sixth Battle.
• Sasuke asked Orochimaru to explain what had happened to Naruto after the battle, believing Orochimaru was withholding the truth.

The Akatsuki sealed the Seven-Tails after Deidara and Kisame defeated Fū, then learned that Sasuke was staying nearby. Deidara pursued Sasuke into the mountains, where their long-awaited fight was about to begin.

• The Akatsuki sealed the Seven-Tails, and Fū died after Deidara and Kisame defeated her.
• Deidara learned that Sasuke was staying at an inn in the Land of Waterfalls and set out to confront him.
• Kisame declined to join Deidara and headed toward the Land of Lightning to hunt Killer B.
• Sasuke decided to trust his companions over his worries about Naruto until after the Sixth Battle.
• Deidara spotted Sasuke above the inn, and Sasuke ran toward the wooded mountains as Deidara pursued him.

Sasuke and Deidara fought in the forest and sky as Deidara unveiled ceramic-coated explosives designed to counter Sasuke’s Lightning Release. Sasuke survived Deidara’s C4 Garuda by using a clone and disguising himself as Susanoo’s arrow, but Deidara began his ultimate self-destruct attack.

• Deidara attacked Sasuke with ceramic-coated clay spiders, and Sasuke used a clone to discover that the coating protected the bombs from Lightning Release and scattered shrapnel when they exploded.
• Sasuke spotted Deidara’s land mines with his Sharingan, then flew after him with cursed wings and pierced the ceramic White Bird with Chidori Sharp Spear.
• Deidara detonated a hidden C3 bomb, but Sasuke survived inside Susanoo and fired an arrow at Deidara’s armored C2 Dragon.
• Deidara unleashed his ceramic-coated C4 Garuda, apparently destroying Sasuke and Susanoo, but Sasuke emerged from the dragon and revealed that the destroyed figure had been a clone.
• Sasuke impaled Deidara with Susanoo’s sword, and Deidara tore off his robe and activated C0: Self-Destruct.