Recaps

Hashirama subdued the five rampaging Tailed Beasts while Uchiha Yao and Madara fought. After Yao matched Madara’s Wood Release techniques, the two men’s wooden dragons clashed in midair.

• Hashirama pinned Six-Tails with the Gate of the Great God, then used a wooden golem to deflect Eight-Tails’ Tailed Beast Ball and seal it alongside the other Tailed Beasts.
• Obito watched Hashirama’s victory from a distant cliff, while Naruto and Sasuke were stunned by his power.
• Madara paused his fistfight with Uchiha Yao after sensing Hashirama’s Wood Release had subdued the beasts, then announced he would show his real strength.
• Madara unleashed Forest Descent, and Yao countered with the same Wood Release technique, leaving the opposing forests locked together.
• Madara demanded to know how Yao could use Wood Release, and Yao claimed his power let him control all things and mocked Madara for relying on transplanted cells.
• Madara and Yao each summoned a Wood Dragon, and the dragons collided and coiled around each other above the forest.

Uchiha Yao and Uchiha Madara destroyed their battling Wood Dragons and escalated their duel with Perfect Susanoo. Yao overpowered Madara’s defenses with two devastating sword strikes, leaving Madara’s Susanoo badly damaged.

• Uchiha Yao and Madara ended their Wood Dragon clash by cutting off their chakra and shattering both dragons.
• Madara summoned his hundred-meter Perfect Susanoo and challenged Uchiha Yao to answer with his own.
• Uchiha Yao summoned a dark gold Susanoo wielding the Heavenly Cloud Sword, and the two giants clashed.
• Uchiha Yao drove Madara’s Susanoo backward with a powerful sword strike, and Madara praised the battle.
• Uchiha Yao rushed Madara and struck his crossed tachi, cracking both swords.
• Uchiha Yao followed with a second slash that shattered Madara’s tachi, cut through his armor, and sent his Susanoo skidding over a hundred meters.

Uchiha Yao overwhelmed Uchiha Madara with a thousand-meter Susanoo and sealed him inside the Heavenly Imperial Space. With Madara subdued, Yao turned his attention toward Hashirama Senju, whose chakra was fluctuating violently.

• Uchiha Yao used Heavenly Might to enlarge his Susanoo to a thousand meters, stunning the fighters across the battlefield and making Uchiha Madara realize it surpassed Hashirama Senju's Sage Art.
• Uchiha Yao struck Madara's Perfect Susanoo with the Heavenly Cloud Sword, destroyed it, and smashed Madara into a canyon.
• Uchiha Yao bound Madara with Six Paths: Sealing Technique-Soul Binding and dragged him through a spatial passage into the Heavenly Imperial Space.
• A Crystal Pillar sealed Madara and drained his power until he fell asleep.
• Uchiha Yao declared Madara's era over, then turned toward Hashirama Senju's violently fluctuating chakra.

Hashirama Senju ended the Hidden Cloud Village army’s resistance by trapping its fighters with Wood Release, while the Third Raikage broke away from Might Guy and Kakashi to charge at him. The Third Raikage reached the sea of trees and attacked Hashirama with his Four-Finger Nukite.

• Hashirama Senju descended into the battle and ordered the Hidden Cloud Village ninja to surrender, but a Jonin led a suicidal charge against him.
• Hashirama Senju used Sage Art: Wood Release: Forest Descent to bind and drain the chakra of thousands of Hidden Cloud Village ninja without killing them.
• Might Guy struck the Third Raikage with Daytime Tiger while Kakashi tried to attack, but the Raikage evaded Kakashi and continued fighting.
• The Third Raikage saw Hashirama Senju capture the Hidden Cloud Village army and abandoned Might Guy and Kakashi to charge toward him.
• The Third Raikage burned through Hashirama Senju’s vines and attacked with Hell Stab: Four-Finger Nukite.

The Third Raikage fought Hashirama Senju’s Wood Release, breaking free from the Wood Dragon after it crushed and drained him. He compressed his Lightning Release Chakra into One-Finger Nukite and charged at Hashirama, who met the attack with Forest Shield Technique.

• The Third Raikage cut through Hashirama Senju’s wooden barriers, but roots and giant wooden hands slowed his charge.
• Hashirama’s Wood Dragon struck the airborne Third Raikage, coiled around him, absorbed his chakra, and drove him into a crater.
• The Third Raikage blasted his way out of the Wood Dragon and successively compressed his attack from Four-Finger Nukite to One-Finger Nukite.
• The Third Raikage pierced through the Wood Dragon and charged at Hashirama, who unleashed Sage Art: Wood Release: Forest Shield Technique.

Hashirama Senju and Uchiha Yao subdued the Third Raikage and crushed the Hidden Cloud Village army’s resistance, ending the war. Uchiha Yao ordered the prisoners taken to Konoha while Uchiha Obito escaped through Kamui.

• Hashirama Senju stopped the Third Raikage’s attack with the Ranking Shield Technique, then pinned him beneath the Gate of the Great God.
• The Hidden Cloud Village ninja surrendered after witnessing the Third Raikage’s defeat, and Konoha forces captured the remaining soldiers.
• Uchiha Yao told Hashirama Senju that he had subdued Madara, then sealed the Third Raikage inside a Crystal Pillar in the Heavenly Imperial Space.
• Uchiha Yao declared the war over and ordered the prisoners escorted to Konoha for reform through labor, with resistance to be met with death.
• Uchiha Obito fled through Kamui, and Uchiha Yao chose not to pursue him.

Uchiha Yao sealed and transported the five Jinchuriki before returning to Konoha with Hashirama Senju, whom he had revived. Tsunade learned what had happened, and Hashirama agreed to hide his identity until the front-line troops returned and Konoha held a victory celebration.

• Uchiha Yao used the Rinnegan to undo the five Tailed Beasts’ transformations, then bound Rōshi, Han, Utakata, Fū, and Killer B with Six Paths chains and sent them through a spatial passage.
• Uchiha Yao used Heavenly Might to bring Hashirama Senju back to Konoha and appeared with him in Tsunade’s office.
• Tsunade recognized Hashirama as her living grandfather, and Hashirama recounted how Orochimaru revived him, how he fought Uchiha Yao, and how Yao brought him back to life.
• Hashirama realized Tsunade and Uchiha Yao were involved, and Yao openly called Tsunade his woman.
• Uchiha Yao told Hashirama to disguise himself and wait to reveal his return until the troops came back and Konoha held a victory celebration.

Hashirama Senju toured Konoha in disguise and saw how Uchiha Yao had brought the Uchiha Clan into the village. In Iwagakure, Kitsuchi decided to surrender to Konoha, accepting that the village would be incorporated and cease to exist independently.

• Hashirama Senju disguised himself and left the Hokage Building while Uchiha Yao told Tsunade that Konoha had routed the Hidden Cloud Village forces and subdued Uchiha Madara and five tailed beasts.
• Hashirama Senju walked through Konoha, saw civilians warmly greet the Uchiha Police Force, and silently praised Uchiha Yao for uniting the clan and village.
• Kitsuchi received confirmation that Konoha had captured the Third Raikage, thousands of Hidden Cloud shinobi, and five tailed beasts, while Uchiha Yao's Susanoo had reached at least eight hundred meters.
• Kitsuchi rejected the pro-war faction's call to fight, pointing out Iwagakure had lost its Tsuchikage and most of its elite forces.
• Kitsuchi chose surrender to preserve Iwagakure's people, and the officials accepted that Konoha would incorporate the village.

Kitsuchi decided Iwagakure had to surrender and led its officials to Konoha with a surrender letter. Meanwhile, Konoha took control of Kumogakure and Uchiha Shunichi led an assault on the Land of Lightning’s capital, reaching the Daimyo’s Mansion.

• Kitsuchi ordered Iwagakure’s officials to prepare a surrender letter, map, and ninja roster, then vowed to lead a delegation to seek the village’s survival.
• Kitsuchi and dozens of officials arrived near Konoha and submitted to ANBU instructions as they entered to deliver Iwagakure’s surrender letter.
• Konoha forces occupied Kumogakure, and ANBU told Darui that the Third Raikage had been subdued and the village’s remaining forces controlled.
• Kakashi told Darui he would be sent to Konoha for labor reform, and ANBU escorted him into the prisoner line.
• Uchiha Shunichi led hundreds of Konoha ninjas against the Land of Lightning’s capital, destroying its gates and defeating the guards’ resistance.
• Uchiha Shunichi led his forces into the Daimyo’s Mansion.

Uchiha Shunichi rejected Kuroiwa Naruto’s offer to surrender and fought the Guardian Ninja in the Daimyo’s mansion. He trapped Kuroiwa Naruto in a Sharingan genjutsu, while the Daimyō attempted to flee.

• Kuroiwa Naruto offered Konoha the Land of Lightning’s surrender and wealth in exchange for the Daimyō’s and nobles’ safety, but Uchiha Shunichi declared that Konoha intended to purge them.
• Kuroiwa Naruto charged Uchiha Shunichi, while the other Guardian Ninja attacked and Konoha’s ninja fought them.
• Uchiha Shunichi countered Kuroiwa Naruto’s lightning techniques and sword strikes, eventually breaking his arm and knocking him down.
• The Daimyō tried to escape as Kuroiwa Naruto rose for one last attack, but Uchiha Shunichi stopped him with Sharingan genjutsu.

Uchiha Shunichi killed Kuroiwa Naruto and the Daimyō, then led Konoha’s forces to crush resistance and take control of the Land of Lightning. Back in Konoha, Uchiha Yao learned that Iwagakure’s acting leader, Kitsuchi, had arrived to surrender.

• Uchiha Shunichi killed Kuroiwa Naruto and captured the fleeing Daimyō, then beheaded him after rejecting his pleas for mercy.
• Uchiha Shunichi ordered Konoha’s ninja to seal off the Capital and seize the Daimyo’s Mansion’s vaults and granaries.
• Uchiha Shunichi and Uchiha clansmen destroyed the Fujiwara Family’s forces and killed its Family Head.
• Over three days, Konoha’s forces purged resistance and took control of the Capital and the Land of Lightning.
• An ANBU Ninja told Uchiha Yao that Kitsuchi had arrived in Konoha to submit Iwagakure’s Surrender Letter, and Uchiha Yao ordered him brought directly to the Hokage’s office.

Kitsuchi delivered Iwagakure’s letter of surrender to Uchiha Yao, who imposed terms that would disarm and relocate the village and abolish its identity as an independent village. Kitsuchi accepted the terms and secured a promise that Ōnoki could live in Konoha as an adviser.

• Kitsuchi entered the Hokage's Office alone and presented Iwagakure's letter of surrender to Uchiha Yao.
• Uchiha Yao demanded that Iwagakure disarm, relocate its people to Konoha within a month, and become the Konoha Iwagakure Division.
• Kitsuchi protested the abolition of Iwagakure's name, but Uchiha Yao threatened to take what he wanted by force.
• Kitsuchi accepted all of Uchiha Yao's terms to protect Iwagakure's people.
• Kitsuchi asked Uchiha Yao to guarantee Ōnoki's safety, and Uchiha Yao appointed Ōnoki an adviser to the Konoha Iwagakure Division.
• Uchiha Yao sent Kitsuchi to the dungeon to see Ōnoki and explain the terms.

Kitsuchi visited the imprisoned Ōnoki and Fourth Raikage A and told them that Konoha had won the war, conquered Kumogakure, and subdued the Third Raikage and five Tailed Beasts. He also revealed that Uchiha Yao had defeated Uchiha Madara, leaving Ōnoki to ask what had happened to Iwagakure.

• Kitsuchi entered the cell and addressed Ōnoki as his father while the Fourth Raikage demanded news from outside.
• Kitsuchi told them the war was over and Konoha had crushed Hidden Cloud Village, prompting the Fourth Raikage to reject the news in disbelief.
• Kitsuchi explained that Hashirama Senju had subdued five Tailed Beasts and defeated the Third Raikage, causing Kumogakure’s army to collapse and Konoha to take control.
• Kitsuchi revealed that Uchiha Yao had fought and subdued Uchiha Madara, stunning Ōnoki and provoking the Fourth Raikage to curse Konoha.
• Ōnoki laughed at Madara’s defeat, praised Uchiha Yao’s strength, and asked Kitsuchi what had happened to Iwagakure.

Kitsuchi told Ōnoki that Iwagakure had surrendered and would be absorbed into Konoha, with its name abolished and its people relocated. Ōnoki approved Kitsuchi’s choice to preserve the villagers, accepted a nominal adviser role, and left the Fourth Raikage raging in contempt.

• Kitsuchi confessed that he had surrendered Iwagakure and explained Konoha’s terms: the village’s designation would be abolished, its people relocated, and Ōnoki appointed an adviser.
• The Fourth Raikage berated Kitsuchi for surrendering, but Ōnoki told his son he had done the right thing by sparing Iwagakure needless deaths.
• Ōnoki accepted the adviser position and ordered Kitsuchi to prepare the villagers to relocate without complaint or resistance.
• Kitsuchi left the dungeon, and the Fourth Raikage condemned Ōnoki for yielding to Konoha and vowed never to submit to Uchiha Yao.
• Ōnoki rose to face the Fourth Raikage after responding to his insults with a contemptuous laugh.

Ōnoki explained to the Fourth Raikage why he believed Uchiha Yao’s unification of the Shinobi World would end the cycle of wars, while the Raikage refused to submit. Kitsuchi reported that Iwagakure would be absorbed into Konoha, with its people spared and relocated within a month.

• Ōnoki mocked the Fourth Raikage for resisting Konoha after the Hidden Cloud Village’s defeat, and the Raikage threatened to kill him rather than submit.
• Ōnoki blamed Hashirama Senju’s divided nations and distribution of the Tailed Beasts for the wars and generations of hatred that followed.
• Ōnoki argued that Uchiha Yao’s annexation of the Hidden Sand and Hidden Mist villages and defeat of the Hidden Cloud would unite the Shinobi World under Konoha.
• Ōnoki told the Fourth Raikage that Kitsuchi’s surrender had preserved Iwagakure’s people, while warning the Raikage not to endanger Kumogakure through pride.
• Kitsuchi told Iwagakure’s senior officials that the Hokage had agreed to spare Ōnoki’s life, but Iwagakure would lose its designation and relocate to Konoha within a month.

Jiraiya returned to Konoha with the victorious army and Hidden Cloud prisoners, while Kitsuchi oversaw Iwagakure’s relocation to the village outskirts. In the dungeon, Ōnoki pledged Iwagakure’s loyalty to Uchiha Yao, who sealed the defiant Fourth Raikage inside the Heavenly Imperial Space.

• Kitsuchi received Hokage-sama’s relocation order and led Iwagakure home to begin moving to Konoha.
• Jiraiya led Konoha’s army back through the main gates, reported that Hidden Cloud Village had been taken, and brought Darui and the other prisoners into the village.
• Kitsuchi directed Iwagakure’s construction and learned that villagers were already settling into new homes.
• Ōnoki bowed to Uchiha Yao and pledged Iwagakure’s loyalty, while the Fourth Raikage cursed him for surrendering.
• Uchiha Yao used Six Paths: Sealing Technique-Soul Binding to send the Fourth Raikage into the Heavenly Imperial Space and seal him inside a Crystal Pillar.

Ōnoki told the relocated Iwagakure survivors to accept their new status as Konoha’s Iwagakure Division and urged Kitsuchi to prioritize their survival and integration. Meanwhile, Shikaku Nara reported that Konoha had nearly completed taking control of the Shinobi World’s major lands.

• Ōnoki addressed the Iwagakure survivors, told them to obey Konoha’s rules, and declared that they were now Konoha’s Iwagakure Division.
• Ōnoki reassured Kitsuchi that he intended to retire, while warning that the division depended on Konoha and Uchiha Yao.
• Ōnoki instructed Kitsuchi to obtain construction supplies and encourage young people to take Konoha missions so the division could settle in.
• Kitsuchi told Ōnoki that Konoha had killed the resisting Daimyō of the Land of Earth and taken control of the country.
• Ōnoki told Kitsuchi that Iwagakure must look after itself and survive in Konoha.
• Shikaku Nara reported to Uchiha Yao that Konoha had largely completed integrating the Lands of Wind, Water, Lightning, and Earth, with remaining resistance being suppressed.

After Konoha demanded the Land of Iron abolish its Daimyō, merge into the Land of Fire, disarm its samurai, and surrender Mifune, the Daimyō ordered Mifune to atone with his life. Mifune accepted the short blade and sat upright, preparing to take responsibility for the country's defeat.

• Jianwan returned from Konoha and told the Daimyō of the Land of Iron that peace required the country's unconditional annexation, the Daimyō's resignation, the samurai's disarmament, and Mifune's surrender.
• The Daimyō rejected the terms until Jianwan revealed that Konoha had killed the Daimyōs of the Land of Lightning and the Land of Earth after they refused to surrender.
• Matsudaira Sōken warned the Daimyō that further resistance could bring the Land of Iron destruction, and the Daimyō blamed Mifune for the crisis.
• The Daimyō sent Matsudaira Sōken to tell Mifune to atone for his crime by dying in exchange for the safety of the Land of Iron and his family.
• Mifune learned that the other Daimyōs had been killed, accepted the short blade Matsudaira Sōken brought, and sat solemnly to prepare for his atonement.

Mifune committed seppuku to atone for the Land of Iron’s actions, and Matsudaira Sōken informed the Daimyō of his death. After weighing the risks, the Daimyō agreed to abdicate and let the Land of Iron join Konoha, leaving Matsudaira to carry Mifune’s body to Konoha and negotiate.

• Mifune drew his short blade and committed seppuku, dying with dignity.
• Matsudaira Sōken returned to the Daimyō’s Residence and told the Daimyō that Mifune had given his life to atone.
• The Daimyō resisted the prospect of losing his title, but Matsudaira urged him to accept Konoha’s terms and keep his private wealth.
• Matsudaira promised to remain the Daimyō’s loyal steward after his abdication, easing the Daimyō’s concerns.
• The Daimyō ordered Matsudaira to prepare Mifune’s body, take it to Konoha, apologize to Fifth Hokage Uchiha Yao, and negotiate the Land of Iron’s unconditional incorporation into Konoha.

At Konoha's Central Square, Uchiha Yao addressed a vast gathering of shinobi and villagers to announce the unification of the Five Great Nations under the Land of Fire and the merger of their villages into Konoha. The chapter ended with him declaring that Konoha would be the shinobi world's sole ninja village.

• Ōnoki, Kitsuchi, Shikaku Nara, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Kurenai Yuhi observed the enormous, orderly gathering before Uchiha Yao appeared on the platform.
• The crowd erupted in cheers for Uchiha Yao, while Naruto Uzumaki, Kiba Inuzuka, and their companions admired him and traded boasts about their own strength.
• Uchiha Fugaku reflected on the Uchiha Clan's past persecution and credited Uchiha Yao with saving the clan and raising it to unprecedented power.
• Uchiha Yao quieted the crowd and announced that the Land of Wind, Land of Water, Land of Lightning, and Land of Earth had been incorporated into the Land of Fire.
• Uchiha Yao declared that Hidden Sand Village, Hidden Mist Village, Iwagakure, and Hidden Cloud Village had merged into Konoha, ending the division of the Five Great Nations.

Uchiha Yao declared the unification of the Shinobi World and promised peace under Konoha’s rule, backed by threats against anyone who challenged that unity. The gathered people, including former enemies, cheered his vision of a new era.

• Konoha’s villagers celebrated Uchiha Yao’s announcement, while Ōnoki and Kitsuchi accepted that Iwagakure’s defeat had been inevitable.
• Mei Terumi watched Uchiha Yao with growing attraction, then hid her embarrassment when Ao and Chojuro noticed her flushed appearance.
• Uchiha Yao described the Shinobi World’s long history of war and announced that the old national boundaries and village distinctions had ended.
• Uchiha Yao demanded obedience to Konoha’s rules and threatened to destroy anyone who provoked division, then promised fair access to resources and a shared Ninja Academy.
• Villagers and ordinary people from the former enemy villages cheered for Uchiha Yao’s promised era of peace.

Uchiha Yao presented the resurrected Hashirama Senju as a witness to the Shinobi World’s unification. Hashirama condemned his past failures to prevent war, praised Yao for bringing peace through unity, and left after Yao promised there would be no more wars.

• Uchiha Yao introduced Hashirama Senju, shocking the gathered shinobi and making Ōnoki hope he might one day be resurrected too.
• Hashirama Senju addressed the crowd and regretted that distributing the Tailed Beasts had failed to secure peace and contributed to later wars.
• Hashirama Senju praised Uchiha Yao for uniting the nations under Konoha and credited him with ending the causes of war.
• Hashirama Senju bowed to Uchiha Yao on behalf of those lost to war and thanked him for bringing peace.
• Uchiha Yao promised there would be no more wars while he remained in power, and Hashirama Senju departed reassured.

Uchiha Yao honored Konoha’s clans and outstanding fighters for their roles in the war, granting the clans greater resources and promotions to Jiraiya, Uchiha Fugaku, Kakashi Hatake, and Might Guy. The ceremony ended with Kakashi appointed ANBU commander and Guy named his deputy.

• Uchiha Yao praised Konoha’s clans for their wartime service and promised participating clans more resources, larger Clan Districts, and access to certain forbidden techniques.
• Uchiha Yao promoted Jiraiya and Uchiha Fugaku to elders and Hokage Advisors; Jiraiya accepted after Uchiha Yao agreed he could travel when Konoha had no urgent business.
• Uchiha Yao appointed Kakashi Hatake commander of Konoha’s ANBU, reporting directly to him.
• Uchiha Yao appointed Might Guy ANBU deputy commander for defeating Fourth Raikage A and capturing him alive.

Uchiha Yao appointed Might Guy ANBU deputy commander and put him in charge of a new Taijutsu training class that would teach the Eight Inner Gates to qualified members. He also promoted Naruto Uzumaki, Uchiha Sasuke, and Gaara to Jonin, leaving Naruto celebrating with Kiba Inuzuka.

• Might Guy questioned his appointment as ANBU deputy commander, but Uchiha Yao explained that he wanted Guy's strength as a deterrent, not his intelligence-gathering skills.
• Uchiha Yao established a special class under Might Guy to train Taijutsu ninjas, with qualified members eligible to learn the Eight Inner Gates.
• Might Guy tearfully swore to train the strongest Taijutsu ninjas for Konoha.
• Uchiha Yao promoted Naruto Uzumaki, Uchiha Sasuke, and Gaara to Jonin for their strength and military accomplishments.
• Naruto celebrated his new rank and rushed over to tell Kiba Inuzuka he was a Jonin.

Naruto celebrated becoming a Jonin with his friends as Konoha marked the unification of the Shinobi World and the end of war. After Uchiha Yao departed, Shikaku announced a three-day village-wide celebration, including free food and a fireworks display.

• Kiba felt embarrassed by Naruto's Jonin promotion, while Sasuke teased him and their friends congratulated Naruto.
• Choji asked Naruto to pay for a barbecue feast, but Naruto worried about the cost.
• Uchiha Yao left the platform after entrusting the remaining arrangements to Shikaku Nara.
• Shikaku announced a three-day celebration with free village venues and a fireworks display above Hokage Rock.
• Choji, Kiba, Naruto, and their friends eagerly planned to enjoy the free food and festivities.