Chapter Summaries

Ōnoki confronted A in the prisoner camp and became alarmed by the Fourth Raikage’s devotion to Uchiha Yao. More than ten days later, Shikaku reported that the major nations had been integrated under Konoha, while Uchiha Yao teased Tsunade after she caught him with Kurenai.

• Ōnoki mocked A for serving Uchiha Yao, but A declared his loyalty to the Hokage and boasted that the Hidden Cloud Division would surpass the Iwagakure Division.
• Ōnoki suspected that Uchiha Yao had altered A’s will and flew back to the Iwagakure Division; A ordered Darui to prepare the Hidden Cloud shinobi to prove their division’s strength.
• Shikaku told Uchiha Yao that Kazahana Koyuki had defeated Kazahana Dōtō and incorporated the Land of Snow, while the Land of Iron had joined the Land of Fire after its Daimyō abdicated.
• Shikaku reported that the Five Great Nations and surrounding minor nations were under Konoha’s rule, and Uchiha Yao considered the integration nearly complete.
• Tsunade overheard Uchiha Yao and Kurenai together, fled after Uchiha Yao invited her inside, and left him amused.

After the Shinobi World was unified, Daimyō Chiba feared that Konoha and Uchiha Yao no longer needed him. He punished a minister who proposed putting Uchiha Yao in his place, then decided to enjoy his position while he still could.

• Chiba attended a celebration where officials toasted him as the ruler of the unified Shinobi World.
• Chiba reflected that Uchiha Yao controlled the Shinobi World and that he was only a replaceable puppet Daimyō.
• A minister proposed rewarding Uchiha Yao and summoning him to the Capital so Chiba could put him in his place.
• Chiba struck and kicked the minister, then ordered guards to throw him into death row.
• Chiba set aside his worries and resumed the celebration with music, dancing, and wine.

Uchiha Yao confronted Chiba in the Daimyō’s hall and told him the old system had to end. Chiba agreed to abdicate and hand all secular authority and the Daimyō’s assets to Konoha, while Uchiha Yao promised not to treat him poorly.

• Uchiha Yao arrived in the hall and found Chiba enjoying himself among dancers and officials.
• Chiba panicked, crawled to Uchiha Yao, and ordered everyone else out of the hall.
• Uchiha Yao told Chiba he had not come to kill him and praised his obedience as Daimyō.
• Uchiha Yao explained that the unified Shinobi World no longer needed the Daimyō system.
• Chiba eagerly agreed to abdicate and transfer authority, property, land, and troops to Konoha.
• Uchiha Yao praised Chiba’s cooperation and said he would not treat him poorly.

Uchiha Yao arranged Chiba’s abdication and told him that Konoha would take over the Daimyo’s Mansion, assess its officials, and provide Chiba with money and protection. Chiba announced his resignation to the ministers and nobles, who erupted in protest over the threat to their positions and wealth.

• Uchiha Yao told Chiba that Konoha would take over the Daimyo’s Mansion, retain capable officials, dismiss useless ones, and remove some nobles.
• Uchiha Yao promised Chiba money and lifelong protection in exchange for cooperating with the transfer of authority.
• Chiba gratefully accepted the terms and promised to arrange his abdication and complete the handover promptly.
• After Uchiha Yao left, Chiba summoned the ministers and nobles to the Council Hall.
• Chiba announced that he was abdicating as Daimyō of the Land of Fire, and the ministers and nobles protested in alarm.

Chiba announced that he was abdicating and transferring the Land of Fire’s authority and assets to Konoha. Konoha took control of the Capital, purged corrupt officials, and Shikaku Nara declared the start of a new age under Konoha’s rule.

• Chiba told the officials that Konoha would take over the Daimyo’s authority and assess them, dismissing or punishing those who were corrupt or unfit.
• When officials protested, Chiba warned them that resisting Konoha would lead to their deaths, and they fell silent.
• Konoha ninja entered the Capital, assumed control of its defenses and administration, and arrested corrupt officials while retaining capable ones.
• At a public ceremony, Chiba proclaimed his abdication and transferred the Land of Fire’s secular authority, territory, troops, and wealth to Konoha.
• Shikaku Nara accepted the edict on Konoha’s behalf and announced that Konoha would take over the land.

Shikaku Nara announced Konoha’s plans to abolish noble privileges, seize and redistribute land, and cut taxes, prompting nobles to resist. Kakashi and the ANBU crushed a revolt in the Capital, and several days later Shikaku reported to Uchiha Yao about the situation there.

• Shikaku Nara announced Konoha’s new policies, including abolishing hereditary privileges, redistributing noble land to commoners, and granting tax relief.
• The Fujiwara Family Head and other nobles conspired to attack Konoha’s administrative office in the Capital.
• Kakashi led Konoha ANBU into the Fujiwara estate and killed the assembled samurai, hired ninja, and conspirators.
• Konoha eliminated nobles who rebelled elsewhere, forcing the remaining nobles to submit.
• Several days later, Shikaku Nara brought documents to Uchiha Yao, who asked how matters in the Capital had been handled.

After Konoha secured the unified Shinobi World, Uchiha Yao received the system rewards for conquering the nations and abolishing the Daimyō System. He broke through to the Divine Realm, awakened the Nirvana Rinnegan, and felt a new power emerge from his brow.

• Shikaku Nara reported that Kakashi and the ANBU had crushed rebellion in the Capital, while Konoha suppressed resistance across the other regions.
• Uchiha Yao ordered the confiscated wealth invested in roads, schools, and reclaimed land to improve commoners’ lives and strengthen Konoha’s rule.
• After Shikaku left, the system confirmed that Uchiha Yao had unified the Shinobi World and began distributing his rewards.
• Uchiha Yao traveled to the Heavenly Imperial Space and broke through from the peak Six Paths level to the Divine Realm, causing the space to expand.
• Uchiha Yao’s Rinnegan transformed into the dark-gold Nirvana Rinnegan, amplifying its inherited Dōjutsu.
• A dark-gold beam shot from between Uchiha Yao’s brows as he felt a strange tingling there.

Uchiha Yao awakened a third divine eye and gained two powerful dōjutsu, an enhanced Eight Gates form, and Causal Severance. He used the new ability to scan the Shinobi World and found countless people hostile toward him.

• Uchiha Yao awakened his third divine eye and gained Divine: Return to Silence, which could strip abilities from targets and bestow them on others.
• Uchiha Yao examined Boundless Void, which blocked others’ space-time abilities while granting him control over space, and demonstrated it by creating a miniature black hole.
• Uchiha Yao’s Eight Gates transformed into Finale: Eight Gates, giving him planet-shattering physical strength and precise control of his power for ten minutes.
• Uchiha Yao received Causal Severance, which let him detect hostility and locate targets he had previously contacted.
• Uchiha Yao returned to the Hokage Building and activated Causal Severance, revealing countless hostile people across the Shinobi World.

Uchiha Yao adjusted Causal Severance to detect dangerous hostility, then used it to locate Orochimaru on a remote island and confront him. He offered Orochimaru a better laboratory in Konoha and demanded that he return to serve him.

• Uchiha Yao limited Causal Severance’s alerts to Kage Level or stronger enemies and considered his mission to eliminate hidden threats and strengthen Konoha.
• Uchiha Yao chose Orochimaru as his first target because of his scientific talent and used Causal Severance to find him overseas.
• Uchiha Yao opened a spatial vortex with Heavenly Might and appeared in Orochimaru’s laboratory beneath a remote island.
• Orochimaru was terrified to see Uchiha Yao and asked how he had found the island.
• Uchiha Yao refused to explain how he tracked Orochimaru and ordered him to return to Konoha and put his skills to work.

Uchiha Yao invited Orochimaru back to Konoha and offered to blame Danzo for his crimes, but Orochimaru summoned Hozuki Gengetsu and fled. Yao stripped Gengetsu of his signature Steam Imp technique, then faced the reanimated Mizukage’s next attack.

• Uchiha Yao offered to clear Orochimaru’s name by placing the blame for his experiments and crimes on Danzo.
• Orochimaru rejected the offer, summoned Hozuki Gengetsu with Impure World Reincarnation, and escaped as a swarm of snakes.
• Hozuki Gengetsu used Steam Imp against Uchiha Yao and warned him about the technique’s escalating explosions.
• Uchiha Yao activated [Divine: Return to Silence] and stripped Hozuki Gengetsu of Steam Imp, sealing the technique within the Heavenly Imperial Space.
• Hozuki Gengetsu attacked Uchiha Yao with Water Release: Water Gun Technique: Rapid fire.

Uchiha Yao captured Hozuki Gengetsu, then pursued Orochimaru to Ryūchi Cave and imprisoned him. He ordered the terrified Great Snake to take him to the White Snake Sage, intending to bring Ryūchi Cave under Konoha’s service as well.

• Uchiha Yao stopped Hozuki Gengetsu’s water bullets, sealed him, and imprisoned him in the Heavenly Imperial Space.
• Orochimaru escaped to Ryūchi Cave through Reverse Summoning and promised Great Snake a thousand living sacrifices in exchange for shelter.
• Uchiha Yao used Causal Investigation and Heavenly Might to locate and reach Ryūchi Cave.
• Great Snake recognized Uchiha Yao, remembered their past fight, and blamed Orochimaru for bringing him there.
• Uchiha Yao immobilized Orochimaru with Boundless Void and imprisoned him in a spatial vortex.
• Uchiha Yao told Great Snake to take him to the White Snake Sage and said Ryūchi Cave should serve Konoha like Mount Myōboku.

Uchiha Yao visited Ryūchi Cave and demanded a Summoning Contract for Konoha, which the White Snake Sage granted. He left after promising that only qualified ninja would be allowed to sign it.

• Great Snake led Uchiha Yao through Ryūchi Cave, where Ichikishimahime, Tagitsuhime, and Tagorihime hurried out to welcome him on the White Snake Sage's orders.
• The three Snake Princesses escorted Uchiha Yao to the Dragon Ground Palace, where he met the White Snake Sage.
• Uchiha Yao demanded that Ryūchi Cave establish a Summoning Contract with Konoha and let Konoha's ninja summon its giant snakes.
• Tagorihime objected, but the White Snake Sage reprimanded her and agreed to Uchiha Yao's demand, handing him the contract scroll.
• The White Snake Sage asked that only suitable, capable ninja be allowed to sign, and Uchiha Yao promised to approve candidates carefully before departing through a spatial vortex.

After Uchiha Yao left Ryūchi Cave with permission to take its Summoning Contract, the White Snake Sage explained to the three Snake Princesses why she had yielded to him. She warned them to treat him and Konoha’s contract holders with respect if they ever returned.

• Tagorihime and Ichikishimahime questioned why the White Snake Sage had let Uchiha Yao take the contract, while Tagitsuhime listened.
• The White Snake Sage released her natural energy, forced the three Snake Princesses to their knees, and rebuked them for underestimating Uchiha Yao.
• The White Snake Sage revealed that even she and all of Ryūchi Cave would likely lose to Uchiha Yao, whom she believed surpassed the Sage of Six Paths.
• The three Snake Princesses realized that Uchiha Yao’s request had given Ryūchi Cave a chance to avoid destruction.
• The White Snake Sage ordered them to treat Uchiha Yao and Konoha’s contract holders respectfully and threatened to punish anyone who displeased him.

Uchiha Yao rejected Orochimaru’s offer to return to Konoha, then used the Yomi Reincarnation Pool to erase Orochimaru’s disloyalty while preserving his memories and scientific intellect. Orochimaru emerged completely loyal and bowed to Lord Yao.

• Uchiha Yao partially released Orochimaru’s restraints in the Heavenly Imperial Space and listened as Orochimaru offered to serve Konoha in exchange for his life.
• Orochimaru proposed blaming Danzo for his past crimes, but Uchiha Yao refused to cooperate with him.
• Uchiha Yao activated the Yomi Reincarnation Pool and threw Orochimaru into it despite his desperate protests.
• The pool preserved Orochimaru’s personality, memories, and intellect while removing his disloyalty and fear of Uchiha Yao.
• Orochimaru emerged from the pool and bowed to Uchiha Yao, pledging his respect.

Uchiha Yao arranged Orochimaru’s return to Konoha by having Shikaku Nara expose Shimura Danzō’s crimes and recast Orochimaru’s defection as an act of sacrifice. After the village accepted the new account, Orochimaru stood beside Uchiha Yao on the Hokage Building rooftop, ready to take up his new role.

• Uchiha Yao told Orochimaru that he would lead Konoha’s new Research Institute once public opinion had been prepared for his return.
• Uchiha Yao gave Shikaku Nara a plan to reveal Root’s crimes and embellish the circumstances of Orochimaru’s defection.
• Shikaku Nara arranged for rumors to spread that Shimura Danzō had forced Orochimaru to take the blame for Root’s human experiments.
• Shikaku Nara publicly released an announcement detailing thirty-eight of Shimura Danzō’s crimes and supporting evidence, turning villagers’ anger toward him.
• Orochimaru’s reputation changed from that of a condemned rogue ninja to a victim who had supposedly protected Konoha, and he praised Shikaku Nara’s methods to Uchiha Yao.

Uchiha Yao cleared Orochimaru's name publicly and appointed him director of the new Konoha First Science and Technology Research Institute. He then assigned Kabuto Yakushi to assist Orochimaru, leaving them ready to begin their work together.

• Uchiha Yao revoked Orochimaru's arrest warrants, restored his title as one of Konoha's Sannin, and received Orochimaru's pledge of loyalty to Konoha.
• Uchiha Yao established the Konoha First Science and Technology Research Institute and appointed Orochimaru as its first director.
• Shikaku Nara continued exposing Shimura Danzō's crimes and the Third Hokage's misconduct to the public.
• Uchiha Yao visited Orochimaru at the Eastern Research District and explained that the institute's researchers might struggle to keep up with him.
• Uchiha Yao transferred Kabuto Yakushi from the Medical Department to become Orochimaru's assistant, and Kabuto eagerly accepted the appointment.

After learning that Orochimaru had returned to Konoha, Jiraiya rushed back and reunited with him at the Research Institute. Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru met over drinks, where Tsunade warned Orochimaru against repeating his past crimes and Jiraiya urged them to give him another chance.

• Jiraiya received Shikaku Nara's message that Orochimaru had been cleared of his past crimes and appointed director of Konoha's First Research Institute.
• Jiraiya abandoned his hot spring outing and returned to Konoha, where he found Orochimaru working in the Research Institute.
• Jiraiya and Orochimaru exchanged familiar barbs and laughed together before deciding to invite Tsunade to reunite.
• Tsunade confronted Orochimaru at an izakaya and warned him not to conduct illicit human experiments or harm anyone in the village.
• Orochimaru promised to follow Konoha's rules, and Jiraiya urged Tsunade and Orochimaru to leave the past behind and give him another chance.

After the Sannin reunited over drinks, Uchiha Yao summoned Kakashi and told him they needed to deal with Obito. Kakashi recalled their past and steeled himself to confront the friend who had become a threat to the Shinobi World.

• Tsunade agreed to trust Orochimaru because Yao had allowed him back into Konoha, and the three Sannin drank together.
• More than ten days later, Uchiha Yao summoned Kakashi and said it was time to deal with Obito.
• Kakashi offered to mobilize the ANBU and intelligence division, but Uchiha Yao said he had another way to find Obito.
• Uchiha Yao asked Kakashi whether he had steeled himself to face Obito, who had killed Minato and sought to destroy the Shinobi World.
• Kakashi remembered Obito's sacrifice at Kannabi Bridge, Rin's death, and Obito's role in the Nine-Tails attack, then resolved that his pain did not excuse harming others.

Uchiha Yao resurrected Rin Nohara and reunited her with Kakashi, who then began explaining how Obito survived and became Konoha’s enemy. Rin learned that Madara manipulated events surrounding her death, and Kakashi revealed that Obito had witnessed her throw herself onto his Lightning Cutter.

• Kakashi vowed to confront Obito himself if Obito refused to change.
• Uchiha Yao summoned the adult Rin Nohara he had resurrected, leaving Kakashi stunned and overjoyed.
• Uchiha Yao asked Kakashi to tell Rin the truth about Obito’s survival, the Nine-Tails’ attack, and his plans for the Shinobi World.
• Rin questioned how Obito could have survived and become responsible for Minato’s death and the threat to the world.
• Kakashi explained that Uchiha Madara rescued Obito and manipulated events, including Rin’s abduction and the sealing of the Three-Tails inside her.
• Kakashi revealed that Obito had arrived in time to see Rin throw herself onto Kakashi’s Lightning Cutter.

Kakashi told Rin Nohara how Obito had joined Madara, attacked Konoha with the Nine-Tails, and caused Minato and Kushina’s deaths, and Rin vowed to help stop him. As Kakashi took Rin around Konoha, he explained that Uchiha Yao had united the shinobi villages and nations, leaving the Shinobi World at peace.

• Kakashi explained that Madara had manipulated Obito into pursuing the Infinite Tsukuyomi and that Obito had later attacked Konoha with the Nine-Tails, leading to Minato and Kushina’s deaths.
• Rin Nohara grieved for Obito but agreed with Kakashi that they had to stop him from continuing down his path.
• Uchiha Yao gave Kakashi and Rin a day off to reunite and said he had personal matters to handle before pursuing Obito.
• Kakashi led Rin through Konoha, where she marveled at the village’s growth and changed streets.
• Kakashi told Rin that Uchiha Yao had united the shinobi villages and former nations under Konoha, ending wars across the Shinobi World.