Chapter Summaries

Madara Uchiha attacked Yemu with a meteor and then Perfect Susanoo, but Yemu stopped the meteor and blocked Susanoo’s blade as his Tenseigan reached its final stage. Yemu’s golden chakra burst into space and awakened Otsutsuki Toneri on the moon.

• Madara Uchiha summoned a meteor, but the Allied Shinobi Forces stayed calm after Ōnoki said Yemu had summoned far more and larger meteors.
• Yemu trapped Madara Uchiha’s meteor in an invisible force field and crushed it into dust.
• Madara Uchiha recognized Yemu as a formidable opponent and unleashed Perfect Susanoo, bringing its blade down toward him.
• Qingxue Uchiha formed her third-stage Susanoo and rushed to protect Yemu as Madara Uchiha’s blade descended.
• Yemu’s Tenseigan completed its advancement, and his golden chakra stopped the blade and shot into space, awakening Otsutsuki Toneri on the moon.

Yemu unveiled his silver-white God-Slaying Form and overwhelmed Madara Uchiha, leaving Madara’s Susanoo cracked and his reanimated body split in two.

• Yemu transformed into silver-white armor and summoned a dragon-shaped katana, declaring his God-Slaying Form to Madara Uchiha.
• Madara Uchiha attacked with Yasaka Magatama, but Yemu stood unharmed and revealed the vast gap between their powers.
• Orochimaru, Kabuto Yakushi, Jiraiya, and Kakashi Hatake reacted to Yemu’s dominance over Madara.
• Yemu flashed away after challenging Madara to continue, then cut through Madara’s Susanoo and split his body in two.

Yemu effortlessly defeated Madara Uchiha and stunned the watching shinobi, who realized they could not challenge him. Madara restored his Perfect Susanoo and attacked again, but Yemu’s dragon-shaped slash tore through it and sent him crashing from the sky.

• Yemu cut through Madara Uchiha’s Perfect Susanoo and split his body, leaving the battlefield stunned by Madara’s defeat.
• Kakuzu warned Hidan that Madara remained powerful despite losing, while the other ninja froze in fear of Yemu.
• Orochimaru and the Kage questioned whether they could continue fighting, as Madara’s defeat made Yemu’s judgment seem more relevant than any battle plan.
• Madara restored his body and Perfect Susanoo, then launched a sweeping attack toward the ninja below.
• Yemu fired a silver-white dragon-shaped slash that tore apart Madara’s attack and Susanoo, then shredded Madara and sent him plunging from the sky.

Yemu defeated Madara Uchiha so thoroughly that the Kage considered surrendering, while Konoha’s shinobi discussed Yemu’s strength. Madara released himself from Impure World Reincarnation and vanished, leaving Orochimaru to plan how to deal with the escaped reanimated shinobi.

• The Fourth Raikage agreed with Mei Terumi that surrender might be necessary, while Ōnoki resisted and then admitted the shinobi world was about to change.
• Kakashi Hatake and the Konoha shinobi praised Yemu’s strength, and Kurenai Yuhi revealed that Yemu had taught her taijutsu.
• Qingxue Uchiha threatened Hinata Hyuga for her feelings toward Yemu, but Hinata said she was no longer afraid of death.
• Madara Uchiha acknowledged Yemu as the strongest shinobi he had fought, released himself from Impure World Reincarnation, and disappeared after promising they would meet again.
• Orochimaru realized Madara Uchiha had escaped his control and began considering how to handle the runaway pawn.

After Yemu forced the Allied Shinobi Forces to surrender, he scheduled a Five Kage Summit to establish a new order. Later, at the Tower in Amegakure, Hinata openly pursued Yemu until Qingxue confronted her.

• Ōnoki raised a white flag, and the Five Kage and Allied Shinobi Forces surrendered to Yemu after his victory over Madara Uchiha.
• Yemu announced that the Five Kage Summit would be held in the Land of Iron in one week, while Naruto's group prepared to report the outcome to Tsunade.
• Sasuke challenged Orochimaru over his broken promises, but Orochimaru knocked him unconscious and carried him away from the battlefield.
• At the Tower in Amegakure, Hinata tried to seduce Yemu while Qingxue was away bathing.
• Qingxue caught Hinata by the wrist, and Hinata declared that she liked Yemu and wanted to be near him.

Yemu fell into a deep sleep as his Tenseigan began its true evolution, leaving Qingxue Uchiha and Hinata Hyuga to fight over him and the Shadow Organization without its leader. Four years later, with the Land of Iron losing ground in a new war against several nations, the Akatsuki, and a hundred thousand White Zetsu, Yemu finally opened his eyes.

• Hinata Hyuga confronted Qingxue Uchiha over Yemu, and the two fought until Yemu stopped them and went to rest.
• The next morning, Yemu sent a message saying he needed to sleep and postponed the Five Kage Summit; Qingxue took him to the Land of Iron while Hinata fought her and destroyed the top of Amegakure's Tower.
• Qingxue Uchiha subdued Hinata, and Zabuza organized the Shadow Organization's withdrawal from Amegakure to the Land of Iron.
• Yemu remained asleep for years as the nations grew restless, Gaara became the Fifth Kazekage, Killer B escaped the Akatsuki, and the Akatsuki and several nations began pressing the Land of Iron.
• A new war erupted after negotiations failed; the Land of Fire joined the fighting, but the Land of Iron steadily lost territory to four nations, the Akatsuki, and a hundred thousand White Zetsu.
• At the beginning of the fourth year, Yemu slowly opened his eyes, golden light shining within them.

After waking from three years of unconsciousness, Yemu found himself chained in an underground chamber with Hinata Hyuga trying to take advantage of him. Hinata explained that much had happened while he was asleep, but Qingxue Uchiha attacked her before Yemu could learn more.

• Yemu woke in chains and pretended to remain asleep when Hinata Hyuga entered the chamber.
• Hinata tried to touch Yemu, but he woke fully, stopped her, and broke free of his restraints.
• Yemu sensed that he was in the snowy northern Land of Iron and learned from Hinata that three years had passed.
• Hinata claimed she had visited Yemu nearly a hundred times and continued to press herself against him despite his demand for consent.
• Qingxue Uchiha attacked Hinata with a Susanoo slash, and Hinata taunted her before blood-red chains appeared and locked onto her.

Yemu woke after years unconscious and learned that the Shadow Organization and its allies had become enemies of the Shinobi World, while the Land of Iron had lost nearly a third of its territory. He arrived at a wartime conference as the Land of Lightning’s allied forces joined with the Akatsuki, ready to respond.

• Qingxue Uchiha attacked Hinata Hyuga with her Susanoo, then stopped when Yemu woke.
• Hinata Hyuga told Yemu that Qingxue Uchiha had once tried to keep him from waking, but his defense mechanism repelled her.
• Qingxue Uchiha and Hinata Hyuga explained that Konoha had cut ties with them and that the Hyuga Clan had relocated to the Land of Iron.
• Yemu learned that the Shadow Organization had suffered losses and vowed to make their enemies suffer, then told Qingxue Uchiha to rest.
• The next day, Zabuza reported that the Land of Lightning’s allied forces had joined the Akatsuki, and he welcomed Yemu back as the Land of Iron’s borders had been pushed back by nearly a third.

Yemu returned to the Land of Iron after learning that most of the Shadow Organization’s fighters had died and Haku remained unconscious. He confronted the allied forces attacking the Capital City, and the chapter ended with him preparing a devastating attack as the enemy realized how powerful he was.

• Yemu learned from Zabuza that only about twenty of their hundred ninja had survived, Haku was unconscious, and Baki had lost an arm to Mu.
• Yemu went toward the Capital City, where Hidan and Cloud Ninja were attacking the Land of Iron’s samurai, and found Neji confronting Hidan.
• Yemu struck Hidan with a single punch, sending him crashing into a hillside, while Omoi recognized Yemu and ran to warn the Fourth Raikage.
• Yemu’s return terrified the allied jonin, but ten Cloud Ninja attacked him and were killed by his repulsive-force storm.
• Yemu gathered a white sphere of compressed repulsive force as the charging ninja realized that space around him was breaking.

Yemu returned and overpowered Hidan, ordering Neji to imprison him before turning toward the distant battlefield. At the Land of Iron border, Darui learned Yemu was alive and placed the rebel army on high alert as he prepared for his arrival.

• Hidan hypnotized himself into attacking Yemu, but Yemu shattered his scythe with one punch and beat him into submission.
• Yemu bound Hidan with a chakra chain and ordered Neji to lock him up until he had united the Shinobi World.
• Cloud Ninja soldiers reported to Darui that Yemu had appeared in the sky with golden eyes and silver-white chakra flames.
• Darui accepted that Yemu had returned, ordered his army to prepare for his arrival, and sent a subordinate to warn the Fourth Raikage.

Yemu returned to the Land of Iron border and overwhelmed Darui and the Land of Lightning forces with devastating Lightning Release attacks. As the surviving ninja fled, Yemu made clear that his reckoning had only begun.

• Yemu arrived above the battlefield, and Darui attacked him with Double Black Panther.
• Yemu stopped Darui’s lightning panthers with an invisible barrier and hurled Darui and his Shadow Clone away with Repulsive Force.
• Darui ordered the Land of Lightning ninja to attack, and they launched the Four Symbols: Thunderblast Wind Abyss Formation at Yemu.
• Yemu summoned a massive lightning blade and destroyed the allied forces’ frontline, killing many ninja and blasting a vast crater into the ground.
• Darui ordered a full retreat while Yemu watched the fleeing ninja and declared that the reckoning had only begun.

Yemu annihilated Darui’s forces at the Land of Iron’s border with his Lightning Release: Divine Punishment Judgment. After learning Yemu had returned and communications with Darui were lost, the Fourth Raikage ordered Kumogakure to prepare defenses and retreat south to rendezvous with the Land of Earth.

• Yemu unleashed a storm of precise lightning strikes, routing the fleeing Cloud Ninja and leaving Darui’s forces in ruins.
• A messenger told the Fourth Raikage that Yemu had returned and Darui’s troops had been routed, while Samui reported that the front’s communications were cut off.
• The Fourth Raikage told Killer B that Yemu had once fought ten Akatsuki members and three Kage, and called him a monster beyond their level.
• The Fourth Raikage ordered Samui to put the Land of Lightning on full alert, assemble its forces, and withdraw south to meet the Land of Earth.
• Killer B accepted the danger and said he would prepare for the coming fight.

Yemu destroyed Kumogakure by collapsing the mountain beneath it, deepening the Land of Lightning’s panic. The Fourth Raikage and Ōnoki agreed to secretly gather the other Kage in Iwagakure for a Shinobi World Restoration Conference.

• Yemu sensed the retreating groups across the Land of Lightning, then collapsed Kumogakure with a streak of lightning.
• The Fourth Raikage received news of Kumogakure’s destruction at a temporary command post while Killer B watched in grim silence.
• The Fourth Raikage arrived in Iwagakure with Samui, Killer B, and other Lightning Ninja to meet Ōnoki, Kurotsuchi, and Akatsuchi.
• The Fourth Raikage told Ōnoki that Yemu had not pursued them because he considered them unworthy of hunting.
• The Fourth Raikage and Ōnoki chose Iwagakure for a secret summit, renamed it the Shinobi World Restoration Conference, and called for the other Kage to come quickly.

Tsunade chose Kakashi Hatake and Naruto Uzumaki to accompany her to the Five Kage Summit in Iwagakure, where Konoha feared Yemu had returned. Yemu decided to attend the summit to declare war, while Hinata Hyuga caught him with Qingxue Uchiha and lunged at him.

• Tsunade, Shikaku Nara, and Inoichi Yamanaka suspected the Raikage’s summit invitation was a response to Yemu’s return, and Tsunade volunteered to lead Konoha’s delegation.
• Tsunade selected Kakashi Hatake and Naruto Uzumaki as her guards, and Naruto resolved to prevent a war and persuade others not to treat Yemu as an enemy.
• Kakashi told Naruto the summit was connected to Yemu, and Naruto accepted the mission despite worrying that fear could lead the shinobi world into war.
• Qingxue Uchiha told Yemu that the summit was meant to discuss how to deal with him, and Yemu decided to attend and declare war.
• Hinata Hyuga entered Yemu’s room, found him with Qingxue, and lunged toward him in anger.

The Five Kage argued over whether Konoha was responsible for Yemu’s actions, but the dispute revealed that the Raikage had called the meeting to discuss stopping Yemu. Yemu arrived by destroying the conference hall’s roof and left the Kage stunned as he told them to carry on.

• Tsunade accused the Fourth Raikage of causing the shinobi world’s turmoil, and he blamed Konoha for allowing Yemu to act unchecked.
• Gaara realized the meeting was about dealing with Yemu, while Mei Terumi and Ōnoki challenged the Raikage’s motives and Tsunade defended Yemu.
• An Iwagakure shinobi announced that Yemu had arrived, silencing the Five Kage and alerting Naruto and Kakashi.
• Yemu burst through the conference hall’s roof in a blaze of golden chakra, and his presence frightened the assembled Kage and shinobi.
• Yemu told the gathered leaders to carry on, leaving them silent beneath the ruined roof.

At the Five Kage’s conference, Naruto confronted Yemu and tried to persuade him not to start another war. Yemu rejected Naruto’s plea and declared that the war would begin.

• Yemu’s presence silenced the Five Kage as he hovered above Iwagakure’s conference hall.
• Naruto stepped forward and asked Yemu whether he intended to start another war and take on the shinobi world.
• Yemu told Naruto he was only taking back what belonged to him, alarming the Kage.
• Naruto reminded Yemu of his past as a Konoha shinobi and argued that war would harm the vulnerable and could not bring peace.
• Yemu praised Naruto’s ideals, then declared that the war would begin, leaving Naruto stunned and the Kage on their feet.

At the Five Kage summit, Yemu condemned the Kage for their hypocrisy and declared that he would meet their Allied Shinobi Forces at the Land of Iron in one week. After effortlessly knocking the Fourth Raikage out of the hall, he threatened to destroy the hidden villages if they failed to appear, leaving Tsunade to ask how the Kage would respond.

• Yemu accused the Kage of hypocrisy for condemning his threat of war after they had attacked the Land of Iron.
• The Fourth Raikage charged at Yemu, who sent him crashing through the conference hall and into the street with a single counterattack.
• Yemu ordered the Kage to bring their Allied Shinobi Forces to the Land of Iron's border in one week and threatened their villages if they refused.
• Yemu departed as the Kage and shinobi fell silent, while Cloud Ninja rushed to help the injured Fourth Raikage.
• Tsunade asked the remaining Kage how they intended to respond.

The Five Kage agreed to unite against Yemu and meet at the Land of Iron’s border for a final battle. Three days before the attack, the Raikage and Ōnoki met with Akatsuki, Obito, and Orochimaru, who revealed a massive army and resurrected fighters to strengthen their alliance.

• Ōnoki accused Konoha of enabling Yemu, while Gaara urged the Kage to stop arguing and decide whether to face him at the Land of Iron’s border.
• Tsunade agreed that Konoha would join the war but refused to let its forces lead the charge against Yemu.
• The Raikage and Ōnoki met with Pain, Konan, Kakuzu, Obito Uchiha, and Orochimaru to coordinate their resistance.
• Obito revealed an army of one hundred thousand White Zetsu to ambush Yemu’s elite forces.
• Orochimaru announced that he had begun resurrecting six hundred elite warriors, including famous Kage and the Former Seven Ninja Swordsmen, and had enhanced Madara Uchiha.

Naruto and his former comrades faced the return of Yemu as the Five Kage assembled an enormous army to fight him at the Land of Iron. Yemu effortlessly crushed the allied forces’ first assault, leaving the battle poised to escalate.

• Naruto vowed to confront Yemu himself and bring him back rather than give up on another comrade.
• Over a hundred thousand allied shinobi gathered at the Land of Iron, where the Five Kage prepared to fight Yemu and Naruto hoped to learn what Yemu had become.
• Yemu descended alone before the army, and his overwhelming presence frightened even veteran shinobi and caused the Fourth Raikage to hesitate.
• The Fourth Raikage ordered the first column to attack, but Yemu defeated the charging shinobi with Taijutsu and scattered Temari’s Wind Release and Ōnoki’s Dust Release.
• After routing most of the first column in minutes, Yemu called the allied forces too weak and warned them to prepare to die.

Yemu faced the allied army’s ultimate combined attacks and destroyed them with his golden chakra and repulsion. The defeated army fled or knelt beneath his power, leaving Yemu as the uncontested victor over the shinobi world.

• Ōnoki ordered the allied forces to unleash the Thousand Seals: Great God Sealing Destruction, forming a hundred-meter stone giant, while the Fourth Raikage rallied thousands of Cloud Ninja to create a lightning dragon.
• Yemu stopped the lightning dragon with a golden barrier and cut it in two with a slash of golden chakra.
• Ōnoki sent the stone giant to attack Yemu, but Yemu’s repulsive wave shattered the technique’s core and reduced the giant to rubble.
• Yemu mocked the allied army, breaking its morale as thousands of ninja fled, sobbed, or abandoned their armor.
• The four Kage and the allied ninja knelt in fear beneath Yemu’s golden Tenseigan, accepting that he could not be defeated.