Recaps

Madara Uchiha awakened Six Paths power and tried to recruit Yemu into his Eye of the Moon plan, but Yemu refused and challenged him. Madara attacked with Limbo: Border Jail, only for Yemu to stop the clones effortlessly, and Madara began another assault.

• Madara Uchiha revealed his Six Paths power as Yemu prepared to face him, while Naruto and Minato joined the attack and Sasuke observed.
• Madara Uchiha erased Naruto's clones' Rasenshuriken and Minato's senjutsu attack with black fissures, while Yemu remained unharmed.
• Madara Uchiha offered to join forces with Yemu and use the Eye of the Moon plan to end suffering, but Yemu rejected the plan and declared he would reform the shinobi world.
• Madara Uchiha summoned four Limbo: Border Jail clones to surround Yemu, but Yemu's repulsive barrier stopped them from reaching him.
• Madara Uchiha roared in anger and began casting Sage Art: Yin Style Lightning Release.

Yemu overwhelmingly defeated Madara Uchiha with his speed, lightning attacks, and swordsmanship, leaving the watching ninja stunned. Madara questioned what Yemu was, and Yemu declared himself the future Madara could never overcome.

• Yemu used five afterimages to overwhelm Madara Uchiha and smashed him into a crater with a lightning spear.
• Yemu shattered Madara's Truth-Seeking Orb wall and blasted him through mountains with a punch.
• Madara attacked with Sage Art: Storm Release: Light Fang, but the beam passed through Yemu's illusion, and Yemu struck Madara down with his blade.
• The Fourth Raikage, Ōnoki, Orochimaru, Obito Uchiha, and Black Zetsu watched in shock as Yemu dominated Madara.
• Madara rose from the crater and asked Yemu what he was, and Yemu replied that he was the future Madara could never overcome.

Yemu battled Madara Uchiha, deflected his Truth-Seeking Orbs, and cut through the God Tree as Madara unleashed Infinite Tsukuyomi. Yemu resisted the world-spanning genjutsu with his Tenseigan and prepared to strike at Madara with Silver Dragon: Divine Severance.

• Yemu deflected Madara Uchiha's Truth-Seeking Orbs, put a blade to his throat, and kicked him through boulders.
• Madara activated Six Paths Sage Mode, summoned the God Tree, and began draining chakra from shinobi across the battlefield.
• Yemu cut through the God Tree's attacking vines while Madara cast Infinite Tsukuyomi using the blood moon.
• Infinite Tsukuyomi trapped many shinobi, but Yemu revealed his Tenseigan and dispersed the genjutsu's red ripples.
• Yemu formed Silver Dragon: Divine Severance and declared that his turn had come.

Yemu attacked the God Tree as Kaguya awakened through Black Zetsu’s betrayal of Madara Uchiha, while Naruto and Sasuke confronted their opposing beliefs. Kaguya recognized Yemu as an Ōtsutsuki and recoiled under his bloodline suppression as he prepared to face her.

• Yemu hurled a compressed chakra bead at the God Tree, interrupting the opening of Kaguya’s source, while Naruto broke through the Infinite Tsukuyomi’s illusion.
• Naruto and Sasuke met in battle and argued over whether Yemu’s destruction could bring salvation to the shinobi world.
• Black Zetsu impaled Madara Uchiha and used him as a vessel to resurrect Kaguya, revealing that Madara had been a pawn in her return.
• Obito Uchiha escaped the Infinite Tsukuyomi through Kamui and realized that Black Zetsu had manipulated him and Madara.
• Kaguya emerged from Madara, recognized Yemu as an Ōtsutsuki, and trembled under the force of his superior bloodline as he confronted her.

Yemu pursued Kaguya across her dimensions and overwhelmed her with attacks, leaving her badly wounded despite the God Tree’s healing. As Kaguya and Black Zetsu searched for a way to escape, Yemu warned that his next strike would destroy the God Tree’s ability to save her.

• Kaguya sensed Yemu’s power and fled with Black Zetsu to the Snowfield Dimension without fighting him.
• Yemu tore through Kaguya’s dimensional barrier, entered the Snowfield Dimension, and shattered her All-Killing Ash Bones before punching her into the ground.
• Yemu declared that Kaguya had fallen and that the Shinobi World would face its reckoning as the Ice Dimension collapsed.
• Kaguya escaped to the Lava Dimension, but Yemu appeared behind her, seized her, and hurled her through a dimensional boundary.
• Yemu struck Kaguya with his Silver Dragon Slash, badly wounding her as the God Tree began healing her.
• Black Zetsu urged Kaguya to flee the planet, while Yemu warned that his next strike would prevent the God Tree from saving her.

Yemu overwhelmed Kaguya, breaking her defenses and preventing her escape while Naruto and Sasuke watched. Sasuke joined the fight with Perfect Susanoo, but Kaguya remained battered and trapped as Yemu prepared to finish the battle.

• Naruto feared Yemu's strength, and Sasuke rebuked him before summoning Perfect Susanoo and charging at Kaguya.
• Yemu bound Kaguya with the Chakra Prayer Beads, shattered her dimensional escape routes, and blasted her with a bead and a punch.
• Sasuke hurled a lightning-and-Amaterasu spear into Kaguya while Yemu struck her with a devastating slash.
• Kaguya tried to escape through Yomotsu Hirasaka and attacked with bone spikes, but Yemu destroyed the portal and struck her from behind.
• Yemu shattered Kaguya's defenses and countered her All-Killing Ash Bones, sending her crashing through mountains as her dimension destabilized.

Yemu defeated Kaguya and Black Zetsu, then told Naruto that he would impose peace through force rather than trust in hope. Naruto understood why Yemu had acted but challenged him for ruling through fear, leaving their conflict unresolved.

• Yemu overwhelmed Kaguya with a single slash while Naruto arrived and argued with Sasuke about Yemu’s plan for the Shinobi World.
• Yemu offered to let Kaguya and Black Zetsu leave for the moon, then struck Kaguya down as she tried to escape and declared that he had never promised to let them live.
• Yemu pursued Kaguya and Black Zetsu into space and destroyed them with his Silver Dragon: Finality Slash.
• Yemu asked Naruto what he thought after Kaguya’s defeat, and Naruto said he understood Yemu’s reasons but believed Yemu had become a ruler who relied on fear.
• Yemu said he no longer believed in Naruto’s hope for peace because it had failed to stop wars.

Yemu destroyed the God Tree and ended Infinite Tsukuyomi, then fought Naruto and overwhelmed him with his swordsmanship and Six Paths powers. As Naruto refused to give up on him, the tailed beasts joined the battle to stop Yemu, who remained unmoved.

• Yemu split the God Tree with the Silver Dragon Blade, breaking Infinite Tsukuyomi and freeing the sleeping people and tailed beasts.
• Naruto challenged Yemu, and the two clashed as Yemu dismissed Naruto's ideals and countered his attacks.
• Naruto summoned over a thousand Nine-Tails Chakra Mode shadow clones and launched Rasenshuriken, but Yemu cut through them with Chaos Star Break.
• Naruto used three Sage Art: Wind Release: Big Ball Rasenshuriken, but Yemu's Chakra Prayer Beads destroyed all three.
• Yemu used repulsive force to crush Naruto's chakra and knock him down, then warned him to stay out of his way.
• Nine-Tails led the tailed beasts in charging Yemu, declaring that they had to stop his reforms, while Yemu ignored them.

Naruto and the Nine Tailed Beasts joined forces against Yemu, but his overwhelming power defeated their attacks and left Naruto on the brink of death. Sasuke used Amenotejikara to save Naruto and confronted Yemu, whose blade began cracking Sasuke’s Susanoo weapon.

• The Nine Tailed Beasts lent Naruto their chakra, awakening his Six Paths Sage Mode, but Yemu continued to overpower him.
• Naruto attacked with shadow clones and Tailed Beast Bomb Rasenshuriken, but Yemu shattered space to erase the assault and then swiftly destroyed Naruto’s clones.
• Yemu warned the watching ninjas not to interfere, and Tsunade trusted that he would not kill Naruto because they were comrades.
• Yemu immobilized Naruto and defeated the Nine Tailed Beasts in Naruto’s mindscape, then raised his blade to finish Naruto off.
• Sasuke used Amenotejikara to swap places with Naruto and block Yemu’s strike, explaining that he had to protect his power from the Sage of Six Paths.
• Sasuke challenged Yemu, but cracks appeared in the Susanoo Blade as it clashed with Yemu’s weapon.

Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha joined forces against Yemu, but he overwhelmed their attacks with his superior power. After Yemu struck them down, both prepared to fight again as he challenged them to endure his next moves.

• Naruto Uzumaki reunited with Sasuke Uchiha, who said he would fight Yemu to oppose his rule, not for Naruto or hope.
• Naruto and Sasuke attacked Yemu together with Amaterasu, Susanoo, and a Six Paths Rasenshuriken, but Yemu shattered their attacks and Susanoo with his Space-Shattering Slash.
• Naruto unleashed Tailed Beast Mode, and Yemu became more serious, using his Tenseigan and Silver Dragon Blade to strike Sasuke and repel Naruto's Rasengan barrage.
• Yemu used a sealing vortex to absorb Naruto's Rasengans, then pulled Naruto toward him with gravity and kicked him into a crater.
• Sasuke summoned his complete Susanoo, Naruto climbed out of the crater and gathered chakra, and Yemu raised his Dragon Blade to challenge them to last against his next moves.

Naruto and Sasuke confronted Yemu with their strongest attacks, but he emerged unharmed and proved their Six Paths-level power could not reach him. Yemu appeared between them and asked whether they wanted to continue, while Sasuke still held back a trump card he doubted would matter.

• Naruto transformed into Asura mode and joined Sasuke, who summoned his Six Paths-enhanced Susanoo, to face Yemu.
• Yemu revealed a vast, destructive presence and asked Naruto and Sasuke whether they had decided to stand against him.
• Naruto launched a Fusion Super Rasenshuriken while Sasuke fired the Spear of Finality at Yemu.
• Yemu stopped both attacks with a simple silver barrier and remained completely unharmed after the explosion devastated the battlefield.
• Yemu appeared between Naruto and Sasuke, whose attacks had failed, and asked whether they wanted to continue.
• Naruto and Sasuke despaired at Yemu's overwhelming power, though Sasuke still had a trump card he doubted would help.

After Yemu defeated Naruto and Sasuke without using his full strength, the Allied Shinobi Forces and the Kage accepted that they could not resist him. As the nations considered surrendering, Yemu declared that the God Tree no longer needed to exist.

• Naruto and Sasuke admitted defeat, and the Allied Shinobi Forces lost the will to fight.
• Kakashi, Tsunade, and Sakura watched the aftermath, while Kakashi believed Yemu would not slaughter people indiscriminately.
• Orochimaru and Kabuto recognized that they could not escape if Yemu chose to kill them.
• Hashirama and Tobirama concluded that their era had ended and that the dead should return to the Pure Land.
• Ōnoki and Fourth Raikage A agreed to surrender and seek a chance to survive through negotiation.
• Yemu saw that no one intended to resist and said the God Tree had no reason to exist.

Yemu destroyed the God Tree and forced the Five Great Nations to submit, then announced plans to establish a new empire. As the shinobi world celebrated, Obito Uchiha seized Naruto’s tailed-beast chakra to revive the God Tree’s remains and prepare to fight Yemu.

• Yemu shattered the God Tree, and Ōnoki, A, Mei Terumi, and Gaara surrendered their nations before Yemu announced a meeting in the Land of Iron to establish a new empire.
• Obito Uchiha rejected defeat and asked Orochimaru to help him control a reanimated body so he could challenge Yemu.
• Hinata Hyuga and Qingxue Uchiha celebrated the Allied Shinobi Forces’ surrender while Naruto Uzumaki reunited with Minato Namikaze.
• Minato transported Naruto to the God Tree’s remains, where Obito used sealing chains to extract the nine tailed beasts and revive the God Tree’s remains.
• Kakashi Hatake sensed Obito’s chakra, Sasuke Uchiha found himself too depleted to rescue Naruto, and Yemu turned toward the distant battlefield.

Obito Uchiha emerged as the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and attacked the Allied Ninja Forces with the Six Red Yang Formation, turning his fury toward Kakashi. Yemu broke through the barrier and overwhelmed Obito, leaving him gravely wounded and unable to defend himself as Yemu shattered his Truth-Seeking Orbs.

• Obito Uchiha completed his transformation into the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and confronted Yemu.
• Obito cast the Six Red Yang Formation around the battlefield, intensified its flames, and trapped the ninja inside while excluding Yemu.
• Obito attacked Kakashi and the Konoha squad, but Yemu shattered the barrier and appeared beside him.
• Obito lunged at Yemu with the Amenonuhoko, but Yemu stopped it with an invisible force and struck Obito with his Dragon Blade.
• Yemu pursued the wounded Obito and shattered the four Truth-Seeking Orbs he raised to block the next slash.

Yemu defeated and killed Obito, ending the war, then declared that he would begin unifying the Shinobi World in one week. The Allied Shinobi Forces celebrated their victory as Konoha’s leaders considered how to respond to Yemu’s plans.

• Yemu shattered Obito’s defenses, told him that Rin had loved Kakashi, and defeated his Amenonuhoko with Silver Dragon-Illusory Severance.
• Obito survived the first strike long enough to launch a final attack with the Ten-Tails, but Yemu countered it and killed him with the Dragon Blade.
• Kakashi watched Obito dissolve, while Yemu arrived just in time to save the exhausted Naruto.
• Yemu told Jiraiya that he would begin unifying the Shinobi World in one week, then vanished from the battlefield.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade discussed how Konoha should respond, while Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi withdrew from the battlefield.
• The Allied Shinobi Forces celebrated their victory, and Qingxue Uchiha announced three days of festivities in the Land of Iron.

Yemu left Qingxue Uchiha after their night together and went with Hinata Hyuga to meet Hiashi. At the Hyuga Clan meeting, Hiashi asked whether Yemu was interested in Hanabi, provoking the jealousy of Hinata and Qingxue.

• Qingxue Uchiha tried to intoxicate Yemu with her spiked wine, but he was immune to poison, and she spent the night with him.
• Hinata found Qingxue in Yemu's messy room and argued with her before telling Yemu that Hiashi wanted to see him.
• Yemu walked through the Land of Iron with Hinata as the celebrating crowd cheered for him, and Qingxue joined them, sparking another confrontation with Hinata.
• Hiashi welcomed Yemu to the Hyuga Clan courtyard and had Hanabi serve him tea.
• Hiashi asked Yemu whether he was interested in Hanabi, leaving Hinata and Qingxue visibly jealous.

Hyuga Hiashi proposed that Yemu marry Hinata, then claimed Hinata was pregnant, prompting Yemu to agree to marry her and Qingxue Uchiha together. Yemu set the wedding for about a month later and left with Qingxue to meet Shikamaru, while she insisted on being his principal wife and bit his neck.

• Hyuga Hiashi proposed a joint wedding for Yemu, Hinata, and Qingxue, but Qingxue refused to share Yemu.
• Hiashi claimed Hinata was pregnant, and Hinata declared that she would marry Yemu despite Qingxue's objections.
• Yemu agreed to marry Hinata and Qingxue, and Hiashi began arranging a wedding for about a month later.
• After Yemu left the courtyard, Hyuga clan members questioned whether Qingxue would accept the marriage, but Hiashi confidently urged them to prepare.
• Qingxue confronted Yemu over his promise to love only her, and he embraced and kissed her before taking her to find Shikamaru.
• Qingxue insisted she had to be Yemu's principal wife, then lunged at him and bit his neck.

Yemu established the Yemu Empire after the Five Kage submitted, then ordered the daimyo abolished, the shinobi system replaced by the Imperial Guard, and national resources transferred to the Empire. The chapter ended with Yemu rejecting Ōnoki’s attempt to arrange a marriage with Kurotsuchi and the Fourth Raikage questioning whether their countries had lost everything.

• Ōnoki, the Fourth Raikage, and Mei Terumi arrived at the Land of Iron’s Capital City after a week to decide whether to resist Yemu or submit.
• Yemu declared the Yemu Empire established, and Ōnoki, Mei Terumi, the Fourth Raikage, Gaara, and Tsunade all agreed to join it.
• Yemu ordered the Five Kage to abolish the daimyo, establish a state-owned bank, replace the shinobi system with the Imperial Guard, and place national resources under Empire control.
• Ōnoki privately offered Kurotsuchi as a potential wife for Yemu, but Yemu said he would marry in about a month and rejected her.
• The Fourth Raikage asked Ōnoki whether surrendering their military authority and resources meant losing their countries, and Ōnoki replied that Yemu had at least spared their lives.

After the Yemu Empire ordered the elimination of the Daimyo system, Tsunade sent Naruto and Sasuke to the Land of Fire’s Daimyo City. Sasuke killed the guards who barred their way and overwhelmed the Daimyo’s forces, leaving the Daimyo pleading for his life.

• The leaders established the Yemu Empire and ordered the abolition of the Daimyo system, state-owned banks, and a Guard Army to replace ninja villages.
• Tsunade assigned Sasuke and Naruto to make the Land of Fire’s Daimyo submit or eliminate those who resisted.
• Naruto and Sasuke reached Daimyo City but discovered they had forgotten their entry papers, and Sasuke killed the gate guards who refused them entry.
• Sasuke rejected Naruto’s objections and declared that they had come to rewrite the rules before entering the Daimyo Palace.
• The Land of Fire’s Daimyo ordered his elite guards to attack Sasuke, who engulfed them in black flames with Amaterasu.
• The Daimyo watched Sasuke defeat nearly all his guards and slumped in his seat, begging to be spared.

Sasuke killed the Land of Fire's Daimyo, and Yemu's reforms rapidly reshaped the shinobi world into an emerging empire. As Yemu prepared for his announced wedding, his intelligence chief Ino reported that Orochimaru had been found, and Yemu decided to leave for him the next day.

• Sasuke killed the Land of Fire's Daimyo and left Naruto among the bodies after Naruto objected to the massacre.
• Over the following half month, the nations' Daimyo were assassinated, and Yemu established the Imperial Bank, Iron Coins, and sweeping reforms centered in the Land of Iron's Capital City.
• Yemu announced that he would hold a wedding in half a month, prompting the Kage to consider their responses and Naruto to react with dismay in Konoha.
• Yemu worked late in the Tower until Qingxue visited him, and they discussed his duties and his recent lack of time for her.
• Ino reported that her agents had located Orochimaru, and Yemu said he would go there personally the next day.
• Qingxue asked Yemu about having a harem, and he denied intending to have one before she teased him about Ino's feelings.

Yemu forced Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi to join his research department, threatening to destroy Orochimaru’s soul if he refused. He then announced the first Imperial Guard Selection Tournament, prompting the shinobi villages to send elite fighters to the Land of Iron.

• Hinata Hyuga crept into Yemu’s office, attacked Qingxue Uchiha, and was interrupted when Yemu emerged from the bathroom.
• Yemu flew to Orochimaru’s secret research base and confronted Kabuto Yakushi about Orochimaru’s location.
• Orochimaru emerged and challenged Yemu’s authority, but agreed to serve after Yemu threatened to erase his soul and end his reincarnation.
• Yemu appointed Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi to the research department, promising resources in exchange for results.
• Yemu announced a tournament to select the Empire’s ten strongest warriors for his personal training, and the shinobi villages sent elite shinobi to the Land of Iron.

Konoha’s leaders and visiting ninja traveled to the Land of Iron for Yemu’s selection of the Shinobi World’s ten strongest generals. Hinata revealed that the chosen generals would command ten legions, and Yemu arrived at Konoha’s guesthouse to speak with them.

• Tsunade ordered Jiraiya to represent Konoha in the selection tournament, while Shikaku and Inoichi considered Yemu’s announcement and its implications.
• Naruto, Sasuke, Jiraiya, Kakashi, Guy, Lee, Sakura, and Tenten arrived in the transformed Land of Iron, where they met Hinata at the Konoha guesthouse.
• Hinata told the group that the ten selected generals would eventually lead the Shinobi World’s ten legions, turning the tournament into a contest for military authority.
• Yemu entered the guesthouse with Qingxue Uchiha and offered to answer questions, while Naruto grew jealous of the women seated beside him.

Shinobi from across the nations gathered in the Land of Iron for Yemu’s tournament, where the first match was set to pit Kakashi Hatake against Jiraiya. As the crowd and rival factions assembled, Kakashi asked Jiraiya to stage their fight, but Jiraiya appeared ready to compete seriously.

• Naruto Uzumaki teased Neji Hyuga about wearing a hat, and Neji admitted his hair had fallen out.
• The matchups were announced as Kakashi Hatake versus Jiraiya, Kurotsuchi versus Sasuke Uchiha, and Neji Hyuga versus Rock Lee.
• Samui worried that Kumogakure might not place among the Empire’s Ten Strongest Battle Generals, while the Fourth Raikage insisted his village should not fear the competition.
• Ōnoki ordered Kurotsuchi to participate in the tournament despite her reluctance.
• The remaining Akatsuki members arrived at the Colosseum and discussed the tournament and their diminished status.
• Kakashi Hatake asked Jiraiya to stage their match, but Jiraiya showed a renewed desire to fight.

Jiraiya and Kakashi fought a fierce match in the Arena after Jiraiya warned that Yemu suspected a greater enemy threatened the Shinobi World. Kakashi exhausted his chakra using layered attacks and Kamui, while Jiraiya prevailed with Sage Mode, then looked to Yemu for his judgment.

• Jiraiya told Kakashi that the match was meant to uncover what Yemu knew about a future enemy, prompting Kakashi to take the fight seriously.
• Kakashi attacked Jiraiya with Fire Release, lightning-charged kunai, and a Lightning Blade strike, but Jiraiya countered with the Wild Lion's Mane Technique and entered Sage Mode.
• Jiraiya struck Kakashi's shadow clone with a Sage Art: Big Ball Rasengan, and Kakashi emerged from underground battered and nearly out of chakra.
• Jiraiya used Sage Art: Goemon to engulf the battlefield, and Kakashi warped away much of the flames with Kamui at the cost of more chakra.
• Kakashi asked to surrender, and Jiraiya ended Sage Mode before looking toward Yemu and wondering whether he was satisfied with the match.

Neji and Rock Lee began their tournament match, with Neji dominating Lee until Lee opened the Sixth Gate of Death and surged into the real fight. The chapter ended as the two prepared to clash at full strength, while Shikamaru doubted Lee could defeat Neji.

• Might Guy encouraged Rock Lee before his match against Neji, and Lee renewed his resolve.
• Neji entered the Arena determined to prove himself, while Yemu predicted he would not lose.
• Rock Lee attacked with Konoha Whirlwind, but Neji used his Byakugan and Eight Trigrams Palm to block him and knock him back.
• Neji urged Rock Lee to open the Eight Gates, and Lee removed his weights and opened the Sixth Gate of Death.
• Rock Lee declared he would prove ordinary people could keep pace with geniuses, then vanished toward Neji as Neji prepared to meet him.
• Shikamaru told Choji Akimichi he did not think Rock Lee could beat Neji, even with the Sixth Gate open.