Chapter Summaries

Zhou Cheng opened the Eighth Gate and defeated Deva Path, wiping out the Six Paths of Pain while his shadow clones contained the blast. Nagato and Konan waited for the attack’s outcome, and Zhou Cheng headed for Ōnoki as Black Zetsu plotted to revive Madara Uchiha.

• Deva Path summoned the Animal Path’s creatures, and Zhou Cheng countered by summoning a toad, a giant snake, and Katsuyu.
• Zhou Cheng opened the Eighth Gate, overwhelmed Deva Path with a barrage of punches, and countered Super Shinra Tensei with Azure Dragon.
• Zhou Cheng’s four shadow clones used the Four Red Yang Formation to contain the explosion, and Deva Path’s body was left destroyed.
• Nagato refused Konan’s plea to return to Amegakure and chose to wait for the result of the attack on Konoha.
• Black Zetsu emerged after Zhou Cheng left, lamented that he had found no trace of Zhou Cheng’s blood, and resolved to make Nagato use Rinne Rebirth.
• Zhou Cheng arrived where Ōnoki and Kisame were fighting, and Kisame urged Ōnoki to retreat after realizing Pain had been defeated.

Zhou Cheng trapped the attackers inside Konoha with the Four Red Yang Formation, crippled Ōnoki, and forced Kisame to surrender to Itachi. He then confronted Kakuzu, Sasori, and Deidara, with Kakuzu and Sasori giving up while Deidara prepared to self-destruct.

• Zhou Cheng created four shadow clones to assist elsewhere and sealed Konoha inside the Four Red Yang Formation, preventing the attackers from escaping.
• Itachi urged Kisame to surrender, while Zhou Cheng broke Ōnoki's hands and ordered the Sealing Squad to seal his chakra.
• Kisame surrendered, and Zhou Cheng had his chakra sealed and fitted him with Konoha-made handcuffs and shackles before leaving Itachi to guard him.
• Zhou Cheng arrived at the battlefield with Kakuzu, Sasori, and Deidara and demanded that they surrender.
• Kakuzu stopped resisting and Sasori let a shinobi stab his puppet body, but Deidara began eating explosive clay to prepare to blow himself up.

After Deidara destroyed himself, Zhou Cheng captured the remaining Akatsuki members and searched Konoha for other infiltrators. He discovered Victor had opened Konoha Prison’s cells and confronted the fleeing criminals, ending the chapter as he used Earth Release: Underworld Swamp.

• Deidara blew himself up, and Zhou Cheng protected nearby Konoha ninja with his Perfect Susanoo.
• Zhou Cheng sent the captured Akatsuki members to his Alternate Dimension and ordered ANBU to search for missing Iwagakure shinobi.
• Zhou Cheng sensed unfamiliar chakra at Konoha Prison and rushed there, where he found Victor amid the bodies of slain guards.
• Victor opened every prison cell, and Zhou Cheng blocked the escaping criminals at the gate.
• The criminals charged Zhou Cheng, who cast Earth Release: Underworld Swamp.

Zhou Cheng confronted Victor at the prison, then rushed to Konoha’s armory and caught Boro planting Explosive Tags. Boro ignited gunpowder and sent flames toward the tags, leaving the armory in immediate danger.

• Zhou Cheng used Underworld Swamp to stop the criminals at the prison gates, then exposed Victor with Kamui and tore away part of his body.
• Zhou Cheng promised the criminals freedom if they caught Victor, while telling ANBU to kill Victor if he returned and to target his head.
• Zhou Cheng sensed two more unfamiliar chakra signatures, ordered the prison guarded, and used Flying Thunder God to reach the armory.
• Zhou Cheng found Boro planting Explosive Tags inside the armory, seized him with a woody vine, and enclosed the building in a Four Red Yang Formation.
• Boro released poisonous gas to wither the vine, escaped its grip, and ignited gunpowder with flames aimed at the Explosive Tags.

Zhou Cheng defeated Boro by destroying the core that sustained his regeneration, then learned that an army of shinobi resurrected through Impure World Reincarnation was surrounding Konoha. He gathered the village and ordered every team to rely on sealing rather than trying to kill the reincarnated shinobi.

• Zhou Cheng entered Sage Mode, destroyed Boro's core with a Rasenshuriken, and crushed his body with Susanoo, defeating Kara's Inner member.
• Zhou Cheng searched the prison for Victor and other Kara members but found no trace of them.
• An ANBU member reported that dead shinobi, including the Third Hokage and Konoha's former shinobi, had appeared around Konoha.
• Zhou Cheng identified Impure World Reincarnation as the forbidden technique behind the resurrected army and summoned the villagers to Konoha Square.
• Zhou Cheng explained that the resurrected bodies had limitless chakra and regeneration, and ordered every team to bring a member of the Sealing Squad.

Zhou Cheng overwhelmed the reincarnated former Kage and moved them into his Alternate Dimension before helping Konoha’s forces. Kabuto Yakushi then revived the First through Fourth Hokage and sent Hashirama Senju toward Konoha, while Madara Uchiha was on his way there as well.

• Zhou Cheng used Wood Release and Susanoo to restrain the former Kage, then moved them into his Alternate Dimension.
• Zhou Cheng joined the other battlefields, where his attacks helped the Sealing Squads defeat the reincarnated army and reduced Konoha’s casualties.
• Kabuto Yakushi lost contact with the former Kage and ordered Orochimaru to release the Hokage’s souls and revive the First through Fourth Hokage.
• Kabuto told the Hokage about Zhou Cheng and the Akatsuki, and revealed that Madara Uchiha was being brought back.
• Hashirama Senju left the hidden ruin and headed toward Konoha to meet Zhou Cheng.

The resurrected Hokage and Madara Uchiha reached Konoha, where Asuma explained that Zhou Cheng had sealed the other villages’ former Kage and become known as the new God of Shinobi. Zhou Cheng replicated Madara’s talent, awakened a unique Mangekyō Sharingan, and began fighting him.

• Hashirama Senju told Tobirama Senju that Kabuto’s control over them could not be fully broken, and Madara Uchiha joined the resurrected Hokage on their way to Konoha.
• The Konoha ninja recognized the four Hokage, and Asuma told Hashirama Senju and Hiruzen Sarutobi that Zhou Cheng had sealed the former Kage and was acclaimed as the new God of Shinobi.
• Tsunade arrived with Zhou Cheng, who confirmed she was the Fifth Hokage and teased her about her gambling losses.
• Madara Uchiha declared that Zhou Cheng was their enemy and attacked him, while Zhou Cheng stepped forward to protect Asuma and the others.
• Zhou Cheng replicated Madara Uchiha’s talent and awakened a Mangekyō Sharingan with the dōjutsu Yachihoko and a space ability.
• Madara Uchiha attacked Zhou Cheng with taijutsu and Majestic Destroyer Flame, but Zhou Cheng matched his flames with the same jutsu.

Zhou Cheng fought Madara Uchiha with powerful Susanoo and sword techniques, drawing the battle away from Konoha. The four reanimated Hokage joined Madara against him, and Asuma sent for help as Zhou Cheng prepared to reveal his full strength.

• Tobirama Senju blocked the spreading flames from reaching Konoha with Water Formation Wall.
• Madara and Zhou Cheng summoned towering Susanoo and traded attacks that devastated the battlefield.
• Zhou Cheng kicked Madara's Susanoo away from Konoha, then clashed swords with him amid lightning and destructive blasts.
• Kabuto erased the Hokage's emotions, and Minato Namikaze, Tobirama Senju, Hiruzen, and Hashirama Senju attacked Zhou Cheng alongside Madara.
• Asuma ordered a shinobi to alert the village and call for help as Zhou Cheng prepared to show his full strength.

Zhou Cheng fought Madara and the four Hokage, then used the Sword of the Gathering Clouds of Heaven to devastate the battlefield. After night fell, he activated Yachihoko to mature the Nine-Tails, but Obito and Nagato arrived to take it.

• Zhou Cheng used Wood Release Clones and giant wooden constructs to battle Madara and the Hokage, then entered Sage Mode and summoned True Several Thousand Hands against Hashirama Senju.
• After his clones fell and the two wooden Kannons vanished, Zhou Cheng drew the Sword of the Gathering Clouds of Heaven and unleashed a slash that destroyed Madara's Susanoo and battered the Hokage's defenses.
• When the moon rose, Zhou Cheng activated Yachihoko and drew chakra from shinobi across the battlefield, rapidly bringing the Nine-Tails to maturity.
• Obito appeared beside the Fourth Hokage with Nagato, who summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and pierced the Fourth Hokage with a chain.
• Obito and Nagato announced they would take the Nine-Tails and revealed that they had already secured the Three-Tails.

Zhou Cheng awakened the Rinnegan and fought the Ten-Tails as it evolved into its second stage, while Obito and Nagato argued over reviving Madara. The chapter ended with Black Zetsu taking control of Nagato and using Rinne Rebirth to resurrect Madara.

• The Ten-Tails fired a massive Tailed Beast Bomb, and Zhou Cheng deflected it with his Susanoo fused with Wood Release and senjutsu.
• Zhou Cheng's Sharingan and Wood Release fused, awakening his Rinnegan and granting him the Six Paths abilities.
• Zhou Cheng warned the Konoha ninja to retreat, then endured the Ten-Tails' catastrophic attacks as it transformed into its second stage.
• Zhou Cheng's sword strike met the Ten-Tails' next Tailed Beast Bomb, and the explosion destroyed his Susanoo and left him exhausted.
• Obito urged Nagato to revive Madara, but Nagato refused until Black Zetsu took control of him and revealed his intent to resurrect Madara.
• Black Zetsu forced Nagato to perform Rinne Rebirth, and Madara heard his heartbeat as he returned to life.

Obito absorbed the Ten-Tails and became a Six Paths-level Jinchuriki, forcing Madara and the four reincarnated Hokage into a losing fight while Zhou Cheng watched. Zhou Cheng revealed his own Ten-Tails and transformed into a second Jinchuriki, then faced Obito as Kakashi tried to reach him.

• Madara admitted that he had orchestrated Rin's death and her role in his resurrection, so Obito absorbed the Ten-Tails and emerged as its Jinchuriki.
• Obito attacked Madara with Truth-Seeking Orbs, while the four reincarnated Hokage joined the fight and Zhou Cheng sat back to watch.
• The Konoha 15 arrived to check on Zhou Cheng, who told them he had an unused trump card and urged them to stay back.
• Obito's Truth-Seeking Orbs tore apart the four Hokage and drove Madara back before Obito challenged Zhou Cheng.
• Zhou Cheng summoned copies of the nine tailed beasts, fused them into a Ten-Tails, and absorbed it to become a second Six Paths-level Jinchuriki.
• Kakashi appeared and apologized to Obito, who said he knew Rin had thrown herself into Kakashi's Lightning Blade but still intended to destroy the shinobi world and create one where Rin lived.

Zhou Cheng jolted Obito into remembering his dream of becoming Hokage, but Madara and Black Zetsu seized the opening to extract the tailed beasts and restore Madara as the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki. Zhou Cheng awakened true sage eyes and met Hagoromo Otsutsuki, who offered him the true powers of yin and yang to help stop Kaguya.

• Zhou Cheng challenged Obito's belief in a peaceful world by describing the oppression in the Land of Waves and reminded him that he had once wanted to become Hokage.
• Madara and Black Zetsu extracted the tailed beasts from Obito and Nagato, recovered Madara's Rinnegan, and absorbed the beasts into Madara.
• Zhou Cheng empowered his Susanoo with senjutsu and Yang Release chakra, awakening true sage eyes and entering Hagoromo Otsutsuki's mental realm.
• Hagoromo told Zhou Cheng that Kaguya's seal was weakening and that Zhou Cheng was the only person able to stop her from casting Infinite Tsukuyomi again.
• Hagoromo asked Zhou Cheng to hold out his hands and offered him the true powers of yin and yang.

Zhou Cheng reached the Six Paths level, subdued Madara, healed Obito and Nagato, and freed the tailed beasts. He recruited Otsutsuki Kaguya to help face the Ōtsutsuki Clan, then returned to find Madara had escaped and Konoha's army cheering for him.

• Zhou Cheng returned from the space with Six Paths power, transformed the Four Hokage into soul forms, and used the Byakugan's Pressure to pin Madara to the ground.
• Zhou Cheng removed Black Zetsu from Obito, healed Nagato, and explained his plan for peace through unifying the shinobi world under one nation and village.
• Zhou Cheng separated the nine tailed beasts from Madara, stored the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path in his Alternate Dimension, and told Obito and Nagato to watch Madara while the tailed beasts went to Konoha.
• Zhou Cheng met Otsutsuki Kaguya in his Alternate Dimension, revealed that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki was about to be revived, and persuaded her to join forces against the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
• Zhou Cheng returned to find that Madara had escaped Obito and Nagato, then flew to Konoha's army as the ninja cheered for him.

Zhou Cheng attacked Kara and confronted Ōtsutsuki Isshiki after absorbing Kara’s God Tree. With Ōtsutsuki Kaguya at his side, he launched another assault on Isshiki, whose fate remained unresolved.

• Zhou Cheng let the nine tailed beasts choose freedom or to follow him, and they all chose to stay.
• Zhou Cheng went to Kara’s base, crippled Kara’s Inner with Truth-Seeking Orbs, and killed them.
• Jigen revealed Kara’s God Tree, but Zhou Cheng absorbed it and grew more powerful.
• Jigen transformed into Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, and Zhou Cheng replicated Isshiki’s abilities and gained an asterisk-patterned eye.
• Ōtsutsuki Kaguya joined Zhou Cheng, and the two attacked Isshiki, who escaped Zhou Cheng’s shrinking seal.
• Zhou Cheng and Kaguya launched another combined assault on Isshiki with All-Killing Ash Bones and a Yin-Yang Rasengan.

Zhou Cheng and Kaguya defeated Isshiki, ending the Ōtsutsuki threat for the time being. Zhou Cheng then united the Shinobi World under Konoha, ushering in peace and rapid development.

• Zhou Cheng and Kaguya attacked Isshiki together, exploiting his dwindling lifespan until their ninjutsu exhausted it and his body crumbled to dust.
• Zhou Cheng persuaded Kaguya to stay with him, and they appeared above Konoha to a jubilant welcome.
• Zhou Cheng brought Sunagakure, Kirigakure, Kumogakure, and Iwagakure under Konoha's command, renaming them its Wind, Water, Lightning, and Earth Divisions.
• Zhou Cheng established the Shinobi Country, and the unified world enjoyed peace and rapid development.
• A statue of Zhou Cheng was erected on a higher peak of Hokage Rock, and legends about him spread throughout the Shinobi World.