Chapter Summaries

Bai Ye and Pakura met Hagoromo Otsutsuki, Hamura Otsutsuki, and Gamamaru after arriving in the past, and Bai Ye explained how the dragon vein had brought them there. They planned to use the God Tree’s destruction during Hagoromo and Hamura’s fight with Kaguya Otsutsuki to open a way home, leaving Bai Ye and Pakura waiting as night fell.

• Bai Ye revealed that he and Pakura came from the future, and Hagoromo recognized Bai Ye as his descendant through their bloodline resonance.
• Gamamaru confirmed that Hagoromo’s plan to spread chakra had succeeded and asked what had happened to Bai Ye and Pakura.
• Hagoromo reasoned that the dragon vein was linked to the God Tree and said he would try to help them return after fighting Kaguya Otsutsuki.
• Bai Ye withheld details about the future, worried that changing history could prevent his own existence, and told Pakura they could not join the coming battle.
• Gamamaru said the battle’s chakra surge and the God Tree’s destruction might open a spatial portal, and Bai Ye agreed to use his space-time ability to return.

Bai Ye and Pakura returned from the past, where the Sage of Six Paths told Bai Ye about the Ōtsutsuki threat and offered him Six Paths Power, which Bai Ye refused. As Bai Ye headed to intervene in Sunagakure’s war, Shikaku revealed to Konoha’s leaders that Bai Ye planned to unite the shinobi world with Kirigakure as an ally.

• Bai Ye and Pakura watched Hagoromo seal Kaguya with Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei, then returned to their era through a space-time distortion.
• The Sage of Six Paths met Bai Ye in his Consciousness Space, explained the Ōtsutsuki threat, and offered him Six Paths Power, but Bai Ye declined.
• Bai Ye told Pakura that Sunagakure was at war with Konoha and agreed to give her Kirigakure’s prepared material so she could ruin someone’s reputation.
• The Sage of Six Paths confirmed Bai Ye’s return to the Great Toad Sage, who sent Jiraiya back to Konoha with the news.
• Shikaku directed Konoha’s forces to scout Sunagakure and hold the Iwagakure and Kumogakure fronts while Bai Ye handled Sunagakure.
• Shikaku revealed that Bai Ye had planned to unify the shinobi world and had already secured Kirigakure as an ally.

Konoha’s leaders learned the reasoning behind Bai Ye’s war plan and agreed to carry it out now that he had returned. In a Konoha prison, Yugito, Kurotsuchi, Deidara, and the other captives debated whether war would bring their release or put their lives in danger.

• The gathered Konoha leaders worried about the hatred and unrest that could follow a war, and Shikaku explained Bai Ye’s plan for resolving the villages’ hostility before it burdened the next generation.
• The leaders accepted Shikaku’s reasoning and decided to proceed with Bai Ye’s plan now that he had returned.
• In Konoha’s prison, Kurotsuchi celebrated the news that Bai Ye had disappeared and expected to go home soon.
• Deidara warned Kurotsuchi that war could lead Konoha to kill the prisoners or use them as bargaining pieces.
• Yugito agreed that the prisoners could only wait and noted that, as a jinchūriki, she faced particular danger.

Kurotsuchi and the other prisoners learned that Bai Ye had returned, crushing their hopes of being released as tensions with Konoha rose. In Sunagakure, Pakura prepared to expose Rasa’s actions while he planned for war, and she appeared in the Kazekage’s Office as Rasa asked whether Chiyo would join the fight.

• A Konoha visitor told the prisoners that Bai Ye had returned and they would remain imprisoned, leaving them fearful of war with Konoha.
• Pakura learned that Rasa had branded her a rogue ninja and agreed with Bai Ye that she would draw attention while he followed.
• Pakura appeared in the Kazekage’s Office as Rasa and Ebizo discussed Sunagakure’s plans for war and Kirigakure’s refusal to join them.
• Rasa asked whether Chiyo would take part in the war, and a voice nearby asked why she had not been invited.

Pakura returned to Sunagakure and confronted Rasa over selling her out to Kirigakure, while Bai Ye intervened to help her expose the evidence. The villagers turned against Rasa, and Pakura challenged him to a fight to the death.

• Pakura returned to the Kazekage's Office and rejected Rasa's accusation that she had betrayed Sunagakure.
• After Pakura named Kirigakure, Rasa ordered the shinobi to execute her, and she attacked with Scorch Release.
• Bai Ye arrived to protect Pakura and challenged Rasa's confidence in Sunagakure's strength.
• At Bai Ye's urging, Pakura showed the villagers Rasa's sealed letter and other evidence that he had traded her to Kirigakure for peace.
• As the villagers began to distrust Rasa, Pakura declared that only she or Rasa would leave alive.

Pakura killed Rasa after Bai Ye trapped him in genjutsu, and Bai Ye offered to settle Sunagakure’s affairs with Chiyo. After spending a day there, Bai Ye set out to deal with the remaining villages but was stopped on the way to Iwagakure.

• Pakura’s attack left the Sand shinobi torn, but Bai Ye warned them not to intervene.
• Rasa struggled against Pakura, then Bai Ye caught him in genjutsu and Pakura killed him with Scorch Release.
• Bai Ye offered to settle Sunagakure’s affairs, and Chiyo emerged to confront him and Pakura.
• Bai Ye stayed in Sunagakure for a day before traveling to resolve matters with the remaining villages.
• A figure appeared and blocked Bai Ye’s path to Iwagakure.

Konan visited Bai Ye as Konoha’s growing alliance with Sunagakure and Kirigakure unsettled the other villages and threatened the Akatsuki’s plans. She knew that if the villages united and gathered the jinchūriki together, the Akatsuki would have no chance of capturing the tailed beasts.

• Sunagakure announced that Pakura would become Kazekage, that it would merge with Konoha, and that it had settled matters with the Land of Wind.
• Kirigakure announced that it had already reached an agreement with Bai Ye to side with Konoha.
• Kumogakure and Iwagakure were left unsure whether to submit to Konoha or risk a war they could not win.
• The Akatsuki realized that Konoha’s unification of the villages could undermine Nagato’s plan to create peace by capturing the tailed beasts.
• Konan, aware that the Akatsuki could not capture the jinchūriki if they were gathered in one village, approached Bai Ye to discuss something.

Konan realized that Konoha’s influence might fulfill Nagato’s dream without his intervention. Bai Ye revealed that he knew Nagato was nearby and called him out to discuss a deal.

• Konan reflected on how countries had changed after joining Konoha and concluded that Nagato might no longer need to pursue his dream.
• Bai Ye openly acknowledged that he knew Konan’s identity, and she asked what he wanted.
• Bai Ye proposed making a deal with Konan, or with Nagato, and said he might carry out Nagato’s plan himself.
• Bai Ye revealed that he knew Nagato had come with Konan and called out to him.
• Nagato emerged from the shadows in a massive wheelchair.

Bai Ye confronted Nagato about the Akatsuki’s plan, agreeing with its pursuit of peace but arguing that using the Ten-Tails to impose pain would fail. He left Nagato considering Bai Ye’s critique, including his warning that Nagato’s frail body could not sustain the plan for long.

• Nagato questioned how Bai Ye knew so much about the Akatsuki.
• Bai Ye described the Akatsuki’s goal of collecting the tailed beasts and using war’s pain to make people cherish peace.
• Bai Ye told Nagato that he agreed with only part of his approach and said the Ten-Tails plan would inspire people to seek its revival rather than end war.
• Bai Ye argued that lasting peace required unifying the shinobi world and noted that Nagato’s body could not hold out much longer.
• Nagato privately recognized that Bai Ye had noticed his frail condition.

Bai Ye told Nagato that the Rinnegan were not his and explained why they drained his chakra and life force. He revealed his own Six-Tomoe Rinnegan, leaving Nagato and Konan faced with the truth.

• Bai Ye told Nagato that the Rinnegan did not belong to him, and Nagato struggled to dismiss the possibility.
• Bai Ye explained that awakening the Rinnegan required combining Indra's and Asura's powers, which Nagato lacked, and said the eyes drained him because they were not his.
• Bai Ye revealed his Six-Tomoe Rinnegan after his eyes transformed from the Three-Tomoe Sharingan through the Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Konan recognized that Nagato's eyes could not revert to ordinary eyes like Bai Ye's and remained silent as she accepted Bai Ye's claim.

Bai Ye revealed that Nagato’s Rinnegan belonged to Madara Uchiha and that Obito had manipulated Nagato as part of the Eye of the Moon Plan. He offered to save Nagato and bring peace to the Shinobi World, leaving Nagato to decide whether to trust him.

• Konan asked Bai Ye whether Nagato’s eyes were his own and who had given them to him.
• Bai Ye explained that Madara Uchiha owned the Rinnegan, Obito Uchiha was the Masked Man, and Nagato had been used to carry out Madara’s plan.
• Nagato realized Bai Ye’s account fit what he already knew and questioned why Bai Ye was telling him the truth.
• Bai Ye offered to remove Nagato’s Rinnegan, send him to Konoha for treatment, and pursue peace, while asserting that his own Rinnegan was superior.
• Konan considered supporting Bai Ye but left the decision to Nagato.

Nagato accepted that Bai Ye’s Rinnegan and plan were more credible than his own, and decided to abandon his course and go to Konoha. Konan then asked whether Bai Ye could cure Nagato, leaving his fate unresolved.

• Nagato realized his Rinnegan had not originally belonged to him and that he had been used as a pawn.
• Nagato decided to abandon his plan after seeing the countries Bai Ye had liberated and agreeing that Bai Ye’s approach was more effective.
• Nagato told Bai Ye he had come to discuss the situation and was now willing to go to Konoha.
• Konan felt relieved that Nagato would go to Konoha because she believed Bai Ye’s plan was more reliable and feared Nagato would die pursuing his own.
• Konan asked Bai Ye whether he could cure Nagato.

Bai Ye persuaded Nagato to join him by offering to restore his legs, remove his Rinnegan, and let him live to see the peaceful world Bai Ye intended to build. Nagato agreed and prepared to return to Konoha with him, while Bai Ye planned to deal with the remaining villages and other threats.

• Bai Ye offered to use Hashirama Cells to grow Nagato new legs and remove his Rinnegan, estimating that Nagato could live another twenty years if he cared for his health.
• Bai Ye told Nagato he intended to unify the shinobi world and had delayed attacking the Land of Rain so he could offer Nagato a chance to see his peaceful world.
• Nagato agreed to go with Bai Ye, then asked what would happen to Obito and Madara Uchiha's planned resurrection.
• Bai Ye told Nagato to wait and see, explaining that Madara could not return without Rinne Rebirth unless someone used Impure World Reincarnation.
• Nagato accepted that events would no longer be his concern once he returned with Bai Ye, and recalled how Bai Ye's strength had made resistance seem futile.
• Bai Ye planned to deal with the remaining villages, go to the moon to resolve the Ōtsutsuki issue, and then kill Black Zetsu and Obito.

Bai Ye planned to return to Konoha after dealing with Madara and arranged for Nagato to handle matters in the Land of Rain. Meanwhile, A considered an alliance with Ōnoki as Kumogakure faced the prospect of fighting Konoha.

• Bai Ye judged that Madara's Impure World Reincarnation body could be defeated by sealing him and sending his soul away.
• Bai Ye asked Nagato whether he would return to Konoha or pursue other plans, and offered to send a clone with him to deal with Akatsuki.
• Nagato agreed to return and handle matters in the Land of Rain while Bai Ye dealt with Iwagakure and Kumogakure.
• A reacted angrily to the assessment that Kumogakure had little chance against Konoha.
• A considered joining forces with Ōnoki, reasoning that their villages' Jinchūriki and elite troops might help them withstand Konoha.

Samui persuaded A to challenge Bai Ye with the other Kage-level fighters, and Bai Ye’s victory led to the shinobi world’s unification. Decades later, Bai Ye stood on Shinobi Rock as the united world prospered, then heard his children call him home for dinner.

• Samui told A that the shinobi had no realistic chance of defeating Bai Ye and proposed that the Kage-level fighters challenge him together.
• A agreed to Samui’s plan and sent word to Ōnoki before challenging Bai Ye.
• Ōnoki, A, and Killer B challenged Bai Ye, who won, and Iwagakure and Kumogakure merged into Konoha.
• Bai Ye exposed Obito Uchiha and Zetsu’s plans, defeated the resurrected Madara Uchiha, and helped bring peace and unity to the shinobi world.
• Decades later, Bai Ye stood on Shinobi Rock as the Shinobi Alliance governed a peaceful world, and his children called him home for dinner.