Chapter Summaries

Orochimaru offered to use Impure World Reincarnation to summon the deceased predecessors of other villages to help fight Hatake Ziyan, while Minato Namikaze forbade him from summoning Konoha’s dead. The visiting leaders saw Orochimaru summon Hozuki Gengetsu, but they still had to decide whether to entrust their predecessors’ souls to him.

• Orochimaru invited the leaders to bring personal belongings or remains so he could summon their deceased predecessors, and Minato Namikaze told Gekko Hayate he would allow summons for other villages but forbid Orochimaru from disturbing Konoha’s dead.
• Yagura, A, Ōnoki, and other leaders arrived at Orochimaru’s home, where A demanded proof that he could perform the jutsu.
• Yagura supplied a Sealing Scroll and a human sacrifice, and Orochimaru used the former Mizukage’s belongings to summon Hozuki Gengetsu.
• Orochimaru sealed Hozuki Gengetsu in a coffin before the leaders could continue speaking with him.
• A asked whether control of a summoned predecessor could be transferred, and Orochimaru said it was impossible unless they performed the jutsu themselves.

Orochimaru prepared to use his reincarnated army while the shinobi world waited for Hatake Ziyan, and Minato Namikaze arranged for the Ten-Tails to be fused after ten days. At the gathering, Deva Path Pain summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and began extracting the tailed beasts, starting with Gaara.

• Minato Namikaze and Deva Path Pain agreed to fuse the Ten-Tails in ten days, giving Kushina and the other Jinchūriki time to say goodbye to their loved ones.
• Minato Namikaze spent the next ten days with Kushina, while Orochimaru used Impure World Reincarnation to build an army and waited for Hatake Ziyan.
• The Allied Shinobi Forces gathered the nine Jinchūriki and village leaders in the wilderness, including the captured Seven-Tails Jinchuriki Fū.
• Deva Path Pain summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and asked the gathered shinobi to help extract and seal the tailed beasts.
• Yagura proposed which shinobi would assist, and Gaara sat beneath the statue as Deva Path Pain began the Phantom Nine-Dragon Sealing Technique.
• The statue sent illusory dragons into Gaara, causing him agonizing pain as the extraction began.

While the Allied Shinobi Forces sealed the tailed beasts, Hatake Ziyan emerged from seclusion and learned that the shinobi world had united against him and planned to use a Ten-Tails Jinchuriki to kill him. He set off for the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, unconcerned about the other jinchūriki as long as Kushina remained alive.

• Deva Path Pain sealed Gaara and then the Two- through Six-Tails jinchūriki, while Chiyo gave her life to revive Gaara.
• The Raikage handed Fū over for the Seven-Tails sealing, and her pleas did not stop Deva Path Pain from draining her chakra.
• Hatake Ziyan emerged from a month of seclusion and learned that Konoha had led a Shinobi World Conference to plan his death.
• A messenger told Hatake Ziyan that the Fourth Mizukage had proposed creating a Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and that Deva Path Pain was sealing jinchūriki into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Hatake Ziyan learned the sealing was taking place in the Land of Fire, ordered the messenger to defend the Land of Iron, and set off to confront the forces there.

Hatake Ziyan interrupted the sealing of Killer B and confronted Nagato and the assembled shinobi, denying responsibility for attacks on Takigakure and the Stone Ninja Village. As Ziyan overwhelmed the fighters with his aura, Orochimaru summoned dozens of reincarnated shinobi and then raised three more coffins, drawing Minato Namikaze’s furious objection.

• Deva Path Pain began sealing Killer B into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and the Raikage struggled not to intervene.
• Hatake Ziyan appeared atop the statue, stopped the sealing, and accused Nagato of courting death.
• Hatake Ziyan denied causing the attacks on Takigakure and the Stone Ninja Village, but the Raikage remained suspicious.
• Hatake Ziyan released a crushing aura and challenged the Kage-level fighters to attack him.
• At the fighters’ urging, Orochimaru used Impure World Reincarnation to summon dozens of shinobi, then raised three more coffins.
• Minato Namikaze protested Orochimaru’s summoning of the village’s predecessors, and Orochimaru rebuked him.

Orochimaru summoned Hashirama Senju, Tobirama, and Madara Uchiha to help the Shinobi World fight Hatake Ziyan. After learning that the Third Hokage had betrayed Konoha, Hashirama reunited with Ziyan and proposed a sham defeat so he could escape, prompting Tobirama to reprimand him.

• Orochimaru opened three coffins and revealed Hashirama Senju, Tobirama, and Madara Uchiha through Impure World Reincarnation.
• Hashirama greeted Tobirama and Madara, while Madara complained that he had not been brought back to life outright.
• Minato Namikaze explained that Konoha had summoned the three because the Shinobi World faced an enemy it could not defeat.
• Orochimaru and Minato told Hashirama and Tobirama that the Third Hokage had betrayed Konoha and had been killed by Hatake Ziyan.
• The Raikage urged the resurrected men to help defeat Ziyan, and Ziyan greeted them after leaping down from the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Hashirama hugged Ziyan and suggested he pretend to lose and flee, causing Tobirama to shout at his brother to take the situation seriously.

Hatake Ziyan faced accusations from Minato Namikaze and the Allied Shinobi Forces, but Orochimaru seized control of the resurrected shinobi and turned the situation in Ziyan's favor. Hashirama recognized that Ziyan was beyond their ability to stop, leaving Minato and the others forced to stand down as Ziyan demanded a way to end the dispute.

• Hashirama questioned Hatake Ziyan, and Tobirama accepted Ziyan's account but demanded a convincing explanation.
• Minato Namikaze and the Allied Shinobi Forces accused Ziyan of causing the Stone Ninja Village's devastation and urged Tobirama to fight him.
• Tobirama asked Hashirama to face Ziyan, while Ziyan warned Madara against scheming around Deva Path Pain.
• Orochimaru revealed that he had revived the shinobi to help Ziyan, then activated seals to control them, except Hashirama and the other two he had summoned last.
• Hashirama admitted Ziyan was too powerful to stop and asked how he wanted to settle the matter; Minato and the others had to stand down.

Hatake Ziyan chose to spare the gathered leaders and demanded that they clear his name and accept his conditions before he withdrew to the Land of Iron. Kushina refused to leave Minato, so Ziyan let her stay but challenged Minato to survive one attack from him.

• Hatake Ziyan considered the system's two choices and learned that the World-Crossing Talisman could send him to another world or back to his original one.
• Hatake Ziyan demanded that Minato Namikaze and the other leaders publicly clear his name and agree not to plot against him or target the Land of Iron.
• Hatake Ziyan set conditions that included separating and returning the Tailed Beasts, leaving Pain alone unless Pain attacked, taking Orochimaru and Kushina to the Land of Iron, and allowing Konoha residents to leave with him.
• Minato Namikaze and the leaders agreed to Ziyan's conditions, but Ziyan refused Minato's request to let Kushina remain in Konoha.
• Kushina pleaded to stay with Minato, and Hatake Ziyan agreed while ending their bond and telling her not to call him Grandpa Ziyan.
• Hatake Ziyan ordered Minato Namikaze to take one attack from him, saying he would stop acting against Minato if he survived.

Hatake Ziyan extracted the tailed beasts from the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and returned them to the villages’ prepared jinchūriki and vessels. Minato Namikaze then used the Reaper Death Seal against Ziyan, who overpowered the Shinigami and ordered it back to the Underworld.

• Hatake Ziyan warned Nagato not to interfere, forced open the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and extracted and resealed all the tailed beasts for their villages.
• Hatake Ziyan asked Minato Namikaze if he was ready to face him, while Hashirama tried to intervene and Tobirama pulled him back.
• Minato Namikaze released Kushina’s hand, formed the Reaper Death Seal, and explained that he was acting against Ziyan and the Daimyo’s orders.
• The Shinigami reached for Hatake Ziyan, but Ziyan manifested a larger soul body and flung the Shinigami’s hand away.
• Hatake Ziyan ordered the Shinigami to abandon Minato’s soul and return to the Underworld, promising to spare it if it obeyed.

Hatake Ziyan defeated the Reaper, left Konoha with Orochimaru, Haku, Kimimaro, and Jugo, and returned to the Land of Iron. There, Hatake Yuichi warned him that the Five Great Shinobi Villages had united to attack, but Ziyan said he already knew.

• Hatake Ziyan severed the Reaper's right arm, freeing Minato Namikaze, who collapsed after returning to his injured body.
• Kushina carried the unconscious Minato toward Konoha, while Hatake Ziyan prepared to leave with Orochimaru.
• Haku, Kimimaro, and Jugo asked to accompany Hatake Ziyan, and he agreed after the system confirmed they would not count as defectors if Konoha did not issue wanted notices for them.
• Hatake Ziyan brought Orochimaru, Haku, Kimimaro, and Jugo to the Land of Iron and told Hatake Yuichi to arrange lodging and a laboratory.
• Hatake Yuichi warned Hatake Ziyan that the Five Great Shinobi Villages were preparing a campaign against him and the Land of Iron, and Ziyan said he already knew.

Hatake Ziyan returned to the Hatake Compound, where he ended the Land of Iron and Hatake Clan’s preparations for war and rested after his battles. A month later, he met with Sasori, gave him the corpses of the former Jinchūriki, and assigned him a partner while Sasori continued investigating those who had framed Ziyan.

• Hatake Ziyan told Yūichi that he had settled the conflict with the Shinobi World, and Orochimaru and the others confirmed his account.
• Hatake Ziyan ordered Yūichi to stop the Land of Iron and Hatake Clan’s war preparations, then went to sleep from exhaustion.
• Hatake Ziyan spent the next month resting at the Hatake Compound while Sasori investigated the people who had framed him.
• Hatake Ziyan gave Sasori a sealing scroll containing the former Jinchūriki’s corpses and told him to keep investigating.
• Hatake Ziyan said he had assigned Sasori a partner and beckoned for the person to come over.

After Minato Namikaze stepped down and Tsunade became the Fifth Hokage, the Shinobi World returned to uneasy peace while Uchiha Shin, Nagato, and Black Zetsu dealt with their failed plans. Hatake Ziyan secretly prepared to visit Ryūchi Cave to advance his Senjutsu cultivation.

• Orochimaru and Sasori recognized each other, and Hatake Ziyan sent them away to discuss their research together.
• Minato Namikaze's Reaper Death Seal injuries weakened his abilities, and he resigned as Hokage; Tsunade was chosen as the Fifth Hokage.
• Black Zetsu's plan to resurrect Kaguya Otsutsuki was ruined, Uchiha Shin's attempt to control the new Mizukage failed, and Nagato returned to Amegakure to repair the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• After a month in the Land of Iron, Hatake Ziyan decided to visit the Three Great Sage Lands and used Orochimaru's Ryūchi Cave Summoning Scroll.

Hatake Ziyan accidentally summoned the White Snake Sage and the Three Divine Hime, then asked them to take him to Ryūchi Cave so he could practice there. Tagorihime’s Reverse Summoning failed when Hatake Ziyan broke free and injured her, so the White Snake Sage decided to try bringing him herself.

• Hatake Ziyan’s Summoning Technique pulled the White Snake Sage and the Three Divine Hime to the Land of Iron despite their attempts to refuse.
• Hatake Ziyan explained that he wanted to practice in Ryūchi Cave, and the White Snake Sage agreed to help him.
• Hatake Ziyan returned to his clan, informed Hatake Yuichi of his plans, and left a Messenger Snake so he could be contacted.
• Tagorihime used Reverse Summoning to bring Hatake Ziyan to Ryūchi Cave, but he broke free and the backlash injured her.
• The White Snake Sage agreed to use Reverse Summoning herself after another Divine Hime asked whether they should still bring Hatake Ziyan.

Hatake Ziyan accidentally disrupted the White Snake Sage’s reverse summoning, then was transported to Ryūchi Cave when he summoned her and the three divine maidens at the same time. He apologized for injuring Tagorihime and asked to train where natural energy gathered, and Tagitsuhime led him to Manda.

• Hatake Ziyan instinctively broke free of the White Snake Sage’s first reverse summoning, then accidentally summoned her and the three divine maidens to his residence while being reverse summoned to Ryūchi Cave.
• The White Snake Sage and the divine maidens returned to Ryūchi Cave, where Hatake Ziyan explained the summoning mishap and learned that his counterattack had injured Tagorihime.
• Hatake Ziyan apologized to Tagorihime and asked the White Snake Sage to show him where natural energy was most concentrated in Ryūchi Cave.
• The White Snake Sage assigned Tagitsuhime to guide Hatake Ziyan to a natural gathering place and arranged for Manda to carry them.
• Hatake Ziyan met Manda, a giant python with a scar over one eye, outside the cavern.

Hatake Ziyan traveled with Tagitsuhime and Manda to a natural gathering point for natural energy in Ryūchi Cave. He began cultivating there and remained inside for ten days, while the White Snake Sage grew uneasy.

• Hatake Ziyan rode on Manda's head and teased him about his reputation, prompting Manda to decide he would stop demanding sacrifices from Orochimaru.
• Manda carried Hatake Ziyan and Tagitsuhime to the edge of the area described by the White Snake Sage, where Hatake Ziyan continued on alone.
• Tagitsuhime told Manda that Hatake Ziyan was stronger than the person Hamura and Hagoromo had sealed a thousand years earlier, and Manda resolved not to offend him.
• Hatake Ziyan found a pool fed by pure natural energy and sat on a rock beside it to cultivate, drawing the mist into his body.
• Hatake Ziyan remained in cultivation for ten days without eating or drinking, while the White Snake Sage felt increasingly uneasy.

The White Snake Sage discovered that Hatake Ziyan’s natural-energy vortex was rapidly expanding and feared it would fill Ryūchi Cave. Unable to wake him, she summoned Orochimaru to help find a solution.

• After observing Hatake Ziyan’s training, the White Snake Sage saw his natural-energy vortex grow larger and spin faster.
• The White Snake Sage waited another ten days, then tried calling to Hatake Ziyan, but he did not wake.
• The White Snake Sage summoned the Three Divine Hime, and Tagorihime suggested bringing Orochimaru to help.
• The White Snake Sage summoned Orochimaru, who appeared holding a scalpel and greeted her and the Three Divine Hime.

Orochimaru and the White Snake Sage tried to find a way to reach Hatake Ziyan through the natural-energy mist, but their first attempts failed. After the White Snake Sage's puppet exploded near Ziyan, the mist rushed into him, leaving everyone except her unable to approach.

• The White Snake Sage told Orochimaru that Hatake Ziyan was asleep inside a vast natural-energy mist and asked him to find a way to wake him.
• Orochimaru reached into the mist, began turning to stone, and escaped using his unique Substitution Technique.
• Orochimaru brought Sasori and a Human Puppet to Ryūchi Cave, but the mist corroded Sasori's Chakra Threads and disrupted his control.
• The White Snake Sage used her own Chakra Thread to send Sasori's puppet toward Hatake Ziyan, but it exploded when it came within fifty meters of him.
• The mist rapidly converged on Hatake Ziyan and entered his mouth, while the others stopped more than ten meters away and only the White Snake Sage approached.

Hatake Ziyan finished cultivating in Ryūchi Cave, alarming the White Snake Sage after his training visibly drained the natural energy pool. He revealed that switching to upgraded cultivation techniques had lowered his apparent level but increased his combat power, and the White Snake Sage urged him to find another place to train.

• Hatake Ziyan exhaled a breath powerful enough to punch a deep hole in the stone wall, then asked why the others had sent a puppet toward him.
• The White Snake Sage explained that Hatake Ziyan's cultivation had created a dangerous natural energy vortex, while Orochimaru confirmed they had sent Sasori's puppet to wake him.
• The White Snake Sage pleaded with Hatake Ziyan not to keep cultivating in Ryūchi Cave and offered to contact Mount Myōboku or Shikkotsu Forest instead.
• Hatake Ziyan realized his month of cultivation had visibly depleted the pool, but said its energy was inefficient to refine and had brought him little progress.
• Hatake Ziyan explained that he had upgraded the Simplified Nine Turns Mysterious Technique and Simplified Pangu Visualization Method, and that the conversions lowered his apparent strength to the peak of the Six Paths Level while boosting his combat power by at least thirty percent.

After completing his new cultivation method, Hatake Ziyan chose to remain in the Naruto world and received the location of a cultivation treasure: a special stone in Hoshigakure. He sent Yūichi to retrieve it, while Team Kakashi also headed for the village, and Yūichi arrived at Hoshigakure’s outskirts.

• Hatake Ziyan left Ryūchi Cave after assuring the White Snake Sage that he no longer needed to cultivate there, and Orochimaru and Sasori returned to the Land of Iron.
• The system offered Hatake Ziyan a choice between traveling to another world for a cultivation breakthrough or staying to learn a treasure’s location, and he chose to stay.
• Hatake Ziyan learned that the treasure was a special stone in Hoshigakure and ordered Yūichi to bring it back to the Land of Iron.
• Yūichi left with three clan members to retrieve the stone, while Team Kakashi also traveled toward Hoshigakure.
• Three days later, Yūichi studied the misty cliff on the outskirts of Hoshigakure.

Hatake Yuichi and his companions crossed the poisonous fog to reach Hoshigakure, while Kakashi’s team found a safer way across. Yuichi learned that Akahoshi had seized the meteorite after killing the Third Hoshikage and offered to help Natsuhiboshi put down the rebellion in exchange for it.

• Hatake Yuichi used a modified Wind Cutter to open a path through the poisonous fog, and he and his three companions reached Hoshigakure.
• Hinata detected the poisonous fog, and Kakashi stopped Sasuke from stepping into it after an eagle died in the mist.
• Sai summoned ink eagles, and Kakashi, Hinata, Sasuke, and Sai rode them toward Hoshigakure.
• Natsuhiboshi told Hatake Yuichi that Akahoshi and his allies had killed the Third Hoshikage and seized the meteorite.
• Hatake Yuichi offered to help end the rebellion in exchange for the meteorite, and Natsuhiboshi agreed.

Hatake Yuichi and his companions joined Natsuhiboshi and Kakashi to confront Akahoshi, with Yuichi revealing he was Kakashi’s uncle. The Hatake clansmen swiftly killed Akahoshi and his two men, leaving the group to retrieve the meteorite and report back to Lord Ziyan.

• Hatake Yuichi agreed to help Natsuhiboshi defeat the rebels in exchange for the meteorite, and Kakashi arrived with his team to fulfill Hoshigakure’s commission.
• Yuichi introduced himself to Kakashi as his uncle, then Natsuhiboshi led the group to Akahoshi’s training area.
• Hinata used her Byakugan to spot three people and an energy-emitting object inside a house, while Sasuke guarded her from Yuichi.
• Three Hatake clansmen charged at Akahoshi’s house and split it open with a sword aura, forcing Akahoshi and his two men to fly out using the Mysterious Peacock Method.
• The Hatake clansmen used their swordsmanship to cut off Akahoshi and his men’s heads before they could finish forming hand seals.