Chapter Summaries

Hatake Yuichi retrieved Hoshigakure’s meteorite and returned it to Hatake Ziyan, who learned from the system that it was a Chaos Immortal Stone hidden inside a harmful casing. The system explained its origins and immense cultivation value, but Ziyan still needed to learn how to use it.

• Yuichi dismissed Akahoshi as weak, ordered Koichi to retrieve the meteorite, and advised Kakashi to focus more on swordsmanship before leaving.
• Natsuhiboshi’s son tried to stop Yuichi from taking the village treasure, but Natsuhiboshi slapped him and explained that the meteorite had killed her husband and harmed Hoshigakure’s people.
• Kakashi gave Yuichi a scroll of ninjutsu as payment, and Yuichi passed it to Natsuhiboshi before departing with the meteorite.
• Three days later, Yuichi delivered the meteorite to Ziyan, who gave him a scroll for the four Hatake Clan members to study.
• Ziyan asked the system about the stone, and it identified the meteorite as a Chaos Immortal Stone concealed by a casing that emitted harmful chakra.
• The system explained that the stone’s chaos energy replenished its immortal spiritual energy and could support cultivation from early-stage Heavenly Immortal to Golden Immortal.

Hatake Ziyan learned that a Chaos Immortal Stone had weakened Kaguya Ōtsutsuki and contributed to her sealing, then uncovered the stone and began cultivating with it. After a month, he realized he was consuming its energy faster than it could replenish.

• Hatake Ziyan questioned how a Chaos Immortal Stone could exist in a chakra-based world, and the system explained that Kaguya Ōtsutsuki had absorbed it after the Ten-Tails swallowed it.
• The system said the stone's power weakened Kaguya, and that she had been trying to separate it when Hamura and Hagoromo sealed her; the stone was trapped on the moon before a meteorite knocked it back to the world.
• Hatake Ziyan used his blade to remove the Ten-Tails' flesh and blood from the stone, revealing a small purplish-red Chaos Immortal Stone.
• Hatake Ziyan cultivated with the stone, drawing powerful immortal spiritual energy into his body and dantian.
• After a month, Hatake Ziyan noticed the stone releasing less energy, and the system explained that he was draining it faster than it could refill.

Hatake Ziyan searched the Hatake Clan's depleted ore stores for material to forge an Immortal Sword and found a lump of mystic thunder iron. The system revealed another suitable ore in the Uchiha Clan Compound and two usable weapons that Hatake Ziyan would need to refine.

• Hatake Ziyan asked Yūichi for ore to forge a new weapon, but the Hatake Clan had little top-quality material left.
• Hatake Ziyan inspected the clan's stored ore and found nothing suitable, so he asked the system to scan the Shinobi World.
• The system pointed out a fist-sized black lump beneath a shelf, which Hatake Ziyan identified as mystic thunder iron after hearing the system's explanation.
• Hatake Ziyan decided to keep the mystic thunder iron and stopped asking where Hatake Yuichi's son had found it.
• The system told Hatake Ziyan that another suitable ore was in Konoha's Uchiha Clan Compound and that two other usable materials had already been forged into weapons.

Hatake Ziyan learned that the Uchiha stone tablet was made of rare three-star stone and ordered Yūichi to steal it, along with the Kubikiribōchō. Yūichi set out for Konoha with one companion, while Ziyan was left with an uneasy feeling.

• Hatake Ziyan learned from the system that the Sage of Six Paths’ tablet was made of three-star stone, and that the Kubikiribōchō and Orochimaru’s Kusanagi Sword also contained rare materials he needed for an Immortal Sword.
• Hatake Ziyan ordered Yūichi to infiltrate the Uchiha Clan’s Naka Shrine and steal the tablet, telling him not to draw attention.
• Hatake Ziyan added that Yūichi should detour through the Land of Waves and bring back the Kubikiribōchō.
• Yūichi left for Konoha with one companion, and Hatake Ziyan sensed something was wrong but could not identify what he had forgotten.

Hatake Yuichi entered Konoha with Hatake Long and claimed he had come to retrieve Hatake Ziyan’s belongings from Kakashi’s home. After testing Yuichi’s strength, Hatake Sakumo offered to cover for him, and Yuichi discovered the reason for Sakumo’s suspicion when he entered Ziyan’s room.

• Hatake Yuichi and Hatake Long ate at a Konoha restaurant, where Kakashi recognized Yuichi and asked why he had come.
• Hatake Yuichi said Hatake Ziyan had sent him to collect belongings from Kakashi’s home, and Kakashi escorted him there with Might Guy.
• Hatake Sakumo tested Yuichi with a handshake, and Kakashi realized Yuichi was stronger than his father.
• Hatake Yuichi repeated that he had come only to retrieve Ziyan’s things, while Sakumo offered to vouch for him if needed.
• Hatake Sakumo led Yuichi into Hatake Ziyan’s former bedroom, where Yuichi understood why Sakumo had doubted his explanation.

Hatake Long infiltrated Naka Shrine and replaced the Sage of Six Paths’ original tablet with a copy before leaving Konoha for the Land of Waves. Yūichi stayed with Sakumo, then set out after Long the next morning after receiving his message.

• Yūichi told Sakumo he had come to retrieve something for Hatake Ziyan from the Uchiha Clan, while Sakumo offered him a place to stay.
• Hatake Long entered Naka Shrine at night after watching a man reveal the secret passage, then found the hidden chamber and sealed the original tablet in a scroll.
• Long substituted a copy whose inscription appeared identical to the original to Itachi, then left Konoha for the Land of Waves and signaled Yūichi.
• Tsunade visited Sakumo’s home and questioned Yūichi, but he refused to reveal his mission.
• Yūichi spent the night at Sakumo’s home and left the next morning after reading Long’s message.

After Yūichi returned with the requested items, Hatake Ziyan brought them to the Hatake Clan’s forge and began melting the Kubikiribōchō and Kusanagi Sword while investigating the Three-Star Stone. The stone resisted both earth's core fire and Amaterasu, leaving Hatake Ziyan asking the system for a faster method.

• Yūichi returned to the Land of Iron with the requested items, including the stone tablet containing the Three-Star Stone.
• Hatake Ziyan sent the forge workers away and prepared two furnaces, placing the Kubikiribōchō and Kusanagi Sword inside to melt.
• Hatake Ziyan cut open the stone tablet and uncovered a heavy, watermelon-sized piece of black metal.
• Hatake Ziyan heated the Three-Star Stone with earth's core fire for six hours, but it did not melt.
• Hatake Ziyan used Amaterasu on the stone for two more hours, melting only a tiny droplet, then asked the system how to speed up the process.

Hatake Ziyan discovered he could not melt the three-star stone, so he forged a crude sword from ordinary iron and used other materials to strengthen it. After ten days of hammering the stone into shape, he was left with an unfinished-looking blade and asked the system again for a way to melt it.

• Hatake Ziyan learned that the liquid beneath the three-star stone was not the stone itself and that he could not melt the real material in this world.
• Hatake Ziyan followed the system's suggestion to forge a blade from iron, reinforce it with three other metals, and inscribe a formation; the resulting hammer proved durable and self-repairing.
• Hatake Ziyan softened the three-star stone with Amaterasu and spent ten days hammering it while the noise kept the nearby Hatake Clan members awake.
• Hatake Ziyan finished a crooked, edgeless longsword and asked the system once more whether it could melt the three-star stone.

Hatake Ziyan used Six-Samadhi True Fire to melt the Three-Star Stone and forge his first Immortal Sword. He left the Cave with the sword hidden in his dantian, puzzled that it had caused no lightning tribulation.

• The system suggested Hatake Ziyan make a sword with the three metals, then offered a choice that granted Six-Samadhi True Fire either way.
• Hatake Ziyan chose to keep trying, and the Amaterasu flames turned crimson and melted the Three-Star Stone.
• Hatake Ziyan fused the metals and shaped a flashy longsword that turned pure black after he bled on it.
• Hatake Ziyan felt a deep bond with the sword, tested its power on the lava, and sent it into his dantian.
• Hatake Ziyan left the Cave and questioned the system about the lack of lightning tribulation, while the returning Hatake Clan blacksmiths found the storeroom empty.

During Hatake Ziyan’s three-year seclusion, the Stone Ninja Village and Hidden Cloud Village repeatedly failed to seize Pain’s Rinnegan, while the Akatsuki secured seven tailed beasts. The Akatsuki was left searching for the Eight-Tails and the two halves of the Nine-Tails as the villages kept their jinchūriki hidden.

• Hatake Ziyan spent three years cultivating in his courtyard while the Land of Iron remained neutral and the great villages gradually grew bolder.
• Stone Ninja Village and Hidden Cloud Village forces attacked Amegakure twice to take Pain’s Rinnegan, but Kisame Hoshigaki and the others defeated them.
• Amegakure sent Deidara, Kakuzu, and Kisame Hoshigaki to the Stone Ninja Village, where they seized the sealed Five-Tails and Six-Tails and warned the village not to retaliate.
• The Akatsuki gathered the One-Tail through Seven-Tails, including the beasts Black Zetsu and Uchiha Shin had obtained, and Pain led the group in sealing them over nearly a year.
• The Akatsuki turned its attention to the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails, but the Raikage hid Killer B while the two Nine-Tails jinchūriki remained difficult to locate.

Jiraiya investigated Amegakure after growing suspicious of Nagato's plan to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, but his attempt to confront his former students ended in a fight. While Nagato went alone to capture Killer B, Konoha launched an assault on Amegakure, and Jiraiya's fate remained uncertain.

• Nagato located the moving Giant Turtle after more than half a month of searching and left alone to capture Killer B.
• Kakashi led Guy, Sasuke, and Shikamaru in an attack on Amegakure, with Itachi and Shisui following secretly.
• Jiraiya sent Minato Namikaze medicine from the Land of Iron, then traveled to the Land of Rain to investigate his former students.
• Jiraiya learned that Nagato had killed Hanzō, declared himself a god, and ruled Amegakure alongside Konan, who called herself an Angel.
• Konan brought Jiraiya to Nagato's Six Paths of Pain, and Jiraiya began fighting when persuasion failed.

After Jiraiya was defeated by Nagato and his fate became unknown, he sent Konoha intelligence about the Six Paths of Pain and the tailed beasts they had captured. Tsunade ordered Kakashi and a team to Amegakure to demand answers, and the group considered the danger posed by Akatsuki as they traveled.

• Nagato drove iron rods into Jiraiya's back and kicked him from a tower into the sea, leaving his fate unknown.
• Before losing consciousness, Jiraiya sent Konoha intelligence about Nagato, the Six Paths of Pain, and the tailed beasts Akatsuki had captured.
• Minato decoded Jiraiya's report and gave it to Tsunade, who ordered Kakashi and Guy to lead a team to Amegakure.
• Tsunade instructed the team to demand Jiraiya's whereabouts and the captured tailed beasts, warning that Konoha would retaliate if he was dead.
• As Kakashi's team traveled to Amegakure, Shikamaru reviewed the Akatsuki members' abilities and recognized the scale of the threat.

Kakashi, Guy, Shikamaru, and Sasuke confronted Deidara and Kakuzu at Amegakure after Jiraiya was attacked. Kakuzu asked Kakashi who Hatake Ziyan was to him, then reacted coldly when Kakashi said he belonged to Konoha’s Hatake Clan.

• Kakashi, Guy, Shikamaru, and Sasuke arrived at Amegakure’s gate and challenged its defenders.
• Deidara attacked the Konoha group with two C3 bombs, but Sasuke’s purple arrow struck Deidara’s clay bird after the smoke cleared.
• Kakashi and Sasuke moved to fight Kakuzu and Deidara while Guy and Shikamaru stayed back to watch for other threats.
• Kakashi stabbed Kakuzu through the heart, but Kakuzu survived and counterattacked with Lightning Release: False Darkness.
• A masked creature emerged from Kakuzu and collapsed after its mask shattered, then Kakuzu asked Kakashi about Hatake Ziyan.
• Kakashi said he belonged to Konoha’s Hatake Clan, and Kakuzu raised his head and pointed at him with a cold expression.

Kakashi fought Kakuzu, who had held back because he feared Hatake Ziyan would avenge his grandson. Kakashi destroyed several of Kakuzu’s hearts and masks, then met Kakuzu’s final attack with a powerful downward slash.

• Kakashi teased Kakuzu about Hatake Ziyan before drawing his blade and striking Kakuzu from behind.
• Kakuzu recalled Hatake Ziyan’s fearsome reputation and summoned his remaining masks after Kakashi destroyed two hearts.
• Kakashi cut through Kakuzu’s combined wind-and-fire attack and shattered his lightning mask with his Thunder Flash Three-Strike Slash.
• Kakuzu merged his remaining masks beside his head and launched Earth Grudge Fear: Final Shooting.
• Kakashi raised his blade with both hands and brought it down against Kakuzu’s destructive beam.

Kakashi defeated Kakuzu with a powerful slash but collapsed from chakra exhaustion, while Sasuke fought Deidara and was caught in the blast of Deidara’s ultimate explosion. Itachi searched the devastated area for Sasuke and, unable to find him, prepared to charge toward Amegakure.

• Kakashi split Kakuzu in two with a sword technique, then collapsed, and Guy carried him back to Shikamaru.
• Sasuke used Lightning Release to disable Deidara’s clay bombs, then struck Deidara with Susanoo and Chidori.
• Deidara’s clay decoy exploded beneath Sasuke, but Sasuke appeared behind Deidara and pierced his chest with Chidori Sharp Spear.
• Deidara used the mouth on his chest to consume clay, transformed into a giant, and detonated himself, creating a white Patrick Star that pulverized the surrounding area.
• Itachi activated Susanoo and searched the area for Sasuke but found no trace of him, then prepared to charge toward Amegakure.

Itachi nearly attacked Amegakure after believing Sasuke had been killed, but Sasuke emerged unharmed and Shisui stood down. Meanwhile, Kisame captured Killer B on Turtle Island, only for the Raikage to attack them both as Kisame used Killer B as a hostage.

• Itachi tried to leave for Amegakure to avenge Sasuke, and Shisui blocked him before Sasuke called out that he was alive.
• Sasuke climbed out of a giant python unharmed, and Shikamaru recognized that Shisui and the others had secretly followed them as backup.
• Nagato sent Kisame Hoshigaki to capture the Eight-Tails on Turtle Island, where Kisame trapped the island inside a sphere of water.
• Kisame emerged carrying Killer B, but the Raikage appeared and attacked him before Kisame could escape to the shore.
• Kisame held a kunai to Killer B's throat as a hostage, but the Raikage used Lightning Release: Lariat and charged at both of them.

Kisame was trapped by the Raikage while holding Killer B, but Deva Path Pain arrived and fought the Raikage with the Six Paths. As the Raikage overwhelmed Pain’s forces, Nagato launched Planetary Devastation, leaving the battlefield under its immense pull.

• The Raikage threatened to kill Killer B rather than let Kisame take him, leaving Kisame unsure how to escape with his hostage.
• Deva Path Pain arrived and repelled the Raikage’s Liger Bomb with Shinra Tensei, then faced him with five other Pains.
• The Raikage resisted Pain’s techniques, absorbed the Preta Path’s chakra absorption with brute strength, and disabled the Preta Path.
• Nagato formed a black sphere while the Asura Path distracted the Raikage, who tore the Asura Path apart before Pain activated Planetary Devastation.
• Deva Path Pain threw the sphere into the air, where it unleashed an immense attractive force.

Pain trapped the Raikage with Planetary Devastation before escaping, and the Five Kage agreed to search for Naruto Uzumaki before Pain could reach him. After receiving a letter claiming Naruto had been captured, Kushina tried to leave Konoha, but Minato stopped her and offered to investigate instead.

• Deva Path Pain used Planetary Devastation to trap the Raikage, then withdrew with the other Pains as Kisame Hoshigaki watched from a ship with Killer B.
• The Raikage broke free after Pain had left and returned to the Hidden Cloud Village in a fury.
• Half a month later, the Five Kage met in Konoha and agreed to search for Naruto Uzumaki and stop Pain from capturing him.
• Mei Terumi suggested Naruto might be Pain's next target, and Tsunade said Konoha would capture him if the villages found him.
• After Minato Namikaze and Kushina received a letter about Naruto, Kushina tried to leave Konoha, but Minato warned the message could be a trap and offered to investigate.

Minato followed a lead to a village in the Land of Rice Fields and found Naruto, but Uchiha Shin ambushed and captured him. Shin then called out Kushina, who had followed Minato and was watching from a rooftop.

• Black Zetsu told Uchiha Shin that Nagato had captured the Eight-Tails and that bait had been set for the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Uchiha Shin traveled to the Land of Rice Fields while Minato hurried there to investigate the apparent sighting of his son.
• Minato recognized Naruto training in Nine-Tails Mode, and Uchiha Shin attacked him from behind with Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation.
• Minato's kunai and Rasengan failed to injure Uchiha Shin, who caught Minato in a genjutsu and knocked him unconscious.
• Uchiha Shin carried Minato into the village, revealed that White Zetsu had impersonated Naruto, and threatened Minato to draw out Kushina.
• Kushina appeared on a nearby rooftop after following Minato and witnessing his capture.

Hatake Sakumo rescued Minato from Uchiha Shin, but Nagato arrived with the Six Paths of Pain and blocked Kushina’s escape. Kushina used her Adamantine Sealing Chains to bind the Preta Path, and Sakumo cut him down while continuing to fight Shin.

• Kushina told Shin that the Nine-Tails had detected the fake Naruto and refused to trust his promise to spare Minato.
• Hatake Sakumo appeared, rescued Minato, and protected Kushina from Shin’s Great Fire Annihilation with her Nine-Tails Mode.
• Kushina fled with Minato, but Pain repelled her and the Six Paths blocked her way.
• Pain pulled Kushina toward him as the Preta Path absorbed her Chakra Cloak, but Kushina bound the Preta Path with Adamantine Sealing Chains and restored her cloak.
• Sakumo cut the bound Preta Path in half and returned to keep Shin occupied.