Chapter Summaries

Orochimaru used Living Corpse Reincarnation to invade Chiya’s consciousness while Tsunade and Jiraiya sealed their bodies inside the Four Violet Flames Formation. As Orochimaru reached the deepest part of Chiya’s spiritual space, he encountered something that filled him with shock and terror.

• Orochimaru bit Chiya and began Living Corpse Reincarnation while Tsunade and Jiraiya trapped their bodies inside a sealing barrier.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya explained that the plan relied on Orochimaru defeating Chiya in a spiritual battle, while the allied shinobi watched and debated whether to interfere.
• Sasuke ordered Kisame to stay back, insisting Chiya had let Orochimaru enter willingly and was using him as bait.
• Madara threatened the allied forces to prevent them from attacking and dismissed Orochimaru’s chances against Chiya.
• Tsunade noticed Chiya smiling as the cursed seal spread, then realized he had willingly allowed Orochimaru into his mind.
• Orochimaru found no defenses in Chiya’s spiritual space, but froze in terror when he reached the source of Chiya’s soul.

Chiya trapped Orochimaru in his mental world and used Ryūjin Jakka’s Black-Gold Flames to consume his soul, ending Orochimaru’s attempt to take his body. Chiya emerged unharmed from the Four Violet Flames Formation as Orochimaru’s physical remains crumbled to ash, while Jiraiya and Tsunade watched.

• Orochimaru found himself in Chiya’s scorched mental world, where Ryūjin Jakka’s immense blade and Black-Gold Flames suppressed his powers.
• Chiya rejected Orochimaru’s offer to cooperate, and Orochimaru’s soul attack failed against the mental world’s defenses.
• Chiya summoned fiery chains that pierced and restrained Orochimaru, while the system identified his soul as fuel for unlocking Ryūjin Jakka.
• Orochimaru abandoned most of his soul and tried to escape, but Chiya sealed the exit and dragged his remaining essence into Ryūjin Jakka.
• Chiya burned away Orochimaru’s final spiritual remnant and withdrew from the mental world.
• Jiraiya noticed Orochimaru’s chakra signature disappearing as Chiya awoke, tore away the shriveled serpent body, and watched it collapse into ash before looking toward Jiraiya and Tsunade.

Chiya defeated Orochimaru inside his mental space, consumed his soul, and destroyed his body. After escaping the Four Violet Flames Formation, Chiya confronted Jiraiya and Tsunade and prepared to attack.

• Orochimaru tried to escape Chiya’s mental space, but Chiya’s system locked the exit and identified him as soul fuel.
• Orochimaru attacked with spiritual snakes and Triple Rashomon, but Chiya’s hellfire burned through his defenses and consumed his soul.
• The system reported that Orochimaru’s soul energy increased Ryūjin Jakka’s unlock progress, while Sasuke and Kisame watched from the battlefield perimeter.
• Orochimaru’s possession ended, and his body shriveled into ash as Jiraiya and Tsunade realized his chakra signature had vanished.
• Chiya broke the Four Violet Flames Formation by absorbing its purple flames, then faced Jiraiya and Tsunade with Ryūjin Jakka in hand.

After Chiya killed Orochimaru and gained forbidden techniques and a surge of power, the allied forces lost hope of defeating him. Jiraiya prepared a life-consuming burst of Sage Mode to cover Tsunade’s escape, but Chiya declared that no one would leave.

• Chiya learned that Orochimaru’s soul and every cursed seal tied to him had been destroyed, then received an improved Living Corpse Reincarnation technique, forbidden-technique knowledge, and soul fuel that raised Ryūjin Jakka’s unlock percentage to 92%.
• Chiya explained that he had burned away Orochimaru’s soul and used it as nourishment, while his rising reiatsu made the allied forces fear him even more.
• Raikage A, Ōnoki, Mei Terumi, and Gaara recognized that the allied forces could neither defeat Chiya nor safely escape, while Madara warned Kabuto that Chiya had grown stronger.
• Tsunade charged at Chiya to avenge Orochimaru, but Jiraiya stopped her and chose to sacrifice his life by forcing Sage Mode beyond its limits.
• Jiraiya ordered Tsunade to flee and unleashed a surge of senjutsu chakra, but Chiya stepped forward with Ryūjin Jakka and declared that no one would leave.

Chiya overwhelmed Jiraiya by using a perfect Sage Mode and draining the natural energy around them, then prepared to kill him. Might Guy intervened with Daytime Tiger, but Chiya destroyed the attack and challenged him to open the Eighth Gate.

• Jiraiya pushed his Sage Mode beyond its limits and attacked Chiya with Sage Art: Spiraling Twin Spheres.
• Chiya activated Hashirama Senju's perfect Sage Mode, combined it with his Rinnegan, and drained natural energy from the surrounding area.
• The energy loss disrupted Jiraiya's Sage Mode, leaving him injured and kneeling as Chiya knocked Sages Fukasaku and Shima unconscious.
• Jiraiya accepted his death, but Might Guy arrived and struck at Chiya with Daytime Tiger.
• Chiya cut apart Guy's attack with Ryūjin Jakka and challenged him to open the Gate of Death.

Chiya overwhelmed Might Guy and Jiraiya, defeating the two toads who supported Jiraiya’s Sage Mode and leaving him nearly powerless. Jiraiya began a forbidden technique that would consume his life, determined to buy time for Konoha’s retreat.

• Might Guy attacked Chiya with Morning Peacock, but Chiya’s reiatsu barrier blocked the blows and a Flash Step kick sent Guy crashing through four rocky peaks.
• Jiraiya used Sage Art: Hair Needle Senbon, but Chiya’s Susanoo ribcage shattered the hardened needles; Chiya then broke through Jiraiya’s Earth Release defenses and struck his chest, breaking several ribs.
• Fukasaku and Shima used Sage Art: Toad Confrontation Chant, but Chiya resisted the auditory genjutsu and used Shinra Tensei to blast the two toads away.
• Without the toads’ natural energy, Jiraiya lost Sage Mode and collapsed as Chiya approached, while the Konoha forces watched in despair.
• Jiraiya decided to burn his remaining life force and began gathering chakra toward his heart to use a forbidden technique, hoping to give his companions time to retreat.

Chiya killed Jiraiya with Ryūjin Jakka after Jiraiya launched a desperate final attack, then defeated Tsunade when she charged him in rage. He left Tsunade unconscious and challenged the allied forces, who remained too terrified to respond.

• Jiraiya burned through his life force to restore his chakra and attacked Chiya with Needle Jizo and Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan.
• Chiya used Flash Step to evade Jiraiya’s charge, pierced his heart with Ryūjin Jakka, and burned him to ash.
• Tsunade lost control after witnessing Jiraiya’s death and rushed Chiya with a powerful punch.
• Chiya caught Tsunade’s punch, crushed her fingers, struck her abdomen, and lifted her by the neck.
• Chiya displayed the unconscious Tsunade to the allied forces and challenged anyone to oppose him, but no one stepped forward.

Chiya captured Tsunade, forced the Five Great Nations Allied Forces to retreat, and then confronted Madara. Their battle escalated as Chiya countered Madara’s Susanoo and Limbo attacks, while Obito prepared to intervene.

• Chiya ordered Sasuke to bind the unconscious Tsunade and display her on Flame Emperor City's wall.
• Chiya threatened the allied shinobi, and the Five Great Nations Allied Forces fled as Gaara, Ōnoki, and Raikage A withdrew with their forces.
• Chiya refused to pursue the retreating army and walked toward Madara, while Obito and Black Zetsu watched from a cliff.
• Madara attacked with the Majestic Attire Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, but Chiya stopped its sword with Hadō #96: Ittō Kasō.
• Chiya forced Madara's Limbo Clones into visibility and cut them down with Nadegiri before challenging Madara again.
• Obito formed seals as Madara reinforced his Susanoo and prepared to continue fighting Chiya.

Chiya routed the Allied Forces, crippled Tsunade, and defeated Madara’s meteorites before using his summoned skeleton army to drain Madara’s chakra. Obito seized the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and fled with it, and Chiya turned his attention to Obito.

• The Allied Forces fled after seeing Tsunade’s defeat, while Ōnoki and Raikage A retreated with their troops.
• Chiya refused Sasuke’s offer to pursue the fleeing soldiers and ordered Tsunade displayed at the Land of Fire’s border.
• Madara attacked Chiya with two enormous meteorites, but Chiya erased them with Zanka no Tachi, East: Kyokujitsujin.
• Chiya summoned skeletons made from the souls and ashes of his victims, and they swarmed Madara and drained his Impure World Reincarnation chakra.
• Obito used his Rinnegan to take control of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and make it vanish through Reverse Summoning.
• Chiya noticed Obito on the distant cliff and challenged him to act quickly.

Chiya defeated the Allied Forces and drove the surviving leaders into retreat, while Madara escaped Kabuto’s control and Obito resurrected the Ten-Tails. Chiya let Obito become its jinchūriki, preparing to face Six Paths Obito and Madara as Ryūjin Jakka neared its full unlock.

• Chiya’s black-and-gold flames damaged Madara’s reincarnated body and soul as the Allied Forces fled the battlefield, ending the era of the Konoha Sannin.
• Chiya’s system reported that Ryūjin Jakka had reached 95% unlock progress and needed higher-dimensional energy to complete its final upgrade.
• Kabuto tried to release Madara from Impure World Reincarnation, but Madara broke free of his control, and Chiya collapsed the mountain above Kabuto’s cave with a fireball.
• Obito revealed his plan to use an incomplete Ten-Tails, summoned it, and began absorbing it while Madara prepared to fight Chiya.
• Obito emerged as a Six Paths jinchūriki, and Chiya declared the warm-up over as he and Madara readied for a clash of higher-dimensional power.

After Konoha learned that Orochimaru was dead, Jiraiya had been killed, and Tsunade had been captured by Chiya, Shikaku urged the village to appoint a leader amid panic and despair. Kakashi accepted the role of Sixth Acting Hokage and prepared to attend an emergency meeting in the Land of Iron, while Guy resolved to train for their next confrontation.

• Shikaku received confirmation that Orochimaru had been reduced to ashes, Jiraiya had been killed, and Tsunade had been captured and displayed in Flame Emperor City.
• Shikaku used the Shadow Imitation Technique to silence the Daimyō's envoy, then argued that Konoha needed an Acting Hokage to restore order.
• Shikamaru warned Sakura and the other young shinobi that they could not rescue Tsunade by confronting Chiya, whose strength far surpassed theirs.
• Kakashi mourned at the Memorial Stone as Guy tried to comfort him, and Shikaku arrived with the hat and responsibility of Acting Hokage.
• Kakashi accepted the position and agreed to leave for the Land of Iron to represent Konoha at an emergency meeting.
• Guy vowed to prepare to protect Kakashi and to open the Gate of Death if necessary in their next battle with Chiya.

The Five Kage debated whether to surrender or fight Chiya after the Allied Forces’ devastating defeat, but Chiya’s kunai made clear that he intended to kill them. Chiya then approached the Land of Iron alone while Sasuke guarded the perimeter, leaving the Kage facing his imminent attack.

• Raikage A, Ōnoki, Mei Terumi, Gaara, and Kakashi argued over surrendering to Chiya or continuing the fight, with Gaara, Kakashi, and Raikage A refusing to yield.
• Chiya’s black kunai crashed through the conference room ceiling and carried a death threat that convinced Ōnoki that Chiya would accept no surrender.
• Chiya walked toward the Land of Iron after Sasuke reported that he had eliminated all 100,000 White Zetsu.
• Sasuke told Chiya that Obito and Madara were occupied with each other and unable to intervene soon.
• Chiya ordered Sasuke to guard the perimeter and prevent anyone from escaping, then drew Ryūjin Jakka and advanced toward the fortress alone.

Chiya stormed the Land of Iron alone, brushed aside its samurai defenses, and entered the conference room where the Five Kage prepared to fight him. The chapter ended as Kakashi focused his Mangekyō Sharingan on Chiya and the confrontation began.

• Chiya breached the fortress gate and gave the samurai ten seconds to clear his path to the Five Kage.
• Mifune ordered thousands of samurai to attack, but their chakra blades vanished against Chiya’s reiatsu.
• Chiya released a sliver of reiatsu, shattering the samurai’s swords and knocking down nearly all of them.
• The Five Kage readied themselves inside the conference room as Chiya approached.
• Chiya kicked open the doors, faced the Five Kage, and Kakashi locked his Mangekyō Sharingan onto him.

Chiya overpowered the Five Kage in the Land of Iron and began using his Rinnegan to destroy the fortress and surrounding terrain. As the Kage realized they could not stop him, Chiya opened a hole in the sky and unleashed a devastating gravitational attack.

• Kakashi's Kamui failed against Chiya's ocular power, and the backlash left Kakashi injured.
• The Raikage, Ōnoki, Mei Terumi, and Gaara coordinated an attack, but Chiya neutralized their techniques and stopped the Raikage's enhanced punch with one hand.
• Chiya crushed the Raikage's fist, blasted him into rubble, and engulfed the ruined conference room in golden flames.
• The remaining Kage lost their will to fight as Chiya mocked them and declared that he would erase the Land of Iron.
• Chiya's Rinnegan triggered earthquakes and avalanches across the Land of Iron, and he formed a destructive gravitational field above the fortress before flicking his finger downward.

Chiya overwhelmed the Kage at the Land of Iron, severing Raikage A’s remaining arm and defeating Kakashi’s Kamui. When the Ten-Tails’ chakra surged near the Land of Fire, Chiya left the defeated Kage behind and headed toward it.

• Ōnoki enhanced Raikage A with the Ultra-Light-Weight Rock Technique while Kakashi planned to use Kamui to support his attack on Chiya.
• Raikage A unleashed a rapid assault, but Chiya evaded every strike and then used Flash Step to appear behind him.
• Chiya cut off Raikage A’s remaining arm, pinned him beneath his foot, and taunted him as Ōnoki and Mei Terumi lost hope.
• Kakashi’s Kamui failed against Chiya’s reiatsu, and its backlash left Kakashi injured and unable to fight.
• A surge of evil chakra alerted the Kage that the Ten-Tails had been revived; Chiya released Raikage A and departed for the blood-red clouds.

Chiya defeated Ōnoki and the Five Kage’s forces at the Land of Iron, then confronted and killed Obito after he gained Six Paths power. Ryūjin Jakka’s unlock progress reached 100%, leaving Chiya with full access to its power.

• Ōnoki launched Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique while Gaara tried to trap Chiya in sand, but Chiya’s heat erased the attack and left him unharmed.
• Ōnoki fell unconscious, Gaara lost control of his sand, and Kakashi and Mei were left defeated as Chiya’s system panel reported 98% unlock progress.
• Chiya reached the plains and faced Six Paths Obito, who attacked with a Truth-Seeking Orb, Wood Release, and a Tailed Beast Bomb, but Chiya countered each assault.
• Obito trapped them inside the Six Red Yang Formation and formed four Tailed Beast Bombs, but Chiya’s Tenchi Kaijin slash cut through Obito, his Truth-Seeking Orbs, and the barrier.
• Chiya killed Obito, and the System Panel confirmed that Ryūjin Jakka’s unlock progress had reached 100%.

Chiya defeated Kakashi’s Kamui with his Rinnegan, then pinned him to a wall and kept him alive to torment Obito. Enraged by Kakashi’s condition, Obito faced Chiya in the sky as their battle resumed.

• Chiya froze Kakashi’s Kamui distortion, shattered it, and destroyed Kakashi’s Mangekyō Sharingan with the backlash.
• Chiya pierced Kakashi’s shoulder with a beam of reiatsu and pinned him to a stone wall.
• Chiya refused to kill Kakashi, revealing that he wanted Obito to see his friend helpless and suffer despair.
• Obito saw Kakashi bleeding on the wall, lost his composure, and turned his rage toward Chiya.
• Chiya rose to meet Obito in the air, drew Ryūjin Jakka, and slashed at the Truth-Seeking Orb spikes Obito sent at him.

Chiya destroyed Obito’s Truth-Seeking Orbs with the heat of his blade and mocked Obito’s Six Paths power and motives. Obito gathered an Expansive Truth-Seeking Orb to erase Chiya and the Land of Iron, while Chiya stood his ground as the attack reached its limit.

• Chiya vaporized Obito’s five Truth-Seeking Orbs with a single slash, restoring hope among the Allied Shinobi Forces and shocking the Five Kage and Kakashi.
• Obito demanded to know what Chiya had done, and Chiya dismissed the orbs as useless glass balls.
• Chiya accused Obito of hiding from Rin’s death behind the Infinite Tsukuyomi, enraging him.
• Obito launched a barrage of black spikes, but Chiya’s heat vaporized them before they could reach him.
• Obito formed an Expansive Truth-Seeking Orb capable of destroying the Land of Iron, while the shinobi urged Chiya to retreat and Chiya remained still.

Chiya used Zanka no Tachi to vaporize Obito’s Expansive Truth-Seeking Orb and badly wound him. Obito trapped them both in an upgraded Six Red Yang Formation, but Chiya unleashed his reiatsu and the heat of his Bankai as the barrier began to close.

• The Five Kage tried to shield the fortress while Kakashi failed to use Kamui, but Chiya calmly faced Obito’s falling Expansive Truth-Seeking Orb.
• Chiya activated Zanka no Tachi and split the orb with one slash, vaporizing its Ten-Tails chakra and restoring hope to the shinobi army.
• Chiya vanished and struck Obito with a blade wave, badly wounding him and hurling him into a rock wall.
• Obito created an upgraded Six Red Yang Formation around himself and Chiya, sealed the battlefield off from the others, and began burning his chakra to shrink the barrier.
• As the barrier threatened to annihilate everything inside, Chiya remained calm and unleashed his reiatsu and the searing heat of Zanka no Tachi.

Chiya shattered Obito’s Six Red Yang Formation and exposed the guilt behind his plan to create a world with Rin, causing Obito’s mind to collapse. The Ten-Tails consumed Obito, who transformed into a berserk monster and charged at Chiya as Chiya prepared to face it and claim its primordial chakra.

• Chiya’s reiatsu cracked and then shattered the Six Red Yang Formation, leaving Obito’s final trump card useless.
• Chiya confronted Obito about Rin’s wishes and accused him of using Infinite Tsukuyomi to escape responsibility for her death.
• Obito broke down as he remembered Rin’s sacrifice and the destruction he had brought to the world, losing control of the Ten-Tails chakra.
• The Ten-Tails consumed Obito’s remaining reason and transformed him into a monstrous, uncontrollable creature.
• Tsunade, the Five Kage, and the Shinobi Army braced for the Ten-Tails as Kakashi watched Obito’s transformation in anguish.
• The Ten-Tails monster charged at Chiya, who stood ready with Zanka no Tachi and looked forward to devouring its primordial chakra.