Chapter Summaries

Jing Xiu integrated the Rinnegan and underwent a month of transformation while Kimimaro guarded him. Meanwhile, Jiraiya learned of Yahiko’s death and the Uchiha massacre, then sought Tsunade’s help in understanding a prophecy that Jing Xiu and Nagato might destroy the world.

• Jing Xiu nourished the Rinnegan with the Source of Life, implanted it, and entered a month-long transformation in the Body Tempering Furnace.
• Jing Xiu refined his body and power by uniting the Eight Extraordinary Skills, while Kimimaro guarded him in the stone chamber.
• Jiraiya received a prophecy at Mount Myōboku about star-like purple eyes destroying the world, then returned to Konoha and discovered the Uchiha Clan had been wiped out.
• Jiraiya went to the Land of Rain, found no sign of Nagato or Konan, and learned that Yahiko had died in battle.
• Jiraiya found Tsunade in Tanzaku Town and asked her to consider whether Jing Xiu might destroy the world, but she questioned his faith in the Great Toad Sage and asked where the third Sannin was.

Orochimaru fought Hiruzen Sarutobi during the Konoha Crush Plan and lost the use of his hands when Hiruzen used the Reaper Death Seal. Elsewhere, Guren and Seven-Tails Chomei confronted Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki, before two unknown figures appeared and ordered Guren to come with them.

• Orochimaru recalled finding a white snake's shed skin with Hiruzen Sarutobi as a child and their conversation about good fortune and rebirth.
• Orochimaru revealed his ability to transfer into a new body and told Hiruzen that he could keep living through rebirth.
• Hiruzen summoned the Shinigami and sealed the First Hokage's and Second Hokage's Impure World Reincarnation bodies.
• Hiruzen used the Reaper Death Seal to take Orochimaru's hands and their ability to perform ninjutsu before he died.
• Guren and Seven-Tails Chomei encountered Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki, who chose to fight for Konoha again.
• Two figures appeared beside Guren and ordered her to come with them.

The Moon Otsutsuki captured Guren and learned from Akatsuki that Uchiha Jing Xiu was their likely target, while Akatsuki suspected he was hiding in Obito Uchiha’s Kamui Dimension. Obito and Itachi prepared to search for Jing Xiu, and Itachi later returned to Konoha with Kisame Hoshigaki, where Team 8 confronted them.

• Kiyoteru Otsutsuki and Ryusei Otsutsuki arrived in Konoha, captured Guren, and drove Seven-Tails Chomei away while Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki fled.
• Qinghui Otsutsuki and Ryusei Otsutsuki fought Akatsuki, then learned from Konan and Black Zetsu that Uchiha Jing Xiu might have taken Nagato.
• Qinghui Otsutsuki ordered Guren's capture and planned to negotiate with Konoha for two pairs of Byakugan.
• Black Zetsu asked Obito Uchiha to search his Kamui Dimension for Jing Xiu, and Obito agreed to bring only Black Zetsu and Uchiha Itachi.
• Obito delayed their search until Itachi's Mangekyō Sharingan recovered, and Itachi agreed to help find Jing Xiu despite the risk to his eyesight.
• Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki entered Konoha, where Team 8 spotted them and demanded to know what they were plotting.

Jing Xiu continued his Rinnegan gestation in the Kamui Dimension as Black Zetsu and the others discovered him. Kimimaro fought off the intruders and broke free of Itachi’s Tsukuyomi through sheer will, leaving Itachi shaken.

• Itachi defeated Kurenai with the rebound of her genjutsu, while Jing Xiu continued his second Rinnegan gestation, which had lasted almost two months.
• A White Zetsu found Jing Xiu’s hiding place, and Kimimaro spotted tens of thousands of White Zetsu alongside Obito, Black Zetsu, and Itachi.
• Jing Xiu told Kimimaro to return to him if the attackers overwhelmed them, while Kimimaro cleared nearby stone pillars to prepare for battle.
• Itachi opened the fight with Tsukuyomi, trapping Kimimaro in an illusion where he subjected him to ninety-six hours of torture.
• Kimimaro’s willpower endured the illusion and shattered Tsukuyomi, leaving Itachi horrified and asking who he was.

Itachi and Black Zetsu retreated after failing to overcome Kimimaro, who continued guarding Jing Xiu as he cultivated. A week later, Black Zetsu returned with reinforcements, including two Otsutsuki seeking Kimimaro’s Byakugan, and Kimimaro attacked them first.

• Itachi fought Kimimaro with Susanoo but could not gain the advantage, while Obito refused to intervene.
• Black Zetsu called for a retreat, and Kimimaro stayed beside Jing Xiu as Jing Xiu continued developing his Rinnegan and harmonizing the power of his quickening.
• Itachi argued against recruiting Konan and the others, so Black Zetsu decided to seek out two people interested in Kimimaro’s Byakugan.
• After seven quiet days, Black Zetsu returned with Seven-Tails Chomei, Guren, Haku, three cloaked figures, and Kiyoteru Otsutsuki and Ryusei Otsutsuki.
• Kimimaro launched Ten-Finger Drilling Bullets at the entire group, piercing through Ryusei Otsutsuki’s Rotation and threatening both Otsutsuki.

Kimimaro fought the Otsutsuki pair and Uchiha Itachi in the Kamui Dimension, killing Guren, Haku, and Ryusei Otsutsuki before Itachi trapped him in Tsukuyomi. As Kiyoteru Otsutsuki fed Kimimaro a blazing, compressed sun, Black Zetsu entered Jing Xiu’s stone chamber and attacked him.

• Kimimaro killed Guren and Haku with Ten-Finger Drilling Bullets, while Itachi escaped into a flock of crows, Obito became intangible, and Black Zetsu hid in a stone pillar.
• Kimimaro spotted Itachi approaching Jing Xiu and intercepted him, then attacked Kiyoteru Otsutsuki with Gentle Fist: Mystic Gates Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms.
• Itachi’s Amaterasu disrupted Kimimaro’s attack on Kiyoteru, while Kimimaro countered Ryusei Otsutsuki’s charge with Amaterasu Bone Shuriken and bone projectiles.
• Kimimaro defeated Ryusei Otsutsuki with Dance of the Larch, but Itachi caught him in Tsukuyomi as Kiyoteru reached Ryusei and found that he had turned to sand and soil.
• Kiyoteru Otsutsuki compressed a blazing sun to thumb size and sent it into Kimimaro’s mouth, while Black Zetsu entered Jing Xiu’s stone chamber and shouted, “Uchiha Jing Xiu, die!”

Jing Xiu stopped Kiyoteru Otsutsuki from turning Kimimaro into a pill and negotiated a truce that let Kiyoteru return to the moon with information about him. The encounter ended with Obito Uchiha taking Uchiha Itachi and the others away, while Itachi remained unable to avenge his father.

• Obito Uchiha tried to take Jing Xiu's Rinnegan as Uchiha Itachi attacked, but Kiyoteru Otsutsuki burned Obito's arm and hurled Itachi into a stone pillar.
• Jing Xiu appeared beside Kimimaro, bound the power Kiyoteru had implanted in him, and told him to absorb it using the cultivation method he had taught him.
• Jing Xiu struck Black Zetsu with silvery-white lightning and told Kiyoteru to inform the Otsutsuki clan head that he would visit someday.
• Jing Xiu and Kiyoteru agreed to a truce, and Kiyoteru returned to the moon after recognizing Jing Xiu's unstable condition and his ability to counter their techniques.
• Uchiha Itachi lamented that he could not avenge his father, and Obito Uchiha agreed to take Itachi and the others away.

Jing Xiu brought Kimimaro to the Waterfall of Truth on Turtle Island to help him absorb the trace of Otsutsuki bloodline and face his inner wounds. As Kimimaro’s darkness nearly consumed him, a golden light revealed Hamura Otsutsuki’s presence, and a man resembling Kiyoteru Otsutsuki tried to take Kimimaro’s body.

• Jing Xiu comforted Kimimaro after their fight in the Kamui Dimension, then took him to Turtle Island to train at the Waterfall of Truth.
• Jing Xiu explained the waterfall’s trial and watched as Kimimaro confronted a black-eyed version of himself, who voiced the pain of his childhood imprisonment.
• Kimimaro’s anger, fear, and despair intensified until his presence nearly vanished, and Jing Xiu feared the trial had killed him.
• A golden light burst from Kimimaro’s chest, and Jing Xiu recognized the presence of Hamura Otsutsuki within it.
• Inside the illusion, Kimimaro witnessed a man resembling Kiyoteru Otsutsuki leap toward him and declare that he would take Kimimaro’s body.

Jing Xiu helped Kimimaro overcome Kiyoteru Otsutsuki’s consciousness and strengthen his body, then asked him to guard him during his third fetal stirring. Elsewhere, the Five Great Nations and Akatsuki pursued Sasori to force him to help them attack Jing Xiu, and Sasori activated a charged talisman when they cornered him.

• Jing Xiu used talismans and spiritual guidance to help Kimimaro overcome the darkness and absorb Kiyoteru Otsutsuki’s lingering consciousness.
• Jing Xiu used the Body Tempering Furnace and Source of Life to help Kimimaro merge his spine with White Zetsu’s and strengthen his body.
• Kimimaro reported his growing strength and painful Byakugan, and Jing Xiu predicted that he might soon awaken the Tenseigan before asking him to guard the next fetal stirring.
• Black Zetsu and Uchiha Itachi recruited the Five Great Nations to join their plan to hunt Jing Xiu, while Sunagakure required Sasori’s capture to secure Granny Chiyo’s help.
• Uchiha Itachi and six Akatsuki members cornered Sasori and urged him to meet his grandmother, but he refused and accused them of wanting his strength for their attack on Jing Xiu.
• Sasori activated a talisman he had charged with chakra and declared that they had forced him to do it.

Sasori unleashed Jing Xiu’s talisman, summoning thousands of spirits to attack the Akatsuki. The battle left Deidara injured and escaping, while Konan and the others remained surrounded.

• Sasori chanted an incantation and summoned three thousand souls, including famous shinobi such as Mū, Dan Katō, and Hatake Sakumo.
• The summoned spirits overwhelmed the Akatsuki, and Konan ordered the group to retreat as they fought.
• Konan attacked Sasori, but his spirit puppets blocked her paper weapons and his ninjutsu ignited her wings.
• Uchiha Itachi tried to exploit weaknesses in the spirit puppets, but Sasori blocked his ocular power with a puppet shield.
• Kisame Hoshigaki’s physical and water attacks failed to harm the spirits, while Deidara was wounded and escaped with a severed arm.
• Konan prepared to flee with Itachi, but Sasori saw through her plan and called her foolish.

Sasori unleashed his three thousand spirit puppets against the Akatsuki, killing Kakuzu, Hidan, and Kisame before his mind collapsed. As Konan carried the wounded Itachi away with Sasori’s body, Yomi emerged on the battlefield and vowed to conquer the Shinobi World.

• Sasori opened the First Gate and directed his spirit puppets’ attacks at Itachi, Konan, Kakuzu, Hidan, and Kisame.
• Kakuzu was incinerated by the combined Fire and Wind attacks, while the Second Tsuchikage’s forces reduced Hidan to a helpless head.
• Kisame’s Thousand Feeding Sharks overwhelmed the battlefield, but he was ultimately eaten by his own sharks as Sasori’s mind gave out.
• Sasori lost consciousness after apologizing to Jing Xiu, and the three thousand souls in the spirit puppets vanished in response to Yomi’s summons.
• Konan found that Itachi had lost his left arm and collapsed unconscious, then carried him away and ordered Black Zetsu to retrieve Sasori’s body.
• Three days later, Yomi appeared at the battlefield, said a mysterious power had cracked his seal, and vowed to rule the Shinobi World.

Uchiha Jing Xiu mourned Sasori and prepared to face the nations that had declared him an enemy, while the Five Kage and Akatsuki made plans to stop him. As Black Zetsu urged Uchiha Itachi and Obito Uchiha to confront Jing Xiu, Jing Xiu appeared and challenged them.

• Uchiha Jing Xiu visited the place where Sasori died, vowed to punish Zetsu, and left with Kimimaro.
• Jing Xiu learned that Sunagakure’s Baki coveted his Rinnegan and searched a hidden mausoleum for the Third Raikage’s corpse.
• The Five Great Nations’ leaders agreed to meet in the Land of Iron, while Tsunade and Jiraiya discussed Jing Xiu and Konoha’s role in the Uchiha Clan’s destruction.
• Black Zetsu warned Obito Uchiha and Uchiha Itachi that Jing Xiu had likely mastered Six Paths Power and was making Six Paths Puppets.
• Black Zetsu declared that Itachi was Jing Xiu’s destined rival, and Jing Xiu’s voice suddenly challenged him.

Jing Xiu confronted Obito Uchiha and Uchiha Itachi in the underground cavern, subdued Black Zetsu, and took Sasori’s remains. He pursued Obito into the Kamui Dimension, summoned Rin Nohara to guard it, and attacked Obito again after he escaped.

• Uchiha Itachi attacked Jing Xiu with Susanoo, but Jing Xiu removed his bandages and subdued Black Zetsu with an unknown black liquid.
• Kimimaro absorbed Itachi’s sea of fire while Jing Xiu entered the Kamui Dimension and began making a coffin for Sasori’s remains.
• Jing Xiu sealed Sasori’s body in the coffin and stored it in the Devouring Pouch Orb as Obito tried to escape.
• Jing Xiu summoned Rin Nohara in the Kamui Dimension and ordered her to embrace any masked intruder who arrived.
• Obito fled to Konoha’s Heroic Spirits Cemetery, where Jing Xiu appeared and struck him with a Rasengan as Obito vanished from sight.

Jing Xiu took Kakashi’s Kamui Mangekyō Sharingan and defeated Obito, then brought Obito and Rin Nohara to the Land of Waves. He intervened in Itachi and Kimimaro’s fight and struck Itachi down with Sage Art: Palm Thunder.

• Jing Xiu ambushed Kakashi at Obito’s gravestone, took his left eye, and told him to warn Shimura Danzō that stolen power would never belong to him.
• Jing Xiu challenged Obito to trade his Mangekyō Sharingan for Rin Nohara, then endured Obito’s attacks for a day and night before immobilizing him and taking both Kamui eyes.
• Jing Xiu left Obito with ordinary Three-Tomoe Sharingan and took Obito and Rin to the Land of Waves, entrusting the area to them.
• Jing Xiu arrived at the former Kannabi Bridge site, where Itachi and Kimimaro faced off, and told Kimimaro to leave Itachi to him.
• Jing Xiu condemned Itachi for attacking innocent Uchiha clansmen and hit him with Sage Art: Palm Thunder, leaving him charred and incapacitated.

Jing Xiu fought Uchiha Itachi while Jiraiya and Kimimaro struggled over how to protect him. Itachi escaped after using forbidden Sharingan techniques that left Jing Xiu motionless, and Jiraiya offered to take him to Tsunade for treatment.

• Jiraiya confronted Jing Xiu for torturing Itachi, but Jing Xiu reminded him that Itachi had slaughtered thousands of Uchiha, including ordinary people.
• Itachi used Susanoo and Yasaka Magatama to counter Jing Xiu as Jing Xiu tried to take his Mangekyō Sharingan for Sasuke.
• Itachi used Izanagi and another forbidden Sharingan technique, leaving himself blind and Jing Xiu motionless; Kimimaro shielded Jing Xiu while Jiraiya intervened.
• Itachi said no one could save Jing Xiu except one person, then retreated while Kimimaro stayed to guard Jing Xiu from both him and Jiraiya.
• Jiraiya urged Kimimaro to trust Tsunade’s medical skills, while Itachi dismissed the idea and threw down a smoke bomb.

Orochimaru captured the blinded Uchiha Itachi while Jiraiya and Kimimaro faced the arriving Moon Otsutsuki. When Kimimaro revealed the Tenseigan to repel Akari Otsutsuki’s explosive butterfly, the Otsutsuki elders realized their visit had yielded a prize.

• Orochimaru used the smoke from Itachi’s bomb to trap the exhausted, blind Uchiha Itachi inside a summoned snake.
• Kiyoteru Otsutsuki arrived with Nyudo Otsutsuki and Akari Otsutsuki, seeking to devour Kimimaro and gain his power.
• Nyudo and Akari dismissed Jing Xiu and Kimimaro as weak, then Akari sent a chakra butterfly toward Jing Xiu.
• Kimimaro used Rotation to hold back the butterfly, then unleashed the Tenseigan’s repulsive force and knocked it away.
• Akari’s butterfly self-destructed with an explosion, and the Otsutsuki trio recognized that Kimimaro had the Tenseigan.

Kimimaro fought Nyudo Otsutsuki while Jiraiya held off Akari Otsutsuki and entered Sage Mode. The battle remained unresolved as Jiraiya summoned Ma and Pa.

• Akari Otsutsuki demanded Nyudo Otsutsuki give her Kimimaro’s eyes, but Nyudo refused and confronted Kimimaro.
• Jiraiya summoned Gamaken to restrain Akari Otsutsuki’s butterflies while he gathered natural energy for Sage Mode.
• Nyudo Otsutsuki attacked Kimimaro with his crescent moon, but Kimimaro evaded the strikes and appeared beside Jing Xiu.
• Kiyoteru Otsutsuki urged Nyudo Otsutsuki to attack Jing Xiu, so Nyudo directed his crescent moon toward him.
• Kimimaro caught the crescent moon and fired Five-Finger Armor-Piercing Bullets at Nyudo Otsutsuki.
• Jiraiya completed his transformation into Sage Mode and summoned Ma and Pa.

Jing Xiu awakened, stopped Kimimaro and Nyudo Otsutsuki from unleashing their devastating attacks, and trapped Kiyoteru Otsutsuki in a new genjutsu. As Kimimaro prepared to devour Kiyoteru, Jing Xiu turned his attention to the moon and said it was time to return.

• Jiraiya used a Sage Art: Big Ball Rasengan against Akari Otsutsuki's Twin Butterfly Round Mirror, shattering it and prompting Akari to decide she would raze Mount Myōboku.
• Kimimaro struggled to protect Jing Xiu from Nyudo Otsutsuki and began preparing his life-consuming ultimate technique as Nyudo formed a full-moon attack.
• Jing Xiu awakened and effortlessly neutralized Kimimaro's attack and Nyudo's full moon, then encased Nyudo in a black sphere.
• Jing Xiu used Yin Release: Demonic Palace of Stars to trap Kiyoteru Otsutsuki in a genjutsu and told Kimimaro to take him.
• Kimimaro prepared to devour Kiyoteru Otsutsuki, while Jing Xiu looked toward the moon and said it was time to go back.