Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Naruto’s battle with Jiraiya devastated Asakusa, while the Japanese government struggled to control the fires and feared Jiraiya had fallen. After Jiraiya emerged and entered Sage Mode, Uchiha Naruto prepared to turn the arriving forces and aircraft into an audience for his plan to make Tokyo suffer before severing the connection between Earth and Heaven.

• The Japanese government received reports that the fire had devastated the area around Senso-ji, while officials believed Jiraiya had vanished and ordered more forces and aircraft toward the scene.
• Uchiha Naruto watched the True Fire of Samadhi fade and searched for Jiraiya, who burst from underground and resumed their fight on the main hall’s roof.
• Jiraiya accused Uchiha Naruto of disrupting the balance between realms, then entered Sage Mode after Uchiha Naruto taunted him.
• Helicopters arrived and Japanese troops assembled near Senso-ji, giving Uchiha Naruto the audience he wanted for his planned spectacle.
• Uchiha Naruto withdrew his consciousness from Tobi’s body and ordered Obito to make Tokyo feel pain before leaving the stage.

Jiraiya fought Tobi atop Senso-ji, using Sage Mode and a massive Rasengan to destroy the temple and crater Asakusa. Tobi survived with Susanoo and challenged Jiraiya to a third round as the giant towered over Tokyo.

• Jiraiya entered Sage Mode and clashed with Tobi using a heavy chained sword, while Tobi used the Uchiha Gunbai to block his attacks.
• Tobi used Kamui to pass through Jiraiya’s Hair Needle Senbon, and Jiraiya deduced that Tobi had to become solid to attack.
• When Tobi tried to burn the helicopters and distant snipers, Jiraiya interrupted him with a Rasengan and then struck with a Sage Art: Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan.
• The Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan destroyed Senso-ji and flattened the surrounding area, but Jiraiya warned the helicopters that the fight was not over.
• Tobi emerged from the crater inside Susanoo, formed its towering armored body, and challenged Jiraiya to round three.

Jiraiya battled Tobi’s Susanoo with Sage techniques, but Tobi survived by escaping into another dimension and demanded Princess Kaguya. Jiraiya then revealed the Four Red Yang Formation, trapping them together with help from Tsunade, a Fire Temple monk, and the boy possessed by Konohanasakuyahime.

• Tobi manifested a towering Susanoo and clashed with Jiraiya’s Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan, while people across the Sumida River fled and Katori-chan headed toward Asakusa to livestream the battle.
• Jiraiya used the Swamp of the Underworld and the Five-Fire Divine Flame Fan to devastate Susanoo and apparently incinerate Tobi.
• Tobi emerged unharmed from another dimension and struck Jiraiya, then demanded Princess Kaguya and explained that he intended to reunite the Tailed Beasts and reshape the world.
• Jiraiya, badly wounded, taunted Tobi and activated the Four Red Yang Formation with three distant allies.
• Tobi recognized Tsunade to the east, a Fire Temple monk to the south, and the boy possessed by Konohanasakuyahime to the west as the other participants in the formation.

Amami Katori risked her life to livestream Susanoo’s destruction in Tokyo, and Uchiha Senmon saved her from a collapsing bridge before shielding them from the battle’s devastating aftershocks. As Konohanasakuyahime activated the Four Red Yang Formation, the little white beast rushed inside the barrier, leaving Senmon worried about its fate.

• Amami Katori’s livestream audience surged as viewers watched Susanoo rampage through Asakusa and argued over Tokyo’s danger.
• Drawn closer by donations, Katori crossed onto an iron bridge that began breaking apart after Susanoo’s attack, and Uchiha Senmon used Wood Release to hold it up.
• Senmon warned Katori to leave, but the little white beast on his shoulder sensed danger as a golden flash and Five-Fire Divine Flame Fan’s destructive flames swept toward them.
• The little white beast raised an Earth-Style Wall, and Senmon added a Wood Locking Wall to protect himself and Katori from the battle’s aftershocks.
• After the defenses broke, Senmon emerged unharmed and thanked the little white beast, while Katori continued livestreaming the destruction.
• Konohanasakuyahime awakened within Senmon and began forming the Four Red Yang Formation; the little white beast rushed inside just before the barrier closed.

As Tobi trapped Jiraiya and his allies inside an enhanced Four Red Yang Formation, he tried to break through with Susanoo and Kamui Shuriken. Rashomon then appeared to shield the group, opening its gates to reveal a terrifying deity as the battle took a new turn.

• At the command center, Prime Minister Kishida considered sending Japan's forces against Tobi, but the Self-Defense Forces director warned that their chances were negligible.
• Prime Minister Kishida tried to feign another faint, but an opposition legislator forced heart pills on him; officials then reported that Master Chiriku and Princess Tsunade had arrived at the battlefield.
• Jiraiya told Tobi that the Four Red Yang Formation sealed space and prevented him from escaping with Kamui.
• Tobi enlarged Susanoo and attacked the barrier with punches and Yasaka Magatama, but the formation withstood every assault.
• Tobi prepared Kamui Shuriken to break the barrier, but Truth Listener emerged from the earth and Rashomon rose to block the attack.
• Rashomon's gates opened, revealing a black sun and the figure of a supreme deity, while Jiraiya warned Tobi to consider the dog's master.

Jiraiya opened Rashomon and summoned Great King Enma, who overwhelmed Tobi inside the Four Red Yang Formation. Enma used the Reaper Death Seal to tear Tobi’s soul from his body, leaving him dead.

• Susanoo's Kamui Shuriken shattered Rashomon, opening a passage to the Underworld as deathly energy poured into Tokyo.
• A great black sun appeared beyond the gate, and Chiriku identified its ruler as King Kshitigarbha Bodhisattva while Jiraiya named him Great King Enma.
• Jiraiya revealed that he had trapped Tobi inside the Four Red Yang Formation so Enma could confront him, and Tobi attacked the black sun with Kamui Shuriken.
• Enma's black sun absorbed Tobi's attacks, then a pale hand pierced Susanoo and seized Tobi's soul.
• Enma dragged Tobi's soul from his body as Tobi tried to form hand seals and finish declaring his plan, and his lifeless body fell to the ground.

After Tobi’s death, Uchiha Senmon tried to keep the remaining superhumans in Tokyo long enough for the government to question them, but they began returning to their realms. Jiraiya received a decree from Great King Enma, and Senmon’s question about the Ritual of the Lord of Mount Tai ended with Jiraiya realizing he wanted to resurrect the dead.

• The black sun’s giant white hand seized Tobi’s soul, then pointed toward the moon as the Four Red Yang Formation dissolved.
• Uchiha Senmon learned that the government wanted to question the superhumans and tried to persuade Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Chiriku to meet its delegation.
• Tsunade and Chiriku departed, while Jiraiya told Senmon to wait for an envoy from Hell.
• Fire Cart arrived with Great King Enma’s decree for Jiraiya, and the Truth Listener prepared to return to the underworld.
• Konohanasakuyahime manifested to thank Senmon, warned him against falling into darkness, and departed through Rashomon.
• Senmon asked Jiraiya about the Ritual of the Lord of Mount Tai, and Jiraiya asked if he wanted to bring the dead back to life.

Uchiha Senmon asked Jiraiya about using the Ritual of the Lord of Mount Tai to bring back the dead, and learned it could summon souls only through a dangerous life-for-life rite. After Jiraiya sealed Tobi’s body in a coffin, Japanese officials arrived and the Deputy Prime Minister asked about Severing the Connection Between Earth and Heaven.

• Uchiha Senmon begged Jiraiya to explain the Ritual of the Lord of Mount Tai, hoping it might resurrect someone he had lost.
• Jiraiya explained that the ritual could temporarily summon a dead person’s soul into a prepared body, but failed rites could create murderous evil spirits from incomplete souls.
• Uchiha Senmon connected Jiraiya’s warning to the Type B evil spirits and decided to keep the ritual’s secrets from the government.
• Jiraiya closed Tobi’s eye and asked Uchiha Senmon to make a coffin, then angrily knocked it over when Senmon raised it upright.
• The Deputy Prime Minister and other officials arrived by helicopter, along with Mineko Yuki, Doctor Satomi, and others, while Jiraiya placed Tobi’s body in the coffin.
• The Deputy Prime Minister asked Jiraiya about Severing the Connection Between Earth and Heaven, and Jiraiya offered him good news and bad news.

Jiraiya told Japan’s leaders that the Severing of the Connection Between Earth and Heaven would keep Akatsuki’s Kage Level fighters out for at least three years, though supernatural energy and spirits would continue to grow. As Jiraiya prepared to leave, he offered Mineko Yuki formal discipleship and promised Uchiha Senmon a gift, asking which summon creature he wanted to become.

• Jiraiya announced that the Lord of Mount Tai had blocked Akatsuki from projecting Kage Level powerhouses into the present world, but the protection would last at least three years.
• Jiraiya revealed that the moon was causing the supernatural resurgence and warned that spirits would grow stronger and begin appearing beyond Japan.
• Jiraiya rebuked the leaders for expecting other gods to intervene, then nearly accepted their offer of a Kabukicho banquet before golden light began to take him away.
• Jiraiya invited Mineko Yuki to become his formal disciple, and she eagerly accepted.
• Jiraiya sensed Konohanasakuyahime’s scent on Mineko Yuki, then offered Uchiha Senmon a lesson and asked whether he preferred toads, snakes, or slugs.

Jiraiya arranged for Mineko Yuki and Uchiha Senmon to train at Mount Myōboku, while warning Japan’s officials about threats during the coming three-year separation between worlds. After Jiraiya vanished, the Homegrown Faction began planning to use Uchiha’s new status to take control of the Supernatural Countermeasures Headquarters, with the Superintendent General arguing that Konohanasakuyahime no Mikoto stood behind him.

• Uchiha Senmon agreed to learn Sage Transformation and gather intelligence on the Akatsuki, while Jiraiya clarified that he was not taking him as a disciple.
• Mineko Yuki and Uchiha Senmon signed Mount Myōboku’s Summoning Scroll, and Jiraiya warned the officials that the Akatsuki could manipulate mortals and ancient sealed beings might awaken.
• Jiraiya noticed Uchiha Senmon’s name on the scroll and began to react before dissolving into golden motes and vanishing.
• The officials crowded around Mineko Yuki and Uchiha Senmon, then the deputy prime minister proposed replacing the American-backed director of the Supernatural Countermeasures Headquarters with someone from the Homegrown Faction.
• The Superintendent General argued that the Imperial Palace should support their plan because Konohanasakuyahime no Mikoto stood behind Uchiha Senmon.

The Japanese officials considered the political implications of Konohanasakuyahime’s rescue and the power of the Lord of Mount Tai, while Doctor Satomi faced judgment for using the Buddha’s Stone Bowl to extend lives. Fire Cart spared him from immediate punishment and appointed him a temporary soul-reaping envoy, leaving him with a dangerous new power.

• The Deputy Prime Minister told the Superintendent General to invite Uchiha Senmon to Kochuan and assess him for a leadership role in the Supernatural Countermeasures Headquarters.
• The Superintendent General said he had ordered research into the Lord of Mount Tai and the imperial family’s past petitions to him.
• Fire Cart returned through Rashomon and accused Shuichi Satomi of violating the laws of the Underworld by using the Buddha’s Stone Bowl to extend mortal lifespans.
• Satomi confessed, and Fire Cart gave him a black orb that merged into his palm before appointing him a temporary soul-reaping envoy under the Great King Enma.
• Satomi’s palm began drawing in air and chilling nearby soldiers, so Uchiha Senmon raised his hand and told him to wrap the necklace around it, stopping the suction.

After the Asakusa Incident, Japan’s leaders convened religious authorities and scholars to identify the deity who had severed the connection between Earth and Heaven. They accepted that the Lord of Mount Tai, Great King Enma, and Bodhisattva Kshitigarbha were one trinity, then planned a grand sacrifice while searching for Abe no Seimei’s legacy.

• The Prime Minister summoned religious leaders and experts to determine the identity of the deity seen during the Asakusa Incident.
• The Tendai head priest argued that Master Ennin had brought the Lord of Mount Tai to Japan, disputing the claims of Seimei Shrine and Tsuchimikado Shinto.
• Professor Nagayama concluded that the Lord of Mount Tai, Great King Enma, and Bodhisattva Kshitigarbha formed a trinity, and the senior officials accepted his explanation.
• The Prime Minister and other leaders chose to hold the Ritual of the Lord of Mount Tai and asked whether the Onmyodo representatives knew the secret life-extending ritual.
• The Prime Minister dismissed the religious authorities and said he had sent people to search Seimei Shrine for Abe no Seimei’s legacy.

Uchiha Naruto watched Japan prepare a national ritual to worship his Lord of Mount Tai identity, while he focused on the Crimson Moon and the supernatural threat from the moon. At the Prime Minister's Official Residence, the government began publicly revealing the existence of monsters, ghosts, superhumans, sages, and gods.

• Uchiha Naruto reflected on Japan's decision to hold a grand Ritual of the Lord of Mount Tai and why the country's elites feared death and hoped for longer lives.
• Uchiha Naruto explained that he had reassigned Mineko Yuki to Lava Release and given Doctor Satomi Dark Release and the title of soul-reaping emissary.
• Uchiha Naruto identified the Crimson Moon as the remaining threat, withdrew the Akatsuki and other Kage Level powerhouses, and warned that the Akatsuki would return if Japan failed to satisfy him.
• Uchiha Naruto vanished from the Skytree, and Crow One flew south toward Chiyoda Ward.
• A Special Disaster Response Office spokesperson addressed a huge crowd and announced that monsters, ghosts, superhuman individuals, sages, and gods were real.

Japan’s government publicly confirmed the existence of Superhumans and gods, releasing edited footage of supernatural battles and answering questions at a press conference watched around the world. The spokesman hinted at Japan’s ties to the Lord of Mount Tai and revealed that the government had native-born Superhumans, while leaving many truths concealed.

• The Japanese government spokesman confirmed that supernatural incidents had begun in 2007 and introduced footage of Master Chiriku, the Mount Penglai Miko, the Toad Sage, and the Lord of Mount Tai.
• The government presented carefully edited footage that concealed incidents and portrayed its response and alliances in a favorable light.
• The spokesman defended the government’s secrecy and claimed its cooperation with allied Superhumans had helped overcome successive crises.
• The spokesman denied knowing what the giant figures in Sapporo and at Senso-ji were, despite the government having been told they were called Susanoo.
• The spokesman said Japan would hold the Ritual of the Lord of Mount Tai and invite other countries, while implying that the deity belonged to Japan as well as the mainland.
• The spokesman confirmed that Superintendent Uchiha and other native-born Superhumans served the government, and promised new supernatural countermeasures policies.

Japan’s announcement of a hidden supernatural world stunned the globe, prompting public fascination, political maneuvering, and a sudden monster attack in the Han River. As countries raced to secure access to supernatural power, Japan became the center of mounting international pressure and a rush of hopeful foreign visitors.

• The Japanese government’s revelation spread worldwide, and people debated Superhumans while Japanese citizens criticized officials for suppressing earlier incidents.
• Japanese and Korean internet users fought over the Lord of Mount Tai’s origins before news broke that a monster had appeared in the Han River, killing three civilians and injuring one before troops shot it dead.
• Leaders and intelligence agencies around the world recognized that supernatural phenomena were spreading and began seeking information and influence in Japan.
• Major powers summoned Japanese ambassadors and prepared delegations, while secretly sending spies to uncover confidential information about the Ritual of the Lord of Mount Tai.
• Foreign thrill-seekers boarded flights to Japan, hoping to gain supernatural powers and transform their lives.

Uchiha Senmon attended a private banquet with Japan’s senior politicians and financiers, who celebrated the Han River Monster’s appearance abroad and offered him favors after his appointment as director of the Supernatural Countermeasures Department. He left distrustful of their motives and, still searching for the Cabinet member who was possessed, considered killing all twenty-one members.

• Uchiha Senmon attended a lavish dinner at Kochuan with the Superintendent General, Cabinet ministers, and financial conglomerate heads, while trying to identify the possessed politician.
• The guests celebrated the Han River Monster’s appearance in Korea, expecting Japan to profit from other countries’ supernatural crises and raising a toast to the Lord of Mount Tai.
• The Deputy Prime Minister congratulated Uchiha Senmon as the new director, and a conglomerate head offered him a penthouse, which he refused.
• After the guests departed, the Superintendent General told Uchiha Senmon that the Homegrown Faction was preferable to its rivals, even if its members were corrupt.
• Back at the employee apartments, Uchiha Senmon revealed his Two-Tomoe Sharingan and considered killing every member of the Cabinet to ensure the possessed one did not escape.

Uchiha Senmon suppressed his plan to kill the Cabinet while seeking a way to avenge Mikoto and learn the Ritual of the Lord of Mount Tai. As he received classified files about the government’s superhumans, Yuuji Kanbara was offered a highly paid post as abbot of a new temple dedicated to the Lord of Mount Tai.

• Uchiha Senmon weighed killing all twenty-one Cabinet members to avenge Mikoto, then shelved the plan so he could investigate them and pursue the resurrection ritual.
• Uchiha Senmon detected people secretly watching his dormitory and decided not to call Naruto until the next day.
• The deputy prime minister’s secretary delivered top-secret files about the new Supernatural Countermeasures Department and its superhumans to Uchiha Senmon.
• At the former Senso-ji site, a government official told Yuuji Kanbara that the government would build a temple to the Lord of Mount Tai and appoint him its abbot.
• Yuuji Kanbara refused the appointment until the official showed him the abbot’s nine-digit annual salary, prompting him to ask whether he could still chant Amitabha.

Yuuji Kanbara accepted a well-paid position as abbot of the new temple dedicated to the Lord of Mount Tai and learned that a descendant of Abe no Seimei might lead its shrine. Meanwhile, Uchiha Senmon prepared to take charge of the Supernatural Countermeasures Department, rejected an elaborate promotional shoot, and ordered the crew to photograph him as he was.

• Yuuji Kanbara accepted the abbot position after learning that the temple's subsidy came from a private committee, and he asked who would lead the new shrine.
• A government employee told Yuuji Kanbara that a descendant of Abe no Seimei might be appointed chief priest of the shrine.
• Uchiha Senmon traveled with assistant Ichimaru to NHK headquarters, where officials planned a promotional documentary about him.
• Uchiha Senmon refused the crew's elaborate makeover and promotional shoot, asserting his authority by crushing his glasses and intimidating Ichimaru.
• Uchiha Senmon slicked back his hair with hair gel and ordered the crew to photograph him quickly.

Three days after the Asakusa Incident, Uchiha Naruto visited the reopened Takasaki Izakaya and told the Takasaki sisters he was transferring out of Jinguji. After the television revealed his father, Uchiha Senmon, as head of the Supernatural Konoha Military Police Force, Naruto left with his bodyguards, while Takasaki Anzu mourned his departure.

• Takasaki Tsuki reassured her worried sister, Takasaki Anzu, that Uchiha Naruto might simply be away from school after the Asakusa Incident.
• Uchiha Naruto returned to Takasaki Izakaya, asked after Mr. Takasaki, and praised the chicken nanban Takasaki Anzu had made.
• Uchiha Naruto told Takasaki Tsuki he was transferring out of Jinguji and asked her to pass his goodbye to Class B.
• The television announced that Uchiha Senmon would direct the Supernatural Konoha Military Police Force, and Takasaki Tsuki realized he was likely Uchiha Naruto's father.
• Uchiha Naruto said goodbye to the Takasaki sisters and left in a black sedan with his bodyguards, while Takasaki Anzu cried.

Toru Yamashita awoke in 2023, three years before his death in a future apocalypse, after an Osaka court sentenced him to death. Remembering the organization, the King, and the woman he loved, he resolved to escape detention and gain Superhuman power before disaster struck.

• The Osaka High Court overturned Toru Yamashita's life sentence and sentenced him to death, but Toru awoke from what he realized was a memory of his former life.
• Toru learned that it was July 2023 and grieved for Aiko as he accepted that he had reincarnated three years into the past.
• Toru recalled that he would be secretly sent to Yokosuka Port for human experimentation before being rescued and joining the King's organization.
• Toru remembered the apocalypse that would follow the end of Severing the Connection Between Earth and Heaven and vowed to protect Aiko by gaining Superhuman power.
• Toru decided to escape detention before his transfer to prison and prayed to the King, invoking the sovereign of crimson, the Rinnegan, and yin and yang.