Chapter Summaries

Hidan transformed into Jashin, whose arrival unleashed a terrifying aura across Konoha and incapacitated civilians and ninjas alike. Jashin recognized Su Yu as the source of the blood he craved and offered him eternal life if he became a believer and sacrificed his blood.

• Jashin's aura spread across Konoha, leaving Hiruzen Sarutobi, Kakashi, Naruto, and the Anbu paralyzed with terror while civilians passed out.
• Naruto and the Nine-Tails feared that Jashin's power might threaten the world, but Su Yu stepped forward and reassured Naruto and Kakashi.
• Hidan completed his transformation into Jashin, and ninjas who looked at him suffered blanked minds and bloody tears.
• Jashin recognized Su Yu as the owner of the blood Hidan had sacrificed and resolved to obtain more of it.
• Jashin invited Su Yu to become his believer, promising him eternal life in exchange for his blood.

Jashin revealed that he was a god born from war and death, then demonstrated his power by obliterating Hokage Rock and the mountains behind Konoha. Su Yu remained unfazed, and Jashin fired his next attack directly at him, striking Su Yu’s raised palm.

• Su Yu recognized Jashin as a native deity formed from the bloodshed, resentment, and hatred of war.
• Jashin grew angry when Su Yu laughed at him and unleashed a devastating blast at Hokage Rock, erasing it and the surrounding mountains.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the other ninjas were overwhelmed by the destruction and placed their hopes in Su Yu.
• Jashin demanded to know whether Su Yu feared death, but Su Yu dismissed the blast as too weak to scratch him.
• Jashin fired another black ray directly at Su Yu, and it struck his raised palm.

Su Yu blocked Jashin’s devastating beam and intimidated the evil god into kneeling, then sent him away rather than destroy him. Jashin abandoned Hidan, whose lifeless body fell to the ground, while Hiruzen Sarutobi worried that Konoha had already alienated Su Yu.

• Jashin’s black beam struck Su Yu’s palm without harming him, shocking Jashin and Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Jashin grew frightened by Su Yu’s presence, stopped attacking, and dropped to his knees when Su Yu began to speak.
• Su Yu explained that he could erase Jashin permanently but chose to spare him and ordered him to leave.
• Jashin suppressed his humiliation, decided survival mattered more, and dispersed as black smoke.
• Jashin left Hidan behind, and Hidan’s unsupported body fell lifelessly to the ground.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi realized how powerful Su Yu was and regretted that Danzo had given him a poor impression of Konoha.

After Jashin attacked Konoha and fled from Su Yu, Hiruzen Sarutobi thanked Su Yu for saving the village. Su Yu explained that Jashin could never return, then realized the Akatsuki had apparently sent Jashin specifically after him.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Konoha's recovery efforts and bowed to thank Su Yu for saving the village.
• Su Yu told Kakashi and Naruto that Jashin could no longer reach their world, and explained that Hidan was the Jashin Cult's last follower.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, Sasuke, and Sakura approached Su Yu, who briefly explained Jashin's origins.
• Kakashi worried that other Akatsuki members might summon gods, but Su Yu assured everyone Jashin was the only one and could not return.
• Su Yu noted that Jashin had seemed to target him and remarked that the Akatsuki had nerve after he had warned them not to provoke him.

Su Yu decided to punish Akatsuki for ignoring his warning and accepted Kakashi, Jiraiya, and others joining him. He revealed that Nagato Uzumaki, Jiraiya’s former disciple, was Akatsuki’s public leader and possessed the Rinnegan.

• Su Yu confirmed that he was considering taking action against Akatsuki after its members invaded Konoha and ignored his warning.
• Kakashi asked to accompany Su Yu, and Su Yu agreed, noting that Kakashi and Jiraiya had connections to Akatsuki’s founders.
• Su Yu explained that Akatsuki had a public leader and a hidden leader who knew its true objective.
• Jiraiya suspected that Su Yu meant Nagato, his former disciple who possessed the Rinnegan.
• Su Yu confirmed that Nagato Uzumaki was Akatsuki’s public leader, and Tsunade remembered him as one of the children Jiraiya had taken in during the war.

Su Yu revealed that Obito, whom Kakashi believed had died, was alive and was the Akatsuki’s hidden leader. Kakashi was left reeling as Su Yu pointed out that Obito’s Sharingan had since awakened into a Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Naruto explained to Sakura and Sasuke that the Rinnegan belonged to the legendary Sage of Six Paths, and Jiraiya felt relieved to learn that Nagato was alive.
• Kakashi asked Su Yu who led the Akatsuki from behind the scenes, and Su Yu said it was someone Kakashi knew well.
• Su Yu identified the hidden leader as the person who had given Kakashi the Sharingan in his left eye, and Kakashi realized he meant Obito.
• Tsunade recalled that Obito Uchiha had supposedly died on the battlefield, and Kakashi described how Obito had saved him and given him his eye before being crushed by a boulder.
• Su Yu told Kakashi that Obito was still alive and pointed out that the Sharingan Obito had given him had since awakened into a Mangekyō Sharingan.

Su Yu revealed that Obito had survived Rin's death and explained the Akatsuki's conflicting ambitions to Kakashi and the others. Meanwhile, Kakuzu hid near Konoha, where a sudden cough startled him.

• Kakashi realized that Obito's Mangekyō awakening suggested Obito had been present when Rin died, and he wondered why Obito had not returned to Konoha.
• Su Yu explained that Obito had persuaded Nagato before the Akatsuki formed, with Nagato seeking peace and Obito trying to bring Rin back.
• Su Yu revealed that Nagato intended to impose peace through overwhelming force, while Obito planned to destroy the world to create one where Rin lived.
• Su Yu's clone appeared near Konoha, where Kakuzu waited in a tree for Hidan and prepared to flee if Konoha pursuers arrived.
• Kakuzu heard someone softly cough beside him and was startled because he had been watching his surroundings closely.

Su Yu's clone confronted Kakuzu and told him he was too weak to be worth fighting, but that he had a message for the Akatsuki leader. After Kakuzu taunted him, Su Yu crushed every bone in his body and left him unconscious.

• Kakuzu sensed someone behind him, threw a shuriken, and retreated, but the weapon bounced off an invisible barrier around Su Yu's clone.
• Su Yu's clone identified himself as the reason Kakuzu had come and said Hidan had already failed.
• Kakuzu boasted that Su Yu was too ambitious to stop him, but Su Yu said Kakuzu was too weak to fight and that he had come to deliver a message to the Akatsuki leader.
• When Kakuzu mocked Su Yu's age, Su Yu pinned him down with an overwhelming force.
• Su Yu intensified the pressure until Kakuzu's bones shattered, and Kakuzu passed out.

Su Yu explained that the Akatsuki sought to create Infinite Tsukuyomi by using the Ten-Tails, formed from the nine Tailed Beasts, to turn everyone in the Shinobi World into nourishment for an endless illusion. The group realized they had to stop the Akatsuki themselves, since they could not count on Su Yu to stay.

• Kakuzu woke unharmed after experiencing the pain of having his bones crushed and suspected Itachi's Tsukuyomi had caused it.
• Kakashi asked whether Obito's goal was Tsukuyomi, and Su Yu explained that Obito sought Infinite Tsukuyomi, which would consume everyone's mental energy.
• Su Yu revealed that the Akatsuki's immediate plan was to capture the Tailed Beasts and combine them into the Ten-Tails.
• Naruto asked Kurama whether the nine Tailed Beasts had once been one being, and Kurama confirmed it.
• Su Yu said Obito could use the Ten-Tails to cast Infinite Tsukuyomi and that Nagato wanted its power to subdue the Shinobi World.
• Tsunade, Kakashi, Jiraiya, and the others resolved to stop the Akatsuki themselves, believing Su Yu would eventually leave.

After learning the Akatsuki planned to gather in three days, Su Yu said he would accompany the shinobi to teach the organization a lesson but would not kill its members. Meanwhile, Kakuzu contacted Nagato and reported how Su Yu had defeated him and spared him to deliver a message.

• Su Yu told Kakashi, Jiraiya, and the others that the Akatsuki members would gather in three days, and he planned to go with them without killing anyone.
• Kakashi and Jiraiya planned to accompany Su Yu and try to persuade their former student and friend to change course.
• Kakuzu recovered in a secluded cave and concluded that Su Yu had defeated him with a powerful, unfamiliar illusion technique.
• Kakuzu activated his ring, and Nagato contacted him through the Magic Lantern Body Technique.
• Kakuzu told Nagato that Hidan had disappeared and recounted how Su Yu had knocked him unconscious and spared him to pass on a message.

Nagato learned from Kakuzu that Su Yu had defeated him with an illusion and planned to visit the Akatsuki in Amegakure. Enraged by Su Yu’s insults and confidence, Nagato decided to gather the Akatsuki and face him.

• Nagato questioned how Su Yu had incapacitated Kakuzu without killing him, and Kakuzu explained that Su Yu had sent a message.
• Kakuzu told Nagato that Su Yu had demanded every Akatsuki member gather because he would visit in three days.
• Nagato wondered how Su Yu knew the Akatsuki’s base was in Amegakure, and Kakuzu confirmed Su Yu knew the base’s location.
• Kakuzu relayed Su Yu’s insults about Nagato, and Nagato cut him off in anger.
• Nagato decided to assemble the Akatsuki in Amegakure within two days so he could confront Su Yu.

The Akatsuki assembled in Amegakure after Nagato summoned its members, while Itachi feared the gathering meant a confrontation with Su Yu. Meanwhile, Jiraiya and Kakashi visited Su Yu to discuss the threat Akatsuki posed to the entire Shinobi World.

• Itachi and Kisame entered the Akatsuki’s secret base and saw the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and six figures bearing the Rinnegan.
• The Deva Path announced that everyone had arrived, as the gathered Akatsuki members awaited Nagato’s purpose for summoning them.
• Jiraiya and Kakashi came to Naruto’s home to speak with Su Yu about the Akatsuki and its plan to capture the Tailed Beasts.
• Su Yu recognized their concern, and Jiraiya and Kakashi planned to consult the Hokage before deciding how to respond.

Su Yu brought Jiraiya and Kakashi into the Akatsuki’s cave so Jiraiya could try to persuade Nagato and the others. Jiraiya recognized Yahiko’s face on the Deva Path, and Deidara launched an attack as the confrontation began.

• Jiraiya and Kakashi asked Su Yu to let them try persuading Nagato and the Akatsuki, and Su Yu agreed on the condition that they would still be beaten.
• Nagato gathered the Akatsuki members and told them someone was coming to visit.
• Su Yu transported himself, Jiraiya, and Kakashi into the cave, startling the Akatsuki with their sudden appearance.
• Jiraiya recognized Yahiko in the Deva Path and questioned him about the Rinnegan, while Nagato declared that Yahiko was dead and that he was Pain.
• Deidara mocked the three visitors and attacked with his explosive art.

Su Yu confronted the Akatsuki after Deidara’s clay bombs failed to harm him, then seized Deidara and struck him. Deidara retaliated by detonating a human-sized clay bomb while still held in Su Yu’s grasp.

• Deidara’s clay insects exploded around Su Yu, Jiraiya, and Kakashi Hatake, but an invisible barrier protected them and left the surrounding ground blasted away.
• Su Yu mocked the Akatsuki for attacking first, and Nagato’s attempt to declare the Deva Path a god was interrupted by Su Yu’s laughter.
• Su Yu announced he would beat the Akatsuki members up and chose Deidara as his first target.
• Su Yu used powerful suction to pull Deidara toward him, grabbed him by the throat, and punched him in the stomach.
• Deidara created a human-sized clay bomb, wrapped it around Su Yu, and detonated it while Su Yu still held him.

Su Yu effortlessly erased Deidara’s powerful explosion, shattering Deidara’s confidence in his art. Deidara then consumed all his remaining clay to prepare a ten-kilometer-range suicide bomb, putting everyone nearby in danger.

• Deidara’s powerful bomb exploded around Su Yu, but Su Yu extinguished it before its force could spread.
• Deidara asked Su Yu how he had stopped the explosion, then decided to test his power by risking his life.
• Deidara revealed a mouth on his chest and fed it all his remaining clay.
• Deidara’s body turned transparent as he prepared his ultimate art, a bomb with a ten-kilometer range.
• Kisame and Kakuzu panicked at the bomb’s range, while the Akatsuki members considered how to survive it.

Deidara triggered his C0 self-destruction, forcing the Akatsuki members to raise defenses against its overwhelming power. Su Yu stopped the explosion with one hand, leaving the Akatsuki stunned.

• Kisame fused with Samehada and shielded Itachi, who protected them with Susanoo.
• Sasori summoned the Third Kazekage and formed iron-sand barriers while Kakuzu used his masks and black threads to build a shield.
• Deidara completed his transformation and detonated C0: Self-Destruction.
• Nagato and the others braced for the explosion, but Su Yu covered the blazing energy with his hand and compressed it into a stable sphere.
• The Akatsuki members stared in disbelief at Su Yu's effortless control of the bomb, while Kakashi and Jiraiya remained calm.

Su Yu crushed Deidara’s ultimate art, shocking the Akatsuki and prompting Sasori to reveal his puppet body. Nagato explained his plan to create peace through pain and challenged Jiraiya to stop him.

• Su Yu crushed the energy ball from Deidara’s ultimate art, and Itachi dispelled his Susanoo after the danger passed.
• Sasori split open his outer body and revealed his true form as a red-haired puppet.
• The Deva Path told Jiraiya that Yahiko was dead and that Nagato had taken up his goal of bringing peace.
• Nagato explained that he would make the Shinobi World know pain so people would seek and protect peace.
• Nagato called anyone who stood in his way an enemy and asked Jiraiya whether he would try to stop him.

Nagato tried to persuade Jiraiya to stop opposing his plan, then attacked him when Jiraiya refused. Su Yu blocked Nagato’s Banshō Ten'in, and Nagato ordered Animal Path and Asura Path to attack Su Yu with summoned beasts and missiles.

• Nagato urged Jiraiya to stand aside, but Jiraiya declared that he would stop Nagato even if it cost him his life.
• Nagato used Banshō Ten'in to pull Jiraiya toward him, but Su Yu steadied Jiraiya and nullified the suction.
• Nagato was shocked that Su Yu had countered Banshō Ten'in, while Konan and the other Akatsuki members reacted with disbelief.
• Su Yu mocked Nagato, who sent Animal Path and Asura Path forward to attack him.
• Animal Path summoned a giant dog, a rhinoceros, and a Hell Crab as Asura Path fired a barrage of missiles at Su Yu.

Su Yu effortlessly blocked Nagato’s missiles while Jiraiya and Kakashi moved to stop the summoned beasts from reaching him. Jiraiya defeated the rhinoceros, but Kakashi’s attacks made the Hell Hound multiply until he was left dodging four of them.

• Nagato’s missiles exploded around Su Yu without touching him, and three summoned beasts charged through the smoke.
• Kakashi used Lightning Beast Tracking Fang to stop the Hell Hound, while Jiraiya trapped the rhinoceros in a swamp.
• Jiraiya blasted the struggling rhinoceros with Great Flame Bullet, causing it to vanish in a cloud of smoke.
• The Hell Hound split into more copies whenever Kakashi attacked it, even when he struck it with Lightning Blade.
• Kakashi ended up dodging four Hell Hounds as Jiraiya turned to see him struggling.

Su Yu effortlessly blocked and crushed the Hell Crab’s attacks, then compressed the crab and eight Hell Hounds into two small balls. The Akatsuki members were left intimidated by his overwhelming power.

• The Hell Crab struck Su Yu with its enormous claw, but Su Yu stopped it with one hand.
• Su Yu squeezed the Hell Crab’s claw until its shell shattered, then crushed the creature into a human-head-sized ball.
• The Hell Crab attacked again with its other claw, and Su Yu crushed that claw as well before compressing the rest of its body.
• Su Yu used an invisible force to bind and compress the eight Hell Hounds into another human-head-sized ball.
• The Akatsuki members hesitated to attack Su Yu after seeing how easily he defeated the summoned beasts.