Chapter Summaries

Ōtsutsuki Hisamatsu died after trying to curse the person who had stolen the Giant Tenseigan’s power, and the Ancestor Statue began fighting the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. As a giant sphere descended toward the Ancestor Statue, Retsuo called for Chōmei and Lord Hamura to reconnect to the Giant Tenseigan and use the Gravity Wave.

• Ōtsutsuki Urasei proposed using the Giant Tenseigan’s Mental Link to curse the intruder, and Ōtsutsuki Hisamatsu insisted on doing it alone.
• Ōtsutsuki Hayato and Gamo speculated that the intruder might be connected to the Hyuga Clan, while Hayato said he would investigate when he took Toneri to the Shinobi World to choose a bride.
• Ōtsutsuki Hisamatsu cried out to the Ancestor and collapsed dead, leaving Hayato and Gamo terrified.
• The Ancestor Statue advanced toward the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, which summoned an enormous sphere through a crack in the sky.
• Retsuo ordered Chōmei to increase its Chakra output and told Lord Hamura to reconnect to the Giant Tenseigan and use the Gravity Wave.

Nagato’s Demonic Statue of the Outer Path fought Hamura’s Ancestor Statue while the Giant Tenseigan diverted Tengai Shinsei and repaired the battered stone giant. As the battle left Nagato exhausted, he concluded that Baibian Huashan and the force controlling the Artificial Sun came from the Fake Moon.

• Hamura used the Giant Tenseigan’s gravitational waves to redirect Nagato’s Tengai Shinsei into a lake, then sent the Ancestor Statue to fight the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path overpowered the Ancestor Statue, tore off its left arm, and thrilled Nagato, while Nagato ordered Jūzō Biwa to investigate Land of Hot Water ninja.
• The Ancestor Statue reassembled its arm, and Nagato struggled to sustain the Demonic Statue’s attack as he realized his opponent could outlast him.
• Konan offered to take Nagato’s place, but Nagato said he wanted to identify who controlled the Artificial Sun and the puppets and warships.
• Nagato reasoned that Baibian Huashan had come from the Fake Moon, and Konan realized that his claim to be from the Land of Hot Water had been a lie.

Konan realized Baibian Huashan had come from the moon as Nagato struggled to control the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. A real meteorite struck the moon, nearly destroying the statue and leaving a dangerous wound in space.

• Konan concluded that Baibian Huashan had come from the moon and wondered why he had revealed the Earth-Moon Passage to the Akatsuki Organization.
• Nagato weakened as he fought to maintain control of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, while Pain ordered the Akatsuki Organization to attack together.
• The moon's artificial sky opened, and a meteorite rushed toward the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Ōtsutsuki Hamura warned Retsuo that the meteorite's impact could create an unrepaired spatial rift, then joined the Ancestor Statue in trying to stop it.
• The meteorite struck, nearly splitting the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and burying the Ancestor Statue, while Ōtsutsuki Hayato and Gamo noticed a wound in space.

A Space Rift appeared near the moon after the meteorite assault, and Ōtsutsuki Hisamatsu explained that the Main Family’s Tenseigan had once repaired a similar tear. Nagato survived the attack but found the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path nearly destroyed, while Hamura prepared to show Retsuo how the Tenseigan had sealed the rift.

• Ōtsutsuki Hayato recognized the expanding crack as a Space Rift, and Ōtsutsuki Hisamatsu recounted how the Main Family’s Tenseigan had once repaired one.
• Ōtsutsuki Gamo urged Ōtsutsuki Hisamatsu to conserve her Spirit Body, while she wondered who had confronted her inside the Giant Tenseigan.
• Nagato collapsed and vomited after the attack, then told Konan that the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path was nearly shattered and wondered who had diverted some of the meteorite’s force.
• Nagato asked Konan to continue supporting the Akatsuki Organization and its ideal of peace despite its crisis.
• Ōtsutsuki Hamura said the Space Rift was contained and that they needed to find the next Tenseigan host, then created an image showing how the Main Family had repaired a past rift.

Retsuo questioned Hamura’s plan to sacrifice Tenseigan users to repair Spatial Rifts and resisted choosing a successor before the Otsutsuki threat was addressed. Minato suggested the surviving Kaguya Clan might provide a suitable host, leaving Retsuo to consider the clan’s remaining child.

• Retsuo argued that Hamura’s descendants lacked Sage’s Body and proposed that an Uzumaki or Senju ninja could better withstand the Tenseigan.
• Hamura refused to give the Tenseigan to an outsider and explained that only those who mastered Tenseigan Chakra Mode could use its ocular jutsu; others could only repair Spatial Rifts.
• Retsuo decided not to hand over the Tenseigan yet, reasoning that the Otsutsuki threat would remain and that he wanted no new variables before killing Obito.
• Retsuo weighed his advantage over Obito, believing Minato could learn Hamura’s Space-Time Ninjutsu and make Obito’s Kamui Space useless as a refuge.
• Minato suggested that the Kaguya Clan might have the vast Chakra needed to withstand the Tenseigan and noted that Orochimaru had taken one of its children.

Retsuo returned to Konoha after the battle over the spatial rift and found Orochimaru waiting in the underground God Tree Hall. Their reunion turned into an argument over Orochimaru’s stolen Sage Tooth.

• Minato urged Retsuo to prioritize the spatial rift, while Retsuo joked about selling the Tenseigan and asked where Obito was.
• Retsuo used the Flying Thunder God to return to Konoha and learned that Jiraiya, Shisui, Fugaku, and Yulong had gone after the Kage-level squad in the Land of Rain.
• Retsuo entered the secret chamber and found Orochimaru in the God Tree Hall.
• Orochimaru claimed Pain had sent him to mend relations with Konoha, and Retsuo mocked him about his earlier ambush.
• Orochimaru demanded his Sage Tooth back, saying he had returned to Konoha because Jiraiya promised Retsuo would give it back, but Retsuo refused and asked how to use it.

Retsuo negotiated with Orochimaru for information about Kimimaro and revealed that he had visited the moon, prompting Orochimaru to disclose the lunar intelligence to Kakashi. The chapter ended with Kakashi learning that Retsuo had gone to the moon and realizing how little control the village had over him.

• Retsuo asked Orochimaru about Kimimaro, and Orochimaru agreed to help resolve Ryūchi Cave's demands in exchange for Retsuo's help.
• Orochimaru told Retsuo that Kimimaro was at a secret base in the Land of Rice Fields, and Retsuo said he wanted to save the world.
• Retsuo revealed that he had been to the moon and claimed a figure called Zetsu had told him about the Earth-Moon Passage.
• Kakashi stopped Retsuo on his way out of the village and ordered him to assist Jiraiya, but Retsuo told him to get the lunar intelligence from Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru informed Kakashi that the Earth-Moon Passage was in the Land of Fire, the Akatsuki had been developing the moon, and Pain and Nagato were there.
• Kakashi learned that Retsuo had also visited the moon and lamented that the village had so little control over him.

The narrator woke up feeling unable to face the morning and wanted to go back to sleep. The chapter left the problem unresolved.

• The narrator opened their eyes.
• The narrator wanted to go back to sleep.
• The narrator wondered how to fix the problem.

Retsuo traveled with Kushina, Minato, and Hamura toward the Land of Rice Fields, where Hamura explained the Byakugan’s immense potential. At Orochimaru’s base, Retsuo met Kabuto and discovered that Kimimaro could hear his mental transmission through the barrier.

• Kushina, Minato, and Retsuo argued over Retsuo’s awkward encounter with Kakashi and his decision to reveal the Moon’s intelligence to Konoha.
• Hamura asked about the Hyuga Clan, and Retsuo and Kushina described its combat limits and reliance on the Byakugan for reconnaissance.
• Hamura said Byakugan Chakra was especially suited to manipulating space and souls, prompting Retsuo to question whether the Hyuga Clan’s Byakugan differed from the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s.
• Retsuo reached Orochimaru’s secret base in the Land of Rice Fields and saw the people held there as test subjects.
• Kabuto greeted Retsuo, who clarified that he had come to speak with Kimimaro rather than take him away.
• Kimimaro repeated Retsuo’s mental joke about his face, and Retsuo realized Kimimaro could hear his thoughts through the barrier.

Retsuo tested Kimimaro’s strength and considered him as a candidate to receive Hamura’s Tenseigan eyes, but Kimimaro’s absolute devotion to Orochimaru made him unsuitable. Retsuo found a way to get Kimimaro’s attention by threatening to make Orochimaru undergo gender reassignment surgery, and Kimimaro demanded to know what that meant.

• Kimimaro mistook Retsuo’s expression for hostility and offered to kill him, while Kabuto explained that Kimimaro had survived Orochimaru’s dangerous Cursed Seal experiment.
• Retsuo asked Kabuto for a quiet room and told Kimimaro about the moon, spatial rifts, and the Tenseigan; Kimimaro instead recognized Retsuo as the man who had defeated Orochimaru.
• Kimimaro entered his Cursed Seal state to attack Retsuo, but Retsuo drained his Chakra with Moon Pulling Technique in Water and knocked him unconscious.
• Hamura judged Kimimaro’s aptitude promising but said he could receive the Tenseigan only if he accepted it wholeheartedly, so Retsuo rejected him as a candidate after Kimimaro said he would gladly die for Orochimaru.
• Retsuo pretended to leave and then threatened that Orochimaru would undergo gender reassignment surgery and become Ōrochihime, prompting Kimimaro to stop him and ask what the surgery was.

Retsuo tested whether Kimimaro could make a choice for himself before entrusting him with the Tenseigan. Kimimaro rejected sacrificing his life to save the world, and Retsuo counted his answer as a pass and granted him the eyes for now.

• Kimimaro offered to become Retsuo’s savior, but Retsuo refused and challenged him to consider the value of his own life.
• Retsuo explained that he owed Orochimaru no gratitude simply because Orochimaru had helped him for his own reasons.
• Retsuo asked Kimimaro whether he would still repair the Spatial Rift if the Tenseigan cured his Bloodline Disease, then gave him time to decide.
• Retsuo inspected the Cursed Seal Subjects with Kabuto, who asked about Retsuo’s Sage Mode and learned about the Tenseigan.
• Kimimaro told Retsuo he would sacrifice himself only for a reason he personally accepted, not simply to save the world, and Retsuo counted his answer as passing.

Jiraiya led a Konoha team into Amegakure and confronted three of Nagato’s Rinnegan-wielding bodies, learning that Yahiko was dead and Nagato had turned against his former teacher. The battle began when Jiraiya charged one of the bodies and it used a Summoning Technique.

• Jiraiya and his team searched Amegakure while trying to remain concealed, but the local ninjas noticed them.
• Three Akatsuki members with Rinnegan surrounded the team, and Jiraiya recognized them as bodies controlled by Nagato.
• Nagato revealed that Uchiha Madara had betrayed him and told Jiraiya that Yahiko had been dead for a long time.
• Jiraiya challenged Nagato’s claim that suffering had made him stronger, and Nagato dismissed his former teacher as a mere mortal.
• Jiraiya attacked the broad-bean-eyed body as the Konoha ninjas split to engage the three opponents.
• The broad-bean-eyed body performed a Summoning Technique while braced against the wall.

Jiraiya and Konoha’s fighters battled Nagato’s Summoned Beasts and the Rinnegan-wielding Dazhuang in Rain Village. Dazhuang’s abilities overwhelmed several combatants, and the chapter ended as Akimichi Chōza charged him in Human Bullet Tank form.

• Jiraiya summoned Toad Chū and Iron Arm Toad to help fight the giant Summoned Beasts.
• Dazhuang overpowered Hyuga Hiashi and revealed a mechanical arm that launched missiles at the Uchiha squad and Ino-Shika-Cho.
• Shisui’s Genjutsu failed against the Rinnegan, while Dazhuang absorbed Fugaku’s fireball and Ukyo’s Chakra.
• Fugaku rescued Shisui as Yulong tried to help Ukyo, and Hiashi protected Ino-Shika-Cho from the missile barrage with Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven.
• Dazhuang struck Hiashi and Ino-Shika-Cho with a detached mechanical fist, but Shikaku and Inoichi followed up with their techniques as Chōza charged in Human Bullet Tank form.

Konoha’s fighters struggled against the Pain bodies until Jiraiya recognized Hanzō of the Salamander as Human Path Pain and learned that Nagato had made Yahiko a puppet. Nagato declared that he planned to kill hundreds of millions with a powerful Forbidden Jutsu.

• Akimichi Chōza used the Red pill and Butterfly Transformation to evade Asura Path’s blade, while Nara Shikaku joined him in attacking Dazhuang.
• Animal Path sent Yatagarasu after Chōza’s wings as Might Guy joined the fight against Asura Path and Tsunade prevented the teams from regrouping.
• Hanzō of the Salamander appeared and fought Might Guy, while Jiraiya recognized his scythe and discovered the man had a Rinnegan.
• Human Path Pain revealed that Hanzō had been the first Pain and that Nagato had turned Yahiko into a puppet.
• Jiraiya accused Nagato of betraying Yahiko, and Nagato said he intended to use a Forbidden Jutsu to kill hundreds of millions instantly.

Jiraiya challenged Pain’s plan to end war by distributing Forbidden Jutsu, but the negotiations collapsed when Tsunade joined the battle. Konoha defeated Asura Path and Naraka Path, though Hyuga Hiashi discovered that a hidden mass of Chakra and another figure were watching the Uchiha squad.

• Pain explained that he would give every country a Forbidden Jutsu so fear and shared pain would suppress war, while Jiraiya rejected his reasoning.
• Tsunade joined the battlefield, and Konoha’s forces gained the advantage as she confronted Hanzō of the Salamander and the Uchiha squad attacked Naraka Path.
• Might Guy used Daytime Tiger to destroy Asura Path, then received treatment from Katsuyu.
• Uchiha Yulong transformed into a crow to evade Naraka Path’s Chakra Devour, and the Uchiha squad sliced Naraka Path apart.
• Shisui urged Tsunade to treat Ino-Shika-Cho while the Uchiha squad turned toward Hanzō of the Salamander.
• Hyuga Hiashi noticed Dazhuang’s remains had vanished and used his Byakugan to spot a huge mass of Chakra and another figure hiding nearby.

Jiraiya’s team faced Nagato’s Six Paths of Pain, and Yahiko’s Deva Path nearly defeated Shisui before Fugaku revealed his Susanoo and rescued him. As the group prepared to retreat and Tsunade readied her last resort, Nagato asked why Uchiha Retsuo had not come, deepening Tsunade’s grudge against him.

• Shisui used Susanoo against the newly arrived Animal Path and Deva Path, while Jiraiya recognized that Yahiko might be among Nagato’s puppets.
• Yahiko used Banshō Ten'in to pull Shisui out of his Susanoo, but Fugaku revealed his own Susanoo and caught him before the Six Paths could kill him.
• Deva Path Pain struck Fugaku and Shisui with Shinra Tensei, leaving Shisui’s vision failing and the group struggling to escape.
• Jiraiya offered to hold Nagato back with Tsunade while Fugaku led the others to retreat.
• Tsunade prepared to use the Hundred Healings Technique, then grew furious when Nagato asked why Uchiha Retsuo had not joined the battle.

Uchiha Retsuo arrived as Nagato’s Six Paths of Pain retreated, then warned Konoha’s team that Nagato was likely still coming. Nagato joined forces with Shinnō, who offered to help kill Retsuo in exchange for the chance to destroy him.

• Might Guy prepared to stay behind and open the Eighth Gate, but Retsuo emerged and said it would only let him smash a corpse without harming Nagato’s true body.
• Nagato recalled the Six Paths of Pain and their Summoned Beasts, while Tsunade and the Konoha ninjas treated the wounded.
• A Swift Eagle delivered a scroll revealing the Earth-Moon Passage, Akatsuki’s lunar project, and Retsuo and Orochimaru’s visit to the moon.
• Retsuo urged the team to retreat, suspecting Nagato was approaching with his true body because Deva Path Pain was Yahiko.
• Nagato confronted Shinnō about his betrayal and learned that Shinnō wanted to connect him with the people on the moon and help kill Retsuo.
• Nagato agreed to work with Shinnō, declaring that he wanted to kill Retsuo and demanding Konoha’s Kage-level team in exchange for leaving Shinnō’s Zero-Tails alone.

Nagato caught up with the Konoha group and began fighting them, while Obito appeared as Uchiha Madara and revealed how the Six Paths of Pain worked. The battle split into several matchups, but Nagato and Uchiha Retsuo remained poised for their decisive confrontation.

• Nagato asked Shinnō about Baibian Huashan and challenged the Konoha ninjas, who refused to surrender information.
• Obito appeared through Kamui Space as Uchiha Madara and explained that Nagato controlled six corpses as the Six Paths of Pain.
• Nagato sent the six Paths of Pain against the Konoha group, while Shinnō activated his Regeneration Body and attacked Might Guy.
• Ukyo and Yulong intercepted Shinnō, and Might Guy headed toward Deva Path Pain while the other Konoha ninjas took on the remaining Paths.
• Obito and Black Zetsu watched Uchiha Retsuo from Kamui Space as Retsuo and Nagato stood idle amid the fighting.

Retsuo held back while Konoha's shinobi fought Nagato's Six Paths of Pain, waiting for an opening that would let him strike without letting Nagato escape. After Tsunade's attack forced Nagato to use Shinra Tensei, Retsuo created two hundred shadow clones and trapped Obito inside Kamui Space.

• Obito tried to provoke Retsuo and Nagato into wearing each other down, but both told him to shut up and stayed in place.
• Jiraiya asked Retsuo to help turn the battle, but Retsuo refused and said the other fighters could weaken Nagato by consuming his chakra.
• Fugaku activated Susanoo and fought the Naraka Path and Hell Path while Tsunade charged Nagato with Painful Heavenly Foot.
• Nagato repelled Tsunade with Shinra Tensei, leaving her injured and triggering her hemophobia.
• Retsuo used the brief opening after Shinra Tensei to summon two hundred shadow clones, one of whom entered Kamui Space and blocked Obito's escape.

Uchiha Retsuo used his Shadow Clones and Fugaku’s Susanoo to keep Nagato’s Paths occupied, then defeated Deva Path Pain while Nagato was caught in a long cooldown. Nagato realized Retsuo had sealed Yahiko’s corpse, while Obito and Black Zetsu questioned whether Retsuo had obtained the Nine-Tails or another source of power.

• Nagato summoned Yatagarasu and took to the sky, where Fugaku’s Susanoo attacked him as Retsuo’s clones swarmed the battlefield.
• Nagato pierced Susanoo with a Chakra Rod, while Retsuo ordered his clones to press their attack on the slowed Paths.
• Retsuo’s clones overwhelmed Deva Path Pain, removed its Chakra Rods, and left it a corpse after Nagato’s cooldown ended.
• Obito suspected Retsuo had acquired Shinnō’s artificial Zero-Tails, while Black Zetsu ruled out the Nine-Tails and Minato Namikaze’s soul.
• Retsuo sealed Yahiko’s corpse in a Space Scroll despite Nagato’s demand, and Nagato recognized that the Retsuo who took it was the real one.