Chapter Summaries

Xia Yan unleashed his Jōgan Chakra Mode and battled Ōtsutsuki Zhenye on the moon, while Nagato questioned his alliance with Madara Uchiha and considered seeking help from Xia Yan. As Ōtsutsuki Zhenye prepared to fire the Tenseigan’s Starfall, Xia Yan summoned his ultimate technique, True Several Thousand Hands.

• Xia Yan’s attacks clashed with Ōtsutsuki Zhenye’s Yin-Yang Release techniques, and Fivefold Rashomon blocked the worst of their shock wave.
• Xia Yan summoned a Wooden Golem and Wood Dragon, while Ōtsutsuki Zhenye countered with the Stone Statue Summoning Technique.
• Nagato discovered that Black Zetsu and Madara Uchiha had hidden something inside his body and began doubting their plans for peace.
• Nagato decided he might seek answers from the hidden tailed-beast wielder and Senju Natsuhiko, while Kakashi continued guarding Xia Yan’s cave and covering for his absence.
• Xia Yan and Ōtsutsuki Zhenye continued fighting until Ōtsutsuki Zhenye, near death, activated Tenseigan: Starfall.
• Xia Yan gathered his remaining chakra and unleashed Yin-Yang Release: Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands.

Xia Yan used Impure World Reincarnation to summon Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju while he struggled to recover inside the devastated moon. After explaining Konoha’s history and his own rise to Hokage, he told them he needed their protection and help.

• Xia Yan found two barely living, blind Ōtsutsuki survivors and used Impure World Reincarnation to revive Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju.
• Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju recognized Xia Yan as Konoha’s Fifth Hokage, and Xia Yan introduced himself as Senju Natsuhiko.
• Xia Yan explained that Konoha was in its fifty-second year, described the succession of Hokage, and recounted his conflict with Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō.
• Hashirama Senju wondered whether Xia Yan was Tsunade’s child because of his Wood Release, but Xia Yan denied being related to her.
• Xia Yan told Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju that they were on the moon and that he had summoned them to protect him and help with his situation.

After recovering from the battle on the moon, Xia Yan relied on Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju to reach Hamura Shrine, where they found food, water, and surviving inhabitants. As the three explored the shrine and discussed returning to Konoha, Xia Yan revealed that he knew a forbidden technique capable of restoring the dead to life, including those summoned through Impure World Reincarnation.

• Xia Yan woke among the corpses of Ōtsutsuki captives and learned Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju had questioned the survivors about the moon and its Tenseigan.
• After Tobirama Senju reported that they could find neither food nor a route up to the floating shrine, he proposed that Hashirama Senju launch him with the Wooden Golem so he could use Shadow Clones and Flying Thunder God to reach it.
• Tobirama Senju reached the floating stones and marked them with Cursed Seals, allowing Xia Yan to teleport himself and Hashirama Senju up to Hamura Shrine.
• Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju searched the shrine with Shadow Clones and found food, water, surviving people, and puppets powered by the Tenseigan.
• While the three ate, Xia Yan suggested returning to Konoha together, and then told the two former Hokage that a forbidden technique could bring the dead back to life, even those revived through Impure World Reincarnation.

Xia Yan explained how he used a jutsu and an immortal cultist’s life force to turn an Impure World Reincarnation body into a living person, prompting Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju to consider whether they wanted resurrection. After recovering on the moon, Xia Yan attempted to draw on the Giant Tenseigan to strengthen his Jōgan, but the Tenseigan’s chakra surged into his eyes and he lost control of them.

• Xia Yan told Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju that Orochimaru had developed a resurrection jutsu that exchanged one life for another and fully restored an Impure World Reincarnation body.
• Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju examined the lunar Ōtsutsuki’s records while Hashirama Senju admitted he was conflicted about returning to life.
• After more than a week of recovery, Xia Yan prepared to use the Giant Tenseigan to improve his Jōgan.
• Xia Yan touched the Giant Tenseigan, mimicked its chakra frequency, and stopped it from draining his chakra.
• Xia Yan began drawing the Tenseigan’s power into himself, but the chakra flooded into his eyes and he lost control of them.

Xia Yan returned from the moon with Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, then resumed governing Konoha while his eyes continued evolving. After the two Hokage examined Hatake Sakumo, they pressed Xia Yan about his relationships and the lack of children, leaving him awkwardly on the spot.

• Xia Yan brought Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju back to Konoha and took them to Hokage Rock.
• Xia Yan learned that his shadow clone had maintained his duties while he was away, though the shinobi world had experienced three or four months during his month on the moon.
• Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju discussed Xia Yan's reforms, and Tobirama Senju criticized how Xia Yan used the Shadow Clone Technique to slack off.
• Hatake Sakumo met Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, who revealed their identities and examined his recovery and strength.
• Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju discussed the drawbacks of Xia Yan's resurrection technique and asked why he had no children with Renka or Qiong.

Xia Yan spent the night with Renka, then urged Hashirama Senju to remain in the world of the living and help Konoha make up for past mistakes. Meanwhile, Nagato arrived at Konoha’s barrier, determined to meet Xia Yan and resolve his doubts.

• Renka entered Xia Yan’s room and told him that, as his adult fiancée, she believed it was time for them to be together.
• The next morning, Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju teased Xia Yan about his noisy night with Renka before accompanying him to the Hokage’s office.
• Tobirama Senju criticized Hashirama Senju’s past decision not to unite the Shinobi World, and Hashirama Senju wondered whether he had been wrong.
• Xia Yan proposed reviving Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju so they could help Konoha, offering Tobirama advisory and research roles and Hashirama the academy principal position.
• Renka arrived late at work, and Qiong noticed her changed demeanor and discomfort as Renka privately reflected on her night with Xia Yan.
• Nagato reached Konoha’s barrier after failing to find the people who controlled the Tailed Beasts, intending to meet Xia Yan and confront his wavering convictions.

Xia Yan persuaded Tobirama Senju and Hashirama Senju to stay in Konoha, then went to meet Nagato, who had arrived seeking his counsel on achieving peace. After challenging Nagato’s choices, Xia Yan offered to let him see Yahiko, leaving Nagato to decide whether to accept.

• Xia Yan proposed roles for Tobirama Senju and Hashirama Senju, and both agreed to stay in Konoha.
• A Yamanaka Clan Shinobi reported a powerful, unfamiliar chakra pressing against Konoha’s barrier, and Xia Yan went to investigate.
• Nagato faced Kakashi and Konoha’s forces, then told Xia Yan he had come peacefully to ask about ending war.
• Xia Yan recognized Nagato’s Rinnegan and White Zetsu graft, then argued that neither communication nor force alone could bring lasting peace.
• Nagato confirmed that Yahiko had been the former Akatsuki leader, and Xia Yan asked whether he wanted to see him.

Xia Yan resurrected Yahiko to help Nagato reconsider the Akatsuki’s path, then offered them a partnership to address the Land of Rain while Tobirama investigated the Cursed Seal inside Nagato. As Konoha prepared to act on its plans for the Land of Hot Water, Shikaku reported that the supporting troops had assembled and asked to lead the operation himself.

• Xia Yan used Impure World Reincarnation to bring Yahiko back, and Nagato embraced his old friend.
• Shikaku Nara and Qiong delivered a report saying Konoha had nearly gained control of the Land of Hot Water.
• Yahiko urged Nagato to correct the Akatsuki’s course, and Xia Yan proposed that they handle action in the Land of Rain while Konoha handled negotiations.
• Yahiko revealed a Cursed Seal in Nagato’s body, so Xia Yan tasked Tobirama Senju with studying it and gaining control of it.
• Shikaku told Xia Yan that the supporting troops had assembled at the border and asked to lead Konoha’s operation in person.

Xia Yan backed Shikaku Nara’s mission to bring the Land of Water’s resources under Konoha’s control while waiting for Nagato and Yahiko to act. As strange Ōtsutsuki powers drew the attention of Black Zetsu, a monk-host, Momoshiki Otsutsuki, Kinshiki Otsutsuki, and Urashiki Otsutsuki, Shikaku reached Yugakure to begin negotiations.

• Xia Yan approved Shikaku Nara’s plan to lead Konoha’s foreign affairs effort and assigned the Foreign Affairs Department to support him.
• Black Zetsu worried that unfamiliar powers on the moon and in the Shinobi World could threaten his plan to revive Kaguya Ōtsutsuki; a monk-host also sensed Ōtsutsuki power and collapsed when he unleashed his chakra.
• Momoshiki Otsutsuki and Kinshiki Otsutsuki sensed the power and headed toward its source, while Urashiki Otsutsuki independently decided to investigate it.
• Nagato and Yahiko returned to Konoha, and Shikaku Nara set out with them and Hashirama Senju.
• Xia Yan considered his plans to use the Tailed Beasts and obtain more White Zetsu bodies while Qiong took over Renka’s duties.
• Shikaku Nara met Yugakure’s Head Ninja and presented Konoha’s offer as a demonstration of goodwill.

Shikaku Nara’s team began Konoha’s plan to bring Yugakure under its control, and Yahiko and Nagato agreed to cooperate with Konoha. Back in Konoha, Xia Yan’s Jōgan advanced into its first stage, and his chakra and powers began to merge.

• Shikaku Nara failed to persuade Yugakure’s Head Ninja to accept Konoha’s proposal, so he ordered Nara Shikashiro to contact factions willing to cooperate.
• Shikaku Nara gave Yahiko and Nagato the plan to study, and they decided they would support Konoha if it approached the Land of Rain.
• Nagato carried out Konoha’s operation in Yugakure, killing the targeted faction members and their families while Yahiko and Nagato remained in the Land of Hot Water.
• Xia Yan reviewed the operation’s report and directed Shikaku Nara to begin the aid and subsidy plan for Yugakure, suggesting they seek more funds from the Daimyō if needed.
• Xia Yan sensed his Jōgan transforming as his chakra and Yin-Yang Release merged, then opened his eyes with the Jōgan identified as being in its first stage.

Xia Yan evolved his Jōgan, gaining Truth-Seeking Orbs and several new abilities, then decided to travel to Kirigakure to find Obito and Black Zetsu. The chapter ended with him appearing in a woman’s home and greeting her after a long absence.

• Xia Yan activated Jōgan Chakra Mode and discovered that his advanced eyes had granted him mind control, chakra absorption, a Sealing Jutsu, and three Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Xia Yan considered reviving Rin for Kakashi and recruiting Obito, then decided to leave Konoha to seek more suitable bodies and pursue his plans.
• Xia Yan told Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju that he had caused the chakra surge they sensed, and they agreed to his departure after Hashirama Senju suggested using a wood clone.
• Xia Yan traveled by ship toward the Land of Water, intending to find Obito and Black Zetsu while avoiding another confrontation with Kirigakure.
• Xia Yan used his Flying Thunder God Mark to appear inside a woman’s home and greeted her after a long time apart.

Mei Terumi met with Xia Yan, who pressured her and Genji into accepting a deal that would give them time to oppose the Fourth Mizukage while deepening Kirigakure’s internal division. Xia Yan then confronted Karatachi Yagura and called on the hidden Obito and Black Zetsu to reveal themselves.

• Mei Terumi encountered Xia Yan at her home, and he sealed her chakra before offering to meet the Mizukage in exchange for giving her group several years to build strength without being targeted.
• Mei Terumi told Genji about Xia Yan’s offer, and they reluctantly agreed to cooperate because refusing would leave them exposed to the Mizukage.
• Xia Yan appeared in Genji’s office, killed the hidden Anbu, and frightened Genji and Mei Terumi into realizing how helpless they were against him.
• Xia Yan explained that he wanted to keep Obito occupied in Kirigakure so he could not interfere with Nagato in the Land of Rain.
• Karatachi Yagura arrived to meet Xia Yan, who gathered his chakra and challenged the hidden Obito and Black Zetsu to come out.

Xia Yan defeated Karatachi Yagura, saved him, and partially disrupted Obito’s genjutsu before confronting Obito and Black Zetsu. He forced them to accept demands for White Zetsu specimens and a five-year restriction on attacking their opponents.

• Xia Yan struck Karatachi Yagura with a Yin-Yang Release: Nine-Tails Rasengan, leaving him badly injured and unable to move.
• Xia Yan stabilized Karatachi Yagura and partially released Obito’s genjutsu, while Obito sensed his control slipping.
• Mei Terumi and Genji heard a distant explosion; Genji sent Mei to investigate but warned her not to act too quickly.
• Xia Yan confronted Obito and Black Zetsu, revealed that he understood Obito’s technique, and demanded White Zetsu specimens.
• Black Zetsu agreed to provide ten living specimens and a hundred unconscious finished bodies after Xia Yan rejected his smaller offer.
• Xia Yan ordered Obito and Black Zetsu not to attack those opposing them for five years, warning that he could make their plans impossible.

Xia Yan forced Obito and Black Zetsu to surrender White Zetsu bodies and Six-Tails chakra, then left Kirigakure for Konoha. On the way, he rescued Haku from villagers and invited the child to follow him, but ended by asking whether Haku was a boy or a girl.

• Obito accepted Xia Yan's demands to preserve his plan, and Black Zetsu agreed to deliver the requested White Zetsu and Six-Tails chakra within a month.
• Zabuza attempted to assassinate the Fourth Mizukage but was captured, while Genji took on much of the Mizukage's duties.
• Mei Terumi agreed to Xia Yan's demands, but he rejected her advances and said she lacked the charm of a mature woman.
• Obito and Black Zetsu delivered the requested supplies, and Xia Yan inspected them before leaving Kirigakure with ten living White Zetsu.
• Xia Yan killed villagers who were pursuing a child with Ice Release, learned the child was named Haku, and invited him to come along.
• Haku agreed to follow Xia Yan, who draped his cloak over the child and then asked whether Haku was a boy or a girl.

Xia Yan returned to Konoha with Haku and ten White Zetsu, then used them to restore Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju through Impure World Reincarnation. After discussing the mysterious Sharingan user Xia Yan had encountered, they prepared to test Hashirama Senju's restored strength in a spar with Xia Yan.

• Xia Yan brought Haku and ten unconscious White Zetsu from the Land of Water to Tobirama Senju's laboratory in Konoha.
• Xia Yan told Tobirama Senju about the White Zetsu and a masked enemy with a Mangekyō Sharingan who had used space-time ninjutsu and called himself Madara Uchiha.
• Tobirama Senju and Hashirama Senju doubted that the enemy was Madara Uchiha but agreed that he might be connected to him and warranted caution.
• Xia Yan explained that he had rescued Haku from people hunting him because of his Ice Release, then arranged for him to stay at Xia Yan's home and use the name Yuki Haku.
• Xia Yan used the White Zetsu to revive Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju again, and they judged their restored strength to be near their peaks.
• Hashirama Senju agreed to spar with Xia Yan so he could assess his restored abilities.

Xia Yan arranged a sparring match with Hashirama Senju and brought trusted Konoha figures to witness the First and Second Hokage’s return. As Kakashi reunited with the revived Rin, Xia Yan and Hashirama began fighting, and their opening exchanges showed that both were ready to escalate.

• Xia Yan gathered Shōma Senju, Kakashi, Shikaku Nara, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Qiong, and Renka, then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to bring them to Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju.
• Shōma and Hiruzen recognized the two Hokage, while Tobirama warned the group to stay safe and used Impure World Reincarnation to revive Rin.
• Kakashi approached Rin, who recognized him, as Xia Yan and Hashirama began their sparring match with swordsmanship and taijutsu.
• Xia Yan and Hashirama traded attacks, with Hashirama using a Wood Clone to evade Xia Yan’s strike before both unleashed Earth and Water Release techniques.
• Hashirama assessed that his strength had recovered well, and he and Xia Yan prepared to move beyond their cautious opening exchanges.

Xia Yan and Hashirama Senju escalated their battle, destroying the canyon with Water Release and Wood Release techniques as the spectators watched from safety. Xia Yan activated his Jōgan and Yin-Yang Release, then attacked with a Sage Art Wood Dragon, prompting Hashirama Senju to answer with the Hōbi Technique.

• Hashirama Senju shattered the ground with Earth Release to destroy Xia Yan’s buried Flying Thunder God marks, and Xia Yan flooded the canyon with the Great Waterfall Technique.
• Xia Yan and Hashirama Senju’s attacks transformed the canyon into a lake, while Tobirama Senju moved the spectators to safety and Hatake Sakumo revealed his identity to Shikaku Nara and Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Xia Yan used Sage Mode and a Water Dragon Bullet Technique to overpower Hashirama Senju’s matching water dragon, and Hashirama Senju countered with Deep Forest Emergence.
• Xia Yan answered Hashirama Senju’s Wood Release with his own Sage Art, breaking through and leveling the canyon before the two faced off atop their trees.
• Xia Yan activated his Jōgan and Yin-Yang Release, then launched a Sage Art Wood Dragon Technique at Hashirama Senju.
• Hashirama Senju responded to Xia Yan’s attack with the Wood Release: Hōbi Technique.

Xia Yan and Hashirama Senju escalated their spar into a devastating clash of Wood Release giants, while Kakashi explained the changed world and Xia Yan’s resurrection research to Rin. The battle ended poised for a final exchange as Hashirama summoned True Several Thousand Hands and Xia Yan prepared Konohanasakuya-hime.

• Hashirama Senju trapped Xia Yan’s Wood Dragon with Great Forest Technique and Hotei Technique, but Xia Yan countered with Yin-Yang Release: Wood Human Technique.
• Hashirama Senju summoned his Wood Golem, and the two giants fought until the surrounding landscape was reduced to ruin.
• Tobirama Senju, Qiong, Renka, Kakashi, and the others watched from a distance as Xia Yan and Hashirama Senju displayed their overwhelming power.
• Kakashi told Rin that she had died six years earlier, explained that Xia Yan had become the Fifth Lord Hokage, and said she would be resurrected.
• Hashirama Senju and Xia Yan recognized that their spar had reached its end and prepared their ultimate techniques.
• Hashirama Senju summoned Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands as Xia Yan formed a black blade and prepared Yin-Yang Release: Konohanasakuya-hime.

Three years after Xia Yan became Hokage, Konoha prospered through his leadership and its partnership with Yugakure, while Nagato asked him to help develop the Land of Rain and resurrect Yahiko. Xia Yan agreed to consider the Rain project and hinted that Yahiko could be restored; the chapter ended with Kakashi reporting that the Uchiha were about to choose a new clan leader.

• Xia Yan welcomed Nagato, who reported that Yahiko was investigating a rebel organization with hidden backers.
• Nagato asked about Xia Yan's plans for the Land of Hot Water, and Xia Yan agreed to consider supporting the Land of Rain after surveying it.
• Xia Yan promised Nagato that he might one day receive the gift of a truly living Yahiko in return for his cooperation.
• After Nagato left, Kakashi said Rin was adapting well at the Medical Office and discussed his ongoing search for Obito's remains.
• Kakashi reported that Shisui had asked him to tell Xia Yan that the Uchiha were about to hold a new clan leader selection.

Xia Yan prepared for the Uchiha clan leader election while Uchiha Fugaku and Itachi remained isolated from Konoha’s leadership. After watching Itachi train Sasuke, Xia Yan and Qiong approached Itachi, leaving him face-to-face with the Fifth Hokage and the woman positioned to lead the clan.

• Xia Yan reflected on the coming election and Naruto’s life in Konoha, where Naruto had grown up well and befriended Sasuke.
• Itachi told Fugaku he had failed the Anbu selection again, while Fugaku brooded over losing influence and Itachi privately sided with Konoha’s leadership.
• Qiong told Xia Yan that Uchiha Shin had secured support for the election and that Fugaku was unlikely to win.
• Xia Yan decided to visit Itachi, suspecting the boy might turn against Fugaku during the clan election.
• Itachi ended Sasuke’s training and sent him home before sensing Xia Yan and Qiong approach.
• Itachi greeted Xia Yan and Qiong respectfully after Xia Yan praised his alertness and Sharingan.