Chapter Summaries

The Land of Fire's Daimyō heard that samurai had rebelled and feared Uchiha Xuantou was behind the uprising, but Gato volunteered to serve him by claiming to be the Uchiha's sworn enemy. The Daimyō eagerly welcomed Gato as the talent he had been seeking.

• A mustached official and other nobles reported that samurai had rebelled, surrounded the Land of Fire, and killed the Land Survey Bugyo, but the Daimyō celebrated their deaths.
• Gato warned that Uchiha Xuantou might be attacking, and the assembled officials panicked at the possibility.
• The Daimyō rebuked his frightened subjects and declared that Kazuma was the only person he trusted not to fear the Uchiha.
• Gato decided to gamble for the Daimyō's favor and offered his service, prompting the mustached official to realize he had lost his chance.
• When the Daimyō asked how Gato would serve him, Gato declared that he and the Uchiha were sworn enemies, and the Daimyō praised him as the talent he wanted.

Gato was appointed an Elder of the Land of Fire as Chiriku and the Lightning Release Four-Man Squad confronted the Daimyō over Kazuma’s blockade of the capital. Chiriku exposed that Kazuma’s supposed plan against Xuanyin did not explain whom he had detained, and Uchiha Xuantou entered the hall as the Daimyō realized he had been deceived.

• The Daimyō appointed Gato an Elder, prompting the pencil-mustached subordinate to resent their rapid rise.
• Chiriku and the Lightning Release Four-Man Squad entered and demanded to know whether Kazuma had betrayed the Land of Fire by surrounding the capital.
• At the Daimyō’s order, Iwayama Kōmon claimed Kazuma was loyal and said the blockade aimed to uncover agents and prepare an attack on Xuanyin.
• Nanwu challenged Kōmon’s explanation, while Chiriku questioned why critics of Xuanyin were gathered at the Imperial Palace and others were detained in Kuge Town.
• Chiriku seized Kōmon by the neck, and the Daimyō turned pale as he recognized the contradiction in Kazuma’s plan.
• Uchiha Xuantou applauded from outside and entered the hall.

Xuandou arrived at the Land of Fire Daimyō’s palace with powerful Xuanyin allies and revealed that the Daimyō’s forces had already lost Kazuma and Mustache. As Kazuma confronted his former lord over his failures, Nanwu and the remaining defenders launched an S-rank Lightning Release attack at Xuandou’s group.

• Mustache and six other Land of Fire subjects joined Xuandou, while he stopped fugitives with grievous sins from defecting.
• Mustache denounced Nanwu’s resistance and praised Xuandou’s rule, causing the Daimyō to realize his Deputy Bugyo of Accounts had defected.
• Xuandou summoned Tsunade, Hiruzen, Hiashi, Shisui, Itachi, Hanyu, and other Xuanyin elites into the palace hall.
• Xuandou called Kazuma forward, and Kazuma confronted the Daimyō over his sacrifices, ignored warnings, and failure to protect the Land of Fire.
• Nanwu ordered an attack, and he joined Beizi, Xidu, and Dongmao in unleashing the S-rank Lightning Release: Lightning Dream Thunder Man at Xuandou’s group.

Hanyu fought the Lightning Release Four-Man Squad as they used Lightning Dream Thunder Man to trap him beneath a growing storm of black currents. He used Genjutsu: Rinnegan to control Nanwu and turn the squad’s thunderclouds against the other three.

• Hanyu volunteered to fight the four, and Itachi encouraged him to reveal his strength.
• Hanyu used his Rinnegan to evade the squad’s black currents and exploited their openings with kunai and ninjutsu.
• Itachi warned Hanyu that Lightning Dream Thunder Man was absorbing external chakra and growing stronger.
• Hiruzen noticed the Land of Fire’s daimyō had fled, while Xuandou watched Hanyu fight as Chiriku carried the daimyō away.
• Hanyu cast Genjutsu: Rinnegan on Nanwu and made him direct the thunderclouds toward Beizi, Xidu, and Dongmao.

Hanyu fled the Imperial Palace as the Lightning Release Four-Man Squad’s secret technique detonated, but Xuandou used his Mangekyō Dōjutsu to reverse time and restore the destruction. As the explosion began again, Xuandou formed a black sphere with Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei.

• The Lightning Release Four-Man Squad’s runaway technique exploded, and Hanyu escaped while Xuandou remained in the Imperial Palace.
• Chiriku fled with the Daimyō, but Orochimaru intercepted them at the city gates and fought Chiriku.
• Xuandou activated Tokitsumori and rewound time by one minute, restoring the buildings and reviving the Lightning Release Four-Man Squad.
• Hiruzen and the watching ninja reacted to Xuandou’s power, while Shisui advised Hanyu about his eyes’ abilities.
• As the explosion began to build again, Xuandou formed a black sphere and revealed Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei.

Xuandou sealed the Lightning Release attack, took control of the Land of Fire, and uncovered evidence that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had stolen its supplies. After consolidating his rule and returning to Azure Tide Port, Xuandou learned that his forces had tracked Isshiki down.

• Xuandou used Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei to seal the palace and the Lightning Release technique, sparing the Lightning Release Four-Man Squad.
• An Anbu Ninja reported that Orochimaru had captured Chiriku and that the Daimyō of the Land of Fire had drowned; Xuandou ordered Shisui to impersonate the Daimyō until the succession.
• Xuandou searched for the Land of Fire's missing treasury and grain, then learned from a defected attendant that a masked ninja with a golden, eight-pointed-star pupil had taken them; he suspected Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.
• Half a month later, Shisui abdicated in disguise and Xuandou formally became the Daimyō of the Land of Fire.
• Xuandou summoned the Land of Fire's officials and nobles, arranged training and replacement administrators for those who submitted, and ordered excess taxes returned to the people.
• Xuandou handed power to Tsunade and returned to Azure Tide Port, where an Anbu reported that his forces had tracked down Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.

Xuandou traced a secret base to the Land of Snow and brought Tsunade there, where they met several Ice Release users and the actress Yukie Fujikaze. The chapter ended with Tsunade asking why Yukie and her manager were at the remote meeting place.

• Xuandou learned that people with golden pupils had been seen at a hidden base in the Land of Snow and flew there to investigate.
• Xuandou admired the Land of Snow’s scenery and imagined bringing Yunyou and Rin there.
• Xuandou fetched Tsunade from Konoha and brought her to the Land of Snow, where he teased her about their past encounter involving an ice performance.
• Xuandou and Tsunade met an Uchiha Jōnin and five others in a forest near the border.
• The Jōnin introduced Nadare Rōga, Fuyukuma Tōu, and Fubuki Kakuyoku as Ice Release users.
• Tsunade recognized Yukie Fujikaze and her manager and asked what they were doing there.

Yukie Fujikaze revealed that she was Kazahana Koyuki, daughter of the former Land of Snow Daimyō, and thanked Xuandou for avenging her father. Xuandou questioned how she knew about his actions, but before Uchiha Shinji could explain, an explosion shook the area.

• Yukie Fujikaze and Asama Sandayu thanked Xuandou for avenging the former Daimyō.
• Xuandou’s system identified Yukie Fujikaze as Kazahana Koyuki, an A-Rank potential dual-cultivation partner with Ice Release but no strength.
• Tsunade grew jealous when Xuandou examined Yukie and pinched his arm with Monster Strength.
• Xuandou demanded to know why Yukie had called him her father’s avenger, and Uchiha Shinji suspected she might be a spy.
• Yukie explained that she was Kazahana Koyuki, daughter of Kazahana Sōsetsu, and said Xuandou had helped free the Land of Snow from Kazahana Dōtō.
• As Xuandou pressed Uchiha Shinji for an explanation, a violent boom sent pillars of fire into the sky and shook the ground.

Xuandou and Tsunade investigated a disturbance at a white cathedral in the Land of Snow, where a Jiraiya lookalike fought the Ōtsutsuki Order. Xuandou received a quest about what to do with the order, then watched the battle while questioning the ninja’s identity.

• Xuandou dismissed the Land of Snow informants’ fears and ordered the group to hide while he and Tsunade flew toward the disturbance under Genjutsu.
• Xuandou and Tsunade found white-clad Ōtsutsuki believers attacking a black-coated ninja who looked and fought like Jiraiya.
• Tsunade prepared to join the fight, but Xuandou stopped her and suggested the ninja might not be Jiraiya.
• Xuandou received a quest offering rewards for eliminating the Ōtsutsuki Order, making it the state religion, or founding his own sect.
• Xuandou rejected the state-religion choice and wondered who the Jiraiya lookalike was.

Xuandou and Tsunade followed Kashin Koji into Kara’s hidden base, where they learned he was seeking Eida and Daemon. When Koji approached a hibernation pod, Xuandou revealed himself and demanded to know what he intended to do to his brother-in-law.

• Xuandou and Tsunade watched a Jiraiya lookalike defeat Kara’s white-clad ninjas and enter the church with Bagu.
• They followed the man, Kashin Koji, through a secret passage as he threatened Bagu and addressed the controlled old man as Eida.
• Xuandou recognized the base as Kara’s and learned that Eida and Daemon were modified siblings hidden in hibernation pods.
• Tsunade condemned Kara for cloning Jiraiya, while Xuandou teased her and joked about Jiraiya’s closeness with their daughters.
• Koji approached a hibernation pod, and Xuandou knocked his left hand away, revealing himself and Tsunade as Xuandou asked what he would do to his brother-in-law.

Tsunade and Xuandou defeated Kashin Koji in the underground laboratory and demanded to know who had created him and what the base was for. As a hidden spatial portal appeared to observe them, Xuandou called out to whoever was behind it.

• Kashin Koji tried to escape to Mount Myōboku, but Tsunade struck him before he could use the Reverse Summoning Technique.
• Kashin Koji attacked Tsunade, Xuandou, and Eida and Daemon's hibernation pods with Sage Art: Hair Needle Senbon, while Xuandou used Kamui to protect the pods.
• Tsunade and Kashin Koji fought with taijutsu in the cramped underground laboratory, and Xuandou secretly drained Kashin Koji's chakra to speed the fight.
• Tsunade and Xuandou defeated Kashin Koji, and Tsunade demanded to know where he got Jiraiya's genetic cells and what was happening at the base.
• Xuandou noticed a tiny spatial portal watching the room and loudly challenged whoever was behind it to come out.

Xuandou and Tsunade pressured Bagu into opening the hibernation pods containing Daemon and Eida. Bagu chose to open Eida’s pod, and Xuandou’s System Panel identified her as an SS-rank ninja with three Shinjutsu.

• Tsunade guarded Xuandou while he confronted Bagu, who had been pretending to lie injured on the floor.
• Xuandou told Bagu to open the hibernation pods, but Bagu warned that opening them without Lord Bogu’s passwords and procedure could harm their occupants.
• Xuandou directed Tsunade to threaten Daemon’s pod, prompting Bagu to offer to open one himself.
• Xuandou ordered Bagu to open Eida’s pod first, and Bagu entered passwords and operated its controls.
• Xuandou checked his System Panel, which listed Eida’s Shinjutsu as Clairvoyance, Omnipotence, and Charm and rated her SS-rank.

Xuandou discovered that Eida possessed three powerful Shinjutsu and considered using a Conception Card to have a child with her. He arranged for Eida and Daemon to wake from their hibernation, while Tsunade noticed a strange sense of danger around Eida and reported that Kashin Koji had disappeared.

• Xuandou examined the System Panel and learned about Eida's Clairvoyance, Omnipotence, and Omnipotence: All-Killing Ash Bones.
• Xuandou considered giving Eida one of his two Conception Cards, originally reserved for Kaguya.
• Bagu told Xuandou that Eida would need two or three days to wake because she had been given suppressants and sleeping drugs.
• Tsunade advised Xuandou to let Eida wake naturally, and Xuandou ordered Bagu to open Daemon's hibernation pod as well.
• Tsunade told Xuandou that Kashin Koji had disappeared.

Xuandou allowed Kashin Koji to escape with help from Jigen, while keeping Eida and her brother under guard. He moved the entire mountain base into his Yomotsu Space, but the chapter ended when Uchiha Shinji cried out that he had seen a ghost.

• Tsunade noticed Kashin Koji had disappeared, and Xuandou confirmed that someone had helped him escape.
• Xuandou revealed that Jigen had taken Kashin Koji through a Space-Time portal and explained that he hoped Koji would turn against Kara.
• Bagu reported that Daemon’s hibernation pod had opened and warned that the pods should not be moved for two days.
• Xuandou ordered White Zetsu to clear the church and sever the mountain from the ground, then stopped Bagu when he tried to flee with Eida and Dihao.
• Xuandou used Banshō Ten'in to lift the mountain into his Yomotsu Space, then teleported with Tsunade to Uchiha Shinji.
• Uchiha Shinji suddenly shouted that he had seen a ghost, darkening Xuandou’s and Tsunade’s expressions.

Xuandou returned with Tsunade to the Land of Snow, ordered the Ōtsutsuki Sect’s followers arrested, and questioned how the sect had operated there. As Shinji apologized, Xuandou considered whether he could raise Eida’s system rating from SS-rank to SSS-rank.

• Kazahana Koyuki mistook Xuandou and Tsunade for ghosts, then apologized when she realized who they were.
• Shinji, Nadare Rōga, Fuyukuma Tōu, Fubuki Kakuyoku, and Asama Sandayu greeted Xuandou and Tsunade after witnessing Xuandou’s feat of uprooting a mountain.
• Xuandou ordered Shinji to have the Ōtsutsuki Sect’s followers detained and the sect branded an evil cult throughout the Land of Snow.
• Shinji relayed the orders and sent Nadare Rōga, Fuyukuma Tōu, and Fubuki Kakuyoku to capture the followers.
• Xuandou asked how the Ōtsutsuki Sect had behaved in the Land of Snow, and Shinji knelt to apologize before he could get an answer.
• Xuandou pondered whether he could upgrade Eida’s Dual Cultivation rating from SS-rank to SSS-rank, while Shinji tearfully said he had failed Xuandou’s expectations.

Xuandou questioned Kazahana Koyuki, Asama Sandayu, and Shinji about the Ōtsutsuki Sect’s growing influence in the Land of Snow and its suspicious activities. After Shinji explained that his investigations had found no clear irregularities, Xuandou told him the sect had hidden itself well and that he was not to blame.

• Kazahana Koyuki explained that the Ōtsutsuki Sect had gained local trust through charity, medical aid, and devoted followers, while Tsunade warned that they needed to strike hard.
• Xuandou noted that stolen grain from the Land of Fire had surfaced in the Land of Snow and asked Shinji what he knew about the sect.
• Shinji described how the sect’s preaching first drew crowds with supplies, then spread rapidly through villages and towns after its distributions stopped.
• Tsunade criticized Shinji for failing to uncover the sect’s base or supply sources, and Shinji said he had investigated the followers, leaders, and supply chains many times without finding problems.
• Xuandou told Shinji to get up and said the sect had hidden its activities well, so Shinji was not to blame.

Xuandou and Tsunade uncovered how Boro’s Ōtsutsuki Sect spread Black Haze and used medicine to stage miracles, while Shinji awakened the Mangekyō after blaming himself for failing to stop the deaths. Xuandou reached Yukigakure with the prisoners, where a crowd demanded their release.

• Tsunade declared that Boro had to die, and Xuandou promised to deal with the people who had harmed the villagers.
• Xuandou confirmed that Boro, Bagu, and Mizutome had orchestrated the Black Haze outbreak and deceived followers with medicine called Miracle Power.
• Shinji carried the death register and, overwhelmed by guilt, awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan as the Land of Snow ninjas surrounded the group.
• Xuandou concealed Shinji’s awakening with genjutsu, left a clone to accompany him, and continued toward Yukigakure with Tsunade and the prisoners.
• At Yukigakure’s entrance, a crowd led by a stooped old woman demanded that Xuandou release the Ōtsutsuki Sect’s senior members.

Xuandou confronted villagers whose memories had been altered to make them support the Ōtsutsuki Sect, then used Infinite Tsukuyomi to turn the Shinobi World against the sect. Jigen watched from a mountaintop and warned Boro not to interfere with his plans while he prepared an ultimate weapon against Xuandou.

• Nadare Rōga ordered the Land of Snow ninjas to beat the villagers, but Xuandou stopped them and warned the crowd to go home.
• Xuandou recognized that someone had rewritten the villagers’ thoughts and created false memories, and he told Tsunade that the changes had flaws.
• Xuandou cast Infinite Tsukuyomi, making people across the Shinobi World feel revulsion toward the Ōtsutsuki Sect while preserving their memories so its members could be judged.
• Jigen toasted Xuandou’s moonlight with Boro, who lamented losing his base, statues, and followers.
• Jigen promised to make Xuandou kneel once his ultimate weapon was ready and threatened Boro not to disrupt his plans.

Xuandou discovered that Shunsuke Shimazu had resisted the thought-rewriting Ninjutsu and possessed the potential to become a ninja, despite being seventeen and never having trained because he lacked money. After Nadare Rōga explained that Yukigakure’s academy now welcomed students like him, Xuandou asked Shunsuke whether he wanted to become a ninja.

• The villagers of Yukigakure came to their senses and dropped their signs, while Shunsuke Shimazu continued protesting in support of the Ōtsutsuki Sect.
• Xuandou explained that Shunsuke had resisted the thought-rewriting Ninjutsu, and Nadare Rōga ordered Genin to beat him after realizing he had fooled them.
• Xuandou questioned Shunsuke, learned he was seventeen, and asked why he had never tried to become a ninja.
• Shunsuke said he had lacked the money and a mentor to attend Yukigakure’s Ninja Academy, and Xuandou told him that the village and country should bear the shame, not him.
• Nadare Rōga explained that Azure Tide Port had changed the academy’s policies to let children and adults enroll, and Xuandou asked Shunsuke whether he wanted to become a ninja.

Xuandou persuaded Shunsuke Shimazu to become a ninja and assigned Nadare Rōga to train him and investigate the villagers’ abnormalities. As Tsunade prepared to return to Konoha with Xuandou, Kazahana Koyuki stopped them with a request.

• Xuandou pushed Shunsuke Shimazu to declare that he wanted to become a ninja, and Shunsuke asked to become Xuandou’s adoptive son.
• Xuandou declined the adoption and ordered Nadare Rōga to arrange Shunsuke’s training and collect accounts of the villagers’ abnormalities.
• Nadare Rōga sent the villagers to report their accounts, the Ōtsutsuki Sect followers to the dungeon, and Shunsuke to train with Fuyukuma Tōu.
• Tsunade told Xuandou that the purge of the Ōtsutsuki Sect had begun, but its leader Boro remained at large; Xuandou vowed to eliminate him and planned to resurrect those killed by the virus.
• Tsunade urged Xuandou to take her back to Konoha, but Kazahana Koyuki stopped them and said she had a request.