Chapter Summaries

Kumogakure routed Hiruzen’s forces and began plundering the Land of Fire, prompting Iwagakure and Sunagakure to prepare invasions. In Hidden Xuan Village, Xuandou received word that Rin Nohara’s remains had been retrieved.

• Hiruzen fled the battlefield with fewer than half his troops after the Raikage overwhelmed Konoha’s forces.
• The Raikage ordered Kumogakure to keep plundering border towns while wondering why Konoha’s Jinchūriki had not appeared.
• Ōnoki agreed to send three thousand ninja under Kitsuchi toward the Land of Fire’s border.
• Rasa initially resisted joining the war but then ordered Sunagakure’s troops to march on the Land of Fire.
• Xuandou and Pakura were interrupted in the Clan Head’s Office by Anbu, who reported that they had retrieved Rin Nohara’s remains.

Xuandou used Impure World Reincarnation to summon Rin Nohara, then used a Life Reincarnation card to restore her to life. Rin awoke alive in the Imperial Palace, while Xuandou received a system notification identifying her as a suitable dual cultivation female ninja.

• Two Anbu reported that they had secretly taken Rin Nohara's remains from Konoha's Memorial Stone.
• Xuandou summoned Rin's soul into a White Zetsu body with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Rin woke and learned that many years had passed since her death and that Xuandou had summoned her for a future threat.
• Rin felt trust toward Xuandou after seeing the pink gourd at his waist and agreed to cooperate with him.
• Xuandou used the Life Reincarnation card to turn Rin's Impure World Reincarnation body into a living body.
• Xuandou received a system notification listing Rin Nohara as a Chunin with an A-Rank overall rating.

Xuandou brought the resurrected Rin Nohara to the Imperial Palace, where she reunited with Kushina and learned that Minato had died and Kushina had remarried. After Rin left with baby Uchiha Hanyu, Xuandou and Kushina began an intimate moment in her bedroom.

• Xuandou helped Rin leave the secret room and told her she would live in the Imperial Palace because Konoha had changed.
• Rin reunited with Kushina, who explained that Minato had died in the Nine-Tails' Catastrophe and that she had married Xuandou.
• Kushina introduced baby Uchiha Hanyu, and Rin held him before agreeing to stay in the Imperial Palace.
• Xuandou asked Rin to take Hanyu to the nursing maids and choose a bedroom, then Kushina called out that Rin had not gone far yet.
• Xuandou carried Kushina to bed, and they began kissing.

Xuandou learned that Hozuki Castle's warden sought Yugito Nii's chakra and decided to seize the prison as a site for his God Tree Seed. Shisui and Itachi secured control for the Uchiha, and Xuandou arrived to inspect the island.

• Rin settled into Xuandou's Imperial Palace and helped Kushina care for Hanyu.
• Itachi captured a Kusagakure spy and brought him to Xuandou for questioning.
• Xuandou used genjutsu to learn that Mui wanted Yugito Nii's chakra to power the Box of Ultimate Bliss.
• Xuandou dismissed the artifact's supposed wish-granting power and ordered Itachi and Shisui to obtain Hozuki Castle as a site for his God Tree Seed.
• Shisui reported eight days later that one hundred Uchiha Anbu had taken over Hozuki Castle and returned Mui and his subordinates to Kusagakure.
• Xuandou traveled to Hozuki Castle and inspected the island fortress under Uchiha guard.

Xuandou planted the God Tree on Hozuki Castle island and ordered criminals and battlefield corpses fed to it to hasten its growth. Meanwhile, the Three Great Shinobi Villages raided the Land of Fire, and Hiruzen failed to rally Konoha’s clans to defend it.

• Xuandou had Uchiha Anbu dig a pit below sea level, planted the God Tree Seed, and watched the tree grow until its crown covered Hozuki Castle island.
• Xuandou ordered Shisui to conceal the tree and instructed Itachi to send condemned criminals into its pit and Shisui to collect battlefield corpses as its nourishment.
• Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure forces invaded the Land of Fire, plundering towns and resources while dividing their raiding territories.
• Hiruzen returned to Konoha and ordered forces raised against the invaders, but the major clans and smaller clans refused to provide enough ninja.
• Konoha villagers mocked Hiruzen for invoking the Will of Fire to demand sacrifices while the Sarutobi, Mitokado, and Shimura families did not fight.

As the Fourth Shinobi World War dragged on, Hidden Xuan Village prospered by taking missions and expanding its Uchiha population. Mei Terumi arrived with Chōjūrō to ask Xuandou for help overthrowing Karatachi Yagura, and Xuandou agreed while asking what she would pay.

• Hiruzen recalled Konoha's ninja and divided them into three forces, but the war settled into a restrained stalemate as the major villages plundered and Konoha avoided battle.
• Xuandou raised mission fees as Hidden Xuan Village's Uchiha took advantage of the shortage of ninja, building a fearsome reputation and completing nearly all their missions.
• Three years later, the Uchiha clan had grown to 6,569 people, including 3,491 ninja, while Konoha's territory had shrunk and the war continued.
• Mei Terumi and Chōjūrō entered the Mission Hall and asked Xuandou to support their effort to overthrow Karatachi Yagura in Kirigakure.
• Xuandou received a quest to help Mei Terumi become the Fifth Mizukage and agreed to assist, then asked what price she would pay.

Mei Terumi tried to secure Hidden Xuan Village’s support for Kirigakure’s uprising with an alliance and trade offer, but Xuandou rejected those promises as insufficient. When he demanded “you,” she took it as a request for her body and offered herself after Kirigakure’s affairs were settled.

• Mei Terumi offered Xuandou a military alliance and opened Kirigakure’s port to trade with Azure Tide Port.
• Xuandou rejected her offer, arguing that written agreements and promises had no binding force in the Shinobi World.
• Xuandou told Mei Terumi and her companion to leave if Kirigakure expected Uchiha support for nothing.
• Mei Terumi asked Xuandou what he wanted, surrendering control of the negotiation.
• Xuandou said he wanted Mei Terumi, and she offered her body once Kirigakure’s affairs were settled.

Xuandou demanded that Mei Terumi agree to bear his child and accept a Seal in exchange for his help overthrowing Karatachi Yagura and becoming Mizukage. After Mei Terumi accepted, Xuandou sent Chōjūrō out and began preparing to place the Seal, but she objected when he lifted her clothes.

• Xuandou told Mei Terumi that she had to bear his child and receive a Seal to secure their agreement.
• Mei Terumi weighed the danger in Kirigakure against Xuandou's strength and agreed, asking him to help her overthrow Karatachi Yagura and become Mizukage.
• Xuandou sent Chōjūrō out of the office and locked the door.
• Xuandou instructed Mei Terumi to lie on the desk so he could place the Seal on her lower abdomen.
• Mei Terumi stopped Xuandou from lifting her clothes further and demanded to know whether he intended to undress her completely.

Xuandou applied a seal to Mei Terumi and agreed to help Kirigakure, while planning to use the mission as a chance to eliminate Obito. Three days later, Xuandou prepared to depart with a newly forged chakra-sealing blade whose effect on Obito remained uncertain.

• Xuandou applied a seal to Mei Terumi, who accepted the arrangement and said she would have everything ready in three days.
• Mei Terumi took Xuandou’s Flying Thunder God Kunai and left for Kirigakure with Chōjūrō.
• Xuandou considered Kirigakure’s impending revolution and decided that taking down Obito was another reason to get involved.
• Xuandou inspected the chakra-sealing blade forged by Kajiya Tarō and wondered whether it could prevent Obito from using Kamui.
• Three days passed.

Xuandou joined Mei Terumi’s Revolutionary Army in a secret Kirigakure base and recognized Kisame Hoshigaki among its members. He suspected Kisame was secretly working for Obito, putting the revolution and its recruits in danger.

• Xuandou, Shisui, and Itachi used Flying Thunder God to travel to Mei Terumi’s secret base outside Kirigakure.
• Mei Terumi introduced Xuandou to the assembled clans, intelligence team, and young Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, including Ao and Chōjūrō.
• Xuandou recognized Kisame Hoshigaki, who greeted him and claimed to have joined the Revolutionary Army.
• Xuandou suspected Kisame was Obito’s undercover agent and feared Obito already knew about Mei Terumi’s plans.

Xuandou warned Mei Terumi that Kisame was a mole, so she changed the revolution’s schedule and planned to strike that night. When Kisame attacked Mei, Itachi blocked his blow, while Obito ambushed Xuandou from behind and stabbed him in the heart.

• Xuandou secretly warned Mei that Kisame was serving the masked man controlling the Fourth Mizukage.
• Mei changed the revolution’s timing from three days later to that night and asked Xuandou’s group to handle Kisame.
• Kisame attacked Mei with Samehada, but Itachi intercepted the strike as the Kirigakure gathering fell into chaos.
• Obito emerged behind Xuandou and stabbed him in the heart before Shisui could reach him.

Xuandou and Shisui fought Obito and the controlled Fourth Mizukage, but Obito escaped after Xuandou’s sealing blade slowed Kamui. The battle then erupted on the island, where Shisui and Xuandou confronted the Three-Tails while Itachi trapped Kisame in Tsukuyomi.

• Xuandou stabbed Obito with his sealing Ninja Blade, draining his chakra and delaying Kamui, but Obito escaped at the last moment.
• Obito appeared beside Karatachi Yagura and ordered him to stop the rebellion, while Ao exposed Obito as the one controlling the Mizukage.
• Obito forced Yagura to transform into the Three-Tails, whose transformation destroyed the underground hideout and brought the fighters onto the island shore.
• Obito attacked the Revolutionary Army with Kamui as the Three-Tails rampaged, and Shisui used Susanoo to deflect a Tailed Beast Bomb away from the crowd.
• Xuandou used Susanoo to restrain the Three-Tails and try to break Obito’s control over Yagura.
• Itachi trapped Kisame in Tsukuyomi, leaving Kisame swinging Samehada at an illusory opponent.

Itachi and Xuandou helped defeat Obito’s forces and free Yagura, who passed the Mizukage position to Mei Terumi before dying. Xuandou silenced opposition to Mei’s succession, earned mastery of yang release, and balanced the yin and yang powers within him.

• Obito rescued Kisame from Itachi and escaped through his space-time vortex after threatening Xuandou.
• Xuandou’s mental intrusion freed Yagura from control, and the dying Fourth Mizukage passed his office and robe to Mei Terumi.
• Yuki Clan members challenged Mei Terumi’s succession, but Xuandou backed her and Itachi killed the loudest dissenter with Amaterasu.
• Mei Terumi declared herself the Fifth Mizukage and won the crowd’s support as she promised to rebuild Kirigakure.
• The system rewarded Xuandou with mastery of yang release, balancing the yin and yang powers within him.

Xuandou secured Mei Terumi’s rule in Kirigakure and arranged for the Three-Tails to guard Hozuki Island. After returning home, he reunited with Kushina and his son, then invited Rin Nohara to receive a coming-of-age gift.

• Xuandou told Mei Terumi to secure her authority and ordered Itachi to help her deal with anyone who resisted.
• Xuandou ordered Shisui to take the Three-Tails to Hozuki Island, and the beast agreed to guard it rather than be sealed again.
• Xuandou left Kirigakure with Flying Thunder God and returned to the Imperial Palace in Hidden Xuan Village.
• Xuandou embraced his son, Uchiha Hanyu, and reunited with Kushina and Rin Nohara.
• Xuandou learned Rin had turned eighteen and asked her to come with him for a coming-of-age gift.

Xuandou brought Rin Nohara to the Desire Hot Springs to examine how her body had adapted since her resurrection. After she changed into a bikini and entered the bath, he began checking her meridians with chakra.

• Kushina recognized Xuandou's intentions and let him lead Rin Nohara away while she took Hanyu with her.
• Xuandou led Rin Nohara to the Desire Hot Springs and asked her to choose a swimsuit with little fabric.
• Rin Nohara changed into a pink bikini and joined Xuandou in the Clan Head's hot spring.
• Xuandou asked Rin Nohara whether her body had felt sluggish, then began examining her meridians with chakra.

Xuandou and Rin Nohara crossed a boundary in their relationship, while Obito recovered from his injury and pushed Nagato to prepare a coup in Amegakure. Obito resolved to complete the Eye of the Moon Plan and create a world with Rin in it.

• Xuandou finished examining Rin Nohara and kissed her, then teased her that her promised coming-of-age ceremony was about to begin.
• Nagato and Konan discussed Hanzō's decline and agreed that Akatsuki was strong enough to act.
• Obito arrived with Kisame Hoshigaki and ordered Nagato to prepare a coup to seize Amegakure in three days.
• Obito entered the Kamui Dimension to heal the wound Xuandou had inflicted and recalled how Xuandou had sealed his chakra.
• Obito remembered Rin Nohara and vowed to complete the Eye of the Moon Plan so he could create a world with her.

Xuandou mastered earth nature chakra, learned that Rin Nohara was pregnant, and celebrated with her at the Hidden Xuan Village. At the Land of Fire Daimyo's Residence, nobles and merchants condemned Hiruzen Sarutobi for Konoha's failures in the war and demanded that he step down.

• Xuandou claimed an A-Rank Family Chest and gained mastery of earth nature chakra and a Conception Card.
• The system told Xuandou that Rin Nohara had conceived, and he resolved to protect her during her pregnancy.
• At the Daimyo's Residence, the Daimyo confronted Hiruzen about Konoha's repeated defeats and the loss of the Uchiha.
• Nobles and merchants described their losses from invasions and disrupted trade, then demanded compensation and Hiruzen's resignation.

The Land of Fire's Daimyō condemned Hiruzen for Konoha's declining reputation and ordered him to fix the borders within six months or resign. As Konoha's fronts came under greater pressure, Hiruzen chose to deploy the Chinoike Clan's Ketsuryūgan as his trump card, though the chapter left its success uncertain.

• The Daimyō and the nobles criticized Hiruzen, praised the Uchiha's success as escorts, and gave him six months to improve the borders.
• On his return to Konoha, Hiruzen blamed the Uchiha for his troubles and learned from Mitokado Homura that Kumogakure and Iwagakure had deployed jinchūriki against Konoha.
• Hiruzen refused to retreat and ordered Mitokado Homura to conscript the Chinoike Clan and lead them against Kumogakure.
• Hiruzen said he would personally face Iwagakure and left the western front against Sunagakure to fend for itself.
• Hiruzen urged Mitokado Homura to capture Killer B and use him as a bargaining chip, then declared that the Chinoike Clan was his trump card.

Hiruzen struggled to raise troops after the major clans refused to help, so he sent an untested Sarutobi force toward the Iwagakure Battlefield while Mitokado Homura marched north with the Chinoike Clan. At the Northern Front, Homura took command and prepared to deploy the Chinoike shinobi despite their leader’s warnings about their abilities.

• Hiruzen learned that the major clan heads had made excuses to avoid sending troops, then ordered one thousand Sarutobi Clan shinobi to accompany him to the Iwagakure Battlefield.
• Hiruzen saw that the Sarutobi shinobi were undisciplined and inexperienced as Mitokado Homura set out north with two hundred Chinoike Clan shinobi.
• Chinoike Chitose explained that the Ketsuryūgan was best used for coordinated special operations, but Homura ordered the Chinoike Clan to lead the attack.
• Chinoike Chitose objected that his clan could not safely face the enemy alone, but Homura insisted that the Third Hokage had ordered it.
• At the Northern Front, Yamada reported that Kumogakure had about two thousand troops led by the Fourth Raikage and Killer B, while Konoha had just over fifteen hundred.
• Homura rejected Yamada’s suggestion to keep the Chinoike Clan in reserve and declared that he was taking full command of the front.

Mitokado Homura ordered Konoha’s outnumbered troops to attack Kumogakure head-on, using the Chinoike Clan’s Ketsuryūgan to disrupt the enemy. Killer B’s Eight-Tails devastated the clan and routed Konoha’s army, while Yamada organized a retreat after Mitokado fled.

• Mitokado Homura dismissed Yamada’s warnings and ordered the Chinoike Clan to lead a frontal assault on Kumogakure.
• Chinoike Chitose and the Ketsuryūgan users turned several Kumogakure ninja into Human Bombs, disrupting their formation.
• Raikage A sent Killer B into battle, and the Eight-Tails fired a Tailed Beast Bomb into the Chinoike Clan’s ranks.
• Chinoike Chitose failed to control the Eight-Tails, and Konoha’s troops fled as Kumogakure pursued them.
• Mitokado Homura ran south, while Yamada organized a fighting retreat and recognized that Konoha had lost the northern battlefield.