Recaps

Orochimaru combined Tenseigan Chakra Mode with Sage Mode and unleashed a devastating attack, but the White Snake Sage intervened and sent the fighters flying to Amegakure. Uchiha Yan realized Orochimaru had gone to the moon to seize Hamura's Giant Tenseigan, and Kaguya opened a portal there so they could pursue him.

• Orochimaru used his Tenseigan and Sage Mode to launch Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion at Nagato and the others, and Minato evacuated them before the attack devastated the valley.
• The White Snake Sage appeared, overwhelmed the fighters, warned Orochimaru and Uchiha Yan, and blasted everyone into the Land of Rain.
• Uchiha Yan learned that Orochimaru's chakra had vanished and concluded that he had gone to the moon to claim the Giant Tenseigan.
• Obito could not take Uchiha Yan and Nagato to the moon, so Minato brought them to Kaguya's Courtyard.
• Kaguya opened a Space-Time Portal to the moon, and Uchiha Yan entered it to pursue Orochimaru.

Orochimaru confronted Uchiha Yan and his allies on the moon, using a modified Reaper Death Seal and soul chains to turn the battle in his favor. With the Dharma Form restrained and the moon at risk of destruction, Uchiha Yan told Toneri to gather Hamura’s legacy and prepare to move to the Shinobi World.

• Orochimaru approached Toneri on the moon, but Uchiha Yan and the Dharma Form interrupted his attempt to attack him.
• Nagato joined Uchiha Yan and Toneri against Orochimaru, who used a modified Reaper Death Seal to unleash Purple-Black Soul Chains.
• Uchiha Yan and Nagato countered the chains, and Uchiha Yan’s attacks and the Dharma Form’s flaming phoenix shook the moon.
• Kaguya projected the battle across Konoha and warned that Orochimaru had bound the Dharma Form to restrain Uchiha Yan.
• Uchiha Yan told Toneri to collect Hamura’s legacy and prepare to move to the Shinobi World because the moon was going to be destroyed.

Uchiha Yan destroyed Orochimaru’s body on the moon, then attacked Kabuto Yakushi and his allies on the Shinobi World to prevent Orochimaru’s resurrection. Still worried Orochimaru’s soul had survived, Uchiha Yan persuaded Minato to use the Reaper Death Seal and entered the Shinigami’s Stomach to hunt him down.

• Uchiha Yan unleashed his giant manifestation and shattered Orochimaru’s body, but the Shinigami threatened to return before disappearing as the moon broke apart.
• Uchiha Yan returned to the Shinobi World with Nagato and Toneri, then left the Fourth Hokage to handle the falling meteorites and flew with Nagato toward Kabuto Yakushi’s hideout.
• Kabuto Yakushi used Sage Mode and Impure World Reincarnation to fight Uchiha Yan and Nagato, but they overwhelmed the group and left three charred corpses.
• Uchiha Yan told Nagato to revive him if necessary, then returned to Konoha and asked Minato to use the Reaper Death Seal.
• Minato performed the Reaper Death Seal, sending Uchiha Yan into the Shinigami’s Stomach to kill Orochimaru’s soul.

Uchiha Yan entered the Shinigami’s alternate dimension to find Orochimaru after severing the chains attached to Minato Namikaze. He found Orochimaru fighting the Sage of Six Paths in the Pure Land, where Orochimaru had absorbed half its souls, including Asura’s.

• Uchiha Yan severed the chains connecting the Shinigami to Minato Namikaze, while Minato and the others realized the Fifth had succeeded.
• Black Zetsu warned that Obito might try to possess Uchiha Yan’s body, so Minato ordered Kakashi and his team to protect it; Obito left Konoha to train.
• Uchiha Yan encountered the Third Hokage in the alternate dimension and learned that ripples could lead them to Orochimaru.
• Uchiha Yan cut open a rift into the Pure Land and attacked Orochimaru, but Orochimaru’s chains shielded him from the sword strikes.
• The Sage of Six Paths explained that Orochimaru had absorbed half the souls in the Pure Land, including Asura’s, and Uchiha Yan challenged him to kill Orochimaru anyway.

Uchiha Yan destroyed Orochimaru’s soul and returned from the Pure Land, where he argued with the Sage of Six Paths about Kaguya, the Ōtsutsuki, and the nature of chakra. Back in Konoha, he learned Kaguya had stopped the meteorite and that Toneri Ōtsutsuki wanted to meet him.

• Orochimaru unleashed vengeful spirits, but Uchiha Yan’s Haoran Qi dissolved them while the Sage of Six Paths trapped Orochimaru with a Boundary Seal.
• Orochimaru recalled the spirits and black mist into the Shinigami, but Uchiha Yan cut him in two and the Sage of Six Paths erased his soul.
• Uchiha Yan questioned the Sage of Six Paths about Kaguya and the Ōtsutsuki Clan, then was sent back to the Shinobi World.
• Kakashi and the others tested Uchiha Yan because Black Zetsu had claimed Obito could possess people, and Uchiha Yan confirmed he was himself.
• Kakashi told Uchiha Yan that Kaguya had stopped the meteorite and that Toneri Ōtsutsuki was staying with the Hyuga Clan.
• Uchiha Yan told Kakashi to bring Toneri to the Hokage Building the next day and said he wanted to rest.

After Orochimaru’s death, Kabuto Yakushi and Obito planned to exploit tensions between Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata to provoke a conflict that would draw Nagato out. Obito sent White Zetsu clones to gather information, while Black Zetsu was reprimanded in class by Misa.

• Uchiha Yan wondered why Kaguya had not intervened after Orochimaru died, then gave up thinking and went to sleep.
• Kabuto Yakushi revealed to Obito that he had survived using Living Corpse Reincarnation and proposed exploiting disagreements between Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata to start a war.
• Kabuto told Obito that Hiruko could absorb bloodline abilities with an upgraded Chimera Technique, and Obito agreed to help him obtain what he needed.
• Obito ordered Tobi to send White Zetsu clones to monitor Naruto and Sasuke, who were still at Mount Myōboku.
• Black Zetsu sneezed in class and was struck by chalk after Misa warned him to pay attention.

Black Zetsu clashed with Sasuke, who learned that Sarada was his daughter, while Naruto confronted Minato and learned why he had been revived. The chapter ended with the Hyuga Clan debating the reforms demanded by the Fifth Hokage, as Maki rebuked Zhenyin for resisting change.

• Black Zetsu brushed off Sasuke's questions and escaped after Mikoto explained that he was Kaguya's youngest son.
• Sasuke doubted Sarada's identity until Mikoto told him she was his daughter from another Sasuke, and he dismissed the claim.
• Naruto confronted Minato over his childhood and the Nine-Tails seal, then listened as Minato explained his choices and cooked ramen for him.
• Hiashi told Hinata and the Hyuga Clan that the Fifth Hokage had ordered them to abolish the cursed seal and the Main and Branch Family distinction under Qin's unified laws.
• Zhenyin proposed having Taichi kill the Fifth Hokage, but Neji threatened him and Maki rebuked him for refusing to adapt or learn.

The Hyuga Clan debated how to respond to Qin’s reforms, and Hinata proposed releasing the clan’s secret techniques and adopting a new cultivation path. Hiashi arranged for Hinata to succeed him as clan leader, while Ino Yamanaka went to Root to confront the Second Hokage over a gap in the clan’s coverage.

• Maki challenged Zhenyin’s opposition to reform, and Hinata urged the Hyuga Clan to adapt, share its secret techniques, and destroy the old Cursed Seal formula.
• Hinata welcomed Toneri to the Hyuga Clan Compound and agreed to teach him divination and cultivation.
• Hiashi announced that Hinata Hyuga would succeed him as clan leader in a ceremony a month later.
• Uchiha Itachi held a clan meeting that approved the reforms, while the Yamanaka Clan worked to connect locations across Konoha.
• Ino Yamanaka confronted Yamanaka Fū about a gap near the Forest of Death, learned that the Second Hokage had blocked the work because it was Root’s base, and went to Root to see him.

Tobirama resisted Ino’s effort to install Root in Konoha’s Law Net, while Ino and Itachi argued over whether law should rely on impartial judgment or enforce behavior without emotion. When Sasuke and Naruto fought in the village, Ino used the Law Net to restrain them, revealing its power to Konoha.

• Ino confronted Tobirama about Root joining the Law Net, and he agreed to let Yamanaka Fū set up the formation within seven days.
• Ino told Itachi that she wanted the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu to provide emotionless judgments, while Itachi argued that law needed human understanding and mediation.
• A messenger reported that Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki were fighting in the village, and Ino entered the Law Net to observe them.
• Ino ordered Sasuke and Naruto to stop using ninjutsu, but they refused until their fight was over.
• Ino manifested the Law Net above Konoha and used its tendrils to restrain Sasuke and Naruto and begin forming hand seals.

Ino insisted on sentencing Sasuke and Naruto to seven days in detention for using ninjutsu, while Uchiha Yan and Minato received Kirigakure envoys seeking cooperation over the Law Net. Hozuki Mangetsu pressured Uchiha Yan to marry Mei Terumi, threatening to expose him as a promise-breaker and turn the Uchiha Clan against him.

• Ino refused Uchiha Itachi's request to show leniency and ordered Sasuke and Naruto to serve seven days in detention.
• Uchiha Yan and Minato learned that Kirigakure's envoys, Kisame and Hozuki Mangetsu, had arrived to discuss cooperation.
• Uchiha Yan teased the envoys about replacing the Mizukage and challenged them to explain what Kirigakure could offer Konoha in return for the Law Net.
• Hozuki Mangetsu described the Land of Water's shipping, shipbuilding, tourism, and commercial potential as reasons for cooperation.
• Mangetsu offered to have Mei Terumi marry Uchiha Yan, then threatened to expose him for breaking his promise and provoke the Uchiha Clan into forcing him from power.

Uchiha Yan secured Kirigakure’s agreement to build a Law Net and fifty schools for Konoha, while revealing his long-term plans to bring the Shinobi World under Konoha’s influence. After Mangetsu and Kisame sent their report to Mei Terumi, Mangetsu grew suspicious of Yan’s intentions and urged her not to accept his demands yet.

• Uchiha Yan threatened Hozuki Mangetsu, then offered Konoha’s help building a Law Net in exchange for fifty schools to be built for Konoha.
• Uchiha Yan told Mangetsu to inform Mei Terumi that he would come to marry her after ascending the imperial throne, and Mangetsu hurried away with Kisame.
• Uchiha Yan explained to Minato that the Law Net and schools would make the Land of Water imitate Konoha and ease its eventual absorption.
• Uchiha Yan admitted his ambition was to reshape the Shinobi World, while Minato recognized the long sequence of goals behind his actions.
• Kisame wrote a detailed report for Mei Terumi, including Mangetsu’s offer to deliver her to Yan.
• Mangetsu reconsidered Yan’s proposal as a possible scheme and asked Kisame to send Mei a warning not to accept Konoha’s demands yet.

Mei Terumi agreed to marry Uchiha Yan and accept his terms so Kirigakure could benefit from their alliance, while Uchiha Yan planned how Konoha would negotiate with the other nations. Minato worried about Naruto’s devotion to Buddhism, and the chapter ended with Asuma asking Naruto what karma was.

• Mei Terumi agreed to marry Uchiha Yan, recall Utakata and Haku, and give the Daimyō position to Yae.
• Hozuki Mangetsu signed an Alliance Treaty with Uchiha Yan, who set the school construction preparations for three months later.
• Uchiha Yan told Genma to leak the Konoha-Kirigakure contract and instructed Minato to act conflicted during negotiations with the other nations.
• Minato asked Uchiha Yan how to persuade Naruto to marry, and Minato proposed holding joint Chunin Ninja Exams to find him a Buddhist girl.
• Naruto visited the Third Hokage’s house to see Konohamaru and found Asuma, who asked him to explain karma.

Naruto explained Buddhist teachings to Asuma, who advised him to visit the Fire Temple and build a following. Meanwhile, Obito plotted to provoke conflict in Konoha and pursued his Infinite Tsukuyomi plan, but Hiruko returned with all seven releases collected.

• Naruto explained karma and calming and insight to Asuma, then learned the Fifth Hokage opposed building Buddhist temples in Konoha.
• Asuma urged Naruto to lecture at the Fire Temple and find like-minded companions, and Naruto went to meet Konohamaru.
• Obito told White Zetsu to approach Sasuke as Uchiha Haruna and use news of Tobirama Senju's forbidden laboratory to stir conflict in Konoha.
• Obito questioned Kabuto Yakushi about summoning the Shinigami and learned Hiruko was seeking Yin-Yang Release by capturing ninja.
• Hiruko arrived carrying two people and announced that he had collected all seven releases, then argued with Obito about finding the right Yin-Yang Release.

Obito sought Sasori’s help with the Eye of the Moon Plan, but Sasori urged him to erase humanity’s self-awareness by turning people into puppets, so Obito left. Sasori then attended the Fire Temple’s unrestricted assembly, where Master Shukaku was about to teach the Buddhadharma.

• Obito warned Hiruko not to act out again, then left to find Sasori of the Red Sands.
• Obito offered Sasori eternal youth in exchange for helping complete the Eye of the Moon Plan, but Sasori rejected the Infinite Tsukuyomi and proposed turning all humans into puppets without self-awareness.
• Obito refused Sasori’s proposal and escaped with Kamui, while Sasori believed Obito might eventually reconsider.
• Sasori headed to the Fire Temple’s unrestricted assembly, where Naruto’s squad, the Konoha 12, and Gaara’s Shukaku clone had also gathered.
• Chiriku opened the month-long assembly and invited Master Shukaku to explain the Buddhadharma.

Shukaku taught Buddha-nature at the Fire Temple while Sasuke argued with Hinata about the consequences of people studying Buddhism. Sasori provoked Sasuke and Gaara, then demonstrated that his body was an illusion and urged Gaara to join him in freeing the Shinobi World from pain.

• Shukaku appeared as Bunpuku and explained Buddha-nature to the laypeople gathered at the Fire Temple.
• Sasuke warned Hinata that Buddhism could distract people from their responsibilities, but she argued that there was no reason to stop them.
• A villager attacked Sasori over the death of a clan head, and Naruto ordered everyone to wait until the Unrestricted Assembly ended before fighting.
• Sasori challenged Sasuke's hatred, and Sasuke attacked him; Naruto intervened, so Sasuke left the temple and Naruto followed.
• Gaara confronted Sasori and demanded that he return to Sunagakure to atone for killing the Third Kazekage.
• Sasori escaped Gaara's sand grip by revealing his body was an illusion, then told Gaara that the brain could deceive people and invited him to join his plan.

Sasori tried to recruit Gaara with his ability to turn himself into energy and erase self-awareness, while a separate argument over religious and philosophical teachings sparked a brawl among the young ninja. Uchiha Yan ended the fight by ordering their chakra sealed and sending them to the Training Ground to keep fighting.

• Sasori appeared at the Fire Temple, urged Gaara to join him in eliminating human self-awareness, and revealed that his real body was sitting by the temple gate.
• Hinata explained Sasori's energy-based concealment to Shikamaru, while Sasuke's Susanoo fought Chiriku's Wrathful Vajra and the Unrestricted Assembly resumed.
• Uchiha Yan received news of Sasori's appearance and dismissed the threat while Minato helped him handle government affairs ahead of the nation's founding.
• Minato went to the woods near the Fire Temple and learned that Sasuke's condemnation of various teachings had triggered a free-for-all among twelve young ninja.
• Minato stopped the fight by sharing his Nine-Tails Chakra with the combatants, then brought them to the Hokage Building, where Uchiha Yan ordered Genma to seal their chakra and send them to the Training Ground.

Obito disguised as Uchiha Haruna recruited Sasuke to investigate Tobirama Senju for suspected human experimentation, while Naruto’s preaching drew growing numbers of people to Buddhism. As Konoha prepared for its founding ceremony, Shanyao and Shizuko raided the research institute for materials but were caught by Uchiha guarding the archives.

• Obito disguised as Uchiha Haruna told Sasuke that Tobirama Senju was secretly capturing foreign ninja and asked him to investigate Root for clues.
• Naruto helped Shizuko cope with heartbreak by guiding her to sleep, then promised to take her and Shanyao to the Fire Temple.
• Naruto preached Buddhism in Konoha as Sasuke lectured on Confucian thought, and the Buddhist teachings attracted many villagers and civilians from other countries.
• Shanyao and Shizuko decided to steal research materials while Konoha’s forces were occupied with preparations for the nation-founding ceremony.
• Shanyao and Shizuko killed the guards and entered the research institute’s archive room, where more than a dozen Uchiha members confronted them.
• Shanyao spotted files on artificial human technology and decided to take as many as he could.

Shanyao and Shizuko stole Konoha’s artificial human research and fled toward Hokage Rock, where Naruto tried to protect a child they had taken hostage. Iwagakure reinforcements rescued the pair by attacking the gathered villagers, leaving many civilians dead and Tekka pursuing the escaping spies.

• Shanyao and Shizuko wrecked the Archive Room, sealed away its research scrolls, and escaped the underground institute.
• Shizuko seized an Uchiha child as the pair raced toward Hokage Rock, while Shanyao held off their pursuers.
• Naruto confronted Shanyao and urged Tekka to spare the child, and villagers stepped in to defend Naruto and the hostages.
• A shadow jutsu restrained Naruto and the gathered villagers as a voice ordered Tekka to take the spies and Naruto’s group into custody.
• Two Iwagakure squads attacked the restrained crowd, killed many villagers, freed Shanyao and Shizuko, and carried them away.
• Tekka glared at Naruto and led his men in pursuit of the Iwagakure ninja.

Naruto’s attempt to stop the Iwagakure ninja led to deaths, while their pursuit exposed Tobirama’s human experiments to Konoha. Obito broadcast the revelations and left Uchiha Yan facing a crisis that threatened the village’s trust in its leaders.

• Naruto agreed to return with Ino and Shikamaru for questioning after admitting he wanted to make up for his mistake.
• Obito sent White Zetsu to help Yam, then watched as the Iwagakure ninja led Konoha’s pursuers toward the Valley of the End.
• The Iwagakure ninja exposed Tobirama Senju’s underground laboratory, and Tobirama killed them as Tekka and Sasuke confronted him over human experimentation.
• Obito revealed that images of the laboratory and Naruto’s role in the deaths had been broadcast across Konoha, then warned that he could spread more footage.
• Tsunade, Minato, Jiraiya, and Utatane Koharu gathered at the Hokage Building, where Uchiha Yan asked Tobirama whether he should kill him or himself.

Uchiha Yan avoided judging Tobirama by summoning Hashirama to decide his punishment. Hashirama urged Tobirama to return to the Pure Land with him, but Tobirama appealed to their family bond and their father’s dying wishes.

• Obito confronted Uchiha Yan with the dilemma of punishing Tobirama and Naruto, threatening to use the fallout to drive Konoha’s leaders apart.
• Uchiha Yan gave Tobirama White Zetsu Paozi and told him to summon Hashirama to make the decision about his punishment.
• Tobirama delayed summoning Hashirama so he could teach Minato the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, and Tsunade punched him into a wall.
• Tobirama used Hashirama’s cells to reincarnate him in the Hokage Office.
• Tsunade explained Tobirama’s human experimentation to Hashirama, who told Tobirama to return to the Pure Land with him.
• Tobirama protested that Hashirama was his brother and invoked their father’s dying wishes.

Uchiha Yan sentenced Tobirama to exile and ordered the Nine-Tails extracted from Naruto as punishment for helping Shanyao escape, despite pleas from Jiraiya and others. Obito tried to recruit Minato, Jiraiya, and Kakashi to stop Yan, but Kakashi rejected his appeal and offered to seek Kaguya and Nagato’s help to revive Rin.

• Uchiha Yan sentenced Tobirama to ten years of exile in an alternate dimension, and Hashirama warned him against continuing human experiments.
• Uchiha Yan told Naruto that his actions had cost lives and endangered Konoha, then criticized his guilt and explained his teachings on compassion and goodness.
• Uchiha Yan ordered Naruto’s Nine-Tails extracted the next day and said Naruto would be expelled from Konoha if he survived.
• Jiraiya tried to block Uchiha Yan and offered his life in Naruto’s place, but Yan refused to change the punishment and warned everyone against intervening.
• Obito urged Minato, Jiraiya, and Kakashi to join him against Uchiha Yan to save Naruto, but Kakashi rejected him and offered to seek Kaguya and Nagato’s help for Rin.

Uchiha Yan publicly enforced judgment against Tobirama and Naruto, while Minato struggled to save Naruto from the punishment. After Kaguya extracted the Nine-Tails, Naruto began dying, and Yan stopped Minato from intervening, leaving Naruto’s fate uncertain.

• Obito left after telling Minato to call him if he wanted to cooperate, and Minato resolved to take Naruto away if necessary.
• Uchiha Yan brought Kaguya and the First Hokage before Konoha’s villagers, where the First Hokage banished Tobirama to an ice-and-snow dimension for violating the law.
• Yan sentenced Naruto to have the Nine-Tails extracted, and Kaguya removed the beast from Naruto despite its protests.
• Kaguya took the tiny Nine-Tails for Sarada, while Naruto collapsed and began rapidly losing his life force.
• Minato tried to carry Naruto away, but Yan restrained him and silenced villagers and allies who pleaded for Naruto’s life.

Uchiha Yan stopped Naruto’s execution, then sent him out of Konoha with Minato as the village’s plans shifted. Meanwhile, Obito sought allies for the Eye of the Moon Plan, while Nagato and Konan discussed how to kill him and Sasori revealed his corpse puppets.

• The Sage of Six Paths fled after Kaguya confronted him, and Uchiha Yan dismissed his Dharma Form and ordered Minato to take Naruto out of Konoha.
• Obito watched from the Kamui Dimension, blamed Uchiha Yan for foiling his scheme, and left to prepare his next move.
• Tsunade explained to Jiraiya why Yan had kept his backup plan secret, while Minato escorted Naruto to the village entrance and promised they could meet again.
• Nagato and Konan discussed using her explosive tags to trap Obito, but decided to wait for him to pursue the Rinnegan and the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Obito approached Sasori with a White Zetsu, and Sasori showed him a corpse puppet and described his method of refining the dead.
• Obito urged Sasori to join the Eye of the Moon Plan, claiming the genjutsu could turn everyone into White Zetsu and eliminate humanity’s self-awareness.

Sasori joined Obito’s Eye of the Moon Plan, and Kabuto’s Reaper Death Seal revealed Orochimaru’s lingering soul and his plans for the Tenseigan. Meanwhile, Uchiha Yan prepared for the founding ceremony and explained to Shikaku how proper conduct could shape the new country.

• Sasori agreed to help Obito carry out the Eye of the Moon Plan, provided Obito spared some people and allowed experiments during the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Obito brought Sasori to the alternate-dimension base, where Hiruko and Kabuto discussed their plans and Kabuto warned Obito to be cautious about Uchiha Yan.
• Kabuto used the Reaper Death Seal and summoned Orochimaru’s soul remnant, which told him to restore the souls in Kimimaro and Honoka and seek the power needed to awaken the Tenseigan.
• Hiruko and Obito discussed the Tenseigan and natural energy, and Kabuto asked Obito to obtain blood from Otsutsuki Toneri or Urashiki.
• Uchiha Yan prepared for the founding ceremony and told Shikaku to address him as Your Majesty.
• Uchiha Yan explained to Shikaku that rites and rules of propriety could influence behavior and help reduce crime.

At Great Qin’s founding ceremony, Uchiha Yan announced the new nation and explained its government and military reforms to leaders from across the Shinobi World. Nagato joked about holding a ceremony for the Land of Rain, then claimed he would remain invincible regardless of how the other countries developed.

• Mei Terumi and Hozuki Yae arrived in Chang’an, where they discussed Mei’s future marriage to Uchiha Yan and the timing of choosing a new Mizukage.
• A and Kitsuchi traded barbs about their countries’ technology, while Gaara explained that the name Great Qin came from a book about a country that unified others.
• Uchiha Yan used his golden Dharma Form to unveil Great Qin’s borders and declare the nation established.
• Konan told Nagato he had the potential to become Xiaren, then questioned Yan’s reorganization of Konoha and the military.
• At a banquet, Uchiha Yan described Great Qin’s Cabinet, Ministry of Personnel, Ninja Academy, and Four Great Military Regions to foreign leaders.
• Nagato claimed that he would be invincible even if every person in the other countries became a ninja, and the leaders turned to Uchiha Yan, hoping the two men would fight.