Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Yan tried to kill Orochimaru, but Orochimaru escaped and began planning to break the Box of Ultimate Bliss with Hiruko, Kabuto, and Black Zetsu. They planned to create a Human Emperor Banner and seek a Tenseigan, leaving Orochimaru’s group preparing to travel to the moon.

• Uchiha Yan activated his Perfect Susanoo to destroy Hozuki Castle, but Orochimaru escaped with the Reverse Summoning Technique.
• Orochimaru told Hiruko and Kabuto Yakushi to begin making the Human Emperor Banner, promising Hiruko help with the Heaven-Swallowing Demonic Art.
• Orochimaru explained that they would use the Reaper Death Seal and Impure World Reincarnation to consume souls and become immortal.
• Black Zetsu warned that the Box of Ultimate Bliss contained an undying monster and said Yin-Yang Release, likely through a Tenseigan, was needed to destroy it.
• Kabuto unsealed Black Zetsu’s scroll, revealing directions to the moon, and Orochimaru prepared to go there after reincarnating Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju.
• Black Zetsu stayed behind to watch Uchiha Yan and secretly planned to collect Reaper Death Seal scrolls and kill Sakura Haruno.

Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi traveled to the moon with Honoka to seek Ōtsutsuki blood and create a Tenseigan powerful enough to oppose Uchiha Yan. After summoning powerful shinobi with Impure World Reincarnation, Hashirama led the group into a moon castle, where they found a horrifying sight beneath it.

• Orochimaru, Kabuto Yakushi, and Honoka used a sealing formation near Hell Valley to travel to the moon.
• Kabuto Yakushi summoned dozens of shinobi with Impure World Reincarnation, including Hashirama, Tobirama, Fugaku, Rasa, and Ōnoki.
• Kabuto Yakushi told Hashirama that Uchiha Yan had defeated Uchiha Hikari and was preparing a war of annihilation, and the group argued over Yan and the Uchiha Clan.
• Hashirama agreed to help them obtain Ōtsutsuki blood and learn about the Tenseigan after sensing ominous chakra in the castle.
• Hashirama led Orochimaru and the others through the castle’s traps and puppets to the area beneath it, where they saw a horrifying sight.

Orochimaru and his allies attacked Otsutsuki Toneri on the moon to obtain his blood, but Toneri overwhelmed them with the Giant Tenseigan and Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion. After escaping with a few drops of blood, Orochimaru planned to steal Hinata Hyuga’s Byakugan and retreat to Ryūchi Cave, while Toneri arrived in Konoha with his puppets.

• Toneri used the Giant Tenseigan to repel Orochimaru’s group and unleash puppets, but Hashirama restrained the puppets with Wood Release.
• Toneri awakened the Tenseigan and blasted Orochimaru and the other ninja from the moon with Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.
• The ninja launched their strongest techniques, but Toneri’s attack tore through the moon and seemingly wiped them out.
• Tobirama and Orochimaru ambushed Toneri long enough to draw blood, then Orochimaru ordered the group to retreat.
• Orochimaru decided to obtain Hinata Hyuga’s Byakugan and move his research to Ryūchi Cave, while Toneri arrived in Konoha with a large number of puppets.

Otsutsuki Toneri came to Konoha seeking Byakugan so he could awaken the Tenseigan, but Hiashi and Uchiha Yan refused to let him take Hinata or Hanabi. Toneri left for the moon with a copy of the Daozang after Uchiha Yan overpowered him and warned him about the Ōtsutsuki Clan.

• Otsutsuki Toneri descended into the Hyuga Clan Compound and told Hiashi he had come to check on the clan after Ninja infiltrated the moon, then asked to meet Hinata.
• Hiashi refused to give Toneri Hinata and offered other Byakugan, but Toneri threatened to take them; Hiashi challenged him to defeat Hinata, and Neji appeared with Hanabi to stop the puppets.
• Hiashi took Toneri to meet Uchiha Yan, who learned that one of the moon infiltrators used Wood Release and another used snakes, identifying them as Orochimaru and his accomplice.
• Uchiha Yan showed Toneri memories of the Ōtsutsuki Clan and refused to let him awaken the Tenseigan while he intended to destroy the Shinobi World.
• Uchiha Yan seized Toneri with a Golden Palm and ordered him to return to the moon with a copy of the Daozang, and Hiashi urged Toneri to study and grow stronger.

Uchiha Yan prepared for Orochimaru’s likely attempt to obtain more Byakugan while Konoha drew Kirigakure and Sunagakure into new offers of cooperation. Mei Terumi chose to meet Yan in Jinghai Town, and Gaara concluded Konoha was trying to keep the other villages from interfering with its plans.

• Uchiha Yan sent sealing-scroll traps to Hinata and Dodai, whom he suspected Orochimaru might target for their Byakugan.
• Mei Terumi learned Kakashi and Uchiha and Hyūga elites were assisting the Satō Clan, while Hozuki Mangetsu warned that Konoha had gained support among the people of the Land of Water.
• Mei Terumi decided Kirigakure should secretly support other factions, but Konoha’s offer to share scientific ninja tool technology complicated her plans.
• Mei Terumi agreed to wait for Uchiha Yan in Jinghai Town rather than turn Kirigakure against Konoha.
• Baki asked Gaara to assess Konoha’s offer of wind power technology, and Gaara reasoned that Konoha wanted Sunagakure to stay out of its plans to unify the Land of Fire.

Gaara learned that Rasa had foreseen his death and left warnings about enemies who could use Impure World Reincarnation, then prepared to travel to Konoha and strengthen Sunagakure. Meanwhile, Orochimaru confronted Jiraiya and demanded Hinata’s Byakugan, ending with a challenge about whether Jiraiya could kill him.

• Baki told Gaara that Rasa had planned his succession and appointed him the next Kazekage, then sent him to negotiations in Konoha.
• Gaara, Kankuro, and Temari opened Rasa’s scroll and saw fragments of the future; Rasa warned them about the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu and enemies inside Sunagakure.
• Gaara decided to seek Uchiha Yan’s help in training Sunagakure’s ninja and planned to discuss Buddhadharma with Naruto in Konoha.
• Sasuke and Hinata practiced Rasengan, and Jiraiya was astonished when Hinata used chakra nature transformation and Sasuke threw his Rasengan.
• Hinata sensed approaching chakra, and Orochimaru arrived and demanded that Hinata give him her Byakugan in exchange for letting Jiraiya and the others leave.

Orochimaru and Kabuto summoned powerful dead ninja to fight Sasuke and the others, but the battle turned against them when Tsunade arrived with reinforcements. Tsunade confronted Tobirama about his views on the Uchiha and revealed his history of human experimentation, prompting Sasuke to react.

• Jiraiya summoned Gamabunta while Orochimaru summoned Manda, and Kabuto used Impure World Reincarnation to bring back numerous powerful ninja, including Tobirama Senju, Fugaku, and Ōnoki.
• Sasuke, Hinata, and Naruto prepared to fight as Manda attacked, and Sasuke blasted Tobirama with fire and lightning before destroying him.
• Sasuke played the Ancient Zither to summon a fire phoenix, while Hinata's Eight Trigrams Formation empowered the phoenixes as the revived Kage launched attacks.
• The Third Raikage nearly struck Hinata, but Tsunade arrived with Sakura, Shizune, and Konoha Anbu to drive him back.
• Tsunade confronted Tobirama over his prejudice against the Uchiha and told him that he had conducted human experiments; Sasuke asked whether Tobirama had experimented on people like Orochimaru.

Sasuke and the Konoha fighters battled Orochimaru’s reanimated forces, while Sasuke’s Haoran qi tortured Tobirama. After Hinata killed Orochimaru with a trap prepared by Uchiha Yan, Kabuto withdrew, and Sasuke mocked Tobirama as innately evil.

• Sasuke’s Haoran qi caused Tobirama to writhe in pain, and Sasuke explained that it burned away resentment in the soul.
• Sakura attacked the Second Tsuchikage as Sasuke summoned a lightning kirin and destroyed many reanimated fighters, then sent the kirin toward Orochimaru.
• Hinata was immobilized by a reanimated Nara Clan member, but Uchiha Yan’s dōjutsu trap struck Orochimaru when he tried to take her Byakugan.
• Hinata hit Orochimaru with eight Rasengan and burned his remains with green flames while Jiraiya urged Kabuto Yakushi to retreat.
• Kabuto Yakushi withdrew, and Tobirama Senju broke free of Impure World Reincarnation before Sasuke restored his breath and called him an innately evil Senju brat.

Tobirama Senju returned to Konoha with Tsunade to investigate Uchiha Yan’s rule and the upheaval across the Shinobi World. After seeing how Konoha had changed, Tobirama questioned Yan about his ambitions and Madara Uchiha’s fate, ending by asking what made Madara so powerful.

• Sasuke mocked Tobirama and offered to teach him haoran qi if he became Sasuke’s disciple, while Tobirama urged Tsunade to return to Konoha with him.
• Tsunade explained to Tobirama that Uchiha Yan had become Hokage after Danzo died and that Yan had the ability to lead Konoha.
• Jiraiya declined to accompany Tsunade and Tobirama, choosing instead to take Naruto and the others to meet the Toad Sage.
• On the way to Konoha, Sakura told Tobirama that the Four Great Ninja Villages had attacked because the Daimyō’s bloodline had ended, leaving civilians to fight over succession.
• Tobirama was astonished by Konoha’s expansion and by Uchiha dancing beside the Naka River before he went to the Hokage Office.
• Tobirama questioned Yan about killing the Daimyō and sending Madara Uchiha away, and Yan said he wanted to change the Shinobi World; Tobirama then asked whether Madara’s power came from the Rinnegan or the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.

Uchiha Yan left Tobirama Senju in charge of Root while he traveled to Jinghai Town to meet Mei Terumi. He explained how Konoha’s influence had weakened Kirigakure’s resistance to his plans, then offered Mei a scroll on Scientific Ninja Tools in exchange for a condition.

• Uchiha Yan showed Tobirama Senju Konoha’s ninja files, and Tobirama was shocked by the village’s strength and Sakura Haruno’s Yin Seal technique.
• Uchiha Yan told Tobirama Senju to oversee Root and help Konoha unify the Land of Fire, then left Hayate to assist him.
• Tobirama Senju questioned Utatane Koharu about Uchiha Yan’s strength and history, but doubted her account of how Yan awakened his Sharingan.
• Uchiha Yan traveled to Jinghai Town, where Mei Terumi was waiting for him and said Zabuza had gone to deal with Kakashi.
• Uchiha Yan explained that Konoha’s factories and protection of trade routes had made the people of the Land of Water favor Konoha, leaving Kirigakure little choice but to accept his expansion.
• Uchiha Yan offered Mei Terumi a scroll about making Scientific Ninja Tools in exchange for a condition, and she asked to hear it.

Uchiha Yan pressured Mei Terumi to accept Konoha’s factory plans, while Kirigakure weighed the political risks and sought allies. Back in Konoha, Yan recruited Tobirama to help unify the Land of Fire and teased him with an outrageous fictional romance involving Izuna.

• Uchiha Yan warned Mei Terumi that refusing Konoha’s factory proposal would turn the Land of Water’s citizens and factions against Kirigakure, then gave her seven days to investigate.
• Mei Terumi ordered envoys sent to Kumogakure and Sunagakure, and told Kisame to assess Kirigakure’s clans’ positions on war and peace.
• Mei Terumi suspected Uchiha Yan was using the Land of Water dispute to distract other villages while Konoha prepared to unify the Land of Fire, so she ordered an investigation into Konoha’s movements.
• Uchiha Yan returned to Konoha and told Tobirama to take charge of Root and the Anbu as part of his plan to unify the Land of Fire.
• Uchiha Yan threatened to summon Izuna and invented a story about Tobirama’s love for Izuna until Tobirama shouted at him to stop.

Uchiha Yan secured Sunagakure’s agreement not to interfere with Konoha’s plans and outlined schemes to destabilize rival villages while preparing to unify the Land of Fire. He then assigned Konoha teams to support military campaigns across the country.

• Gaara negotiated for Sunagakure to receive wind power technology and for Konoha to stay out of the Land of Wind’s internal affairs, and Uchiha Yan agreed while warning him about internal threats.
• Uchiha Yan explained to Tobirama that Konoha would foment divisions in Sunagakure and hatred between Iwagakure and Kumogakure, then left Root and the Anbu under Tobirama’s command for operations outside the Land of Fire.
• Uchiha Yan summoned Might Guy, Aoba Yamashiro, Kurenai Yuhi, Asuma Sarutobi, and Uchiha Tekka and ordered them to help end the war in the Land of Fire.
• Uchiha Yan sent Might Guy to protect the Mōri Clan and conquer nearby prefectures, Kurenai Yuhi to support Anko, Asuma to support Haruki, Uchiha Tekka to assist Kakashi, and Aoba Yamashiro to join Hyūga Maki in the Capital.

Mei Terumi tried to use Kirigakure spies to disrupt Uchiha Yan’s plans, but Yan countered by sending Iwagakure spies to the Land of Water and turning their deaths into a trap. The chapter ended with Mei unable to break with Konoha without destroying trust in Kirigakure, as someone demanded that she come out.

• Mei Terumi ordered Kirigakure agents to gather intelligence openly in the Land of Fire and planned to use any deaths as grounds to break with Konoha.
• Uchiha Yan sent two Iwagakure spies and Root ninja to the Land of Water to purchase wedding supplies and provoke a response from Mei.
• Shiori warned Mei that Yan was likely setting a trap, but Mei refused to kill her own spies.
• Mangetsu reported that Jonin Oda Nobunobu had killed the supposed Konoha purchasers inside the Kirigakure Garment Factory, claiming Uchiha Yan was unworthy of marrying Mei.
• Shiori concluded that Oda was a Konoha spy and warned that breaking with Konoha would split Kirigakure; Mei realized the deaths had been Iwagakure spies, and someone outside called for her to come out.

Uchiha Yan publicly accused Mei Terumi of breaking their engagement and killing Konoha ninja, then privately pressured her to blame Oda Nobunobu on Iwagakure. After Mei Terumi punched him, Uchiha Yan summoned his Perfect Susanoo, leaving Mei Terumi to weigh the danger of conceding against Konoha’s growing power.

• Uchiha Yan arrived over Kirigakure and loudly accused Mei Terumi of killing Konoha ninja and abandoning their engagement, while villagers listened and blamed her.
• Uchiha Yan privately told Mei Terumi to identify Oda Nobunobu as an Iwagakure spy or he would plunge Kirigakure into internal strife.
• Mei Terumi punched Uchiha Yan, and he used the incident to summon his Perfect Susanoo in the middle of Kirigakure.
• Mei Terumi’s advisers urged her to blame Oda Nobunobu to prevent Uchiha Yan from attacking the village, but Mei Terumi worried about Konoha’s future dominance.

Uchiha Yan left Kirigakure after calming the villagers and promising peaceful cooperation, while Mei Terumi and her allies weighed how to resist Konoha’s growing influence. His actions also alarmed other ninja villages and sparked jokes among Konoha residents.

• Uchiha Yan publicly claimed Mei Terumi still loved him and suggested she was being controlled by genjutsu, prompting Kirigakure’s villagers to question her leadership.
• Mei Terumi denied knowing about Oda’s killing of Konoha ninja and reaffirmed her engagement to the Hokage, while Uchiha Yan accepted her explanation and promised to cooperate with the investigation.
• Uchiha Yan offered Kirigakure’s villagers discounts in Konoha and its ninja a water release technique attributed to the Second Mizukage, then departed after urging them to shape the future.
• Mei Terumi ordered Hozuki Mangetsu to recall their people from the Land of Fire, and she and Shiori concluded Kirigakure should build strength through Konoha before joining other villages against it.
• The Raikage and Dodai discussed Uchiha Yan’s motives and prepared Kumogakure to move quickly, while Konoha residents dismissed his performance as another act.

Uchiha Yan prepared Konoha for war as Sunagakure, Kumogakure, and Iwagakure began mobilizing, and he called a meeting of Konoha’s Jonin to begin his unification plan. Meanwhile, Orochimaru revived Minato Namikaze to capture Dodai and promised him a chance to see Naruto, sending Minato toward North Mountain City.

• Uchiha Yan learned that Orochimaru had survived and that Kitsuchi was assembling Iwagakure’s Ninja while contacting Sunagakure.
• Uchiha Yan remembered his system and his goal of learning the Flying Thunder God Technique, then ordered Konoha’s Jonin to gather for a meeting.
• Orochimaru and Black Zetsu discussed obtaining a Byakugan and releasing the Three-Tails, while Orochimaru planned to use Minato Namikaze to seize Dodai.
• After waiting in the Land of Lightning, Orochimaru learned Dodai was traveling to North Mountain City and used the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu to revive Minato.
• Orochimaru told Minato that Naruto was safe and promised he could see him after capturing Dodai, so Minato hurried to North Mountain City.

Minato returned from the dead and swiftly captured Dodai, but Orochimaru escaped with him to Ryūchi Cave before Uchiha Yan could arrive. After Minato learned about the years he had missed, he offered to end the war by killing rebel leaders, and Tobirama explained why Konoha was keeping its ninja out of the fighting.

• Minato located Dodai, grabbed him, and brought him to Orochimaru's base before returning to Konoha.
• Black Zetsu warned Orochimaru that Uchiha Yan was coming, so Orochimaru took Dodai to Ryūchi Cave; Yan and Minato arrived too late.
• Tobirama discussed Orochimaru's possible Tenseigan plans with Yan and urged him to focus on unifying the Land of Fire.
• Yan showed Minato memories of the years he had missed, including Naruto's life and Boruto.
• Minato decided to end the war by killing rebel leaders, but Tobirama explained that Konoha was keeping its ninja out of the fighting to show they could save people rather than serve as tools for killing.

Uchiha Yan confronted the resurrected Nagato, Obito, and Urashiki as Kaguya Ōtsutsuki and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki fought over Sarada. After Obito and the others went to seize another Ten-Tails, Yan offered Isshiki Sarada’s freedom in exchange for learning Haoran Qi, then prepared to fight him.

• Uchiha Yan, Tobirama, and Minato sensed enormous chakra and found Kaguya Ōtsutsuki and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki facing off against Nagato, Obito, and Urashiki.
• Kaguya attacked Isshiki over her granddaughter, and both vanished into an alternate dimension before their clash could threaten the Shinobi World.
• Nagato, Obito, and Urashiki explained that Sasuke Uchiha had brought them back, and Nagato warned that they needed to recover the turtles to prevent the destruction of both Shinobi Worlds.
• Uchiha Yan demanded that the three help deal with Kaguya and Isshiki, but Obito, Nagato, and Urashiki left to capture this world’s Ten-Tails when Kaguya and Isshiki reappeared.
• Uchiha Yan recognized Isshiki’s captive as Sarada and offered to teach Isshiki Haoran Qi if he released her; Isshiki attacked Yan with Black Rods, which struck his golden light without harming him.

Uchiha Yan defeated Isshiki’s attempt to capture Sarada and gave him the Heart-Mind Learning cultivation method, then brought Kaguya to the Uchiha compound. As Kaguya settled in and began teaching Sarada, Yan worried that a greater threat was growing within the Shinobi World.

• Uchiha Yan’s golden palm pursued Isshiki through shrinking and space, forcing Isshiki to bargain for the Haoran Qi cultivation method in exchange for Sarada.
• Minato brought Isshiki a scroll of the Heart-Mind Learning method, and Isshiki left after learning about Taichi Ōtsutsuki and his Primordial One Qi.
• Kaguya chose to stay at the Uchiha Clan Compound with Sarada and demanded a palace, servants, and other comforts.
• Uchiha Yan told Tobirama that the arrival of two Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and Isshiki could mean a formidable enemy would emerge, and he feared the Hyuga Clan might become hostile.
• Kaguya ordered Itachi to destroy Hagoromo’s memorial tablet, then said she would teach Sarada and eventually lead the Uchiha back to confront the Ōtsutsuki Main Family.

Uchiha Itachi welcomed Sarada, explained the value of the classics, and offered to take her to meet her grandmother and get new clothes. Meanwhile, Jigen chose to join forces with the alternate-world Isshiki against Nagato’s group, and their battle began in the Alternate Dimension.

• Uchiha Itachi told Sarada about Izanagi, the classics, and the need to study Haoran Qi before asking her to wait while he read.
• Uchiha Itachi learned that Sasuke was with Boruto and the Seventh, then promised to take Sarada to see her father when he returned and bring her to her grandmother for new clothes.
• Uchiha Itachi summoned Huo Yu, who showed Sarada a color-changing Wide-Sleeved Flowing Fairy Dress, and Sarada eagerly asked for one.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, Obito, and Urashiki tried to persuade Jigen to join their respective sides in the fight for the Ten-Tails.
• Jigen chose to ally with his alternate-world self, Isshiki, and attacked Nagato’s group as Isshiki sent black cubes at them.
• Orochimaru watched Kimimaro in Ryūchi Cave with anticipation.