Chapter Summaries

Orochimaru prepared to awaken the Tenseigan while Black Zetsu abandoned his schemes and joined Kaguya, who turned him into a child and ordered him to attend Uchiha Kindergarten. At the Hokage Building, Black Zetsu revealed that Orochimaru had a Hyūga Shinkō clone, raising a new question about his Tenseigan plan.

• Orochimaru and Kabuto prepared a body for his Tenseigan experiment, while Hiruko considered taking over a White Zetsu body.
• Black Zetsu warned Orochimaru that Nagato had become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and cautioned him not to attack Konoha.
• Black Zetsu found Kaguya, who made him a six-year-old boy, told him she would release the other Kaguya after defeating the Ōtsutsuki Main Family, and ordered him to attend kindergarten.
• Black Zetsu went to Uchiha Itachi to arrange kindergarten, then headed to the Hokage Building after Itachi said Uchiha Yan wanted to see him.
• Uchiha Yan questioned Black Zetsu about Orochimaru's plans, and Black Zetsu revealed that Orochimaru had a Hyūga Shinkō clone.

Uchiha Yan learned that Orochimaru might use the Box of Ultimate Bliss and Impure World Reincarnation to create a dangerous weapon, but Tobirama explained that the Shinigami could not provide a path to the Pure Land. Yan then returned to the Land of Rain, where Nagato demanded that he stop the war in the Land of Fire, and Konan revealed Yan’s engagement to Mei Terumi.

• Black Zetsu warned Uchiha Yan that Orochimaru and Hiruko were developing ways to refine the Box of Ultimate Bliss and absorb kekkei genkai.
• Uchiha Yan feared Orochimaru could use Impure World Reincarnation to gather souls, so he questioned Tobirama about the Pure Land and the Shinigami.
• Tobirama explained that the Shinigami was an Uzumaki-created vessel and that Impure World Reincarnation summoned souls from the Pure Land using sacrifices.
• Uchiha Yan decided to find Orochimaru through Karin Uzumaki and traveled to the Land of Rain to prevent Orochimaru from joining forces with Nagato.
• Obito told Uchiha Yan that Jigen and Isshiki had stopped them from obtaining the Ten-Tails, while Nagato demanded Yan halt the war in the Land of Fire.
• Uchiha Yan offered to help control the Land of Water, and Konan revealed that Mei Terumi and Yan were engaged.

Uchiha Yan learned that Nagato planned to end the shinobi war by destroying any faction that continued fighting, so Konoha’s leaders decided to accelerate their unification of the Land of Fire. Konoha mobilized its forces across several countries, while Kakashi learned only that he was to assemble at Jinghai Town.

• Nagato told Uchiha Yan he would soon end the war and described the powerful Orochimaru in Isshiki and Jigen’s world; Yan asked Karin to help find a Human Emperor Banner.
• Obito asked Yan to support the Eye of the Moon Plan if Nagato failed, but Nagato promised to use Infinite Tsukuyomi himself and revive Rin Nohara if needed.
• Yan returned to Konoha and warned Tobirama, Shikaku, Minato, and the others that Nagato would annihilate any village, city, or country that continued fighting.
• Tobirama and the Konoha leaders agreed to unify the Land of Fire quickly, and Yan ordered ninja recalled and assigned forces to subdue factions in the Lands of Hot Water and Rivers.
• Konoha’s sudden mobilization alarmed the other hidden villages, while Kakashi was told to assemble at Jinghai Town and protested being addressed as the Fourth Hokage instead of the Fifth.

Minato led Konoha forces to bring the Land of Rivers under Konoha’s jurisdiction, while Tobirama imposed Konoha’s rule on the Land of Hot Water. Uchiha Yan confronted the Land of Fire’s leaders with his Susanoo and demanded to become daimyō.

• Minato reunited with Kakashi in Jinghai Town, explained that Obito was alive and warned Kakashi that he could become an enemy.
• Minato used Nine-Tails Chakra Mode and the Flying Thunder God Technique to transport Konoha troops to the Land of Rivers.
• Minato killed De Kang Chuan after he refused to submit, then assigned Kakashi to help establish Konoha’s rule in the capital.
• Tobirama forced Wu Tian Jia Xuan to accept Konoha’s jurisdiction over the Land of Hot Water and threatened to kill anyone who resisted.
• Uchiha Yan used his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan to summon a towering Susanoo and demanded that Feng Chen Le accept him as daimyō of the Land of Fire.

Uchiha Yan clashed with Nagato over his expansion into the Land of Hot Water and the Land of Rivers, revealing a mighty Dharma Form before they agreed to halt the fight. Yan kept the occupied territory for now and prepared to have Tobirama Senju and Minato Namikaze return, while Feng Chen Le submitted and Shikaku warned him that unifying the country would bring further upheaval.

• Feng Chen Le submitted to Uchiha Yan, who told him to keep his subordinates from provoking Konoha as the Land of Fire was absorbed.
• Nagato confronted Yan over his occupation of smaller nations and threatened to destroy the Land of Fire's Capital when Yan refused to withdraw.
• Yan broke through Nagato's attacks and barrier, then summoned Dharma Form Heaven and Earth to overwhelm the battlefield.
• Nagato agreed to let Yan keep the territory already occupied in the Land of Hot Water and the Land of Rivers, provided Konoha made no further moves, and Yan agreed to recall Tobirama Senju and Minato Namikaze.
• Feng Chen Yue asked Shikaku about Yan's power, and Shikaku warned that the country would face clashes and major changes after unification.

Nagato Uzumaki threatened the Shinobi World into halting its wars and summoned the Five Kage to the Land of Rain, while Uchiha Yan and Konoha’s leaders considered the dangers still ahead. The chapter ended with Tobirama asking whether Yan would truly abandon his plan to unify the Shinobi World.

• Mei Terumi ordered Kirigakure’s factions to stop fighting after Nagato’s Tailed Beast Bombs destroyed Haishan County and other targets.
• Nagato told Konan he planned to use force to enforce peace while the countries developed their economies, and they discussed Yahiko, crime, and Ino Yamanaka’s legal training.
• Konan warned Nagato that his methods could not create lasting peace and that powerful threats, including Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, the Ōtsutsuki Clan, and Orochimaru, remained.
• Uchiha Yan told Konoha’s senior officials that Obito planned to use Infinite Tsukuyomi and that Nagato might be needed to stop Orochimaru if he awakened the Tenseigan.
• Tobirama asked Uchiha Yan whether he would halt his campaign to unify the Shinobi World.

Uchiha Yan outlined Konoha’s future as a talent-training institution and began arranging a successor Hokage and advisers. Tobirama took Yan and Minato to meet Kaguya, who asked Yan to teach her the chakra apparition technique he had used.

• Uchiha Yan said Konoha would train the Land of Fire’s officials and called for candidates for the next Hokage and two advisers.
• Tobirama proposed restoring Minato as Hokage and appointing Uchiha Itachi and Neji Hyuga as advisers, while Minato insisted he wanted to find Kushina in the Pure Land.
• Uchiha Itachi said he and Neji should not become Hokage or Daimyō so the Uchiha and Hyūga clans would remain balanced.
• Tobirama took Uchiha Yan and Minato to see Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.
• Kaguya asked Uchiha Yan to teach her the chakra apparition technique infused with natural energy.

Uchiha Yan had Kaguya revive Tobirama and Minato, then stopped Tobirama from planning human experiments and left Minato in charge of the village. Before heading to Amegakure, Yan returned to find Mikoto and Sarada arguing about tomatoes and Sarada's place in this world.

• Uchiha Yan gave Kaguya Ōtsutsuki the cultivation method for Dharma Form Heaven and Earth and asked her to revive Tobirama and Minato.
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki revived Tobirama and Minato, then explained Isshiki's plans and her own path to godhood.
• Tobirama asked Uchiha Yan for human test subjects, but Yan refused and told Minato to stop him from conducting experiments.
• Uchiha Yan left Minato in charge of the village and said he was going to Amegakure.
• Uchiha Yan returned to the Uchiha Clan Compound and found Mikoto trying to make Sarada eat stir-fried tomatoes and eggs.
• Sarada asked whether she would disappear if Sasuke and Sakura did not marry, and Uchiha Yan said he would explain later.

Uchiha Yan gathered the Kage and Nagato to discuss ending wars and reorganizing the shinobi nations, while Nagato set conditions for peace and Yan promoted the Great Qin Empire’s model. The meeting ended with Mei Terumi explaining that Yan’s reforms could help him unify the shinobi world.

• Uchiha Yan learned where Ryūchi Cave was, then arranged a large-scale expedition against Orochimaru and traveled to the Land of Rain.
• Uchiha Yan met the other four Kage, Deidara, and the Leg Kage, and told A that Orochimaru had captured Dodai and revived Minato Namikaze.
• Nagato entered with Konan and forbade the Five Great Nations from starting wars or blocking access to survival resources, threatening to replace leaders who failed to govern effectively.
• Uchiha Yan urged the Kage to adapt ninja work for public services and model their nations on the Great Qin Empire, while Nagato insisted he would not interfere in internal affairs.
• Nagato asked Yan to distribute Konoha’s Law Net formation plans, but Yan said the other nations lacked the specialists needed to use it and urged them to maintain patrols and prepare for peace.
• Mei Terumi told Kitsuchi that Yan wanted other nations to adopt the Land of Fire’s customs so unification would face less resistance, and said his books had made him highly respected in Kirigakure.

Uchiha Yan ended the tense meeting by inviting the assembled leaders to help deal with Orochimaru, then traveled to Ryūchi Cave and confronted him after he awakened the Tenseigan in Hyūga Shinkō’s body. Yan called in the others, who appeared beside Orochimaru and launched a coordinated attack.

• Mei Terumi rejected the proposed marriage alliance, and Uchiha Yan ended the meeting by asking interested leaders to join him against Orochimaru.
• Uchiha Yan summoned Konoha’s elite forces, while Obito urged Nagato to join a plan to destroy Konoha and revealed that he and Urashiki had obtained shinjutsu.
• Uchiha Yan traveled to Ryūchi Cave, where Tagorihime appeared before him, and then sensed Orochimaru’s chakra nearby.
• Orochimaru revealed that he had awakened the Tenseigan in Hyūga Shinkō’s body and insisted he had not created the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.
• Uchiha Yan dodged Orochimaru’s Truth-Seeking Orbs and threw kunai, bringing a group of allies to Orochimaru’s side, where they attacked him with their techniques.

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.