Chapter Summaries

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.

Uchiha Yan told the leaders at a gathering that he was serious about marrying Mei Terumi and promised his plans would not harm her or Kirigakure. In Yamaguchi Prefecture, the Military Police Force’s Law Net detected a bar fight and restrained the brawlers, who were taken in for questioning.

• Uchiha Yan said he intended to marry Mei Terumi and assured her that his other goals would not harm her, the Terumi Clan, or Kirigakure.
• Mei Terumi refused Yan’s proposal, but Yan said he was serious about marrying her and hoped peace would bring prosperity to every country.
• Men in a Yamaguchi Prefecture bar argued over Qin’s new government, the Military Police Force, and the emperor before their dispute turned into a brawl.
• The bar owner activated an alarm, and the Military Police Force’s Law Net detected the fight and used the Nara Clan’s Shadow Possession Jutsu to restrain everyone inside.
• Two Military Police Force ninja arrived, ordered the brawlers to come in for questioning, and warned the owner not to inflate his compensation claim.

A and Mei Terumi dealt with the political and security problems caused by Qin’s Law Net while considering cooperation between their countries. Qin’s envoy Kakashi arrived with a marriage letter and elaborate wedding plans, and Mei Terumi accepted her coming title as Great Qin Empress.

• A and Mabui discussed recruiting wandering ninja and rogue ninja, strengthening public order, and developing defenses against Tailed Beast Bombs.
• Mabui suspected Qin’s Law Net could withstand Tailed Beast Bombs and noted that Qin’s Military Police Forces used two kinds of Flying Thunder God markings.
• A agreed to have Mabui approach Kirigakure through Mei Terumi’s upcoming wedding, while he pursued development in the Land of Lightning.
• Mei Terumi and Mangetsu discussed Qin’s support for the Land of Water and whether Kirigakure should keep copying Qin’s systems.
• Shiori announced that Qin’s envoy Kakashi had brought a marriage letter and wanted to discuss the wedding proceedings.
• Kakashi showed the group footage of imperial wedding ceremonies and revealed that Uchiha Yan had spent one hundred million ryō on the wedding; Mei Terumi ordered Shiori to address her as Her Highness the Great Qin Empress.

Mei Terumi prepared to marry Uchiha Yan as Qin’s wedding customs spread across the Shinobi World during ten years of peace. As Nagato planned Yahiko’s resurrection, Uchiha Yan confronted problems at home and ordered Sasuke to investigate the rapid growth of Buddhist and Daoist temples.

• Mei Terumi accepted the wedding arrangements, and Qin decorated Kirigakure with red silk and lanterns for her marriage to Uchiha Yan.
• The wedding’s customs spread through Qin and the Shinobi World, while schools adopted Chinese characters and the Law Net helped maintain peace.
• Nagato told Konan he wanted to resurrect Yahiko, and they agreed to do it on Yahiko’s birthday.
• Uchiha Yan struggled to calm his infant daughter, then heard that their eldest son had awakened his Sharingan and fought a girl who kissed him.
• Mei Terumi warned Uchiha Yan that temples were persuading civilians to donate money and become monks, prompting him to order an investigation.
• Uchiha Yan summoned Sasuke and asked him to investigate the temples and check whether people were becoming monks to evade family responsibilities.

Obito, Urashiki, and Kabuto launched their plan by invading the Pure Land to harvest souls, while Obito and his allies battled the Sage of Six Paths and Hamura. As the conflict escalated, Obito tried to recruit Indra by promising to reunite him with Kaguya and revive him.

• Obito told Hiruko and Kabuto that Sasuke was investigating the Buddhist temples and that the Ryuumyaku had been found, then explained that he planned to start a war to keep the Fourth Hokage occupied.
• Urashiki joined Obito, Hiruko, and Kabuto, and they entered the Pure Land through the Shinigami.
• Kabuto used the Shinigami to absorb more than ten thousand souls as Obito, Urashiki, and Hiruko fought the Sage of Six Paths.
• The Sage of Six Paths summoned Hamura, but Obito and Urashiki split into multiple soul forms, leaving the brothers struggling against them.
• The Sage of Six Paths summoned the past Kage, Indra, Asura, and other souls to help stop Kabuto, while Obito offered Indra a chance to see Kaguya and be resurrected.

In the Pure Land, Obito persuaded Indra and the Uchiha souls to fight the Sage of Six Paths, while Sasori’s scheme in Qin advanced through Sasuke’s discovery of genuine evidence against the religious institutions. Uchiha Yan prepared to bring the matter before court, then encountered the Sage of Six Paths, Hamura Otsutsuki, and the First Hokage appearing as souls in his palace.

• Obito accused the Sage of Six Paths of sealing Kaguya, winning Indra over and prompting Indra to attack his father as Asura intervened.
• Indra’s use of Perfect Susanoo led Obito to realize that souls could use Mangekyō Sharingan powers, and Obito activated Kamui before rallying the Uchiha souls against the Sage of Six Paths.
• In Hirata Town, Sasori learned that Sasuke had received their intelligence and ordered White Zetsu and their other agents to prepare for coordinated action.
• Sasuke verified the intelligence about corruption in Qin and brought the evidence to Uchiha Yan, who planned to present it at court and involve the Military Police Force and Ministry of Rites.
• Uchiha Yan and Sasuke discussed unexplained Chakra fluctuations and the possibility of an approaching Ōtsutsuki conflict.
• The Sage of Six Paths, Hamura Otsutsuki, and the First Hokage appeared as souls in Uchiha Yan’s palace.