Chapter Summaries

As the flames engulfed Ebizo, a shadowy figure tried to persuade him to surrender his body and accept its power. Ebizo agreed to the bargain, and Uchiha Izuna moved to stop him as a torrent of curse power erupted.

• Uchiha Izuna watched Tobirama Senju’s explosive technique and sensed a revolting presence within the flames.
• The shadowy figure showed Ebizo visions of Sunagakure’s suffering and urged him to give up his body in exchange for power.
• Ebizo resisted the figure’s appeals until it promised to destroy Konoha and he agreed to surrender everything, asking it to remember its promise to his sister.
• At sunrise, black-and-red curse power scattered the flames and spread outward.
• Uchiha Izuna used Flying Thunder God to seize Ebizo by the neck and formed a spatial slash to tear his throat apart.

Uchiha Izuna tried to kill Ebizo, but Ebizo’s despair let an ancient curse take control of his body and transform him. Izuna unleashed a rapid assault, yet the transformed Ebizo shrugged it off and summoned a storm of black spears.

• Uchiha Izuna used a Spatial Slash against Ebizo, but Ebizo’s Curse Power surged and erased Izuna’s arm before it restored itself.
• Ebizo transformed into a four-armed, golden-eyed being as his humanity vanished and an ancient presence took control.
• Uchiha Izuna released Impure World Reincarnation and attacked the transformed Ebizo with lightning strikes and a flaming blade.
• The transformed Ebizo dismissed Izuna’s attacks and appeared back where he had first been sent flying, leaving Izuna confused.
• The transformed Ebizo raised his hands, filled the sky with black spears, and sent them raining down as he addressed Kana.

Uchiha Gen and Uchiha Hikari arrived as Uchiha Izuna was being attacked, and Gen unleashed his Green Lotus Core Flame against the strange entity wearing Ebizo's body. The entity recognized Gen as a fellow bearer of a power from outside this world's system, then summoned an armored beast that swallowed him.

• Madara Uchiha sensed Izuna's danger from inside the Stone Tablet's barrier, but the space before him settled and he sat back down.
• Uchiha Izuna recovered from the black spears as Uchiha Gen and Uchiha Hikari appeared above him.
• Gen identified the motionless Ebizo as an interesting opponent, while Izuna explained that he had once been a Sunagakure ninja and was now something like a fallen god.
• Ebizo revealed that his power was like Gen's, and Gen attacked him with Green Lotus Core Flame from Ryūjin Jakka, turning the battlefield into a sea of fire.
• Ebizo called Gen a plundered seed and used Shadow Reversal Technique: Blood Pollution Calamity, summoning an armored beast that swallowed him.

Zeh Huo reclaimed Ebizo’s body and revealed himself as the King of Curses, while Uchiha Gen and Uchiha Hikari prepared to face him. A flashback explained how Hikari had insisted on following Gen and revealed the time-traveling power of his dōjutsu.

• Zeh Huo’s curse power transformed Ebizo’s body, and he introduced himself as the King of Curses.
• Uchiha Hikari offered to fight Zeh Huo, but Uchiha Gen refused to let her take the battle from him.
• A day earlier, Uchiha Hikari had demanded to follow Uchiha Gen, offering to kill people in exchange for something he had plenty of.
• Uchiha Gen’s dōjutsu, [Amenotokotachi], allowed a past self to travel through time and pass future knowledge and experience to its earlier self.

Uchiha Gen fought Zeh Huo, countering his attacks with Trick Room and Golden Experience Requiem before summoning Susanoo against Zeh Huo’s beast and curse techniques. Zeh Huo expanded his domain, and Uchiha Gen answered with Naruson Domain, leaving their barriers clashing across the battlefield.

• Zeh Huo attacked Uchiha Gen and the others with black spears, but Uchiha Izuna warned them that the spears bypassed the body and could not be tracked by the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Uchiha Gen used Trick Room to erase Zeh Huo’s spears, then Golden Experience Requiem returned a spear’s guaranteed hit to zero after it pierced his chest.
• Uchiha Gen and Zeh Huo fought at close quarters until Zeh Huo unleashed a magic array, summoned a ferocious beast, and attacked with waves of Curse Power and black spears.
• Uchiha Gen formed Susanoo and gathered nine blue-green fire lotuses in its palm, while Zeh Huo expanded World-Ending Vision: Unkillable Mausoleum around the battlefield.
• Uchiha Gen expanded Naruson Domain, and its barrier collided with Zeh Huo’s domain as their powers warped and tore at the surrounding space.

Uchiha Gen clashed with Zeh Huo, using his domain and Golden Experience Requiem to wound him while Zeh Huo struggled to understand why his curse power could not affect him. After breaking free of a fabricated world, Zeh Huo abandoned his probing and launched a powerful curse-infused arrow at Uchiha Gen.

• Uchiha Izuna asked Uchiha Hikari how Uchiha Gen could project his Naruson Domain, and she told him to stop bothering her.
• Uchiha Gen and Zeh Huo broke through their competing domains and crossed blades with Ryūjin Jakka and a black spear.
• Uchiha Gen used Golden Experience Requiem to reset Zeh Huo's spear thrust and cut his waist, while Zeh Huo realized his curse power had no effect on Uchiha Gen.
• Zeh Huo's beast shattered the fabricated world in which he had imagined sharing the world with Uchiha Gen.
• Zeh Huo decided to kill Uchiha Gen and fired a compressed curse-power arrow called “Return to oblivion.”

Uchiha Gen trapped Zeh Huo in a forced [Izanami] loop and used the resulting opening to keep him from ever living again. After the battle, Uchiha Izuna realized Uchiha Gen and the other Uchiha knew he was an Impure World Reincarnation, and panicked about being exposed.

• Zeh Huo remembered that Uchiha Gen had already defeated him, then fired his arrow again as the fourteen-thousand-eight-hundred-and-sixty-seventh repetition began.
• Uchiha Izuna asked Uchiha Gen where Zeh Huo had gone, and Uchiha Gen explained how his Dōjutsu and [Izanami] had trapped Zeh Huo before [Golden Experience Requiem] prevented him from living.
• Uchiha Izuna realized that Uchiha Gen and the female Uchiha knew he was dead and had an Impure World Reincarnation body.
• Uchiha Izuna recalled Tobirama Senju's warning to hide his reincarnated body and silently hoped Tobirama would come help him.

Uchiha Gen and Uchiha Hikari left Uchiha Izuna behind and headed toward Sunagakure, where they discussed the Shinobi World's hidden history and the power surrounding the tanuki Gen planned to capture. Gen revealed that the figure known as Zeh Huo was only an incomplete version of the real one.

• Uchiha Gen and Uchiha Hikari walked away from the bewildered Uchiha Izuna, who remained alone in the ruins of the Konoha camp.
• Uchiha Gen told Uchiha Hikari that Izuna and an evil figure still had a mission to complete, and he hinted at the Shinobi World's tangled karma.
• Uchiha Hikari sensed that Sunagakure's chakra was tainted by Zeh Huo's power and detected something strange in the village.
• Uchiha Gen explained that the Shinobi World had devoured three other worlds and kept their destined individuals as seeds to spread their powers.
• Uchiha Gen said Zeh Huo was not the complete real Zeh Huo, who probably did not yet know his own identity.

Uchiha Gen told Uchiha Hikari about the three divided “seeds” before they encountered Kakuzu in the desert. Kakuzu mistook the pair for valuable Uchiha targets and began plotting to capture them.

• Uchiha Gen explained that Zeh Huo split himself into three parts and described what the other two “seeds” had done, stirring Uchiha Hikari’s curiosity.
• Uchiha Gen sensed Kakuzu approaching and hurried toward him, with Uchiha Hikari following.
• Kakuzu noticed an Uchiha with the Mangekyō Sharingan on a bounty scroll but decided not to challenge him.
• Kakuzu sensed danger, fled, and attacked Uchiha Gen and Uchiha Hikari from beneath the desert with black tendrils.
• Uchiha Hikari used Amaterasu to burn away the tendrils, while Kakuzu watched through them and recognized the pair as Uchiha.
• Kakuzu became excited by the prospect of capturing the two young Uchiha and turning them into avatars under his control.

Uchiha Hikari attacked Kakuzu with Wood Release, triggering his fear of Hashirama Senju and causing him to self-destruct before being reborn inside a Sunagakure villager. Meanwhile, Chiyo learned Rasa wanted to discuss the war plan again and questioned Pakura about the monstrous changes Sunagakure’s fighters had undergone.

• Uchiha Hikari caught Kakuzu with a Wood Dragon, and Kakuzu self-destructed after recognizing Wood Release.
• Kakuzu rebirthed inside a Sunagakure villager and fled underground while muttering that Hashirama Senju was alive.
• Ebizo watched the Solar Disc and revealed that his successive bodies were memory-bearing clones created through the Myriad Bodies Replacing the Body Technique.
• Chiyo reflected on Ebizo’s choice to create the technique so she would not be left alone.
• A female ninja told Chiyo that Rasa wanted her, and Chiyo asked Pakura whether she regretted becoming monstrous.
• Pakura said she accepted the sacrifices for Sunagakure’s hope of victory, though she looked with disgust at her changed body.

Uchiha Gen and Uchiha Hikari approached Sunagakure, where the Solar Disc held a tainted Tailed Beast. Hikari gathered chakra from across the world, raised a gigantic Thousand-Armed Kannon, and began covering it with Susanoo.

• Chiyo worried that the Solar Disc and its Possession Ritual would bring ruin to Sunagakure despite giving its ninja power.
• Uchiha Gen identified the Solar Disc as the place where the little tanuki was sealed and warned that the Tailed Beast might lose control.
• Uchiha Hikari was shocked when Uchiha Gen revealed hidden knowledge about the Tailed Beasts and the Six Paths figure.
• Uchiha Gen told Uchiha Hikari to knock down the Solar Disc before the little tanuki went berserk.
• Uchiha Hikari used Yachihoko to draw chakra from across the world and formed a colossal Thousand-Armed Kannon with Wood Release.
• Uchiha Hikari declared “Susanoo... majestic attire!” as Uchiha Gen stood atop the Kannon.

Uchiha Hikari unleashed the Susanoo-clad Thousand-Armed Kannon against Sunagakure, first attacking the Solar Disc and then turning her assault on the village itself. Fourth Kazekage Rasa and Chiyo tried to hold it back as the village faced destruction.

• Kakuzu saw the colossal Thousand-Armed Kannon outside Sunagakure, withdrew his tendrils, and buried himself in fear.
• Uchiha Hikari laughed as she controlled the Susanoo-clad Kannon and sent its countless hands toward the Solar Disc.
• Chiyo and Ebizo recognized that the Solar Disc could destroy much of Sunagakure if it fell, and Chiyo rushed to intervene.
• Fourth Kazekage Rasa formed a Gold Dust Giant to block the Kannon’s attacks while Chiyo summoned giant puppets and chains to restrain its wooden arms.
• Uchiha Hikari changed her target from the Solar Disc to Sunagakure, and Uchiha Gen watched without trying to stop her.
• Rasa remained the first to face Uchiha Hikari’s renewed attack on the village.

Rasa used Sunagakure’s gold dust and iron sand to create a giant that fought Uchiha Hikari’s Thousand-Armed Kannon, while the village sheltered behind a barrier. As Rasa’s chakra nearly ran out and black markings spread across his face, black flames swept across the battlefield.

• Rasa ordered weaker shinobi to retreat, directed the Sealing Squad to activate the Demon-Sealing Barrier, and rallied the remaining defenders to protect Sunagakure.
• Rasa drew gold dust and iron sand from the desert to rebuild his giant, then charged at Uchiha Hikari’s Thousand-Armed Kannon.
• Uchiha Hikari and Uchiha Gen noted that curse power from the Solar Disc had contaminated Rasa’s chakra and that his strength surpassed expectations.
• Uchiha Hikari grew serious, shattered the gold dust giant’s arms, and drove Rasa close to exhausting his chakra.
• Rasa forced his magnetic field and chakra to their limits to withstand another assault, but black flames suddenly swept across the land.

Pakura, Chiyo, and Rasa fought Uchiha Hikari as her Amaterasu overwhelmed Sunagakure’s defenses. With Hikari’s ocular power failing, Uchiha Gen released Ryūjin Jakka’s Bankai and unleashed a slash that reduced everything in its path to ash.

• Pakura used Scorch Release: Dark Style: Evaporating Hell to burn the Thousand-Armed Kannon’s Susanoo armor and disrupt its chakra.
• Chiyo unleashed the Ten Seals of Ruin, sending black chains to bind the Thousand-Armed Kannon statue.
• Uchiha Hikari spread Amaterasu across the battlefield, devouring Pakura’s flames, destroying the chains, burning through Sunagakure’s barrier, and absorbing power from those killed.
• Rasa’s gold dust giant collapsed, and Rasa was buried beneath the gold dust with shattered bones and exhausted chakra.
• Uchiha Hikari’s ocular power began to fail, so Uchiha Gen summoned Ryūjin Jakka and released Bankai: Zanka no Tachi.
• Uchiha Gen used Zanka no Tachi, North: Heaven and Earth End in Ashes, sending an invisible-heat slash across the battlefield that turned everything in its path to ash.

Shukaku broke free from the shattered Solar Disc and unleashed his curse-tainted power on Sunagakure. As the settlement was swallowed by black sand, he formed a massive Tailed Beast Bomb.

• Kakuzu hid deep underground and watched in terror as Sunagakure crumbled beneath the Thousand-Armed Kannon and Amaterasu.
• A slash cut the Solar Disc in half, tearing open a dark rift in the sky.
• Shukaku burst from the remaining half of the Solar Disc, his body covered in black sand and curse patterns.
• Shukaku sent a tide of cursed sand across Sunagakure, corroding buildings and killing civilians and shinobi caught in its path.
• Shukaku struck the ground, widening the destruction, then gathered chakra and curse power into a growing Tailed Beast Bomb.

Uchiha Gen stopped Shukaku’s Tailed Beast Bomb, subdued the corrupted tailed beast with Mangekyō Sharingan genjutsu, and took him into the Fake World. He then faced Sunagakure’s survivors and used his ocular power on Pakura as he declared her the village’s Fifth Kazekage.

• Uchiha Gen used Golden Experience Requiem to return Shukaku’s Tailed Beast Bomb to zero before it could destroy Sunagakure.
• Uchiha Gen smashed apart Shukaku’s head with a punch, then restored it with Mangekyō Sharingan genjutsu after Shukaku attacked him.
• Shukaku joined Uchiha Gen’s ocular power to resist the corrupting curse energy, and Uchiha Gen sent him into the Fake World.
• Uchiha Hikari intercepted Pakura’s black fireball as Uchiha Gen rejected her suggestion to kill Sunagakure’s survivors.
• Uchiha Gen appeared before Pakura, covered her eyes with his Mangekyō Sharingan, and declared her Sunagakure’s Fifth Kazekage.

Uchiha Gen used Gengar and the Fake World to rewrite Sunagakure’s memories, making the village believe Pakura had foiled a plot by Rasa and Ebizo and saved them. As the people celebrated Pakura, Uchiha Gen led her and Uchiha Hikari through the village and revealed his broader aim to replace the daimyo system, while questioning what Hikari knew about his powers.

• Uchiha Hikari warned Uchiha Gen that the witnesses and spies in Sunagakure would make it difficult to control the village unnoticed.
• Uchiha Gen summoned Gengar and projected the Fake World across Sunagakure, using the Mangekyō Sharingan and hypnosis to alter the inhabitants’ memories.
• Sunagakure’s people cheered for Pakura, believing she had exposed Rasa and Ebizo’s plan to sacrifice the village for the Solar Disc.
• Uchiha Gen had Pakura lead him and Uchiha Hikari through the village, explaining that he intended to use Sunagakure’s influence to replace the daimyo system.
• Uchiha Hikari warned that discovery could turn the other villages against Uchiha Gen and expose him to subtle interference from Him, prompting Uchiha Gen to question her knowledge of the Causal Divine Technique.

Uchiha Gen revealed that he intended to use the Tailed Beasts to accelerate the war, and Sunagakure and Amegakure declared war on Iwagakure. Facing attacks from several villages, Ōnoki sought an alliance with Konoha and asked Kitsuchi about the clay soldier project.

• Uchiha Hikari questioned Uchiha Gen about Hashirama Senju and the coming plans, and Gen said collecting was his current priority.
• Uchiha Gen summoned three chibi Tailed Beasts and said he would use them to speed up the war.
• Sunagakure declared war on Iwagakure, Iwagakure attacked Kumogakure, and Amegakure declared war on Iwagakure.
• Ōnoki raged over the declarations but decided Iwagakure could not withstand attacks from several villages.
• Ōnoki ordered someone to contact Hiruzen Sarutobi about an alliance, then asked Kitsuchi how the clay soldier project was progressing.

Kitsuchi reported that the Clay People Project could produce powerful semi-living beings, but Ōnoki ordered him to test whether they could inherit Dust Release from his cells. In Konoha, Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō argued over Danzō’s scheme to provoke Iwagakure and Hiruzen’s refusal to reject a peace treaty, leaving Hiruzen questioning how long Danzō would remain hidden as a Dream Clone.

• Kitsuchi told Ōnoki that the Clay People Project had succeeded and proposed mass-producing the semi-living beings for the war.
• Ōnoki ordered Kitsuchi to incorporate his cells into the clay people and see whether they could inherit his Dust Release.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Shimura Danzō whether he had provoked Iwagakure, and Danzō admitted he had controlled several Iwa ninja.
• Danzō rejected and shredded a peace treaty, then criticized Hiruzen for refusing to exploit Iwagakure’s troubles.
• Danzō vanished from the Hokage's Office amid purple butterflies, and Hiruzen realized he had been speaking to another Dream Clone.

Obito Uchiha reunited with Kakashi Hatake at the battlefield and proudly showed off his Two-Tomoe Sharingan, while Six Paths Obito watched through Rin Nohara’s vision and vowed to protect her. In Rōran, Tobirama Senju explained the Time Leap Machine’s safeguards to Uchiha Izuna and sent him away so he could continue calibrating it.

• Obito Uchiha eagerly awaited Rin Nohara’s arrival until Kakashi Hatake appeared and explained that he had come ahead to check the route and rendezvous point.
• Obito Uchiha learned that Kakashi Hatake was already a jōnin, then boasted about his Two-Tomoe Sharingan and challenged Kakashi to tremble before it.
• Six Paths Obito watched the exchange through Rin Nohara’s eyes, and Rin said she found young Obito cute and understood that he wanted to protect her and Kakashi.
• Six Paths Obito resolved not to let this Rin Nohara become a sacrifice to Madara Uchiha’s plan, and Rin thanked him for giving her the strength to protect her friends.
• In Rōran, Tobirama Senju told Uchiha Izuna that time would repair minor changes caused by their journey into the past and asked him to leave while the Time Leap Machine was calibrated.