Chapter Summaries

After escaping Infinity Castle, Tanjiro and the surviving Demon Slayer Corps learned from Uchiha Zongyan that Muzan had been defeated and demons would disappear forever. Tanjiro then asked whether Nezuko could become human again, and Zongyan said a cure was possible but would take time.

• The Demon Slayer Corps survivors found themselves in mountain woods and wondered how the battle in Infinity Castle had ended.
• Uchiha Zongyan showed them Muzan's head, which crumbled to ash in the sunlight, and confirmed that Muzan was defeated and demons would no longer plague the world.
• Tanjiro and the other survivors wept with relief, while Shinobu Kocho mourned and celebrated that the struggle was over.
• Tanjiro asked whether Nezuko could turn human again, and Zongyan recalled that Tamayo had developed a way to cure demons.
• Zongyan told Tanjiro that Nezuko had a chance to become human but that making the cure would take time, and Tanjiro agreed to wait.

After the Demon Slayer Corps thanked Zongyan for ending Muzan’s reign, he returned to the Infinity Castle to collect Muzan and Nakime. He brought them through a portal to his own world, where Muzan found himself in an unfamiliar stone chamber.

• Shinobu Kocho, Fukuoka Giyu, Kyojuro Rengoku, and the other survivors thanked Zongyan, who left them to return to the Infinity Castle.
• Zongyan opened a rift into the Infinity Castle, where Uchiha Itachi guarded the battered Muzan and Nakime.
• Zongyan waited until night, then ordered Nakime to open a passage to the World of the Living.
• Zongyan, Itachi, and two Uchiha clan members escorted Muzan and Nakime through the passage and into the mountain forest.
• Zongyan summoned the Multiverse Portal, and the group traveled through it to another world.
• Muzan found himself in a stone chamber and wondered where he had arrived.

Zongyan persuaded Shisui to use Kotoamatsukami to rewrite Muzan's will and make him loyal to the Uchiha Clan. After Shisui's genjutsu succeeded, Zongyan welcomed Muzan as an official Uchiha.

• Zongyan brought Itachi, Muzan, and Nakime to Shisui's guarded courtyard.
• Zongyan asked Shisui to use Kotoamatsukami to alter someone's will, and Shisui refused to target Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Zongyan promised Shisui he could avoid the clan-village conflict if he helped the clan, and Shisui agreed.
• Itachi brought Muzan before Shisui, who used Kotoamatsukami to make Muzan forever loyal to the Uchiha and forbid him from harming any clan member.
• Shisui collapsed from the chakra drain, and Zongyan welcomed Muzan as an official member of the Uchiha.

Muzan learned that the Uchiha had brought him to another world and ordered him to raise demons in a controlled hunting ground instead of letting them eat people in the living world. Zongyan offered him the Blue Spider Lily if he cultivated powerful demons to Zongyan's satisfaction.

• Muzan received new clothes and followed a Uchiha clansman to meet Fugaku and Zongyan.
• Zongyan told Muzan that he was in the Shinobi World, which the Uchiha had reached by crossing worlds.
• Fugaku ordered Nakime to create an isolated hunting ground in the Infinity Castle and forbade Muzan's demons from eating people in the World of the Living.
• Muzan agreed to the restrictions because he had no way to resist.
• Zongyan promised Muzan the Blue Spider Lily if Muzan cultivated a group of powerful demons in the hunting grounds.

Zongyan sent Uchiha Toru to retrieve Tamayo and gather the Demon Slayer world's methods of growth, then trained with Sun Breathing enhanced by chakra. When Danzo and Hiruzen Sarutobi surrounded the Uchiha Clan Compound over captured clansmen, Zongyan urged the Uchiha to fight, and the battle began.

• Zongyan ordered Uchiha Toru to bring back Tamayo and collect the Demon Slayers' Breathing Styles and other methods of growing stronger.
• Zongyan practiced Sun Breathing with chakra in the woods and saw that it greatly improved his strength with less backlash than the Eight Gates of Death.
• An Uchiha clansman warned Zongyan that Danzo had exposed their hidden operatives in the Land of Rice Fields and that Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo had surrounded the compound.
• Zongyan arrived at the main gate and found Uchiha Fugaku facing Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo, with Clan Elder Yashiro and other Uchiha captives battered and bound.
• Zongyan condemned Danzo, called the Uchiha to battle, and led them in launching Fire Release Ninjutsu at the Konoha Ninja.

The Uchiha Clan’s rebellion engulfed Konoha as Zongyan summoned Muzan, Nakime, and the demons of the Infinity Castle to join the battle. Fugaku fought Danzo with Mangekyō Sharingan and Susanoo, and Zongyan’s mysterious bean restored Fugaku’s strength just as Danzo thought he had won.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Konoha’s ninja to help Root and Anbu suppress the Uchiha, and Kakashi Hatake, Might Guy, Kurenai Yuhi, and Asuma Sarutobi joined the fight.
• Zongyan summoned Muzan and Nakime, who opened the Infinity Castle’s doors and sent demons into Konoha; Muzan attacked Might Guy while Kokushibo, Doma, Akaza, and Hantengu engaged other ninja.
• Danzo revealed the Sharingan implanted in his arm and attacked Uchiha Fugaku, who awakened Mangekyō Sharingan and used Susanoo against him.
• Fugaku repeatedly killed Danzo with Susanoo, but Danzo used Izanagi and sacrificed Sharingan to reset his injuries until Fugaku’s ocular power began to fail.
• Zongyan threw Fugaku a beanlike object, which restored his strength and ocular power, allowing Fugaku to strengthen Susanoo as Danzo’s confidence faltered.

Zongyan and Itachi defeated and killed Hiruzen Sarutobi, turning the battle for Konoha in the Uchiha's favor. With Konoha's forces retreating, the brothers charged back into the streets to help their clan eliminate the remaining enemies.

• Itachi joined Zongyan against Hiruzen Sarutobi, and the brothers wounded him with a coordinated attack using Murasame's poison.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi's strength failed as the poison spread, and Itachi's shuriken struck him before he collapsed and died.
• Zongyan cut off Hiruzen Sarutobi's head and announced his death, raising the Uchiha's morale and causing Konoha's battle lines to break.
• Zongyan and Itachi charged through the battlefield, killing enemies and supporting Uchiha clansmen as the clan counterattacked.

Zongyan and the Uchiha subdued Konoha’s remaining battlefield resistance, capturing valuable opponents and assigning Muzan the rest. With the rebellion not yet over, Zongyan sent Uchiha Itachi to purge hidden holdouts and ordered Uchiha Tekka to drive away clans watching the fighting before heading toward another battlefield.

• Zongyan rejected Might Guy and Kakashi’s refusal to surrender and ordered them taken alive; Uchiha Itachi, Kokushibo, and Muzan helped surround them.
• Zongyan knocked out Might Guy before he could open more of the Eight Gates, and Uchiha clansmen sealed him.
• Uchiha Itachi used genjutsu to create an opening against Kakashi, whom Zongyan sealed and bound; the Uchiha also captured Mitaraishi Anko and other valuable rebel ninjas.
• Zongyan handed the remaining rebel ninjas to Muzan, who had Nakime open a passage to the Infinity Castle so the demons could take them away.
• Zongyan ordered Uchiha Itachi to eliminate rebel remnants in the Sarutobi and Shimura clan grounds, then sent Uchiha Tekka to join Inabi and turn away the watching ninjas.
• After giving his orders, Zongyan looked toward the battlefield where fighting was still underway.

Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Zongyan defeated Danzo and returned home after Fugaku claimed Konoha’s leadership. They found Mikoto and the others safe, and Sasuke revealed the power he had used to protect his mother.

• Danzo fled toward Hokage Rock, but Fugaku pursued him and Zongyan cornered him, then beheaded him.
• Fugaku and Zongyan declared the Uchiha would rule Konoha, and Fugaku accepted the Hokage position before they headed home.
• Fugaku and Zongyan found Mikoto, Sasuke, and Uchiha Izumi safe in the bedroom after intruders attacked the compound.
• Sasuke told Fugaku that Zongyan had given him a fruit that let him become an element, resist physical attacks, and summon lightning.
• Zongyan invited Izumi to stay for dinner until Uchiha Itachi returned, and she remained despite denying that she was waiting for him.

Uchiha Fugaku announced new rules for Konoha, opening the Security Force to all clans while requiring each clan to send its strongest young ninja to the Uchiha-led Blood-Eyed Squad. Though the clan representatives objected, they submitted to the Uchiha’s power, and Hyuga Hiashi ordered his clan to prepare its candidates.

• Fugaku announced that the Security Force would no longer be exclusive to the Uchiha and that all registered clans would take turns serving in it.
• Fugaku ordered every clan to send its strongest and most talented young ninja to join the Uchiha-commanded Blood-Eyed Squad within three days.
• Hyuga Hiashi objected to the squad answering to the Uchiha, but Zongyan and Itachi silenced the clan representatives with a show of force.
• The clan representatives agreed to follow Fugaku’s orders and left to prepare their clans.
• Hyuga Hiashi’s elders protested the Blood-Eyed Squad order, but Hiashi reminded them that they could not defeat the Uchiha and told them to send candidates that afternoon.

Zongyan gathered Konoha’s young clan prodigies to form the Uchiha’s Blood-Eyed Squad. After confronting Hyuga Hiashi over Neji’s Caged Bird Seal, he had it removed, then led the recruits into the Uchiha Compound to receive uniforms and forehead protectors.

• More than a hundred young shinobi from Konoha’s clans gathered outside the Uchiha Compound to join Zongyan’s Blood-Eyed Squad.
• Zongyan challenged Hyuga Hiashi for sending Neji Hyuga, whose Branch Family Caged Bird Seal restricted him.
• Under Zongyan’s threat, Hiashi removed Neji’s seal, and Neji thanked Zongyan with tears of relief.
• Zongyan declared the gathered youths members of the Blood-Eyed Squad and led them into the Uchiha Compound.
• Uchiha clansmen handed out uniforms and forehead protectors, and Zongyan ordered the recruits to change before returning.

Zongyan brought the Blood-Eyed Squad into Infinity Castle, where Muzan had transformed the space into a brutal survival trial. After ordering Muzan to keep the young ninja alive, Zongyan left to seek Fugaku’s support for using the castle as a Uchiha training ground, while the squad fell into its first ordeal.

• Zongyan ordered Muzan to open Infinity Castle and announced that it would serve as the Blood-Eyed Squad’s training ground.
• Muzan explained that humans would be divided into groups of ten, scavenge for food, and face demons, with survivors recruited into the Demon Clan and the rest killed.
• Zongyan ordered Muzan to keep the young ninja alive and said the best performer could become their leader and earn rewards from the Uchiha.
• Zongyan left with Uchiha Itachi to discuss turning Infinity Castle into a Uchiha trial ground with Fugaku.
• Muzan welcomed the young ninja to hell, and the wooden floor vanished beneath Neji, Shikamaru, Ino, Choji, and the others, sending them plunging into the castle.

Neji Hyuga fought off demons and gathered supplies in Infinity Castle while the Blood-Eyed Squad struggled to survive. Outside, Rasa moved to exploit Konoha’s upheaval by proposing a joint invasion, but the message to Kirigakure was intercepted by a masked shinobi.

• Neji used the Gentle Fist and Byakugan to defeat three demons, then collected supplies from the battlefield.
• Shikamaru, Ino, and other Blood-Eyed Squad members fought demons and searched for supplies throughout Infinity Castle.
• Rasa reviewed intelligence about Konoha’s collapse and told Chiyo, Ebizo, and Baki he intended to send troops into the Land of Fire.
• Ebizo proposed inviting Iwagakure, Kumogakure, and Kirigakure to invade Konoha together, and Rasa sent secret letters to their villages.
• Iwagakure and Kumogakure agreed to the proposal, but a shinobi in a black robe and spiral mask intercepted the message to Kirigakure and worried about the Uchiha disrupting his plan.

After learning that the Sand, Cloud, and Stone planned to invade, Uchiha Fugaku gave Zongyan the Altar opportunity, and Zongyan awakened a Mangekyō Sharingan with the dōjutsu Control and Divine Descent. He showed his new eyes to Elder Yashiro, who celebrated the Uchiha’s growing power.

• Uchiha Fugaku, Zongyan, and Uchiha Itachi discussed how to repel the Sand, Cloud, and Stone invasion.
• Uchiha Itachi yielded the Altar opportunity to Zongyan, and Fugaku handed him the supplies from the other world.
• Zongyan used the Altar and awakened Mangekyō Sharingan abilities named Control and Divine Descent.
• Zongyan realized his dōjutsu reflected his desire to control his own destiny, then took the remaining supplies to Elder Yashiro.
• Zongyan showed Elder Yashiro his Mangekyō Sharingan, and Yashiro laughed with delight at the Uchiha’s rise.

Zongyan fought through the Kumogakure forces on the eastern battlefield, then faced Darui and Obito Uchiha. As Obito attacked with Kamui, Zongyan awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan, leaving Obito stunned.

• Zongyan charged into the Kumogakure assault and slaughtered the shinobi blocking his path with Murasame and Fire Release.
• Darui confronted Zongyan, but Zongyan evaded his attacks and forced him back.
• Zongyan spotted a masked figure in a tree, blasted it with Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame, and identified him as Obito Uchiha.
• Obito claimed to be Madara Uchiha, then attacked Zongyan with a Black Rod and used Kamui to launch a series of lethal strikes.
• Zongyan revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan, leaving Obito staring in disbelief.

Zongyan used Susanoo to hold off Obito and Darui until they withdrew, then regrouped with Itachi as the allied fronts reported success. Back at camp, he recovered with items from his system and noticed that he had another draw available.

• Zongyan used Susanoo to block Obito’s black rod and Darui’s Storm Release attacks, forcing the two enemies to break off their assault.
• Obito disappeared into the woods, and Darui fired a signal flare before retreating from the battlefield.
• Itachi arrived, steadied the exhausted Zongyan, and told him that the fighting had stopped and that the other fronts were secure.
• Itachi reported that Shisui, Might Guy, Kakashi, and Muzan’s forces were holding the northern mountains, while the Uchiha-led force controlled the southwestern border.
• Zongyan returned to camp with Itachi, used a stamina potion and medicinal paste from his system, and saw that he had one draw remaining.

Zongyan gave Itachi the cursed blade Yatsufusa and warned him about its harmful side effects. As fighting continued on the eastern border, Itachi used the sword to build a roster of corpse puppets and ended the chapter by adding a powerful Cloud ninja to his collection.

• Zongyan drew Yatsufusa and decided to give the cursed blade to Itachi.
• Itachi accepted the sword after Zongyan explained its ability to control up to eight corpses and warned him that prolonged use could erode his body.
• Zongyan's forces repelled repeated Cloud ninja counterattacks along the eastern border, while Itachi used the battles to gather corpse puppets.
• Itachi spotted a Cloud ninja with exceptional mastery of multiple nature transformations and told two Uchiha clansmen to leave the opponent to him.
• Itachi defeated the Cloud ninja and used Yatsufusa to turn his corpse into a new puppet, replacing one of his existing collection.

After the allied villages withdrew, Zongyan and Uchiha Itachi returned to Konoha, where they found the village in turmoil. Tsunade and Jiraiya confronted Uchiha Fugaku over Hiruzen Sarutobi’s death, but the major shinobi clans joined the fight against them just as Zongyan arrived.

• Zongyan learned that the allied forces had withdrawn, and he and Uchiha Itachi hurried back to Konoha with their group.
• At the Konoha Gate, Zongyan sensed trouble and sent Uchiha Itachi to check on the clan while he went to the Hokage Building.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya confronted Uchiha Fugaku over Hiruzen Sarutobi’s death and attacked him, but Fugaku defended himself with Susanoo.
• Hyuga Hiashi and shinobi from the major clans surrounded Tsunade and Jiraiya and attacked them while Fugaku watched.
• Uchiha Zongyan arrived beside Fugaku, asked if he was all right, and saw the clans fighting Tsunade and Jiraiya.

Uchiha Zongyan defeated Tsunade and used his Mangekyō abilities to inscribe a Cursed Seal and take partial control of her body and soul. He then moved Tsunade toward the bound Jiraiya and taunted him.

• Zongyan stepped onto the battlefield, faced Tsunade, and clashed with her punch using Sun Breathing, First Form: Dance.
• Zongyan activated Susanoo, overpowered Tsunade, and pinned her beneath its chakra blade while the clans subdued Jiraiya.
• Tsunade refused to surrender, so Zongyan dispelled Susanoo and used his Mangekyō to inscribe a Cursed Seal on her.
• Zongyan activated Divine Descent and discovered he could control Tsunade's movements, declaring that half her body and soul belonged to him.
• Zongyan controlled Tsunade as she approached the bound Jiraiya and asked, "Jiraiya, guess who I am?"

Zongyan used his Mangekyō Sharingan to control Tsunade and Jiraiya, assigning them roles in the Uchiha’s service before bringing them to the clan compound. After telling Mikoto what happened, he asked Uchiha Toru for an update on the research into Tamayo’s medicine.

• Zongyan placed blood-red Cursed Seals in Tsunade’s and Jiraiya’s souls and forced them to obey him.
• Zongyan assigned Tsunade to train Konoha medical ninja and handle Uchiha logistics, while Jiraiya was ordered to join the Blood Eye Corps.
• Zongyan brought Tsunade and Jiraiya to the Uchiha Clan Compound, where Mikoto greeted them and learned what had happened.
• Zongyan sent Jiraiya into the Infinity Castle with Muzan and ordered Tsunade to wait outside.
• Zongyan spent the afternoon with Mikoto and Uchiha Itachi, then asked Uchiha Toru how research on Tamayo’s medicine was progressing.