Chapter Summaries

Minato persuaded Ōnoki to visit the transformed Sunagakure before deciding whether to accept Anyo’s plan to unify the Shinobi World. As the Kage boarded an airship, Anyo sent Yugao to assassinate the Fourth Raikage and asked Minato to serve as a safeguard against his own possible future corruption; the chapter ended with Mei Terumi confronting Minato about Anyo calling her his first wife.

• Ōnoki prepared to refuse Anyo’s demand, but Minato stopped the confrontation and explained how Konoha’s destruction had convinced him that the ninja system bred hatred and war.
• Minato cited Sunagakure’s transformation as evidence that Anyo could create a better order, and Anyo invited the Kage to see it for themselves.
• Ōnoki ordered Kitsuchi and Akatsuchi to return to Iwagakure and named Kitsuchi as his successor if he did not return within five days, then boarded Anyo’s airship with the other Kage.
• Anyo instructed Yugao to assassinate the Fourth Raikage but told her to withdraw rather than risk her life, and Yugao accepted the mission.
• On the airship, Anyo asked Minato to act as his safeguard if he ever lost his way, and Minato agreed.
• Mei Terumi approached Minato, and Anyo introduced her as his first wife, prompting Mei to glare at him over the word “first.”

Anyo and Mei Terumi flew from the airship to investigate a battle over Sunagakure, where Deidara and Clay fought Gaara and Fū. Mei joined the fight with a powerful Water Release attack, sweeping toward all four combatants.

• Anyo noticed powerful chakra ahead and stopped the airship, then flew out with Mei Terumi to investigate.
• Ao identified Deidara fighting Gaara and Fū, while Ōnoki tried to capture Deidara and Sasori stopped him.
• Deidara and Clay used clay bombs, quicklime, and cement against Gaara and Fū, who countered with sand and devouring insects.
• Mei Terumi asked which side to attack, and Anyo told her to attack everyone.
• Mei Terumi unleashed Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet at all four fighters.

Mei Terumi and Anyo defeated Gaara, Fū, and Deidara with a combined water and lightning attack, then brought them aboard the airship for treatment. Minato explained the plan to unite the shinobi villages and learned that Fū and Naruto were already friends as the airship approached Sunagakure.

• Mei Terumi overwhelmed Gaara, Fū, and Deidara with her Lava Release and Boil Release, but none of them was seriously injured.
• At Anyo's suggestion, Mei Terumi unleashed a massive Water Release attack, which Anyo strengthened with the Six Paths Sharp Edge and lightning.
• Gaara and Fū shielded themselves with sand while Deidara used a giant clay bomb to survive the attack, and Ōnoki helped bring them aboard the airship for treatment.
• Deidara endured Ōnoki's scolding while Gaara and Fū kept to themselves, and Minato approached them to talk.
• Minato told Gaara and Fū that the villages were preparing to unite and end war, then revealed that he was Naruto's father after Fū mentioned her friendship with Naruto.
• The airship neared Sunagakure.

Ōnoki toured Sunagakure and, shaken by its prosperity, agreed on Iwagakure’s behalf to Anyo’s proposed unification of the Shinobi World. He immediately demanded blueprints, cars, and a huge loan, prompting Anyo to threaten him.

• Sasori left to reassure his parents that he had not abandoned his body for puppetry.
• Ōnoki entered Sunagakure and was astonished by its cool air, modern buildings, cheerful residents, and busy streets.
• Temari and Kankuro collided their cars, and Kankuro began repairing them while Temari blamed his slow driving.
• Ōnoki and Mei Terumi visited the Fantasy Children's Amusement Park, where Anyo explained that he had suggested its attractions.
• Convinced that Iwagakure had fallen behind, Ōnoki agreed to unification but demanded Sunagakure's blueprints, cars, and money.
• Anyo threatened to slaughter Ōnoki if he made another demand.

Anyo negotiated a deal with Ōnoki and forced him to name Deidara as Iwagakure’s next Tsuchikage so he could sign the contract. Anyo then took Mei Terumi to Sasori’s base and gave her the Heart of the Ocean, which controlled a powerful Giant Ship.

• Anyo offered Ōnoki ten designers, one car, and a billion in loans, and Ōnoki agreed to the contract.
• Anyo insisted that Ōnoki’s successor sign the contract, so Ōnoki named Deidara his designated successor as the next Tsuchikage.
• Deidara reluctantly signed the contract, and Mabui led Ōnoki away for the handover.
• Anyo took Mei Terumi to Sasori’s base, where she saw the Mechanical Army and learned of Anyo’s plans to unify the Shinobi World.
• Anyo demonstrated the Giant Ship and gave Mei Terumi the Azure Gemstone necklace that controlled it, naming it the Heart of the Ocean.

Anyo prepared the villages for the Fourth Shinobi World War, assigning Minato to command the Allied Forces while he searched for his missing daughter. As the final village, Kumogakure, came into the alliance, Samui asked Anyo to place her under a genjutsu so she could act without feeling responsible.

• Mei Terumi accepted Anyo's giant ship and agreed to help prepare Kirigakure for the war.
• Sasori confronted Gaara and Fū as they left to clear Death Poison Valley, but Anyo let them go and ordered Sasori to prepare the village for war.
• Deidara learned that Tobi had declared war and joked that Tobi had done it because Deidara died, prompting Sasori to slap him away.
• Anyo appointed the recovered Minato commander of the five nations' Allied Forces and said he would search for his missing daughter, Kikyo.
• Samui asked Anyo to cast a genjutsu on her, and he claimed to have used Kotoamatsukami so she could feel free of responsibility.

Anyo gave Samui a powerful sword and armor, then sent her back to Kumogakure with Mabui’s Heavenly Transfer Technique. He agreed to let Mabui join the Intelligence Analysis Department and kissed her forehead before asking Mabui to send him to Orochimaru’s northern hideout.

• Anyo gave Samui a sword and armor, and she named the blade the Sun Blade.
• Mabui told Anyo that the Tsuchikage had left with Deidara and that the Mizukage had also departed.
• Anyo used Senjutsu Chakra and ice crystals to protect Samui while Mabui sent her to Kumogakure.
• Anyo asked Mabui to send him to Orochimaru’s northern hideout, but Mabui demanded to join the coming battle.
• Anyo agreed to assign Mabui to the Intelligence Analysis Department, then embraced and kissed her forehead.

Anyo revived Itachi with Impure World Reincarnation so he could reunite with his mother, Mikoto, and keep her from grieving over his death. After leaving them together, Anyo returned to his children and Kurenai, who told him Haku had gone with Konan to Amegakure.

• Anyo gave Orochimaru Itachi's Mangekyō Sharingan and a Sand Ninja sacrifice, and Orochimaru revived Itachi with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Anyo told Itachi that Mikoto was alive and that her Mangekyō could react dangerously to his death, so Itachi agreed to see her.
• Anyo took Itachi to the Uchiha Clan Grounds, where Itachi hesitated before entering Mikoto's courtyard and reuniting with her in tears.
• Anyo left Mikoto and Itachi alone, then joined Kurenai and his children in the courtyard.
• Kurenai told Anyo that Konan had gone to Amegakure to bury her friends and that Haku had accompanied her.

Anyo helped Mikoto receive Itachi’s eyes, awakening her Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, then used her Heavenly Eye to locate the missing Kikyo. He found Kikyo stranded at sea beside a strange, chakra-draining creature and rescued her, leaving her to return home as the Shinobi World approached a major change.

• Itachi freed his soul from Impure World Reincarnation, entrusted Mikoto and Sasuke to Anyo, and left his eyes to Mikoto.
• Anyo transplanted Itachi’s eyes into Mikoto, giving her the second Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan in history and removing the danger to her body.
• Anyo asked Mikoto to use her Heavenly Eye to find Kikyo, and Mikoto located her far out at sea beside a strange creature linked to her chakra.
• Kikyo struggled against the creature’s chakra drain until Anyo arrived and severed their connection with his sword.
• Anyo replenished Kikyo’s chakra and reassured her that her dangerous experience would help her grow, while Kikyo promised not to secretly follow Jiraiya again.

Anyo investigated the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and confronted Hagoromo, who admitted he had used Kikyo’s chakra to repair it because he feared Anyo would release his mother. Meanwhile, Sasori learned that fighting between the Raikage, Akatsuki members, and Konoha forces threatened to trigger a three-way war, so he set out to kill the Raikage.

• Anyo stopped Kikyo from attacking the statue and used his Mangekyō Sharingan, senjutsu chakra, and soul power to investigate it.
• Hagoromo revealed that he had made the statue absorb Kikyo’s chakra to repair it and give the Shinobi World hope, while Anyo declared that he would build a new era.
• Sasori received intelligence that Taka had tried to capture Killer B, then clashed with the Raikage alongside Kakuzu, Hidan, and Yugao, while Kumogakure mobilized for battle.
• Sasori warned Mabui that the fighting could start a three-way war and that Kurotsuchi would target Kumogakure first.
• Sasori and Mabui agreed that the Raikage had to die quickly, and Mabui used the Heavenly Transfer Technique to send Sasori to the battlefield.

Anyo persuaded Hagoromo that his power could help end the cycle of war, then revealed his evolving abilities to Kikyo. When Sage Mode sensed a battle nearby, Anyo took Kikyo and flew to intervene.

• Kakuzu decided to stop hiding the Zero Organization’s strength, sent Yugao away, and fought the Raikage while Yugao and Hidan attacked the Anbu.
• Anyo’s eyes transformed as he spoke with Hagoromo, who accepted that Anyo might change the world before fading away.
• Anyo told Kikyo about his Sharingan, his blindness, and how senjutsu had helped him reshape his body and power.
• Anyo began transforming with his new Senjutsu Chakra, but Sage Mode detected a battle nearby.
• Anyo drew the statue into his body, took Kikyo with him, and flew toward the fighting.

Kakuzu’s forces struggled against Kumogakure until Sasori arrived with a fleet of Flying Mecha and devastated the battlefield. Sasori trapped the Raikage in a massive Wind Release attack, but a Tailed Beast Bomb detonated in the clash, and the Raikage vanished when the smoke cleared.

• The Raikage and Kakuzu’s Wind Release attack clashed while more than five hundred ninja fought across the battlefield.
• The Raikage questioned Hi about the unknown fighters, and Hi identified them as a disorganized mix of techniques resembling a mercenary organization.
• Kakuzu considered retreating until Sasori ordered the Zero Organization members to fall back and arrived with hundreds of Flying Mecha.
• Sasori’s mecha unleashed a devastating barrage that nearly wiped out the fighters, and the Raikage emerged from the ruins to challenge him.
• Sasori entered Sage Mode and used the mecha to form a growing Wind Release net, while Kakuzu fled with Hidan and Yugao.
• Sasori’s Infinite Hurricane trapped the Raikage, but a Tailed Beast Bomb struck the clash, and the Raikage disappeared in the resulting explosion.

Anyo stopped Sasori from attacking Kumogakure and went to confront the Raikage himself, while Killer B stayed behind to fight Kisame. At the village entrance, Samui killed the Raikage under genjutsu, leaving Anyo stunned because he had not controlled her.

• Anyo arrived at the ruined battlefield, ordered Sasori to take Kikyo to Sunagakure, and left to deal with the Raikage.
• Killer B carried the Raikage toward Kumogakure and persuaded him to return to protect the village, then stayed to face Kisame.
• The Raikage reached Kumogakure and ordered Samui to gather the village's ninjas, but she warned that fighting could doom them all.
• Anyo appeared and confronted the Raikage, recalling their encounters during the Third Shinobi World War.
• Samui stabbed the Raikage through the heart and said someone had controlled her with genjutsu, while Anyo realized he had given her no such order.

After Samui killed the Raikage, Anyo helped her steady herself and arranged for Hidan to take the blame. Samui became the Fifth Raikage, and after the memorial she confronted Anyo in the Raikage's Office; the next morning, he left Kumogakure wondering who had been under a genjutsu.

• Samui broke down after killing the Raikage, and Anyo comforted her before asking Kakuzu to lend him Hidan as a scapegoat.
• Kakuzu agreed to let Anyo use Hidan for forty million per job.
• Samui was elected Fifth Raikage and presided over the memorial, where Hidan confessed to killing the Raikage and was burned at the stake.
• Anyo guarded Samui during the memorial and stayed with her as Kumogakure's senior officials confirmed her succession.
• In the Raikage's Office, Samui told Anyo she understood his plans and seduced him.
• Anyo left Kumogakure the next morning, wondering who had really been under a genjutsu.

As the Five Nations mobilized against the Akatsuki for the Fourth Shinobi World War, Anyo set out to bring someone home and encountered Sasuke. Sasuke attacked him with Susanoo, but Anyo caught and shattered the arrow, leaving the two facing off.

• Konan told Obito that Nagato's Rinnegan were gone and warned him that Teacher knew of his plans, while Haku joined her after he left.
• Minato returned to Konoha, explained that he had survived the Nine-Tails Rampage, and agreed with Tsunade to form the Allied Forces and protect Naruto and Killer B.
• Sasori, Deidara, Mei Terumi, and Samui assembled their villages' ninja armies and sent them toward Konoha, while Mabui arranged for Killer B to be guarded on Turtle Island.
• Anyo left Kumogakure for the Land of Fire and used Sage Mode to detect Taka as they traveled toward Konoha.
• Sasuke recognized Anyo and attacked him with a Susanoo arrow, but Anyo caught it, shattered it, and asked if Sasuke had finished making a scene.

Anyo defeated Sasuke, brought him to the Uchiha Clan Compound, and treated his injuries while Mikoto reunited with her son. After Sasuke woke and began speaking with Mikoto, Anyo went to spar with Suigetsu.

• Sasuke attacked Anyo with his Kusanagi Sword and Amaterasu, but Anyo disarmed him, overpowered him with Susanoo, and knocked him unconscious.
• Anyo used genjutsu to lead Karin, Suigetsu, and Jūgo to the Uchiha Clan Compound, where Mikoto welcomed Sasuke home and teased Karin about marrying him.
• Anyo found White Zetsu monitoring Sasuke and destroyed them, then treated Sasuke's injuries and warned Mikoto that his Mangekyō Sharingan had been damaged by overuse.
• Sasuke woke in his childhood home, recognized the Uchiha Clan emblem, and reunited with Mikoto as she brought him food.
• At the Clan Grounds' Training Ground, Anyo surprised Suigetsu and challenged him to spar with blades.

Anyo defeated Suigetsu, healed Karin, and volunteered to protect the Five Great Nations’ daimyo as the Kage planned for the Fourth Shinobi World War. Meanwhile, Tsunade learned that Jiraiya’s soul survived and heard his warning about Anyo.

• Anyo paralyzed Suigetsu with Lightning Release, broke the Kubikiribōchō in their sword spar, and trapped him in a Mangekyō Sharingan genjutsu when he tried to flee.
• Anyo healed Karin’s scars despite her objections, and Kurenai Yuhi welcomed Karin into the clan’s home.
• The Five Kage discussed Hidan’s supposed execution, planned to protect Naruto and Killer B on Turtle Island, and organized the Allied Forces against an enemy of roughly one hundred thousand.
• Anyo volunteered to protect the Five Great Nations’ daimyo, and Minato assigned him the mission.
• Tsunade scolded Kikyo and learned that Jiraiya’s soul remained in her mental space; Kikyo also relayed Jiraiya’s warning that Anyo was the world’s most terrifying person and that Tsunade should discover his aims.

As the Allied Shinobi Forces prepared for war, Anyo revealed to White Fang that he intended to use the conflict to unify and reform the Shinobi World. After White Fang persuaded him to spare the Land of Fire's daimyo, Anyo killed the other four daimyo and controlled their souls, while White Fang escorted the survivor into hiding.

• Minato stopped fights among the gathered shinobi with his shuriken and rallied them with a speech, while Anyo went to the daimyo's hideout.
• Kakashi told White Fang that Anyo had been assigned to protect the daimyo, and White Fang took up his old ninja gear and headed to join him.
• White Fang confronted Anyo, who confessed that he had helped bring about Konoha's destruction and planned to eliminate the daimyo to change the Shinobi World.
• Minato assigned Tsunade to lead medical and logistical support after reporting that roughly a hundred thousand enemies had been detected.
• White Fang asked Anyo to spare the Land of Fire's daimyo, and Anyo agreed to fake his death and send him away with money.
• Anyo killed the other four daimyo and used the Spirit Control Technique to take control of their souls; White Fang escorted the surviving daimyo toward the Land of Hot Water, and news soon spread that all five daimyo had died.

After the Daimyo of the Five Great Nations were killed, Anyo gathered the Zero Organization and assigned its members to plunder national vaults and force smaller nations to sign a World Unification Treaty. With the vaults emptied and the next stage underway, Anyo agreed to accompany Konan to Amegakure, while someone followed them from behind.

• Minato learned that Hidan had killed the five Daimyo using their blood and ordered Allied Forces units to prioritize eliminating him and sealing his body.
• Kakuzu learned the Daimyo’s bounty value and joined Anyo’s Rinnegan meeting with the Zero Organization, where members introduced themselves and received missions to rob all five national vaults.
• Anyo assigned the Land of Wind to Sasori and Deidara, the Land of Fire to Haku, Konan, and Yugao, the Land of Lightning to Mabui, the Land of Water to Neji, and the Land of Earth to Kakuzu.
• Mabui confronted Anyo about Samui, and he admitted that he and Samui were together; Mabui left after confirming he had not used genjutsu on her.
• Neji reached the Land of Water vault, and the Zero Organization emptied the vaults of all Five Great Nations in less than a day before Anyo ordered members to subdue smaller nations and secure their signatures on the World Unification Treaty.
• Konan asked Anyo to accompany her to Amegakure, and they flew there together as an unseen figure followed them.

Konan lured Anyo to the place where they first met and revealed that she intended to kill him, but his Mangekyō Sharingan trapped her attack in a genjutsu. Before Anyo left, Konan exposed his past to Yugao, who confronted him and raised her sword against him.

• Konan took Anyo to their old meeting place and admitted that Madara Uchiha had told her Anyo had taken her as a student to obtain Nagato’s Rinnegan.
• Konan revealed that she had prepared millions of Explosive Tags and embraced Anyo as she tried to kill them both, but Anyo’s Mangekyō Sharingan revealed the attack as a genjutsu.
• Konan told Anyo that Yugao knew he had killed Gekko Hayate and his father, and Anyo disowned Konan before leaving.
• Anyo found Yugao and admitted that he had killed Gekko Hayate and his father, while Yugao said she could not let her best friend die for nothing.
• Anyo and Yugao drew their swords, and he told her to focus on her blade as his final lesson, while she struggled to draw Waning Moon.