Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Hikari reunited with Shin'yu at Kannabi Bridge Base, where he told her he had met their son in Loulan. In the Hidden Sand Village, Hiruko, Nagato, and a third masked youth escaped with Bunpuku, and Rōsa attacked them with Magnet Release.

• Uchiha Hikari prepared a meal while maintaining Sage Mode, and Shin'yu appeared behind her using Flying Thunder God.
• Hikari reproached Shin'yu for staying away, and he teased her before telling her he had met their son in Loulan.
• Hiruko, Nagato, and their masked companion broke out of the Hidden Sand dungeon carrying the unconscious Bunpuku.
• Rōsa confronted the trio and used Magnet Release to summon three giant hands of golden sand.
• Nagato raised one hand and used Shinra Tensei against Rōsa's attack.

Nagato’s Shinra Tensei overwhelmed the Hidden Sand forces, and Rōsa chose to surrender Shukaku rather than risk the village’s destruction. As the Sand Ninja lowered their weapons, the third cloaked youth revealed himself as Sasori.

• Nagato unleashed Shinra Tensei, destroying the Gold Sand Giant Hands and scattering the Sand Ninja.
• Rōsa judged that Hidden Sand could not win and decided to let the strangers take Shukaku.
• Hiruko argued that strength determined ownership, and Rōsa acknowledged that the village had seized Shukaku by force in the past.
• Rōsa ordered the Sand Ninja to stand down and said he would bear responsibility for losing Shukaku.
• The third cloaked youth removed his hood, and Rōsa recognized him as Sasori.

Sasori confronted Rōsa over the truth about his parents’ deaths, revealed that he had killed the Third Kazekage, and severed his ties with Hidden Sand Village. He and his companions escaped with Shukaku after Nagato blasted Rōsa through the Kazekage Building.

• Sasori told Rōsa that the Third Kazekage’s failed assault plan had led to his parents’ deaths and accused Hidden Sand Village’s leaders of deceiving him.
• Sasori revealed the bloodstained forehead protector and declared that he had killed the Third Kazekage.
• Sasori renounced Hidden Sand Village and vowed to kill anyone who came seeking revenge.
• Nagato summoned a giant bird, and Sasori, Nagato, and Hiruko climbed aboard with Shukaku.
• After Rōsa threatened to reclaim Shukaku, Nagato struck him with a missile that sent him through the Kazekage Building.

Lohak, the immortal ruler and Kara Inner Member, considered Shinnō’s request for a Grell Stone to help create Zero Tail. He agreed to provide one, leaving Shinnō with the stone floating before him.

• The chapter described Lohak’s rise from king to revered archbishop and revealed that he was also a Kara Inner Member.
• Shinnō asked Lohak for a Grell Stone, explaining that Zero Tail needed an abundant Chakra source as well as dark emotions.
• Lohak noted the organization’s shortage of capable members after Kensuke’s death and the Third Kazekage’s disappearance.
• Lohak removed a Grell Stone from his necklace and floated it before Shinnō.

Shinnō received the Grell Stone from Lohak and planned to use it as an energy source for creating Zero Tail. Lohak reflected on the stone’s origins and his quest for the Grell Ore Vein, then wondered whether Heide had found it.

• Shinnō accepted the Grell Stone and sensed its immense energy and a presence resembling the White Snake Young Man.
• Lohak warned Shinnō that only the ancient royal bloodline could safely wield the Grell Stone’s full power, and Shinnō said he would use it to help create Zero Tail.
• Lohak recalled how the Grell Stone formed, how the ancient Grell civilization was destroyed, and how he stole stones from the royal treasury to gain power and prolong his life.
• Lohak revealed that he had sent Heide to search for the sunken Grell Ore Vein, giving him five fragments of a Grell Stone for protection.
• After Shinnō left with the stone, Lohak wondered whether Heide had found the Grell Ore Vein, confident that Heide could not wield its power without royal blood.

Kaguya Kenlun, a dying Kaguya Clan head whose bones wielded the power of Mortality Ash Bone, fought Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and became his unusual failed Vessel. The White Karma mark saved Kenlun’s life without carrying Isshiki’s soul, and Kenlun joined Kara as an Inner Member; in the present, Lohak mocked Shinnō and asked Kenlun for his thoughts.

• Shinnō eagerly left the temple hall with the Grell Stone, and Lohak mocked him as a pawn for Lord Jigen.
• Lohak asked Kaguya Kenlun what he thought, while Kenlun sat silently in the hall.
• Kenlun’s history revealed how he became the Kaguya Clan head by surviving a trial of a hundred bone blades and killing his predecessor.
• Near death from his clan’s Bloodline disease, Kenlun fought Isshiki and unleashed bone power that Isshiki recognized as Mortality Ash Bone.
• Isshiki tried to place a Karma mark on Kenlun, but it became a silver-white White Karma that carried power without Isshiki’s soul.
• The White Karma restored Kenlun’s failing body, and he joined Kara as an Inner Member to repay Isshiki and witness the height of his strength.

Kaguya Kenlun and Lohak waited for Uchiha Kagami to recover, then rushed to the underground chamber when the Grell Stones stopped sustaining the seal suppressing his soul. Kagami awakened from a vision of his brother and his past, confused and overwhelmed that he was still alive.

• Kaguya Kenlun corrected Lohak, insisting they address their lord by his chosen name, Uchiha Kagami, and discussed Kagami's recovery and Uchiha Shin'yu's strength.
• The Grell Stone on Lohak's necklace lit up, and Lohak and Kaguya Kenlun hurried to the underground chamber where Kagami's soul was sealed.
• The sixteen Grell Stones stopped supplying energy to the Barrier, and Uchiha Kagami opened his eyes.
• In a vision, Kagami saw his brother, apologized for betraying him, and entrusted his unborn child to him before saying goodbye.
• Kagami awakened in the chamber, saw Kaguya Kenlun and Lohak, and wept as he wondered why he was still alive.

Uchiha Kagami awoke confused in the underground chamber, and Lohak and Kaguya Kenlun tried to restrain him and awaken Isshiki through Karma. Kagami shattered their defenses and confronted them, asking who they were as his Sharingan began transforming.

• Uchiha Kagami woke and asked Lohak and Kaguya Kenlun who they were, prompting Lohak to trap him with Stone Prison: Seal.
• Kaguya Kenlun activated the Karma mark to awaken Isshiki's dormant consciousness and suppress Kagami.
• Kagami erupted with Chakra before Kenlun could complete the plan and formed a gigantic golden fist.
• Lohak raised Stone Shield: Guard to protect himself and Kenlun, but Kagami's fist shattered it and sent them crashing into the walls.
• Kagami manifested a golden half-bodied giant, broke the Buddhist Prayer Beads prison, and demanded to know who Lohak and Kenlun were as his Sharingan changed shape.

Uchiha Kagami faced Lohak and Kaguya Kenlun inside an underground Stone Chamber, where Kenlun tested the limits of Kagami’s Susanoo with the Kaguya Clan’s Dead Bone Pulse. As the golden defense began to crack, Kagami used Wood Release to counterattack.

• Lohak prepared his Grell Stone prayer beads and offered to hold Kagami off while he triggered the Karma seal resonance, but Kenlun insisted on fighting Kagami himself.
• Kagami said he would search for answers, and Kenlun launched a finger bone that embedded in Susanoo.
• Kenlun fired a barrage of Ten Finger Drilling Bullets, and Kagami recognized the Dead Bone Pulse and suspected he was near Hidden Mist Village.
• Kagami stayed inside Susanoo to study Kenlun’s attacks, but the embedded bones caused cracks to spread through the golden defense.
• As Susanoo neared collapse, Kagami pressed his hands together and used Wood Release: World of Trees.

Uchiha Kagami unleashed Wood Release against Kaguya Kenlun and Lohak, while discovering that his body and eyes had changed in ways his memories could not explain. Kenlun and Lohak escaped the collapsing underground chamber, only for Kagami to emerge atop a Wood Dragon as the temple fell.

• Uchiha Kagami used Wood Release: World of Trees to fill the stone chamber with vines and overwhelm Lohak and Kaguya Kenlun.
• Lohak broke through the ceiling and escaped as Kenlun fought through Kagami's trees with his bone sword.
• Uchiha Kagami enlarged his vines and bound Kenlun, but Kenlun broke free with Dead Bone Pulse: Clematis Dance and escaped through the passage.
• Lohak and Kenlun rose above the temple as Kagami's Wood Release shook the ground and brought the sacred structure crashing down.
• Uchiha Kagami appeared atop the central of three enormous Wood Dragons, and Lohak warned that the situation was not simple.

Uchiha Kagami overwhelmed Lohak and Kenlun with Wood Release, his Mangekyo abilities, and Susanoo-enhanced dragons. After capturing Kenlun, he demanded to know their purpose while Lohak remained buried beneath the dragons’ attacks.

• Uchiha Kagami summoned three Wood Dragons and sent them against Lohak, who struck one with his Stone Vault technique.
• Kenlun ambushed Kagami with a bone sword and Ten Finger Drilling Bullets, but Kagami’s Garuda eye technique deflected the attacks.
• Kagami shattered Kenlun’s bone defenses with a palm strike and blasted him off the Wood Dragon.
• Kagami covered all three Wood Dragons with Susanoo armor and sent them to attack Lohak.
• Kagami appeared beside the injured Kenlun, seized him by the throat, and demanded that he reveal their purpose or face the Mangekyo Sharingan’s Illusion Technique.

Uchiha Kagami fought Kaguya Kenlun, whose unusual bone attacks carried a power that decayed even Susanoo. Kagami revealed his Complete Body Susanoo and sent Kenlun crashing back, leaving the battle poised to continue.

• Lohak blasted two golden dragons away, but a third struck him deep into a mountain.
• Kenlun refused to surrender and attacked Kagami with bone spikes that rapidly cracked and weakened Susanoo.
• Kenlun removed the skin bearing Kagami's Flying Thunder God Mark, then formed enormous bone hands and launched a barrage of blows.
• Kagami determined that Kenlun's power decayed Chakra constructs, but Susanoo endured the assault.
• Kagami expanded Susanoo into its Complete Body and blasted Kenlun through the forest.

Kagami unleashed his Complete Body Susanoo, but Kenlun’s Karma Stage One awakened the power of Isshiki within him and caused his Susanoo to collapse. As Isshiki tried to take over Kagami’s body, Kagami resisted and escaped with the Flying Thunder God Technique.

• Kagami’s Mangekyo Sharingan surpassed its former limits, allowing him to manifest a golden Complete Body Susanoo without feeling its usual painful side effects.
• Lohak broke free and warned Kenlun that fully unsealing his power would worsen his bloodline disease, but Kenlun opened Karma Stage One anyway.
• Kenlun’s Karma aura stopped Kagami, and the Ink mark on Kagami’s palm spread across his face as his left eye changed.
• Kagami’s consciousness entered his inner world, where Ōtsutsuki Isshiki told him to return and surrender his body.
• Isshiki used Sukuna Hikona to pierce Kagami with Chakra Black Rods, shutting down his Chakra and destroying Susanoo.
• Kagami broke one rod, used the Flying Thunder God Technique, and vanished.

Uchiha Nen reunited with Orochimaru in his underground laboratory after visiting his wife and child, and they discussed their differing priorities and Orochimaru’s pursuit of immortality. The chapter ended with Nen reflecting that his family and a freely lived life mattered more to him than eternal life.

• Orochimaru’s experiment on a condemned prisoner ended when the man exploded, leaving blood and snakes across the laboratory.
• Uchiha Nen emerged from the shadows and greeted Orochimaru, and the two old friends caught up after more than a year apart.
• Nen told Orochimaru that his wife and child were doing well and explained why he had not taken Tsunade and Shisui away from the Hidden Leaf Village.
• Orochimaru used senjutsu to make the floor swallow the blood and remains from the failed experiment.
• Nen questioned whether immortality was worth pursuing and reflected that his wife, child, and freedom mattered more to him.

Nian delivered an Eight-Tails tentacle to Orochimaru and explained why he had spared Blue B, while the two discussed Tsunade and their changed bonds. A sudden explosion shook the Hidden Leaf Village, and the chapter ended as a mysterious figure arrived at Hokage Rock.

• Nian gave Orochimaru a tentacle from Gyūki, the Eight-Tails, and said the Eight-Tails had become Grand Uncle’s Summoning Beast.
• Nian revealed that he had left enough Eight-Tails Chakra in Blue B to keep him alive because a child was waiting for him.
• Orochimaru told Nian that Tsunade had visited his laboratory, argued with him, and then accepted what she saw.
• Orochimaru and Nian processed the tentacle together and discussed how their relationships with Tsunade and the Hidden Leaf Village had changed.
• An explosion shook the village, prompting Nian to survey it through his hawk and Orochimaru to sense the surrounding area.
• A tall figure arrived at Hokage Rock, where a rust-covered Kunai lay hidden beside Tobirama Senju’s carved head.

Kagami Uchiha returned to Konoha and discovered that his body and powers had changed after his unexplained revival. When Anbu and Uchiha guards confronted him on Hokage Rock, he tried to avoid a fight but began overpowering them.

• Kagami surveyed Konoha from Hokage Rock, pulled out a Chakra Black Rod, and watched his wounds heal as he considered the power inside him.
• Kagami decided to free himself, hide from the world, and investigate why he had been revived and what was inside him.
• Anbu and Uchiha guards surrounded Kagami, and Uchiha Inaho attacked him with a wakizashi.
• Kagami revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan, told the guards to stop, and impaled Inaho with a black rod when they refused to let him leave.
• Kagami pulled out another black rod and fought off the attackers, knocking one Anbu unconscious with a palm strike.

Kagami overwhelmed the Anbu and Uchiha guard forces, then defeated their captain, Maruboshi Kosuke, and revealed that he had once commanded him. As Kagami left the steam, an enormous iron staff descended toward him.

• Kagami used his black rods to incapacitate the Anbu and Uchiha guard members and deflect their weapons.
• The Anbu captain attacked Kagami with Leaf Style: Willow, but Kagami blocked his sword and broke it with a thrown rod.
• Kagami struck the captain with a Great Fireball Technique, and the captain countered with Water Release techniques until he collapsed from exhaustion.
• Kagami recognized the captain as Maruboshi Kosuke, called himself Kosuke’s former commander, and caused Kosuke to lose consciousness.
• As Kagami walked out of the steam, an enormous iron staff came crashing down toward him.

Kagami Uchiha battled Hiruzen Sarutobi above Konoha, using his Mangekyo ability to evade Hiruzen’s powerful attacks and expose his true body. Kagami ended the chapter holding Hiruzen by the throat while mocking how much stronger he had become.

• Kagami blocked Hiruzen’s Adamantine Ruyi Staff with Susanoo, deflecting it into the mountain and shattering Hiruzen’s Hokage Rock.
• Hiruzen attacked with a shadow-cloned Wind Shuriken barrage, but Kagami’s golden Susanoo fired Tomoe that Hiruzen deflected with his wind-empowered staff.
• Kagami leapt from Susanoo to confront Hiruzen, who created five copies and unleashed the Five Release: Great Combined Bullet Technique.
• Kagami used Takama-ga-hara to foresee the attack’s trajectories and evade them, redirecting the elemental assault away from Konoha.
• Kagami escaped Hiruzen’s Adamantine Prison Wall and trapped his Shadow Clones with Wood Release: Thorn Kill.
• Kagami seized Hiruzen’s invisible true body by the throat, revealing that the Hiruzen caught in the vines was an Earth Release: Shadow Clone.

Kagami spared Hiruzen, left Konoha, and headed for the Flower Sea Field to find his brother, Uchiha Shin'yu. Before he could reach his destination, Orochimaru ambushed him and trapped the forest inside a barrier.

• Kagami revealed himself to Hiruzen and said he would not kill him for Konoha's sake.
• Kagami placed Hiruzen under a Genjutsu as a warning, then left him for the arriving Anbu and Leaf ninja.
• Kagami left Konoha and raced toward the Flower Sea Field, hoping Uchiha Shin'yu could explain his resurrection and the unfamiliar will within him.
• Orochimaru attacked Kagami with white snakes and a giant gray viper, then raised the Four Black Snake Formation around the forest.

Orochimaru fought Kagami Uchiha inside a barrier, revealing his Sage Mode and methods for resisting the Sharingan. Uchiha Nen arrived to confront Kagami and declared that he would not let him escape again.

• Orochimaru trapped Kagami Uchiha inside the Four Black Snake Formation, but Kagami burst free of the Gray-Scaled Serpent with his Susanoo.
• Orochimaru used Wind Release Chakra Mode to attack Kagami, who raised his Susanoo and tried to ensnare him with Genjutsu.
• Orochimaru explained how his snake corneas prevented the eye contact needed for Sharingan Genjutsu, then activated Sage Mode and attacked with Sage Art: Autumn Dew on Leaves.
• Kagami dodged Orochimaru’s attack and struck him with Monster Strength Fist, then swung his Susanoo’s blade at him.
• Uchiha Nen emerged from the forest in Susanoo, smashed Kagami’s sword light with a Golden Lightning Hammer, and vowed not to let him escape again.