Chapter Summaries

Tsunade abdicated, and Izayoi became Konoha’s Sixth Hokage amid celebrations that drew crowds from across the Land of Fire and beyond. Once in office, Izayoi delegated routine work, abolished the Council of Elders, and consolidated Konoha’s authority under his rule.

• News of Tsunade’s abdication and Izayoi’s succession spread throughout the shinobi world, reassuring Ōnoki and the other Kage and daimyo that Konoha had a powerful leader.
• On July 16, Konoha Year 62, crowds gathered on Central Street as Izayoi appeared on the Hokage Building rooftop and declared himself the Sixth Hokage.
• Sasuke Uchiha teased Uzumaki Naruto that Izayoi’s succession had ended Naruto’s chances of becoming Hokage, leaving Naruto devastated and vowing to bring Izayoi down if he failed at the job.
• Izayoi delegated daily administration to Hinata and Karin, ending the expectation that the Hokage personally handle every matter.
• Izayoi abolished the Council of Elders, prompting Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura to retire and restoring the Hyuga and Nara Clans to Konoha’s upper ranks.

Izayoi appointed Sasuke Uchiha as Anbu Commander, then revealed the truth behind the Uchiha Clan Massacre. The revelation awakened Sasuke Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan with a sun-shaped pattern, which Izayoi recognized as Sarada Uchiha’s pattern from the future.

• Karin told Izayoi that Ōnoki and Chiyo declined his invitation, the Fifth Mizukage and Nagato accepted, and Hidden Cloud Village refused.
• Izayoi offered Sasuke Uchiha the newly created position of Anbu Commander, and Sasuke Uchiha accepted.
• Izayoi revealed the truth behind the Uchiha Clan Massacre to Sasuke Uchiha, Hinata, and Karin through a genjutsu.
• Seeing that Itachi Uchiha had massacred the clan to protect him, Sasuke Uchiha awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Izayoi recognized Sasuke Uchiha’s sun-shaped Mangekyō Sharingan pattern as the one belonging to Sarada Uchiha.

Sasuke Uchiha sought the truth about the Clan Massacre, and Izayoi took him to Orochimaru, where Sasuke examined Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō’s memories. After Izayoi destroyed their souls, he brought Sasuke to meet Itachi Uchiha, leaving the brothers face to face.

• Sasuke Uchiha told Izayoi he wanted to learn more about the Clan Massacre and would ask Orochimaru to summon Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō.
• Izayoi took Sasuke Uchiha to Orochimaru’s underground base, where Orochimaru discussed Izayoi’s Sage of Six Paths Mode and summoned Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō with the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.
• Sasuke Uchiha used the Spirit Transformation Technique to inspect both men’s memories, then asked Izayoi to destroy their souls.
• Izayoi used a Truth-Seeking Orb to erase Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō, then promised Orochimaru he would pardon his crimes and take Sasuke to see Itachi Uchiha.
• Izayoi and Sasuke Uchiha appeared before Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki as they headed back toward the Land of Rain.

Sasuke Uchiha confronted Itachi Uchiha after learning the truth about the clan massacre, but Itachi’s attempt to explain was interrupted when Madara Uchiha and Uchiha Obito appeared. Sasuke awakened his Exclusive Eye Technique, Great Sun Spirit, and unleashed it against them.

• Kisame Hoshigaki sensed Samehada’s terror, and Izayoi used Flying Thunder God Transfer to send him away to the Rocky Mountain Area.
• Sasuke Uchiha confronted Itachi Uchiha with what he had learned about the massacre, Shisui Uchiha’s death, and Itachi’s deal with Shimura Danzō.
• Itachi Uchiha tried to divert Sasuke’s questions to the clan’s Stone Tablet, but his Cursed Seal triggered when he began discussing the Rinnegan.
• Madara Uchiha and Uchiha Obito emerged from a Black Hole, and Sasuke Uchiha attacked Uchiha Obito with a Storm Release Beam.
• Madara Uchiha exposed Itachi Uchiha’s plan to use Kotoamatsukami on Sasuke, confirming that Sasuke had been treated as a puppet.
• Sasuke Uchiha’s Mangekyo Sharingan unleashed Great Sun Spirit, creating an expanding Black Hole that pulled at Madara Uchiha, Uchiha Obito, and Itachi Uchiha.

Sasuke Uchiha awakened a Black Hole dōjutsu and used it to defeat Uchiha Obito, while Izayoi tricked Madara Uchiha into cooperating against Ōtsutsuki Isshiki. The chapter ended with Sasuke killing Obito and vowing to destroy his soul, as Madara vanished after Izayoi secretly captured him.

• Sasuke Uchiha used his Black Holes to pursue Uchiha Obito into the Kamui Dimension, forcing Obito to escape with Izanagi.
• Madara Uchiha told Izayoi about Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and proposed that they find him together, and Izayoi agreed to verify the story.
• Obito emerged from a Black Hole badly injured, and Izayoi used a branch to secretly remove Madara from the battlefield.
• Sasuke Uchiha struck Obito with Sage Art: White Rage Technique, then followed him into the Kamui Dimension and attacked his spirit in the Mental Space.
• Sasuke Uchiha killed Uchiha Obito and vowed to revive him with Impure World Reincarnation before destroying his soul.

Sasuke returned after killing Itachi, refused to forgive him, and accepted Izayoi’s offer to become Konoha’s Anbu Commander. At the Uchiha cemetery, Kakashi recognized the head Sasuke carried as his supposedly deceased teammate Uchiha Obito, and Sasuke brought Obito’s remains to Orochimaru to be revived with Impure World Reincarnation.

• Sasuke told Itachi that he would never forgive him and left with Izayoi.
• Izayoi offered Sasuke revenge and the position of Anbu Commander; Sasuke declined to kill the families involved but accepted the role.
• Sasuke gave Izayoi Obito’s eyes, then carried Obito’s head to the Uchiha cemetery to honor his clan.
• Kakashi recognized Obito’s head and learned that Obito had been involved in the Uchiha massacre and the Nine-Tails Attack.
• Sasuke transported Kakashi and Obito’s head to Orochimaru’s base and asked Orochimaru to use Impure World Reincarnation on Obito.

Sasuke discovered that Madara Uchiha had reincarnated Uchiha Obito, while Izayoi focused on cultivating and overseeing Konoha’s Chunin Exams. After Hanabi won the finals, Izayoi pardoned Orochimaru by making Shimura Danzō the scapegoat, and Konoha’s purge of the Shimura Clan ended with Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi returning to the village.

• Orochimaru’s attempt to reincarnate Uchiha Obito failed, so Sasuke Uchiha suspected Nagato and left with Kakashi Hatake.
• Madara Uchiha revealed that he had reincarnated Uchiha Obito, who learned he had died at Sasuke’s hands and then resumed searching other dimensions with Madara.
• Izayoi used Uchiha Obito’s eye to help Shimura Danzō search other dimensions, while he cultivated his Sage Body until the Chunin Exams’ main event.
• Hanabi defeated Ajisai in the finals, and Nagato told Sasuke Uchiha that Madara had taken over his Impure World Reincarnation Army and that Itachi Uchiha had left the Akatsuki.
• Izayoi pardoned Orochimaru and blamed his crimes on Shimura Danzō, prompting a public purge that stripped Danzō of his honors and drove the Shimura Clan from Konoha.
• The purge ended in late August, and Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi returned to Konoha looking dazed.

Two years after becoming the Sixth Hokage, Izayoi enjoyed a peaceful morning with Hinata before revealing the Rinne-Tenseigan and its Yomotsu Hirasaka ability. He left through a space-time portal, while the shinobi world remained outwardly peaceful but prepared for a possible war.

• Hinata woke Izayoi on August 25, Konoha Year 64, and made him breakfast before heading to the Hokage's Office.
• Izayoi reflected on two years of peace and the Great Nations' secret preparations for a future war.
• Izayoi spent the morning with Hinata, then sent a Wood Clone to the Hokage's Office in his place.
• Izayoi activated his Rinne-Tenseigan, which had evolved from his Otsutsuki Bloodline and Transcendence Potential.
• Izayoi used Yomotsu Hirasaka to open a portal and flew through it.

Izayoi used his Rinne Tenseigan’s Ame-no-Tokotachi to witness Kaguya Otsutsuki’s battle with Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki a thousand years earlier, then searched other dimensions for Ōtsutsuki Isshiki without finding him. He returned home to celebrate Hanabi’s achievements and join Hinata, Shion, and Karin for dinner, but they all sensed something approaching.

• Izayoi entered the Ice-Snow Dimension, awakened Sage of Six Paths Mode, and used Ame-no-Tokotachi to view its past.
• Izayoi watched Kaguya Otsutsuki battle Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki, and observed Hagoromo wielding Ame-no-Numahoko.
• Izayoi searched multiple Other Dimensions for traces of Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, found none, and suspected Isshiki’s dimension was hidden inside his Black Eye.
• Izayoi continued exploring to strengthen his use of Yomotsu Hirasaka and described how he had connected an Other Dimension to his home as a hidden paradise.
• Izayoi returned home, where Hanabi greeted him and he praised her for becoming an All-Rounder Jonin at eleven.
• Izayoi joined Hinata, Shion, Karin, and Hanabi as they prepared dinner, but they all sensed something in a certain direction.

The Three-Tails revived, prompting Izayoi and Madara Uchiha to prepare for the Akatsuki’s hunt for the Tailed Beasts. As Madara confronted Izayoi with a deal for Naruto’s Nine-Tails, battles began unfolding across the Ninja World.

• Izayoi explained that the Three-Tails had revived, then warned Sasuke Uchiha that Madara Uchiha and the Akatsuki were likely to move and ordered him to bring Naruto to Konoha.
• Madara Uchiha and Uchiha Obito returned to Amegakure, where Madara told Nagato to lead the Akatsuki and the Impure World Reincarnation Army in capturing the Tailed Beasts while he held off Izayoi and Otsutsuki Toneri.
• Madara Uchiha sent his main body toward the moon and a wood clone toward Konoha, while Izayoi summoned Naruto and promised to train him in the Super Hurricane Sphere Combination.
• Madara Uchiha sensed Naruto disappear into an Other Dimension, then met Izayoi’s wood clone at Izayoi’s home and offered to trade Naruto’s Nine-Tails for the revival of Naruto and his family.
• Izayoi rejected Madara Uchiha’s offer, and the two waited as the tranquility of night was shattered across the Ninja World.

Nagato’s Akatsuki launched simultaneous attacks on villages holding Jinchuriki, while Izayoi’s evolved clone confronted Madara Uchiha on the moon. Izayoi’s Puppet Army then joined the fighting, and Konoha prepared to follow events as Madara’s plans came under pressure.

• Nagato sent Deidara, Sasori of the Red Sands, and Impure World Reincarnations to capture Gaara, but Gaara broke their barrier and fought back.
• Akatsuki forces attacked the villages holding Jinchuriki, and Nagato escalated the raids into wars when the villages broke the barriers.
• On the moon, Izayoi taunted Madara Uchiha about the gap between pure-blood and mixed-blood Otsutsuki, then swallowed Madara’s Truth-Seeking Orb with a spatial mark.
• Madara Uchiha attacked Izayoi with his Sage’s Staff and invisible shadows as Izayoi’s Puppet Army entered the battles across the Ninja World.
• Madara Uchiha’s Wood Clone received troubling news at Izayoi’s home, and Izayoi told Uzuki Yugao to bring the Chakra Television as Konoha fell into chaos.

Sasuke evacuated Konoha’s civilians and lower-ranked ninja while Naruto gained the Nine-Tails’ chakra and learned his origins. As Akatsuki seized most of the Tailed Beasts, the remaining forces converged on Kumogakure, where Naruto and Sasuke faced Nagato and Izayoi prepared to confront Madara.

• Sasuke opened portals to move Konoha’s villagers and ninja below Jonin rank to safety, while Kakashi hesitated to face Obito.
• Naruto connected with his parents’ chakra, accepted his origins, gained a golden Nine-Tails form, and agreed to support Kumogakure against Akatsuki.
• Akatsuki captured Shukaku, Isobu, Son Goku, Kokuō, Saiken, and Chōmei, leaving Matatabi, Gyūki, and Kurama uncaptured.
• Akatsuki’s forces gathered at ruined Kumogakure, where the Fourth Raikage ordered the Cloud Ninja to flee as Akatsuki pursued Yugito Nii.
• Izayoi assigned Naruto and Sasuke to stop Nagato from capturing the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, while Madara confronted Izayoi and then moved to attack.

Madara Uchiha summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and used its power to draw in the Tailed Beasts while Izayoi challenged him. After Madara and Izayoi exchanged devastating attacks across the mountains, Madara absorbed the Ten-Tails and emerged as its Jinchuriki, becoming the true Six Paths Madara.

• Madara Uchiha summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and its Limbo Shadows blocked Izayoi’s attack as the others withdrew from the battlefield.
• The Demonic Statue drew in the Tailed Beasts and Jinchuriki, while Madara revived the extracted Jinchuriki and sent them to the Kamui Dimension.
• Madara Uchiha and Izayoi clashed, and their Truth-Seeking Orb explosions erased New Kumogakure’s mountain and devastated distant peaks.
• Nagato pursued Killer B and the Eight-Tails as the battle between Izayoi and Madara moved beyond the others’ sight.
• Madara Uchiha summoned the Ten-Tails, absorbed it, and transformed into its Jinchuriki with renewed Truth-Seeking Orbs and immense power.

Madara Uchiha became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, but Black Zetsu revealed that he had been using Madara and took control of his Wood Clone. On the battlefield, Madara unleashed the Sword of Desires against Izayoi, who responded with excitement rather than fear.

• Black Zetsu learned that Otsutsuki Toneri had exposed his identity and questioned why Toneri had allowed Madara to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Madara discovered that Black Zetsu knew nothing about Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, then threatened to let his original body deal with him.
• Black Zetsu immobilized and consumed Madara's Wood Clone before fleeing toward Madara and Izayoi.
• Izayoi examined Madara's new abilities as Madara marveled at his Ten-Tails power and claimed victory.
• Madara transformed the Sage's Staff into the Sword of Nunoboko and cut through the clouds and mountains with a single slash.
• Izayoi blocked the attack with a shield formed from his Truth-Seeking Orbs and praised the sword's power, visibly excited.

Madara Uchiha cast Infinite Tsukuyomi and exposed Izayoi as a pure-blooded Otsutsuki, but the jutsu failed to affect him. Izayoi revealed that he had used Madara to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, and Madara fled to capture the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails after Izayoi absorbed his powerful attack.

• Madara Uchiha awakened the Rinne Sharingan and cast Infinite Tsukuyomi across the world, leaving Izayoi unaffected.
• Madara Uchiha used Divine Woodland Creation to bind the people caught by the jutsu and discovered that Izayoi possessed the other half of the Nine Tails.
• Izayoi revealed his true appearance and introduced himself as Otsutsuki Izayoi, while Black Zetsu and Madara Uchiha questioned his origins and connection to Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.
• Izayoi said he had used Madara Uchiha to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, then told him to retrieve the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails.
• Madara Uchiha attacked Izayoi with Ame-no-Numahoko, but Izayoi absorbed the white slash and sent Madara flying toward Killer B and Uzumaki Naruto.

Izayoi revealed that his Rinne Tenseigan’s second exclusive eye technique, Miketsukami, turned attacks into food and let him absorb Madara Uchiha’s abilities and chakra. After exploiting Madara’s shock over the threat of Kaguya Otsutsuki’s revival, Izayoi split him in two and began draining his chakra, but Madara recovered and remained in the fight.

• Madara Uchiha reclaimed the Eight-Tails and both halves of the Nine-Tails’ chakra, then confronted Izayoi and boasted that his power was enough to defeat him.
• Izayoi explained that his Rinne Tenseigan and Madara’s Rinne Sharingan were Kekkei Mōra, and revealed Miketsukami’s ability to turn attacks into food.
• Izayoi used a will-driven strike to send Madara flying and explained that he had let Madara become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki so he could absorb his newly gained abilities.
• Izayoi told Madara that the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path contained a contingency to revive Kaguya Otsutsuki, then asked whether Madara could still contact his Wood Clone watching Black Zetsu.
• Madara’s shock gave Izayoi an opening to split him and the Ame-no-Numahoko in two, after which Izayoi began absorbing his chakra.
• Madara recovered, used four Limbo Shadows to attack, and found Izayoi’s black shield could block their strikes, but he realized Izayoi had stolen a vast amount of his chakra.

Izayoi used the Ten-Tails chakra he had absorbed and his Chakra Orbs to unleash a self-created Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack, badly injuring Madara Uchiha. He followed with a barrage of golden pillars that engulfed Madara, leaving his fate unclear.

• Madara Uchiha attacked Izayoi with four Limbo Shadows, believing Miketsukami could not absorb their physical strikes.
• Izayoi used his Chakra Orbs to unleash Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack, shattering the Limbo Shadows’ Ame-no-Numahoko and driving Madara away inside a Black Sphere.
• After the Black Sphere broke, Izayoi used Yomotsu Hirasaka to send a wheel of light behind Madara and strike him with a powerful air cannon.
• Izayoi explained that he had absorbed Ten-Tails chakra to supply the essence needed for his self-created Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack, which his Chakra Orbs shaped into Six Paths Senjutsu.
• Izayoi restrained Madara and unleashed golden pillars of light that struck him and blasted the ground, while Black Zetsu, the unconscious Impure World Reincarnation army, and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki remained the only witnesses.

Izayoi defeated Madara Uchiha and watched Black Zetsu use him to revive Kaguya Otsutsuki. Kaguya mistook Izayoi for a noble pure-blooded Otsutsuki, then decided to feed him to the Ten-Tails for another Chakra Fruit.

• Izayoi's golden attacks devastated the land and left Madara Uchiha badly wounded at the bottom of a vast basin.
• Izayoi drew the Ten-Tails' chakra from Madara Uchiha, allowing Black Zetsu to possess him and reveal his plan to revive Kaguya Otsutsuki.
• Black Zetsu used the power awakened by Infinite Tsukuyomi to transform into Kaguya Otsutsuki, who emerged with a formidable collection of traits.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki saw Izayoi's appearance and golden eyes, mistook him for a high-ranking member of the Ōtsutsuki main family, and asked about Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.
• Izayoi said he was also looking for Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, and Kaguya Otsutsuki resolved to feed him to the Ten-Tails to obtain another Chakra Fruit.

Izayoi fought Kaguya Otsutsuki across dimensions, absorbed her Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack, and used his future sight to prepare a trap. After his Wood Clone was apparently defeated in the Super-Gravity Dimension, Izayoi’s real attack overwhelmed Kaguya and left Black Zetsu alone.

• Kaguya Otsutsuki transported Izayoi to the Lava Space and attacked him with Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack, but he absorbed the technique and redirected her All-Killing Ash Bones through a portal.
• Izayoi used a Flying Thunder God Technique Formula to strike Kaguya, then saw a future in which she killed him in the Super-Gravity Dimension.
• Izayoi checked his sublimated God of Taijutsu and Chakra Control entries, left a Wood Clone in the Super-Gravity Dimension, and waited outside it.
• Kaguya and Black Zetsu sent Izayoi’s Wood Clone to the Super-Gravity Dimension and struck it with four All-Killing Ash Bones, believing they had won.
• As Black Zetsu approached the clone, Izayoi’s golden fist-shaped attacks emerged through a portal and battered Kaguya and the dimension for several minutes.
• Black Zetsu re-formed after the bombardment and found himself alone in the Super-Gravity Dimension.

Izayoi repeatedly ambushed Kaguya Otsutsuki across her dimensions and extracted much of her Ten-Tails chakra, but she escaped and replenished her strength with chakra from Infinite Tsukuyomi victims. The chapter ends as Kaguya unleashes Heaven-and-Earth Upheaval in the Initial Space, forcing Izayoi to face an overwhelming elemental assault.

• Izayoi found Kaguya Otsutsuki in the Initial Space and began extracting her Ten-Tails chakra, but she escaped to the Acid Sea Space.
• Izayoi tracked Kaguya to the Acid Sea Space and severed her body with a surprise attack before pursuing her to the Desert Space.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki merged with the Desert Space and attacked Izayoi, but he used Ame-no-Numahoko to erase her assault and cut her connection to the dimension.
• Kaguya fled to the Lava Space and was trapped by Izayoi's Wood Clone, which pinned her with golden beams while Izayoi drained more of her Ten-Tails chakra.
• Kaguya escaped inside a Black Sphere, then reached the Initial Space and absorbed chakra from Infinite Tsukuyomi victims to restore her strength.
• Kaguya transformed into a giant white rabbit and unleashed Heaven-and-Earth Upheaval against Izayoi.