Arc 7The Fall of Kumogakure

Gen'yō crushed Kumogakure’s invasion with the Divine Kingdom’s power, captured its leaders, and forced the village to submit. The arc left the Land of Lightning being absorbed into the Divine Kingdom as other nations faced Gen'yō’s demands.

  • Raikage A led thirty thousand Kumogakure ninja against the Divine Kingdom, whose wall vaporized the first three thousand attackers when they struck it with lightning.
  • Gen'yō organized the defense and broadcast the battle as Fugaku led five thousand Uchiha warriors through an opening in the wall to meet Kumogakure’s charge.
  • Fugaku’s Uchiha forces destroyed thousands of Kumogakure ninja with combined fire techniques, then Fugaku fought Raikage A with Perfect Susanoo before Gen'yō ordered the Uchiha to withdraw.
  • Itachi’s War Puppet Legion annihilated most of the remaining army, while Gen'yō defeated Raikage A and Killer B, extracted the Eight-Tails’ chakra, and announced Kumogakure’s surrender deadline.
  • Gen'yō ordered the Divine Kingdom’s forces to invade the Land of Lightning as Obito and Shisui eliminated fleeing ninja and Fugaku’s Fire God Legion broke through the defenses.
  • Gen'yō used twelve orbital weapons to destroy Kumogakure forces, and Itachi’s war puppets erased the village’s final mountain defenses before Dodai and the elders surrendered.
  • Gen'yō demanded Kumogakure’s secret scrolls and the Daimyo’s Imperial Seal, then presented a Divine Contract dissolving the village and incorporating the Land of Lightning into his kingdom.
  • When a young elder protested the contract, Gen'yō crushed him and absorbed his body and soul into it, then challenged the remaining leaders to object.
Chapters 151–175 Vol. 2 Read

Ch. 151The Raikage's Furious Roar! Thirty Thousand Troops Advance on the Divine Kingdom!

Kumogakure’s Raikage A led thirty thousand ninja toward the Uchiha Divine Kingdom, determined to stop Gen'yō’s expansion. Gen'yō refused to use a devastating orbital weapon and instead prepared to publicly demonstrate the kingdom’s power at its barrier.

  • Amaterasu alerted Gen'yō, Obito, Shisui, and Itachi that Kumogakure’s thirty-thousand-strong army had reached the eastern border and was attacking the barrier.
  • After reviewing reports about Gen'yō’s conquest of the Land of Earth and his battle with Madara Uchiha, Raikage A rejected Darui and Mabui’s warnings and ordered Kumogakure to mobilize its forces.
  • Raikage A declared a punitive war against the Uchiha Divine Kingdom and threatened other nations that might obstruct Kumogakure.
  • Half a day later, Raikage A led thirty thousand Kumogakure ninja toward the Divine Kingdom.
  • Gen'yō declined Itachi’s suggestion to strike with the space-based kinetic weapon and decided to broadcast the army’s defeat as a public display of the barrier’s power.

Ch. 152Despair at the Wall of the Divine Kingdom! Kumogakure's Vanguard Wiped Out!

Kumogakure's army attacked the Wall of the Divine Kingdom, but the wall absorbed the elite vanguard's ninjutsu and annihilated all three thousand Jonin with a counterattack. As Raikage A ordered the rest of his force to attack, Ōnoki contacted Gen'yō and asked to join the fight.

  • Gen'yō's forces faced thirty thousand Kumogakure ninja at the Wall of the Divine Kingdom on the eastern border of the Land of Earth.
  • Raikage A ordered three thousand elite Jonin to bombard the wall with Lightning Release ninjutsu.
  • The wall absorbed the attack, converted and amplified its energy, then vaporized the three thousand Jonin with platinum-white beams.
  • Raikage A, enraged by the vanguard's destruction, ordered the remaining Kumogakure ninja to attack with everything they had.
  • Ōnoki contacted Gen'yō and asked permission to fight the Kumogakure forces with Dust Release.

Ch. 153Ōnoki requests battle! Who holds supreme command of the war!

Gen'yō rejected Ōnoki's request to fight on the front lines and organized the Divine Kingdom's forces for war against Kumogakure. He declared that he alone would command the war, then asked whether anyone objected.

  • Ōnoki asked Gen'yō to let him fight, but Gen'yō said his Dust Release should be saved and assigned him and the former Iwagakure elites to the reserve force.
  • Gen'yō ordered Uchiha Fugaku to activate the Divine Might Legion and assemble the Aerospace Fleet at the eastern border.
  • Gen'yō assigned Obito and Shisui Uchiha to strike Kumogakure's commanders after the enemy exhausted its chakra.
  • Gen'yō ordered Itachi to command the Tengu Guard and lead the War Puppet Legion in an operation to force surrender or kill the remaining enemy forces.
  • Gen'yō declared that he alone would assume command of the war against Kumogakure and asked the commanders whether they objected.

Ch. 154Full control! Total war mobilization from the throne!

Gen'yō ordered a worldwide broadcast of the battle, war betting, and the Wall of the Divine Kingdom to convert Kumogakure's attacks into power for his forces. He assigned Uchiha Fugaku to lead the Fire God Legion, then opened the barrier as the Fourth Raikage ordered his troops to charge.

  • Gen'yō won Ōnoki, Fugaku, Shisui, Itachi, and Obito's declarations of loyalty and issued three orders to Amaterasu: seize global communications, broadcast the battle, and set up war bets and bounties through Kakuzu.
  • Gen'yō ordered the Wall of the Divine Kingdom to recycle half the energy from Kumogakure's attacks into the barrier and store the rest for the war puppet army.
  • Gen'yō asked Fugaku to lead the Fire God Legion and restore the Uchiha Clan's reputation for terror, and Fugaku eagerly agreed.
  • Gen'yō declared it was time for the battle to begin as a five-kilometer section of the golden wall vanished, revealing the assembled Fire God Legion.
  • Fourth Raikage A interpreted the opening as a provocation and ordered Kumogakure's twenty-seven thousand troops to charge through it.

Ch. 155All forces deployed! The iron-blooded opening of the Uchiha Divine Army!

Uchiha Fugaku commanded five thousand Uchiha warriors as they prepared to meet Kumogakure’s invading army at the opening in the Wall of the Divine Kingdom. After Gen'yō rallied the Uchiha, Fugaku ordered the first formation to unleash a coordinated attack, declaring that five minutes would be enough.

  • Fourth Raikage A rallied twenty-seven thousand Kumogakure ninja and led them charging through the five-kilometer opening.
  • Uchiha Fugaku, Shisui Uchiha, and Obito Uchiha faced the invasion with five thousand Uchiha warriors and were ordered to finish the battle before the wall closed.
  • Obito proposed using Kamui to seize the Raikage, but Shisui told him to follow Fugaku’s orders.
  • Gen'yō addressed the Uchiha through their shared communications channel, urging them to fight for their families and the Divine Kingdom.
  • The Uchiha roared and made the advancing Kumogakure forces falter, while Fourth Raikage A urged his troops to charge before the wall closed.
  • Fugaku ordered the first thousand Uchiha to form hand seals in unison, then commanded them to fire as he declared that five minutes would suffice.

Ch. 156A Symphony of Flame and Lightning! The Strongest Fire Style Array in History!

Uchiha Fugaku led his troops in a coordinated fire-style attack that overwhelmed Kumogakure’s lightning and annihilated the enemy’s front ranks. As the Uchiha formations prepared to unleash another assault, Raikage A struggled to believe what he had witnessed.

  • Fugaku ordered a thousand Uchiha warriors to combine their Great Fireball Techniques through Gen'yō’s chakra resonance array, creating a massive Super Great Fireball.
  • The Kumogakure army met the Uchiha attack with a coordinated wave of lightning techniques, but the Super Great Fireball overwhelmed it.
  • The fireball struck Kumogakure’s front ranks and vaporized three thousand shinobi, leaving a scorched zone across the battlefield.
  • The first Uchiha formation withdrew in orderly fashion as Fugaku prepared to launch a second attack, while Raikage A called the strike genjutsu.
  • Fugaku declared the power of the Uchiha and the Divine Kingdom, then ordered the second formation to advance with the Dragon Flame Formation and attack Kumogakure’s center.

Ch. 157The clan leader's might! Fugaku's one-man battlefield!

Uchiha Fugaku's Fire Style formation devastated Kumogakure's army, forcing the Fourth Raikage A to attack him directly. Fugaku answered with Perfect Susanoo, but A launched a forbidden lightning strike at its chest, leaving their clash unresolved.

  • The Uchiha's second formation unleashed Dragon Flame Song Technique, burning through Kumogakure's scattered troops as Ōnoki, Kitsuchi, Obito, Itachi, and Shisui watched from Amaterasu.
  • Fourth Raikage A powered up with Lightning Release Body Protection: Maximum Power and charged toward Fugaku to break the Uchiha formation.
  • Fugaku halted the fire dragons and summoned a towering dark-purple Perfect Susanoo against A.
  • Fugaku swung Susanoo's chakra blade at A, but A dodged the blade's sharpest point and drove his forbidden Lightning Oppression Horizontal Chop toward Susanoo's chest.

Ch. 158Rout! The Raikage's Final Frenzy!

Raikage A’s strongest attack failed to break Fugaku’s Susanoo, but Killer B arrived in time to save him and fight alongside him. Gen'yō then ordered Fugaku to withdraw, revealing a vast War Puppet Legion led by Uchiha Itachi as the next force to confront Kumogakure.

  • Raikage A struck Fugaku’s Susanoo with his strongest blow, but the armor healed while Amaterasu-like flames badly burned and crippled his arm.
  • Killer B arrived and used the Eight-Tails’ tentacles to stop Susanoo’s blade from killing Raikage A.
  • Killer B and Raikage A prepared their Double Lariat, while Killer B shielded them from Fugaku’s Yasaka Magatama barrage.
  • Gen'yō ordered Fugaku to withdraw and told him that the next phase would demonstrate the Divine Kingdom’s technological and numerical strength.
  • Fugaku dispelled Susanoo and led the Uchiha forces behind the wall as it closed against the bewildered Raikage brothers.
  • A huge War Puppet Legion rose from underground, and Uchiha Itachi ordered its first wave of chakra-cannon bombardment.

Ch. 159The roar of steel! Despair unleashed in a Tailed Beast Bomb-scale bombardment!

Itachi ordered the war puppets to bombard the Kumogakure army with more than a thousand chakra blasts, erasing nearly twenty thousand ninja and leaving a vast basin. Killer B survived with the unconscious Raikage A and charged toward Uchiha Gen'yō, who appeared before him and introduced himself as the culprit.

  • Itachi commanded the war puppets to fire, and their chakra blasts engulfed the Kumogakure army and the Raikage brothers.
  • The bombardment vaporized the twenty thousand Kumogakure ninja and carved a massive basin into the battlefield.
  • Killer B emerged from the wreckage with Raikage A, whose condition was critical, and raged at Itachi and Gen'yō.
  • Killer B launched himself toward the Divine Kingdom wall, but Gen'yō appeared in his path and stopped him.
  • Gen'yō greeted Killer B and identified himself as the man Killer B intended to tear apart.

Ch. 160A god descended! The speed you took pride in was a joke!

Uchiha Gen'yō entered the battlefield and effortlessly defeated Killer B's attacks by revealing that they passed through him, then challenged the injured Raikage A to land a blow. He left the brothers' lives hanging on whether A could make him move even a millimeter.

  • Killer B entered Eight-Tails Chakra Mode V2 and charged at Gen'yō, but his fist passed through him.
  • Gen'yō seized Killer B, dissolved his Tailed Beast Chakra Cloak, and taunted him before explaining that they were in different dimensions.
  • Raikage A charged to save B, but Gen'yō threw B into him, sending both brothers tumbling into a cliff.
  • Gen'yō appeared before the brothers and challenged Raikage A to strike him with his greatest speed and power, promising to spare them if he moved even a millimeter.

Ch. 161Dimensional Domination! Your Fists Will Never Touch Me!

Uchiha Gen'yō let the Fourth Raikage unleash his strongest attacks, then revealed that Kamui: Creation let him shift his body into another dimension. As Gen'yō moved to kill the defeated Raikage, Killer B transformed into the complete Eight-Tails, Gyuki, and attacked.

  • Raikage A pushed himself beyond his limits and struck Gen'yō with a barrage of punches, but every attack passed through him.
  • Gen'yō explained that Kamui: Creation let him transfer his body into an overlapping dimension beyond the Raikage's reach, leaving Raikage A defeated and demoralized.
  • Gen'yō became tangible, appeared behind Raikage A, and prepared to kill him with a powerful kick.
  • Gyuki took control of Killer B and transformed him into the Eight-Tails' complete form.
  • Gyuki swung a massive tentacle at Gen'yō, who welcomed the chance to face a Perfect Jinchuriki's complete Tailed Beast Transformation.

Ch. 162The Eight-Tails' Perfect Form! The Fury of a Perfect Jinchuriki!

Gen'yō overwhelmed Gyuki's full-powered attacks by manifesting Kamui: Creation Susanoo and using its All Things Collapse ability to dismantle the Eight-Tails. Gyuki launched an unstable Tailed Beast Bomb at Gen'yō's face, and the chapter ended with the blast engulfing the battlefield.

  • Gen'yō caught Gyuki's descending tentacle with Susanoo: Hand of God.
  • Gyuki attacked Gen'yō with seven tentacles and a Tailed Beast Bomb, while Obito told Fugaku that the real show was about to begin.
  • Gen'yō summoned his 150-meter-tall Kamui: Creation Susanoo, whose golden chakra cloak melted Gyuki's tentacles.
  • Gen'yō created a black singularity and used Kamui: Creation - All Things Collapse to pull apart Gyuki's body and drain his life force.
  • Killer B screamed in terror as Gyuki faced annihilation, then Gyuki spat his unstable Tailed Beast Bomb at Gen'yō's Susanoo.
  • Gen'yō dispelled the singularity's force and let the Tailed Beast Bomb strike the Susanoo's face, producing a massive explosion.

Ch. 163A world-ending Tailed Beast Bomb! A strike even a god cannot withstand?

Gen'yō survived Gyuki's world-ending Tailed Beast Bomb and absorbed its energy, leaving the Shinobi World stunned by his power. With Killer B and Raikage A unconscious in the crater, he announced that the warm-up was over and asked how they wanted to die.

  • Gyuki's Tailed Beast Bomb detonated against Gen'yō's Susanoo, destroying the battlefield and cutting off the worldwide broadcast.
  • Fugaku, Shisui, and Obito feared for Gen'yō as Amaterasu struggled to restore the signal, while Hiruzen Sarutobi and Ōnoki doubted that he had been defeated.
  • The broadcast returned and showed Killer B and Raikage A unconscious in a vast crater, with Gyuki nowhere to be seen.
  • Gen'yō's golden Susanoo stood unharmed and absorbed Gyuki's Tailed Beast Bomb in its hand.
  • Gen'yō said the warm-up was over and asked the unconscious A-B Combo how they wanted to die.

Ch. 164The warm-up was over! Even gods had their ranks!

Gen'yō absorbed Gyuki’s Tailed Beast Bomb, then created and precisely split another one to spare the unconscious Raikage A and Killer B while destroying two mountain ranges. He defeated Gyuki’s pride and prepared to use his eyes on Killer B, whom he intended to turn into a chakra generator for his Divine Kingdom.

  • Gen'yō announced that the fight had only been a warm-up, leaving viewers across the Shinobi World and Obito’s crew in awe of his power.
  • Gen'yō formed a perfect Tailed Beast Bomb from the Eight-Tails’ chakra and tossed it high into the sky.
  • Gen'yō used his Sword of Kusanagi to split the bomb, sending its energy streams past the unconscious Raikage A and Killer B and obliterating two distant mountain ranges.
  • Gyuki recognized that Gen'yō’s sword had severed the laws governing the bomb’s energy and fell silent when Gen'yō challenged its pride.
  • Gen'yō told Killer B that he would make a good chakra generator for his Divine Kingdom, then prepared to show him his divine might through his eyes.

Ch. 165A gaze of despair! Eight-Tails, kneel and sing "Conquest"!

Gen'yō trapped Killer B and Gyuki in his mental world, showed them the hidden history of chakra, and demanded that Gyuki join his Divine Kingdom. After Gyuki refused, Gen'yō tortured his soul while extracting Eight-Tails' chakra in the real world, leaving Raikage A helplessly watching.

  • Gen'yō used Kamui to pull Killer B's soul into his golden mental world and sever his link with Gyuki.
  • Gen'yō showed Killer B and Gyuki the history of chakra, the Tailed Beasts, and the reincarnation struggle between Indra and Asura.
  • Gen'yō urged Gyuki to join his Divine Kingdom as a guardian, but Gyuki refused to submit.
  • Gen'yō burned Gyuki's soul with Kamui: Purgatory of the Soul, terrifying Killer B.
  • In the real world, Gen'yō forcibly extracted Eight-Tails' chakra from the convulsing Killer B while Raikage A, too injured to intervene, watched and cursed him.

Ch. 166The Raikage's final roar! This is all my dignity!

Uchiha Gen'yō continued extracting and purifying Eight-Tails chakra from Killer B while Raikage A sank into despair. Killer B's plea rekindled A's resolve, and he launched a final life-burning attack at Gen'yō, who answered with a tiny spatial ripple and called him too slow.

  • Gen'yō dismissed Raikage A's accusations and said he was removing the Eight-Tails' violent nature from Killer B while taking a medical fee.
  • Hiruzen Sarutobi explained that Gen'yō was taming the Eight-Tails, and Jiraiya feared he could create perfect jinchūriki at will.
  • Raikage A began to lose hope after realizing how completely Gen'yō had outmatched him and the old ninja world.
  • Killer B called to his brother and urged him to run, renewing Raikage A's determination to protect him.
  • Raikage A tore off his ruined right arm and charged Gen'yō with his remaining strength and life.
  • Gen'yō raised one hand, traced a faint spatial ripple, and told Raikage A that he was too slow and too noisy.

Ch. 167Dimensional Slash! Your pride was worth nothing!

Uchiha Gen'yō defeated Fourth Raikage A with Kamui: Dimensional Slash and subdued Killer B after draining the Eight-Tails' chakra. He announced that he would take both men and challenged Kumogakure and the livestream viewers to decide how the farce should end.

  • Fourth Raikage A charged Gen'yō with his final, life-burning attack, but his fist passed through a spatial ripple and his arm was erased.
  • Gen'yō revealed Kamui: Dimensional Slash and mocked A as the Raikage collapsed, unable to fight.
  • Gen'yō sealed the Eight-Tails' chakra inside himself, causing Killer B to lose consciousness.
  • Gen'yō addressed the invisible livestream drone and announced he would take Fourth Raikage A and Killer B.
  • Gen'yō asked Kumogakure and everyone watching how the farce should end.

Ch. 168Global broadcast! The Divine Kingdom's ultimatum!

Gen'yō declared the Divine Kingdom's victory over Kumogakure and issued an ultimatum to the Shinobi World. He ordered Kumogakure's disbandment and demanded that three other Kage come to the Moon Palace within three days or face his personal intervention.

  • Gen'yō's broadcast terrified leaders across the Shinobi World, while Hiruzen Sarutobi feared what he would do next and Rasa ordered Sunagakure to send him congratulations.
  • Gen'yō bound the unconscious Raikage A and Killer B with Chakra Threads and displayed them to the broadcast.
  • Gen'yō declared the war over, blamed Kumogakure for the invasion, and claimed the Divine Kingdom had won without a single casualty.
  • Gen'yō ordered Kumogakure disbanded and its shinobi to surrender at the Divine Kingdom's border within twenty-four hours, threatening to kill anyone who failed to arrive.
  • Gen'yō demanded that the Kage of the Land of Fire, the Land of Wind, and the Land of Water come to the Moon Palace within three days to explain their inaction, or he would come to invite them himself.

Ch. 169The farce ends? The Divine Kingdom's first decree!

Uchiha Gen'yō forced the Shinobi World’s leaders to confront his demand for submission after destroying Kumogakure’s army. He began the Divine Kingdom’s invasion of the Land of Lightning, ordering his forces to conquer it before dawn.

  • Hiruzen Sarutobi recognized Gen'yō’s broadcast as an order and the other village leaders faced his three-day deadline.
  • Rasa prepared a lavish gift and planned to visit the Moon Palace, while Kirigakure fell into despair.
  • Kumogakure’s people saw their army’s destruction and the capture of Raikage A and Killer B, then panicked and fled as Darui declared the village finished.
  • Gen'yō sent A and Killer B into the Kamui Dimension and rallied the Divine Kingdom’s assembled forces.
  • Gen'yō announced the twenty-four-hour surrender period and ordered all forces to attack the Land of Lightning before dawn.

Ch. 170A requiem for the departed! The hunting grounds of the Body Flicker God and Void God!

Gen'yō ordered Obito and Shisui to hunt down fleeing Kumogakure forces as the Divine Kingdom invaded the Land of Lightning. After the two commanders slaughtered or captured retreating ninja, Gen'yō ordered Fugaku to accelerate the advance and warned Sarutobi and the others that they had little time left to decide.

  • Gen'yō sent Obito and Shisui to eliminate every fleeing Kumogakure ninja and clear the way for the Divine Kingdom's armies.
  • Obito used Kamui to suck Mabui and hundreds of Kumogakure ninja into another dimension as they fled toward Mist Canyon.
  • Shisui summoned a thousand members of the Body Flicker God Unit and used Kotoamatsukami to make thousands of fleeing Kumogakure ninja kneel peacefully before they were killed.
  • Shisui reported that Area A-3 had been cleared, and Gen'yō ordered Fugaku to advance faster and said he wanted Kumogakure's ruins before dawn.
  • Gen'yō looked toward Konoha and warned Sarutobi and the others that they had little time left to make their decision.

Ch. 171The world trembled! A death invitation from the Moon Palace!

Gen'yō’s Divine Kingdom financially seized control of the Land of Lightning while Uchiha Fugaku used an enhanced Tsukuyomi to incapacitate Iron Wall Mountain’s defenders and open the way toward Kumogakure. As Sunagakure and Kirigakure accepted Gen'yō’s invitation to the Moon Palace and urged Konoha to submit, Hiruzen faced a choice about Konoha’s future.

  • Kakuzu reported that the Divine Kingdom’s financial blitzkrieg had collapsed the Land of Lightning’s economy and secured control of ninety-three percent of its industries, and Gen'yō ordered production resumed for civilians willing to submit.
  • Gen'yō told Uchiha Fugaku to breach Iron Wall Mountain using the power of the Uchiha eyes, and Fugaku agreed to demonstrate his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
  • Fugaku cast an enhanced Tsukuyomi on the defenders who saw his eyes, destroying the minds of five thousand Kumogakure ninjas in a single second and allowing the Fire God Legion to advance unopposed.
  • Hiruzen watched the attack’s global broadcast and regretted having suppressed the Uchiha Clan.
  • An Anbu ninja informed Hiruzen that Rasa and Mei Terumi had accepted the Moon Palace invitation and urged Konoha to recognize Gen'yō’s rule and send an envoy.
  • The Anbu ninja relayed that Sunagakure and Kirigakure called Gen'yō the only answer for the new era and asked what Hiruzen would choose.

Ch. 172Space-based weapons saturation strike! Wipe the Land of Lightning off the map!

Gen'yō launched a space-based saturation strike that devastated the Land of Lightning and destroyed its assembled forces. He then ordered Itachi and ten thousand war puppets to surround Kumogakure before nightfall and prepare to judge the village.

  • Hiruzen Sarutobi agonized over whether Konoha should resist Gen'yō or submit, while Jiraiya warned that their old methods of warfare could not defeat him.
  • Gen'yō ordered Amaterasu to unlock twelve Divine Punishment space-based weapons and target hostile assembly points across the Land of Lightning.
  • The twelve tungsten rods struck their targets, leveling vast areas and wiping out the gathered Kumogakure forces.
  • Ninjas around the world recognized the orbital bombardment as a weapon beyond their understanding, while Gen'yō confirmed that no significant hostile chakra signatures remained in the Land of Lightning.
  • Gen'yō ordered Fugaku's Fire God Legion to halt and Itachi's War Puppet Legion to begin cleanup, then gave Itachi ten thousand war puppets to surround Kumogakure before nightfall.

Ch. 173A Funeral of Steel! Kumogakure's Final Barrier!

Uchiha Itachi led the Divine Might: War Puppet Legion through Kumogakure’s last mountain defenses, annihilating the stronghold and leaving the village surrounded. Elder Dodai and Kumogakure’s council surrendered and pleaded for the civilians to be spared.

  • Uchiha Itachi ordered the ten thousand war puppets to advance on Kumogakure’s final mountain barrier.
  • Dodai rallied the surviving Kumogakure ninja, who unleashed the mountain defenses, traps, and Lightning Release attacks against the legion.
  • The war puppets absorbed the lightning attacks with their shields and continued forward without damage.
  • Uchiha Itachi ordered siege mode, and the legion’s direct-fire blasts erased the mountains, defenses, and thousands of Kumogakure ninja.
  • The war puppets surrounded Kumogakure, and Dodai led the council of elders outside the gate to kneel and surrender in exchange for the civilians’ safety.

Ch. 174A god's grace? No, this is your chance to atone!

Uchiha Gen'yō rejected Kumogakure's surrender and gave its leaders a chance to atone by delivering the village's secret technique scrolls and the Land of Lightning's imperial seal to the Moon Palace. He ordered them to crawl there within ten minutes or face his destruction of their village.

  • Dodai and Kumogakure's leaders knelt before Uchiha Itachi and the war puppets, offering everything as the world watched.
  • Gen'yō remained silent until the leaders and observers were consumed by fear, then asked what value their surrender had.
  • Gen'yō mocked the leaders for surrendering quickly, and one Kumogakure elder died after spitting blood.
  • Gen'yō declared that Kumogakure's people and resources would become nourishment for his Divine Kingdom, calling their submission a chance to atone rather than mercy.
  • Gen'yō ordered Dodai to bring the village's secret technique scrolls and the daimyo's imperial seal to the Moon Palace within ten minutes, crawling there, or he would destroy Kumogakure himself.

Ch. 175The Divine Contract! Eternal slavery branded in blood and soul!

Gen'yō forced Dodai and Kumogakure's remaining leaders to crawl through the ruins of their village and enter Moon Palace, where he presented a contract to enslave and dissolve the Land of Lightning and Kumogakure. After one elder protested and was killed, Gen'yō asked whether anyone else objected.

  • Gen'yō gave Kumogakure ten minutes to bring him its secret technique scrolls and the Daimyo's Imperial Seal, while Obito watched the village's panic.
  • Dodai and the other leaders gathered the scrolls and seal, then crawled through the scorched corridor as the world watched.
  • The leaders entered Divine Grace Hall and presented their offerings to Gen'yō, who summoned a golden Divine Contract.
  • Gen'yō read clauses dissolving Kumogakure, enslaving its shinobi, and incorporating the Land of Lightning into the Divine Kingdom.
  • When a young elder protested, Gen'yō crushed him and absorbed his body and soul into the contract, then asked if anyone else objected.
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Arc 7 of 10