Recaps

Sasuke killed Danzo after blocking his final attack, and the Konoha ninja secured Danzo’s body and the Sharingan from his arm. With the barrier down and the Sealing Squad dismissed, Shinsei thanked the ninja and imagined a future in which they made him Hokage.

• Sasuke blocked Danzo’s final ninjutsu with the Yata Mirror, used genjutsu to freeze him, and cut off his head with Lightning Release: Lightning Sword.
• Shinsei checked that Danzo was dead and that the Sharingan on his arm had closed, while Sasuke removed the eyes and Kakashi stored Danzo’s remains in a scroll.
• Katsuyu relayed Minato Namikaze’s question, and Shinsei told him to have the Sealing Squad release the chakra barrier.
• Sakura embraced Sasuke, while Shinsei teased Naruto about hugging Karin and Naruto said he thought of her as a little sister.
• Minato brought the Sealing Squad to Shinsei, who thanked them for their help and told them they could return to Konoha.
• Shinsei fantasized that ninja would one day drape a Hokage robe over him and proclaim him Hokage, then dismissed the squad after thanking them.

Shinsei and the others continued toward the Land of Swamps to deal with the demon, while Shion asked him about ninja strength and her own powers. She showed him a bell her mother had given her, and Shinsei found that it behaved strangely when he examined it with chakra.

• Naruto urged the group to continue their mission to deal with the demon, and the others agreed to go on toward the Land of Swamps.
• As they traveled, Shion asked Shinsei whether all ninja were as strong as his group and how she could become powerful.
• Shion told Shinsei that she had possessed the power of prophecy since childhood but could not change the deaths she foresaw.
• Shion explained that her mother had never discussed passing down her power, then showed Shinsei the bell her mother had given her.
• Shinsei examined the bell with chakra, sensed no information from it, and remarked that it was interesting.

Shinsei reassured Shion about her uncertain fate, then raced Naruto to a mountain peak while carrying her. After Naruto’s Nine-Tails refused to share chakra in exchange for the Body Flicker Technique, Shinsei resolved to offer a deal Nine-Tails could not refuse.

• Shinsei told Shion that her bell was unusual but admitted he could not determine how it related to her power, and he encouraged her not to dwell on fate.
• Naruto challenged Shinsei to race to a mountain peak, and both used chakra and techniques to surge ahead of each other.
• Shinsei used the Body Flicker Technique to reach the summit first, but the speed left Shion dry-heaving.
• Naruto asked Shinsei to teach him the Body Flicker Technique, and Shinsei offered to do so in exchange for some of Nine-Tails' chakra.
• Naruto reported that Nine-Tails had refused and cursed Shinsei, who decided to propose terms Nine-Tails could not refuse.

Shinsei's party reached the sealing site and discovered Yomi's enormous terracotta-warrior legion. Shion learned that her prophecies appeared to have failed, while Naruto attacked the army as its commander claimed she could no longer seal Moryo.

• Shion told Taruho that her prophecies of his death and her subordinates' deaths had not come true, and she thanked Shinsei for changing events.
• Darui spotted activity ahead, and Shinsei used Sage Art: Storm Release: Heavenly Net to detect a huge army approaching in formation.
• The group reached a cliff overlooking Yomi's legion, and Naruto leaped down to smash its warriors with an Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan.
• Yomi's four subordinates appeared and taunted the group, while Shion declared she would seal Moryo even at the cost of her life.
• Kakashi noticed the shattered terracotta warriors reassembling, and Naruto kept destroying them with Rasengan attacks.

Shinsei took Shion into the underground hall to seal Moryo while Naruto, Sasuke, Kakashi, Darui, and Sakura fought the terracotta soldiers and their allies outside. After Shion warned that her prophecy showed Naruto dying there, Shinsei reassured her, but a voice in the hall said he looked like Miroku.

• Shinsei left Naruto, Sasuke, Kakashi, Darui, and Sakura to hold off the enemy forces while he carried Shion toward the demon’s lair.
• Darui confronted a woman who claimed Yomi had likely killed Killer B, then prepared to fight her for answers.
• Shinsei and Shion entered a vast underground hall where magma flowed beneath narrow stone paths.
• Shion warned Shinsei that her prophecy showed Naruto dying in the hall, and Shinsei told her the prophecy was wrong.
• A voice told Shinsei that he looked much like Miroku.

Shinsei and Shion confronted Yomi, who revealed that he had used Danzo to learn how tailed-beast chakra could strengthen him. As Shinsei countered Yomi’s sealing barrier, Yomi claimed that he and the priestess were once one, and that Shion’s mother, Miroku, lived inside him.

• Yomi summoned terracotta soldiers to attack Shion, but the bell at her waist released chakra threads that cut them apart.
• Yomi said he had used Danzo and discovered that the tailed beasts’ chakra could increase his power, including the chakra left behind by Eight-Tails’ Jinchūriki.
• Yomi formed a chakra barrier, but Shinsei overlaid it with his own sealing formulas and replenished his chakra with Sage Mode.
• Yomi told Shion that he could not kill her and she could not kill him because they had once been one, and that Miroku was inside his body.
• Yomi explained that Miroku had split her heart and mind to prevent her great power from being misused, leaving Shion shocked and disbelieving.

Shinsei fought Moryo inside Shion’s barrier, using a spinning Water Release technique to wear down the monster while protecting Shion. When Shion foresaw Shinsei’s death and used a bell to shield him, he warned her that Moryo might be influencing her mind with an illusion.

• Yomi explained that he and the priestess had become known as Moryo and the priestess, but Shion rejected his account and began raising a barrier.
• Yomi lunged at Shion, and Shinsei kicked him into the barrier, leaving Yomi badly injured as Moryo emerged from his body.
• Moryo warned that only one of them could leave the barrier alive, while Shinsei declared that he could instead kill Moryo and save Shion.
• Shinsei defended himself and Shion with a spinning Water Release technique, creating a stalemate as the current wore down Moryo’s power.
• After a tentacle broke through the water, Shion threw Shinsei a bell that shattered and formed a protective shield around him.
• Shion said she had foreseen Shinsei’s death, and Shinsei warned her that Moryo might have shown her an illusion.

Shion awakened the power sealed by her mother and helped Shinsei defeat and seal Moryo. After the group escaped the cave, Shinsei revealed that Killer B was nearby, and Sasuke confronted him.

• Shion regained her memories, awakened her inherited power, and helped Shinsei break Moryo’s barrier.
• Shinsei used Shion’s power to destroy Moryo’s manifested form, seal its remaining chakra into a sphere, and store it in a scroll.
• Shion thanked Shinsei and the others for saving the world, while Naruto celebrated and Sasuke called him an idiot.
• The group left the cave, where the terracotta soldiers had crumbled, and Samui asked Shinsei whether he had found Killer B.
• Killer B hid behind a tree and celebrated his escape, but Sasuke appeared and confronted him as his subordinate.

Killer B agreed to return to Kumogakure after learning that the Raikage was injured, and he advised Naruto on becoming a Perfect Jinchuriki. Shinsei said goodbye to Shion, and the group set off toward the mountain in a race.

• Shinsei told Killer B that the rescue mission was complete, and Killer B decided to leave with Samui and Darui after hearing that the Raikage was injured.
• Naruto asked Killer B how to become a Perfect Jinchuriki, and Killer B advised him to befriend the Nine-Tails and learn its name.
• Shinsei and Shion said goodbye, and Shion agreed to teach him about priestess chakra and asked to borrow his strength in the future.
• Naruto challenged Shinsei and Sasuke to race to the mountain summit, with the loser required to buy ramen, and the three raced off as Kakashi and Sakura watched.

After returning from the mission to seal Moryo, Shinsei received extra mission pay while Tsunade and her younger counterpart argued over their share. Tsunade then warned him that his grandfather was near death, and Shinsei went with his parents to visit the old man.

• Shinsei and his team reported sealing Moryo to Tsunade, who doubled their mission pay and awarded Shinsei an additional five million ryo.
• After the others left, the two Tsunades argued over how to divide Shinsei's mission pay.
• Tsunade told Shinsei that his grandfather's health was failing and asked him not to go running around.
• Shinsei returned home, found Riya crying, and went with his parents to his grandfather's house.
• Shinsei helped his ailing grandfather sit up, and the old man told him he was leaving.

After Shinsei’s grandfather died, Shinsei awakened a blue Mangekyō Sharingan and discovered its ability, Yomi-tsu, which could return his body to any point within the previous two hours. He tested Susanoo at a lake and began considering how he might overcome the Mangekyō’s limits.

• Shinsei’s grandfather asked to be left alone, and Riya later found that he had died peacefully.
• Shinsei mourned his grandfather and awakened a blue Mangekyō Sharingan with five petal-like shapes around his pupils.
• Shinsei studied his Mangekyō and learned that Yomi-tsu could rewind his body by up to two hours, but could not restore spent chakra.
• Shinsei traveled to a lake and manifested a white Susanoo, then tested its strength by striking the water.
• Shinsei found that using his Mangekyō placed little burden on him, but he believed he would need the Eternal Mangekyō to reach Madara Uchiha’s level and considered relying on his cloning plan.

Two years later, Shinsei celebrated his birthday while handling much of Tsunade’s work as Hokage. After arranging to visit the Hyuga family to train Hanabi, he went to the Hokage’s office, where Tsunade unexpectedly asked if he wanted to become Hokage.

• Shinsei’s family celebrated his birthday, and his mother complained that Tsunade gave him too much work.
• Ino gave Shinsei flowers and invited him to barbecue, but left after Hinata arrived with a birthday present.
• Hinata asked Shinsei to visit her family the next day about her younger sister Hanabi, and Shinsei agreed to train her.
• Shinsei found Tsunade playing Fight the Landlord in the Hokage’s office and heard that she would dock less of his mission pay.
• After finishing the game, Tsunade asked Shinsei whether he wanted to be Hokage.

Tsunade offered Shinsei a path toward becoming Hokage by appointing him team leader and asking him to take on students. Shinsei accepted Konohamaru, Moegi, and a third student, then returned to work and handled documents involving the Land of Fire’s Daimyo and local bandits.

• Tsunade told Shinsei that his growing authority and strength could qualify him to become Hokage, but Konoha’s tradition required him to teach disciples.
• Tsunade appointed Shinsei as a team leader and gave him information about three Ninja Academy students, including Konohamaru and Moegi.
• Shinsei accepted the students and agreed to collect them from the Ninja Academy the next day, before Madara Uchiha’s activity made him busier.
• Shinsei reviewed a proposal from the Daimyo to cut Konoha’s funding by ten percent and rejected it, warning that he would visit the capital if necessary.
• Shinsei approved sending ninja to eliminate bandits and ordered the mission fee increased by fifty percent, with the costs billed to the Daimyo.

Shinsei went to Konoha Hospital to test the chakra-based information system that Orochimaru and Dragon Princess had been developing. After Dragon Princess scanned his growing chakra reserves, Shinsei began testing the system as Orochimaru revealed a naked teenage boy inside a tank.

• Shinsei reviewed village documents because he wanted people to get used to taking orders from him before he introduced major changes.
• Orochimaru told Shinsei that the information system was ready for a compatibility test, and they went to the basement of Konoha Hospital.
• Shinsei greeted Little Nine and saw Moryo supplying chakra to Dragon Princess through conduits that drained its excess chakra.
• Dragon Princess scanned Shinsei and reported that his chakra reserves had grown enough to sustain her consumption.
• Shinsei read the latest instructions and formed hand seals while Orochimaru drained the solution from a glass tank, revealing a naked teenage boy.

Shinsei used a shadow clone as a test body while he began developing a lightning-based signal system that could provide the foundation for reaching the Six Paths level. After weighing the known paths to that power, he decided to forge a new one of his own.

• Shinsei created a shadow clone and entered its body while Orochimaru watched, then began replacing its natural signal system with lightning chakra.
• Shinsei reasoned that lightning-fast signals could overcome the limits of neural reactions and serve as a basis for Six Paths-level strength.
• Shinsei considered the Rinnegan and sage body, kekkei mōra, the Tenseigan, and becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, finding each path difficult or dangerous.
• Shinsei concluded that the known routes relied on Ōtsutsuki bloodline power and chose to pursue a new path to supreme power.

Shinsei worked on a Lightning Release technique that replaced his nerves to boost his reaction speed, with the Dragon Princess correcting his progress and Orochimaru assisting. After ending the session and feeding the Dragon Princess chakra from his original body, Shinsei heard a girl call to him from outside the door.

• Shinsei entered the sealing formation and began constructing the Lightning Release neural network for his new ninjutsu, Descent of the Thunder God.
• The Dragon Princess guided Shinsei as he covered parts of his nervous system with Lightning Release chakra, while Orochimaru watched.
• When an error injured Shinsei's nerves, he repaired them with Mystical Palm Technique, and Orochimaru warned that the body's cells were nearing their limit.
• Shinsei completed another section of the neural network and ended the session with the Dragon Princess's help.
• The Dragon Princess demanded chakra from Shinsei's original body, and Shinsei gave her several portions before a girl's voice called from beyond the door.

Sasuke returned from investigating the mysterious Uchiha ninja near Amegakure and told Shinsei that she was Uchiha Chiri, the inventor of Izanami. Shinsei realized Chiri’s presence meant Madara Uchiha’s side had found a way to open another spacetime, though he did not know whether it involved Dragon Vein energy.

• Sakura asked Shinsei when Sasuke would return, but he told her he did not know and sent her away.
• Shinsei learned that Sasuke had volunteered to investigate reports of a female Uchiha ninja near Amegakure.
• Sasuke appeared after returning and told Shinsei that the woman was Uchiha Chiri.
• Shinsei recognized Chiri as the Uchiha who invented Izanami to stop the clan from destroying itself.
• Shinsei concluded that Chiri’s presence showed Madara Uchiha’s side had found a way to open another spacetime.

After learning that Madara Uchiha’s forces could travel between worlds and might gather the tailed beasts, Tsunade declared Konoha under emergency war readiness and convened its ninja to hear the intelligence. The chapter ended with the village mobilizing and Tsunade calling Jiraiya forward.

• Shinsei and Sasuke told Tsunade that Madara Uchiha’s forces had mastered space-time transportation, and Tsunade decided to prepare for war immediately.
• Tsunade declared emergency war readiness, summoned Konoha’s Jonin to a meeting, and sent Shinsei to wake Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and Minato Namikaze.
• Shinsei brought the three former Hokage to the Hokage Building while Sasuke went to notify Orochimaru to relocate his project.
• Shikaku Nara explained the intelligence about Madara Uchiha to the assembled ninja, after Naruto arrived late and Jiraiya was ordered to stand by the door.
• Tsunade formally declared Konoha in a state of war readiness and called Jiraiya forward.

Tsunade announced that she would lead a team to Amegakure to confront Madara Uchiha, while Jiraiya was to remain in Konoha as Acting Hokage. Shinsei’s support helped settle the dispute, and Naruto protested when he was left off Tsunade’s team.

• Tsunade ordered Jiraiya to stay in Konoha as Acting Hokage while she went to fight Madara Uchiha, but Jiraiya objected.
• Jiraiya called for a Jonin vote to veto Tsunade’s order, and Tobirama Senju and many ninja raised their hands against her going to the front lines.
• Shinsei argued that a Hokage had to protect villagers on the front lines, and Naruto stood up to support him.
• Tsunade ended the meeting and later named herself, the First, the Second, the Fourth, Shinsei, and Sasuke as the team going to Amegakure, assigning Jiraiya to protect Konoha.
• Naruto protested that Tsunade had not included him in the team.

Shinsei, Tsunade, Naruto, and their companions traveled to Amegakure to confront Madara Uchiha over the Ten-Tails. After Amegakure’s guards denied that Madara was present, Shinsei and Hashirama called for him, and Shinsei left briefly before returning with a young girl.

• Naruto reasoned that the group should go to Amegakure because Madara’s side had likely gathered the tailed beast chakra, and Tsunade allowed him to come.
• Shinsei brought Hidan along and transported the group to the woods outside Amegakure.
• Amegakure’s guards claimed Madara was away and denied plans to create the Ten-Tails, while Shinsei accused them of hiding something.
• Uchiha Chiri confronted the group, and Sasuke told her they had come to find Madara.
• Hashirama called for Madara, but Shinsei concluded that Madara was probably not in the village and vanished before returning with a young girl.

Shinsei took Hinata to search for Madara Uchiha’s base, using her Byakugan to locate the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. After Sasuke fought Uchiha Chiri, Shinsei returned with Hinata and led the group to move out and stop Madara Uchiha.

• Shinsei left Sasuke to fight Uchiha Chiri and flew off with Hinata using his chakra wings.
• Hinata searched the area with her Byakugan, briefly fainting before she continued looking from Shinsei’s arms.
• After an hour, Hinata spotted the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and told Shinsei where Madara Uchiha’s group was gathered.
• Shinsei used a kunai as a mark and teleported back with Hinata to the others.
• Naruto said Uchiha Chiri had beaten Sasuke, who returned with a lock of her hair and said he had spared her life.
• Tsunade ordered the group to move out and stop Madara Uchiha.

Hashirama Senju’s group uncovered Madara Uchiha’s underground ritual and dragged the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path above ground, forcing a confrontation. As Hashirama and Madara fought, Hidan opened seven gates and sent Madara flying, but Shinsei sensed Madara’s Rinnegan ability manifesting behind Hidan.

• White Zetsu warned Madara Uchiha that Shinsei and another person had discovered them, so Madara sent the Second Mizukage and Fourth Kazekage to hold them off.
• Hinata located the sealing ritual, and Hashirama Senju used Wood Release to raise the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path from underground.
• Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha exchanged declarations before charging into battle, while the red-haired beauty sent ninja against Konoha’s forces.
• Shinsei ordered Hidan to fight Madara, and Hidan opened seven gates before striking him with Daytime Tiger.
• Madara Uchiha blocked the attack with an invisible wall but was blasted through several trees; after learning Hidan had once belonged to his side, Madara challenged him.
• Shinsei sensed a humanoid outline appear behind Hidan and realized Madara Uchiha was using his Rinnegan ability.

Shinjō used his Mangekyō Sharingan ability Yomi-tsu to restore Hidan’s crushed heart, allowing him to open the Gate of Death and attack Madara Uchiha with Evening Elephant. Hidan’s first strikes battered Madara’s Susanoo, and the chapter ended as Evening Elephant: First Step cracked the giant Susanoo’s leg.

• Madara Uchiha’s Limbo: Border Jail shadow crushed Hidan’s heart, and Hidan failed to open the Gate of Death.
• Shinjō used Yomi-tsu to restore Hidan’s body to its state before the injury.
• Hidan opened the Gate of Death, releasing crimson chakra and astonishing Hashirama Senju and Tsunade.
• Hidan struck Madara Uchiha’s Susanoo with Evening Elephant, sending it flying and shattering its blade.
• Hidan used Evening Elephant: First Step to hit Madara Uchiha’s towering Susanoo and crack its lower leg.

Hidan used the Eight Gates Released Formation to batter Madara Uchiha, but Madara survived and recovered. Shinsei then revealed his little white dragon and transported the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path away with himself atop it.

• Hidan used five Evening Elephant strikes to shatter Susanoo and drive Madara Uchiha into a crater, exhausting himself in the process.
• Shinsei restored Hidan's injured body with Yomi-tsu, though Hidan remained too weak to fight.
• Obito Uchiha and White Zetsu helped Madara Uchiha recover, and Madara praised Hidan's Taijutsu.
• Shinsei evaded Obito Uchiha and appeared atop the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, where he revealed a white dragon called Xiaobai.
• Shinsei used Xiaobai's power to make the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and himself vanish through spatial traversal.

Shinsei transported the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to Konoha, where Mito Uzumaki sealed it to delay the Ten-Tails' birth for a month. Back at the battlefield, Madara Uchiha watched his plan collapse and broke into laughter.

• Shinsei brought the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to Konoha and asked Mito Uzumaki to guard it.
• Mito Uzumaki sensed that all nine Tailed Beast chakras were inside the statue and warned that the Ten-Tails would soon emerge.
• Mito Uzumaki covered the statue in sealing formulas, buying up to a month, while Shinsei warned her to seal Black Zetsu if he appeared.
• Shinsei departed with the little white dragon to return to the others.
• Madara Uchiha saw the statue vanish, ignored Hashirama Senju's appeal to stop fighting, and erupted into laughter as his plan failed.