Chapter Summaries

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.

Madara Uchiha regained the Rinnegan after Black and White Zetsu collected chakra from the One-Tail and Nine-Tails, then summoned a gigantic meteor against Hashirama Senju. Hashirama answered with Sage Mode and a Wood Golem, while Madara revealed a face on his chest and claimed Sage Mode was not exclusive to Mount Myōboku and Shikkotsu Forest.

• Madara Uchiha rejected Hashirama Senju's plea to turn back and ordered Obito Uchiha to collect the One-Tail and Nine-Tails.
• Obito Uchiha took part of Nine-Tails into the Kamui Dimension, but Sasuke Uchiha used Kamimusubi and Amaterasu against him before trapping him with lightning attacks.
• Black and White Zetsu stole chakra from the One-Tail, while Tsunade activated Sage Mode and defeated her Water Mirror Technique copy.
• Black and White Zetsu reported that they had collected chakra from both tailed beasts and gave Madara Uchiha a Rinnegan, which he placed in his eye socket.
• Madara Uchiha summoned a gigantic meteor, and Hashirama Senju entered Sage Mode and raised a Wood Golem to confront it.
• Madara Uchiha revealed a face on his chest and told Hashirama Senju that Sage Mode was not exclusive to Mount Myōboku and Shikkotsu Forest.

Shinsei fought Madara Uchiha after Madara revealed that he had learned Ryūchi Cave's Sage Mode, while Tsunade helped defeat the Fourth Mizukage. The battle continued as Madara's enhanced defenses withstood Shinsei's attack, and he unleashed purple chakra.

• Hashirama Senju used the Wood Golem to catch Madara Uchiha's meteorite and pushed it aside, where it formed a mountain.
• Shinsei attacked Madara Uchiha, who used Shinra Tensei to repel him and then activated Sage Mode.
• Shinsei sent a Shadow Clone to help Tsunade move faster, and Tsunade pulverized and sealed the Fourth Mizukage.
• Shinsei used his wings to strike Madara Uchiha, but Madara's Sage Mode-enhanced barrier withstood the blow.
• Madara Uchiha extended both hands and released a large quantity of lightning-like purple chakra at Shinsei.

Shinsei and Madara Uchiha fought to a stalemate as Shinsei used Flying Thunder God and healing to evade Madara’s powerful Sage Art techniques. After Hashirama Senju called for them to stop, Shinsei and Madara acknowledged that both sides were nearing possession of the Ten-Tails and turned toward a possible discussion.

• Madara Uchiha struck Shinsei with Sage Art: Yin Release Lightning Dispatch, but Shinsei healed his burned hand with Yomi-tsu and charged back at him.
• Shinsei repeatedly dodged Madara Uchiha’s Storm Release attacks with Flying Thunder God, while his own attacks failed to penetrate Madara’s Shinra Tensei.
• Madara Uchiha praised Shinsei’s speed, and Shinsei called Madara the dance king of the Shinobi World.
• Hashirama Senju stepped between them and urged Madara Uchiha to honor their agreement and pursue their dreams together three years later.
• Shinsei and Obito Uchiha returned to the battlefield, and Shinsei suggested that both sides were about to possess the Ten-Tails.
• Madara Uchiha realized that another version of himself in Shinsei’s connected world might be unable to control the Ten-Tails, and Shinsei proposed that they talk.

Shinsei and Madara Uchiha ended their battle by agreeing to honor their earlier pact and settle later who would control the Ten-Tails. Shinsei brought Konoha’s people back to the village, where Tsunade immediately confronted him about placing a Flying Thunder God mark in her office.

• Shinsei argued that both sides had acted to protect themselves and urged Madara Uchiha to honor their previous agreement.
• Madara Uchiha demanded Tobirama Senju, then Minato Namikaze, but Shinsei refused and threatened to keep fighting or move Konoha to another world.
• Shinsei challenged Madara Uchiha to trust his own strength, and Madara agreed to follow their pact and decide later who would take the lead.
• Hashirama Senju promised to urge his side to keep the agreement, and the fighters stopped battling.
• Naruto took the unresisting half of the Nine-Tails into his body, and Shinsei transported Konoha’s people back to the village.
• Tsunade spotted the returned group in her office and shouted at Shinsei for placing a Flying Thunder God mark there.

Shinsei reviewed his combat stats and concluded that his overall ability surpassed the scores he remembered for Jiraiya and Uchiha Itachi. After reflecting on his fight with Madara Uchiha, he planned to improve his techniques and accelerate the Descent of the Thunder God project before calling Xiaobai.

• Shinsei assessed his ninjutsu, taijutsu, genjutsu, intelligence, strength, speed, stamina, and hand seals, totaling 75 out of 80.
• Shinsei compared his score with Jiraiya and Uchiha Itachi and decided he was the strongest.
• Shinsei reflected that he had not used his full strength against Madara Uchiha, but believed he could narrow the gap in their next battle.
• Shinsei resolved to develop more ninjutsu and perfect the Descent of the Thunder God project so his body could keep up with his speed.
• Little Nine tickled Shinsei's feet with a tail, and Shinsei held and rubbed him before calling out to Xiaobai.

Shinsei explained how his newly created little white dragon gave him spatial perception that could make his Flying Thunder God faster and safer. After oversleeping, he rushed to meet his new students, who had been waiting for him at the Ninja Academy.

• A little white dragon emerged from Shinsei and affectionately licked him, and he described its chakra and spatial-perception abilities.
• Shinsei realized that the dragon could let him use Flying Thunder God without Heavenly Net and eliminate a dangerous delay in high-level battles.
• Shinsei slept until the next day, then Tsunade reminded him that he was supposed to be a team leader.
• Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon waited hungry on the Ninja Academy field because Konohamaru wanted to impress their new teacher, Shinsei.
• Shinsei arrived at the Ninja Academy and warmly greeted the students who gathered around him.

Shinsei met his new students, skipped their bell test, and took them to Yakiniku Q, where he teased Shikamaru and Temari about their date. Temari asked when her younger brother would return, and Shinsei assured her that he was coming back from a mission and would no longer need to hide.

• Shinsei introduced himself to Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon at the training ground, and the students introduced themselves to him.
• Shinsei canceled the bell test because the students already knew about it and believed their shared upbringing had given them enough team spirit.
• Shinsei took his students to Yakiniku Q and spotted Shikamaru and Temari having a date.
• Shinsei transformed into Choji and teased Shikamaru until Shikamaru recognized him as Shinsei.
• Temari asked Shinsei when her younger brother would return, and Shinsei said he was finishing a mission and would no longer need to hide.

Shinsei introduced himself as the teacher of Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon, then began assessing their abilities and chakra natures. After discovering Moegi’s water and earth affinities, he considered teaching her his Water Release: Kirin and recognized how useful strong students could be once he became Hokage.

• Shinsei told his students that his shadow clone would lead them on missions, and demonstrated its resilience and his ability to cure Udon’s cold.
• Shinsei taught the students that strength was necessary to endure hardships, protect villagers, and complete missions, then warned them not to disgrace him.
• Shinsei gave the students Chakra Test Paper to identify their chakra natures.
• Konohamaru’s Chakra Test Paper split and burned, revealing fire and wind affinities, while Moegi’s became damp and crumbled, revealing water and earth affinities.
• Moegi mentioned Shinsei’s Water Release: Kirin, and Shinsei considered teaching her the powerful technique.
• Shinsei decided that his students’ strength would make them valuable assistants when he became Hokage.

Shinsei taught Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon about chakra control and assigned them training before traveling to Mito Uzumaki. He found the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path sealed under Mito’s watch and asked whether Black Zetsu had appeared.

• Shinsei learned that Udon’s chakra nature was water and ended the day’s lesson by assigning the students tree-climbing and water-walking practice.
• Shinsei demonstrated precise chakra control by shaping water into a dragon and a tiger, then showed the students tree climbing and water walking.
• Shinsei assigned Konohamaru to teach the others and to heat water with his chakra, then left the training grounds without using hand seals.
• Moegi and Udon discussed getting Shinsei’s autograph to sell, while Konohamaru urged them to practice.
• Shinsei traveled to Mito Uzumaki, told her Madara Uchiha had not been defeated, and inspected the sealed Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Shinsei asked Mito whether Black Zetsu had visited.

Shinsei moved the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to Konoha and discussed the danger of the Ten-Tails reviving Otsutsuki Kaguya. After Tsunade agreed to warn Madara Uchiha, Shinsei summoned Sasuke Uchiha to help alter the Ten-Tails' thoughts.

• Shinsei used Xiaobai to move the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, alarming Konoha's villagers until Anbu assured them it was his experiment.
• Tsunade suggested destroying the statue, but Shinsei explained that its merging chakra would let it be reborn and that they needed it to face Madara Uchiha or Otsutsuki Kaguya.
• Tsunade chose to notify Madara Uchiha about the risk of Otsutsuki Kaguya's revival, and Shinsei sent an Anbu with a private scroll to Amegakure.
• Shinsei summoned Sasuke Uchiha, explaining that Sasuke's Mangekyō Sharingan ability, Kamimusubi, might change the Ten-Tails' thoughts before its consciousness formed.