Chapter Summaries

Yuzuru learned that Orochimaru’s aerospace warship was ready for its first launch and scheduled its deployment for a week later. At Tsunade’s medical department, he also learned that their combined Senju and Uchiha power overwhelmed an ordinary Sharingan, leaving them in need of a stronger one.

• Orochimaru told Yuzuru that the warship’s tests had succeeded and that it could remain airborne for at least a year when used as a base.
• Yuzuru scheduled the warship’s launch for a week later and warned Orochimaru to ensure its stability.
• Orochimaru enthusiastically promised that no one in the shinobi world could shoot the warship down.
• Yuzuru visited Tsunade and Big Tsunade, who reported that their cells made an ordinary Three-Tomoe Sharingan shrivel before they could collect data.
• Big Tsunade explained that their merged Senju, Uzumaki, and natural-energy powers required a stronger Sharingan to withstand them.

Yuzuru and his allies successfully launched their massive battleship, demonstrating its power and preparing it to watch the Akatsuki’s next move. A month later, Nagato received Konan’s message that their preparations were complete, while the Shinobi World remained unaware that Akatsuki’s leader had defected to Yuzuru’s side.

• Yuzuru gave Tsunade Obito’s Mangekyō Sharingan so she could borrow cells from them without destroying the eyes.
• Yuzuru, Kakashi, Minato, Orochimaru, and others boarded the battleship and watched it ascend to more than fifteen thousand meters, where its systems were confirmed operational.
• Yuzuru ordered the battleship to travel over the sea near the Land of Lightning and activate camouflage cloaking in preparation for the Akatsuki’s move against Kumogakure.
• Mei Terumi, Kushina, and others visited the battleship and saw the Shinobi World from above as Yuzuru explained the planet and the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
• After returning to the Sea Capital, Yuzuru began the next stage of his plan, and a month later Nagato received Konan’s message that all preparations were complete.

Yuzuru explained to Mei Terumi that Obito’s hundred-thousand-strong White Zetsu army made a major war inevitable, while the Akatsuki prepared to capture Killer B. The Akatsuki attacked Kumogakure, took B, and left A calling for a Five Kage Summit.

• Yuzuru told Mei Terumi that Obito could field a hundred thousand White Zetsu, created from ancient corpses with Yamato’s Wood Release, and that the coming conflict would likely be devastating.
• Pain announced that the Akatsuki would attack Kumogakure in three days, while its members anticipated capturing Killer B.
• Three days later, the Akatsuki caught Kumogakure by surprise, and Killer B fought several attackers while A faced Kakuzu, Hidan, and Deidara.
• A black iron rod pierced Killer B, and the Fourth Kazekage carried him away in an iron-sand coffin.
• Obito promised A a coming cleansing, and A ordered the Anbu to convene a Five Kage Summit.

The Four Kage prepared for war against Akatsuki while Mei Terumi cooperated with the Sea Region Academy to keep Minazuki Yuzuru occupied. As both sides assembled their forces, Yuzuru waited aboard the warship, intending to limit casualties while the conflict ushered in a new era.

• The Sea Capital's warship watched Akatsuki battle Kumogakure, and three days later the Four Kage held a summit without Mei Terumi, who was working with the Sea Region Academy to stop Minazuki Yuzuru.
• Sea Capital residents seized a man who sympathized with ninjas, and Inoichi Yamanaka searched his memories and found that he was a local ninja who had escaped the reforms.
• Inoichi Yamanaka reflected on how his time in the Sea Capital had changed his views of ninjas and blamed Hashirama Senju for elevating the ninja profession and its violent methods.
• The Sea Capital assembled its forces, sending a thousand elites aboard the warship, while the Allied Shinobi Forces gathered eighty thousand soldiers against Akatsuki's hundred thousand White Zetsu.
• Minazuki Yuzuru watched the Shinobi World from the warship and waited for the war to reach its fiercest point, planning to reduce casualties while the people came to understand the cost of the new era.

The Allied Shinobi Forces chose Hiruzen Sarutobi as their leader as the Fourth Shinobi World War began. Meanwhile, Yuzuru waited for the fighting to intensify, while Itachi and Shisui plotted with Naruto and Haku to provoke Sasuke into awakening his Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Gaara asked the other Kage to choose a leader for the Allied Shinobi Forces, and they agreed on Hiruzen Sarutobi after A and Ōnoki argued.
• Obito began orderly probing attacks with White Zetsu, officially starting the Fourth Shinobi World War, while Yuzuru chose to wait for greater casualties before acting.
• Sasuke asked Naruto to train with him, but Naruto left to train with Haku, stirring Sasuke's jealousy and desire for greater power.
• Itachi and Shisui decided Naruto and Haku needed to put on a convincing fight to give Sasuke a stronger emotional stimulus.
• Naruto agreed to fight Haku, and they planned to use Mikoto's Mangekyō ability to strengthen Haku while Sasuke remained unaware.

Yuzuru learned that Sasuke’s growing ocular power still could not awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan, while tests of cloned Sharingan revealed that they had lost their power. He abandoned that approach to preserve Tsunade’s happiness, then spent two weeks with both Tsunades before returning ravenous and eating bamboo shoots.

• Uchiha Hikari told Yuzuru that Sasuke’s ocular power had caught up to Uchiha Itachi’s but that his Three-Tomoe Sharingan still blocked him from awakening the Mangekyō; Yuzuru told her to keep Naruto and Haku training and to prepare Itachi for surgery to receive Obito’s eyes.
• Yuzuru visited Tsunade’s laboratory and learned that the cloned Sharingan looked normal but had lost their ocular power, leaving Tsunade unable to use them to awaken the Mangekyō.
• Yuzuru decided to destroy the powerless eyes rather than risk them becoming a danger, and promised Tsunade he would seek another way to help her, possibly with Kaguya’s assistance.
• Tsunade and Big Tsunade took Yuzuru to the Void Bamboo Sea, where he activated Amenominaka and spent two weeks in a fierce encounter with both women.
• After returning to the Void Bamboo Sea, Yuzuru sent a Shadow Clone to the Panda Clan for bamboo shoots and devoured the meal when it was ready.

After Itachi received Obito’s reinforced Mangekyō Sharingan, Yuzuru finally responded to Mikoto’s complaints about being stood up, and Konan joined them at her home. As tensions grew around Kumogakure, Sasuke set out to find Naruto and Haku, unaware that Itachi and the others had arranged an ambush-like spectacle for him.

• Yuzuru explained that Obito’s eyes had been strengthened by Madara’s research and Tsunade’s work, and Itachi left the hospital through a window.
• Yuzuru took Mikoto to Konan’s home, where they spent the afternoon together until Konan returned and joined them.
• Mikoto began staying at Konan’s home almost every night, while Yuzuru visited every few days.
• The Allied Shinobi Forces became more cautious as tensions around Kumogakure rose and they discovered the White Zetsu’s seemingly inexhaustible numbers.
• After nearly half a month alone in the Sea Capital, Sasuke decided to watch Naruto and Haku train, and Itachi alerted the others to prepare their scheme.

Naruto and Haku fought a sparring match in a reinforced training ground, with Haku showcasing the overwhelming power of Ice Release. Naruto unleashed perfect Kurama Mode, but Haku answered with a colossal ice giant and forced Naruto to avoid its devastating sword strike.

• Luo Xuan reinforced the training ground and added a special barrier before Naruto and Haku began their sparring match.
• Naruto used Shadow Clones with the first three gates opened, while Haku trapped him inside a rotating formation of sixty-four ice mirrors.
• Naruto entered Sage Mode and perfect Kurama Mode, broke through Haku’s ice mirrors, and launched two Rasenshuriken and a Tailed Beast Bomb at Haku’s ice giant.
• Haku’s ice shield shattered but absorbed most of Naruto’s attacks, and Haku created a giant ice sword and swung it at Kurama.
• Naruto and Kurama avoided the ice giant’s horizontal slash as Kurama compared Haku’s strength to Madara Uchiha’s.

Sasuke awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and Susanoo after seeing Naruto’s overwhelming strength, then challenged Naruto to a fight. Naruto answered with his perfect Kurama Mode, leaving Itachi worried that the two would clash beyond anyone’s ability to stop.

• Watching Naruto battle Haku, Sasuke craved greater power, and Indra’s power surged in response to Naruto’s Asura chakra.
• Sasuke awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and manifested a purple Susanoo, laughing wildly as he felt his new power.
• Naruto and Haku ended their staged battle after Haku explained that his chakra was nearly depleted and praised Naruto’s endurance.
• Sasuke challenged Naruto to fight, and his Susanoo rapidly grew into its complete form.
• Naruto activated his perfect Kurama Mode, and Itachi ordered the others to contact Lord Yuzuru before the two could fight.

Sasuke awakened a powerful Mangekyō Sharingan and demonstrated its abilities to Yuzuru and Uchiha Hikari. As war broke out between the Akatsuki and several countries, Sasuke agreed to receive Itachi’s Mangekyō in a transplant.

• Yuzuru brought Naruto and Sasuke to Amenominaka so they could fight freely, then stopped them when their battle became fierce.
• Sasuke explained that his Mangekyō abilities were Kagutsuchi, which controlled Amaterasu’s flames, and an enhancement that multiplied his chakra’s strength and quantity fivefold.
• Uchiha Hikari used Imprinting to copy Sasuke’s Dōjutsu, while Yuzuru ordered Sasuke to undergo a full examination.
• Naruto and Sasuke returned to the Shinobi World and reaffirmed their friendship as the Sea Capital Twin Stars.
• A month later, war erupted between the Akatsuki and several countries, and Sasuke agreed to receive Itachi’s prepared Mangekyō in a transplant.

After Sasuke gained the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, Yuzuru brought Kaguya out of the moon and introduced her to his household. Yuzuru and Kaguya then killed Isshiki and destroyed his plans to resurrect himself.

• Sasuke awakened the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan by transplanting Itachi's eyes, then challenged Naruto and lost to Baryon Mode again.
• Yuzuru invited Kaguya to leave the moon with him, and she agreed after spending more time with him.
• Yuzuru brought Kaguya home, where the women recognized her and Tsunade later drew Yuzuru into a secret encounter with Big Tsunade.
• Yuzuru and Kaguya confronted Isshiki, whose Kokugan failed against their eyes and pressure.
• Yuzuru gouged out Isshiki's eyes and burned him to ashes, then had his Ten-Tails devour Isshiki's Ten-Tails and crushed his laboratory.

Yuzuru launched the Sea Capital’s campaign to conquer the Shinobi World, assigning five commanders and giving them three months to win. The Land of Wind fell first, while Orochimaru planned a cautious encirclement of Konoha as the war between the Allied Shinobi Forces and Akatsuki neared its end.

• Yuzuru ordered Pakura, Minato, Kakashi, Shisui, and Orochimaru to prepare their forces for a full-scale campaign, and placed Naruto and Sasuke under Orochimaru’s command.
• Yuzuru reassured Tsunade that the coming war would soon let them leave worldly affairs behind.
• Nagato arranged Hidan’s death, then launched an offensive as the Sea Capital’s armies began moving.
• The Sea Capital swiftly captured Sunagakure after eliminating its leaders and many of its capable clans, then occupied the Land of Wind’s capital and towns.
• Kisame organized purges in neighboring small nations, while Orochimaru chose to encircle Konoha to limit losses and avoid alerting it.

The Sea Capital’s forces attacked the major shinobi villages, forcing the Allied Shinobi Forces leaders to return home. Gaara found Sunagakure destroyed and faced a demand to surrender from Temari and Pakura, while the Sea Capital began its occupation of the Land of Wind.

• Reports arrived that Iwagakure, Kumogakure, and Konoha had been attacked by forces led by Kakashi, Minato Namikaze, and Orochimaru.
• Ōnoki, A, Jiraiya, and Gaara left the Allied Shinobi Forces headquarters to return to their villages, while Hiruzen Sarutobi stayed behind.
• Gaara reached Sunagakure and found the village destroyed, where Pakura and Temari demanded that he surrender.
• Temari urged Gaara to abandon the shinobi system and accept the Sea Capital’s rule, but Gaara insisted that he was the Fifth Kazekage.
• Pakura ordered her soldiers to capture those who surrendered and kill anyone who resisted, then ordered them to make the Land of Wind submit within a month.

Minato led the campaign that destroyed Kumogakure and ended the Land of Lightning, while A surrendered to spare his people before taking his own life. Days later, Kakashi and Guy conquered Iwagakure, and Kakashi killed Ōnoki as the Land of Earth fell under Sea Capital control.

• Minato confronted A, then used a cannon barrage and advancing troops to overwhelm Kumogakure while sparing civilians and children.
• A learned that Minazuki Yuzuru had surpassed the Sage of Six Paths and submitted Kumogakure to Minato.
• Minato announced the Land of Lightning's destruction and Kumogakure's disbandment, and A returned to inform his village.
• The Land of Lightning was destroyed the next day, Kumogakure disappeared, and A took his own life.
• Kakashi and Guy defeated Iwagakure with the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki; Kakashi killed Ōnoki, and their forces took control of the Land of Earth.

Orochimaru led an assault on Konoha and battled Jiraiya while Sasuke and Naruto fought the village’s defenders. Hiruzen summoned the First and Second Hokage with Impure World Reincarnation, leaving them to face Naruto and Sasuke as the invasion continued.

• Orochimaru ordered his forces to break into Konoha, spare civilians and children, and target the Sarutobi, Mitokado, and Utatane clans.
• Jiraiya entered Sage Mode and fought Orochimaru, whose modified body and scientific weapons let him absorb and counter Jiraiya’s attacks.
• A white falcon from Ten Thousand Fathom Peak froze Jiraiya’s toads and killed Gamabunta, but Jiraiya evaded Orochimaru’s sword with a clone.
• Hiruzen arrived with nearly ten thousand ninja from the Sarutobi, Mitokado, and Utatane clans, but Sasuke used Susanoo and Amaterasu to devastate their ranks.
• Hiruzen summoned the First Hokage, the Second Hokage, and Mito with Impure World Reincarnation, and Orochimaru sent them to fight Naruto and Sasuke.
• Naruto activated Kurama Mode with Adamantine Sealing Chains and clashed with Hashirama’s Wood Golem, while Mito recognized clues to Naruto’s Uzumaki heritage.

Yuzuru ended the conflict in Konoha, showed Hashirama and the others the truth about the Shinobi World, and began dismantling the old order. After the Earth Federation was established, he left for the moon with his lovers while a new era took shape on Earth.

• Hashirama stopped fighting Naruto and listened as Naruto explained Yuzuru’s plans for peace, while Sasuke overpowered Tobirama and the combatants learned that Tsunade was Yuzuru’s wife.
• Yuzuru brought Tsunade to Konoha, immobilized the fighters with his power, and used Infinite Tsukuyomi to show Hashirama, Tobirama, and Mito the Shinobi World’s history.
• After seeing the truth, Hashirama accepted Yuzuru’s plan to end Konoha and the shinobi era, and Tobirama killed Hiruzen Sarutobi and the other immobilized leaders.
• Yuzuru’s forces destroyed Konoha and the Land of Fire, resolved the Akatsuki conflict, and reorganized or eliminated the remaining shinobi and missing-nin.
• Two years later, Yuki Haku became president of the Earth Federation, with Naruto and Sasuke as vice presidents; five years afterward, Yuzuru lived on the moon with his lovers as Earth entered its new era.