Chapter Summaries

Shisui and Fugaku tried to stop Aizen and the Light Organization after discovering Setsuna wielded a Mangekyō Sharingan. Setsuna and Setsugetsu broke through their blockade, but Kōki Itō arrived with Wood Release as Aizen’s group escaped.

• Shisui broke free of Aizen’s genjutsu and attacked with Susanoo, but Setsuna blocked him with his own Susanoo.
• Fugaku escaped the genjutsu and confronted Setsuna over his Mangekyō Sharingan, then summoned his Susanoo to help Shisui stop the Light Organization.
• Setsuna overpowered Shisui and Fugaku’s Susanoo, opening a path for Aizen and the others to flee.
• Setsugetsu froze the pursuing Susanoo with Ice Release, but Shisui and Fugaku shattered the ice and resumed their pursuit.
• Kōki Itō appeared and unleashed Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence toward Aizen and his companions.

Kōki secretly helped Aizen and the Light Organization escape Konoha while pretending to fight them alongside the Uchiha. The chapter leaves the Light Organization gone and Minato’s group having sealed the Three-Tails in a prepared vessel.

• Kōki intervened when Aizen and the others encountered Uchiha Fugaku and Shisui, using Wood Release to disguise his help with their retreat.
• Kōki urged Fugaku to leave the Light Organization to him, but Fugaku insisted the Uchiha stay because one enemy possessed a Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Kōki drove Aizen and the others toward Konoha’s outskirts while pretending to attack them, and Fugaku realized too late that they were guiding his strikes.
• Setsuna cleared the trees with his chakra warrior, but Aizen’s group escaped after a towering ice wall blocked Kōki’s and the Uchiha’s attacks.
• Minato and the others successfully sealed the Three-Tails inside a specially prepared vessel.

Minato and Konoha's jonin reviewed the aftermath of the Three-Tails attack and the Light Organization's invasion, while concealing Rin Nohara's survival and investigating Danzo's disappearance. A Root spy's report explained why the Light Organization had struck when it did, and the meeting turned to seeking compensation from Kirigakure.

• A ninja reported that Konoha had suffered no serious losses and listed Rin Nohara as the sole casualty, though she had secretly been revived by Kōki and was faking her death.
• Minato asked about Danzo's disappearance, and the report of a fight and blood in Danzo's office led him to suspect the Light Organization.
• Uchiha Fugaku said he had encountered the Light Organization's members coming from the direction of the Root Base, strengthening the suspicion that they had taken Danzo.
• Minato said Konoha should prioritize demanding compensation from Kirigakure, which had caused the Three-Tails' rampage, over pursuing the Light Organization.
• An Anbu ninja revealed that Kiri Oni was a Light Organization spy who had arranged for the group to infiltrate the Root Base during his turn overseeing its defenses.
• Minato's suspicions of Kōki and Obito disappeared, and he began discussing how much compensation Konoha should demand from Kirigakure.

Konoha’s demand for compensation forced Kirigakure to pay for the Tailed Beast attack, while the other hidden villages watched their hoped-for conflict fade. A year of peace passed, and at the Light Organization’s base beneath Rōran, Setsuna made a breakthrough in experiments with Hashirama and Madara’s cells, producing chakra with Kekkei Mōra-like properties.

• Konoha demanded compensation from Kirigakure, and Kirigakure agreed to pay rather than risk another costly fight.
• The other hidden villages learned that Konoha had suffered no real losses and gave up hopes of profiting from a conflict between Konoha and Kirigakure.
• A year passed in peace, and Naruto Uzumaki was born without incident because of Kōki’s presence.
• Setsuna announced that experiments fusing Hashirama’s and Madara’s cells had produced unusual chakra that could absorb ordinary chakra and grow stronger.
• Aizen concluded that the new chakra had some Kekkei Mōra properties, but recognized that the Light Organization remained far from attaining Six Paths power.

Kōki and the others used his Six Paths lineage chakra to create an agent that awakened and strengthened kekkei genkai, then tested it on Setsuna to try to evolve his Eternal Eye into a Rinnegan. The eye’s power surged out of control, and Kōki’s attempt to intervene with the Spirit Transformation Technique ended with his consciousness scattered.

• After more than ten days of failed experiments, Kōki and the others discovered that his chakra’s Asura characteristics increased the kekkei mōra properties in their special chakra.
• Kōki and the others created a cellular agent that could awaken or strengthen kekkei genkai, though they considered it a defective product because it could not make kekkei mōra persist in the body.
• Aizen suggested testing the agent on Setsuna to evolve his Eternal Eye, and Kōki agreed to use a diluted dose before gradually increasing its potency.
• The agent sharply increased Setsuna’s ocular power, but the growing power overwhelmed Kōki’s clone controlling the body and caused it to disperse.
• Kōki used the Spirit Transformation Technique to enter Setsuna’s body, but the Eternal Eye’s changes intensified and scattered his consciousness.
• Aizen, Setsugetsu, and the other clones released their techniques, leaving their bodies sprawled in the laboratory, while Kōki’s Wood Clone in Konoha became a wooden statue.

After awakening from a dangerous evolution, Kōki confirmed his Eternal Eye was unharmed and discovered that it had become a Rinnegan. He sensed its unique dōjutsu and concluded that the Rinnegan belonged to the soul present when it formed, leaving him as its true master.

• Kōki woke in Setsuna's body, found his guarding clones unconscious, and checked that the body and Sharingan had not been damaged.
• Kōki activated the Eternal Eye and found its ocular power vastly increased and still growing.
• Kōki broke through a bottleneck, awakened the Rinnegan, and recognized the powers of its Six Paths.
• Kōki considered how the Asura and Indra chakra reagent, his unusual soul, and his prior training may have helped him awaken the Rinnegan.
• Kōki sensed a unique dōjutsu and concluded that the Rinnegan's ownership was determined by the soul present when it formed.

After awakening the Rinnegan, Kōki’s chakra surged to Hashirama’s full strength, and he resolved to deepen his Yin-Yang Release training before attempting further experiments. On Mount Myōboku, the Great Toad Sage warned Jiraiya that the Rinnegan-holding organization was about to act, so Jiraiya set out to find Nagato.

• Kōki returned to his Wood Release body and found that his Six Paths characteristics had caused his chakra to more than double, raising his strength to Hashirama’s level.
• Kōki decided to continue experimenting with the Kekkei Genkai evolution reagent and train in Yin-Yang Release for a future Kekkei Mōra experiment.
• Fukasaku summoned Jiraiya to Mount Myōboku, where the Great Toad Sage struggled to remember him before warning that the Rinnegan organization was preparing to act.
• The Great Toad Sage told Jiraiya that the Child of Prophecy might fail to fulfill his destiny and urged him to help, then fell asleep before answering questions.
• Jiraiya concluded that the Rinnegan wielder was his student Nagato and began searching for him.

After rumors linked the Light Organization to the Sage of Six Paths and Madara Uchiha, Minato told Kōki that Konoha would join the other villages in moving against it. Kōki accepted command of an elite squad while secretly planning to protect both the organization and Konoha from serious losses.

• Kōki returned to Konoha after awakening his Rinnegan and found that no one had noticed his two-day absence.
• Minato summoned Kōki and explained that pressure from the Uchiha Clan and rumors about the Light Organization had forced Konoha to join the planned operation.
• Kōki realized Black Zetsu had likely spread the false stories about the Light Organization to draw the great nations into destroying it.
• Minato assigned Kōki to lead Shisui Uchiha, Kakashi, and Tenzō, with several Anbu teams supporting them from the shadows.
• Kōki agreed to the mission and returned home to practice Yin-Yang Release while waiting for it to begin.

At the Kawasaki Exchange, ninja from several great villages gathered in hopes of encountering the Light Organization, and a dispute between Kirigakure and Iwagakure nearly erupted into violence. A young Konoha ninja casually ordered Kirigakure’s squad to move aside, leaving the Kirigakure, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure ninja visibly stunned as the chapter ended.

• Ninja at the Kawasaki Exchange discussed rumors that the Light Organization held the Sage of Six Paths’ secret and waited for its members to return.
• Zabuza and Kisame arrived with Mei Terumi and Hozuki Mangetsu, and Zabuza questioned whether the Light Organization would appear among the gathered ninja.
• An Iwagakure ninja mocked Kirigakure over its past defeat, and Hozuki Mangetsu prepared to use the Hozuki Clan’s Water Gun Technique.
• Mei Terumi tried to stop Hozuki Mangetsu from starting a fight, but he invoked his authority as mission captain and she reluctantly stood down.
• A four-person Konoha team entered, and its leader calmly told the Kirigakure squad to move aside; Zabuza and the others froze, while the Iwagakure and Sunagakure ninja showed signs of fear.

Kōki Itō’s presence forced the assembled shinobi villages to form an alliance, while Kōki waited for the Light Organization to appear. When two masked members finally arrived, Kirigakure confronted them, and one blocked Zabuza’s sword by turning an arm to ice.

• Kirigakure backed down when Kōki Itō and his team entered the exchange hall, and the other shinobi recognized Kōki as a formidable Wood Release successor.
• Kirigakure, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure formed an alliance, and the arriving Kumogakure team joined them while Kōki’s team waited.
• Kōki told Shisui, Kakashi, and Yamato that the Light Organization would likely appear that day or the next, but the group waited until the following noon as many visitors left.
• Two masked Light Organization members entered, submitted a mission, collected their bounty, and tried to leave without responding to the gathered shinobi.
• Hozuki Mangetsu, Mei Terumi, Zabuza, and another Kirigakure ninja blocked their way, and Zabuza attacked with his sword.
• One Light Organization member turned an arm to ice and stopped Zabuza’s blade, leaving him stunned.

Setsugetsu used powerful Ice Release to break Zabuza’s blade and draw the Kirigakure ninja out of the exchange hall. After declaring her loyalty to the Light Organization, she faced an attack by Hozuki Mangetsu, Mei Terumi, Zabuza, and Kisame.

• Setsugetsu froze and shattered Zabuza’s ninja blade, then sent ice spikes at the four Kirigakure ninja to clear the exchange hall entrance.
• Setsugetsu and Chiryū rushed outside, and the Kirigakure ninja and others followed them onto the open ground.
• Mei Terumi accused Setsugetsu of betraying Kirigakure, and Setsugetsu said she had never belonged to the village and served only the Light Organization.
• Hozuki Mangetsu ordered an attack, and Zabuza used the Hidden Mist Technique while Kisame flooded the battlefield with water.
• Mei Terumi used Lava Release: Melting Apparition Technique against Setsugetsu as the four Kirigakure ninja coordinated their assault.

Setsugetsu froze the Kirigakure fighters’ attacks and forced them to summon reinforcements, while Iwagakure moved against Chiryū after he ignored its offer to cooperate. The Iwagakure squad attacked, just as Chiryū finished checking that no one else was coming.

• Setsugetsu used Ice Release: Extreme Cold Hell to freeze the incoming acid and water, turn the mist to hail, and bring snow down from the clouds.
• Hozuki Mangetsu fired a signal and summoned Kirigakure Anbu reinforcements, then told them to avoid Water Release and support Mei Terumi’s attacks.
• Iwagakure’s squad surrounded Chiryū, and its leader offered to escort him to safety in exchange for the Light Organization’s secrets.
• Chiryū ignored the Iwagakure leader’s offer and threat while surveying the area, then muttered that no one else seemed to be coming.
• The Iwagakure leader grew furious and ordered his subordinates to attack Chiryū.

Chiryū devastated Iwagakure’s attackers with his evolved Lava Release, prompting the villages to consider an alliance while Kōki refused to join them. Aizen and three other Light Organization members arrived, and Kōki’s staged attack renewed the villages’ resolve; the chapter ended with Kakashi’s group surrounding Aizen as Kōki prepared to face Setsuna.

• Chiryū unleashed Divine Lava Pillars, killing many ninjas and forcing Iwagakure’s leader to seek help from the other villages.
• Iwagakure’s leader proposed an alliance to Sunagakure and Kumogakure, but Kōki refused and reassured the villages that he would not exploit their fight.
• Aizen and three Light Organization members descended, and Kōki challenged them before charging at them and striking the ground as they scattered.
• Kōki’s attack dispelled the other villages’ reluctance, and Iwagakure, Sunagakure, Kirigakure, and Kumogakure resumed fighting the Light Organization.
• Kōki assigned Kakashi, Shisui, Yamato, and the Anbu to confront Aizen while he took on Setsuna, whom he suspected was a Konoha traitor.

Kōki and Setsuna staged a spectacular battle between Wood Release and Susanoo to demonstrate the Light Organization’s power. The surrounding ninja abandoned their attacks, convinced that the organization was too dangerous to challenge.

• Setsuna denied being a Konoha ninja, and Kōki accused him of betrayal before attacking with Wood Release roots.
• Setsuna summoned Susanoo and cut through Kōki’s roots, alarming the ninja fighting the Light Organization.
• Kōki raised a Wood Golem and summoned a wooden dragon, while Setsuna strengthened Susanoo with armor and wings.
• The Wood Golem and Susanoo clashed, and the nearby ninja stopped fighting to watch.
• Aizen and the Light Organization used the battle to deter their opponents, whose ninja concluded that no individual village could safely challenge them.

Kōki activated Sage Mode and unleashed True Several Thousand Hands-Top Transformed Buddha against Setsuna’s Perfect Susanoo. The attack devastated the battlefield, but Setsuna survived, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Kōki entered Sage Mode and warned Kakashi, Shisui, Yamato, and the Anbu that his next technique would be too dangerous to withstand.
• The Two-Tails warned Yugito to flee, and she led her subordinates away as the Konoha and other village ninja also retreated.
• Kōki summoned the enormous Buddha statue and attacked Setsuna’s Susanoo with a barrage of fists.
• The Buddha’s assault carved out a vast crater and stunned the onlookers.
• The smoke cleared to reveal that Setsuna had survived, though his Susanoo was battered and broken.

Kōki’s duel with Setsuna drew the attention of the Akatsuki, whose leader Nagato attacked Setsuna and declared his intent to destroy the Light Organization. Setsuna was revealed as Uchiha Ryuko, and he activated his own Rinnegan as the chapter ended.

• Kōki sensed Nagato, the Akatsuki, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru near the battlefield after a missile struck Setsuna.
• Nagato led Konan, Yahiko, and the other Akatsuki members out of the forest and announced their goal of leading the way to peace.
• Jiraiya recognized his former students and greeted them, but Yahiko and the others responded coldly.
• Setsuna survived Nagato’s missile attack, removed his cracked mask, and was recognized by Shisui as Uchiha Ryuko.
• Nagato claimed the Rinnegan’s power and the Light Organization’s secrets would let him bring peace, while Setsuna challenged his confidence.
• Setsuna revealed that he also possessed the Rinnegan and activated it before Nagato.

Setsuna revealed his Rinnegan, shocking Nagato, while Aizen’s appearance and provocation tested Nagato’s resolve. Kōki saw Nagato’s newfound composure as a step toward making the Akatsuki a rival organization that could divert attention from the Light Organization, while Black Zetsu considered the implications of Setsuna’s eyes.

• Setsuna revealed his Rinnegan, and Nagato was shaken until Yahiko and Konan encouraged him.
• Aizen removed his mask and revealed himself to Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan, then Nagato used Banshō Ten'in to pull him toward himself.
• Setsuna used his own Banshō Ten'in to break Nagato’s hold and draw Aizen back to his side.
• Kōki recognized that Nagato had regained his composure and explained that he wanted the Akatsuki to share the villages’ attention and pressure on the Light Organization.
• Black Zetsu realized the Light Organization had obtained the Rinnegan and considered it a potential backup for his plans, while Kōki remained wary of Hagoromo Otsutsuki’s possible intervention.

Jiraiya took over the fight against Setsuna to learn about the Light Organization and the Rinnegan, but Setsuna easily countered his attacks. Jiraiya summoned Gamaken and launched another assault, which Setsuna met with Shinra Tensei.

• Jiraiya intervened against Setsuna to protect Nagato and investigate the Light Organization, which the Great Toad Sage had warned would threaten the Child of Prophecy.
• Setsuna absorbed Jiraiya's Great Flame Bullet with his palm, leaving Jiraiya to wonder how the Rinnegan worked and what it meant for Nagato.
• Jiraiya summoned Gamaken and asked him to help fight Setsuna.
• Gamaken leaped toward Setsuna with his shield and iron fork, but Setsuna repelled him with Shinra Tensei, sending shock waves across the battlefield.
• The watching ninja praised Jiraiya's strength but doubted he could defeat Setsuna.

Setsuna and Nagato demonstrated the Rinnegan’s power in a fierce battle, driving the watching ninja to abandon their mission. Jiraiya was forced from the battlefield and began to accept that the younger generation would decide the Shinobi World’s future.

• Setsuna intensified his repulsive force, defeated Gamaken, and sent the injured toad back to Mount Myōboku.
• Nagato used Banshō Ten'in to remove Jiraiya from the battlefield, and Jiraiya reflected that he could no longer keep pace with the younger generation.
• Nagato challenged Setsuna, and the two Rinnegan users exchanged attacks using their Paths’ abilities.
• Setsuna and Nagato simultaneously used Chibaku Tensei, drawing rocks and trees into two enormous spheres above the battlefield.
• The watching ninja from Kirigakure, Iwagakure, Sunagakure, and Kumogakure abandoned their mission and resolved to fear both the Light Organization and Akatsuki.

After the Light Organization and Akatsuki withdrew from the battlefield, Kōki secretly reunited with his allies and revealed his connection to the Light Organization to Orochimaru, whom they captured. Intrigued by the organization’s secrets and prospects for immortality, Orochimaru agreed to join it.

• Setsuna and Nagato ended their exhausting battle, and the Light Organization departed before Kōki and Jiraiya arrived.
• Kōki pursued the Light Organization while Jiraiya and the others stayed behind; Nagato refused Jiraiya’s attempt to reconnect and warned that a new order would replace the current one.
• Kōki caught up with Aizen and the others and spoke with them amicably, revealing their secret connection to a hidden observer.
• Aizen and Setsuna detected and captured Orochimaru, who accused Kōki of secretly cooperating with the Light Organization.
• Kōki offered Orochimaru a place in the organization, and Setsuna showed him its secrets through genjutsu.
• Orochimaru eagerly agreed to join after seeing the organization’s knowledge and the possibility of immortality.