Chapter Summaries

Yuan trapped Kumogakure’s villagers and ninja in an illusion after killing the Fourth Raikage, exposing how hatred gave way to fear and flight. After observing Darui, Moroi, and an elderly villager, Yuan found a way forward and prepared to begin burying the old era.

• Darui and the ANBU tried to protect the villagers and evacuate them, but Yuan’s genjutsu froze Kumogakure inside an Illusion Space while his Shadow Clones handled the Chakra Cannons.
• In the illusion, Darui confirmed that the Fourth Raikage A could not be saved as enraged villagers attacked Yuan’s weakened-looking illusion; Darui then shattered its Susanoo with Storm Release: Laser Circus.
• The villagers tore the illusion Yuan apart and called for revenge against Konoha, but Yuan reappeared, revealed his complete Susanoo, and drove them to flee in terror.
• Yuan raised Darui’s abilities within the illusion so Darui could destroy the Susanoo and kill the illusion Yuan again, leaving Darui alone in the emptied village beside the Fourth Raikage’s body.
• Yuan spoke with Moroi, who guarded recorded intelligence for Kumogakure’s next generation, and an elderly villager who cared only about going home to eat.
• After reflecting on their different responses to hardship, Yuan understood how he would change the shinobi world and looked toward the floating pyramid above Kumogakure.

Jiraiya and Fugaku’s forces occupied Kumogakure after discovering its people trapped in genjutsu and learning Yuan had killed the Fourth Raikage. Yuan then claimed Giant Turtle Island and revealed to Kurama that he planned to gather all the tailed beasts.

• Jiraiya sent scouting toads into Kumogakure, and Yamanaka Inoichi confirmed that its civilians and shinobi had fallen under genjutsu.
• Jiraiya led the Hidden Leaf shinobi army into Kumogakure, where they captured nearly two thousand shinobi without casualties and found the Fourth Raikage dead.
• The commanders learned that Yuan had killed the Fourth Raikage, while Shisui and Long resolved to train harder after recognizing how far his strength surpassed theirs.
• Yuan arrived at Giant Turtle Island, defeated Motoi with Mangekyo genjutsu, and entered Kumogakure’s Jinchuriki training chamber.
• Yuan listed the known Jinchuriki to Kurama and declared that he planned to begin gathering the tailed beasts.

Yuan fused Obito’s Dual Kamui while Konoha learned that the Uchiha Clan had captured Kumogakure and Yuan had killed the Fourth Raikage. The other great villages reacted with alarm, while Black Zetsu told the Third Mizukage that Madara was dead and claimed the shinobi world would belong to Kirigakure.

• Yuan entered the Jinchuriki training space on Giant Turtle Island and injected the Gene Serum to fuse Dual Kamui.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi learned from Sarutobi Shinnosuke that Konoha had captured Kumogakure without casualties, and that Uchiha Yuan had killed the Fourth Raikage.
• Hiruzen ordered Sarutobi Shinnosuke to notify Danzo, Homura, and Koharu after realizing Yuan had stolen the Shinigami Mask.
• Ōnoki discussed Kumogakure’s fall with Iwagakure’s officials and ordered them to gather intelligence and remain vigilant.
• Rasa and Sunagakure’s elders postponed plans to send Pakura to Kirigakure as the villages assessed Konoha’s sudden strength.
• Black Zetsu visited the Third Mizukage, told him Madara was dead, and said the shinobi world would belong to Kirigakure.

Black Zetsu used the Hidden Leaf Village’s defeat of Hidden Cloud Village to urge Kirigakure and Akatsuki to change their plans. After Konan met a starving refugee girl named Ajisai, Akatsuki debated whether to emerge publicly as a power in the shinobi world, and Deva Path Pain called for a vote.

• Black Zetsu told the Third Mizukage that the Hidden Leaf Village had defeated Hidden Cloud Village, prompting the Third Mizukage to summon an Anbu Ninja to verify the news and prepare for war.
• Minato Namikaze, disguised as Uchiha Obito, saw a girl caring for a dying dog in Amegakure, but he could not save it; Konan then met the girl, Ajisai, and asked her name.
• Black Zetsu showed Akatsuki footage of the Hidden Leaf Village’s victory over Hidden Cloud Village, and the members discussed the Uchiha Clan’s capture of tailed beasts.
• Black Zetsu proposed that Akatsuki stop hiding and take the stage in the shinobi world, while Deva Path Pain and Konan argued for following their original plan.
• Deva Path Pain ended the debate by suggesting a vote.

Akatsuki decided to openly unite the other hidden villages against the Hidden Leaf Village, while Minato Namikaze secretly planned to warn Konoha. Yuan tested his new Kamui, took control of Giant Turtle Island, and confronted Hidden Cloud survivors as he began shaping the occupied village’s future.

• Black Zetsu, Deva Path Pain, Konan, and Obito agreed that Akatsuki would recruit stronger shinobi and form a united front against the Hidden Leaf Village, with Black Zetsu handling the Hidden Leaf–Hidden Stone conflict.
• Minato Namikaze, posing as Obito, watched Black Zetsu leave and resolved to relay Akatsuki’s plan to the Hidden Leaf Village.
• Yuan tested his newly fused Kamui, returned from the Kamui Dimension, and asked Motoi to manage Giant Turtle Island after learning the Hidden Cloud Village had fallen.
• Yuan killed the giant octopus attacking Motoi, who was left conflicted about the war and the Hidden Leaf shinobi who had saved him.
• Mabui, Samui, and two Hidden Cloud elders planned to escape the occupied village, but Yuan found them and demanded to know what hope they expected to preserve.

Yuan detained the Hidden Cloud survivors, reassured Mabui about her father, and learned from Minato Namikaze that Akatsuki had begun acting early. Back in Kumogakure, Yuan warned the Hidden Leaf commanders that the other villages might reject the peace created by Kumogakure’s fall, leaving them to consider how to defend it.

• Yuan confronted the Hidden Cloud elders and detained them and the other surviving ninja, then told Samui and Mabui that Yugito was safe in Hidden Leaf.
• Yuan told Mabui that her father, Kakui, had survived Shennong’s betrayal, and she embraced him in gratitude.
• At Root, Yuan received intelligence from Minato Namikaze, who warned that the other villages might unite against Hidden Leaf after Kumogakure’s destruction.
• Yuan read that the Land of Lightning was negotiating with the Land of Fire and might hire Hidden Leaf to defend its territory, making Kumogakure a subsidiary of Hidden Leaf.
• Yuan joined Fugaku, Jiraiya, Nara Shikaku, and Yamanaka Inoichi in Kumogakure and warned that the Lands of Wind, Earth, and Water might not accept the new peace.
• Yuan asked whether Hidden Leaf could preserve peace by force if the other villages refused to let down their guard.

After Konoha took Kumogakure, Yuan urged the commanders to prepare for unifying the shinobi world and used Prototype Hashirama Cells Inner Armors to build trust with them. As Konoha faced unrest in occupied Kumogakure and the Uchiha debated their place in the village, Hiruzen Sarutobi learned of a new alliance against Konoha and the destruction of the Sarutobi force in the Land of Grass.

• Yuan told Jiraiya, Fugaku, Nara Shikaku, and Yamanaka Inoichi that Konoha should use military force to bring the other hidden villages under its jurisdiction, and he gave three of them Prototype Hashirama Cells Inner Armors.
• Three days later, Kumogakure's civilians protested Konoha's takeover, and Mitokado Homura ordered more patrols and the removal of the demonstrators after consulting Nara Shikaku and Yamanaka Inoichi.
• On the return journey, Yashiro and Inaho argued that the Uchiha Clan should govern Kumogakure, but Yuan persuaded them that Konoha was a better home for the clan.
• Fugaku asked Yuan about his plans, and Yuan said he would seek authority from Hiruzen Sarutobi that had not belonged to the Uchiha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi received a report that Sarutobi Kensei's force had been wiped out in the Land of Grass and that the Stone, Mist, and Sand villages had formed the Anti-Konoha Alliance with Akatsuki.

Yuan used Danzo’s identity to test Hiruzen’s intentions toward the Uchiha, then returned with the clan to a jubilant welcome in Konoha. After discussing the Uchiha’s next role and Kumogakure’s future, Hiruzen offered Tsunade the position of Fifth Raikage, and she refused.

• Yuan, controlling a White Zetsu disguised as Danzo, urged Hiruzen to send the Uchiha against the Hidden Village Alliance, but Hiruzen admitted that the clan’s new popularity had changed the situation.
• Hiruzen learned from the false Danzo that Akatsuki was dangerous, and Danzo claimed he would handle the organization personally.
• Fugaku and the Uchiha returned to Konoha to a warm public welcome, and Hiruzen praised Yuan before asking him about the Hidden Stone front and Sarutobi Kensei’s death.
• Hiruzen and Utatane Koharu discussed Akatsuki, the Uchiha’s growing influence, and appointing a new Raikage; Hiruzen settled on Tsunade after Jiraiya declined.
• Tsunade arrived with Jiraiya, heard Hiruzen propose that she become the Fifth Raikage, and firmly refused.

Tsunade refused the appointment as Fifth Raikage but agreed to visit the Uchiha compound and meet Yuan. There, Yuan began using the Spiritualisation Technique to investigate Hyuga Ryo’s Caged Bird Curse Mark, leaving her in pain as he entered her soul.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Utatane Koharu urged Tsunade to become Fifth Raikage, but she angrily refused.
• Jiraiya persuaded Tsunade to visit the Uchiha compound and meet Yuan before she left the village.
• Hyuga Hiashi offered to return the Police Force to Fugaku, who chose to leave its authority with the Hyuga Clan for now.
• Tsunade arrived at Fugaku’s residence and asked to see Yuan.
• Obito’s grandmother took Izumi out, leaving Yuan with Ryo and Neji, who had not yet received the Caged Bird Curse Mark.
• Yuan removed Ryo’s forehead protector and used the Spiritualisation Technique to enter her soul and examine the curse mark.

Yuan examined Ling’s Caged Bird Curse Mark and promised to find a way to remove it, then met Tsunade to discuss the Uchiha Clan’s position and the truth behind the conflict with Kumogakure. After showing Tsunade Danzo’s role in provoking the crisis, Yuan asked her to become the Fifth Raikage with the Uchiha Clan’s support, leaving her wary of being used as its political figurehead.

• Yuan examined the runes etched into Ling’s soul and told her he believed the Caged Bird Curse Mark could be removed.
• Ling invited Yuan to a triumphant welcome party, and Shisui told him that Tsunade had come to visit.
• Yuan discussed Tsunade’s possible appointment as Fifth Raikage with Shisui, then confronted Tsunade after she entered his residence.
• Yuan used his Illusion Space to show Tsunade Danzo manipulating the Hidden Cloud Village envoy and preparing to blame the Uchiha Clan for the resulting crisis.
• Yuan said the Uchiha Clan trusted Tsunade and would support her as Fifth Raikage, while Tsunade suspected he wanted to make her the clan’s political figurehead.

Uchiha Yuan tried to tempt Tsunade into becoming the Fifth Raikage as part of his plan to weaken Konoha’s entrenched leadership and secure the Hokage’s seat legitimately. At a Konoha gathering, Kakashi revealed the truth about White Fang’s Death to Asuma, while Kumogakure erupted into an uprising after its ANBU broke free.

• Yuan told Tsunade that Hidden Cloud Village was wealthy and suggested she could profit from opening casinos there, but she said she had already rejected the Third Hokage’s appointment.
• At a gathering, Kakashi questioned Asuma about his privileged childhood, then told Yuan that he had withheld Minato’s information about Akatsuki from the Third Hokage.
• Asuma secretly overheard Kakashi and Yuan discussing the truth behind White Fang’s Death, and Kakashi gave him the record scroll that implicated Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo.
• After reading the scroll, Asuma apologized to Kakashi and left the forest, troubled by the truth and by seeing Kurenai with Yuan.
• In Kumogakure’s prison, Darui received an origami frog that restored his Chakra, and he realized that someone opposed Konoha’s control of the village.
• Kumogakure’s ANBU escaped their seals and freed most of the village’s Chunin, prompting Mitokado Homura’s forces to fight them as the situation worsened.

After returning to Konoha, Yuan attended a gathering where Asuma wrestled with the truth about Kakashi’s father and grew resentful toward the Third Hokage. Yuan then traveled with Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Shizune to Kumogakure, where Tsunade confronted a revolt as the newly appointed Raikage and Uchiha Yuan’s arrival stopped Darui and the ANBU from attacking.

• At a gathering in Konoha, Yuan described the campaign against Kumogakure while his peers celebrated the victory and Kurenai Yuhi showed him drunken affection.
• Asuma asked Yuan about Kakashi’s father, regretted not learning the truth sooner, and left feeling bitter and resentful toward the Third Hokage.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade told Yuan that unrest in Kumogakure required another trip, and the four traveled there by Reverse Summoning Technique.
• Yuan and his companions found the Hidden Leaf forces besieged at the former Fourth Raikage’s residence while civilians rioted and Hidden Cloud ninjas hid among them.
• Tsunade declared herself Kumogakure’s newly appointed Raikage, broke open the residence gate, and challenged the villagers to approach her peacefully or step over her corpse.
• Darui and the former Kumogakure ANBU prepared to attack Tsunade, but Uchiha Yuan appeared beside her and left them too frightened to move.

Tsunade negotiated with Darui and the Hidden Cloud elders over her role as the new Raikage, agreeing to reforms and an expanded advisory team. Yuan helped shape the appointments, leaving the elders divided and Kumogakure’s new leadership taking form.

• Tsunade entered the former Raikage’s residence and ordered Yamanaka Inoichi to investigate how the riot began before dawn.
• Yuan and Jiraiya inspected Darui’s prison cell, suspected Akatsuki had used paper to undo the Curse Mark Technique, and returned to the negotiations.
• Darui accepted Tsunade as Raikage but demanded that she consider Kumogakure’s interests, while the elders resisted changes to the village’s administration.
• Yuan proposed that Tsunade’s advisers include both experienced newcomers and capable young Hidden Cloud ninja, and she agreed to broaden the team.
• Tsunade named Nara Shikaku, Yamanaka Inoichi, Mabui, and Samui as advisers, assigned Darui and Shizune to manage the ANBU, and accepted Xi Luyi and Hu Nui as the remaining advisers.

Tsunade struggled to stabilize Hidden Cloud Village as Akatsuki attacked Mitokado Homura and Yuan captured White Zetsu at the ambush site. After the advisers agreed to focus on rebuilding, Tsunade tasked Shizune with improving her standing among the villagers, and Shizune brought Yuan in to suggest a faster approach.

• Tsunade rejected Mabui's proposal to detain and reeducate dissatisfied Hidden Cloud ninja, while Yuan warned that the village elders were plotting against her.
• Konan killed Mitokado Homura and took his corpse for Akatsuki, while Black Zetsu staged the scene to implicate Hidden Cloud ninja.
• Yuan appeared at the site, captured more than twenty White Zetsu, and drove Black Zetsu to flee.
• Yuan presented the captured White Zetsu to Tsunade and the advisers, who decided to repair the village and have Tsunade personally pacify its ninja.
• Tsunade asked Shizune to help win over Hidden Cloud villagers and shinobi, and Shizune sought Yuan's advice.
• Shizune returned with Yuan to find Tsunade counting her debts, then left after Tsunade assigned her to gather intelligence on the elders.

Tsunade tried to win over Kumogakure’s people with a public arm-wrestling challenge while Yuan urged her to confront the village’s corrupt elders. After Mabui and the others uncovered evidence of widespread embezzlement, Tsunade resolved to recover the stolen wealth.

• Yuan advised Tsunade to address Kumogakure’s internal problems and build trust with its people as the new Raikage.
• Tsunade charged residents one thousand ryo to challenge her at arm wrestling, and she defeated every challenger, including Darui.
• The challenge raised nearly one million ryo and helped ease the villagers’ prejudice toward Tsunade, while Yuan warned her not to make the event a regular moneymaking scheme.
• Yuan explained that elders Hu Nui and Xi Luyi had embezzled village funds, and Mabui, Samui, Nara Shikaku, and Yamanaka Inoichi found that only about one-third of the money and supplies had gone to construction and the war.
• After Nara Shikaku warned that moving against the elders could threaten stability, Samui urged Tsunade to act, and Tsunade decided to recover the stolen wealth.

Tsunade used gambling and public works to build support in Kumogakure while the elders tried to limit her power and arranged her assassination. The attack failed, Yuan began interrogating a captured assassin, and the elders were killed.

• Tsunade listened to Kumogakure citizens at Pond Cedar Casino, addressed their grievances, and promised peace with the Hidden Leaf Village and practical improvements to the village.
• Mabui reported that some ninja were spreading rumors against Tsunade on the elders' orders, while Nara Shikaku revealed unregistered underground treasuries that Tsunade planned to use for construction.
• Hu Nui and Xi Luyi pushed for rules governing Raikage succession, and Tsunade approved regulations giving Hidden Leaf and Hidden Cloud ninja equal opportunities to succeed her.
• The Hidden Cloud elders secretly ordered an assassination, and three days later Tsunade signed the new succession rules before the assassins attacked her at Pond Cedar Casino.
• The assassins struck at Tsunade during a game, but Yuan killed Xi Luyi and the other elders while Tsunade survived and treated injured villagers.
• Darui and Shizune restrained the captured dealer, and Yuan used his Three-Tomoe to begin interrogating him.

After helping Tsunade stabilize Kumogakure, Yuan built new Sky and Sea Ninja Armies and watched the village parade its recovery and growing strength. He decided to return to the Hidden Leaf Village, which he considered the true homeland and foundation for unifying the shinobi world.

• Tsunade won public support by exposing the eight elders’ crimes while reforms improved life in Kumogakure.
• Yuan trained reserve fliers and tasked Shi with expanding and commanding the Sky Ninja Army.
• Motoi brought Hidden Sky’s fleet to Kumogakure, where Yuan appointed him to develop the Sea Ninja Army and build ships from secret blueprints.
• After six months of recovery and military preparations, Tsunade reviewed Kumogakure’s forces as its Sky and Sea Ninja Armies demonstrated their new capabilities.
• Tsunade offered Yuan a place on Kumogakure’s advisory council, but Yuan said he would return to the Hidden Leaf Village.

Yuan returned to his laboratory, reviewed the risks of fusing Kekkei Genkai, and used gene serum to accelerate the process, emerging three days later with a more mature appearance and stronger Chakra. In Konoha, disguised as Danzo, he told Hiruzen Sarutobi and Utatane Koharu about Akatsuki, prompting them to decide that the Uchiha should be sent against it.

• Yuan warned Old Baboon Sage to stay vigilant, checked the production of Hashirama Cells Inner Armor, and reviewed the laboratory’s gene research.
• Yuan concluded that fusing Kekkei Genkai genes could shorten his lifespan, but chose to pursue greater power and entered the laboratory with gene serum.
• Three days later, Yuan emerged looking older and carrying a more terrifying Chakra presence, then left through a ripple in space.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Utatane Koharu discussed the hidden villages’ military preparations and the threat posed by Akatsuki.
• Disguised as Danzo, Yuan reported that Akatsuki’s leader possessed the Rinnegan and suggested that it had been hired to destroy Konoha forces.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi decided to send the Uchiha against Akatsuki, and Utatane Koharu said Hiruzen and Danzo should persuade them together.

After six months without missions, Uchiha radicals led by Yashiro tried to seize Inner Armors and overthrow the Hokage, but Yuan returned and stopped them. The chapter ended with Fugaku learning how close the Uchiha had come to betraying Hidden Leaf Village as the Hokage assigned the clan dangerous missions.

• Fugaku heard Yashiro and other radicals complain about the Uchiha Clan's idle life, while Shisui urged them to remain patient.
• Yashiro and his followers entered Naka Shrine to take the Inner Armors, while Uchiha Taniki revealed that they planned to rebel and Shisui confronted them.
• Yashiro and the radicals put on the Inner Armors and declared their intention to march on the Hokage Building, but Yuan appeared with the drained body of the White Zetsu impersonating Taniki.
• Yuan rebuked the radicals for planning a coup, and they insisted they wanted to win the Uchiha's rights through force; Yuan restrained more than twenty of them with Curse Mark techniques.
• Fugaku learned that the Hokage had assigned the Uchiha dangerous missions in Earth Country, the Land of Wind, and the Land of Water, then Shisui told him about the attempted rebellion.

Yuan kept the Uchiha from rebelling and helped direct their strength toward threats beyond Konoha, while Rasa forced the Wind Country Daimyo to keep funding Hidden Sand and advanced the village’s plans with Akatsuki. The chapter ended with Kabuto fleeing after a Hidden Sand patrol confronted him at a border marketplace.

• Fugaku showed Yuan the Uchiha stone tablet and explained that his Mangekyō had revealed ominous signs tied to Yuan.
• Fugaku gathered the Uchiha, restrained their radical plans, and introduced the External Special Operations Force under Danzo and Fugaku’s command.
• Rasa killed the Land of Fire envoy who urged the Wind Country Daimyo to entrust national defense to Konoha, then demanded two hundred million ryō for Hidden Sand.
• Black Zetsu assigned Kakuzu to check the Gelel Ore Vein, sent Rasa back to oversee the New Puppet, and set out for the Ancient Kingdom of Roran.
• A Hidden Sand patrol confronted Kabuto at a border marketplace, and Kabuto fled after realizing he might have been exposed.