Chapter Summaries

Orochimaru freed the souls of the past Hokage and used Impure World Reincarnation to summon them for Sasuke. The four Hokage learned they had been revived, and Hashirama reacted with doubt when he heard Tsunade was the Fifth Hokage.

• Sasuke led Orochimaru and the others into the Uchiha Clan's underground passage and a secret chamber.
• Orochimaru used an Uzumaki Clan mask to release the souls sealed by the Reaper Death Seal.
• Jūgo transferred Natural Energy into Sasuke, revealing White Zetsu hidden inside him for use as Impure World Reincarnation sacrifices.
• Orochimaru summoned Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Minato Namikaze, then transferred himself into a White Zetsu body.
• Hashirama asked about Konoha's Hokage and doubted the village would be all right after learning that his granddaughter Tsunade had become the Fifth.

Hashirama and Tobirama Senju were summoned by Orochimaru, who explained that he had brought them back for Sasuke rather than to attack Konoha. After Tobirama nearly attacked Sasuke over his threat of revenge, Hashirama stopped him and began telling Sasuke about his history with Madara Uchiha; the Third Hokage also accepted responsibility for the Uchiha massacre, while Orochimaru admitted lingering resentment over being passed over for Hokage.

• Hashirama joked about Tsunade and his own gambling habits while Tobirama criticized Orochimaru for using Impure World Reincarnation.
• Orochimaru explained that he had summoned the Hokage to address Sasuke's questions, and the Third Hokage recounted the Uchiha Clan Massacre Night.
• Tobirama denounced Sasuke and released killing intent, but Hashirama intervened and restrained him.
• Orochimaru revealed that Madara Uchiha had been revived, and Minato sensed Naruto and the Nine-Tails' Chakra working together.
• Hashirama told Sasuke about his history and final battle with Madara, while the Third Hokage and Minato discussed responsibility for the tragedy.
• Suigetsu noticed Orochimaru's resentment, and Orochimaru admitted that he had been bitter about Minato being chosen as Hokage instead of him.

Sasuke chose to fight Madara, and Orochimaru and the others headed for the battlefield after Suigetsu’s attempt to flee was stopped. There, the Allied Shinobi Forces faced the Ten-Tails’ enormous Tailed Beast Bomb as Shikamaru sought a way to help Naruto, while the observers argued over Sakura as a potential daughter-in-law.

• Sasuke decided to fight Madara, and Orochimaru agreed to follow his lead despite Suigetsu’s objections.
• Suigetsu tried to slip away but was kicked in the face; Sasuke reunited with Karin, who redirected her anger onto Suigetsu after he apologized.
• Tobirama identified Karin as likely belonging to the Uzumaki Clan, and the four Hokage set out for the battlefield.
• The Ten-Tails prepared a huge Tailed Beast Bomb against the exhausted Naruto, while Sakura stood ready to protect him and Shikamaru asked Ino to connect him with someone.
• Rasa and Kushina argued over whether Sakura would make a suitable daughter-in-law, and Obito revealed that Sakura liked Sasuke.

Shikamaru coordinated the Allied Shinobi Forces to raise Earth Walls against the Ten-Tails' Tailed Beast Bomb, but the attack overwhelmed them until Minato Namikaze arrived and teleported it away. Minato reunited with Naruto and met Sakura, while the allied forces survived the blast's shock wave.

• Shikamaru used Ino's Mind Body Switch Technique to connect with the Allied Shinobi Forces and coordinate their Earth Walls.
• Tens of thousands of ninja raised Earth Walls, but the Ten-Tails' Tailed Beast Bomb shattered them, and Killer B blocked it with the Eight-Tails.
• Minato Namikaze appeared at a Flying Thunder God Kunai and teleported the Tailed Beast Bomb to the sea.
• Minato greeted Naruto, and Sakura wondered if Minato was Naruto's father before Minato asked whether she was Naruto's girlfriend.
• Naruto called Sakura his girlfriend, and Sakura knocked him down for talking instead of resting; Minato asked her to take good care of his son.

The four Hokage arrived to help the Allied Shinobi Forces face the Ten-Tails, while Madara Uchiha came down to confront Hashirama Senju. The chapter left the Hokage surrounding the Ten-Tails behind the Four Red Yang Formation.

• Minato Namikaze and the other Hokage arrived, encouraging the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Madara Uchiha descended from a nearby mountain to greet Hashirama Senju, who insisted they focus on stopping the Ten-Tails.
• Minato comforted Naruto and transformed using Nine-Tails Chakra before preparing to fight.
• Minato used Flying Thunder God to position the Hokage around the Ten-Tails.
• Hashirama Senju and the other three Hokage raised the Four Red Yang Formation to trap the Ten-Tails.

Hashirama Senju and the other Hokage restrained the Ten-Tails, while Sasuke reunited with Naruto and Sakura and declared that he would become Hokage. Team 7 charged into battle against the weakened Ten-Tails as Obito prepared his next move in the Kamui Dimension.

• Hashirama Senju used Sage Art: Gate of the Great God to pin down the Ten-Tails inside the Four Red Yang Formation.
• Sasuke reached the front lines, reunited with Sakura, and told the Allied Shinobi Forces that he intended to become Hokage.
• Naruto stood up and joined Sasuke, while Sakura recovered her chakra with the Strength of a Hundred Technique and insisted on fighting alongside Team 7.
• The Ten-Tails damaged itself with a Tailed Beast Bomb, so the Hokage opened the barrier and let the shinobi attack its weakened main body.
• Obito planned his next move in the Kamui Dimension, and Kakashi and Obito reacted in shock to something they saw.

The footage revealed that Madara Uchiha was controlling a dying Obito Uchiha and trying to force him to use the Rinne Rebirth Technique. Minato identified Obito, who feared his former teacher would hate him, and the chapter ended with Minato sensing the truth and showing killing intent.

• The footage showed Madara Uchiha using black rods to control the injured Obito Uchiha and force him to form seals for the Rinne Rebirth Technique.
• The system asked who the mysterious man controlled by Madara Uchiha was, and Kakashi rejected the idea that it was Obito.
• Minato Namikaze answered that the man was Obito Uchiha, while Obito wondered whether Minato hated him.
• Madara told Obito to repay him by bringing him back to life, and Hashirama Senju warned that they had to stop the forbidden technique.
• Sasuke charged toward Obito, while Minato sensed his chakra and revealed that he understood what was happening.

Obito Uchiha absorbed the Ten-Tails and became an incomplete Ten-Tails Jinchuriki after Minato Namikaze and Sasuke Uchiha believed the war was nearly over. The chapter left Obito newly transformed and under attack from Hashirama Senju.

• Minato Namikaze struck Obito Uchiha with a kunai, and Obito regretted the future he had seen while Rin encouraged him to believe he could choose a different path.
• Sasuke Uchiha assumed Madara Uchiha's failed resurrection meant the war was nearly over, but Obito warned him not to underestimate him.
• Obito absorbed the Ten-Tails and transformed into an egg, then emerged as an incomplete Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.
• The chapter explained that Obito's incomplete form had reached the Six Paths level but lacked the full power and abilities of a fully controlled Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Hashirama Senju dropped a Gate of the Great God on Obito while he was showing off his new power.

Obito Uchiha broke free of Hashirama Senju’s sealing technique and overwhelmed the Hokage with the Ten-Tails’ power. After Minato Namikaze briefly reached him, Obito lost control of his body, leaving Minato unable to use his Flying Thunder God mark to approach him.

• Hashirama Senju used the Gate of the Great God to pin Obito Uchiha down, but Obito shattered the gates and proved stronger than Hashirama.
• Obito rushed at Minato Namikaze, then briefly regained clarity when Minato called out to him.
• Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju ambushed Obito, but his Truth-Seeking Orb cut through them before Tobirama used Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags; Obito blocked the blasts with an orb shield.
• Obito used another Truth-Seeking Orb to destroy Hiruzen Sarutobi’s upper body, then charged at Minato Namikaze.
• Obito began to swell and fell immobile, but extended his body to attack Naruto and Sasuke while kicking Minato away.
• Minato discovered that his Flying Thunder God mark on Obito had disappeared after Obito became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.

Obito Uchiha overcame the Ten-Tails’ attempt to consume him and became its Perfect Jinchuriki, then fought Minato and Tobirama. The chapter ended with Tobirama redirecting Obito’s Truth-Seeking Orb back at him and correcting Naruto about who invented Flying Thunder God.

• The Ten-Tails overwhelmed Obito’s body, but Obito’s will restored his identity and let him seize control of the beast.
• Obito transformed into a Six Paths Jinchuriki with a Rinnegan, a Sharingan, Truth-Seeking Orbs, and the Six Paths Staff.
• Obito split Minato’s Kunai and severed his arm, then attached a Truth-Seeking Orb to him despite Minato escaping with Flying Thunder God.
• Tobirama used a Shadow Clone and Flying Thunder God to transfer the orb back to Obito and move him away from the other ninja.
• Naruto praised Tobirama for learning Flying Thunder God from Minato, and Tobirama corrected him that he had invented the technique.

Minato, Tobirama, Naruto, and Sasuke coordinated an attack against Obito, but he emerged unharmed and revealed the danger of his new power. As the group struggled to find a way to hurt him, Gamabunta’s time ran out and he departed.

• Minato and Tobirama used the Flying Thunder God Technique to switch places and let Naruto and Sasuke’s Amaterasu-enhanced Rasengan strike Obito.
• Obito walked out of the black flames without a scratch, while he briefly made Obito regret wanting Amaterasu instead of Kamui.
• Tobirama noticed Minato’s shattered arm had not regenerated and realized Obito’s Yin-Yang Release could damage Reanimated Bodies permanently.
• Obito claimed he had gained power equal to the progenitor of shinobi, and Minato warned the others to be careful.
• Gamabunta spat at Obito before explaining that his summoning time had ended, and Naruto thanked him for trying to help.

Obito confronted Minato over his failure to recognize him and save Rin, but Naruto struck him with a Sage Art: Rasengan. The observers then questioned Hinata’s lack of a Caged Bird Seal, while Kushina approved of her.

• Orochimaru warned Manda that Obito was the Six Paths fighter on the screen, and Manda fled to Ryūchi Cave after realizing his mistake.
• Obito recalled how he had reached Rin and Kakashi too late and blamed Minato for not being there when Rin died.
• Minato reflected that recognizing Obito might have prevented the catastrophe and Kushina’s death.
• Naruto defended Minato and hit Obito with a Sage Art: Rasengan delivered after the Second Hokage used Flying Thunder God to bring him over.
• Hinata told Sakura that Naruto’s Senjutsu had worked, prompting Kushina, Uchiha Mikoto, and Hyuga Molu to notice that Hinata lacked a Caged Bird Seal.

After Obito lost the Ten-Tails’ power, Minato stopped Kakashi from killing him and urged him to speak with his former student. Obito opened up about losing Rin, while Kakashi explained how he had endured his own despair and why he still believed in Naruto’s path.

• Obito remembered Rin’s faith in him, gave up resisting, and lost the Tailed Beasts’ power.
• Sasuke charged at Obito, but Kakashi reached him first and tried to take responsibility for killing his former friend.
• Minato stopped Kakashi, sent Naruto to help Hashirama seal Madara, and confronted Kakashi about his responsibility toward Obito.
• Obito told everyone that Rin had been his only light and that losing her had made the world seem like a hopeless hell.
• Kakashi admitted he had also struggled to understand Obito’s choices, then described how Obito’s Sharingan and his bonds helped him endure.
• Obito questioned whether Naruto’s path could fail, and Kakashi acknowledged that it could.

Obito prepared to use Rinne Rebirth, apparently accepting that it would cost his life, while the group discussed the technique and his chance to atone. Meanwhile, Juzo Biwa and Fuguki Suikazan blamed each other for Kirigakure’s failed mission, and Hozuki Mangetsu gave Kisame Hoshigaki Samehada.

• Kakashi explained that he trusted Naruto more than Obito to avoid giving up, and Minato confirmed that Obito would survive losing the Tailed Beasts.
• Obito began forming seals to use Outer Path, Rinne Rebirth, and the footage stopped before he completed the technique.
• Nagato explained that Rinne Rebirth could revive the dead, including those in Impure World Reincarnation, but would consume the caster’s life force; Obito said he would accept that fate.
• Fuguki Suikazan accused Juzo Biwa of leaking Kirigakure’s confidential mission, and Juzo denied it as they argued over the failed attack on Konoha.
• Fuguki described a green-clad man kicking Jinin Akebino to death, while Kisame Hoshigaki suspected Hozuki Mangetsu had played a role in the incident.
• Hozuki Mangetsu summoned the Seven Ninja Swords and handed Samehada to Kisame Hoshigaki.

Hanzō prepared to ambush the Akatsuki while believing he had Konoha’s support, and a ranking revealed Nagato Uzumaki’s Kage-level power. As the ranking showed Hanzō’s betrayal unfolding, Yahiko recognized the danger and told Nagato to recall the Akatsuki’s guards.

• Kisame accepted Hozuki Mangetsu as his new boss, while Mangetsu said he suspected something was wrong with the Mizukage.
• Hanzō arranged an ambush for the Akatsuki with men posing as Konoha ninja, unaware that Danzo had contacted him under Konoha’s name.
• A ranking named Nagato Uzumaki among the Shinobi World’s top Kage-level fighters, prompting reactions from Nagato, Yahiko, Konan, Jiraiya, and others.
• The ranking revealed that Hanzō had abducted Konan to lure Yahiko and Nagato into a trap, shocking Yahiko.
• Yahiko suspected a conspiracy and ordered Nagato to recall the Akatsuki’s guards, while still hoping Hanzō would fear Konoha’s response.

Yahiko and Konan were caught in Hanzō’s trap, and Yahiko sacrificed himself to save them. Nagato awakened the power of the Rinnegan and summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, killing most of the attackers, but Hanzō escaped.

• Hanzō threatened Yahiko with Konan’s life and ordered Nagato to kill Yahiko with a Kunai.
• Yahiko lunged onto the Kunai to save Konan and urged Nagato to stay with her and live on.
• Hanzō ordered his ninja to attack Nagato, but Nagato deflected their Kunai and reached Konan and Yahiko.
• Hanzō’s Exploding Flame Formation badly injured Nagato as he carried Konan to Yahiko’s body.
• Nagato summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, whose Chakra dragon killed most of the ninja present.
• Hanzō escaped Nagato’s attack, and Nagato carved a deep slash across his Forehead Protector.

Hanzō revealed that Konoha had been involved in the operation against the Akatsuki, and Minato Namikaze and Shikaku Nara suspected Danzo had acted in the Third Hokage’s name. The footage showed Pain defeating and killing Utakata with ease, leaving Hotaru waiting for her master and making Hanzō fear Nagato’s growing power.

• Hanzō claimed Konoha had authorized his attack on the Akatsuki, but Hiruzen Sarutobi denied giving the order and Minato Namikaze suspected Danzo had acted under his authority.
• The footage explained that Nagato used the Rinnegan to make Yahiko the Deva Path and secretly control the reformed Akatsuki.
• Utakata went to meet the Kirigakure Anbu, found a bloodstained mask, and realized the Six Paths of Pain had killed them.
• Pain attacked Utakata with rockets and quickly defeated him while Hotaru waited nearby for her master.
• Utakata died while thinking of Hotaru, prompting Yahiko to criticize Nagato for leaving the girl waiting without knowing what happened.
• Hanzō worried that Nagato’s strength would soon make it impossible for him to turn the situation around.

Nagato and Obito began rebuilding the Akatsuki after Nagato killed Hanzō, and they recruited Kakuzu by defeating him in a fight. Kakuzu agreed to join because the organization would give him more chances to pursue valuable bounty targets.

• Pain killed Hanzō with Shinra Tensei, and Hanzō vowed to mobilize Amegakure against the Akatsuki.
• Obito emerged with Zetsu and asked Nagato to help rebuild the Akatsuki, while keeping himself out of its ranks for the time being.
• Obito chose Kakuzu as the Akatsuki's first recruit, and Zetsu led Nagato to find him.
• Nagato used Shinra Tensei to pin Kakuzu to the ground and declared that he had lost.
• Kakuzu agreed to join the Akatsuki because it would give him more opportunities to fight famous bounty targets.

Nagato sent the Six Paths of Pain and Konan to infiltrate Konoha and capture Naruto Uzumaki, planning a coordinated invasion. After discovering Konoha’s barrier, they launched the Animal Path over the village to summon the others inside.

• Deva Path Pain killed a Konoha scout and defeated the ninja who tried to stop him.
• Nagato divided the Paths of Pain and Konan into diversion and search groups for the attack on Konoha.
• Kakuzu and Sasori expressed interest in joining the Akatsuki, while Rasa criticized Sasori.
• Pain detected Konoha’s spherical barrier, and Nagato explained that Itachi knew how to pass it while he had another method.
• The Animal Path was launched over Konoha to summon the other Paths, and Itachi questioned whether he was also considered an Akatsuki member.

Pain and the other members of Akatsuki invaded Konoha, spreading destruction while searching for Naruto Uzumaki. As Sakura helped civilians and treated the injured, Tsunade ordered an emergency alarm and Naruto’s return.

• The Barrier Team detected an intruder, but Nagato summoned the other Pains, and Deva Path ordered them to scatter through Konoha.
• Asura Path attacked the marketplace with a rocket launcher, while the other Pains destroyed buildings, fought Konoha ninja, and searched for the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Danzo offered to handle the attackers, but Jiraiya urged Hiruzen to wait; the discussion also led Hiruzen to promote Might Duy to Special Jōnin.
• The Human Path read Konoha ninja’s memories for information about Naruto, while Sakura punched the giant centipede summon and then treated the injured.
• Iruka praised Sakura, and Tsunade recognized the intruders as Akatsuki and ordered an emergency alarm and Naruto’s return.