Chapter Summaries

At the Five Kage meeting, Hiruzen Sarutobi argued that the nations should unite against the masked man claiming to be Madara Uchiha, while the Kage arranged guards for the Rinnegan. The real masked man appeared, evaded their attacks, and introduced himself as Madara Uchiha.

• Kitsuchi opposed giving the Rinnegan to Kumogakure, and Hiruzen Sarutobi had Mifune place it under the watch of guards from the Kage's parties.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told the Kage that Madara Uchiha had been alive twenty years earlier but that the current claimant was likely someone he had chosen.
• Gaara asked about the claimant, and Hiruzen Sarutobi said he had caused the Nine-Tails' Attack on Konoha, killing the Fourth Hokage and his wife.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi urged the nations to unite against the man secretly causing trouble across the Shinobi World.
• A masked man appeared beside the Rinnegan, knocked down Ao and Baki, evaded the guards and Shisui, and declared himself Madara Uchiha to the Five Kage.

Obito revealed that he had revived dead shinobi with Impure World Reincarnation and declared war on the Five Great Nations, demanding the remaining Tailed Beasts for his Eye of the Moon Plan. He vanished after threatening the assembled leaders, leaving Sawada Hagoromo to discover that the reincarnation ritual had used people from the Land of Iron.

• Obito introduced himself as Madara Uchiha, and the Third Raikage broke the Fourth Raikage’s arm before Sawada Hagoromo drove him out of the meeting hall.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi identified Impure World Reincarnation, and Obito admitted that he had found Orochimaru near death.
• Obito declared the Fourth Shinobi World War and demanded either that the leaders kill him or surrender the remaining Tailed Beasts.
• Reanimated shinobi, including Kushimaru Kuriarare, Suikazan Fuguki, and Pakura, entered the hall as Obito explained his plan to place the world in a peaceful Genjutsu.
• Sawada Hagoromo mocked Obito’s dream, while Mei Terumi and Kitsuchi condemned his plan to control everyone.
• Obito disappeared with the reanimated shinobi after threatening the Five Kage and Hagoromo, and Hagoromo found Land of Iron people inside the discarded reincarnation bodies.

After Madara Uchiha declared war and took the Rinnegan, the Five Great Nations and the Land of Iron formed the Allied Shinobi Forces under Hiruzen Sarutobi’s command. The villages began mobilizing for war, while Tsunade and Jiraiya received the news in Konoha.

• Raikage A ordered a search for the attacker, but Hagoromo stopped him from blaming Orochimaru and warned him to focus on Madara’s declaration of war and the stolen Rinnegan.
• Mifune announced that the Land of Iron would abandon neutrality, and Gaara said Sunagakure would join the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Hiruzen, Mei, and Kitsuchi agreed to the alliance, and Raikage A gave Kumogakure’s consent after asking who would command it.
• Gaara, Mei, and Kitsuchi supported Hiruzen as commander, and Raikage A accepted the decision to make him leader of the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Hiruzen ordered the nations to mobilize, share intelligence, and decide whether their Jinchūriki would fight; Naruto Uzumaki and Gaara volunteered to take part.
• Mifune agreed to notify the daimyō, the villages issued their highest-level mobilization orders, and Tsunade and Jiraiya learned that the Fourth Shinobi World War had begun.

After learning that the Fourth Shinobi World War had begun, Naruto and the others went to train while they awaited their assignments. At an underground base, Obito summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and began extracting Three-Tails’ chakra as he declared his plan to unleash a hundred thousand White Zetsu.

• Shikamaru told Naruto and the others that the Fourth Shinobi World War had been announced, and the group discussed the danger and their resolve to fight.
• Sasuke suggested training, and Shikamaru offered to devise tactics as they headed to the training ground together.
• Obito brought a Rinnegan to Orochimaru, then implanted it in his own empty socket while Black Zetsu watched.
• Obito summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path beneath the underground base and used it to begin extracting Three-Tails’ chakra.
• Obito declared that a hundred thousand White Zetsu would begin his plan to plunge the Shinobi World into a nightmare.

Obito's forces mobilized one hundred thousand White Zetsu, and Orochimaru negotiated to receive five hundred as Impure World Reincarnation materials. The Allied Shinobi Forces detected the underground army and prepared a rapid-response mission led by Hagoromo, with Jiraiya and Ōnoki joining him.

• Obito and Black Zetsu directed White Zetsu to control the hundred thousand beings emerging from beneath the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Orochimaru proposed using the White Zetsu as Impure World Reincarnation materials, and Obito agreed to provide five hundred.
• Black Zetsu told Obito that Madara Uchiha was their real backup plan and would be revived through Impure World Reincarnation.
• The Detection unit reported the White Zetsu advancing underground, and Shikaku and Mabui advised the Kage to send mobile assault teams to redirect them.
• Hagoromo volunteered to lead the interception, Hiruzen Sarutobi arranged for Jiraiya to join him, and Ōnoki arrived to take part.

Obito redirected the White Zetsu army to confront the Allied Shinobi Forces head-on, while Hagoromo, Jiraiya, and Ōnoki returned to headquarters with news of the enemy's vast numbers. The alliance prepared for the decisive war, and Hagoromo planned to use it to unite the Five Great Nations and establish his students as the Shinobi World's future leaders.

• Obito ordered the White Zetsu army to meet Hagoromo, Jiraiya, and Ōnoki head-on after learning they were guiding it toward a chosen location.
• Hagoromo, Jiraiya, and Ōnoki returned to headquarters after the White Zetsu army changed course, and Hagoromo reported that their mission had succeeded.
• Tsunade caught Jiraiya ogling Samui and Mabui and punched him away.
• Ōnoki warned the Five Kage that the White Zetsu army numbered at least as many as they had sensed, despite the Allied Shinobi Forces having only a little over eighty thousand troops.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi urged the alliance to fight for the Shinobi World's survival, and the leaders learned that the daimyō would prioritize supplies for the front lines.
• Hagoromo resolved to use the war to unite the Five Great Nations and prepare Naruto, Sasuke, and his other students to guide the Shinobi World.

Naruto and his companions reached the Allied Shinobi Forces’ assembly point, where Hagoromo explained that Naruto was a target and assigned the group a role in the coming war. After sending the others away to prepare, Hagoromo began a private discussion with Naruto and the Tailed Beasts in his Sealing Space.

• Naruto and his companions traveled with Konoha’s forces into the Land of Iron and saw the allied armies gathering.
• Kakashi directed the group to Hagoromo, who told them that their enemy planned to target the Jinchūriki and had already captured four Tailed Beasts, or five including Naruto.
• Hagoromo said Naruto would join the front lines after his matter was settled, and that his other students would become the allied army’s spearheads.
• Naruto and his companions agreed to follow Hagoromo’s plan, and he promised to prepare life-saving measures for them.
• Hagoromo sent the other students away and told Naruto it was time to speak with Kurama, who bickered with Shukaku in the Sealing Space.

Hagoromo brought Naruto and the Tailed Beasts together to undo Naruto’s seal and unite against Madara Uchiha. Kushina appeared through Minato’s contingency, restrained Kurama, and was stunned when Naruto called her Mom.

• Hagoromo entered the Sealing Space and encouraged Naruto and the Tailed Beasts to form a bond through fist bumps.
• Hagoromo revealed Minato Namikaze’s seal key and warned that the masked man calling himself Madara Uchiha had appeared.
• Naruto and Kurama agreed to fight Madara together as Hagoromo began undoing the seal.
• Kushina appeared and bound Kurama with Adamantine Sealing Chains, mistaking his argument with Hagoromo for an attempt to influence Naruto.
• Naruto embraced Kushina and called her Mom, calming her as she wondered whether the encounter was a Genjutsu.

Kushina reunited with Naruto inside the Sealing Space and learned how Minato had sacrificed his remaining Chakra to protect their son. After thanking Hagoromo for raising Naruto, she questioned whether Naruto was ready for Hagoromo to undo his seal.

• Kushina loosened the chains restraining the Nine-Tails and took Naruto aside to talk.
• Kushina hugged Naruto, and he told her that Minato's remaining Chakra had dissipated after helping him deal with a danger inside him.
• Kushina reassured Naruto that Minato had done the right thing by giving everything for his child, easing Naruto's lingering regret.
• Naruto told Kushina that Hagoromo had raised and cared for him, and Kushina thanked Hagoromo with a deep bow.
• Kushina worried that undoing Naruto's seal was too risky because he was not yet twelve, so Hagoromo asked Naruto to show her his strength.

Hagoromo freed the Nine-Tails from Naruto’s seal and told Naruto to synchronize with him while Kushina learned about their situation. He then began a procedure to draw out the reincarnated Chakra within Sasuke, hoping to reveal whether Sasuke could wield Mangekyō-level power without awakening the Mangekyō.

• Naruto showed Kushina his pure Chakra, and she loosened the Adamantine Sealing Chains around the Nine-Tails.
• Naruto undid the Eight Trigrams Sealing Style, releasing the Nine-Tails from his cage, and Hagoromo told him to get in sync with the beast.
• Hagoromo left Naruto and Kushina to talk, placed a formula in their room, and went to meet Sasuke.
• Hagoromo explained that Indra’s Chakra had reincarnated within Sasuke and might change his Sharingan when drawn out.
• Sasuke agreed to the procedure, and Hagoromo began covering the room with a formula while considering whether Sasuke could use Mangekyō abilities without awakening the Mangekyō.

Hagoromo explained that the Uchiha Clan’s Mangekyō Sharingan was a distorted accommodation of its diluted bloodline, and proposed restoring Sasuke’s power through Indra’s Chakra instead. Sasuke accepted the plan, and Hagoromo began sealing the Chakra within him.

• Sasuke called the Mangekyō and Eternal Mangekyō methods of awakening absurd, and Hagoromo explained that the Uchiha Clan’s stone tablet had been altered.
• Hagoromo revealed that Indra had used Mangekyō abilities with Three-Tomoe Sharingan and described the Uchiha Clan’s Mangekyō as a bloodline change that caused blindness.
• Hagoromo explained that Sasuke’s purple potion had strengthened his Sharingan rather than awakening his Mangekyō, and proposed drawing out Indra’s Chakra and sealing it in stages.
• Sasuke agreed to Hagoromo’s plan, and Hagoromo promised to seal some of his own Yin Release Chakra in Sasuke as well.
• Hagoromo pressed a hand to Sasuke’s forehead and sent Yin Release Chakra into his spiritual space, where he found Indra’s purple Chakra waiting.
• Hagoromo began the assimilation, and violent Chakra waves erupted from both of them before the seal immediately suppressed them.

Hagoromo removed and sealed part of Indra’s Chakra in Sasuke, helping him awaken a stronger Sharingan and manifest Susanoo. Sasuke rejected the ancestral memories and claimed the power as his own, while Hagoromo Otsutsuki noticed that both Indra’s and Asura’s Chakra had disappeared and that the great war was coming early.

• Hagoromo drew the stubborn Chakra into his Heart-Illuminating Realm and used Yang God Binding and formations to divide and seal it inside Sasuke.
• Hagoromo opened Sasuke’s Gate of Death, causing Sasuke’s Sharingan to transform as memories from his bloodline flooded his mind.
• Sasuke rejected the memories of the progenitor, declaring that he was only Sasuke Uchiha, and his Chakra settled.
• Sasuke awakened a sharper Sharingan and manifested a purplish-black Susanoo, while Hagoromo explained that only the first seal had opened a crack.
• After Hagoromo left, Sasuke prepared to test his new power, while Hagoromo Otsutsuki sensed that Indra’s and Asura’s Chakra had vanished and realized the great war was approaching earlier than expected.

Obito and Black Zetsu struggled to locate the Jinchūriki, then acted on a sudden lead while the Allied Shinobi Forces prepared for the Impure World Reincarnation army. On Turtle Island, Hagoromo anticipated Obito’s arrival as Naruto appeared to succeed in his training.

• Black Zetsu told Obito that his spores had finally found the Jinchūriki, though he suspected the lead was suspicious and Sawada Hagoromo had hidden them.
• Obito left Black Zetsu to occupy the Allied Shinobi Forces and went after the Jinchūriki with figures from the shadows.
• Black Zetsu ordered Orochimaru to summon Madara, but Orochimaru refused to do so before the battlefield and agreed instead to send out the Impure World Reincarnation army.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered the Allied Shinobi Forces to seal anyone revived by Impure World Reincarnation, while the Kage trusted Hagoromo to protect the Jinchūriki on Turtle Island.
• Hagoromo told Hinata that someone would soon come to Turtle Island, then recognized Naruto’s Chakra surge as a sign that Naruto had succeeded.

Naruto achieved Nine-Tails Chakra Mode after connecting with Kurama, earning Hagoromo Otsutsuki’s Blessing and a mission for Hagoromo to guide his disciples toward mastering their power. Hagoromo prepared to train his disciples after the war and suggested that Neji expand the Hyuga Clan’s reach to the moon.

• Naruto reached Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, and Hagoromo received the perfect reward of Hagoromo Otsutsuki’s Blessing along with the Teacher in Pursuit of Truth mission.
• Sasuke challenged Naruto to a fight, and Hagoromo created a Genjutsu domain where they could battle while only three minutes passed outside.
• Hagoromo gave his disciples seeds suited to their constitutions, then asked Neji about his bloodline’s progress and encouraged him to make the most of it.
• Neji said he wanted to visit the Main Family after the war, and Hagoromo agreed that Neji should face that obstacle himself.
• Hagoromo suggested that Neji claim what was on the moon and expand the Hyuga Clan there, since their future enemies would come from the universe.

Hagoromo prepared Neji to reform the Hyuga clan’s Caged Bird Seal while Naruto and Sasuke grew stronger. Obito attacked to seize the Jinchūriki, but Hagoromo overwhelmed him and demonstrated a new Senjutsu technique.

• Hagoromo proposed making the Caged Bird Seal a voluntary protective measure and warned Neji to remove the clan’s corruption completely.
• Naruto and Sasuke emerged after training, and Hagoromo advised them to control their growing power.
• Obito appeared and demanded that Hagoromo hand over the Jinchūriki, but Naruto attacked him before he could reach them.
• Obito summoned Shū, Pakura, Yugito Nii, Utakata, Karatachi Yagura and Hozuki Gengetsu with Impure World Reincarnation, and Sasuke, Naruto and Neji engaged them.
• Hagoromo blocked Obito’s attempt to slip past him, kicked him away, and asked why he had not called Madara Uchiha.
• Obito attacked Hagoromo with Fire Release: Blast Wave Wild Dance, but Hagoromo deflected it with a Chakra tail and revealed he could summon a phantom image of Sansan using Senjutsu.

Hagoromo and Naruto forced Obito to retreat after Naruto sealed the reincarnated ninja, and Obito promised to settle things on the main battlefield. As reincarnated enemies appeared across the Allied Shinobi Forces’ divisions, the Kage and other leaders set out to reinforce them.

• Hagoromo dismissed Obito’s challenge, while Naruto revealed that he had captured the reincarnated ninja Obito brought to Turtle Island.
• Obito withdrew after declaring that he and Hagoromo would settle things on the main battlefield.
• Shikaku reported that Hagoromo’s sensory barrier had helped the First and Second Divisions detect hidden White Zetsu and limit losses.
• Mabui relayed that Madara Uchiha had appeared on Turtle Island and withdrawn after his reincarnated ninja were sealed.
• Reports arrived that reincarnated ninja had attacked all four divisions, prompting Mei Terumi, Kitsuchi, Jiraiya, Raikage A, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Tsunade to prepare to reinforce them.
• Raikage A used the Heavenly Transfer Technique to travel to the First Division.

Hagoromo waited for the rescued Jinchūriki to emerge, then organized a counterattack against the Impure World Reincarnation forces. He sent the group toward their assigned battlefields, leaving Shikamaru and the others to follow shortly.

• Gaara emerged from the cave first, followed by Roshi and Han, after their Tailed Beasts received messages from their clones inside Naruto.
• Gyuki revealed that Naruto had become a Perfect Jinchūriki and that Hagoromo’s strength was approaching that of the Sage of Six Paths.
• Hagoromo released Hinata and the others, explained the state of the war, and assigned the Jinchūriki to support the allied forces on different battlefields.
• Killer B volunteered to join his brother, while Gaara and Naruto chose to head to the Third Division’s battlefield.
• Hagoromo used his Chakra tail to launch Killer B, Roshi, and Han toward their destinations, then Naruto took Neji and Sasuke ahead.

Hagoromo’s allies arrived on the battlefields with greatly increased power, turning the tide against the resurrected enemies. The chapter ended as Jiraiya entered Sage Mode and prepared to attack Akatsuki with Gamabunta and the honored sages.

• Hinata told Hagoromo that she and the others had absorbed the Chakra seeds and felt much stronger, so Hagoromo transported them away.
• Roshi landed among the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, used Flower-Fruit Mountain to overwhelm them, and helped the Sealing Squad seal them.
• Killer B arrived at the First Division and joined Fourth Raikage A in attacking Kinkaku and Ginkaku with Double Lariat.
• Ōnoki used Dust Release against Kisame and called out to Jiraiya as his Chakra ran low.
• Jiraiya entered Sage Mode atop Gamabunta and began Super Sage Art: Goemon with the honored sages.

Han used the Five-Tails’ power to suppress Hiruko and Shinnō, then told Jiraiya and Ōnoki that the final battle was beginning. At the Third Division’s battlefield, Naruto, Sasuke, and Neji attacked the reincarnated Kage, and Naruto was wounded by the Third Raikage as Neji faced Mu’s Dust Release.

• Han interrupted Hiruko’s preparations, drove back Shinnō, and announced that the final battle was about to begin.
• Jiraiya and Ōnoki ordered the Allied Shinobi Forces to launch an all-out assault.
• Naruto and Sasuke entered Sage Mode, Neji revealed his strange eyes, and the three attacked the reincarnated Kage at the Third Division’s position.
• Naruto engaged the Third Raikage while Neji pulled Mu toward him and struck with Gentle Xuan Strike Flow.
• Mu trapped Neji in Dust Release, and the Third Raikage struck Naruto with Four-Finger Nukite, wounding his shoulder.

Naruto, Sasuke, and Neji fought the Third Raikage, Rasa, and the Second Tsuchikage, showing the power of Hagoromo’s training. As the allied forces watched, Kitsuchi worried that a victorious war would leave the Four Great Nations facing a Konoha filled with geniuses.

• Naruto took Gyuki’s warning seriously and stopped the Third Raikage’s Three-Finger Nukite with Yang Release Armament.
• Naruto struck the Third Raikage and sent him crashing through rocks.
• Sasuke countered Rasa’s Gold Dust with Majestic Destroyer Flame and Chidori: Lightning Storm Flow.
• Neji evaded the Second Tsuchikage’s Dust Release and slammed him into the ground with his Gentle Spiral Strike Style and Moving Mountains.
• A Konoha Ninja identified the three fighters as Hagoromo’s disciples, and Kitsuchi wondered whether the allied forces could stand against Konoha’s future strength.