Chapter Summaries

Madara Uchiha defeated Shukaku while confronting Monk Bunpuku, whose calm belief in love and acceptance enraged him. Meanwhile, Tobirama Senju prepared the Impure World Array at the Executive Officer’s urgent request.

• Madara Uchiha mocked Bunpuku’s beliefs, then seized him and demanded to know how he would die.
• Shukaku broke Bunpuku free and tried to flee, but Madara Uchiha used Shinra Tensei to blast away its head.
• Bunpuku recognized that Madara Uchiha was using genjutsu, and Madara handed him to Black Zetsu to take back for later.
• Black Zetsu told Madara Uchiha that they had located the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, and Madara angrily destroyed a distant sand dune.
• At the Third Research Institute, Tobirama Senju reinforced the testing space before receiving an urgent order from the Executive Officer.
• Tobirama Senju gathered a Sealing Squad at the permanent Impure World Array to prepare for a summoning.

Tobirama Senju tested Impure World Reincarnation on Kinkaku and Ginkaku’s remains, reviving Kinkaku but failing to revive Ginkaku. Elsewhere, Madara Uchiha successfully revived Izuna, whose Mangekyō Sharingan opened within the array.

• Tobirama Senju revived Kinkaku with an improved Impure World Reincarnation and made him bang his head against a wall before sealing him.
• Tobirama Senju’s attempt to revive the other brother failed as the dust dispersed without attaching to the sacrifice.
• Madara Uchiha learned and modified Impure World Reincarnation, using White Zetsu sacrifices to revive powerful shinobi under his control.
• Madara Uchiha learned that Ginkaku had already been revived and sealed him in a coffin marked “Silver.”
• Madara Uchiha used a finger bone to revive Izuna without trapping him in an illusion, and Izuna opened his Mangekyō Sharingan.

Dana investigated the failed attempt to reincarnate Ginkaku and ordered checks for the Four-Tails and Five-Tails Jinchuriki, then received news of a Tailed Beast Bomb explosion near the Land of Iron and the Land of Fields. Izuna Uchiha had captured Roshi but was forced to fight the Four-Tails, and a bandaged man with the Rinnegan arrived, saying Madara's side was already finished.

• Dana concluded that someone had likely taken Ginkaku's soul first and ordered Cloud Peak Tower to investigate the Four-Tails, Five-Tails, and Six-Tails.
• Dana said farewell to Hanzo of the Salamander after the new Heavenly Transfer Base in Amegakure was completed.
• Cloud Peak Tower alerted Dana to a Tailed Beast Bomb explosion near the Land of Iron and the Land of Fields.
• Izuna Uchiha ambushed Roshi, wounded him, and trapped him in a genjutsu while attempting to take him away.
• The Four-Tails helped Roshi break free and unleash a Tailed Beast Bomb, which destroyed much of Izuna's body before it regenerated.
• A bandaged man with the Rinnegan arrived and told Izuna that Madara's side should already be finished, leaving Roshi stunned.

Yotsuki Dana arrived as Mu and Izuna Uchiha captured Roshi, then fought them while probing for Madara Uchiha. Madara appeared at the canyon, and Dana demanded to know whether Black Zetsu was nearby so he could capture them all.

• Izuna Uchiha and Mu defeated Roshi and prepared to take him to Madara Uchiha.
• Yotsuki Dana arrived through the Heavenly Transfer Technique, and Mu tried to escape with Izuna Uchiha and Roshi using Dustless Bewildering Cover.
• Dana detected the invisible group with his Pulse Mind's Eye, broke Mu's arm with a laser, and crushed Mu's hands when he attempted Dust Release: Primitive World.
• Izuna Uchiha attacked Dana with Fire Release, genjutsu, and his katana, but Dana evaded his techniques and outmatched him in speed.
• Madara Uchiha emerged from the canyon, and Dana asked whether Black Zetsu was nearby so he could capture them all.

Yotsuki Dana fought Madara Uchiha, Izuna Uchiha, and the Second Tsuchikage while trying to draw Black Zetsu out. As the three enemies summoned giant constructs to surround him, Black Zetsu remained hidden underground and considered abducting the unconscious Four-Tails Jinchuriki.

• Dana criticized Madara Uchiha's plans for eternal peace and revealed that he knew about the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Izuna Uchiha attacked Dana, who entered Sage Mode and fought him and Madara Uchiha while the Second Tsuchikage joined the battle.
• Madara Uchiha and Izuna Uchiha combined their Fire Release with the Second Tsuchikage's Wind Release, but Dana charged through the flames in Sage Lightning Armor.
• Madara Uchiha and Izuna Uchiha summoned Susanoo while the Second Tsuchikage raised a Rock Golem, surrounding Dana with three giant constructs.
• Black Zetsu hid three hundred meters underground, worried about Madara Uchiha's fight and considering taking the unconscious Four-Tails Jinchuriki.

Yotsuki Dana battled Madara Uchiha, Izuna Uchiha, and Mu while trying to draw out Black Zetsu. He pretended to be weakened, then sensed someone moving underground toward the unconscious Roshi.

• Yotsuki Dana used Sage Lightning to attack Izuna Uchiha’s Susanoo, then smashed the Kitsuchi giant and struck Mu with a lightning beam.
• Madara Uchiha struck Dana with his Susanoo greatswords, and Dana pretended to be badly injured to lure Black Zetsu into acting.
• Dana claimed his Takemikazuchi Bloodline weakened him every year on the fifth day of the fifth month, but Mu pointed out that it was already the seventh.
• Madara Uchiha and Izuna Uchiha questioned Dana’s excuse, while Dana sensed someone underground approaching Roshi and realized his bait had drawn them out.

Yotsuki Dana captured Black Zetsu while battling Madara Uchiha, then summoned Tobirama Senju, Hatake Sakumo, and Minato Namikaze to oppose him. Madara summoned Edo Tensei fighters in response as reinforcements approached, while Ōnoki witnessed the battle from afar and two unidentified attackers confronted the Third Kazekage.

• Yotsuki Dana activated the Sixth Gate of the Lightning Eight Gates, then plunged underground and seized Black Zetsu before Madara Uchiha could react.
• Dana bound Black Zetsu with Sage Lightning Chakra, survived Madara's attacks while using the captive as a shield, and summoned Tobirama Senju, Hatake Sakumo, and Minato Namikaze.
• Madara Uchiha ordered Mu to summon Hozuki Gengetsu, Shamon, Ginkaku, and Hashirama Senju, who revealed he was trapped under Madara's control.
• Dana taunted Madara as rainbow lights approached the battlefield, while Ōnoki watched from afar in fear.
• Two unidentified figures blocked the Third Kazekage in a desert and attacked with puppets and fireballs.

Sasori, Pakura, and Rasa confronted the Third Kazekage over his betrayal of Sunagakure, while Yotsuki Hui captured Utakata and received Black Zetsu's desperate call for help. Yotsuki Dana gathered the Cloud-Lightning Federation’s allies to face Madara Uchiha and charged into battle against his Perfect Susanoo.

• Sasori and Pakura challenged the Third Kazekage, and Rasa arrived to join their fight with his Gold Dust.
• Yotsuki Hui captured Utakata, then felt Black Zetsu's heart restriction activate and realized he was asking her to save him.
• Yotsuki Dana summoned fighters from across the Shinobi World, including the Third Raikage, Hanzo, Kagura Tachibana, Nagato, Might Duy, and Kushina.
• Hashirama Senju lamented that he could not join Dana's side, while Madara Uchiha faced the assembled Federation forces.
• Yotsuki Dana invoked Sage Lightning Technique: Thunder God and charged Madara's Perfect Susanoo as the Federation fighters shouted in support.

Yotsuki Dana and the allied forces battled Madara Uchiha’s Edo Tensei army while Tobirama Senju used Flying Thunder God to support the fighters. Dana then revealed thousands of Transport Pods assembled into a vast weapon, leaving the battle poised to begin against Madara’s complete-body Susanoo.

• Yotsuki Dana opened his Yin Seal and used his Thunder God form to hurl Madara Uchiha’s Susanoo down and crack its chest, while the Third Raikage and Minato Namikaze teamed up against Izuna Uchiha.
• Tobirama Senju teleported Yotsuki Ki into striking range of Mu, while Hatake Sakumo and Might Duy interrupted Hozuki Gengetsu’s attack and the other allied fighters battled the Edo Tensei forces.
• Kushina hesitated at the edge of the battlefield as the Nine-Tails urged her to stay back, but Nagato charged at Hashirama Senju and struck him until Hashirama broke free and trapped him in a Wood Human.
• Dana told Madara that he could not create a giant construct but that the Federation behind him was his Susanoo, as thousands of Transport Pods arrived from the horizon.
• Dana used magnetic control to gather the Transport Pods into a huge iron curtain and aimed their diamond-shaped forms at Madara’s Susanoo, naming the attack Magnetic Star.

Yotsuki Dana overwhelmed Madara Uchiha’s wood clones and Susanoo with a relentless torrent of Transport Pods, while the Federation’s forces sealed several reanimated Kage. The remaining fighters struggled against Hashirama Senju, whose overwhelming strength left them searching for a weakness as Dana’s return remained their best hope.

• Yotsuki Dana destroyed Madara Uchiha’s wood-clone Susanoo with Transport Pods, changing tactics after Madara’s attacks damaged his armor and scattered his fleet.
• Ōnoki watched the battle from the clouds and worried that Iwagakure had no future against Madara Uchiha or the Cloud-Lightning Federation.
• Hanzo of the Salamander and Karatachi Yagura defeated Ginkaku, while Tobirama Senju and their allies sealed the Second Tsuchikage and the Second Mizukage.
• The Third Raikage and Minato Namikaze pressured Uchiha Izuna, while nine fighters joined forces against Hashirama Senju.
• Hashirama Senju caught and returned two Tailed Beast Bombs, then drove back the attackers and rose above them on a Wood Dragon.
• Yotsuki Ki asked Tobirama Senju for Hashirama’s weaknesses, and Tobirama said Hashirama had none and advised waiting for Yotsuki Dana if he were at his peak.

Yotsuki Dana battled Madara Uchiha above the Land of Iron, where Madara summoned a meteor toward the capital and Dana struggled to keep it from crushing hundreds of thousands of civilians. As a second meteor forced Dana down, Ōnoki arrived and used his technique to help lift it.

• Yotsuki Dana and Madara Uchiha fought across the sky while Dana warned Madara that Black Zetsu had deceived him about the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Madara Uchiha summoned a mountain-sized meteor over the capital of the Land of Iron, sending civilians into a panic as Mifune watched in horror.
• Yotsuki Dana pushed against the meteor with his Transport Pods and opened the Seventh Gate, slowing its descent and forcing it upward.
• Madara Uchiha summoned a second meteor, which struck the first and overwhelmed Dana, pushing both toward the city below.
• Ōnoki flew to Dana and used Super Light-Weight Rock Technique to help raise the meteor.

Yotsuki Dana hurled the meteors beyond orbit, then returned to crush Madara Uchiha and free the Edo Tensei victims from his control. The Third Kazekage regained his mind and died after entrusting Sasori with becoming the Fourth Kazekage and leading Sunagakure into the Cloud-Lightning Federation.

• Yotsuki Dana and Ōnoki pushed the two meteors beyond orbit, and Dana thanked Ōnoki before diving back toward Madara Uchiha.
• Yotsuki Dana smashed Susanoo and repeatedly punched Madara Uchiha until his Edo Tensei body was reduced to shattered flesh.
• Hashirama Senju regained control after Madara Uchiha's defeat, apologized to the Federation allied forces, and set off with Tobirama Senju to find Yotsuki Dana.
• Sasori kept fighting the Third Kazekage while protecting the unconscious Pakura and Rasa, and the Third Kazekage recovered his memories and allowed Sasori to stab him.
• The dying Third Kazekage healed Sasori, named him the next Kazekage, and urged him to keep the truth of the genjutsu control from Sunagakure while joining the Federation.

Dana defeated Madara Uchiha and helped seal him and Black Zetsu, bringing the battle to an apparent end. Far away, Izuna Uchiha learned of his brother’s defeat and finally used his Mangekyō ability, Naobigami.

• Dana beat Madara Uchiha for several minutes, then restrained him with Thunder Drums while he recovered from the battle.
• Ōnoki arrived, and Dana told him they could discuss Iwagakure negotiations later.
• Yotsuki Ki, Blue B, and the others reached Dana and formed a protective circle around him.
• The Nine-Tails took control of Kushina and used her Adamantine Sealing Chains to bind Madara into a ball of earth, while Black Zetsu remained trapped.
• Izuna Uchiha fled into the deep sea, realized Madara would likely be sealed, and activated his Mangekyō Sharingan ability, Naobigami.

After Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu were sealed, Dana and the Federation prepared for a transformed Shinobi World while Sasori and Pakura survived their attempt to change Sunagakure. Jiraiya continued wandering the Land of Wind with Orochimaru, stopping in a canyon for reasons he did not explain.

• Dana used the Amber Purifying Pot to seal Black Zetsu, while the Sealing Squad secured Madara Uchiha, and he sent forces to search for the escaped Izuna Uchiha.
• Dana offered Ōnoki and Iwagakure a chance to change course, then led the group home after Hirohiko sent good news.
• Hirohiko's Bandit Group treated Sasori, Rasa, and Pakura, and Sasori told Pakura they had succeeded in their mission against the Third Kazekage.
• Pakura called Sasori a hero, and Sasori resolved to live as one.
• Dan Katō sensed a change as the Heavenly Transfer Bases fell silent, while Tsunade comforted him.
• Jiraiya walked through a canyon in the Land of Wind with Orochimaru and said he found the place incredible.

After recovering from the Seventh Gate’s damage with Spirit Rice, Dana resumed work and received Sasori’s peace delegation, keeping the Third Kazekage’s secret. A visitor then arrived claiming to be Yotsuki Hui, one of Madara’s subordinates, with a dowry for Dana.

• Jishi arranged comprehensive treatment for Dana and prescribed seventeenth-generation Spirit Rice to help repair his widespread internal injuries.
• Dana recovered within a week and increased Spirit Rice production to nourish Natsu, Satomi, and the Third Raikage.
• Iwagakure and Sunagakure ceased hostilities and sent envoys to negotiate peace with the Federation, including Sasori as the new Fourth Kazekage.
• Sasori told Dana that Madara Uchiha had controlled the Third Kazekage with genjutsu, and Dana promised to keep the matter confidential.
• Dana’s subordinate reported that Yotsuki Hui had arrived at Cloud Capital’s gates and said she had brought a dowry to find him.

Yotsuki Hui returned to Kumogakure, revealed that she considered herself Yotsuki Dana’s wife, and offered an extraordinary dowry. Three days later, she led the Cloud-Lightning Federation to Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu’s underground base, where they uncovered a trove of weapons, records, White Zetsu, and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

• Dana summoned Yotsuki Hui to Cloud Peak Tower, where she proved her identity with Wood Release and declared that her surname came from him.
• The Third Raikage arrived and was greeted by Yotsuki Hui as her father-in-law; she explained that a heart transplant had freed her from Black Zetsu’s seal.
• Dana agreed to examine Yotsuki Hui for any remaining seals, while the Third Raikage accepted her into the Yotsuki Clan and they discussed what she meant by dowry.
• Three days later, Yotsuki Hui led the Federation to the underground base and disclosed that she alone could command its tens of thousands of White Zetsu.
• Dana and the Third Raikage surveyed the base’s Sharingan, collected remains and records, Six-Tails Jinchuriki, White Zetsu, and Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and discussed recovering them.

The former Daimyo of the Land of Earth led fleeing Anti-Cloud Alliance nobles onto seven ships bound for a supposed new continent, while the Federation secretly arranged their deaths. Dana received confirmation that the ships sank and expected the Federation to gain control of most of the Shinobi Continent.

• The former Daimyo of the Land of Earth urged the Anti-Cloud Alliance nobles to flee the Shinobi Continent, but nearly one-third refused to board the seven ships.
• After the ships sailed, Rasa and the Sunagakure ninja surrounded the nobles who remained at the harbor and killed them on Dana’s orders.
• Dana learned that all seven ships had sunk and ordered the report sealed and anything valuable salvaged.
• Dana revealed that the Federation had manipulated the escape to gather and eliminate the nobles without drawing blame, clearing the way for its expansion.
• Dana looked toward Cloud Capital and considered unifying the Shinobi World a gift to himself for his twentieth year in this world.

Dana balanced family life with the Federation’s urgent effort to bring the newly conquered territories under effective administration. Facing a severe shortage of qualified staff, he planned to redeploy ninja from Kumogakure and Konohagakure, leaving the Federation’s reforms poised to reshape the ninja villages as well.

• Dana shared Spirit Rice with Natsu and his family before returning to Cloud Peak Tower to work.
• Federation officials assessed the difficulty of governing sixty-two medium and large cities, noting that many towns and villages remained outside effective control.
• Dana ordered teams sent to newly incorporated cities and summoned Minato Namikaze and Konohagakure’s two elders to meet him.
• Dana identified the Federation’s ninja-only staffing policy and its shortage of adult workers as major causes of the administrative backlog.
• Dana planned to transfer Kumogakure personnel to western cities and move Konohagakure ninja into key posts in the Land of Lightning.

The Federation’s leaders negotiated sweeping reforms that placed the major shinobi villages’ armed forces under centralized command and reshaped shinobi training and missions. The Shinobi Village Era ended, and the Shinobi World entered the Federal Era, though Dana Yotsuki noted that much work remained.

• The Third Raikage said Hanzo of the Salamander had accepted the Federation’s plan after being persuaded that unification was non-negotiable.
• The village Kage and elders spent a week negotiating three reforms: transferring command authority to the Federation, classifying shinobi by role, and consolidating mission offices while prohibiting illegal missions.
• The Third Raikage stepped down as Raikage and passed the position to Yotsuki Ki, who received the honorary title A.
• At a rooftop reception, Ōnoki reflected that the pressure of being left behind by changing times had driven Iwagakure to accept the reforms, while the Third Raikage comforted Hanzo and Dana Yotsuki discussed trade with Karatachi Yagura.
• Dana told Ōnoki they should strive together, then remarked that much remained to be done as the Federation’s reforms formally ushered in the Federal Era.

As the Federation continued to unify the Shinobi Continent, Natsu finally gave birth to Dana’s daughter after an unusually long pregnancy. The newborn inherited the Takemikazuchi Bloodline and displayed Ice Release, and Dana named her Yotsuki Mao; the chapter also noted that the Uchiha Clan’s leader had his eldest son that month.

• The Federation expanded its administration into major cities and freed village personnel to support further unification.
• After nearly eighteen months of pregnancy, Natsu went into labor in June of the 47th year of the Shinobi World.
• Natsu gave birth to a healthy girl, and the Third Raikage discovered the infant had inherited the Takemikazuchi Bloodline.
• The newborn’s body turned her father’s hand icy cold, and Natsu explained that her maternal grandmother had come from the Land of Water.
• Dana named his daughter Yotsuki Mao, and the Uchiha Clan’s leader welcomed his eldest son in the same month.