Chapter Summaries

Kitagawa Gen kept fighting Obito, Nagato, and Kimimaro while planning to leave the battle to a clone and raid Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s lair. Elsewhere, Tobirama Senju revealed that the Sage of Six Paths had schemed to prolong the world’s wars, leaving Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu stunned.

• Kitagawa Gen battered Obito, Nagato, and Kimimaro as they retreated toward the Land of Whirlpools, while they delayed releasing the Ten-Tails until everyone gathered.
• Obito considered extracting energy from Nagato and Kimimaro to complete his own evolution.
• Black Zetsu told Madara Uchiha that Naruto had discovered him searching the Hyuga Clan and that he had left the relic with Orochimaru’s pawn in Konoha.
• Naruto explained how he attacked Black Zetsu in the Hyuga Clan, and Minato Namikaze and the others suspected the clan possessed a relic.
• Madara Uchiha defended his plan to create peace, but Tobirama Senju argued that the Sage of Six Paths had orchestrated the cycle of war, shocking Madara and Black Zetsu.

Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha concluded that the Sage of Six Paths had allowed a thousand years of conflict to prepare the Shinobi World to face the Ōtsutsuki, leaving Black Zetsu fearing he had helped Hagoromo’s plan. Madara attacked the others, while Kitagawa Gen located the hidden Ten-Tails belonging to Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.

• Tobirama Senju argued that the Sage of Six Paths could have stopped Indra and Asura’s conflict but had allowed it to continue for a reason.
• Hashirama Senju explained that the thousand-year war had tempered the Shinobi World’s strength and will for the coming Ōtsutsuki threat, and Madara Uchiha began to accept the explanation.
• Black Zetsu feared his efforts to deepen the feud between Indra and Asura had served Hagoromo’s plans, and resolved to keep his mother sealed away.
• Madara Uchiha declared he would test the others, and his Susanoo attacked as the six Hokage began fighting.
• Kitagawa Gen sensed through space and found the hidden Ten-Tails belonging to Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.

Kitagawa Gen entered Isshiki’s sealed space to seize the Ten-Tails and discovered Otsutsuki Shibai’s remains, which he wanted as fuel for his God Ascension Stairway. Outside, Isshiki realized Genshiki had broken into Amenominaka, prompting the Otsutsuki to suspect their clan had concealed the truth about the God Ascension Stairway.

• Kitagawa Gen used the Karma he had extracted from Isshiki to open a path into Isshiki’s sealed space, while Kaguya watched.
• Kitagawa Gen declared Isshiki’s Ten-Tails his own, then wounded it with a golden sword and clashed with its Tailed Beast Ball.
• Kitagawa Gen sensed Otsutsuki Shibai’s remains deep within the space and identified them as nourishment for his God Ascension Stairway.
• Kitagawa Gen covered the Ten-Tails in golden light and began weakening it so he could feed it to his Divine Tree.
• Isshiki realized Otsutsuki Genshiki had broken into Amenominaka, and Momoshiki and Urashiki recognized that Genshiki might have condensed Kekkei Mōra.
• Isshiki, Momoshiki, and Urashiki suspected the Otsutsuki clan had hidden information about the God Ascension Stairway and turned their attention toward the clan grounds.

Kitagawa Gen defeated Isshiki’s Ten-Tails and absorbed it into his Amenominaka, while Kaguya grew convinced that Hagoromo had planned for her to become a sacrifice in Kitagawa Gen’s God Ascension Stairway. As the Ten-Tails’ power fed into Kitagawa Gen’s Divine Tree Clone, his aura surged before the watching fighters, leaving Obito, Nagato, and Kimimaro to wonder whether he had reached the endpoint of evolution.

• Kitagawa Gen crippled the Ten-Tails with his Eye Technique and opened a spatial gate to absorb it into his Amenominaka.
• Kaguya speculated that Hagoromo and his sons had arranged events so she would become a sacrifice for Kitagawa Gen’s God Ascension Stairway.
• Kitagawa Gen’s Divine Tree Source devoured the Ten-Tails, and he told Kaguya he planned to seek Otsutsuki Shibai’s remains next.
• Isshiki, Urashiki, and Momoshiki suspected Kitagawa Gen wanted the Ten-Tails and Shibai’s remains, while fretting that he might use them for his God Ascension Stairway.
• The Ten-Tails’ power fed into Kitagawa Gen’s Divine Tree Clone, whose aura swelled as trees erupted and Truth-Seeking Orbs formed behind him.
• Kitagawa Gen unleashed a vast surge of Chakra that knocked Obito, Nagato, and Kimimaro down, and they wondered if he had reached the endpoint of evolution.

The battle among the revived Kage and the Allied forces was interrupted when an immense wave of Chakra swept across the Shinobi World. Kitagawa Gen traced the disturbance to its source and found Otsutsuki Shibai, leaving him poised to reach the sleeping figure.

• Deidara and the Second Tsuchikage exchanged Dust Release attacks while Mei Terumi and the Second Mizukage clashed nearby.
• Gaara confronted Rasa, revealed that he knew the truth about his mother Karura and Yashamaru, and refused to forgive his father.
• Hashirama Senju, Naruto, Sasuke, Tobirama Senju, and Minato Namikaze fought Madara Uchiha until an immense surge of Chakra swept across the battlefield.
• The Chakra disturbance spread across the Shinobi World, prompting fighters and leaders, including Tsunade and Jiraiya, to head toward the Land of Whirlpools as White Zetsu and Impure World Reincarnations withdrew.
• Kitagawa Gen learned that the Divine Tree Clone had spread the Chakra fluctuations and located Otsutsuki Shibai asleep beyond a spatial node.

The Great Toad Sage recognized the emerging Chakra as the Ten-Tails and prepared Mount Myōboku to join the gathering war, while the Sage of Six Paths and Hamura decided to enter the Shinobi World. Kitagawa Gen moved Otsutsuki Shibai’s remains into his Amenominaka, leaving Kaguya terrified as his Divine Tree Source neared its next stage.

• The Great Toad Sage told the gathered toads that the Ten-Tails had appeared and ordered them to prepare to set out when Jiraiya summoned them.
• The Sage of Six Paths and Hamura discussed the powerful Ten-Tails and decided to go to the Shinobi World, with Hamura also wanting to address Indra and Asura’s reincarnations.
• Kaguya saw Kitagawa Gen trying to take Otsutsuki Shibai’s remains and warned him about the godlike being.
• Kitagawa Gen transferred Otsutsuki Shibai’s remains into his Amenominaka, arguing that Isshiki had also used the remains and that he needed them to advance.
• Kitagawa Gen saw his Divine Tree Source return to its giant-tree form and noted that its flower bud had begun opening as the outside world assembled.

Kitagawa Gen’s power surged to a level approaching the Otsutsuki as the fighting drew the Ninja Allied Forces and Madara Uchiha’s forces to the coastline of the Land of Whirlpools. With both armies assembled, Madara Uchiha revealed a stolen clan relic and asked the battlefield whether they wanted to know the truth of the ninja world.

• Kitagawa Gen overwhelmed Obito, Nagato, and Kimimaro with his transformed power while the Otsutsuki discussed their progress toward controlling their vessels and their shared enemy, Otsutsuki Genshiki.
• As the earth trembled and the sky darkened, the Ninja Allied Forces, led by Jiraiya, Tsunade, and others, converged on the coastline of the Land of Whirlpools.
• Naruto and Madara Uchiha arrived with support as the allied forces gathered, and Madara Uchiha found Obito, Nagato, and Kimimaro marked by powerful chakra.
• Madara Uchiha revealed that Orochimaru had found the important item, then Orochimaru and the White Zetsu appeared alongside the approaching Impure World Reincarnation army.
• Madara Uchiha displayed a piece of bark stolen from the Senju clan and asked everyone whether they wanted to know the real truth of the ninja world.

Madara Uchiha revealed that the Uchiha, Senju, and Hyuga clans descended from the Sage of Six Paths and his younger brother, then read a relic that portrayed the Sage as having engineered centuries of war to prepare the ninja world for the Otsutsuki. The battlefield was left stunned by the revelation, while the unseen Sage of Six Paths protested that he had never done such a thing.

• Madara Uchiha announced that the Uchiha and Senju descended from the Sage of Six Paths' sons, Indra and Asura, and Kitagawa Gen confirmed it.
• Madara Uchiha revealed that the Hyuga Clan descended from the Sage of Six Paths' younger brother and that its relic held information about confronting the Otsutsuki.
• Madara Uchiha raised the Hyuga relic and read that the Sage of Six Paths and his younger brother had fought Otsutsuki Kaguya, while Black Zetsu realized the relic's contents had been changed.
• Madara Uchiha read that the Sage of Six Paths had deliberately set Indra and Asura against each other to unleash conflict across the ninja world and strengthen it against the Otsutsuki.
• Madara Uchiha explained that the Sage had accepted countless deaths to ensure the world's survival, leaving Nagato, Obito Uchiha, and the assembled ninjas shaken.
• The unseen Sage of Six Paths shouted that he had not caused the wars.

The Shinobi World interpreted the Sage of Six Paths’s past actions as ruthless plans to preserve the world, while Madara Uchiha revealed that the Hyuga Clan and Kitagawa Gen were tied to Hamura’s arrangements and a prophecy. Madara then hinted that the Eye of the Moon might save all living beings, prompting Black Zetsu and the Sage of Six Paths to realize the plan could threaten Kaguya.

• Tobirama Senju and several others argued that the Sage of Six Paths had caused wars and created the Pure Land to protect the world, while Kitagawa Gen objected to their accusations.
• Madara Uchiha said Hamura had arranged for the Hyuga Clan to come to the Shinobi World and had sent Kitagawa Gen there with a prophecy about a nature-powered, evolving boy who could save the world.
• The Hyuga Clan reacted with excitement and confusion at Kitagawa Gen’s connection to their origins, while Jiraiya wondered whether Gen was also the Child of Prophecy he had sought.
• Madara Uchiha said the Eye of the Moon might contain a secret that could save all living beings in a crisis, and Black Zetsu shouted that the claim was fake.
• Black Zetsu realized he might have been manipulated into helping Hagoromo use Kaguya as Otsutsuki Genshiki’s God Ascension Stairway, and the Sage of Six Paths appeared to reach the same conclusion.

Black Zetsu reacted fiercely to the prospect of Kaguya being released, while Madara Uchiha, Nagato, and Obito interpreted the war as part of the Sage of Six Paths' plan and resumed fighting. As Kitagawa Gen and Kaguya prepared to return, Kaguya wondered whether Kitagawa Gen was the son of Otsutsuki Shibai.

• Black Zetsu panicked at the thought of Kaguya being released and tried to keep her seal intact, prompting Madara Uchiha to grow suspicious of him.
• Madara Uchiha, Nagato, and Obito concluded that the Sage of Six Paths had intended the war to strengthen the world against the Otsutsuki, and they restarted the battle.
• Momoshiki and Urashiki suspected that Isshiki had fabricated the Sage of Six Paths and engineered the Shinobi World's thousand-year war, while Isshiki told them their Karma was nearly thawed.
• Kitagawa Gen told Kaguya that Black Zetsu had reacted strongly to her possible release, and they prepared to return as the Otsutsuki's Karma thawed and his Ten-Tails neared its breakout.
• Kaguya wondered who had bestowed the power that created Kitagawa Gen and feared that he might be the son of Otsutsuki Shibai.

As the Shinobi World’s forces fought under the moonlight, Madara Uchiha rejected Hashirama Senju’s plea to unite against the Otsutsuki, while Kitagawa Gen confronted Obito Uchiha. Black Zetsu then moved to use Nagato to revive Madara and make him the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.

• Hidan charged at Guy, while Sasori and Chiyo confronted Hatake Sakumo, and Naruto and Sasuke spotted Zabuza and Haku among the reinforcements.
• Madara Uchiha fought Hashirama Senju and insisted he would finish cooperating with the Sage of Six Paths before creating peace himself.
• Minato Namikaze and Kakashi confronted Obito, who blamed Minato for failing to recognize and stop him; Kitagawa Gen mocked Obito and knocked him into the ground.
• Momoshiki and Urashiki suspected that Isshiki had caused Genshiki’s transformation and resolved to find a chance to kill him.
• Black Zetsu decided to lower Madara’s suspicions by helping revive him, then moved toward Nagato to begin the plan.

Hamura urged the Sage of Six Paths to intervene as the Shinobi World descended into chaos, but the Sage delayed until the final battle. Meanwhile, Black Zetsu seized control of Nagato and revealed how he had manipulated Nagato’s life to resurrect Madara, only for Nagato’s power to overwhelm him and something else to emerge.

• Hamura pointed out that the Sage of Six Paths’s reputation had collapsed and urged him to help the embattled Shinobi World.
• The Sage said he would wait to grant Sasuke and Naruto power until they had been tested further and the Otsutsuki appeared.
• Black Zetsu covered Nagato in dark Chakra and took control of him while Kitagawa Gen watched without intervening.
• Black Zetsu revealed that Madara’s Rinnegan had been transplanted into Nagato and that he had manipulated Nagato’s life to make him revive Madara Uchiha.
• Nagato begged Kitagawa Gen to kill him, but Kitagawa said Black Zetsu had already waited too long to act.
• Nagato’s power surged, he seized Black Zetsu, and a horn grew from his forehead as he thanked Black Zetsu for helping him emerge.

Kitagawa Gen revealed that Otsutsuki had manipulated Obito and Nagato as vessels, shattering Obito’s faith in Rin and his pursuit of peace. As Obito and Momoshiki fought, the Ten-Tails emerged, leaving the battlefield facing a new threat.

• Kitagawa Gen explained that Nagato and Obito were vessels for Otsutsuki, and Momoshiki taunted Obito about the false Rin who had guided him.
• Obito rejected the truth and charged Momoshiki, who struck him back and fought him across the battlefield.
• The fighters and onlookers mistook the clash for Akatsuki infighting, while Madara Uchiha wondered whether Nagato had discovered his plans or Obito wanted his Rinnegan.
• Kitagawa Gen told Tobirama Senju and Minato Namikaze that combat and severe injury accelerated the Otsutsuki’s release, and that a firm will might resist being replaced.
• A huge roar shook the battlefield, and the Ten-Tails appeared with its ten tails and opened Rinnegan.

Nagato resisted Momoshiki’s attempt to erase his will as the Ten-Tails emerged and terrified the battlefield. Otsutsuki Genshiki descended in a pillar of moonlight, confronting Momoshiki and addressing the possessed Nagato and Obito as Otsutsuki.

• Nagato fought Momoshiki’s erosion of his identity, while Momoshiki and the others realized the Ten-Tails’ appearance could bring Otsutsuki Genshiki.
• The Ten-Tails emerged from the dust, its Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan filling the shinobi with fear and halting the fighting.
• Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju headed toward the Ten-Tails, while Naruto entered his consciousness space and heard the Nine-Tails warn that even greater threats were coming.
• A vast chakra descended in moonlight, and the Ten-Tails trembled as Otsutsuki Genshiki appeared above the battlefield.
• Otsutsuki Genshiki greeted Momoshiki and noted the absence of Isshiki and Urashiki, then called the possessed Nagato and Obito “Otsutsuki Nagato” and “Otsutsuki Obito.”

Kitagawa Gen revealed that Obito, Nagato, and Kimimaro were being possessed by Otsutsuki, then dismissed Momoshiki as too weak to challenge him. Tobirama Senju's plan sent the others to confront Genshiki while Kitagawa Gen dealt with the possessed, but Gen instead faced the four who charged him and warned them that they were like ants challenging an elephant.

• Kitagawa Gen explained that Obito, Nagato, and Kimimaro had lost control of their bodies to Otsutsuki, while their wills continued to resist.
• Kitagawa Gen taunted Momoshiki, blasted him away when he charged, and headed toward the Ten-Tails.
• Tobirama Senju proposed that he, Hashirama Senju, Minato Namikaze, and Madara Uchiha confront Genshiki while Kitagawa Gen killed the possessed Otsutsuki.
• The four allies charged Genshiki, and Kitagawa Gen realized they had mistaken him for the enemy and had become the first challengers he faced.
• Kitagawa Gen descended to meet them and warned that their struggle would be like ants trying to topple an elephant.

As the war spread across the battlefield, Jiraiya and Tsunade prepared the ninja forces to fight the Ten-Tails while Sasuke stayed with Naruto. Kitagawa Gen easily turned the four reincarnated shinobi’s coordinated attacks against one another, but Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju emerged from the flames inside an armored wooden golem to continue the fight.

• Hamura questioned why the Sage of Six Paths was still waiting, and the Sage said Asura needed to reconcile with the Tailed Beasts before he intervened.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade learned that the Great Toad Sage was preparing to come in person and resolved to use the reincarnated shinobi and ninja army to seal the Ten-Tails.
• Sasuke stayed beside Naruto after noticing that Naruto’s condition and Nine-Tails Chakra seemed to be changing.
• Hashirama Senju, Madara Uchiha, Tobirama Senju, and Minato Namikaze surrounded Kitagawa Gen, but he altered space so their attacks struck one another.
• Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju combined their attacks against Kitagawa Gen, but he absorbed Madara’s flames and sent a massive Chakra fireball back at them.
• Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju appeared inside a blue-armored wooden golem amid the flames, and Kitagawa Gen wondered what to call it.

Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju joined forces against Kitagawa Gen, but their attacks failed to overcome his power. As Tobirama Senju and Minato Namikaze launched a new assault and Hashirama formed an armored True Several Thousand Hands, Kitagawa Gen turned his attention to Obito, Kimimaro, and Nagato.

• Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju charged Kitagawa Gen with the Armored Susanoo Wood Golem, but Ape Rock smashed through their defenses and sent them flying.
• Tobirama Senju and Minato Namikaze coordinated a concealed spatial attack, while Hashirama Senju entered Sage Mode.
• Madara Uchiha used Super Banshō Ten'in to hold Kitagawa Gen and Ape Rock in place as Tobirama Senju attacked with Mutual Exploding Tag.
• Hashirama Senju summoned True Several Thousand Hands, and Madara Uchiha covered the giant Buddha in Susanoo armor.
• Kitagawa Gen said he would send Obito, Kimimaro, and Nagato ahead first.

Kitagawa Gen overwhelmed Obito, Kimimaro, and Momoshiki-controlled Nagato, pinning them down with Truth-Seeking Orb rods as he prepared to force the next stage of his plan. Naruto awakened amid the spreading battle, ready to act as Kitagawa Gen handed the rest over to others.

• Kitagawa Gen explained that he planned to use the three Otsutsuki-affected opponents against Otsutsuki Genshiki and investigate the Hyuga Bookmark, then attacked Obito, Kimimaro, and Nagato.
• Momoshiki-controlled Nagato used Shinra Tensei against Kitagawa Gen, but Kitagawa Gen overpowered him and sent him crashing across the battlefield.
• Kimimaro formed a bone dragon from his shattered bones, but Kitagawa Gen sliced it apart and pressed his attack until Obito intervened with Susanoo.
• Obito, Kimimaro, and Momoshiki-controlled Nagato launched a counterattack, but Kitagawa Gen resisted their combined techniques and unleashed a Chakra storm across the battlefield.
• Sasuke sensed new information in his mind as Naruto awakened in golden light and looked toward the fighting, ready to act.
• Kitagawa Gen pinned Obito, Kimimaro, and Nagato with Black Rods transformed from Truth-Seeking Orbs, then said the rest was up to others as Black Zetsu regained the ability to move.

Naruto accepted Kurama’s chakra as the ninja forces mobilized to deal with the Ten-Tails and the remaining White Zetsu. As Black Zetsu acted through Nagato and the Karma bearers began changing, Kitagawa Gen realized the Otsutsuki era had begun.

• Naruto told Kurama he no longer blamed him and promised to ask Gen to let him live freely; Kurama agreed to share more chakra.
• Sasuke explained that they had to assist the First Hokage against Otsutsuki Genshiki while the ninja forces tried to seal the Ten-Tails.
• Deidara tried to persuade the Second Tsuchikage and Second Mizukage to fight, but they refused and told him to handle his own mission.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya confronted Orochimaru, who said he would wait to see what power belonged to the Otsutsuki.
• Urashiki and Isshiki decided to accelerate their takeover of their Karma bearers so they could face Genshiki, while Black Zetsu began forcing Nagato to transfer his Rinnegan and affect the Ten-Tails.
• Nagato, Obito, and Kimimaro showed signs of Otsutsuki transformation, and Kitagawa Gen recognized that their era had arrived.

Kitagawa Gen overwhelmed Otsutsuki Genshiki’s opponents while Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha were resurrected and joined the battle. After Kitagawa Gen defeated Naruto, Sasuke, Tobirama Senju, Minato Namikaze, and Hashirama Senju, Madara moved to absorb the Ten-Tails, prompting the Sage of Six Paths to prepare to appear.

• Nagato collapsed after casting Rinne Rebirth, while Isshiki and Urashiki took control of Obito and Kimimaro and attacked Kitagawa Gen’s Divine Tree Clone.
• Kitagawa Gen defeated Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha’s Susanoo-clad Great Buddha with the Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack and Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.
• Naruto, Sasuke, Tobirama Senju, and Minato Namikaze joined Hashirama Senju against Kitagawa Gen, but he rapidly defeated them.
• Madara Uchiha headed to the battered Ten-Tails to become its Jinchuriki while Black Zetsu watched in despair.
• The Sage of Six Paths told Hamura that Kitagawa Gen had protected the fallen with Yang Release and decided to appear and offer everyone who died in battle a chance.