Chapter Summaries

After Akihara Kagura departed, Konoha dealt with Nagato’s last days and prepared for a war against Kagura, while Madara Uchiha set out to reclaim his other Rinnegan and confront him. At the Valley of the End, Kagura stayed behind to fish and began arranging his next scheme as Madara and the Root ninja headed toward Obito Uchiha.

• Akihara Kagura taunted Madara Uchiha, then left with Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and Minato Namikaze using Flying Thunder God.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya warned Madara Uchiha about Kagura’s strength, but Madara welcomed the prospect of fighting a stronger opponent and learned that Obito Uchiha and the Nine-Tails were nearby.
• Madara Uchiha sealed the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path with Planetary Devastation, took Nagato’s Rinnegan, and left to find Kagura.
• Nagato agreed to let Orochimaru revive him after his death, while Tsunade ordered Konoha to rally the ninja world, hunt Root defectors, and declare Kagura an SSS-rank rogue ninja.
• Second Pillar led Root ninja toward Obito Uchiha as Madara also headed there; at the Valley of the End, Kagura asked Karin to fetch Torune and Kaede while he waited for a fish.

Akihara Kagura awakened the Rinnegan ability Limited Space Sealing and dictated a fabricated history linking the Hyuga Clan, the Sage of Six Paths, and the origins of the Sharingan. He planned to have a Hyuga read the secret so Black Zetsu would accept his eyes as part of the world’s history and stop suspecting his identity.

• Akihara Kagura awakened Limited Space Sealing and enclosed himself, Oil Ninja Torune, Karin, and Yamanaka Fu in a barrier.
• Akihara Kagura ordered Oil Ninja Torune to record a fabricated account claiming the Hyuga descended from Hamura Otsutsuki and had long sought to defeat the Senju and Uchiha.
• Akihara Kagura’s story claimed a Hyuga ancestor conspired with an Uchiha younger brother, who stole his elder brother’s eyes and awakened Eternal Dojutsu Power.
• Oil Ninja Torune, Karin, and Yamanaka Fu were shocked by the account, and Torune asked whether Akihara Kagura was an Uchiha.
• Akihara Kagura took the inscribed toothpick and planned to have Neji Hyuga or Hinata Hyuga read it, hoping the tale would prevent Black Zetsu from suspecting his identity.

Akihara Kagura discussed a hidden Hyuga relic with Black Zetsu while Kakashi Hatake’s team fought Obito Uchiha, who tried to capture Naruto Uzumaki and expose Kagura as his longtime spy. A Root ninja rescued Naruto, then angrily berated Obito, leaving his connection to Kagura unresolved in front of Kakashi and the others.

• Akihara Kagura showed Black Zetsu a hollow wooden relic that supposedly required the Byakugan to decipher and suggested it might contain secrets about the Ten-Tails.
• Kakashi Hatake used his Mangekyō Sharingan to send Naruto Uzumaki’s Rasengan into Kamui and strike Obito Uchiha, while Yamato blocked Obito’s amplified Fire Style with Wood Style.
• Obito Uchiha attempted to seize Naruto Uzumaki, then used him as leverage while claiming Akihara Kagura had joined him and served as his spy in Konoha.
• Kakashi Hatake and the other Konoha ninja doubted Obito’s claims, but Kakashi grew uneasy as Obito described Kagura’s role in their plans and Konoha’s failures to find the Akatsuki.
• Obito Uchiha tried to pull Naruto Uzumaki into Kamui, but a Root ninja appeared, rescued Naruto, and angrily called Obito an idiot.

Second Pillar confronted Obito Uchiha, who revealed the truth behind the Uchiha massacre, before Madara Uchiha arrived and subdued the Nine-Tails. Madara told Obito that Akihara Kagura had resurrected him and that the Moon Eye Plan had been canceled.

• Second Pillar dismissed the Konoha Ninja and challenged Obito Uchiha, who claimed Itachi had massacred the Uchiha Clan in a deal with the Konoha Higher-ups.
• Madara Uchiha appeared, confirmed part of Obito's account, and triggered the Nine-Tails' rampage when Naruto Uzumaki saw him.
• Madara subdued the Nine-Tails with his Sharingan, calming Naruto Uzumaki and alarming the Konoha Ninja.
• Obito questioned how Madara had been resurrected and asked whether Nagato was dead, while Madara blamed Akihara Kagura for his return.
• Madara told Obito that Akihara Kagura had canceled the Moon Eye Plan.

Obito Uchiha learned that Madara Uchiha had canceled the Moon Eye Plan and attacked him, but Madara subdued him and revealed the plan had been exposed. When Akihara Kagura arrived, Konoha’s shinobi learned he had been branded a rogue ninja, while Shikamaru Nara inferred that Kagura and Black Zetsu were behind a new, more dangerous conspiracy.

• Obito Uchiha refused to accept the Moon Eye Plan’s cancellation and lunged for Madara Uchiha’s eyes, but Madara triggered the seal in his heart and forced him to the ground.
• Madara Uchiha told Obito Uchiha that the Moon Eye Plan and Infinite Tsukuyomi were a false conspiracy exposed by Akihara Kagura, then warned Kakashi Hatake that Kagura’s plan to destroy the ninja world had begun.
• ANBU ordered Team 3, Team 7, Team 8, and Team 10 back to Konoha and announced that Akihara Kagura had defected and been named an SSS-rank rogue ninja, leaving Naruto Uzumaki, Kakashi Hatake, and the Root shinobi stunned.
• Akihara Kagura arrived with Black Zetsu, blocked Madara Uchiha’s attack, and asked to read the message left by the Hyuga Clan’s relic before the fight continued.
• Shikamaru Nara deduced that Black Zetsu had abandoned Madara Uchiha and joined Akihara Kagura in a more terrifying plan, and an ANBU ninja declared Kagura the culprit behind the conspiracies.

The gathered Konoha ninjas learned that Akihara Kagura had plotted to destroy the ninja world and create a new one, while Obito Uchiha discovered that the Infinite Tsukuyomi was a lie and that Madara Uchiha had engineered Rin Nohara’s death. Hinata Hyuga read a hidden Hyuga Clan record that claimed the Sage of Six Paths had once carried out a plan resembling Kagura’s.

• Obito Uchiha learned that Black Zetsu had deceived him about the Infinite Tsukuyomi and charged at Naruto Uzumaki before Black Zetsu revealed that Madara Uchiha had orchestrated Rin Nohara’s death.
• Madara Uchiha restrained Obito Uchiha, who begged Kakashi Hatake to take his eye and avenge Rin, but Kakashi obeyed Konoha’s orders not to attack Madara.
• Akihara Kagura confessed that he planned to use the Ten-Tails to kill every ninja and create a new world, then admitted he had manipulated Obito and the Akatsuki Organization to further his plans.
• Akihara Kagura gave Hinata Hyuga a hidden Hyuga Clan record to read and required Neji Hyuga to verify it, threatening both if their accounts differed.
• Hinata Hyuga read that Hagoromo Otsutsuki had used the Ten-Tails to kill the ninja world and create a new era, then identified him as the Sage of Six Paths.

Hinata Hyuga read a wooden tag that exposed the Hyuga Clan’s origins and a secret about an Uchiha who awakened Eternal Dojutsu Power. Shikamaru Nara realized the Uchiha in the record was connected to Akihara Kagura, who admitted that his ancestors inherited the Uchiha’s Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.

• Hinata Hyuga read that the Hyuga Clan descended from Hamura Otsutsuki and had secretly studied the Uchiha and Senju chakra inheritances.
• The wooden tag described how a Hyuga elder’s descendants allied with an Uchiha, who stole his brother’s eyes and awakened Eternal Dojutsu Power before turning against his allies.
• Akihara Kagura tried to stop Hinata from reading the final passage, but Madara Uchiha blocked him and Naruto Uzumaki urged Hinata to continue.
• Shikamaru Nara deduced that the Uchiha who inherited the wooden tag was Akihara Kagura’s ancestor, and Kagura confirmed the connection.
• Akihara Kagura explained that his family had passed down the only pair of Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, which he could still use.

Akihara Kagura revealed that he was an Uchiha descendant whose family had preserved the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan for generations, then prepared to leave and pursue his plan to destroy and recreate the ninja world. Sasuke learned that Itachi had massacred the clan to save him, awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan as the other surviving Uchiha chose to follow Kagura, and Madara attacked Black Zetsu after it mocked him.

• Akihara Kagura revealed his Uchiha lineage and explained how his ancestors had preserved their Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan while concealing the family’s history.
• Akihara Kagura said he had learned from the Hyuga Clan’s records that the Sage of Six Paths had once destroyed and recreated the world, and he prepared to leave with Black Zetsu.
• Akihara Kagura restrained Naruto Uzumaki when Naruto tried to stop him, but Sasuke cut the vines and demanded the truth about Itachi’s massacre.
• Akihara Kagura confirmed that Itachi had killed the Uchiha Clan in a deal with Konoha’s leaders to spare Sasuke, then expelled Sasuke from Root.
• The surviving Uchiha Root ninja chose to follow Akihara Kagura instead of returning to Konoha, and Sasuke awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan in grief.
• Black Zetsu mocked Madara Uchiha for losing his clan’s loyalty, and Madara lunged at it in anger.

Akihara Kagura revealed that he had awakened the Rinnegan after risking his life to obtain and transplant Hashirama's cells, and explained how he had manipulated Konoha and Orochimaru to reach that goal. Madara Uchiha challenged him to a fight, and Akihara Kagura accepted as the battle began.

• Madara Uchiha attacked Black Zetsu, but Akihara Kagura blocked him and refused to hand Black Zetsu over.
• Madara Uchiha awakened his Rinnegan and sent four Limbo clones after Akihara Kagura, who revealed his own six-tomoe Rinnegan and saw the clones.
• Akihara Kagura explained that his Sage Body had accelerated his Rinnegan's awakening after he risked death seeking Hashirama's cells through the Konoha Orphanage and Orochimaru's experiments.
• Akihara Kagura revealed that he had used Kabuto Yakushi and Yakushi Nonō as tools and had begun his larger plan only after awakening the Rinnegan and confirming his strength.
• Madara Uchiha welcomed Akihara Kagura as a worthy opponent, seized an Anbu ninja's blade, and charged at him as Akihara Kagura took a blade from a Root ninja.

Madara Uchiha and Akihara Kagura fought through taijutsu and powerful Fire Style before Madara escalated the battle with Perfect Susanoo. Kagura answered by revealing his own white Perfect Susanoo, setting the stage for their real clash.

• Madara Uchiha and Akihara Kagura traded sword strikes and taijutsu, then matched each other with Great Fire Annihilation.
• As the Konoha ninjas watched, Second Pillar struggled with what to do about his former Root comrades, while Kakashi Hatake said Kagura was the central threat.
• Madara Uchiha used his second-form Susanoo, but Kagura shattered its sword with a punch and blocked its Yasaka Magatama with Earth Flow Wall.
• Madara Uchiha entered Perfect Susanoo and cut through Kagura's Earth Flow Wall and a nearby hill with a single slash.
• Akihara Kagura revealed his own white Perfect Susanoo, towering over the battlefield with silver-white armor and a glowing katana.

Kakashi Hatake and the others withdrew to watch as Madara Uchiha and Akihara Kagura battled with their Perfect Susanoo. After Madara gained the upper hand and urged Kagura to develop his power, Kagura entered Sage Mode and revealed an armored wooden golem fused with Susanoo.

• Kakashi Hatake ordered most of the Konoha ninjas to return while he, Might Guy, Neji Hyuga, and Second Pillar stayed to observe the battle.
• Karin led the Root ninjas away, while Naruto Uzumaki vowed to bring Akihara Kagura back to Konoha despite Shikamaru Nara's doubts.
• Tobirama Senju learned Akihara Kagura belonged to the Uchiha Clan and blamed the Uchiha for his schemes as Hashirama Senju focused on the coming fight.
• Madara Uchiha and Akihara Kagura clashed with their Perfect Susanoo, and Madara used his six-armed Susanoo to restrain Kagura and knock his white Susanoo down.
• Madara Uchiha explained that Kagura lacked experience developing Susanoo, and Kagura responded by entering Sage Mode and manifesting Sage Art: Armored Wood Golem: Susanoo.

Akihara Kagura overwhelmed Madara Uchiha’s Susanoo with his Susanoo Armored Wood Golem and Dust Release, but Madara trapped him with Chibaku Tensei. Kagura broke free, and the two prepared to begin a final fight with their Rinnegan powers.

• Akihara Kagura’s Susanoo Armored Wood Golem defeated Madara Uchiha’s Perfect Susanoo in their clash and destroyed Madara’s Wood Style: Flowering Forest with Sage Art: Dust Release: Severing Boundary.
• Madara Uchiha summoned two meteorites and used Chibaku Tensei to seal Akihara Kagura and his Wood Golem inside a massive stone sphere.
• Tobirama Senju stopped Karin from rushing to rescue Kagura, while Black Zetsu and White Zetsu Awei wondered whether Kagura could escape the seal.
• Akihara Kagura broke out of Chibaku Tensei and descended toward Madara, who summoned his four Limbo shadows.
• Akihara Kagura used Wind Release to bring a dark cloud over the battlefield, then asked Madara whether he had prepared an escape route before their final battle.

Akihara Kagura overwhelmed Madara Uchiha by countering his Limbo clones and trapping him with the Shadow Imitation Technique. After destroying Madara’s remaining clones, Kagura told him to start running.

• Madara Uchiha sent all four Limbo clones to attack Akihara Kagura, who dodged their assault and blocked Madara’s fire techniques with a Lava Wall.
• Akihara Kagura hurled a Lava Release: Rasenshuriken, destroying one Limbo clone and forcing Madara to withdraw it to recover.
• Madara Uchiha attacked with three Limbo clones, but Akihara used the Flying Thunder God Technique to evade his fireballs and appear beside him.
• Akihara Kagura immobilized Madara Uchiha with the Shadow Imitation Technique, then destroyed another Limbo clone when Madara switched places with it.
• Akihara Kagura used Sage Art: Lightning Style: Chidori and Sage Art: Dust Style: Rasengan to destroy Madara’s last two Limbo clones.
• Akihara Kagura told Madara Uchiha that he could start running.

Akihara Kagura defeated Madara Uchiha and revealed that his Limit Izanami could rewrite reality, leaving Madara to plot a comeback. Kagura then questioned Black Zetsu about the ancient past, while Madara began considering how to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and counter Kagura's ability.

• Akihara Kagura told Madara Uchiha that his Limit Izanami could reverse any unfavorable situation for ten minutes, at the cost of three hours of blindness.
• Akihara Kagura explained that an ancestor of their Uchiha branch had derived Izanagi from Limit Izanami and secretly introduced it into the clan, but Uchiha Yagiri's Izanami had stopped the resulting catastrophe.
• Madara Uchiha considered becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and secretly sought a way to gain power before Kagura could stop him.
• Akihara Kagura prevented Madara from attacking Black Zetsu and asked it to explain the Sage of Six Paths, Kaguya, and the world's ancient history.
• Black Zetsu claimed that Kaguya had created the world and that the Sage of Six Paths had stolen it, then agreed to tell Kagura the hidden secrets.
• Madara Uchiha watched Kagura and Black Zetsu leave and resolved to find a way to exploit Limit Izanami's blindness cooldown.

After Akihara Kagura left, Madara Uchiha gathered Obito Uchiha and Second Pillar around a plan to oppose him, while Obito chose to sacrifice himself to revive the Impure World Reincarnation summons. Madara returned to Konoha to prepare Second Pillar’s Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, but discovered that Kagura had taken the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

• Madara Uchiha stopped Obito Uchiha’s ambush by activating the curse mark in his heart, then urged Second Pillar to awaken his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and join the fight against Akihara Kagura.
• Kakashi Hatake agreed that Second Pillar would train under Madara Uchiha, while Madara insisted Obito stay behind and use the Rebirth Technique to revive the people Kagura had summoned.
• Obito Uchiha gave his Kamui Mangekyō Sharingan to Kakashi Hatake and accepted that using the Rebirth Technique would cost his life, hoping to revive Minato Namikaze and atone for his past.
• Madara Uchiha, Second Pillar, and Obito returned toward Konoha, where Madara planned to transplant Uchiha Itachi’s eyes into Second Pillar.
• Madara Uchiha found the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path missing from its seal and failed to summon it, concluding that Akihara Kagura had taken control of it.

Tsunade and Konoha’s leaders learned that Akihara Kagura was an Uchiha with the Rinnegan who had manipulated events for years and defected to destroy and remake the world. Shikaku briefed Konoha’s Jonin on the enemy’s forces and Kagura’s overwhelming abilities, leaving them to face a threat capable of destroying Konoha with many of his powers.

• Kakashi told Tsunade and Shikaku that Akihara Kagura came from the Uchiha Clan, possessed the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and Rinnegan, and had used ancient records to advance his plans.
• Konoha’s leaders compared the Senju, Uchiha, and Hyuga historical accounts, and Shikaku proposed that each relic had been left to target a dangerous figure.
• Tsunade summoned Hyuga Hiashi, who revealed that he knew nothing about the clan’s ancient records, while Shikaku suspected Kagura had deliberately exposed the relics.
• Tsunade called the Jonin together, and Shikaku identified Black Zetsu, Kagura, Root’s Uchiha, and Edo Tensei users as enemies Konoha might face.
• Shikaku described Kagura’s history, vast ninjutsu knowledge, and Sharingan, Wood Release, Rinnegan, Dust Release, and Lava Release, while Kakashi confirmed that several of his attacks could destroy Konoha.

Tsunade and Konoha’s Jonin prepared for war against Akihara Kagura, while Kagura sought to draw the entire ninja world into the conflict. At the Valley of the End, Black Zetsu spun Kagura a fabricated account of Kaguya’s past, but Kagura challenged a contradiction in the tale.

• Shikaku Nara and Tsunade warned Konoha’s Jonin that Kagura’s powers made him nearly impossible to defeat, and Tsunade ordered the village to prepare for war and convene a Five Kage Summit.
• Might Guy urged the Jonin to fight with resolve, while Shikaku described the threat posed by Kagura’s resurrected Hokage and elite Root ninja.
• Kagura considered how to involve more of the ninja world in the war, while Black Zetsu looked for a way to test whether Kagura was being manipulated.
• At the Valley of the End, Black Zetsu told Kagura a story claiming that Kaguya had compassionately shared chakra, been sealed by her children, and left Black Zetsu to guide the world toward a savior.
• Kagura questioned Black Zetsu’s claim that the Sage of Six Paths had replaced the true history on the Uchiha stone tablet, asking whether the Senju Clan’s tree-bark record had been the original version.

Akihara Kagura revealed to Black Zetsu that he had fabricated the Senju Clan’s tree bark to manipulate him and Madara Uchiha, then convinced Black Zetsu that the Sage of Six Paths might still be able to intervene when Kaguya was revived. Black Zetsu agreed to support Kagura’s plan to destroy and remake the world, while the Sage of Six Paths’ chakra still did not appear.

• Black Zetsu invented an explanation that the Sage of Six Paths had altered the Senju Clan’s tree bark, but Akihara Kagura admitted he had fabricated its history himself.
• Akihara Kagura said he had changed the records to turn Madara Uchiha against Black Zetsu and described the original bark as a contingency plan left by the Sage of Six Paths.
• Akihara Kagura warned Black Zetsu that the Sage of Six Paths might still exist and could seal Kaguya after her resurrection, frightening Black Zetsu.
• Akihara Kagura proposed reviving the Ten-Tails and gathering the ninja world’s chakra before dealing with whatever followed, and Black Zetsu agreed to support him.
• Black Zetsu accepted Akihara Kagura as a servant of Kaguya, triggering his new Mental Fusion ability, while the Sage of Six Paths’ chakra remained absent.

Akihara Kagura planned to cultivate White Zetsu and use the Five Kage Summit he had helped arrange to gather the ninja world’s shinobi and chakra. At the summit in Amegakure, the Kage demanded concessions from Konoha, while Tsunade rejected their excessive demands and argued over who was responsible for Akihara Kagura.

• Akihara Kagura told Black Zetsu they needed an army and enough chakra, and proposed cultivating White Zetsu for combat or Impure World Reincarnation sacrifices.
• Akihara Kagura revealed that he had proposed uniting the ninja world, and Black Zetsu realized the Five Kage Summit was part of his scheme.
• Hanzo of the Salamander hosted the Five Kage Summit in Amegakure, where Gaara, Ōnoki, Mei Terumi, Ai, and Tsunade took their seats with guards present.
• Gaara, Mei Terumi, Ai, and Ōnoki demanded that Konoha return techniques, pay compensation, cancel agreements, or cede territory.
• Tsunade offered to return Konoha’s past gains after Akihara Kagura was stopped, rejected the other demands, and blamed the Kage for failing to kill him earlier.
• Tsunade said Ōnoki had taught Akihara Kagura Dust Release, and Ōnoki protested that he had taught him a fake version.

At the Five Kage Summit, Tsunade revealed that Akihara Kagura had defeated Madara Uchiha and was targeting Kumogakure’s Eight-Tails. The summit was thrown into crisis when Kitsuchi reported that Akihara had conquered Iwagakure, stolen its secret techniques, and amassed a vast White Zetsu army.

• Ōnoki reacted with alarm when Tsunade said Akihara Kagura had defeated Madara Uchiha, while the other Kage accepted that they needed to unite against him.
• Tsunade warned A that Akihara’s next target was Kumogakure’s Eight-Tails, prompting A to order Killer B hidden.
• Kitsuchi arrived at the summit and told Ōnoki that Akihara had conquered Iwagakure and plundered its secret techniques.
• Akihara Kagura revealed that tens of thousands of White Zetsu had overwhelmed Iwagakure, drained its ninjas’ chakra, and seized its technique repository.
• Akihara used the Ultra-Light-Weight Rock Technique to send Kitsuchi to report Iwagakure’s fall at the Five Kage Summit.
• Tsunade and Ōnoki warned the gathered Kage that Akihara had acquired the Five Great Nations’ techniques and that they would need a large army to oppose him and the White Zetsu.