Chapter Summaries

At the Five Kage meeting in Amegakure, the leaders agreed to form a Ninja Alliance against Akihara Kagura, who then appeared and fought them with their own techniques. He revealed that he had come to urge them to unite, because he did not want his final memory of the old era to be them killing one another as the world ended.

• Tsunade warned the Kage that Akihara Kagura was accelerating his plan to destroy the world, and said Madara Uchiha would help protect Konoha's Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• The Kage agreed to form a Ninja Alliance, share intelligence, and return to their villages to mobilize their forces.
• Akihara Kagura entered the conference room through the shadows and calmly exchanged remarks with Jiraiya and Orochimaru.
• The Fourth Raikage attacked Akihara Kagura, and Ōnoki, Mei Terumi, and Gaara joined the fight, but Akihara Kagura countered them with their villages' techniques and controlled Kankuro with chakra threads.
• Tsunade demanded to know why Akihara Kagura had come, and he said he wanted the nations to unite rather than slaughter one another as the world ended.

At the Five Kage Summit, Akihara Kagura defeated the Fourth Raikage with Kumogakure’s One-Finger Nukite and announced war on the entire ninja world. He left the leaders to spread his declaration, while Jiraiya feared Kagura was trying to force the shinobi world to unite—or gain the power to remake it.

• Akihara Kagura pierced the Fourth Raikage’s chest with One-Finger Nukite, and Tsunade treated the wounded Raikage.
• Hanzo of the Salamander offered to sacrifice himself by sealing the conference room and releasing his poison, but Tsunade warned that Kagura’s Space-Time Ninjutsu would defeat the plan.
• Akihara Kagura declared war on every ninja and promised the old era one final chance to unite and fight for peace.
• Jiraiya recalled Kagura’s earlier discussion about uniting the ninja world against a common threat and realized Kagura might be using himself to test that idea.
• Akihara Kagura sank into the shadows and ordered the assembled leaders to announce that the final Ninja War had begun.

The Five Kage formed the Ninja Alliance to oppose Akihara Kagura and chose Hanzo of the Salamander as its Supreme Commander. They established the Alliance headquarters in Kumogakure and prepared to coordinate with Madara Uchiha, protect the Tailed Beasts, and face Kagura’s coming attack.

• Tsunade ordered the Five Kage to form the Ninja Alliance and spread Akihara Kagura’s declaration of war throughout the shinobi world.
• Hanzo of the Salamander argued that Tsunade should command the Alliance, while Gaara and Mei Terumi warned that her appointment could deter other villages from joining.
• Tsunade and the other Kage proposed Hanzo as Supreme Commander, and he accepted after they persuaded him that his reputation and neutrality made him suitable.
• Hanzo proposed using himself as bait to lure Akihara Kagura’s forces into an ambush, and Tsunade then raised plans to contact Madara Uchiha and protect Naruto Uzumaki and Killer B.
• The Five Kage established the Alliance headquarters in Kumogakure and agreed to set aside past grudges and unite against Akihara Kagura.

The shinobi world gathered its forces in Kumogakure to prepare for Akihara Kagura’s attack, while Madara Uchiha trained Second Pillar and learned the enemy’s army numbered around one hundred thousand. As the alliance assigned its units, Kakashi Hatake discovered that his old foe Zabuza Momochi would serve under his command.

• Zabuza Momochi and Haku decided to join the fight, and they encountered Hozuki Suigetsu and Jūgo gathering in Amegakure.
• Madara Uchiha trained Second Pillar, whose fourth-form Susanoo still fell short of Madara’s Perfect Susanoo.
• Tsunade told Madara Uchiha that Akihara Kagura’s army of roughly one hundred thousand White Zetsu would attack the Ninja Alliance headquarters in Kumogakure, and Madara agreed to bring Second Pillar and Obito Uchiha.
• Hanzo of the Salamander helped unite the shinobi world, bringing roughly one hundred thousand people together for the war effort.
• Sakura Haruno distributed medical supplies to Zabuza Momochi, Haku, Hozuki Suigetsu, and Jūgo, then realized Zabuza had been assigned to the Third Unit.
• Kakashi Hatake was shocked to find Zabuza Momochi among his subordinates, and Zabuza complained about serving under him.

The Ninja Alliance prepared its forces to face Akihihara Kagura, while Kabuto Yakushi stayed with the medical unit to protect Yakushi Nonō. As Hanzo of the Salamander addressed the gathered shinobi, Madara Uchiha attacked the tower with Susanoo, leaving the Alliance’s unity under immediate threat.

• Kabuto Yakushi refused Orochimaru’s offer to join an Impure World Reincarnation unit and remained in the medical unit with Yakushi Nonō.
• Shikaku Nara outlined the Alliance’s battlefield deployments and proposed a special unit to confront Akihara Kagura, which Tsunade, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, Ōnoki, Hanzo of the Salamander, and the other Kage agreed to join.
• Hanzo of the Salamander addressed the gathered Alliance shinobi and urged them to set aside their hatred and fight together for peace.
• Madara Uchiha arrived with Second Pillar and Obito Uchiha and ordered Second Pillar to fire an arrow at Hanzo of the Salamander.
• When Second Pillar hesitated, Madara Uchiha summoned Susanoo and hurled a glowing Yasaka Magatama toward the tower.

Madara Uchiha exposed Hanzo of the Salamander as Akihara Kagura’s Six Paths Puppet, and Kagura revealed how he had manipulated events for years to make Hanzo commander of the Ninja Alliance. As the alliance reeled in fear, Hanzo summoned another figure onto the tower, leaving the identity of the newcomer unresolved.

• Madara Uchiha attacked the tower with Susanoo, but Kakashi Hatake used Kamui to absorb the Yasaka Magatama.
• Madara accused Hanzo of the Salamander of being Akihara Kagura’s puppet, and Hanzo revealed the Rinnegan in his eyes.
• Akihara Kagura explained that he had controlled Hanzo for about ten years and had also turned Sasori of the Red Sands into his second puppet.
• Kagura detailed how he had manipulated the Sannin, Tsunade, and the Five Kage to make Hanzo commander of the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Madara realized Hanzo was Kagura’s Animal Path and warned everyone to flee as Hanzo began a Summoning Technique.
• Hanzo summoned a figure beside him, who looked down at the hundred thousand shinobi and remarked on how many people there were.

Akihara Kagura trapped the Ninja Alliance in a vast forest and prepared to pursue Killer B and Naruto Uzumaki, while Kakashi Hatake arrived just in time to interrupt his escape. The chapter ended with Kakashi facing Kagura, uncertain whether he had stopped the plan in time.

• Akihara Kagura used Limited Space Sealing to block attacks from Gaara, the Fourth Raikage, Tsunade, Madara Uchiha, and Kakashi Hatake.
• Akihara Kagura unleashed Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence, which overwhelmed the Ninja Alliance with vines, Wood Dragons, and tree people that bound soldiers and absorbed chakra.
• Madara Uchiha left to intercept Killer B and Naruto Uzumaki, while Akihara Kagura secretly monitored the Ten-Tails' Husk and kept it from reviving.
• Kakashi Hatake attempted to reach Akihara Kagura through Kamui as Zabuza Momochi and Asuma Sarutobi struggled to rescue trapped ninjas.
• Kabuto Yakushi allowed the vines to bind him and noticed flowers blooming throughout the forest, while Yakushi Nonō remained beside him.
• Akihara Kagura and Hanzo of the Salamander tried to use the Flying Thunder God Technique to reach the two Jinchuriki, but Kakashi Hatake's Kamui canceled it and brought him face-to-face with Kagura.

Akihara Kagura stopped Kakashi Hatake from reaching Naruto and revealed that he had planned Naruto’s sacrifice from the beginning. After Kagura left, the defeated Ninja Alliance doubted whether its choices had been manipulated, until Ōnoki urged everyone to keep fighting for what they believed was right.

• Kakashi Hatake tried to stop Akihara Kagura, who admitted he intended to take Naruto Uzumaki’s Nine-Tails and had made Naruto’s life easier to compensate for his planned sacrifice.
• Akihara Kagura disabled Kakashi’s Kamui and Flying Thunder God, threw him from a tower, and disappeared while Kakashi barely saved himself with a wire.
• Jiraiya and Orochimaru rescued Tsunade from the aftermath of Kagura’s attack, and Orochimaru concluded that Kagura had controlled everything they had done.
• Kakashi reported that Kagura and Hanzo of the Salamander had gone to Naruto and Killer B, but Tsunade hesitated to pursue them in case that too was part of Kagura’s scheme.
• Ōnoki reminded the shaken Ninja Alliance that uniting the villages and protecting the world were right, and urged them to keep believing they were doing the right thing.

Akihara Kagura gathered forces on Turtle Island while the Ninja Alliance recovered from its defeat, and prepared a plan to push Madara Uchiha into becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki. The chapter ended with Uchiha Itachi agreeing to help keep Sasuke on Kagura’s side as the final battle approached.

• Second Pillar told Naruto Uzumaki, Killer B, and Yamato that Akihara Kagura had defeated the Ninja Alliance using Hanzo of the Salamander, while Madara Uchiha proposed becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Akihara Kagura arrived on Turtle Island, incapacitated Deidara with Lightning Release, and had Sasori of the Red Sands bring the captured Kisame Hoshigaki to him.
• Akihara Kagura made Kisame Hoshigaki a Preta Path puppet and assembled the Six Paths Puppets for the coming war.
• Akihara Kagura revived Uchiha Itachi, who reunited with Uchiha Shisui and agreed to help keep Sasuke from interfering with Kagura’s plans.
• Akihara Kagura ordered his forces to let Madara Uchiha’s plan to use Obito Uchiha to revive him succeed, then force Madara into becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.

Akihara Kagura attacked the guards at Turtle Island and entered the waterfall to capture the Nine-Tails while the others fought to stop him. Obito Uchiha used Izanagi to resurrect Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and Minato Namikaze, but Black Zetsu killed him so Kagura could use his corpse and obtain access to the Kamui dimension.

• Akihara Kagura arrived at the waterfall, overpowered Madara Uchiha, and sent a wooden dragon after Killer B before Second Pillar stopped it with Susanoo.
• Akihara Kagura summoned Uchiha Itachi, and he and Second Pillar began fighting while the three Edo Tensei Hokage joined the battle outside.
• Akihara Kagura fought Madara Uchiha, Hashirama Senju battled Yamato, and Minato Namikaze attacked Obito Uchiha.
• Obito Uchiha used Izanagi to survive Minato Namikaze's attacks and complete the Rebirth Technique, restoring Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and Minato Namikaze to life and freeing them from Impure World Reincarnation.
• Black Zetsu pierced Obito Uchiha's chest and killed him, revealing that he intended Kagura to reincarnate Obito and use his Kamui dimension.

Minato Namikaze entered Naruto Uzumaki’s trial and helped him defeat the Yin and Yang Nine-Tails with Kushina Uzumaki, who then faded away after encouraging her family. Outside the waterfall, Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju fought Akihara Kagura together, and the battle escalated as their armored giants clashed.

• Tobirama Senju returned Madara Uchiha’s Rinnegan, while Madara ordered Minato Namikaze and Tobirama to take the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails Jinchuriki away from the battlefield.
• Minato Namikaze entered the waterfall training ground and was drawn into Naruto Uzumaki’s trial, where Kushina Uzumaki was helping Naruto face the Nine-Tails.
• Minato Namikaze’s half of the Nine-Tails entered the trial space, creating two Nine-Tails that Kushina, Minato, and Naruto fought together until Minato and Naruto absorbed their respective chakra.
• Minato Namikaze explained Akihara Kagura’s role in the ninja world’s crises, and Naruto Uzumaki vowed to bring Kagura back to Konoha.
• Kushina Uzumaki bid farewell to Minato Namikaze and Naruto Uzumaki before her chakra faded, and Minato urged Naruto to leave the training ground and act.
• Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju attacked Akihara Kagura, then combined Susanoo and Wood Style into an armored Wood Golem; Kagura answered with a white Susanoo Armored Wood Golem and struck at them.

Akihara Kagura fought Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha while Uchiha Itachi tried to tell Second Pillar the truth about the Uchiha Clan’s destruction. The chapter ended with Hashirama and Madara combining their powers into a gigantic Susanoo Buddha Statue, as Tobirama Senju warned that the battle’s outcome remained uncertain.

• Uchiha Itachi confirmed that the Uchiha Clan’s destruction had been carried out to protect Second Pillar, then tried to give him his memories but was stopped by Akihara Kagura’s control.
• Uchiha Itachi told Second Pillar that Shisui held the crow containing Kotoamatsukami and asked him to retrieve the eye so Itachi could break free; Second Pillar left to find Shisui.
• Akihara Kagura destroyed Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha’s blue Susanoo Wood Golem with a Rasengan, forcing them out of its protective crystal.
• Hashirama Senju used Sage Art: Wood Style: True Several Thousand Hands while Madara Uchiha armored the statue with Susanoo, creating a towering Susanoo Buddha Statue.
• Reinforcements, including Kakashi Hatake, Tsunade, Naruto Uzumaki, and Minato Namikaze, witnessed the colossal statue, while Tobirama Senju cautioned that Akihara Kagura might still match its power.

Akihara Kagura unveiled a colossal seawater Buddha and used it to defeat Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha’s combined Susanoo Great Buddha, leaving the ninja world with no apparent opponent capable of stopping him. Elsewhere, the allied forces confronted Akihara Kagura’s Rinnegan puppets as Sasuke tried to take Shisui’s eye.

• Akihara Kagura summoned his White Susanoo Buddha Statue and used its many arms to form hand seals while Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha attacked with meteors and a massive water wall.
• Killer B protected the nearby onlookers from the wave created when Madara Uchiha’s Susanoo split the water wall, while Tobirama Senju insisted on watching the battle.
• Uchiha Shisui explained to Second Pillar that Akihara Kagura had saved him and turned him into a Rinnegan puppet; reinforcements arrived and recognized Shisui and the other puppets.
• Heavenly Path: Shisui repelled Second Pillar with Shinra Tensei, and the two fought with their Susanoo as Tsunade urged the allied forces to move toward the main battle.
• After completing its seals, Akihara Kagura’s White Susanoo Buddha Statue rose atop a gigantic Buddha made of seawater, which crushed Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha’s Blue Susanoo Buddha Statue.

Akihara Kagura summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and captured the Eight-Tails, forcing Madara Uchiha to propose sacrificing Naruto Uzumaki to revive the Ten-Tails and stop Kagura. Naruto and the Yang Nine-Tails chose to resist that fate, while the Yin Nine-Tails revealed a risky way Minato Namikaze might save his son.

• Tobirama Senju and Minato Namikaze rescued Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju after Kagura destroyed Hashirama's Thousand-Armed Kannon, and Madara explained that Hashirama would hold Kagura off while he became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Kagura summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and captured the Eight-Tails, while Minato and Naruto escaped its chains; the Eight-Tails left a tentacle's chakra inside Killer B before being absorbed.
• Madara told Minato, Naruto, and the others that Naruto had to be sacrificed so Madara could seize the Ten-Tails, and Naruto agreed to fight alongside the Nine-Tails rather than accept that fate.
• Second Pillar defeated Heavenly Path: Shisui, freed Uchiha Itachi from Kotoamatsukami's control, and rushed toward the battlefield, but Shisui warned that Naruto might already be dead by the time they arrived.
• The Yang Nine-Tails accepted Naruto's fist bump and agreed to fight with him, while the Yin Nine-Tails told Minato that a dangerous gamble might let a Jinchuriki survive, and Minato asked how to save Naruto.

Naruto Uzumaki fell in battle as the Nine-Tails was absorbed into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, reviving the Ten-Tails. While Madara Uchiha became its Jinchuriki, Akihara Kagura revealed his control over the conflict and fatally wounded Second Pillar through Uchiha Itachi.

• Naruto Uzumaki unleashed the Nine-Tails' power, but Akihara Kagura defeated him and the statue dragged the Nine-Tails inside, causing the Ten-Tails to revive.
• Second Pillar and Tobirama Senju took Akihara Kagura away from the Ten-Tails, giving Madara Uchiha the chance to become its Jinchuriki.
• Akihara Kagura used his Rinnegan ability to counter Second Pillar's space-sealing dojutsu, then revealed that Uchiha Itachi's Kotoamatsukami had compelled him to stab his brother.
• Akihara Kagura failed to heal Second Pillar's fatal wound, while Kakashi Hatake prepared to take him to Tsunade.
• Akihara Kagura bound Second Pillar's soul and asked him to question the Sage of Six Paths about what he might offer in exchange for help dealing with Kaguya.

After Second Pillar died, he met the Sage of Six Paths, while Naruto Uzumaki encountered him in a separate consciousness space. As the Sage explained the truth about Kaguya and the chakra inherited by Indra and Asura, Second Pillar realized Akihara Kagura planned to use the power granted to him and Naruto to seal Kaguya after reviving her.

• Second Pillar awoke in a water-filled consciousness space and recognized the Sage of Six Paths, Hagoromo Otsutsuki.
• Second Pillar identified Indra and Asura as the ancestors of the Uchiha and Senju clans, while the Sage explained that Naruto Uzumaki also carried Asura's chakra.
• Naruto questioned the Sage about conflicting historical accounts of Kaguya, Black Zetsu, and Hamura, and the Sage corrected the stories and recounted the past.
• The Sage warned that Kaguya might return as the Ten-Tails revived, and Second Pillar told him Akihara Kagura had asked whether he would help stop her and what he could offer.
• Second Pillar deduced that Akihara Kagura intended to revive Kaguya and use the sealing power the Sage would give him and Naruto to seal her, leaving Second Pillar unable to escape the plan.

The Sage of Six Paths gave Second Pillar Yin and Yang Power and sent him to stop Kaguya and Akihara Kagura. Meanwhile, Madara Uchiha became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and fought Akihara Kagura, who secretly reset his Limit Izanami countdown as Might Guy prepared to join the battle.

• The Sage of Six Paths gave Second Pillar Yin and Yang Power and warned him to stop Kaguya and Akihara Kagura.
• Madara Uchiha absorbed the Ten-Tails, gained Six Paths Power, and attacked Akihara Kagura with Truth-Seeking Orbs and Yin Release lightning.
• Akihara Kagura countered Madara Uchiha with Sage Chakra attacks and used Limit Izanami to survive the assault.
• Madara Uchiha asked Tobirama Senju how to stop Akihara Kagura from escaping with Flying Thunder God, and Tobirama suggested Kakashi Hatake use Kamui or someone warp space with speed.
• Might Guy volunteered to test a taijutsu technique that could warp space, while Akihara Kagura secretly reset Limit Izanami and prepared for close combat.

Madara Uchiha tried to outlast Akihara Kagura’s Limit Izanami, while Tobirama Senju and the others prepared a plan involving Might Guy’s Eight Inner Gates. Might Guy’s Gate of Death struck both fighters, but Kagura survived and revealed that he had repeatedly reset Limit Izanami, then hinted he could learn the Eight Inner Gates Formation.

• Madara Uchiha traded injuries with Akihara Kagura and used the Divine Tree’s vines across the ninja world to keep him from fleeing until Limit Izanami expired.
• Tobirama Senju directed Kakashi Hatake to counter Kagura’s Flying Thunder God and coordinated with Might Guy, who opened the Gate of Death at the end of the countdown.
• Might Guy’s attack twisted space and struck Madara Uchiha and Akihara Kagura, leaving Madara gravely wounded and Kagura apparently vanished.
• Madara Uchiha pulled Might Guy to him and used Six Paths chakra to heal him, while Tobirama Senju noticed a figure approaching from behind.
• Akihara Kagura reappeared and cut Madara Uchiha in half, then revealed that Limit Izanami’s cooldown was only three seconds and that he had reset its duration.
• Akihara Kagura asked Madara Uchiha whether he could learn to use the Eight Inner Gates Formation.

Akihara Kagura opened all Eight Inner Gates and used Limit Izanami to erase their damaging effects, overwhelming Ten-Tails Jinchuriki Madara Uchiha. After Naruto Uzumaki and Second Pillar returned with Six Paths powers, Madara urged them to hold Kagura back while he tried to cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

• Kakashi Hatake and the others realized Akihara Kagura could likely master the Eight Inner Gates, while Madara Uchiha understood Kagura had used Obito Uchiha to test whether Limit Izanami could erase the technique’s aftereffects.
• Akihara Kagura opened the first seven gates, then the eighth, and used Limit Izanami to preserve his strength while negating the damage to his body.
• Akihara Kagura struck Madara Uchiha with a series of devastating attacks, breaking space and severely injuring him as Madara’s Limbo clones failed to stop him.
• Madara Uchiha concluded he needed the Infinite Tsukuyomi to gather the ninja world’s chakra, but Kagura defeated him before he could cast it and tried to extract the Ten-Tails.
• Naruto Uzumaki appeared alive with Six Paths power and healed Madara Uchiha, while Second Pillar returned with a Rinnegan and Six Paths Sage Mode.
• Madara Uchiha asked Naruto Uzumaki and Second Pillar to hold off Kagura while he cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi, but Kagura immediately struck him down again.

Akihara Kagura overwhelmed Naruto Uzumaki, Second Pillar, and Madara Uchiha with his Eighth Gate power and Limit Izanami, leaving them with almost no way to hurt him. Madara flew toward the moon and activated the Infinite Tsukuyomi to gather the ninja world's chakra, while Kagura's brief vulnerability revealed that defeating him might require striking during a three-second opening.

• Naruto Uzumaki and Second Pillar charged Akihara Kagura, but he quickly defeated their attacks and explained that Limit Izanami made him invulnerable.
• Madara Uchiha told Naruto Uzumaki and Second Pillar to delay Kagura while he gathered chakra from the ninja world with the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Second Pillar rescued Madara from Kagura and sent him toward the moon, but Kagura shattered Second Pillar's Perfect Susanoo.
• As Limit Izanami briefly expired, Second Pillar sealed Kagura for an instant and discovered that they would have only a three-second opening to defeat him.
• Madara reached the moon, revealed his Rinne Sharingan, and activated the Infinite Tsukuyomi, bathing the world in its light.