Chapter Summaries

The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path began reviving and spreading energy-hungry vines throughout the Capital Fortress while Ingetsu remained unconscious. Hikari, Nagato, Hanzo, and the fortress’s defenders fought to contain the growth as the fortress was overrun.

• The statue sprouted hungry vines, and Hikari and Nagato tried to restrain them while Zero-Tails escaped by dispersing into black mist.
• Nagato realized Fake Madara had deceived him and that the revived statue could consume life across the Ninja World; vines meanwhile entered the energy room’s walls and spread through the fortress.
• Hanzo, Kisame, Zabuza, the Lightning Shadow, and Killer B fought the vines outside the energy room as a giant tree burst through the ground and began growing upward.
• The vines wrapped most of the fortress, and Hanzo climbed the giant tree to survey the spreading growth before suspecting his Impure World Reincarnation Body was why the plants avoided him.
• Kushina, Mikoto, Konan, and the other women broke out of the main hall, rescued Ajisai, and headed for the garrison area to defend the fortress.
• Kisame questioned why the Flying Fortress was not descending despite the growing tree, and Hanzo guessed the tree was drawing on the energy room’s core power.

Ingetsu’s experiment transformed the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path into a living Ten-Tails, whose uncontrolled vines engulfed the Capital Fortress. The Ten-Tails regained control and withdrew its vines, but just as Ingetsu prepared to seal it away, the Nine-Tails revealed it had a bold idea.

• Uchiha forces evacuated Leaf Village’s streets and reported the growing tree to the Hokage Building while the elders prepared for the crisis.
• Hanzo told Kisame, Zabuza, Lightning Shadow, and the others that they should flee if the Core Energy Chamber could no longer withstand the tree.
• Nagato and Hikari confronted Ingetsu as vines spread through the fortress, and Ingetsu explained that the mutation was an expected part of the Ten-Tails’ recovery.
• The Tailed Beasts competed to control the Ten-Tails first, and the Nine-Tails took command as its eyes and body transformed.
• The Ten-Tails awakened, startled Nagato and Hikari with its power, then withdrew its vines after failing to frighten Ingetsu.
• Ingetsu prepared to seal the Ten-Tails into the Tailed Beast Space, but the Nine-Tails stopped him and said it had a bold idea.

Ingetsu sealed the Ten-Tails and underwent a transformation that gave him Six Paths Mode and immense new strength. He summoned the Ten-Tails again and ordered it to build a vine barrier around the Fortress and repair the damage.

• The Nine-Tails proposed using the Ten-Tails’ vines as an automatic defensive barrier for the Fortress, and Ingetsu approved the plan.
• Ingetsu sealed the Ten-Tails into Tailed Beast Space, and its energy transformed his body, giving him pale skin, white hair, horns, and Six Paths Mode.
• Nagato and Hikari confirmed Ingetsu was still himself, then left the Energy Room while Ingetsu checked on Zero-Tails, Kakuzu, and Hidan.
• Ingetsu summoned the Ten-Tails and ordered it to create the vine barrier and repair the Fortress, with the Eight-Tails controlling it.
• Ingetsu asked the Uchiha Great Elder to send people to assist, then watched the Ten-Tails’ vines sink into the Fortress’s ground.

After containing the Ten-Tails’ vines and arranging repairs to the Main Fortress, Ingetsu prepared to leave Konoha with Konan and Mabui while Mikoto and the others returned to the village. He reached the Hokage Office to review intelligence on the Ninja World’s changing situation.

• Ingetsu told Uzumaki China and the Uzuki Clan elders to create a sealing formation for the Ten-Tails’ vines, then reassured Mikoto and the others that their safety mattered more than the damaged fortress.
• Ingetsu ordered Mikoto to take everyone to the Uchiha Clan Grounds until repairs were complete and announced that Konan and Mabui would accompany him on his next departure.
• Ingetsu carried the women to Konoha inside his Dark Red Complete Body Susanoo, explained his plan to use the vines as a defensive barrier, and landed near the Hokage Building.
• Mikoto led the women to buy ingredients for a celebratory dinner while Ingetsu entered the Hokage Building and was greeted by the Konoha ninjas.
• The Uchiha elders apologized to Ingetsu for questioning him about the earlier disturbance, then helped him settle into the Hokage Office.
• Ingetsu asked the Great Elder to report on changes in the Ninja World and began reviewing the intelligence documents collected from the front lines.

Ingetsu ordered the village to stop paying for the Fire Daimyo’s stay, approved plans to support Iwagakure, and arranged for Kirigakure to migrate to the Land of Fire. He left the village to continue his preparations against the Otsutsuki threat, while Uzumaki China and the other kunoichi investigated the damaged Capital Fortress and found the Zero-Tails subdued.

• Ingetsu told the Great Elder to stop covering the Fire Daimyo’s expenses and reviewed the plans to support Iwagakure.
• The Great Elder reported that Mei Terumi had committed Kirigakure to joining the Land of Fire, and Ingetsu ordered the village to receive its people and shinobi.
• Ingetsu approved the elders’ plans for the new provinces, explained that there was no time to proceed gradually, and left the office in a body flicker.
• Uzumaki China led five Uzumaki kunoichi through the damaged Capital Fortress and found a living vine extending from a hole in the wall.
• Uzumaki China and the kunoichi reached the energy room, where the Zero-Tails quietly allowed the damaged formation to absorb its energy.

Uzumaki China and the other kunoichi discovered the Ten-Tails helping repair the Fortress, while the Tailed Beasts discussed its limited combat endurance. Later, Ingetsu left the Uchiha compound with Konan and Mabui, saw the Fortress gain a vine-covered defensive barrier, and contacted Mei Terumi as she prepared for bed.

• Uzumaki China and the kunoichi saw the Ten-Tails repair the Fortress's damaged sealing array, then organized its work on the repairs and defenses.
• The Eight-Tails controlled the Ten-Tails while the Tailed Beasts concluded that it could fight at full strength for only about ten minutes before becoming paralyzed.
• After a night of drinking at the Uchiha compound, Ingetsu asked Hikari to watch over the ninja village, and she asked him to take her to Snow Country after his mission.
• Ingetsu, Konan, and Mabui saw the Fortress's God Tree roots form a defensive barrier, then flew away aboard Susanoo.
• Ingetsu contacted Mei Terumi through the Spiritual World, and she asked whether he could hear her before he asked if she had made up her mind.

Ingetsu coordinated the Hidden Mist migration and reassured the besieged teams and Ōnoki as he traveled toward the Land of Earth. As winter began, Darui continued leading the Cloud Ninja migration while suspecting Ingetsu’s purpose, ending with a warning to prepare for an attack.

• Mei Terumi confirmed that the Hidden Mist Village and the Land of Water were ready to migrate, and Ingetsu told her to proceed and left Kirigakure in her care.
• Ingetsu contacted Tamao, Nanfeng, and Izumi, told them Ōnoki’s army would reach them within a day, and warned the team to hold out.
• Ingetsu spoke with Ōnoki, warned him that the White Zetsu would seek an opportunity to attack, and said he was heading to the Land of Earth.
• Ōnoki led the exhausted migration procession through the cold as snow began to fall, and he murmured that winter had arrived.
• Ingetsu sensed the onset of winter and turned his attention toward the Land of Lightning while Darui led Cloud Ninja and civilians toward the Konoha forces.
• Darui told his trusted subordinate that Ingetsu’s intentions remained unclear, then ordered the Cloud Ninja to strengthen their defenses and beware of an enemy attack, declaring that winter was coming.

Uchiha Yashiro and Darui prepared the Land of Lightning’s migration for an imminent attack, while Ingetsu coordinated with Orochimaru and Ōnoki as Black Zetsu mobilized the White Zetsu Army to stop the migrations. The chapter ended with the migrating forces under attack and Ingetsu considering Black Zetsu’s next move.

• Uchiha Yashiro told Darui that the Land of Lightning’s migration would not reach the Land of Fire in time and urged him to prepare the Cloud Ninja to fight.
• Darui ordered the Cloud Ninja units to stay alert and protect the people traveling with them.
• Ingetsu spoke with Orochimaru, who had Chiyo and Ebizo move the Sand Ninja to the front of the Wind Country’s migration procession.
• Black Zetsu and Obito prepared to disrupt Ingetsu’s migration plan, and Black Zetsu planned to test whether Madara had been resurrected by attempting Impure World Reincarnation.
• Darui, Orochimaru, and Ōnoki reported that the White Zetsu Army had attacked or blocked their migrating forces.
• Ingetsu concluded that Black Zetsu had begun its move to obstruct the migrations and considered what other cards it might play.

Ingetsu sensed that a terrifying intruder had breached the Leaf Village’s barrier and prepared to return with Mabui’s help. At the village gate, Victor and Boro attacked the guards, triggering the alarm before Victor killed them.

• Ingetsu assessed his immense power and wondered what price had accompanied the mysterious gift that strengthened his Ten-Tails.
• Ingetsu sensed the Leaf Village’s barrier being breached and ordered Mabui to prepare the Heavenly Transfer Technique so he could return.
• Uchiha Misawa, Kyoui, and Kawayuan guarded the village gate and raised the red alert when Victor and Boro approached.
• Victor waited as Kawayuan sounded the village alarm, then used Body Flicker to attack the guards.
• Victor severed Misawa’s arm and struck down Misawa, Kyoui, and Kawayuan.

Code and the Kara forces invaded Konoha, while Jigen and Momoshiki discussed their plans and the history behind Kara. The chapter ended with Jigen appearing through a portal above the Land of Earth’s migrating population.

• Boro and Victor killed Kawayuan and unleashed the White Zetsu Army through Konoha’s gate.
• Mizawa attacked Boro and Victor, but their combined Ninjutsu dissolved his body before Code sealed his head to a pillar.
• Code entered Konoha with the White Zetsu Army and vowed to prove his superiority to Uchiha Ingetsu.
• On a hill near the Land of Earth’s migration force, Momoshiki and Jigen discussed Kara, Karma, and their plans involving Kaguya and Black Zetsu.
• Jigen opened a portal and appeared above the Land of Earth’s migrating population.

Ōnoki confronted Isshiki as the Land of Earth migration convoy fled, but Isshiki killed him and White Zetsu attacked the scattered people. Meanwhile, Jigen returned from the Land of Earth to join Momoshiki, and Ingetsu arrived at the Leaf Village gate and freed the sealed Reanimated Uchiha.

• Isshiki appeared above the Land of Earth, and his presence drove the migration convoy and Stone Shinobi to their knees until Ōnoki rallied them and ordered them to disperse.
• Isshiki saw Ingetsu through Ōnoki’s Spiritual World and offered him a place at his side, but Ingetsu refused and sacrificed his mental imprint to free Ōnoki from Isshiki’s control.
• Ōnoki used Dust Release against Isshiki, but Isshiki nullified it and killed him as the fleeing Stone Shinobi lost their leader.
• White Zetsu emerged from beneath the snow and attacked the scattered migration forces while Bunya led survivors away in accordance with Ōnoki’s final order.
• Jigen returned to Momoshiki and said Kara’s forces were attacking the Leaf Village as their main battlefield.
• Ingetsu reached the Leaf Village gate in a Konoha Ninja’s body, broke Code’s seals, and restored the Reanimated Uchiha.

Ingetsu returned to Konoha after Code’s forces breached the village defenses and found the Reanimated Uchiha sealed and the living defenders dead. Konoha’s civilians and leaders sheltered behind the Capital Fortress’s barrier, but Code summoned a chained Ten-Tails that began smashing through the village and its defenses.

• Ingetsu freed Uchiha Misawa, promised the fallen defenders would be revived, and ordered the Uchiha to help protect Konoha.
• Konoha evacuated its civilians into Yan Mountain’s shelter while its leaders and allied ninja held behind the Capital Fortress’s barrier.
• Code, Boro, and Victor assessed the barrier, and Code summoned the Ten-Tails from another dimension.
• The Ten-Tails emerged and tore through Konoha, prompting the Uchiha Great Elder to order the Reanimation Ninjas to lure it away and the others to evacuate civilians.
• Code ordered the Ten-Tails to destroy the Capital Fortress, and its ten tails smashed through the defensive barriers.

Uzumaki China and the Reanimated Uchiha defended Yan Mountain as the Ten-Tails attacked, while Deva Path Pain repelled its first Tailed Beast Ball. Hikari split the Ten-Tails’ second Tailed Beast Ball with her Complete Body Susanoo, but the beast charged toward Yan Mountain and the fortress.

• Uzumaki China stayed at Yan Mountain while her clan evacuated, and the three thousand sealing barriers powered by the Zero-Tails held off the Ten-Tails for a minute before breaking.
• The Ten-Tails formed a Tailed Beast Ball and hurled it at Yan Mountain, but Deva Path Pain used Super Shinra Tensei to push it back into the Ten-Tails.
• Code berated the Ten-Tails, which quickly formed another Tailed Beast Ball as Nagato and the defenders realized they had little strength left to stop it.
• Hikari arrived at the fortress wall and summoned her Dark Red Complete Body Susanoo, which cut the second Tailed Beast Ball in two.
• The Ten-Tails charged toward Yan Mountain and the fortress while Hikari remained in her Susanoo.

Ingetsu revealed a second Ten-Tails and used it to intercept Isshiki's Ten-Tails, giving Konoha time to evacuate as White Zetsu attacked the fleeing villagers. Code entered the battle to capture Ingetsu's Ten-Tails, while the Nine-Tails and Eight-Tails sensed his threat and prepared to fight.

• The Ten-Tails smashed Hikari's Susanoo into Yan Mountain and advanced on the Fortress, but Ingetsu raised a Plant Barrier to protect it.
• Mikoto piloted the Fortress away from the Ten-Tails' attack so it could collect the evacuating villagers, while Ingetsu's smaller Ten-Tails leaped down and transformed to match Isshiki's Ten-Tails.
• The Nine-Tails controlled Ingetsu's Ten-Tails as the two colossal beasts fought, and the Reanimated Uchiha escorted Uzumaki China while the Konoha Ninja evacuated the village.
• Code ordered the White Zetsu to pursue the evacuees, and Nagato, Hanzo, and the Lightning Shadow brothers prepared to defend the Fortress as White Zetsu swarmed the mountain.
• Code teleported between the battling Ten-Tails and leaped toward Ingetsu's Ten-Tails, intending to mark and capture it, while the Nine-Tails and Eight-Tails sensed his hostile presence.

Code sealed Ingetsu's Ten-Tails and tried to claim it, but Ingetsu returned to Konoha and freed it. As the battle resumed, Boro and Victor were killed, while Ingetsu empowered his Susanoo and prepared to face Code alongside the Ten-Tails controlled by the Nine-Tails.

• Code used his Claw Marks to immobilize Ingetsu's Ten-Tails and began sealing its soul, while Kurama and the other Tailed Beasts were unable to stop him.
• Ingetsu returned to Konoha in his Dark Red Complete Body Susanoo, struck at Code, and broke the Claw Marks seal with his spiritual power.
• Hikari recovered and flew to help the others as Boro and Victor fled; Ingetsu's Shadow Clone cut them down, and the Reanimated Uchiha finished them off.
• Code stayed to face Ingetsu, who absorbed Konoha's Natural Energy and expanded his Susanoo beyond five hundred meters.
• Ingetsu asked the Nine-Tails how long it could keep fighting, and the Nine-Tails said it could last three more minutes before bringing its Ten-Tails beside Ingetsu's Susanoo.

Ingetsu fought Code while their Ten-Tails clashed, and he defeated Code after resisting his attacks and sealing his movement with Natural Energy. The chapter ended with Ingetsu killing Code after Code discovered that his escape routes had been disabled.

• Ingetsu and the Nine-Tails charged Isshiki's Ten-Tails with their Susanoo and Ten-Tails, and Code fled as their combined attack crushed it.
• Ingetsu appeared beside Code and attacked, but Code escaped using a Claw Mark and entered Karma Mode.
• Code resisted Ingetsu's Eight Thousand Spears technique, temporarily unlocked his limiter, and attacked at a speed the Sharingan could not track.
• Ingetsu evaded Code's attacks, then immobilized him with Natural Energy and pinned him to the ground with the Black Blade.
• Code tried to escape through his Claw Marks, but Ingetsu revealed he had anticipated the attempt and killed him.

Ingetsu erased Code’s remaining consciousness and absorbed Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s Karma, then subdued Isshiki’s Ten-Tails and began transferring its power. With Konoha’s attackers defeated and its civilians evacuated, Nagato summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to reunite with the Tailed Beasts.

• Ingetsu destroyed Code’s last consciousness in his Spiritual World and absorbed Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s Karma into his spiritual power.
• Isshiki’s Ten-Tails gave up fighting, and Ingetsu divided its Chakra and guided it into his own Ten-Tails.
• The Tailed Beasts received fragments of the Ten-Tails’ memories and learned of its suffering, while their own Ten-Tails began awakening as it absorbed the Chakra.
• Ingetsu shared some of the Ten-Tails’ Chakra with the Tailed Beasts, then told Nagato to summon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Hikari helped control the White Zetsu as the Leaf Village civilians evacuated, and Nagato summoned the statue beneath Yan Mountain.
• Nagato ordered the frightened Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to approach the Ten-Tails and reclaim the Tailed Beasts.

As the Ten-Tails revived, Ingetsu gave Nagato time to become its jinchuriki and planned to rebuild the Land of Fire with Konoha in the sky. Meanwhile, Naruto and the other young fighters joined the battle against White Zetsu, where Gaara rescued Naruto and Kakashi and Guy watched the students fight.

• The Tailed Beasts entered Kaguya's Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and Ingetsu told Nagato he could seize the chance to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Ingetsu promised Nagato that the migration groups would fill the Land of Fire and Konoha would remain standing in the sky.
• Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, and Ino fought White Zetsu at the fortress edge, but the inexperienced youths were quickly overwhelmed and injured.
• Gaara used quicksand to stop a White Zetsu from stabbing Naruto, and Sasuke carried Naruto to safety.
• Naruto and Sasuke continued fighting alongside Hinata, while Gaara, Deidara, Kurotsuchi, and the other young ninja battled isolated White Zetsu.
• Kakashi watched the students fight, and Guy proposed a contest over whose students would achieve more.

After the war, Ingetsu organized relief and reconstruction from the Capital Fortress while considering the mysteries behind the conflict. The Ten-Tails vanished after a brief reunion with Ingetsu, and A and Killer B left to help with the Land of Lightning’s migration.

• Kakashi and Guy fought White Zetsu while discussing Guy’s new disciple, Lee, and Kakashi said he wanted to find Obito and uncover the truth behind the events in the Ninja World.
• Ingetsu replenished Hikari’s Chakra from afar, allowing her Susanoo to mark the surviving White Zetsu with Yachihoko.
• Ingetsu recalled the awakened Ten-Tails, then assigned the White Zetsu to help rebuild the Shinobi Villages and tasked the Uzuki Clan with planning an expansion of the Capital Fortress.
• Ingetsu entered Sage Mode and used his new Natural Energy-based teleportation to pass through the displaced Konoha villagers gathering in the fortress.
• A asked to help the migration team in the Land of Lightning, and Ingetsu permitted him to take Killer B along.

After Konoha’s destruction, Ingetsu united the surviving village leaders against the invading Ōtsutsuki and learned that Isshiki was working with Black Zetsu. The chapter ended with Isshiki, Momoshiki, and Black Zetsu entering a hidden teleportation array that could help revive Kaguya.

• A and Killer B left Konoha to return to the Land of Lightning and protect their people from the White Zetsu.
• Ingetsu contacted the Izumi Team, learned that Ōnoki had died defending Iwagakure’s migration convoy, and ordered the team to recruit Iwagakure forces and continue the migration.
• Ingetsu showed the village leaders memories of the Ten-Tails’ attack and Ōnoki’s death, then urged them to set aside their grudges and unite against the invaders.
• A and Mei Terumi pledged to follow Ingetsu, and the other leaders agreed to complete their migrations and resist the outside threat together.
• Ingetsu concluded that Isshiki was cooperating with Black Zetsu to restore his strength and potentially unseal Kaguya.
• Isshiki, Momoshiki, and Black Zetsu found an ancient teleportation array hidden in a cave, and Black Zetsu secretly vowed that Kaguya would take revenge on Ingetsu.