Chapter Summaries

As the moon rapidly approached the Ninja World, Doseki began preparing for the Fourth Great Ninja War before Kaguya could break free. Yun completed the Body Nourishment Technique ahead of schedule, while Hui reassured Itachi and Fugaku that someone would guide the moon’s return.

• Rin and Doseki noticed the moon had grown dangerously large, and Doseki estimated it could collide with the Ninja World within seven or eight months.
• Doseki decided to prepare for the Fourth Great Ninja War and arranged for Obito, Yun, and others to push Nagato toward launching it.
• Yun completed the Body Nourishment Technique, and Konan said it could restore Nagato to his peak in two months.
• Nagato told Akatsuki that it would begin its next operation in two months, easing the frustration among its members.
• Itachi noticed the approaching moon, and Hui told him and Fugaku that someone would guide it so it would not fall on the Ninja World’s continent.

Akatsuki took control of the Rain Country and rebuilt its defenses, prompting the Five Great Shinobi Villages to prepare for war. Minato entrusted Hui with an important mission, leaving its details unrevealed.

• Akatsuki used Amegakure to control the Rain Country, purge its borders, and rebuild its fortifications after the Five Great Shinobi Villages' warnings went unanswered.
• Ōnoki reacted angrily to Akatsuki's return and prepared Iwagakure to act, deploying more than ten thousand Rock Shinobi along the Land of Earth's border.
• Iwagakure's Body Nourishment Technique strengthened its lower-level shinobi, while Kumogakure, Kirigakure, and Sunagakure also readied their forces for war.
• The Fourth Raikage completed a breakthrough attributed to the Body Nourishment Technique, and Shin consolidated Kirigakure's forces.
• Minato handed Hui a scroll and entrusted him with an important mission.

Hui entered the Rain Country to investigate Akatsuki while Obito, Yun, and Kakuzu attacked Kumogakure in a final attempt to capture the Eight-Tails. The team was forced to retreat after the Fourth Raikage overwhelmed them, leaving the Eight-Tails uncaptured.

• Hui entered the Rain Country on Minato Namikaze's orders to investigate its changes and Akatsuki's plans.
• Obito, Yun, and Kakuzu shattered Kumogakure's Barrier and launched an attack to capture Killer B and the Eight-Tails.
• The Fourth Raikage confronted Obito and Kakuzu while Yun fought Killer B and tried to strike him with a Chakra Black Rod.
• The Fourth Raikage unleashed his powerful Lightning Release and struck Yun, breaking the Black Rod and sending him flying.
• Yun, Obito, and Kakuzu fled Kumogakure without capturing the Eight-Tails.

The Five Great Shinobi Villages convened a summit in the Land of Iron to form an alliance against Akatsuki after its attack on Kumogakure. As the leaders agreed to fight, Obito arrived uninvited, and Ōnoki attacked him with Dust Release.

• Akatsuki attacked Kumogakure again, prompting the Five Great Shinobi Villages to call a summit in the Land of Iron.
• Mifune hosted the summit with Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Raikage, Rasa, Zhen, and Ōnoki among the Kage in attendance.
• The Kage agreed to unite against Akatsuki, which had exposed its strength by attacking shinobi villages and capturing Tailed Beasts.
• Obito interrupted the summit and taunted the leaders for starting without Akatsuki.
• The Fourth Raikage erupted in anger, but Ōnoki attacked first with Added-Weight Rock Technique and Dust Release, carving a huge cube-shaped pit where Obito had stood.

Ōnoki displayed his restored Dust Release power as Obito disrupted the Five Kage Summit, where Minato defeated him and the Five Great Shinobi Villages formed an alliance against the Akatsuki. As Konoha finalized its war plans, Tsunade confronted Nawaki about secretly belonging to the Immortal Organization, while he insisted he was loyal to Konoha.

• Ōnoki's restored body let him unleash the full power of his Dust Release at the summit.
• Obito appeared at the Five Kage Summit, and Minato later severely injured him before he escaped.
• The Five Great Shinobi Villages voted unanimously to form an alliance against the Akatsuki, bringing the Fourth Great Ninja War closer.
• Minato returned to Konoha, reported the summit and his battle with Obito, and ordered the village to prepare for war.
• Hui submitted intelligence from the Rain Country, and Konoha completed its battle plan five days later.
• Tsunade told Nawaki to sit out the war and accused him of joining the Immortal Organization, but Nawaki denied it and declared his loyalty to Konoha.

Minato Namikaze assigned the village’s forces for the coming war, keeping Nawaki in Konoha to protect Naruto Namikaze. Uchiha Kiyoshi reflected on how the changed course of events had reshaped Naruto’s peers and left the Uchiha Clan poised to rise.

• Minato Namikaze assigned Fugaku to protect Konoha, Hui to provide support in the Rain Country, and Nawaki to guard Naruto Namikaze.
• Tsunade stopped Nawaki from protesting his assignment, and Minato trusted him to keep Naruto company alongside Kushina.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi considered how Neji, Shisui, and Itachi had benefited from changes to their lives and the village’s history.
• Hui noted that Shisui had reached Elite Jonin level and was ready to awaken his Sharingan, while Itachi had grown through training and guidance.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi concluded that Fugaku, Shisui, Itachi, and Sasuke had positioned the Uchiha Clan to rise.

Uchiha Kiyoshi contemplated the Ninja World’s nature and the Ōtsutsuki’s origins while studying the transformation of energy in the Starry Sky. He began forming a new Rule that could convert Natural Energy into Primordial Qi.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi concluded that the Ninja World was a lower-dimensional fantasy world whose people and places could still be real, and he hoped it would evolve after the Fourth War and the spread of Universal Immortal Cultivation.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi speculated that the Ōtsutsuki came from worlds beyond the Ninja World and served a god by harvesting God Tree fruits, then decided to ask Shinigami and the others once he awakened the Rinnegan.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi sensed changes in the Starry Sky and began imprinting the prototype of a Rule into the space within his dantian.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi named the Rule the Transformation Rule, which absorbed Natural Energy and converted it into Primordial Qi, and deepened his understanding of Natural Energy and Yin-Yang transformations.

Uchiha Kiyoshi planned to perfect Primordial Qi’s framework and considered whether Chaos Power could temper the body, while Doseki prepared the Immortal Organization for the coming war and the Ninja World’s unification. The chapter ended with Doseki reminding the clones to guide the moon back to the Ninja World after Kaguya Otsutsuki was unsealed.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi concluded that he needed to perfect Primordial Qi’s structure and its rule for transforming Natural Energy before he could eventually use Chaos Power in its place.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi wondered whether Chaos Power could temper the body, nearly stirring dangerous energy before he caught himself.
• Doseki noted that Uchiha Kiyoshi would not return before the Fourth Great Ninja War and continued preparing the Immortal Organization for its aftermath.
• Doseki planned to spread the Immortal Cultivation inheritance, establish the organization’s orthodox status, and prepare for unification and changes to the Enforcement Team.
• Doseki reminded the clones to guide the moon back to the Ninja World after Kaguya Otsutsuki was unsealed.

Akatsuki prepared to face the Five Great Shinobi Villages in a decisive battle at Amegakure, while Minato Namikaze suspected that the masked man claiming to be Uchiha Madara was Obito. Minato sent Kakashi on a mission to investigate the masked man, leaving Kakashi heading out from Konoha.

• Yun and Nagato dismissed the Five Great Shinobi Villages’ numbers and trusted Akatsuki’s powerful members and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to win.
• Nagato ordered Akatsuki’s shinobi to gather in Amegakure for a decisive battle after learning the allied villages were ready.
• Minato Namikaze learned that Amegakure’s forces had withdrawn and instructed the allied shinobi to check their equipment and condition.
• Minato recalled the masked man’s mannerisms and suspected that he was Obito, not Uchiha Madara.
• Minato summoned Kakashi, gave him a mission to investigate the masked man, and Kakashi left Konoha.

The Shinobi Alliance mobilized its armies for a massive war in the Rain Country while Black Zetsu prepared to revive his mother using Madara’s preserved body. The chapter left the allied forces marching toward Amegakure as Black Zetsu reaffirmed his plan.

• Doseki set Body Tempering Initial Peak as the standard for joining the Immortal Organization, which would provide cultivation methods and a chance to choose Heterogeneous Chakra.
• The Five Great Shinobi Villages and other villages assembled a coalition of more than ten thousand shinobi and marched toward the Rain Country.
• Black Zetsu emerged in a hidden cave north of Amegakure and complained that Nagato and Obito had delayed his plans.
• Black Zetsu looked at Madara’s preserved body in a nutrient-filled container and explained that Nagato’s Rinnegan had been placed with him for safekeeping.
• Black Zetsu resolved to continue the war and his plans to reunite with his mother, insisting that he was a filial son.

Kakashi followed the Masked Man’s scent from the Rain Country into the Wind Country, suspecting he was an Immortal Organization spy. His pursuit led him to Obito and Rin, and Team 7 reunited after many years.

• Kakashi summoned Pakku and used the dog’s scent-tracking skills to follow the Masked Man’s trail through the Rain Country.
• Kakashi pieced together the Masked Man’s route toward the Wind Country and suspected he was avoiding pursuit as an Immortal Organization spy.
• Obito escaped Black Zetsu and used Kamui to reach the meeting place Rin had chosen, hoping to join her.
• Rin met Obito, and he was stunned by her changed appearance after she reached Foundation Establishment.
• Kakashi and Pakku approached the meeting and overheard Rin call the Masked Man Obito.
• Kakashi, Obito, and Rin recognized one another and reunited after many years.

The Shinobi Alliance surrounded Amegakure and prepared for battle as Nagato revealed Pain and seven controlled Tailed Beasts. Elsewhere, Uchiha Kiyoshi planned to test Chaos Power, while the Immortal Organization and the Sage of Six Paths awaited the coming conflict.

• Nagato ordered Yun to take over Tobi's assignment after Tobi disappeared, while Zetsu secretly continued planning to revive Uchiha Madara and cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Hui and shinobi from Iwagakure, Sunagakure, and Kumogakure infused the clouds with Water Release Chakra to stop the rain over the Rain Country.
• Minato Namikaze and the Five Kage positioned the Shinobi Alliance around Amegakure, where Pain appeared with seven controlled Tailed Beasts; Jiraiya recognized Yahiko and saw the Rinnegan.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi examined his expanding dantian world, decided it needed Chaos Power to become self-sustaining, and carried two modified meteors deeper into space to test it.
• Doseki told Yahiko that the Immortal Organization's Enforcement Team had departed and assigned Maka to guide the moon, while the Sage of Six Paths, Ōtsutsuki Hamura, the Evil God, and Shinigami awaited developments.

The Shinobi Alliance launched a massive elemental assault, but the controlled Tailed Beasts began charging devastating Tailed Beast Balls. Minato Namikaze, Hui, and the Five Kage disrupted the attacks, though the battlefield was left shaken by the explosions.

• The Five Kage ordered the Shinobi Alliance to begin its combined elemental assault on Akatsuki in Rain Country.
• Nagato shielded Akatsuki with the Tailed Beast's tails, but the alliance's attacks overwhelmed the defense and inflicted heavy casualties.
• The Tailed Beasts began charging seven Tailed Beast Balls, prompting Minato Namikaze to teleport two of them away before Pain and the Six Paths puppets intercepted him.
• Hui interrupted One-Tail's Tailed Beast Ball with a sealing Barrier and a torrent of Water Release, causing it to explode and send One-Tail flying.
• Ōnoki, Rasa, the Fourth Raikage, and the other Kage countered the remaining Tailed Beast Balls with their own techniques, leaving the ninja armies reeling from the explosions.

The Allied ninja forces divided their fighters between Nagato’s Tailed Beasts and Akatsuki, while Hui and the Kage-level experts pressed the attack. As Minato Namikaze fought the Six Paths, Black Zetsu watched anxiously and wondered why Nagato and Obito had not appeared.

• The Kage-level experts decided to confront the Tailed Beasts while Nara Shikaku commanded the ninja army against Akatsuki.
• Minato Namikaze used the Flying Thunder God and Rasengan to battle the Six Paths, discovering that the Hell Path could repair them.
• The Sannin, Hui, and the Four Kage took on the Tailed Beasts, while Hui prepared the Four Red Yang Formation to seal them.
• The allied villages engaged Akatsuki’s fighters, with Ao confronting Zabuza Momochi and Yun disrupting the Iwagakure and Kumogakure forces with Genjutsu and fire.
• Black Zetsu watched Minato Namikaze’s battle and worried that Nagato and Obito were missing, while the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails remained uncaptured.

Obito abducted Naruto from Konoha and brought him to the Rain Country as the battle began. With Rin's help, he extracted most of the Nine-Tails from Naruto, and its chakra became visible to the battlefield at Amegakure.

• Obito appeared at Kushina's villa, took Naruto despite Kushina and Nawaki's attempts to stop him, and escaped with the child.
• Kushina and Uchiha Fugaku decided to head for the Rain Country, while Kushina left Nawaki behind to protect Konoha.
• Obito set Naruto down near the Rain Country battlefield, where they watched a series of Tailed Beast Balls explode as the war began.
• Rin and Kakashi arrived, and Obito asked Rin to help extract the Nine-Tails from Naruto.
• Obito controlled the Nine-Tails while Rin opened Naruto's seal, removed most of the beast's chakra, and restored Naruto's life force before sealing a small portion back inside him.
• The released Nine-Tails' chakra surged toward the sky, and people at the Amegakure battlefield recognized its presence.

Obito arrived on the Amegakure battlefield controlling the Nine-Tails and attacked the other Tailed Beasts, giving the Shinobi Alliance an opening to strike. He then removed his mask and revealed himself to Minato and the others, leaving both the Alliance and Akatsuki stunned.

• Minato and the Shinobi Alliance realized that Tobi had brought the Nine-Tails to the battlefield, while Nagato considered using the opportunity to pursue the Eight-Tails.
• Kushina sensed the Nine-Tails and rushed toward the battlefield, while Kakashi confirmed Naruto had only fainted and Obito put on his orange Vortex Mask.
• Obito controlled the Nine-Tails as it attacked the other Tailed Beasts, allowing the Shinobi Alliance to damage and seal several of them.
• Obito removed his mask, called out to Minato, and revealed himself as Uchiha Obito, shocking everyone present, including Nagato and Black Zetsu.

Obito fought the Six Paths puppets while Minato displayed his improved Flying Thunder God, and Nagato revealed himself to the Shinobi Alliance. Nagato summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, whose presence frightened the Tailed Beasts and shocked the battlefield.

• Black Zetsu doubted that Obito had exposed himself and earned the Alliance’s trust to revive Uchiha Madara, while Minato worried that Obito had taken Naruto.
• Obito reassured Minato that Naruto was safe, and Minato attacked the Six Paths puppets with his enhanced Flying Thunder God and Space Cutting.
• Obito forced Nagato out of hiding by firing a Tailed Beast Ball at the ground, and Jiraiya recognized Nagato as he appeared with the Rinnegan.
• Kushina rushed to Obito and punched him, but Nagato sent her flying with Shinra Tensei.
• Nagato summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, whose roar shook the battlefield and terrified the Tailed Beasts.

Nagato used the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to bind the Nine-Tails and overwhelm the Shinobi Alliance, but Minato killed five of the Six Paths and the allied fighters seized the opening to damage the statue. Nagato’s control faltered, and the statue’s recovery began draining his life force.

• Nagato sent the Demonic Statue’s branches after the Nine-Tails, which broke free from Obito’s control but was bound and lifted into the air.
• The Demonic Statue attacked the alliance, and Hui, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru struggled to defend against its branches.
• Uchiha Fugaku summoned Susanoo and successfully blocked one of the statue’s attacks.
• Minato killed the Hell Path and then the other Paths except the Deva Path, leaving Nagato weakened and his control of the statue sluggish.
• The Sannin, Ōnoki, and the Fourth Raikage attacked together, damaging the Demonic Statue with their techniques.
• The Demonic Statue began recovering while draining Nagato’s life force, leaving his face even paler.

Yun unleashed his Six-Colored Fire Lotus against Uchiha Fugaku, then Black Zetsu used Nagato to resurrect Uchiha Madara. Uchiha Madara awakened his Mangekyo, and Hui considered using resurrection to help Uchiha Fugaku awaken his Eternal Eye.

• Nagato’s Life Force was drained as he repaired the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, while Black Zetsu waited for him to weaken further.
• Yun created a Six-Colored Fire Lotus and threw it at Uchiha Fugaku, who defended himself with Susanoo but was blasted backward.
• Black Zetsu took control of Nagato and made him perform the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique on Uchiha Madara’s body.
• Uchiha Madara was resurrected, and his eyes awakened a Mangekyo pattern.
• Hui looked at Uchiha Fugaku and considered using resurrection to help him awaken his Eternal Eye.

Uchiha Madara was revived through Nagato’s Rinnegan, and Black Zetsu revealed that the eyes had belonged to Madara all along. After Konan and an unknown figure took the dying Nagato away, Madara survived Konan’s 600 Billion Explosive Tags and turned his attention to Yun, who prepared to fight him with his Double Pupil and a powerful Fire Release.

• Black Zetsu pulled the Rinnegan from Nagato and gave them to Uchiha Madara, while Nagato realized he had been manipulated and Konan caught him as he fell.
• Konan attacked Madara with 600 Billion Explosive Tags, but the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path shielded him from the blast.
• A mysterious figure told Konan that Nagato could still be saved, then vanished from the battlefield with her and Nagato.
• Uchiha Madara recognized Yun as the Double Pupil user from their past fight and blasted the Shinobi Alliance away with Shinra Tensei.
• Yun absorbed Natural Energy into his Double Pupil and charged Madara with a five-colored Fire Release technique.