Vol. 17The War Against Divinity

Soji’s battle against Toneri and Madara Uchiha transformed him into a divine being, while the Fourth Ninja World War brought Kaguya Otsutsuki back into the conflict. After reclaiming his soul and power, Soji turned against the others and stopped the planet’s rotation and revolution.

  • Soji persuaded Madara Uchiha to join him against Toneri, while Hashirama Senju and Nagato fought over the Ten-Tails.
  • Obito absorbed the Ten-Tails, learned that Madara had orchestrated Rin’s death, and attacked him in revenge.
  • Black Zetsu helped Nagato revive Madara Uchiha, who took the Ten-Tails and launched the Moon Eye Plan as Obito reunited with Team Minato.
  • Soji’s fully unsealed Karma transformed him into Divine Soji, and Karin recognized him as Mizuki Ember, the Fifth Mizukage.
  • Madara Uchiha trapped the Ninja World in Infinite Tsukuyomi after defeating Naruto and Sasuke.
  • Soji and Toneri split the moon, dispelling the illusion and releasing Kaguya Otsutsuki.
  • Soji reclaimed the soul and power he had placed in Mizuki Ember and declared himself Otsutsuki Soji, destined to become a god.
  • Boruto’s group joined Kaguya against him, but Soji stopped the planet’s rotation and revolution.
Chapters 1640–1741 Read from ch. 1640

Arc 65The Ten-Tails’ New Host

Soji and Madara Uchiha joined forces against Otsutsuki Toneri while Hashirama Senju and Nagato fought over the Ten-Tails. Obito seized the Ten-Tails and confronted Madara, driven by revenge for Rin’s death.

  • Soji persuaded Madara Uchiha to cooperate against Otsutsuki Toneri, and the two fought Toneri as he unleashed the Tenseigan’s devastating Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.
  • Toneri’s attacks devastated the battlefield, while Soji and Madara Uchiha coordinated their counterattacks without defeating him.
  • Hashirama Senju and Nagato fought over the Ten-Tails, and Hashirama sealed Nagato and the beast with the Gates of the Great God before being trapped by Planetary Devastation.
  • Obito intercepted Kakashi and Sasuke as they tried to reach Nagato, and Minato appeared to strike Obito and destroy the Curse Seal on his heart.
  • Obito escaped to the Ten-Tails, absorbed it, and emerged as Six Paths Obito while Nagato watched helplessly.
  • The Ten-Tails’ influence overwhelmed Obito, but his desire to see Rin and avenge her preserved his Six Paths form and drove him toward Madara Uchiha.
  • Madara Uchiha admitted that he had orchestrated the events leading to Rin’s death, and Obito attacked him in a rage.
Chapters 1640–1665 Summaries Read

Arc 66The Divine Soji Emerges

Madara Uchiha revived, seized the Ten-Tails, and defeated the fighters who tried to stop his Moon Eye Plan, while Obito broke free of his control and reunited with Team Minato. As Soji’s battle with Toneri drew Madara in, Soji’s fully unsealed Karma transformed him into a detached divine being, and Karin recognized his identity as the Fifth Mizukage.

  • Black Zetsu manipulated Nagato into reviving Madara Uchiha, then took Nagato’s Rinnegan and restored Madara’s sight and power.
  • Madara Uchiha fought the unstable Obito, survived his Kamui Amenonuhoko through a Limbo Clone, and took control of the Ten-Tails.
  • Rin Nohara helped Obito resist Madara’s control, and Obito expelled the Ten-Tails before Madara absorbed it and became Six Paths Madara.
  • Obito apologized to Rin, Kakashi, and Minato as Team Minato reunited, while Madara Uchiha advanced to seize the Nine-Tails from Minato and Naruto.
  • Madara Uchiha overwhelmed Tobirama, Naruto, Sasuke, and the others, killed Sasuke, extracted Kurama from Naruto, and opened the Moon Eye Plan.
  • Madara Uchiha and Toneri joined forces against Soji, but Karma in Mizuki Ember’s body reached full unsealing and let Soji wield his true body’s power without harming the vessel.
  • Soji’s power stripped away his attachments and transformed him into Divine Soji, while Inoichi Yamanaka and Shikaku Nara identified him as Mizuki Ember and chose to keep his identity secret.
  • Karin recognized Soji’s Chakra in Mizuki Ember and realized that Naruto’s sensei was the Fifth Mizukage, as Soji clashed with Madara Uchiha and Toneri.
Chapters 1666–1690 Summaries Read

Arc 67The Moon Splits

Soji’s battle with Toneri escalated while Madara fought the Allied Shinobi Forces, who received Six Paths power through Naruto and Sasuke. Madara’s Infinite Tsukuyomi was undone when the moon shattered, and Kaguya Otsutsuki revived at its core.

  • Soji entered Karma II and overwhelmed Madara Uchiha and Toneri, then froze much of the Ninja World to frighten them and pursued Toneri to the moon.
  • Madara Uchiha returned to the battlefield as the Ten-Tails’ Jinchuriki, where Might Guy opened the Eighth Gate and nearly killed him with Night Guy.
  • Naruto saved Might Guy, and Naruto and Sasuke received Six Paths power from Otsutsuki Hagoromo before returning to challenge Madara Uchiha.
  • Madara Uchiha defeated Naruto and Sasuke and activated Infinite Tsukuyomi, trapping the Ninja World in an illusion beneath the God Tree.
  • Soji and Toneri’s Golden Swords split the moon into four pieces, and its collapse dispelled the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
  • Kaguya Otsutsuki emerged from a miniature Black Hole at the moon’s core, recognized Toneri as Hamura’s descendant, and regarded him with cold indifference.
Chapters 1691–1715 Summaries Read

Arc 68Soji’s Divinity Unleashed

Soji returned to the Fourth Ninja World War after reclaiming his soul and power from Mizuki Ember, then became a threat to the planet as his divinity overtook his humanity. Naruto, Sasuke, Toneri, Boruto, and Kaguya joined forces against him, but Soji froze time and space by stopping the planet’s rotation and revolution.

  • Kaguya Otsutsuki pursued Soji toward the Ninja World, but Hamura reassembled the shattered moon before its fragments could devastate the world.
  • Soji’s divinity awakened in Konoha, freezing the village in time and space before he crossed into the past Parallel Universe to confront Kaguya Otsutsuki.
  • Black Zetsu betrayed Madara Uchiha and helped Kaguya devour him, while Soji fought Kaguya until Naruto, Sasuke, and Toneri joined him.
  • Soji’s true body returned, reclaimed the soul and power he had placed in Mizuki Ember, and declared himself Otsutsuki Soji, destined to become a god.
  • Kaguya transported Soji into her dimensions, where he fought her until future Naruto, Sasuke, Toneri, and Boruto arrived and revealed that they had come to stop him.
  • Kaguya joined the newcomers against Soji, and their battle escalated until Soji and Kaguya’s Truth-Seeking Orb techniques forced them to flee the Origin Sphere Space.
  • Boruto coordinated the group’s attack and struck Soji with Rasengan: Uzuhiko, but Soji used the Holographic Eye to understand the technique and froze the planet’s rotation and revolution.
Chapters 1716–1741 Summaries Read
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