Chapter Summaries

Naruto and Nagato traded devastating attacks in the Land of Wind, while Soji held back support and let Naruto face the battle under the Tool Sculpture’s watch. After both revealed their Adamantine Sealing Chains, Naruto launched a Wind Release: Rasenshuriken at Nagato, who prepared to respond.

• Naruto and Nagato’s attacks collided, collapsing much of the canyon and briefly drawing attention from the other battlefields.
• At headquarters, Soji refused to send reinforcements, explaining that the Tool Sculpture was watching Naruto and would alert him if Naruto’s life was in danger.
• Naruto escaped Tree Binding Eternal Burial during the clash, then countered Nagato’s Adamantine Sealing Chains with chains of his own.
• Nagato and Naruto were surprised to learn that each could use Adamantine Sealing Chains, and Nagato acknowledged Naruto’s strength.
• Naruto formed and hurled a Wind Release: Rasenshuriken at Nagato, who raised his palm to meet it.

Nagato used the Preta Path, Banshō Ten'in, and Human Path to overpower Naruto and pull out his soul, but an unknown second soul awakened within Naruto and blasted Nagato away. Naruto’s soul returned to his body, and the Nine-Tails urged him to focus on defeating Nagato while keeping its suspicions about the awakening to itself.

• Nagato absorbed Naruto’s Wind Release: Rasenshuriken with the Preta Path and pulled Naruto close with Banshō Ten'in.
• Nagato tried to stab Naruto with a Yin-Yang Release Chakra Receiver, but the Nine-Tails’ chakra claw caught it.
• Nagato seized Naruto by the throat and used the Human Path to begin pulling out his soul.
• An unknown soul awakened within Naruto, disrupted Nagato, and sent him flying as Naruto’s golden-lit soul returned to his body.
• Naruto asked the Nine-Tails what had happened, but it told him to focus on defeating Nagato.

Naruto broke free from Nagato’s soul attack and unleashed Nine-Tails Gundam, while Nagato fought to protect the Heavenly Spear. After absorbing enough Earth Vein Energy, the spear replicated Naruto’s Nine-Tails Chakra and created a Nine-Tails Clone.

• Asura’s soul awakened and merged with Naruto’s, breaking Nagato’s hold and leaving Naruto’s future uncertain.
• Naruto activated Nine-Tails Gundam and spotted the Heavenly Spear, then attacked it as Tobi watched nearby.
• Nagato used Shinra Tensei to destroy Nine-Tails Gundam’s claw and shield the Heavenly Spear, while Naruto quietly made a small move.
• Naruto and Nagato resumed their fierce battle as the Heavenly Spear’s pulsing melody grew louder.
• The Heavenly Spear absorbed enough Earth Vein Energy to replicate Naruto’s Nine-Tails Chakra and materialized a Nine-Tails Clone.

Nagato successfully created a mindless Copy Nine-Tails and turned his attention to capturing Gaara, while Naruto arranged a rescue. The chapter ended with Nagato's powerful Shinra Tensei scattering Naruto's Nine-Tails mecha as a suspicious frog freed Gaara from his Chakra Receivers.

• The Heavenly Spear produced a Copy Nine-Tails from Earth Vein Energy, and Nagato celebrated its identical Chakra as a substitute for the real Nine-Tails.
• Naruto and the Nine-Tails realized Nagato had copied Kurama, and Naruto chose to focus on retreating with Gaara rather than keep fighting Nagato.
• Nagato shifted his attention to Gaara, but spotted a suspicious frog beside the rubble and realized it was a threat.
• Naruto blocked Nagato while the Mount Myōboku summoning cleared the rubble and began removing Gaara's Chakra Receivers.
• Nagato unleashed a powerful Shinra Tensei that destroyed Naruto's Nine-Tails mecha, while the frog pulled out Gaara's final Chakra Receiver.

Naruto used himself as bait to distract Nagato while a Mount Myōboku frog rescued Gaara, then escaped through Reverse Summoning Jutsu. Nagato reaffirmed his commitment to Yahiko’s ideal despite his doubts, while Naruto left him injured and frustrated.

• Nagato hurled three Yin-Yang Release Chakra Receivers at the Mount Myōboku frog, but it swallowed the unconscious Gaara and returned to Mount Myōboku before they could hit it.
• Nagato sensed that Gaara had escaped and briefly questioned whether his actions were wrong, but he reaffirmed his resolve to pursue Yahiko’s ideal with the power of eight Tailed Beasts.
• Naruto pushed himself out of the rubble after Nagato’s Shinra Tensei shattered his Nine-Tails mecha, and Nine-Tails warned him about Nagato’s Rinnegan.
• Naruto told Nine-Tails that he had arranged for others to take them away, then explained to Nagato that he had used himself as bait to let Gaara escape.
• The Mount Myōboku frog used Reverse Summoning Jutsu to take Naruto away before Nagato could stop him.

After Naruto escaped with Gaara, Nagato used the Copy Nine-Tails and Bunpuku’s remaining One-Tails Chakra as substitutes to complete the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path’s requirements for reviving the Ten-Tails. The statue absorbed both, leaving the Ten-Tails’ revival ready to begin.

• Nagato realized Naruto had escaped with Gaara and ordered Tobi to tell Disonas to bring Bunpuku, the previous One-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Nagato summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and had it absorb the Copy Nine-Tails.
• Tobi brought Bunpuku, whose consciousness Disonas had removed, to Nagato before fleeing when Nagato ordered him back to battle.
• Nagato had the statue swallow Bunpuku to absorb the One-Tails Chakra remaining in his body.
• The statue’s eyes showed that it held Chakra from all nine Tailed Beasts, meeting the conditions for the Ten-Tails’ revival.

Nagato revived the Ten-Tails and used Heavenly Upheaval to unleash natural disasters across the Ninja World, killing countless people and deepening his doubts about his ideals. He then headed for the battlefield, while Soji prepared to confront him and revealed he could travel there through Karma.

• Nagato revived the Ten-Tails after the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path absorbed Bunpuku and the Copy Nine-Tails.
• Nagato controlled the Ten-Tails to activate Heavenly Upheaval for one minute, causing disasters and mass casualties throughout the Ninja World.
• Nagato doubted whether his ideals were right, then convinced himself that the world needed to experience pain and rode the Ten-Tails toward the battlefield.
• The Allied Shinobi Forces detected the Ten-Tails, and Soji had Shikaku Nara relay the news to their leaders.
• Dodai offered to send Soji to the battlefield with the Heavenly Transfer Technique, but Soji declined and said he could reach it himself using Karma's spatial portals.

The Allied Forces believed Naruto and Gaara had died after the Ten-Tails was resurrected, and their morale collapsed. Naruto and Gaara returned from Mount Myōboku alive, leaving the battlefield stunned.

• The Ten-Tails approached the battlefield, and the shinobi realized that the One-Tail and Nine-Tails Jinchūriki seemed to have fallen into Akatsuki’s hands.
• Minato, Rasa, Kushina, Jiraiya, Sasuke, and the others grieved over Naruto’s presumed death, while Gaara’s family mourned him.
• Sasuke’s grief intensified his Dojutsu Power and awakened Indra’s soul within him.
• The Allied Forces’ morale sank as the reanimated Kage and shinobi doubted the villages could defeat the Ten-Tails.
• Naruto and Gaara returned from Mount Myōboku and appeared at the front of the Allied Forces, stunning everyone who had thought they were dead.

After Naruto and Gaara reunited with their families, the Allied Forces and Akatsuki prepared to face the Ten-Tails, whose revival had brought the war to a standstill. Nagato arrived and urged the Five Great Shinobi Villages to surrender, but his reunion with Jiraiya reopened the question of how his former dreams had changed.

• Naruto and Gaara reassured their families that they were safe, while their friends and relatives welcomed them back.
• Shikaku Nara warned the Allied Forces that the Ten-Tails was approaching, and the Kage reorganized their troops for battle.
• Nagato arrived controlling the Ten-Tails, and Konan celebrated their success before Jiraiya confronted them.
• Konan asked Jiraiya to persuade the Five Great Shinobi Villages to surrender, while Nagato defended his actions by recalling Yahiko's death and the betrayal by Hanzō and Danzo.
• The gathered shinobi looked angrily at the sealed Hanzō and blamed him and Danzo for driving Nagato's group into conflict.

The Allied Forces learned how Danzo’s actions and Konoha’s leaders’ tolerance had helped bring Nagato and Konan to their current path. Jiraiya tried to take responsibility and pleaded with his former students, but they remained determined to force peace; Minato stepped forward to speak with them.

• The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and the other elders acknowledged their share of responsibility for Danzo’s actions and Nagato’s fall.
• Jiraiya blamed himself for leaving Nagato, Konan, and Yahiko, while Tsunade and Orochimaru responded to his self-reproach.
• Nagato told Jiraiya that he and Konan would pursue peace by their own methods, and the Allied Forces reflected on the war and betrayal that shaped the Ninja World.
• Nagato and Konan asked Jiraiya to step aside or persuade the Five Great Shinobi Villages to surrender, promising to limit further slaughter for his sake.
• Minato appeared beside Jiraiya, took over the conversation, and faced Nagato and Konan for the first time.

Minato and Jiraiya tried to negotiate with Nagato and Konan, but the Allied Forces refused to surrender to the Akatsuki Organization, and Nagato threatened to kill them all. As both sides prepared to fight, Nagato began doubting his plan, while Naruto and Kushina joined Minato to confront him and the Ten-Tails.

• Minato greeted Nagato and Konan as his junior siblings and suggested they talk, but Nagato said the Five Great Shinobi Villages must surrender to the Akatsuki Organization first.
• The Allied Forces rejected Nagato's demand, so Nagato used the Ten-Tails to silence them and threatened to kill everyone who opposed the Akatsuki Organization.
• Minato and Jiraiya gave up on negotiations and vowed to stop Nagato and Konan, prompting Nagato to question whether pain and military force could truly bring peace.
• Naruto and Kushina arrived beside Minato, and Nagato praised Naruto before Naruto declared that he would stop him.

Nagato and the Allied Forces prepared to resume their battle until Soji arrived through a mysterious space-time vortex as Mizuki Ember, the Ninja World's celebrated commander. His entrance renewed the Allied Forces' morale and drew the attention of Nagato, Obito, and the reanimated former Mizukage.

• Kushina appealed to Nagato's Uzumaki heritage, but Nagato rejected her attempt to sway him, and Minato accepted that they would have to fight.
• A black vortex opened between the Allied Forces and the Akatsuki Organization, and Nagato and Obito suspected that the figure arriving might be Mizuki Ember.
• Obito decided that Mizuki Ember could help weaken Nagato and the Ten-Tails, clearing a path for Obito to take control of the beast.
• Soji stepped from the vortex in his Mizuki Ember identity, and the Allied Forces cheered as their morale surged.
• Nagato focused on Mizuki Ember, while the reanimated Ghost Lantern Illusion Moon and Third Mizukage Shimizugawa admired their successor's entrance and abilities.

Soji's alter ego, Mizuki Ember, confronted Nagato and the revived Ten-Tails while the Allied Forces and Akatsuki clashed around them. As undercover agents wondered whether to defect, Disonas prepared his secret trump card, and Black Zetsu followed him while Obito watched from a distance.

• Soji arrived through a spatial portal and faced Nagato, who sent the Ten-Tails to attack him; Soji dodged the strike as the armies resumed fighting around them.
• Jiraiya confronted Konan, while Sasori, Kisame, Shisui, Hozuki Mangetsu, Biwa Juzo, and Hiruko remained uncertain about when to switch sides.
• Obito hoped Nagato and Mizuki Ember would weaken or destroy each other, while Disonas withdrew to prepare the trump card Black Zetsu had given him.
• Black Zetsu followed Disonas, eager for him to revive someone, while Obito observed them but chose not to follow because Madara Uchiha's Curse Seal could be detonated.

Obito planned to use Kakashi to remove the Curse Seal on his heart, while Soji fought Nagato and the Ten-Tails in a tense stalemate. Soji froze the Ten-Tails’ tails and reached Nagato, but Nagato avoided using Shinra Tensei and prepared to hold out until the ice melted.

• Obito decided to remove the Curse Seal by getting Kakashi to pierce his heart, then take the Ten-Tails while Nagato was weakened.
• Kakashi confronted Obito again, determined to stop him despite the danger of fighting alone.
• Soji struggled against Nagato and the Ten-Tails, whose combined attacks and defenses kept the battle at a stalemate.
• Soji unleashed Ice Release: Ice Storm and temporarily froze the Ten-Tails’ tails, then used the opening to reach Nagato on its back.
• Soji attacked Nagato with Ice Spears, but Nagato countered with Yin-Yang Release Chakra Receivers instead of using Shinra Tensei.
• Nagato held back Shinra Tensei until the Ten-Tails’ tails could break free, wary of the opening its cooldown would give Soji.

Soji and Nagato fought nearly evenly as Nagato drew on the Ten-Tails’ immense chakra and Soji relied on taijutsu and Ice Release. After the Ten-Tails knocked Soji underground, Nagato hit him with Shinra Tensei, but Soji survived by creating a spinning ice barrier, and Nagato’s next attack was already coming.

• Nagato charged Soji with a Yin-Yang Release Black Rod, and the two fought with weapons and taijutsu while Soji kept his Sage Mode and Karma powers unused.
• Nagato used the Ten-Tails’ chakra to summon Wood Release, while Soji countered with an Ice Release dragon, and their ninjutsu clashed ended in a draw.
• The Ten-Tails’ tails struck Soji from its back and then knocked him into the desert, where Nagato aimed Shinra Tensei at the crater.
• Soji formed Ice Release Gentle Fist—Rotating Ice Condensation, blocking Shinra Tensei as the repulsive force drove him dozens of meters underground.
• Nagato freed the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path’s arm and brought its palm down toward the ice-covered area where Soji was buried.

Soji used the Reincarnation Mirror and its spirit, Otsutsuki Genji, to escape Nagato and the Ten-Tails’ attacks. He emerged behind the Ten-Tails ready to fight alongside his ancestor.

• Nagato and the Ten-Tails struck Soji repeatedly, driving him deep beneath the desert and shattering the ice around him.
• Soji drew the Reincarnation Mirror and asked Otsutsuki Genji to fight beside him, prompting the ancestor to prepare its power.
• As the Ten-Tails kept pounding the ice, Soji opened a purple doorway and escaped into the mirror’s independent space.
• The Ten-Tails destroyed the ice and split the earth, but Soji reappeared through another doorway on its back, gripping the Reincarnation Mirror.

Soji fought Nagato as the Ten-Tails evolved rapidly into its third stage, increasing the pressure on the battlefield. When Soji rushed to attack Nagato, a large coffin suddenly fell from the sky.

• Soji hid the reports of the Heavenly Upheaval and the meteor shower from the Allied Forces to protect their morale.
• Soji fired bone bullets at Nagato, who blocked them with a Wood Release Tree Realm Wall and then jumped down from the Ten-Tails.
• Nagato revealed that the Ten-Tails was entering a new stage, and it transformed first into its second stage and then quickly into its third.
• Soji sensed the Ten-Tails growing stronger and decided to target Nagato while Nagato was focused on the transformation.
• As Soji charged toward Nagato, a coffin over two meters tall fell from the sky.

A coffin fell into the battle between Soji and Nagato, interrupting their attacks and revealing a powerful reanimated shinobi inside. Nagato suspected it was Hashirama Senju, but the stranger’s arrogant declaration that he had finally been revived left his identity and intentions uncertain.

• A coffin dropped in front of Soji as he rushed Nagato, forcing Soji to retreat and interrupting Nagato’s fight with Mizuki Ember.
• Soji suspected the coffin contained a dangerous powerhouse, while Nagato prepared to destroy it before sensing its immense Chakra and lowering his hand.
• Nagato concluded that Hashirama Senju was inside and believed Disonas intended to use him as a trump card against Nagato.
• The coffin shattered, and its occupant laughed that he had finally been revived; Soji recognized the voice, while Nagato questioned whether Hashirama Senju would speak that way.

Madara Uchiha emerged through Impure World Reincarnation and realized Obito had not revived him with Rinne Rebirth. As Nagato’s Rinnegan reacted to its original owner, Madara assessed the battlefield and revealed his identity, leaving Nagato stunned and wary.

• Madara Uchiha awoke in an Impure World Reincarnation body, cursed Obito, and learned that Black Zetsu had arranged his revival through Disonas.
• Soji saw Madara appear beside Nagato and judged that the battle against Nagato and the Ten-Tails had become even more dangerous.
• Nagato questioned the mysterious man as his Rinnegan reacted, while Madara recognized the eyes and wondered why Nagato had not used Rinne Rebirth to revive him.
• Madara noticed the Ten-Tails and the ongoing Fourth Ninja World War, then wondered whether Obito or Black Zetsu had revived him prematurely.
• Nagato demanded the man's identity, and Madara Uchiha introduced himself, stunning Nagato.

Madara Uchiha was reanimated in an Impure World Reincarnation body, disrupting Obito’s plan to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki before reviving and killing him. As the Allied Forces recognized the real Madara and realized the masked man was an impostor, the battlefield’s danger grew.

• Nagato recognized the reanimated figure as Madara Uchiha and searched for Obito, who was still fighting Kakashi and Sasuke.
• Kakashi and Sasuke struck at Obito with a paired Chidori, but he turned intangible and avoided their attacks.
• Obito spotted Madara Uchiha and hid his hatred while realizing that Madara’s early reanimation had disrupted his revenge plan.
• Obito resolved to remove the seal on his heart and gain more power, then returned to fighting Kakashi and Sasuke.
• The Third Hokage, Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, and Ōnoki recognized Madara’s Chakra and concluded that the masked man was an impostor.
• Word spread through the Allied Forces that the reanimated man in red armor was Madara Uchiha, the Shura of the Ninja World.