Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Toko pressured Black Zetsu for his hidden arrangements, then traveled with Neji to seal the Giant Tenseigan while Naruto and Sasuke returned injured from fighting. Black Zetsu tried to recruit Sasuke against Toko, but Sasuke pretended to believe him, and A Fei arrived to warn Toko that Black Zetsu was not loyal.

• Uchiha Toko frightened Black Zetsu into agreeing to reveal his old arrangements, then left the Shrine and returned to the Hokage Office.
• Neji reported the mission and his Tenseigan to Uchiha Toko, who agreed to help seal the Giant Tenseigan on the moon despite a new fight breaking out between Naruto and Sasuke.
• Naruto returned to Mount Myoboku injured and insisted he had won, while Sasuke returned home with a swollen face and later heard Black Zetsu summon him to the family Shrine.
• Black Zetsu told Sasuke that Uchiha Toko planned to use Infinite Tsukuyomi and urged him to stop his teacher, but Sasuke disbelieved him and pretended to accept the mission.
• A Fei emerged behind Uchiha Toko and warned him that Black Zetsu was not loyal.

A Fei rallied the White Zetsu to abandon Black Zetsu and pledge themselves to Uchiha Toko, who supplied tools to help capture him. The White Zetsu ambushed Black Zetsu in his secret Information Nexus and restrained him, while Black Zetsu warned that activating the Infinite Tsukuyomi would bring danger from people beyond the heavens.

• A Fei told Uchiha Toko that Black Zetsu had betrayed the Eye of the Moon Plan and asked to capture him, but Uchiha Toko initially let the matter go.
• A Fei gathered over a hundred White Zetsu in the Land of Lightning and persuaded them to seize Black Zetsu in order to prove their loyalty to Uchiha Toko.
• Uchiha Toko gave A Fei Sealing Technique ninja tools and imprinted a one-minute Dojutsu of the Eighty-Day Calamity God on him as support.
• Black Zetsu summoned the White Zetsu to his Information Nexus, where A Fei and the others sealed and ambushed him.
• A Fei accused Black Zetsu of wasting White Zetsu lives and declared that Uchiha Toko would lead them to complete the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• The elite White Zetsu bound Black Zetsu with chakra-sealing ropes as he struggled and warned that people from beyond the heavens would kill them and Mother.

Uchiha Toko captured Black Zetsu and oversaw Konoha’s military expansion as Kumogakure and Iwagakure prepared to strike. Their surprise attacks seized the Land of Grass and the former Kirigakure, leaving Konoha reeling as Uchiha Toko began a live broadcast.

• A Fei and the White Zetsu captured and sealed Black Zetsu, then pledged loyalty to Uchiha Toko and Sasuke.
• Over the following year, Konoha completed much of its military reform while Sasuke and Neji took important army positions.
• A proposed an alliance with Ōnoki, claiming his chakra prosthetic and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki could help kill Uchiha Toko if Ōnoki’s Dust Release broke Susanoo’s defense.
• Iwagakure invaded the Land of Grass and forced its daimyo to surrender within three days.
• Kumogakure’s Chakra cannons and Northern Hidden Mist forces attacked Uchiha Fugaku’s garrison, captured the former Kirigakure, and forced Konoha’s troops to retreat.
• A week later, Uchiha Toko and Minamoto Mikoto began a live broadcast to the citizens of the Land of Fire.

Uchiha Toko and Minamoto Mikoto rallied the Land of Fire for war, with Mikoto declaring war on the Land of Earth, the Land of Lightning, and the Rebellion Army of the Land of Water. Toko then assigned Konoha’s forces to multiple fronts as they prepared to strike beyond their borders.

• Uchiha Toko delivered a nationwide speech urging Konoha to resist Iwagakure and Kumogakure, while Minamoto Mikoto pledged the Land of Fire’s support and declared war on the Land of Earth, the Land of Lightning, and the Rebellion Army of the Land of Water.
• Envoys departed to carry the declarations of war to the other nations, accepting the risk that they might not return.
• Uchiha Toko ordered Nara Shikaku to ask the Fifth Kazekage of Sunagakure to join a pincer against Iwagakure.
• Kakashi, Choza, and Asuma received orders to lead their legions to reinforce allied commanders and attack enemy forces on the Water, Lightning, and Grass fronts.
• Uchiha Toko assigned Sasuke and Neji elite forces to infiltrate the Land of Earth and the Land of Lightning and sabotage their fortifications and supply routes.
• Uchiha Toko said he would support the fronts with the Flying Thunder God Squad as Konoha’s leaders pledged their loyalty.

Temari rejected Chiyo and Ebizo’s plan to betray Konoha, placed the elders under protection, and committed Sunagakure to the war. Naruto left the Land of Waterfall with Gaara and Jiraiya, intending to strike the enemy’s Feudal Lord, while Konoha’s forces regrouped across several fronts.

• Temari refused Chiyo and Ebizo’s proposal to attack Konoha, arguing that Sunagakure depended on Konoha’s aid and could not survive its retaliation.
• Temari ordered Baki and the Anbu to place Chiyo and Ebizo under protection as Sunagakure prepared to join the war.
• Naruto warned a village chief in the Land of Waterfall about the approaching war, then left that night with Gaara and Jiraiya.
• Naruto chose to travel behind enemy lines and target the Feudal Lord’s palace, saying the attacker would act as rogue ninja Uzumaki Naruto.
• Shisui stabilized Konoha’s position on the southern coast of the Land of Water, while A recalled Killer B to avoid exposing him to the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Konoha’s allied forces faced the Land of Earth’s army at the border of the Land of Grass.

Neji’s strike opened Iwagakure’s defensive line, but the revived Second Mizukage and Second Tsuchikage halted the Allied Forces’ advance. Hashirama Senju arrived, shielded the army, shattered Iwagakure’s defenses, and restrained the revived Kage as Neji rallied the Allied Forces against Ōnoki.

• Neji carved a breach through Iwagakure’s formation, and the Allied Forces charged through it.
• Hozuki Gengetsu and Mū emerged through Impure World Reincarnation and devastated the Allied Forces with their techniques.
• Neji and Nagato drew the revived Kage away from the army, but their bodies kept regenerating and held them in battle.
• Ōnoki unleashed Dust Release while Rōshi prepared a Tailed Beast Bomb, but Hashirama Senju blocked both attacks with World of Trees Wall.
• Hashirama summoned Sage Art: Wood Style: True Several Thousand Hands and smashed Iwagakure’s defenses with a single strike.
• Hashirama seized Mū and Hozuki Gengetsu, and Neji accused the enemy of desecrating the ancestors’ souls to rally the Konoha ninja.

During the battle at Kannabi Bridge, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki appeared and freed Hozuki Gengetsu and Mū, turning their attacks against the Allied Shinobi Forces. He overwhelmed Neji and Hashirama Senju, and the chapter ended with the battlefield engulfed in fire as Nagato pulled Neji out of Isshiki’s grasp.

• Neji used Uchiha Toko’s lesson about claiming the moral high ground to blame Ōnoki for Iwagakure’s use of Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, while Hashirama Senju’s presence rallied the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki emerged beside the Impure World Reincarnation coffins, shattered Hashirama Senju’s Wood Style restraints, and ordered Hozuki Gengetsu and Mū to attack.
• Neji, Pain, and Hashirama Senju countered the pair’s oil-clone and Dust Release attacks, but Ōtsutsuki Isshiki outmaneuvered them with Sukunahikona and Daikokuten.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki tried to extract the Tenseigan from Neji and unleashed flaming Black Cubes across the battlefield, while Hashirama Senju used Sage Art: Gate of the Great God.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki shrank Hashirama Senju’s gates, and Nagato used Banshō Ten'in to pull Neji away as Ōnoki realized Isshiki was also targeting Rōshi.

Neji, Hashirama Senju, and Nagato worked together to shatter Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s Karma, forcing him to flee through a collapsing spatial vortex. Uchiha Toko then revived Madara Uchiha with Impure World Reincarnation to begin the “Madara Uchiha’s World” plan, and Madara recognized Toko while noticing that Obito was missing.

• Neji, Hashirama Senju, and Nagato combined their attacks to exploit Isshiki’s unstable Karma, and Neji struck it with Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.
• Isshiki’s Karma cracked, and he was swallowed by a spatial vortex along with Hozuki Gengetsu and Mū, ending the Impure World Reincarnation that sustained them.
• Neji and Nagato suffered severe injuries, while Konoha slowed its advance after the fall of Kannabi Bridge to recover and pacify the Land of Earth’s civilians.
• Uchiha Toko learned of Isshiki’s appearance and went with A Fei to Madara Uchiha’s former cave, where 1,500 White Zetsu were prepared for his plan.
• Uchiha Toko used Madara Uchiha’s flesh and blood to revive him through Impure World Reincarnation, and Madara recognized Toko and realized Obito was absent.

Uchiha Toko and A Fei deceived Madara Uchiha into believing they supported his Eye of the Moon Plan and needed his help against Ōtsutsuki Isshiki. After Madara left the cave to reclaim what he considered his, Toko and Kakashi prepared to let him experience having his life controlled.

• A Fei told Madara that Obito had died and that Toko had become the Fifth Hokage after the Uchiha coup, while Toko claimed the Eye of the Moon Plan had already gathered six Tailed Beasts.
• Toko said Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had defeated him and described Isshiki's abilities, then persuaded Madara that his help was needed to complete the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Madara questioned whether Toko wanted to become the Ten-Tails' Jinchuriki, but relaxed when Toko said he wanted to revive his uncle and A Fei revealed Toko was poor at Genjutsu.
• Madara left the cave to reclaim what belonged to him, while Toko and A Fei dropped their act and continued their plan inside the Kamui world.
• Toko emerged beside Kakashi, who had placed a Transcription Seal to open the Kamui Dimension, and Kakashi decided to let Madara experience having his life controlled.

Kakashi took command of Konoha’s campaign against Northern Hidden Mist as Uchiha Toko prepared him to become the Sixth Hokage. Mei Terumi led a desperate assault on Takagi Shoban’s headquarters, but Kakashi’s forces defeated her army and captured her.

• Uchiha Toko assigned Kakashi to command the campaign against Fake Kirigakure and told him he would become the Sixth Hokage.
• Kakashi arrived in the Land of Water, took command from Shisui, and led Konoha’s forces toward Northern Hidden Mist’s final defense at the Blood Reef Barrier.
• After Kumogakure withdrew its support, Mei Terumi ordered her remaining shinobi to break through and attack Takagi Shoban’s headquarters.
• Mei Terumi’s forces breached several defenses, but Kakashi blocked their advance with an Earth Style Wall while Takagi Shoban urged them to surrender.
• Kakashi’s Konoha shinobi and Southern Hidden Mist forces crushed Mei Terumi’s remaining troops, and a steel ball struck her shoulder.
• Mei Terumi woke in a prison cart, bound in chakra-suppressing shackles.

Mei Terumi was treated as a prisoner in Konoha, where Uchiha Toko asked her to help rebuild the Land of Water. Meanwhile, Ōnoki and A plotted to assassinate Uchiha Toko at a Five Kage Summit, and Konoha’s leaders objected when he accepted the invitation.

• Sakura treated Mei Terumi’s wounds in Konoha, and Uchiha Inaho later escorted her to meet Uchiha Toko.
• Uchiha Toko told Mei Terumi he wanted her to help develop the Land of Water, and she left the Hokage Office shaken by his appeal to her concern for its people.
• In Iwagakure, Ōnoki and A agreed to use a Five Kage Summit in the Land of Iron to ambush Uchiha Toko and disguise the assassination as self-defense.
• Uchiha Toko received the summit invitation, ordered Uchiha Inaho to prepare his retinue, and summoned the recovering Neji to lead his Shadow Guard.
• Kakashi and other Konoha leaders objected to Uchiha Toko’s plan to travel to the summit, warning that A and Ōnoki were likely plotting against him.

Uchiha Toko traveled to the Land of Iron for peace talks, where Mifune, A, and Ōnoki sprang a trap using a Scientific Ninja Tool Genjutsu. Toko broke the illusion with his Mangekyō Sharingan and fought back, but Mifune launched a surprise attack as the banquet hall collapsed.

• Uchiha Toko set out for the Land of Iron with Neji and the Shadow Guard, traveling at an unhurried pace.
• At the border, Kawamura Terusuke invited Toko to a banquet with the Feudal Lord while separating him from his Shadow Guard.
• Mifune and disguised fighters activated Amado's All-Encompassing Nightmare, trapping Toko in a powerful Genjutsu as A charged at him.
• Toko used his Mangekyō Sharingan: Mizuhanome to see through and shatter the illusion, then attacked A and Ōnoki.
• Toko blocked A with Susanoo and struck at Ōnoki, causing an explosion that blasted the disguised fighters into the collapsing banquet hall.
• Mifune suddenly slashed at Toko's neck from behind.

Uchiha Toko overwhelmed Ōnoki, Fourth Raikage A, and Mifune during their ambush, then killed A after turning his strongest attack against him. He demanded that Ōnoki and Mifune surrender as they faced the loss of their hope for victory.

• Mifune joined Ōnoki and A in resisting Toko, but Toko summoned Shadow Clones to fight all three while he watched from the banquet hall.
• After the clones were destroyed, Toko formed a Complete Body Susanoo, and Ōnoki, A, and Mifune coordinated an attack against it.
• Ōnoki's Dust Release broke through the Susanoo's armor, and A charged through the opening with One-Finger Nukite.
• Toko used his Sharingan to redirect A's strike into A's own chest, then took the Heavenly Transfer Technique device from him.
• Toko killed A with lightning and a crushing blow, then asked Ōnoki and Mifune whether they would surrender or keep resisting.

Uchiha Toko secured the surrender of the Land of Earth and the Land of Iron, while the Land of Lightning continued resisting under Killer B and its Feudal Lord. Naruto confronted Killer B at the capital’s palace, and the chapter left them battling as civilians cheered for Naruto and Kurama.

• Neji reported that the ambushers had been defeated, and Mifune and Ōnoki agreed to surrender to Uchiha Toko.
• The Land of Earth and the Land of Iron submitted to the Land of Fire, while Ōnoki arranged for Deidara to lead Iwagakure’s restructured ninja corps.
• The Land of Lightning’s Feudal Lord ordered civilians’ food seized, and Naruto told Jiraiya he intended to end the war by assassinating him.
• Naruto entered the palace and clashed with Killer B, who transformed and attacked him to protect the Feudal Lord and avenge his Big Brother.
• Naruto and Killer B unleashed matching Tailed Beast Bombs, devastating the palace as the Feudal Lord was knocked unconscious.
• Land of Lightning civilians cheered for Naruto and Kurama, and the Nine-Tails prepared to continue the fight with their support.

The Nine-Tails and Gyuki fought fiercely while Naruto shielded civilians in the Land of Lightning Capital, but Ōtsutsuki Isshiki intervened and began draining Kurama’s Chakra. Sasuke’s Indra’s Arrow interrupted Isshiki’s attack, leaving the battle poised for a new confrontation.

• The Nine-Tails and Gyuki exchanged powerful attacks as Naruto protected the civilians below from falling rubble with a Golden Chakra shield.
• The Land of Lightning civilians cheered for the Nine-Tails, and its protection of them turned a Kumogakure ninja’s attack aside.
• The Nine-Tails overwhelmed Gyuki, broke one of its tentacles, and prepared a Tailed Beast Bomb as Gyuki neared defeat.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki appeared above the Nine-Tails, interrupted its Tailed Beast Bomb with Banshō Ten'in, and began absorbing its Chakra while Naruto supplied Natural Energy.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki prepared a Yin-Yang Release Black Receiver to strike Naruto, but Sasuke’s Indra’s Arrow forced him to block and turn toward the attack’s source.

Naruto and Sasuke drove Ōtsutsuki Isshiki off, but he escaped after targeting Gyuki and left Killer B behind. Konoha took the Land of Lightning Capital and established the Ninja World Federation, though Isshiki later ambushed the squad escorting Amado.

• Naruto and Sasuke combined the Nine-Tails with Susanoo and fought Isshiki, injuring his vessel but exhausting themselves before he escaped with Gyuki.
• Gyuki severed the part of its body caught by Isshiki and escaped, leaving the unconscious Killer B in the ruins.
• Civilians in the Land of Lightning Capital opened the city to Konoha, which seized the capital and took Kumogakure ninja and nobles, including Amado, into custody.
• Uchiha Toko's allies joined the Ninja World Federation, and Kakashi helped bring less cooperative nations into the new order.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki attacked and wiped out the jonin squad escorting Amado one week after the Land of Lightning Capital fell.

Uchiha Toko prepared to pit Madara Uchiha against Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, then visited Nagato to reveal the truth about the Rinnegan and ask to borrow them. Nagato learned that Madara had manipulated his life and Yahiko’s death, while Toko explained his plan to use the eyes to lure Madara into a confrontation with Isshiki.

• In the Kamui Dimension, Madara Uchiha watched White Zetsu reenact a massive war and declared that the spectacle proved his Eye of the Moon Plan was the only path to salvation.
• Zetsu told Madara that Toko had retrieved the Rinnegan from Nagato, but that Nagato’s last stand had depleted most of the Tailed Beast Chakra in the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Madara ordered Toko to bring him the Rinnegan and the Demonic Statue so he could begin the Eye of the Moon Plan, and Zetsu said Toko was already on his way.
• After the Fourth Shinobi World War ended, Toko visited Nagato in the Land of Rain and asked to borrow his Rinnegan.
• Toko revealed that Madara had transplanted the Rinnegan into Nagato and arranged events, including Yahiko’s death, to make Nagato a vessel and drive him to collect the Tailed Beasts.
• Toko told Nagato he planned to deliver the Rinnegan to Madara so Madara would trust him, revive himself at full strength, and face Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.

Nagato gave Uchiha Toko his Rinnegan in exchange for the chance to kill Madara, and Toko arranged for him to receive treatment and Uzumaki sealing scrolls. Toko then prepared an artificial double and used it to approach Madara in the Kamui Dimension, where Madara ordered it to implant the Rinnegan as the final step of the Eye of the Moon Plan.

• Nagato agreed to give up his eyes after Toko promised Konoha would help him recover, and he received Uzumaki sealing scrolls to prepare for fighting Madara.
• Toko brought Nagato to Konoha, where Tsunade supervised the successful eye-removal operation.
• At Orochimaru's base, Toko examined an artificial body made to imitate him and invited Kabuto to return to Konoha as the orphanage director.
• Toko activated the artificial double, confirmed he could control it, and sent it into the Kamui Dimension carrying the Rinnegan.
• The double urged Madara to begin the Eye of the Moon Plan, and Madara told it to implant the Rinnegan; the double feigned shock and protested that it lacked the skill to perform the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

Madara Uchiha was resurrected through Uchiha Toko’s clone and reclaimed his Rinnegan, but discovered that the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path lacked the complete Eight-Tails Chakra. He ordered the White Zetsu to find Killer B and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, then demonstrated his power by summoning a meteor onto a battlefield in the Kamui Dimension.

• A Fei restrained Uchiha Toko’s clone while Madara Uchiha used Genjutsu: Samsara Shackles to subdue it and take its eyes.
• A Fei controlled the clone as it used the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique, sacrificing its life to resurrect Madara Uchiha.
• Madara Uchiha retrieved his original Rinnegan and summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, then realized the statue lacked the complete Eight-Tails Chakra.
• A Fei claimed that Nagato had extracted the Eight-Tails’ Chakra, but Madara Uchiha deduced that Nagato had captured only a decoy and that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had taken Killer B.
• Madara Uchiha ordered the White Zetsu to search for Killer B and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, then summoned Tengai Shinsei to strike a battlefield where disguised White Zetsu were conducting a drill.

Madara Uchiha destroyed the White Zetsu army with a meteor, while Uchiha Toko revealed that the apparent casualties had been staged. To give Madara powerful opponents and draw another actor into his plan, Toko summoned the past Kage with Impure World Reincarnation and put their consciousnesses to sleep.

• Madara Uchiha obliterated the White Zetsu on the battlefield with Tengai Shinsei and celebrated his return.
• Uchiha Toko emerged after Madara left and greeted A Fei and the White Zetsu, who had survived by staging their deaths.
• A Fei warned Toko that White Zetsu could not convincingly imitate powerful Kage, so Toko proposed summoning the past Kage as Madara's dance partners.
• The White Zetsu competed eagerly for the sacrifice roles, and Toko chose more than a dozen by drawing lots.
• Uchiha Toko used Impure World Reincarnation to summon past Kage from several villages, including the Fourth Raikage A.
• Toko met the summoned Kage's wary gazes, then put their consciousnesses to sleep so he could use them to make Madara's battle loud and attract another actor.