Chapter Summaries

Madara was revived in a youthful body and learned that the plan had gone awry, with the Allied Shinobi Forces opposing him and the Ten-Tails still incomplete. He decided to face the Allied Shinobi Forces first before pursuing the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails.

• Madara regained his strength, laughed with exhilaration, and asked Black Zetsu about the plan.
• Black Zetsu explained that the Five Great Nations had united against them and that the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path had sealed seven Tailed Beasts but lacked the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails.
• Madara learned that Fugaku had sealed an Eight-Tails tentacle and was pursuing Kinkaku and Ginkaku, and he criticized Fugaku for settling for incomplete results.
• Madara asked whether Hashirama had been revived, then said he wanted Hashirama as an audience for his performance.
• Black Zetsu warned Madara about the Fourth Hokage, Uchiha Chen, and described Chen's strength and role in defeating Nagato and leading the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Madara took the Uchiha Fan from Black Zetsu and left to confront the Allied Shinobi Forces, telling Black Zetsu that Fugaku could continue pursuing Kinkaku and Ginkaku.

Madara reached the Allied Shinobi Forces and overwhelmed them with his revived power, prompting Chen to leave Konoha and confront him. The chapter ended with a mysterious, lightning-fast fighter exchanging blows with Madara and forcing both of them back.

• Madara left the lava cave, reached the battlefield, and announced his arrival to the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Ōnoki recognized Madara and ordered the forces to retreat, but Madara unleashed a vast Fire Release that more than a hundred Water Release ninja barely stopped.
• Madara charged into the forces, killed several Jonin with his momentum, and asked whether they were ready to dance.
• Chen told Himeji and Kushina he would face Madara, leaving them to handle Fugaku and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, then vanished.
• Madara defeated the Fourth Raikage and asked about the Eight-Tails before a lightning-fast figure struck and exchanged a punch with him, sending both fighters flying back.

Chen and Madara fought at full force, trading powerful Taijutsu and Ninjutsu while the battlefield was devastated around them. Chen struck Madara with Night Phoenix, leaving the outcome of the battle unresolved.

• Madara recovered from their opening clash and charged Chen with a powerful kick, but Chen countered with Kirin and a Wind and Magnet Release Rasenshuriken.
• Madara used Shinra Tensei to disperse Kirin and tried to block the Rasenshuriken with his Uchiha Fan, which broke as the attack engulfed him.
• Madara reappeared beside Chen using Limbo: Border Jail, and the two traded punches that shattered the ground across the battlefield.
• Chen opened the Fifth Gate of the Eight Gates Formation and prepared to unleash Night Phoenix while Madara eagerly waited for the attack.
• Chen struck Madara in the chest with Night Phoenix, creating a massive shockwave that tore apart nearby shinobi.

Chen’s Eight Gates kick nearly killed Madara, who recovered by absorbing a White Zetsu’s life force and invited Chen to join him in casting the Infinite Tsukuyomi. Chen refused, revealed his Sage Mode, and Madara abruptly attacked Jiraiya to absorb his power.

• Chen’s kick sent Madara crashing into a deep ravine, leaving him gravely wounded, but Madara praised Chen’s taijutsu and called him the strongest.
• Madara healed himself by absorbing a White Zetsu’s life force, then asked Chen where he had obtained the Rinnegan.
• Madara invited Chen to join him in casting the Infinite Tsukuyomi, but Chen rejected the offer and declared that Madara’s era was over.
• Chen revealed that he had entered Sage Mode, and Madara noted his disadvantage without Sage Chakra.
• Madara vanished and pressed his hands onto Jiraiya’s head, absorbing his power.

Madara absorbed Jiraiya’s Sage Chakra, but Chen arrived in time to rescue him and drove Madara into using Susanoo. The two unleashed Perfect Susanoo against each other as the Allied Shinobi Forces retreated.

• Madara targeted Jiraiya and absorbed his Sage Chakra, putting Shima and the other Toad Sage under Genjutsu.
• Chen teleported to Tsunade and countered Madara’s attacks, then struck him with a powerful punch.
• Madara summoned Perfect Susanoo after realizing Chen controlled Sage Chakra better than he did.
• Chen summoned his own Perfect Susanoo, beginning a clash between the two giants.
• The Third Hokage ordered the Allied Shinobi Forces to retreat while Tsunade treated Jiraiya.

Chen and Madara fought an escalating battle between their Perfect Susanoo, with Madara using Limbo shadows to surround Chen and unleash a barrage of attacks. Chen continued to hold his ground, and Madara began preparing his strongest strike.

• Chen and Madara clashed with their Susanoo, then traded blows as Madara’s extra arms drove Chen back.
• Madara used Limbo to bring three shadows into the fight, surrounding Chen with four Perfect Susanoo and attacking with coordinated strikes and Ninjutsu.
• Chen countered with Wood Release, Sage techniques, and Majestic Attire: Susanoo: Tail Exchange, while the battle devastated the battlefield for half an hour.
• Black Zetsu realized Chen had awakened the Rinnegan and possessed Tailed Beast Chakra, feared Madara would lose, and sank into the ground to adjust his plans.
• Madara declared he would use his strongest strike and began forming Hand Seals with his shadows and Susanoo, announcing Sage Art: Limbo: Lightning Cage Limbo: Heavenfall.

Chen defeated Madara after surviving his strongest attacks and used a Rinnegan technique to age him to death. Madara died thinking of Hashirama, leaving Chen alone after their battle.

• Madara trapped Chen in Lightning Cage Limbo and crushed him with meteors while reversing gravity to bring the Earth down on him.
• Chen endured the pressure, used White Rage Technique to weaken Madara, then summoned orbiting meteors with Super Chibaku Tensei and shattered Madara’s attack.
• Madara’s Limbo: Border Jail struck Chen, but Chen recovered and told Madara why he had feared the future and regarded him as his greatest enemy.
• Chen trapped Madara in a barrier and used Rinne Rebirth to accelerate time around him, turning him into a frail old man.
• Madara admitted Chen had won, murmured Hashirama’s name, and crumbled to dust.

Fugaku tried to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, but Chen killed him before he could complete the transformation. Black Zetsu then used White Zetsu and the Demonic Statue to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and prepare to revive Kaguya.

• Fugaku fed Kinkaku and Ginkaku's Nine-Tails Chakra to the Demonic Statue, awakening its ninth eye and starting its transformation.
• Chen arrived, killed Fugaku, and explained that he had changed his mind after killing Madara.
• Black Zetsu emerged fused with White Zetsu and used Madara's cells and the Demonic Statue to make their body capable of hosting the Ten-Tails.
• Black Zetsu completed the fusion, gained the Ten-Tails' power, and declared that it would revive Mother.

Black Zetsu activated the Infinite Tsukuyomi to revive Kaguya, while Chen’s Wood Clones protected his allies from the moon’s light. The technique engulfed the Shinobi World, leaving it silent as its living creatures fell into illusion.

• Black Zetsu explained that it avoided fighting Chen, Kushina, and Himeji because it wanted to offer Hagoromo and Hamura’s descendants to Kaguya after her revival.
• Black Zetsu used the Rinnegan on its forehead to reflect its power onto the moon and cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Chen’s Wood Clones activated Susanoo across the battlefields and sheltered his allies from the blinding light.
• Rasa, Hozuki Chijin, and Ōnoki attempted to evade or stop the light, while Chen kicked the Fourth Raikage away when he tried to enter the Susanoo.
• The Infinite Tsukuyomi covered the world, trapping humans and beasts in illusion and leaving the Shinobi World silent.

Black Zetsu used the Divine Tree to gather the Chakra of those trapped by the Infinite Tsukuyomi and offered his body as the vessel for Kaguya’s revival. He accepted his fate without regret, and Otsutsuki Kaguya returned to the world.

• Black Zetsu saw that Chen, Himeji, and Kushina had escaped the Infinite Tsukuyomi but decided to proceed with reviving Kaguya.
• Black Zetsu used Divine? Deep Forest Emergence to grow trees that wrapped the victims of the Infinite Tsukuyomi in bandages.
• Black Zetsu gathered Chakra through the Divine Tree until his body swelled with the power needed for Kaguya’s descent.
• Black Zetsu remembered his lonely life and his choice to become Kaguya’s vessel, then declared that he had no regrets.
• Black Zetsu disappeared as Otsutsuki Kaguya returned to the world.

After Kaguya was revived, she asked Chen to hand over Himeji and Kushina so she could prepare for the return of her Otsutsuki clansmen, but Chen stalled while waiting for help from the Sage of Six Paths. The Sage appeared in Kushina and Himeji’s consciousness spaces, leaving them surprised by his arrival.

• Kaguya stabilized after her revival and confronted Chen, who tried to reassure her that he had fulfilled his promise.
• Kaguya offered to spare Chen if he gave her Himeji and Kushina, explaining that she needed allies to protect Earth from the Otsutsuki.
• Chen questioned Kaguya’s fears, noting that more than a thousand years had passed since she last encountered her clansmen.
• Chen stalled for time as he waited for the Sage of Six Paths to grant him a power-up.
• The Sage of Six Paths arrived in Kushina and Himeji’s consciousness spaces and introduced himself.

The Sage of Six Paths entrusted his power to Himeji and Kushina so they could help Chen stop Kaguya. After the two gained their new powers, they joined Chen in battle against Kaguya, who transported them away with Amenominaka.

• The Sage of Six Paths explained that he trusted Himeji and Kushina to support Chen and gave them his power to help stop Kaguya.
• Chen refused Kaguya’s demand to hand over Himeji and Kushina and vowed to protect the Shinobi World from her clansmen.
• Himeji and Kushina awakened their inherited powers, with Kushina gaining a Six Paths Staff and Truth-Seeking Orbs and Himeji’s Tenseigan turning golden.
• Chen, Himeji, and Kushina fought Kaguya, whose attacks overwhelmed Kurama and shattered the Perfect Susanoo’s Spiral Sword.
• Kaguya used Amenominaka, causing her and the three others to vanish.

Chen combined the Nine Tailed Beasts’ Chakra with his Susanoo, then joined forces with Kushina and Himeji to create a powerful Tenseigan-equipped form. Kaguya charged the Ultimate Susanoo and was finally struck back, but she healed completely and the battle continued.

• Kaguya brought Chen, Kushina, and Himeji to the Starting Ball Space, where she could absorb Chakra gathered by the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Chen condensed the Chakra of the Nine Tailed Beasts into his Perfect Susanoo and transformed it into the Ultimate Susanoo.
• Kushina formed the Nine-Tails beneath the Susanoo’s armor, while Himeji added golden Tenseigan radiance and nine Truth-Seeking Orbs to create Majestic Attire: Ultimate Susanoo: Tenseigan Chakra Mode.
• Kaguya attacked with the Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack, driving the Ultimate Susanoo back for kilometers with a barrage of punches.
• Chen’s Ultimate Susanoo countered with Monstrous Strength, striking Kaguya into the ground and kicking her several kilometers away.
• Kaguya healed her wounds completely and came to a stop.

Chen, Kushina, and Himeji fought Kaguya in the Starting Ball Space, combining their powers to overcome her attacks. After Himeji and Kushina gave Chen their ocular power and Chakra, Chen awakened the Rinne Sharingan and sealed Kaguya, whose figure dissipated.

• Chen used the Sword of Nunoboko and his attacks against Kaguya, while Kushina’s Six Paths: Collapse Ring restricted her use of Yomotsu Hirasaka.
• Himeji shattered Kaguya’s All-Killing Ash Bones with Six Paths: Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, and Chen’s broken Sword of Nunoboko pierced Kaguya’s chest.
• Kaguya gathered Chakra from those trapped in the Infinite Tsukuyomi to create an Expansive Truth-Seeking Orb, but Himeji and Kushina helped break it apart as the group charged her.
• Kaguya destroyed the Ultimate Susanoo with Rabbit Hair Needle and pierced Kushina and Himeji, who were revealed to be clones, while Chen appeared behind her.
• Himeji transferred her ocular power to Chen and Kushina supplied him with Chakra, restoring his tomoe and awakening his Rinne Sharingan.
• Chen approached Kaguya within his Rinne Rebirth domain and thrust his hand into her chest, causing her aura to fade until she smiled faintly and dissipated.

Chen returned to the Shinobi World after sealing Kaguya and prepared to establish a unified World Government. He freed everyone from the Infinite Tsukuyomi, then left with Mikoto, Kushina, and Himeji for a long vacation on the moon.

• The Sage of Six Paths brought Chen, Minato, and Nawaki back with the seven Tailed Beasts, and Chen told Orochimaru that Kaguya had been sealed rather than killed.
• Konan mourned Nagato and Yahiko and considered returning to the Akatsuki Organization's old base, while Chen urged her to come to Konoha.
• Chen told Hashirama he planned to unify the Five Great Nations by using Kotoamatsukami through the Divine Tree, and Tsunade asked for a place among the Five Elder Stars.
• Chen used Super Kotoamatsukami as Kushina and Himeji released the Infinite Tsukuyomi, freeing those trapped by the Genjutsu.
• Chen told Minato and Nawaki to carry out their plan for the Shinobi World, then left with Mikoto, Kushina, and Himeji for his moon Castle after sending Kurama away.
• At the Castle, Chen told Mikoto that the World Government would last at least eight hundred years, leaving what came afterward as another long story.