Chapter Summaries

Naruto Uzumaki returned to Konoha determined to stop Shirou Emiya, while the Five Great Shinobi Villages formed an alliance and established a Sensory Unit. The chapter left the alliance tracking the Akatsuki, who had stopped in the Rain Country.

• Jiraiya brought Naruto Uzumaki back to Konoha, where Sakura Haruno told him that Shirou Emiya and the Akatsuki had destroyed the village.
• Naruto Uzumaki vowed to stop Shirou Emiya, and Tsunade assigned Jiraiya to lead Konoha’s forces while advising Naruto to stay out of sight.
• The Fourth Raikage revealed that Killer B had survived the loss of Gyūki and offered to train Naruto Uzumaki in the Hidden Cloud Village’s method for controlling tailed-beast power.
• The alliance leaders organized their forces and established a Sensory Unit with a barrier that displayed Chakra signatures across the Shinobi World.
• Inoichi Yamanaka detected the Akatsuki in the Rain Country, where they appeared to have stopped without acting.

Shirou Emiya discussed the threat of Kaguya Otsutsuki and explained that his ability to create Truth-Seeking Orbs was limitless. Meanwhile, Obito Uchiha prepared to revive the Ten-Tails in the Kamui Dimension, unaware that Orochimaru intended to take his body afterward.

• Shirou Emiya told Yakushi Kabuto that Kaguya Otsutsuki would soon appear and that he was preparing to face her.
• Shirou Emiya speculated that Orochimaru was helping Obito Uchiha for the secrets and power involved, while Orochimaru secretly planned to claim Obito's body.
• Orochimaru transplanted Itachi Uchiha's eyes into Sasuke Uchiha, giving him the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, and coveted both Sasuke and Obito as vessels.
• Obito Uchiha ordered Orochimaru to prepare the Ten-Tails' revival in the Kamui Dimension and asked him to hold off the Akatsuki.
• Obito Uchiha moved the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and Kinkaku and Ginkaku outside the Kamui Dimension, confident that becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki would make Shirou Emiya a minor problem.

Obito Uchiha revived the Ten-Tails, but Madara Uchiha and the Akatsuki arrived as the Shinobi Alliance rushed to the battlefield. Shirou Emiya redirected the Ten-Tails' attack back at it, and Obito was left struggling to control the transformed beast while facing Shirou's overwhelming power.

• The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path swallowed Kinkaku and Ginkaku and revived as the Ten-Tails, which Obito Uchiha struggled to control.
• Madara Uchiha arrived with the Akatsuki, and Obito released Orochimaru, Kisame Hoshigaki, and Sasuke Uchiha from Kamui.
• Madara Uchiha charged Obito, but Hashirama Senju met him in battle as the Akatsuki fought the other Impure World Reincarnation fighters.
• The Ten-Tails launched a Tailed Beast Ball at Shirou Emiya, who sent it through a Space-Time Door and made it strike the Ten-Tails from behind.
• The Ten-Tails survived the blast and transformed, while Obito Uchiha stopped it from attacking Shirou Emiya and recognized that the battle had reached a stalemate.

Shikaku Nara sent the Shinobi Alliance toward the battlefield to prevent either side from taking control of the Ten-Tails, while Sai and Kankuro reported that the combatants had gone still after a massive explosion. As Obito Uchiha stalled Orochimaru and weighed how to escape the control of both Orochimaru and Madara Uchiha, an unseen attacker emerged through a Space-Time Door and struck at his back.

• Shikaku Nara ordered the Shinobi Alliance to reach the battlefield quickly, warning that either side obtaining the Ten-Tails would become a major threat.
• Sai and Kankuro reported seeing the Ten-Tails and a battlefield crater, but said the combatants appeared to be at a standstill after an intense clash.
• Shikaku Nara told Sai and Kankuro to remain in place, monitor the battlefield, and relay intelligence until the main force arrived.
• Madara Uchiha found that his talismans could not control Obito Uchiha, and Shirou Emiya identified Orochimaru's Curse Mark as the likely interference.
• Obito Uchiha concealed that Madara Uchiha's talisman and Orochimaru's Curse Mark both constrained him, while telling Orochimaru that the Ten-Tails still needed to evolve.
• As Obito Uchiha watched the Ten-Tails, a Space-Time Door opened behind him and an unseen hand struck toward his back.

Shirou Emiya pierced Obito Uchiha’s heart by opening Yomotsu Hirasaka inside the Kamui Dimension, seemingly killing him and prompting Orochimaru to flee. Obito then began transforming into the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, while Shirou calmly watched the change unfold.

• Kisame Hoshigaki warned Obito Uchiha of a palm emerging from a space-time door, but Obito entered Kamui’s intangibility and was pierced through the heart anyway.
• Shirou Emiya explained that Yomotsu Hirasaka let him open a door inside the Kamui Dimension, and Obito collapsed while beginning to form hand seals.
• Orochimaru fled, so Shirou Emiya ordered Yakushi Kabuto to bring back Itachi Uchiha’s corpse, and Kabuto pursued Orochimaru.
• Sai reported that Obito’s side had been defeated and the Ten-Tails was about to fall to the Akatsuki, but then the Ten-Tails began contracting around Obito.
• Black Zetsu revealed that Obito was becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and that the transformation would heal his fatal injuries, while Shirou Emiya remained unconcerned.

Obito Uchiha became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, but he could not control the Ten-Tails and instinctively fled from Shirou Emiya. Shirou struck him down and challenged him over the Eye of the Moon Plan, leaving Obito to face the gap between their powers.

• Obito Uchiha transformed into the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki as the revived Hokage prepared to free themselves from Orochimaru's control and assess the battlefield.
• Tobirama Senju and Hashirama Senju sensed that Shirou Emiya was even stronger than the newly transformed Obito Uchiha.
• Obito Uchiha instinctively fled from Shirou Emiya, but the Ten-Tails began fighting him for control of his body.
• Madara Uchiha tried to extract the Ten-Tails from Obito Uchiha, but Obito attacked him with a Truth-Seeking Orb.
• Shirou Emiya blocked Obito's attack, sent him flying with a strike, and asked whether he still intended to seize control of the Eye of the Moon Plan.

Shirou Emiya overwhelmed Obito Uchiha after he became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, breaking through his defenses with Six Paths Sage Art. Obito trapped Shirou in the Six Red Yang Formation and prepared a massive counterattack, but the Shinobi Alliance still expected him to lose.

• Obito Uchiha attacked Shirou Emiya with the Sword of Nunoboko, but Shirou blocked him and severed his arm with a Truth-Seeking Orb blade.
• Shirou used Sage Art: Lightning Release to split Obito's Truth-Seeking Orb shield, then cut his body in half; Obito regenerated from the wounds.
• Shirou explained that his Six Paths Sage Art let him understand and counter Truth-Seeking Orbs, while Obito realized becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki had cost him Kamui's intangibility.
• Obito raised the Six Red Yang Formation around Shirou and assembled Truth-Seeking Orb weapons as the God Tree emerged behind him.
• Sai and Kankuro compared the fight to twelve-year-old Sakura Haruno challenging Tsunade, while Sai reported four massive Chakra fluctuations that proved to be Obito's counterattack.

Shirou Emiya defeated Obito Uchiha, extracted the Ten-Tails, and helped Madara Uchiha revive. As the Shinobi Alliance arrived, Madara prepared to take the Ten-Tails’ power and face the newcomers.

• Obito Uchiha unleashed his strongest attack, and its explosions sent devastating shockwaves through the battlefield and the approaching Shinobi Alliance.
• Madara Uchiha, Hashirama Senju, and others struggled to shield those nearby from the blast, while Shirou Emiya appeared behind Obito Uchiha and extracted the Ten-Tails.
• Black Zetsu prompted Madara Uchiha to use the Rinne Rebirth Technique, and Shirou Emiya let Madara revive before handing him Obito’s Rinnegan.
• Shirou Emiya stopped Madara from becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki until they recovered the missing Nine-Tails Chakra, which Madara located inside Minato Namikaze.
• Shirou Emiya ordered a White Zetsu Clone to check on Kabuto and retrieve Madara’s other Rinnegan, while Madara volunteered to face the arriving Shinobi Alliance.

The Shinobi Alliance arrived as Madara Uchiha reclaimed his second Rinnegan and prepared to fight them. Sasuke Uchiha joined Naruto Uzumaki’s group, while Shikaku Nara issued warnings and battle instructions before the resurrected Hokage confronted Madara.

• Tsunade and Jiraiya welcomed the resurrected Hokage, and Sarutobi Hiruzen told them Orochimaru had fled.
• Naruto Uzumaki reunited with Minato Namikaze, then invited Sasuke Uchiha to fight alongside the Alliance against Shirou Emiya.
• Sasuke Uchiha followed Naruto back to their companions, while Kakashi Hatake rescued Obito Uchiha.
• Madara Uchiha received his second Rinnegan from a White Zetsu Clone and set his sights on Minato Namikaze and Naruto Uzumaki.
• The Fourth Raikage ordered the Alliance to hold formation as Shikaku Nara warned commanders about Madara’s genjutsu and Fire Style.
• The four Impure World Reincarnation Hokage moved to confront Madara Uchiha before Shikaku Nara finished preparing the battle plan.

Madara Uchiha used invisible Limbo attacks to overwhelm the Hokage, but the Shinobi Alliance regrouped and launched a coordinated assault. Their trap pinned his Complete Body Susanoo in a pit with Hashirama Senju’s Wood Release.

• Madara Uchiha’s invisible Limbo attacks struck Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and Sarutobi Hiruzen, while Minato Namikaze was sliced apart after trying to sense the attackers.
• Hashirama Senju recognized the invisible attackers as something like Madara Uchiha’s clones, and Madara began extracting the Nine-Tails from Minato Namikaze.
• Naruto Uzumaki attacked Madara Uchiha with Rasenshuriken, but Madara absorbed one and used an attractive force to pull Naruto toward him.
• Tsunade, the Fourth Raikage, Killer B, and the Shinobi Alliance’s forces charged Madara as Shikaku Nara coordinated their attack.
• Madara Uchiha expanded his Susanoo into its complete form, but Earth Release squads collapsed the ground beneath it.
• Hashirama Senju used the Wood Human Technique and Wood Dragon Technique to pin Susanoo’s wings and trap the blue war god in the pit.

Madara Uchiha unleashed an invisible Susanoo that devastated the Shinobi Alliance and extracted the Nine-Tails from Naruto Uzumaki. Shirou Emiya ordered Black Zetsu to begin the Infinite Tsukuyomi and revive Lady Kaguya before the Sage of Six Paths arrived.

• Madara Uchiha used an invisible Susanoo to break Hashirama Senju’s defenses and throw the Shinobi Alliance into panic.
• Madara Uchiha ripped the Nine-Tails from Naruto Uzumaki, leaving Naruto near death, while Sasuke Uchiha tried to protect him.
• Minato Namikaze took Naruto Uzumaki away to transfer the Nine-Tails within himself into his son, and Sasuke Uchiha and Tobirama Senju followed.
• Shirou Emiya told Black Zetsu to tell Madara Uchiha to end the fighting and cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Shirou Emiya warned that the Sage of Six Paths might descend and said they should revive Lady Kaguya first.

With Naruto Uzumaki near death, Tobirama Senju revealed that a person with an immense obsession could linger between life and death and seek help from the Sage of Six Paths. Sasuke Uchiha chose to risk his life for Naruto and pierced his own heart, leaving Minato Namikaze and Tobirama to wait for what would happen.

• Minato Namikaze waited beside the unconscious Naruto Uzumaki after placing the Nine-Tails within him, while Sasuke Uchiha asked whether the effort had worked.
• Tobirama Senju told Minato Namikaze and Sasuke Uchiha that someone might reach the Sage of Six Paths by keeping their soul at the boundary between life and death.
• Tobirama Senju explained that the person had to be alive and possess an immense obsession, and said his own soul had returned directly to the Underworld when he tried.
• Sasuke Uchiha decided to seek the Sage of Six Paths to save Naruto Uzumaki, despite Minato Namikaze trying to stop him.
• Tobirama Senju warned Sasuke Uchiha that he could not die without regrets, so Sasuke recalled his memories and pierced his own heart with his electrified hand.
• Minato Namikaze caught Sasuke Uchiha and laid him on the ground, and he and Tobirama Senju waited for the outcome.

Sasuke Uchiha met the Sage of Six Paths in the realm between life and death and learned about the origins of Chakra, the reincarnations of Indra and Ashura, and the danger posed by Madara Uchiha. The Sage offered Sasuke power to help stop the Infinite Tsukuyomi and revealed Shirou Emiya’s past, leaving Sasuke to consider the threat of the darkness behind the world’s wars.

• Sasuke Uchiha met the Sage of Six Paths and learned that Naruto Uzumaki had also arrived in the realm between life and death.
• The Sage explained Kaguya Otsutsuki’s history and how the hidden darkness she left behind fueled the conflict between Indra, Ashura, and their Chakra reincarnations.
• The Sage warned that Madara Uchiha could use the Ten-Tails to cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi and offered Sasuke Yin Power so he and Ashura’s reincarnation could seal Madara or Kaguya.
• Sasuke asked how they could deal with Shirou Emiya, and the Sage explained that Shirou had once opposed him but later chose to trust Ashura and Chakra’s potential to bring happiness.
• The Sage described the hidden darkness as the force behind a thousand years of wars and looked upon the countless suffering souls gathered in the water.

The Sage of Six Paths explained to Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki that Shirou Emiya had endured a thousand years of despair and might now be stronger than even Kaguya. As Madara Uchiha became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and prepared to cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi, Shirou stepped in to hold off the Shinobi Alliance and intercepted a giant purple arrow aimed at Madara.

• The Sage of Six Paths told Sasuke Uchiha that Shirou Emiya had spent a millennium freeing trapped souls and might have been consumed by the world's darkness.
• Naruto Uzumaki vowed to make Shirou see hope again, while Sasuke Uchiha concluded that Shirou should be eliminated and learned that his power might exceed Kaguya's.
• Madara Uchiha absorbed the Ten-Tails and became its Jinchuriki, then agreed to cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi while Shirou stayed behind to face the Shinobi Alliance.
• Black Zetsu urged Madara Uchiha to hurry, and Madara flew toward the blood moon to cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• A giant purple arrow shot toward Madara Uchiha, but Shirou Emiya stopped it with a Truth-Seeking Orb and said its user had used his method to meet the Sage of Six Paths.

Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha confronted Madara Uchiha with their newly gained Six Paths powers while Shirou Emiya turned back the Shinobi Alliance. Might Guy opened the Eighth Gate and attacked Shirou Emiya with Night Guy, but Shirou Emiya caught him and smashed him into the ground, revealing that his Chakra was ten thousand times that of the Five Kage.

• Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha arrived with Six Paths powers, and Sasuke used Amenotejikara to switch places with Madara Uchiha so Naruto could attack him.
• Shirou Emiya turned the battlefield into a swamp with Earth Release: Swamp of the Underworld, trapping much of the Shinobi Alliance before Black Zetsu urged him to spare them.
• Might Guy, Kakashi Hatake, Minato Namikaze, and Tobirama Senju attacked Shirou Emiya, but he repelled them and destroyed the two Hokage's Impure World Reincarnation Bodies.
• Might Guy opened the Eighth Gate and struck at Shirou Emiya with Night Guy, alarming Madara Uchiha and the others watching the battle.
• Shirou Emiya charged into Might Guy's attack, seized him by the throat, and smashed him into the ground, then claimed his Chakra was ten thousand times that of the Five Kage.

Shirou Emiya saved Might Guy, then helped Madara Uchiha cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi while battling Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha. After the God Tree trapped the world in dreams, Black Zetsu stabbed Madara Uchiha and revealed its plan to revive Kaguya.

• Shirou Emiya used a Curse Mark to keep Might Guy alive and told him his hard work had not been wasted.
• Shirou Emiya opened a Space-Time Door to send Madara Uchiha to the moon while he fought Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha.
• Madara Uchiha opened his Rinne Sharingan and cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi, trapping the shinobi world in dreams.
• Madara Uchiha used the God Tree to bind the sleeping people in its roots, and Black Zetsu celebrated that its plan to revive Kaguya had succeeded.
• Naruto Uzumaki condemned Madara Uchiha's false peace, but Black Zetsu stabbed Madara Uchiha through the chest and declared that true peace required a powerful god.

Black Zetsu revealed that the Infinite Tsukuyomi was meant to resurrect Kaguya, whose immortal rule Shirou Emiya believed could bring lasting peace by governing humanity. As Black Zetsu began draining chakra to revive her, Naruto and Sasuke challenged the plan, but Shirou recognized that Black Zetsu itself was relying on a stronger being to solve its problems.

• Black Zetsu restrained Madara Uchiha and revealed that the Infinite Tsukuyomi was a prelude to resurrecting Kaguya Otsutsuki, not a way to trap humanity in dreams.
• Shirou Emiya explained to Naruto Uzumaki that human lives were too fragile to sustain peace and argued that an immortal ruler could restrain humanity's darker impulses.
• Naruto Uzumaki defended humanity's ability to create peace, while Sasuke Uchiha objected to Kaguya's treatment of people as livestock and Black Zetsu denied the accusation.
• Black Zetsu took control of Madara Uchiha and made the God Tree extract chakra from the mummies to hasten Kaguya's resurrection.
• Shirou Emiya realized that Black Zetsu was acting out of fear and relying on Kaguya to handle problems it could not face itself.

Kaguya Otsutsuki was revived through Madara Uchiha, and she immediately ordered Shirou Emiya to help her capture Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha. She transported everyone to her lava dimension, where Shirou formed a Truth-Seeking Orb sword and prepared to fight.

• Black Zetsu used Madara Uchiha to absorb Chakra, while Shirou Emiya stopped Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha from interrupting the revival.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki emerged from the condensed Chakra and identified Shirou Emiya as a source of powerful Chakra she wanted to consume.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki ordered Shirou Emiya to help capture Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha, and he agreed because he considered all three enemies.
• Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha attacked Kaguya Otsutsuki, but she transported them, Shirou Emiya, Kakashi Hatake, and Obito Uchiha to her lava-filled Amenominaka dimension.
• Shirou Emiya formed a Truth-Seeking Orb into a longsword as Kaguya Otsutsuki prepared to fight without damaging her seedbed.

Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha struggled against Shirou Emiya and Kaguya Otsutsuki in a magma-filled dimension until Shirou created a rocky battlefield. The fighters regrouped for a joint battle, while Black Zetsu and Kaguya Otsutsuki concealed their own plans for the outcome.

• Naruto Uzumaki struggled to evade Shirou Emiya's sword attacks, while Sasuke Uchiha's Susanoo began disintegrating after Kaguya Otsutsuki struck it with a bone spike.
• Sasuke Uchiha escaped the bone spike's effects by using Amenotejikara to swap places with a shuriken, and Obito Uchiha and Kakashi Hatake entered the Kamui Dimension to transplant their Sharingan.
• Naruto Uzumaki used Shadow Clones to seize Shirou Emiya and hurl him toward the magma, but Shirou Emiya used Earth Style to raise a rocky cliff from it.
• Naruto Uzumaki suggested switching opponents, but Sasuke Uchiha insisted they stay together so they would not be defeated one by one.
• Black Zetsu warned Kaguya Otsutsuki and Shirou Emiya that Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha could seal one of them, while Shirou Emiya accepted the risk and Kaguya Otsutsuki privately intended to claim victory either way.

Shirou Emiya defeated Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha, trapping them with Truth-Seeking Orb rods. When Kaguya Otsutsuki attacked Shirou from behind, Black Zetsu revealed that she was never the Rabbit Goddess Shirou believed her to be.

• Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha planned to seal Kaguya Otsutsuki before dealing with Shirou Emiya, but Shirou overwhelmed them with his swordsmanship.
• Shirou Emiya pierced Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha with Truth-Seeking Orb rods and immobilized them in black liquid.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki opened a Space-Time Door behind Shirou Emiya and struck his chakra points with Rabbit Hair Needles.
• Black Zetsu apologized to Shirou Emiya and revealed that Kaguya Otsutsuki had never been the Rabbit Goddess he imagined.