Chapter Summaries

Chiri summoned an enormous upside-down mountain and sent it crashing toward the battlefield, forcing Ōnoki to choose between stopping it and letting it crush both armies. Ōnoki used Dust Release to protect his people, and Chiri vanished from the mountain’s base as the outcome became clear.

• Chiri appeared beside a kunai in the sky and summoned a vast upside-down mountain above the battlefield.
• The mountain’s shadow sent the allied soldiers fleeing and left the commanders and powerful Ninja watching in alarm.
• Mifune and the old samurai discussed the collapse of the formation, while Hanzo, the Kage, Jiraiya, and Third Hokage reacted to Chiri’s attack.
• Ōnoki realized Chiri was betting he would stop the mountain and chose to protect the remaining Hidden Rock Village recruits.
• Ōnoki launched Dust Release: World Detachment Technique at the mountain, and Chiri vanished from its base.

Ōnoki’s Dust Release failed to erase the mountain, so he broke its barrier and unleashed a destructive explosion that shattered it. Meanwhile, Mimi kept Madara alive with a fatal poison that destroyed his brain and left him trapped in his body.

• Ōnoki expanded his Dust Release through the mountain, but the technique left a large portion of it intact.
• Ōnoki disrupted the Dust Release barrier, causing an explosion that cracked the mountain and sent burning debris raining down.
• The Third Kazekage’s Iron Sand formed shelters beneath the falling debris while Mimi considered the identities and plans behind the Shadows.
• Mimi watched Madara collapse as her poison attacked his body and mind, and his repeated Izanagi resurrections could not stop the damage.
• Mimi concluded that Madara’s regeneration would restore his brain with increasingly faulty connections and planned to keep him alive as a cage for his soul.

Chiri defeated Ōnoki’s attack with Flying Thunder God, then escaped his Dust Release at the last moment. She faced Ōnoki and the Third Kazekage, Third Mizukage, and Third Raikage as they prepared to attack her together.

• Chiri revealed Flying Thunder God Marks across the shattered mountain and struck Ōnoki with lightning-charged Kunai.
• Chiri pursued the falling Ōnoki with a Thunderclap Slash, but he trapped them both in a Double Layer: Primordial World Stripping Barrier.
• Chiri escaped the Dust Release with Flying Thunder God while Ōnoki crashed into the clearing and survived inside layers of rock.
• Chiri noticed Ōnoki’s improved Dust Release and confronted him as the Third Kazekage, Third Mizukage, and Third Raikage joined him.
• The Third Kazekage recognized Chiri from their Anbu days and vowed to avenge the Second Hokage as Chiri challenged all four Shadows to attack together.

Chiri overwhelmed the Fourth Shadow by mastering and turning their own techniques against them. The Third Mizukage and Third Kazekage were left stunned as she demonstrated Magnet Release.

• Chiri advanced through the Third Kazekage’s iron-sand barrage, deflecting its spikes with her swordsmanship.
• The Third Mizukage fired Water Gun at Chiri, but she dodged and copied the technique, wounding him with her own shot.
• The Fourth Raikage charged Chiri, who struck him in the chest with an elbow and sent him tumbling away.
• Chiri revealed that she had learned Lightning Release Chakra Mode and used Magnet Release to control the scattered iron sand.

Chiri used Mei Ji’s computational power and the First Generation Tactical Ninjutsu Device to complete a massive Iron Sand Susanoo, then challenged the three opponents before her. The battlefield fell silent as the towering lightning-clad giant loomed over them.

• Chiri linked with Mei Ji and activated Thought Acceleration, unlocking the Tactical Ninjutsu Device and exploring its functions.
• Mei Ji explained the device’s battlefield interface and warned Chiri that Thought Acceleration could overheat her brain if used too long.
• Chiri shut off Thought Acceleration and used Mei Ji’s processing power to finish a Ninjutsu she could not complete alone.
• Chiri gathered Iron Sand and lightning into a huge, armored Susanoo with a demonic skull, then floated inside its chest.
• Chiri pointed her blade at the three opponents and asked if they were ready as soldiers across the battlefield stared in shock.

Chiri used her enormous Susanoo and Lightning Release to overwhelm the Third Kazekage, the Third Mizukage, and the Fourth Raikage. After defeating the Kazekage and striking the Mizukage, she prepared a new attack against the still-punching Raikage.

• The Fourth Raikage and Third Kazekage attacked Chiri together while the Third Mizukage retreated to a safer distance.
• Chiri's Lightning Blade split the Kazekage's Iron Sand wave and resisted the Raikage's blows without damage.
• Chiri used the Iron Sand covering the ground to spread a vast Earth Current, burning the Mizukage and rendering the Kazekage's Iron Sand useless.
• Chiri cut the Third Kazekage in half with her Lightning Blade.
• Chiri struck the Third Mizukage from afar with her remote-controlled Susanoo arm while the Fourth Raikage continued punching her armor.
• Chiri formed a seal and brought two Susanoo arms together around the Fourth Raikage.

Chiri explained the principles behind Chakra Mode and Susanoo, then used her knowledge to customize her own Susanoo and fight the Fourth Raikage. She trapped him in an Iron Sand cloud and prepared a forbidden explosion technique while protected by her Susanoo.

• Chiri explained how the Inuzuka Clan's Four Legs Technique worked and how it related to Chakra Mode, Susanoo, and Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
• Chiri used her Susanoo to recreate features from Kagami Uchiha's, Uchiha Kagutsuchi's, and Madara's Susanoo, including a Thunderclap Blade and separate manifestations.
• Chiri's giant Susanoo arms struck at the Fourth Raikage, who dodged through the gaps between its fingers.
• Mimi suggested using the impurities in Iron Sand with a technique that could cause an explosion and seal off the air.
• Chiri and her Susanoo formed hand seals and used Fire Release: Dust Cloud Concealing Technique to engulf the Fourth Raikage in Iron Sand.

Mimi watched the battle as the Summer Red Soldiers devastated the allied forces’ rear artillery and Konoha’s troops pressed their attack. Hanzo confronted Jiraiya, while Chiri discovered that the Fourth Raikage and Third Kazekage were White Zetsu puppets controlled by a Mangekyo user.

• Mimi’s Summer Red Soldiers destroyed the rear artillery positions with dust explosions and white-phosphorus bombs, then swept through the allied formation.
• With the artillery silenced, the Third Hokage led Konoha’s forces into a counterattack as the allied troops began to rout.
• The old samurai ordered the ninja leaders to act, and Hanzo spread poison across the battlefield before Jiraiya dispersed it and challenged him.
• Chiri struck at the Fourth Raikage and Third Kazekage, but both survived; Mimi recognized them as White Zetsu puppets using a Shapeshifting Technique.
• Chiri spotted a Mangekyo pattern in the Third Kazekage’s eyes, and Mimi suspected Uchiha Mask was controlling the puppets.

After being left for dead, the wounded Uchiha Setsuna met Black Zetsu and White Zetsu and revealed his Mangekyo ability to possess another body. He joined them and set out to meet Madara, declaring that he would no longer be an Uchiha.

• An injured Uchiha collapsed in the forest after fighting three Anbu squads, and an old hunter found him but left after he used his Mangekyo on him.
• Days later, Setsuna arrived at the meeting place and asked Black Zetsu and White Zetsu where Madara was.
• Setsuna said his Clone Eyes could copy Kekkei Genkai from a drop of blood and revealed that he wanted the Rinnegan.
• Black Zetsu mocked Setsuna, who demonstrated his eyes by taking control of White Zetsu's body.
• Setsuna agreed to join Black Zetsu and White Zetsu and asked to be taken to Madara.
• As they walked across the sea, Setsuna said he would stop being an Uchiha.

Terumi Homura launched the final assault on Konoha, ordering Animal Path Ringo to begin the planned attack. Ringo’s summoned beasts devastated the village before Konoha Anbu caught up with her, leaving both sides ready to fight.

• Terumi Homura told Snow Princess that preparations were nearly complete and set out for the final assault, while Snow Princess stayed behind to stop Uchiha Chiri from escaping.
• Animal Path Ringo reported that she had infiltrated Konoha and distracted Aburame Insect Princess before beginning the attack.
• Ringo summoned a rhinoceros, centipede, crab, three-headed hound, and chameleon, which rampaged through Konoha’s evacuated buildings.
• A Yamanaka Anbu used the Mind Body Switch Technique to disrupt Ringo’s flying bird, but she struck back with Lightning Release: Falling Thunder.
• Ringo and the pursuing Konoha Anbu landed after clashing in midair, and the battle was about to begin.

Konoha’s forces struggled against the Preta Path while Ōnoki led the allied assault through the deadly white beams and into Konoha. Mimi halted her attack as Madara completed his eye replacement, leaving him to recover while she watched.

• The Preta Path absorbed the Uchiha brothers’ ninjutsu and chakra, then seized them, but the Hyuga struck him and drove him into nearby buildings.
• Hitomi watched the battle anxiously, while Mimi told her to trust her clansmen and urged the fighters to use their trump cards.
• Ōnoki used Dust Release as a shield to lead the Explosion Corps through the white beams, and they reached Konoha and dropped their Clay Bombs.
• Terumi Homura declared that Konoha had won as the White Zetsu army broke through the blockade and advanced toward the village.
• Mimi stopped attacking and sent her venomous insects into hibernation while Madara finished replacing his eyes and regained his senses.
• Madara asked Mimi what she had done, and she replied that he probably would not understand even if she explained.

Mimi confronted Madara and the hidden horned old man, arguing that peace required material abundance and that claims of universal love concealed selfishness. She defended her rule as generous enough to win the world's support and warned the Sage of Six Paths that justice belonged to her.

• Madara identified Mimi as the Insect Princess and enemy before collapsing from his injuries.
• Mimi criticized the ideals of the brothers and challenged the horned old man to explain what she had gotten wrong.
• Mimi argued that people needed abundant resources before they could devote themselves to understanding one another, and that love necessarily involved choosing whom to care for.
• The horned old man remembered the girl killed by her mother and questioned his own motives, but still insisted Mimi was wrong.
• Mimi declared that she would win willing support by giving people far more than any other ruler and said she would draw the Sage of Six Paths out of hiding.

Mimi explained to the Sage of Six Paths that human civilization behaved like a super-organism driven by endless growth and greed, which would eventually collapse when resources ran out. She offered no clear solution beyond pointing to the endurance of ant colonies, and left the Sage troubled as she demanded humanity submit to her rule for the safety of her garden.

• The Sage of Six Paths asked Mimi why she wanted to rule, and Mimi described her ambitions and her desire to reach the stars.
• Mimi compared human civilization to an ant colony and explained how unchecked greed and growth could cause resource shortages, war, and collapse.
• The Sage of Six Paths asked how humanity could avoid that fate, but Mimi said she did not know and pointed to the survival of insect colonies.
• Mimi warned that humans could threaten her garden and demanded they submit to her rule, while the Sage of Six Paths silently recoiled at her words.

Mimi defeated Madara and crushed the Deva Path while learning that the attack on Konoha was meant to buy the Allied Shinobi Forces time. As the Deva Path unleashed Super Shinra Tensei from the sky, Mimi raised a Four Red Yang Formation to shield the village.

• Madara collapsed from his injuries, and the Sage of Six Paths resolved to wait for Indra and Asura to reincarnate if Madara died.
• Mimi pinned the Deva Path beneath immense gravity, broke his body, and learned that the attack on Konoha was part of Madara's plan to give the Allied Shinobi Forces time to recover.
• Mimi summoned the Deva Path away and returned to the Hokage Office, where she reassured Mito that Konoha's defenses were ready.
• The Deva Path rose above Konoha and unleashed Super Shinra Tensei while Mimi formed a Four Red Yang Formation around the village.

Mimi’s barrier protected Konoha from Deva Path’s devastating attack, leaving the attackers stunned as Tsunade arrived and faced Deva Path in the sky. Tsunade’s Thunderclap Eight Trigrams sent Deva Path crashing into the ground, and she followed with another furious strike as the battle continued.

• The Four Red Yang Formation shielded Little Garden from Deva Path’s Super Almighty Push, while the attack carved a ring-shaped moat around Konoha.
• Deva Path refused to give up and gathered more Chakra, but Mimi explained why the barrier and Little Garden had withstood the attack.
• Tsunade leapt into the sky, and Deva Path shifted her focus to capturing the Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki.
• Ōnoki led the Explosion Corps and the bird formation into a dive, targeting Tsunade as the Nine-Tails Capture Operation began.
• Tsunade struck Deva Path with Thunderclap Eight Trigrams, sending her crashing into a crater, then raised a fist for another attack.

Tsunade crushed Deva Path with a giantized fist while Animal Path Ringo fled toward the forest. In Konoha, Asura Path Hozuki fought the Inuzuka clan and their Ninja Dogs until Insect Sister arrived to confront him.

• Tsunade’s enormous fist broke through Deva Path’s Shinra Tensei and drove him into the ground, killing him with one strike.
• Tsunade severed her giant arm at the joint, while Mimi warned her that Animal Path Ringo was still alive and using Izanagi.
• Animal Path Ringo turned invisible and escaped toward the forest, planning to regroup with the other Paths.
• Asura Path Hozuki attacked the Inuzuka youth and his Ninja Dogs with rockets and a laser, killing several dogs despite their coordinated assault.
• Insect Sister arrived, and the Inuzuka youth and surviving dogs gathered behind her as she prepared to face Asura Path.

Insect Sister joined the battle against Asura Path, prompting the Ninja Dogs to enter Berserk Transformation and gather around their leader. Mimi ordered Insect Sister to use Lightning Release, and she began charging an attack as the pack prepared to swarm.

• Insect Sister followed the scent of blood and stood between the dog pack and Asura Path, while Mimi let her act.
• The Inuzuka boy and the Ninja Dogs used Berserk Transformation, becoming stronger and more ferocious as bloodred Chakra mist surrounded them.
• The chapter explained that the Inuzuka boy was the only confirmed person to survive rabies and that Insect Sister and he were the only ones who could freely play with the rabid dogs.
• Insect Sister arrived as the pack's leader, and the berserk dogs surrounded Asura Path and prepared to attack.
• Mimi ordered Insect Sister to use Lightning Release, and Insect Sister opened her mouth as lightning flashed inside.

Insect Sister and her Ninja Dog pack fought Asura Path Hozuki, using coordinated attacks to overcome his Water Transformation Technique and weapons. The dogs caught him in midair and dragged him down as Insect Sister ordered them to attack.

• Asura Path dodged Insect Sister's Lightning Release and transformed into water to counter the charging dogs.
• Asura Path fired missiles at Insect Sister, but the dogs intercepted them with Fang Passing Fang.
• Insect Sister's external armor fired lightning bullets that disrupted Asura Path's Water Transformation Technique.
• A large dog crushed Asura Path's metal hand in its jaws and dragged him into the air as the pack leaped after him.
• The dogs clamped onto Asura Path's limbs and pulled him down despite his back thrusters, while Insect Sister called for the pack to attack.

As Konoha’s factions settled around Tsunade’s coming leadership, Pakura confronted Rasa when he tried to lead Sand Hidden Village children and villagers in a defection. Rasa left with dozens of followers, while Pakura reported his escape plan and vowed to protect those who remained in Konoha.

• Konoha’s clans, civilians, and immigrants shifted into distinct factions as Mimi’s reforms created new opportunities and Tsunade prepared to become Hokage.
• Rasa ordered Pakura to return to the Sand Hidden Village ranks, but Pakura insisted she was a Konoha ninja on a mission.
• Pakura threatened to fight Rasa if he tried to take the people sheltering behind her, and Rasa left with dozens of children and followers.
• Pakura radioed her captain that Rasa was leading a defection and warned that other Sand Hidden Village ninjas might cause trouble.
• Pakura watched the underground evacuation passage and vowed to become Konoha’s hero, save the people left behind, and kill Rasa when they met again.

Orochimaru secretly infiltrated one of Nami’s underground storage sites, believing he had outsmarted her monitoring network. He found only radioactive stones and radiation-absorbing fungi, took samples, and left to investigate other sites.

• Orochimaru navigated a maze of underground fissures and caverns, using Soft Body Modification to avoid Nami’s monitoring network.
• Orochimaru reached a hidden platform and used corrosive liquid to carve a small tunnel into Nami’s storage cavern.
• Nami sensed Orochimaru’s intrusion through microorganisms but chose to observe him instead of intervening.
• Orochimaru entered the cavern and found it contained glowing radioactive stones and colonies of fungi growing on them.
• Orochimaru took two stones and a sample of the fungi, then headed back to check other storage sites.