Chapter Summaries

Sakura arranged a Five Kage allied army meeting to confront Mōryō, then traveled to Kusagakure with Sasuke and Hikari. The Raikage agreed to attend under Black Zetsu’s influence, while the Mizukage had not yet arrived when Sakura reached the Land of Grass.

• Sakura threatened the other Kage into gathering at Kusagakure in three days to discuss forming an allied army against Mōryō, and Ōnoki agreed to organize the meeting.
• Dodai advised Killer B to support the alliance, and Killer B decided to attend; after he left, Black Zetsu revealed that he had killed the real Dodai and manipulated Killer B for three years.
• Tobirama showed Sakura a prototype Scientific Ninja Tool, then agreed to keep teaching Naruto while Sakura handled the Mōryō crisis.
• Sakura persuaded Hikari to join her and Sasuke by offering homemade egg tarts, and the three set out for Kusagakure two and a half days later.
• Sakura arrived at Kusagakure, where Nara Suzaku reported that the Raikage, Kazekage, and Tsuchikage had arrived but the Mizukage had not.

Sakura arrived in Kusagakure ahead of the Five Kage summit and rejected Nara Suzaku’s plan to ambush the other Kage. After a rainy nighttime walk with Uchiha Hikari, Sakura learned that Hanzo of the Salamander had arrived, and suspected that an enemy was impersonating him.

• Sakura reached the Konoha garrison and learned that Gaara and Killer B had brought substantial forces to the summit.
• Nara Suzaku proposed killing the visiting Kage and launching attacks on their nations, but Sakura refused because using the Mōryō campaign as a pretext would be unjustifiable.
• Uchiha Hikari asked Sakura to walk with her across the plains where Hikari had grown up, but rain cut short her recollections.
• At the village gate, Sakura and Hikari met the Iwagakure Ninja Higashiwa, who mistook Sakura for a girl named Ino and expressed enthusiasm about Konoha and Iwagakure’s alliance.
• Nara Suzaku informed Sakura that Hanzo of the Salamander had arrived in Kusagakure, and Sakura suspected that he was an impostor connected to Pain, Obito, or Black Zetsu.

Sakura attended the Five Kage Summit in Kusagakure, where the leaders discussed the coming resurrection of Mōryō and tensions flared between the Raikage and Mizukage. After Sakura confronted Ao for secretly examining her with his Byakugan, she ordered Sasuke to reclaim the eye, leaving the summit on the verge of conflict.

• Sakura arrived at the summit with Sasuke and Hikari, and the assembled shinobi reacted with fear and unease at her presence.
• Ōnoki kept Kurotsuchi and Deidara close as the summit began, and Mifune introduced Mōryō’s sealed soul and body and urged the villages to unite against him.
• Utakata questioned why the villages needed to gather when they could simply hide the Miko, and Dodai explained that Mōryō’s soul could track her location.
• Killer B and Utakata exchanged challenges after Ao rebuked Dodai, escalating the tension between the Raikage and Mizukage.
• Sakura accused Ao of using his concealed Byakugan to inspect her and rebuked Hanzo when he tried to silence her.
• Sakura ordered Sasuke to reclaim the Byakugan from Ao.

Sakura ordered Sasuke and Uchiha Hikari to retrieve Konoha’s Byakugan from Ao, triggering a clash among the assembled Kage and their allies. Hikari overpowered Ao and destroyed the eye, while Utakata broke free of her genjutsu.

• Sakura demanded that Sasuke take back the Byakugan, and Sasuke fought Darui, Chojuro, and Killer B as Gaara tried to stop him with Magnet Release sand.
• Uchiha Hikari shattered Gaara’s sand, controlled Utakata with her Sharingan, and charged toward Ao while Sakura kept Ōnoki at bay.
• Hikari defeated Ao’s Water Style attack with a flaming sword slash, while the disguised Hiruko tried to avoid being exposed as Hanzo of the Salamander.
• Ao tried to activate the device meant to destroy his Byakugan, but Hikari used Mangekyō Sharingan—Yachihoko—Engraved Tsukuyomi to control and drain him.
• Hikari stabbed Ao’s Byakugan, leaving him unconscious, and Utakata finally broke free of her genjutsu.

At the Five Kage Summit, Sakura confronted Utakata after he attacked her and triggered the Six-Tails’ power. As Utakata transformed and burst outside, Sakura exposed Black Zetsu’s disguise and resolved to establish the Ninja Alliance through force.

• Sakura gouged out Ao’s eye, and Utakata’s anger caused the Six-Tails’ Chakra to surge.
• Sakura faced Utakata as he lost control, while Chojuro carried Ao out of the hall at Utakata’s request.
• Sakura ordered Uchiha Hikari to attack Dodai with Amaterasu, forcing Black Zetsu to flee the flames by abandoning his vest.
• Utakata transformed into the Six-Tails and burst through the building as the assembled shinobi retreated.
• Ōnoki and Killer B told the shinobi to fall back and framed Utakata’s rampage as a sudden crisis while Sakura watched from the ruins.

Sakura unveiled her Yang Release Nintaijutsu: Defense by kicking the Six-Tails’ Tailed Beast Ball back with a barrier of Chakra. She then overpowered Saiken and forced the projectile into his mouth, leaving him struggling to contain its imminent explosion.

• Saiken attacked the Four Kage with corrosive mucus, and Ōnoki and Gaara shielded them with stone and sand giants.
• Gaara used Desert Funeral to bury Saiken in sand as the Six-Tails charged a Tailed Beast Ball.
• Sakura rushed forward and kicked the Tailed Beast Ball back, while Ōnoki recognized that she had wrapped it in Chakra and struck it with her own Chakra.
• Sakura caught up with the returning Tailed Beast Ball, punched Saiken, pried his mouth open, and shoved the projectile into his stomach.
• Sakura clamped Saiken’s mouth shut as he struggled, leaving him to fear the Tailed Beast Ball exploding inside him.

Sakura subdued the Six-Tails and knocked out Utakata before the Kage began planning a joint campaign against Mōryō. The Kage agreed to send an elite team to protect the Miko and draw Mōryō’s Terracotta Army into the Land of Wind’s desert, while Uchiha Hikari quietly tied up Sakura’s hair.

• Sakura stuffed a Tailed Beast Ball into the Six-Tails, then repeatedly slammed it into the ground and punched it until it reverted to Utakata.
• Sakura knocked Utakata unconscious, returned him to the Kirigakure ninja, and joined Gaara, Ōnoki, and Killer B to discuss Mōryō.
• Sakura and the other Kage agreed that an elite squad should protect the Miko of the Land of Demons and locate Mōryō’s soul.
• Gaara proposed using the Miko to lure the Terracotta Army into the Land of Wind’s desert, where the allied forces would make their stand.
• The Kage chose Hatake Kakashi to lead Darui, Temari, and Deidara in escorting the Miko, and Ōnoki set troop contributions for the main army.
• Uchiha Hikari tied Sakura’s long hair up with a Senbon while the Kage finalized their plan.

The Akatsuki planned to revive Mōryō and arranged contingencies to stop the demon, while the Five Great Shinobi Villages assembled a squad to escort the Miko to the battlefield. The chapter ended with Kakashi’s team preparing to travel across the Shinobi World, with Deidara tasked with carrying them by air.

• Black Zetsu proposed reviving Mōryō to attack the Fifth Hokage and using the Box of Paradise at Hozuki Castle to seal the demon if necessary.
• Pain approved the plan and assigned Uchiha Obito to deliver the Miko and Mōryō’s physical body to Yomi, while Uchiha Itachi would support the Five Kage.
• Pain ordered Kisame Hoshigaki and Sasori of the Red Sands to seize the Box of Paradise, and directed Hiruko to impersonate Hanzo and lead Amegakure’s forces into the Ninja Alliance.
• Pain considered recruiting new Akatsuki members after the organization’s losses.
• Kakashi, Darui, Temari, and Deidara formed an all-star squad and prepared to escort the Miko from the Land of Demons to an uninhabited desert in the Land of Wind.
• Kakashi explained the route to the group and asked Deidara to carry them by air.

The Five Kage settled into a staged communal life in Kusagakure while Sakura asked Ōnoki for help with a secret technique. Meanwhile, Kakashi’s team discovered that the Miko they had escorted was actually Suhō in disguise, and they turned back toward the Land of Demons to find the real Shion.

• Sakura questioned Ōnoki about the Light-Weight Rock Technique, and he helped her after mistaking her request for a strategy to reassure the Raikage and Mizukage.
• Gaara served the Five Kage a meal, interrupting Ōnoki’s attempt to claim a favor from Sakura, who offered him a chicken leg instead.
• Kakashi noticed that the silent Miko on the flying bird behaved differently from the intelligence reports and that the Terracotta Army kept advancing toward the Land of Demons.
• Suhō revealed that he had used his clan’s secret technique to impersonate Shion and refused to disclose her location, asking the shinobi to kill him.
• Kakashi ordered Deidara to follow the Terracotta Army toward the Land of Demons.

Uchiha Obito captured Shion and delivered her to Yomi, allowing Mōryō to begin absorbing her Chakra. Kakashi, Darui, and Temari failed to rescue her and were overwhelmed by the Terracotta Army, while Deidara escaped with Shion and encountered Obito.

• Shion tried to flee, but Uchiha Obito captured her with Kamui and then handed her to Yomi.
• Kakashi, Darui, and Temari attacked Yomi and fought through his guards, while Deidara caught Shion and carried her away from the battlefield.
• Yomi bound Kakashi, drained Temari's Chakra, and used Kakashi's memories to understand the Five Kage's plans as Darui was surrounded.
• Mōryō ordered his three remaining guards to take Kakashi, Darui, and Temari to the Land of Wind.
• Deidara flew toward the Land of Grass with Shion and encountered Uchiha Obito.

Deidara tried to protect Shion and Suhō from Uchiha Obito, but Obito overwhelmed him and pursued Shion until Sasuke arrived to stop him. Sasuke’s attacks failed against Obito’s powerful releases, so he awakened Susanoo and activated Great God's True Mandate and Heavenly Dao's Counter Mandate, leaving their fight poised to escalate.

• Deidara detonated his Clay Bird to escape Obito with Shion, but the blast also caught Suhō and sent all of them falling.
• Obito used Storm Release to attack Deidara, while Deidara sent clay eagles to carry Shion and Suhō away; Obito pursued Shion and survived Deidara’s explosive spiders with Steel Release.
• Deidara followed Obito and shouted that he had murdered Namikaze Minato, but Obito ignored him and attacked the white eagles with Wood Style.
• Sasuke appeared, intercepted Obito’s wooden spikes, and challenged him, but Obito blocked Sasuke’s sword with one finger and kicked him through several trees.
• Sasuke attacked with Fire Release and Lightning Release, but Obito countered both with his techniques, including Storm Release: Storm Dragon.
• Sasuke awakened Susanoo and activated Great God's True Mandate and Heavenly Dao's Counter Mandate as Obito’s expression changed.

Sasuke exhausted his Mangekyō power fighting Uchiha Obito, but Uchiha Hikari arrived and drove Obito to retreat. Back in Kusagakure, Sakura healed Sasuke and Deidara and decided to trade Shion to recover the captured allies, refusing to abandon her people.

• Sasuke used his Susanoo and Heavenly Dao's Counter Mandate against Uchiha Obito, but his ocular power ran out before he could defeat him.
• Uchiha Hikari arrived, supported Sasuke, and confronted Uchiha Obito, who escaped using Kamui.
• Hikari reunited with Shion and Suhō, and the group returned to Kusagakure with the injured Sasuke and Deidara.
• Sakura healed Deidara's broken leg and burns with Yang Release, then treated Sasuke's broken ribs and exhausted eyes.
• Sakura told Ōnoki she would trade Shion for the captured allies and said she would not abandon her people.

The Kage and their allies planned to recover Kakashi, Darui, and the others by sending Dodai to negotiate with Mōryō, while Sakura arranged a Flying Thunder God escape route for him. After Dodai left, Tsunade comforted Sakura over Hiruzen's death, then gave her the cursed necklace, leaving Sakura uneasy about what might happen.

• Ōnoki, Dodai, and the others discussed Uchiha Obito's abilities and how to rescue Kakashi and the captured ninja.
• Gaara and Deidara volunteered for a rescue mission, but Dodai proposed exchanging Shion for the hostages instead.
• Sakura assigned Dodai to negotiate with Mōryō and promised the Flying Thunder God Squad would mark a kunai so he could escape danger.
• Dodai accepted the assignment, left a mark on one of the squad's kunai, and departed for the enemy camp.
• Sakura apologized to Tsunade for missing Hiruzen's funeral, and Tsunade embraced her and encouraged her to honor the Hokages' hopes.
• Tsunade placed her jade-green necklace around Sakura's neck, and Sakura feared it would bring trouble.

With the alliance's twenty-one thousand five hundred shinobi on the verge of turning on one another, Sakura rejected Jiraiya's plan to preach mutual understanding and prepared to address the troops herself. She opened her speech by calling them trash.

• Gaara, Ōnoki, and Mei Terumi worried that hatred among the six factions would undermine the alliance before its fight with Mōryō.
• Sakura learned that Mōryō had agreed to exchange Kakashi, Darui, and Temari for Shion, though the hostage exchange remained dangerous.
• Jiraiya volunteered to unite the troops through mutual understanding, but Sakura dismissed him and decided to speak instead.
• Sakura ordered the six factions to gather separately, and Ōnoki raised a platform for her before the assembled army.
• Sakura looked down at the troops and called them trash, shocking Ōnoki, the Kage, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Black Zetsu.

Sakura provoked the gathered shinobi into voicing their anger and uniting against Mōryō, while secretly planting resistance to the powerful and privileged. The assembled forces found common resolve, and Sakura looked forward to the seed of defiance growing after the threat was defeated.

• Sakura insulted the ninja villages and Konoha, drawing hostility from the gathered forces and prompting a Cloud Ninja to throw a kunai at her.
• Sakura returned the kunai and told the shinobi to set aside their old grudges until they defeated their shared enemy, offering to accept their vengeance afterward.
• When a Sunagakure Ninja objected that he had lost everyone he cared about, Sakura challenged him to consider whether he truly had no one left.
• Sakura asked the gathered shinobi to prove they were not trash, and their voices rose together until they all declared that they were not trash.
• Sakura revealed that she had used her status and provocation to make herself a target and plant a seed of resistance against the powerful and privileged.

Sakura rallied the Ninja Alliance against Mōryō, then the two armies met in the desert for a hostage exchange. As Kakashi and Shion passed each other, Uchiha Hikari made her move.

• Sakura stirred the shinobi’s anger toward herself and Mōryō’s army, while Black Zetsu recognized her political aims and considered approaching her.
• Sakura and the four Kage discussed the hostage exchange, and Ōnoki pretended to suffer back pain rather than confront the cooks who had poisoned her food.
• Mōryō’s army of Stone Golems arrived, and he demanded the shinobi surrender before agreeing to exchange captives for Shion.
• The Ninja Alliance escorted Shion forward, while Kakashi and the other captives approached from the Stone Golem ranks.
• Uchiha Hikari, disguised as an unknown ninja, signaled Shion to cross; as Shion and Kakashi passed each other, Hikari moved.

Mōryō revealed himself and unleashed his Terracotta Army against the Ninja Alliance while preparing to restore his sealed body. Sakura and Uchiha Hikari reached him, but Mōryō struck Sakura with one punch and sent her flying.

• Mōryō revealed that he had been disguised as the white-robed woman and sent the Terracotta Army to attack the Ninja Alliance.
• The Alliance’s combined Fire and Wind Release attacks failed to stop the Terracotta Army, whose soldiers repaired themselves and kept advancing.
• Sakura flew toward Mōryō with Uchiha Hikari, while Sasuke enlisted Deidara to carry him after them.
• Mōryō’s physical body resonated with the formation surrounding the bound Shion as he ordered Yomi to intercept the approaching ninja.
• Uchiha Hikari killed Yomi with a Sharingan technique and rushed toward Mōryō.
• Sakura attacked Mōryō with a chakra-charged punch, but he sent her flying with a single blow.

Sakura and Uchiha Hikari fought Mōryō, who could absorb Chakra and learn memories, but he fused with Shion to regain a powerful body. Sakura unleashed her Sage-powered Hundred Healings Jutsu and prepared to defeat him, concluding that the Sage of Six Paths had spared demons to preserve strength against the Ōtsutsuki Clan.

• Sakura discovered that Mōryō could absorb Chakra and read the memories of those he drained.
• Mōryō fused his soul with Shion's body, transforming her into his new physical form.
• Mōryō explained that a strong enough soul could return to its body with a single thought.
• Sakura released the Sage Chakra stored in her Yin Seal and activated Sage Art: Yin Seal: Hundred Healings Jutsu.
• Sakura transformed her seals with Senjutsu and Yang Release, sensing that she now had the power to kill Mōryō.
• Sakura decided to send Mōryō to the Pure Land because she believed the Sage of Six Paths had preserved demons as potential allies against the Ōtsutsuki Clan.

Haruno Sakura fought Mōryō with her Yang Release power, while Uchiha Hikari and later Sasuke and Deidara watched and supported from nearby. Sakura and Inner Sakura destroyed Mōryō with a divine axe technique, and dawn broke over the battlefield.

• Sakura activated Yang Release and traded devastating close-range attacks with Mōryō, who praised her strength and summoned a vast mass of demonic tentacles.
• Sakura unleashed Sage Art: Yang Release: Mountain Lord, but Mōryō’s true-form phantom tore apart the Golden Divine Tiger.
• Hikari awakened her Mangekyō Sharingan and used Susanoo to catch Sakura, then attacked Mōryō as he struck Susanoo’s forehead crystal and shrugged off Amaterasu.
• Sakura created a Yang Clone of Inner Sakura, and the two coordinated their attacks to overpower Mōryō until he transformed into his enormous true body.
• As Mōryō fired beams from his five heads, Sakura formed a divine Chakra axe and erased him, his demonic energy, and his tentacles with one strike.
• The axe split the black clouds and revealed dawn as Hikari, Sasuke, and Deidara watched Sakura hovering above the ruined battlefield.

After Sakura defeated Mōryō, the Ninja Alliance disbanded and the Kage began returning to their villages. Akatsuki member Uchiha Obito confronted Utakata at sea, while another stranger stopped Gaara outside Sunagakure and demanded the One-Tail’s power.

• Sakura finished eating to restore her depleted Chakra, reflected on Shion’s death, and decided to return to Shikkotsu Forest.
• Ōnoki noted that the other Kage had already departed, and Sakura left to return home after the Ninja Alliance disbanded.
• Utakata reassured Chojuro that Ao would recover, then faced Uchiha Obito aboard Kirigakure’s fleet.
• Uchiha Obito revealed that Akatsuki wanted the Six-Tails inside Utakata and activated his Sharingan.
• Near Sunagakure, a stranger with pale-purple eyes approached Gaara through a sandstorm and demanded the power of his One-Tail.