Chapter Summaries

Naruto’s Nine-Tails and Shukaku battered Iwagakure while Jiraiya led Konoha and Sunagakure’s forces against Ōnoki’s troops. Orochimaru arrived with an army of Impure World Reincarnation fighters, and as the revived dead clashed with the living, Ōnoki joined the battle to keep his village from being overwhelmed.

• Naruto released the Nine-Tails’ power, and Shukaku sent a massive sand wave toward Iwagakure as Konoha and Sunagakure’s ninjas fought Ōnoki’s forces.
• Jiraiya engaged Ōnoki, who grew desperate as his troops suffered losses and called for Orochimaru to appear.
• Orochimaru summoned hundreds of Impure World Reincarnation fighters, and Jiraiya ordered the allied ninjas to destroy their bodies and seal them.
• The revived fighters attacked, casualties mounted on both sides, and the Sealing Ninjas began removing them from the battle.
• Ōnoki confronted Orochimaru over the use of Iwagakure’s dead, then agreed to send his forces into the fight as the Impure World Reincarnation army began to falter.

The battle between Iwagakure and the Konohagakure–Sunagakure alliance ended in a temporary retreat after Impure World Reincarnation fighters covered Iwagakure’s withdrawal and Naruto’s body could no longer withstand the Nine-Tails’ chakra. Kazuna chose to focus on the Kumogakure battlefield while launching the second phase of a plan to turn the Shinobi World’s commoners against the nobles and Daimyo.

• Ōnoki’s forces and the Impure World Reincarnation shinobi attacked Konohagakure and Sunagakure, while the Nine-Tails was blasted with Explosive Tags and Shukaku sealed several reincarnated fighters.
• Ōnoki struck the Nine-Tails with a Rock Giant, but Naruto’s body began failing, so the Nine-Tails’ chakra receded and Jiraiya pulled Naruto to safety.
• Ōnoki retreated with Iwagakure, and the allied forces sealed the remaining Impure World Reincarnation shinobi before both sides ended the battle.
• Kazuna told Yazo he would go to the Kumogakure battlefield and planned to stir resentment within Iwagakure over Ōnoki’s use of Impure World Reincarnation.
• Yazo reported that Shimura Danzō and Hiruzen Sarutobi had been spotted near Kumogakure with followers, while Kazuna prepared to act against the Daimyo.
• Kazuna ordered residents of Fireleaf City and Flameleaf City to travel outward and tell others about their lives in cities without nobles.

Kazuna learned that the Masked Man had targeted the Eight-Tails and prepared for the coming threat while urging Konan to keep his Scroll close. He led a sixteen-thousand-strong force against Kumogakure, where the Seven-Tails and a barrage of Explosive Tags opened the attack.

• Konan told Kazuna that the Masked Man had captured only a severed Eight-Tails tail, and Kazuna asked about Akatsuki's members and plans.
• Kazuna urged Konan to carry the Scroll and promised to shelter Nagato in Konohagakure, while Konan offered him hundreds of millions of Explosive Tags.
• Kazuna pressed Tobirama Senju for progress on strengthening Hashirama Senju through the Impure World Reincarnation and warned that Madara Uchiha might still be alive.
• Kazuna assembled more than ten thousand Konohagakure ninjas alongside six thousand Kirigakure ninjas, including Mei Terumi, Uchiha Shisui, Uchiha Itachi, and Fugaku Uchiha.
• Kazuna demanded Kumogakure's surrender, and Darui refused; Kazuna ordered the assault, with the Seven-Tails firing a Tailed Beast Bomb and the army launching more than ten thousand Explosive Tags.

Kazuna’s forces attacked Kumogakure with the Three-Tails and Seven-Tails, while Yazo captured the Eight-Tails and Shisui fought Darui. Obito failed to seize the Eight-Tails, and Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō appeared with troops to attack the Uchiha, leaving Fugaku Uchiha and Uchiha Itachi to face them.

• Kazuna summoned the Three-Tails to join the Seven-Tails in firing Tailed Beast Bombs at Kumogakure, and Killer B arrived with the weakened Eight-Tails to stop one.
• The Eight-Tails fought the Three-Tails and Seven-Tails until Yazo bound it with her Adamantine Sealing Chains, while Shisui intercepted Darui’s attack on her.
• Obito tried to capture Yazo and the Eight-Tails but escaped with Kamui after Yazo detected and restrained him, then discussed obtaining the Eight-Tails’ Chakra with Black and White Zetsu.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō arrived with troops and attacked the Uchiha, prompting Kazuna to send Fugaku Uchiha and Uchiha Itachi to confront them.

Uchiha Kazuna watched Konoha and Kirigakure battle Kumogakure while trading the Eight-Tails to Obito for twenty Sharingan. Meanwhile, Itachi met Hiruzen Sarutobi and renewed his trust, though Hiruzen refused to flee because he believed Kumogakure and Iwagakure had to be saved.

• Uchiha Itachi and Fugaku Uchiha fought Shimura Danzō and Hiruzen Sarutobi while Kazuna turned his attention to the battlefield.
• Konoha and Kirigakure’s forces drove back Kumogakure’s twenty thousand ninja, while the Three-Tails and Seven-Tails attacked the Eight-Tails under Yazo’s restraints.
• Obito demanded the Eight-Tails, and Kazuna agreed to hand it over in exchange for twenty Sharingan.
• Yazo launched the Eight-Tails into the air, and the Three-Tails and Seven-Tails struck it with Tailed Beast Bombs as Obito left to capture it.
• Tsunade and the Medical Ninjas used Slugs to heal and protect the allied forces, keeping Konoha’s losses low while Kumogakure suffered heavily.
• Itachi told Hiruzen Sarutobi that he still considered him the true Hokage and urged him to flee, but Hiruzen stayed determined to prevent Kumogakure and Iwagakure from being destroyed.

Itachi helped Hiruzen Sarutobi plan a retreat to Kumogakure, while Darui agreed to Danzo’s secretive plan as the village faced defeat. Kazuna ordered another attack, but Kumogakure launched a sudden counterattack and Fugaku Uchiha was defeated, prompting Kazuna to send Itachi and Tsunade to help him.

• Itachi suggested that Hiruzen Sarutobi retreat to Kumogakure, and Hiruzen agreed to withdraw with Itachi covering him.
• Darui led Kumogakure’s retreat after leaving three thousand shinobi behind as a rearguard, then convened a council as the village braced for defeat.
• Danzo proposed a plan requiring sacrifices, and Darui agreed to carry it out for Kumogakure.
• Kazuna ordered the Three-Tails and Seven-Tails to bombard Kumogakure while his shinobi rested.
• A messenger reported that Kumogakure had launched an attack and Fugaku Uchiha had been defeated.
• Kazuna sent Itachi and Tsunade to help Fugaku and asked the messenger what had happened.

After Kumogakure’s suicide attacks devastated Konoha’s forces, Kazuna rejected peace talks and demanded surrender. Darui and the remaining Kumogakure leaders chose to abandon their village, appointing Darui the Fifth Raikage as they began their retreat.

• A messenger reported that Kumogakure’s ninja were charging with Explosive Tags, forcing Fugaku to retreat, and Kazuna suspected Danzo was behind their reckless attacks.
• Kazuna reached the blood-soaked battlefield and learned that 3,200 of Fugaku’s 5,000 Konoha ninja had been lost; Fugaku admitted he had grown complacent.
• Kazuna confronted Hiruzen, Danzo, Darui, and Shi, refused compensation or negotiation, and told Kumogakure to surrender.
• Hiruzen advised Kumogakure to evacuate to Iwagakure, and Mabui supported the plan to leave the village.
• Darui agreed to lead the retreat, was named the Fifth Raikage, and departed with the remaining ninja while the elders stayed behind to cover their escape.

Kazuna’s forces devastated Kumogakure while Fugaku and Itachi entered the village to confront its defenders. At Iwagakure, Orochimaru used Impure World Reincarnation to summon Rasa and another Kage, forcing Jiraiya’s forces to retreat as they feared more Kage—including Madara Uchiha—could be summoned.

• Kazuna ordered the Seven-Tails and Three-Tails to bombard Kumogakure’s outskirts, and Fugaku and Itachi entered to fight the surviving defenders.
• Jiraiya prepared to intercept Kumogakure’s retreat, but Ōnoki confronted him while Orochimaru arrived with Gaara.
• Orochimaru summoned Rasa, who learned that Gaara had become the Fifth Kazekage and that Sunagakure was allied with Konohagakure.
• Orochimaru controlled Rasa into attacking Gaara, and the two Kazekage clashed with Gold Dust and sand.
• Orochimaru revealed another coffin marked “Second,” so Jiraiya ordered his forces to withdraw while Gaara also left and Rasa was sealed away.
• Jiraiya sent word to Kazuna and warned Kakashi that Orochimaru might summon multiple Kage, including Madara Uchiha.

Kazuna prepared to face Madara Uchiha by using White Zetsu bodies to strengthen Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, while Kumogakure joined Iwagakure for a final stand against the allied forces. At Iwagakure’s walls, Orochimaru revealed that he had summoned Madara Uchiha, leaving the defenders stunned.

• Kazuna and Tobirama Senju used White Zetsu bodies and Hashirama Cells to reincarnate the Senju brothers at near-peak strength.
• Kumogakure reached Iwagakure after Konohagakure’s pursuit had devastated its forces, and Ōnoki proposed a desperate plan to Darui.
• Konohagakure, Kirigakure, and Sunagakure gathered more than forty thousand ninja outside Iwagakure for the final battle.
• In Amegakure, Nagato learned that Obito had failed to capture the Eight-Tails, and they decided to try activating their plan anyway.
• Orochimaru summoned Madara Uchiha before Ōnoki, Darui, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Shimura Danzō, claiming Madara made his side the strongest.

Orochimaru joined the opposing Kage and used Impure World Reincarnation to raise an army of dead shinobi, including Madara Uchiha, while Kazuna prepared the Allied Forces for battle. The chapter left the war underway, with the reincarnated Kage learning they had to fight their own villages.

• Orochimaru revealed Madara Uchiha's corpse, agreed to lead the Kage's alliance, and accepted Shimura Danzō's offer of research and corpses in exchange for a deal.
• Kazuna warned the Allied Forces that Orochimaru's Impure World Reincarnation army made the battle dangerous and ordered Fugaku to oversee their logistics.
• Obito, Nagato, and the Akatsuki saw that their incomplete Ten-Tails husk was too weak to use, and Obito decided they should wait for the other forces to fight.
• The battle began when a Tailed Beast Bomb struck Iwagakure's barrier, and Orochimaru summoned more than a thousand dead shinobi along with six Kage.
• Ōnoki and Darui learned that the First Tsuchikage and the First and Second Raikage could not be summoned, while Darui told the Third Raikage that the Fourth had been captured in Konoha.

The allied forces fought Orochimaru’s Impure World Reincarnation Kage while Kazuna’s side deployed powerful shinobi and sealing teams. As the battle intensified, Orochimaru questioned where Kazuna’s remaining Tailed Beasts were, and Mei Terumi faced her predecessor, the Fourth Mizukage.

• The Third Raikage learned that the Fourth Raikage had been captured, while Rasa faced his son Gaara and Hozuki Gengetsu cursed Orochimaru for summoning Kirigakure’s Mizukage.
• Orochimaru sent the revived Kage against the allied forces, and Uchiha Itachi, Fugaku Uchiha, and Uchiha Shisui moved to fight the three Mizukage.
• Gaara confronted Rasa, Pakura faced Second Tsuchikage Mu, and Tsunade and Jiraiya took on the Third Raikage as battles erupted across the field.
• The Three-Tails and Seven-Tails bombarded Iwagakure, prompting Orochimaru to ask where Kazuna’s other Tailed Beasts were and to argue that Madara Uchiha might need to be revived.
• Kazuna sent Yazo to bind and seal revived shinobi, while Mei Terumi confronted Karatachi Yagura and explained her allegiance by saying, “I am the Mizukage!”

Mei Terumi explained how the Blood Mist era had devastated Kirigakure while Kazuna's Dojutsu continued influencing her. As eight Tailed Beasts appeared to overwhelm the allied forces, Madara Uchiha arrived and faced Hashirama Senju, while Orochimaru insisted their confrontation stay on the battlefield.

• Mei Terumi told the Second Mizukage that she had overthrown the Fourth and taken charge of Kirigakure after its ninja forces had dwindled to five thousand, and the Second lamented the village's fate under two controlled Mizukage.
• Kazuna reflected that his Dojutsu had made Mei Terumi devoted to him, as Yazo used Adamantine Sealing Chains to help seal the Impure World Reincarnation fighters.
• Ōnoki planned to mobilize Iwagakure's forces, while Hiruzen Sarutobi, Shimura Danzō, and Orochimaru agreed to commit their hidden reserves and fight.
• Eight Tailed Beasts appeared before Iwagakure, and Kazuna demanded Ōnoki surrender or watch the village disappear.
• Madara Uchiha appeared beside Ōnoki and challenged Kazuna, but Kazuna summoned Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, then urged Hashirama and Madara to talk elsewhere.
• Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha recognized each other, while Orochimaru objected to moving their confrontation away from the battlefield.

Orochimaru summoned Madara Uchiha, while Kazuna revealed how the Uchiha and Senju clans had fared and provoked Madara and Hashirama before their battle began. As Madara and Hashirama’s enormous techniques threatened the surrounding shinobi, Kazuna decided he had to intervene.

• Madara Uchiha discovered Tekka Uchiha and Inabi Uchiha, then learned that Setsuna Uchiha had awakened Mangekyo and that Kazuna had driven Hiruzen Sarutobi out of Konohagakure.
• Kazuna told Madara that the Senju Clan had vanished under Hiruzen’s rule and that Tobirama Senju had ordered the clan absorbed into Konohagakure.
• Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha prepared to fight, but Kazuna mocked them about their descendants before Yazo dragged him away.
• Madara summoned Susanoo and attacked Hashirama, who countered with Wood Release as Kazuna warned that their battle could kill the surrounding shinobi.
• Orochimaru ordered the Impure World Reincarnation shinobi to attack, and Kazuna’s forces joined the fighting as Madara and Hashirama’s colossal constructs sent shinobi flying.
• After Yazo warned Kazuna that the destruction was overwhelming their forces, Kazuna decided they had no choice but to act.

Kazuna entered the battle with a giant Susanoo, sent Hashirama and Madara away from the main battlefield, and began overwhelming Ōnoki, Darui, Hiruzen, and Danzō. The chapter left the four opponents retreating in fear as Kazuna pressed his attack.

• Kazuna told Yazo that the enemy leaders had appeared and ordered her to prepare to end the battle.
• Kazuna and Hashirama coordinated to kick Madara several thousand meters away, then Kazuna punched Hashirama after him so the two could fight elsewhere.
• Tobirama agreed to join forces with Yazo, while Kazuna used genjutsu to destroy Orochimaru’s body, though the Impure World Reincarnation ninja remained.
• Kazuna challenged Ōnoki, Darui, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Shimura Danzō, who teamed up and attacked his Susanoo.
• Kazuna’s Susanoo sent Darui and Danzō flying, while Danzō repeatedly used Izanagi to return; Hiruzen, Ōnoki, and Danzō began retreating as they realized they could not defeat Kazuna.

Kazuna and the allied forces defeated most of the reincarnated Kage at Iwagakure, while Obito and Zetsu prepared to meet the resurrected Madara. Kazuna and Hashirama fought Madara, but Madara broke free of their sealing attempt with his Rinnegan and began a second round.

• Kazuna and the allied forces overwhelmed Iwagakure, sealed several reincarnated Kage, and captured the wounded Darui, while Ōnoki and others escaped.
• Kazuna revealed that Itachi had helped Hiruzen escape to maintain their secret connection, and the Uchiha had used Izanagi to cover the deception.
• Obito and Zetsu learned that Orochimaru had resurrected Madara and decided to go see him before taking further action.
• Kazuna joined Hashirama in attacking Madara, and their Susanoo and Wood Golem eventually pinned Madara beneath the Gate of the Gods.
• Tobirama brought Yazo and Gaara to seal Madara, but Madara’s six swords shattered the chains and sand before he emerged with the Rinnegan.

Madara Uchiha revealed his Rinnegan and overwhelmed Hashirama Senju, but Kazuna entered Sage Mode and turned the fight around. Kazuna and Hashirama combined Susanoo with the Wood Golem and charged Madara, while the others fled; a flash of light engulfed all three fighters.

• Madara Uchiha revealed his Rinnegan and used Susanoo to overpower Hashirama Senju's Wood Golem.
• Kazuna activated Sage Mode and struck Madara hard enough to make him retreat, giving Hashirama a chance to attack with Wood Release.
• Madara Uchiha slashed apart Hashirama's Wood Release attacks and blasted the fighters back with a shockwave.
• Kazuna proposed combining his Susanoo with Hashirama's Wood Golem, and Hashirama agreed to try the fusion.
• Kazuna summoned the Nine Tailed Beasts to fire Tailed Beast Bombs, but Madara repelled them with Shinra Tensei.
• Kazuna and Hashirama charged Madara in the Susanoo-clad Wood Golem as Tobirama Senju, Yazo, and the Tailed Beasts fled; a flash of light engulfed the three fighters.

After the devastating battle, Uchiha Kazuna recovered and led Konohagakure in taking control of Iwagakure and unifying the Five Great Shinobi Villages. He struggled with the work of governing the expanding alliance while Tobirama Senju reported that Hashirama Senju had been gambling with money he did not realize visitors were giving him.

• Tobirama Senju found Uchiha Kazuna alive in the crater left by the battle and helped him up, while Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha remained missing.
• Kazuna recovered by biting Yazo and learned that his forces had entered Iwagakure, where they were capturing people and subduing the villagers.
• Kazuna announced that Konohagakure would unify the Shinobi World, then turned his attention to Amegakure, Obito, Madara Uchiha, and the need to gather the complete Six Paths Power.
• Kazuna became overwhelmed by governing the Five Great Shinobi Villages and receiving surrender requests from smaller villages, while Tobirama Senju complained about Hiruzen Sarutobi's past failures.
• Tobirama Senju told Kazuna that Hashirama Senju had been gambling since his return and that visitors had been secretly supplying him with money, which also benefited Tobirama Senju.

Kazuna learned that Nagato had been killed and Konan had barely escaped Obito, who had taken Nagato’s Rinnegan. He brought Konan into Konohagakure and warned that the Masked Man might target him next.

• Tobirama Senju explained his regrets over choosing Hiruzen Sarutobi as Hokage, and Kazuna asked him to pursue Hiruzen and the other fugitive ninja.
• A messenger reported that Konan had been found unconscious at Konohagakure’s gates, and Kazuna rushed to her side.
• Shizune returned and asked to become Medical Department Head, with Tsunade appointed as her deputy.
• After Konan woke, she told Kazuna that Nagato was dead; Kazuna concluded that Obito had taken his Rinnegan and attacked Konan.
• Kazuna arranged for Konan to live in his home, and she warned him that Obito might come after him with the Rinnegan.

Orochimaru summoned several thousand Impure World Reincarnation ninja as Obito prepared to attack Konoha with the White Zetsu Army. Kazuna learned of the threat and mobilized the Shinobi World’s forces, while the Land of Iron volunteered to delay the White Zetsu advance.

• Orochimaru summoned several thousand Impure World Reincarnation ninja, and Obito announced an attack on Konoha for the next day.
• Kazuna repeatedly interrupted Akatsuki’s meeting, challenged Obito’s plans, and warned the group against needless fighting.
• Obito raged after the meeting, while Zetsu questioned whether Orochimaru could be trusted and Akatsuki’s members privately considered their chances against Kazuna.
• Kazuna told Yazo, Itachi, and Naoto that Akatsuki had one hundred thousand White Zetsu, several thousand reincarnated ninja, and Madara Uchiha, then ordered a full mobilization.
• Konohagakure, Sunagakure, Kirigakure, and other villages assembled over sixty thousand ninja, while Mifune led five thousand Samurai to delay the White Zetsu Army.

Mifune led the Land of Iron’s five thousand Samurai into battle against the White Zetsu Army to secure his country’s safety under Konohagakure. After White Zetsu copied the Samurai’s appearances, Mifune ordered his forces to hold their positions and identify impostors by their movements, frustrating Obito’s advance.

• Mifune agreed to place the Land of Iron under Konohagakure’s protection and marched out with five thousand Samurai to block the enemy forces.
• Mifune urged the Samurai to fight for their families and not to hate Konohagakure, admitting that he had caused the conflict by provoking it and allying with Iwagakure and Kumogakure.
• Kazuna watched the Samurai depart and spoke with Madara Uchiha, rejecting Madara’s proposal to join the Moon Eye Plan and telling him to seek out Hashirama Senju.
• The Samurai killed more than a thousand White Zetsu in their first clash, prompting Obito to order the White Zetsu to absorb their Chakra and copy their forms.
• After the transformed White Zetsu killed over a hundred Samurai, Mifune ordered everyone to stay in place and attack anyone who moved, allowing the Samurai to expose more impostors and block the enemy’s route.