Chapter Summaries

Obito and Orochimaru sent White Zetsu and the Impure World Reincarnation shinobi against Mifune’s samurai, who fought on despite heavy losses. Mifune defeated Hanzo of the Salamander in a duel but faced Kimimaro next, while Kazuna left the battlefield without finding Obito.

• Obito ordered Orochimaru to send the Impure World Reincarnation shinobi into battle alongside the White Zetsu, and Mifune led the samurai in resisting them.
• Mifune and Hanzo of the Salamander fought, and Mifune defeated Hanzo with an Iaido Slash before Kimimaro stopped the Sealing Ninja from sealing him.
• Kazuna searched for Obito, failed to find him, and left a clone behind as he returned to the village.
• After Orochimaru controlled Hanzo, Kimimaro used Dance of the Early Fern to kill nearly a thousand samurai, but Mifune charged at him and rallied the survivors.
• Obito and Orochimaru watched the samurai continue fighting, while Hizashi Hyuga reported that the chaotic Chakra made it difficult to locate Kazuna.

Mifune and the remaining Samurai made a last charge against the White Zetsu Army, killing thousands before they all died. As Obito and Orochimaru prepared their next moves against Konoha, Hiruko revealed a powerful monster created by his research.

• Mifune abandoned his duel with Kimimaro and led the Samurai in a final assault that killed more than thirteen thousand White Zetsu and resulted in thirty-four Impure World Reincarnation shinobi being sealed.
• Mifune fought until his katana snapped and he died; Kazuna learned that all five thousand Samurai had fallen and ordered the Land of Iron made a subordinate nation of Konoha.
• Yazo reported that forty thousand shinobi had been selected from the arriving forces, and Kazuna hinted at a surprise tactic against the approaching enemy.
• Obito and Orochimaru discussed their heavy losses, Orochimaru's efforts to strengthen the Impure World Reincarnation, and a surprise force led by Deidara and Sasori.
• Hiruko confronted Obito and Orochimaru, then revealed a thirty-meter monster he had created through his research and claimed he had thirty of them.

Obito strengthened his forces with Hiruko’s Kekkei Genkai Monsters and revealed his Rinnegan, while Konohagakure prepared for the approaching army. Kazuna’s ambush with eight Tailed Beasts devastated the enemy, and Obito returned to Orochimaru and Hiruko unsure how to counter the tactic.

• Hiruko agreed to join Obito and Orochimaru’s attack on Konohagakure after boasting about his Kekkei Genkai Monsters, but Obito revealed his Rinnegan and Six Paths of Pain to cow them into submission.
• Konohagakure mobilized for the coming battle as Kazuna ordered Itachi and Fugaku to summon eight Tailed Beasts along the White Zetsu Army’s route.
• The eight Tailed Beasts, Itachi, and Fugaku unleashed ten devastating attacks that killed many White Zetsu and several monsters, prompting Obito to confront Kazuna.
• Kazuna repelled Obito’s attempted attack and returned to Konohagakure with his allies, while Obito continued leading the battered army forward.
• Obito asked Orochimaru and Hiruko how to counter Kazuna’s hit-and-run Tailed Beast Bomb attacks, but neither had a solution.

Obito sought Madara Uchiha's help as the battle turned against him, while Naruto and Sasuke trained at Mount Myōboku under Jiraiya's supervision. Madara agreed to hold back Konohagakure's strongest fighters, but still regarded Obito as a pawn in his own plan.

• Hiruko proposed matching the enemy's strength with their own, but Obito left to find a way to counter the Tailed Beast Bombs.
• Obito asked Zetsu to contact Madara Uchiha, who ordered Zetsu to find the missing Nine-Tails after learning it had vanished with an Uchiha child.
• At Mount Myōboku, Jiraiya complained about the insect feast and feared Kazuna's threats, while Naruto and Sasuke trained together.
• Kazuna's plan to protect the Nine-Tails at Mount Myōboku aimed to prevent Madara from gathering the Tailed Beasts needed for the Ten-Tails.
• Obito asked Madara Uchiha to hold back Kazuna, Hashirama Senju, and Konohagakure's strongest fighters, and Madara agreed.
• After Obito left, Zetsu warned that Obito would not honor their original plan, but Madara said the outcome would not change and called Obito his pawn.

Kazuna stopped the Tailed Beasts from attacking while Madara and Hashirama fought, then sent the Shinobi Allied Forces to attack Obito’s army with waves of Explosive Tags and clones. As the battle stalled, Obito gave Orochimaru a severed hand, confident that its owner could turn the tide.

• Madara told Kazuna not to interfere, then fought Hashirama while Obito ordered the White Zetsu to attack.
• Kazuna returned to Konohagakure and sent Gaara, Sai, the Aburame Clan, and other members of the Flying Unit to bomb the enemy forces.
• The Shinobi Allied Forces advanced using clones covered in Explosive Tags, causing heavy losses among the White Zetsu and Akatsuki’s forces.
• Fugaku led the Toads, Slugs, and snakes against Hiruko’s Monsters while the battle remained unresolved.
• Orochimaru demanded that Obito change tactics, and Obito gave him a severed hand to use against the enemy.

Orochimaru used Impure World Reincarnation to revive Nagato and unleash the Rinnegan against Kazuna’s forces. Nagato devastated the ninja clones and forced the surviving experts into battle, while Obito prepared to join the fight.

• Orochimaru revived Nagato with Impure World Reincarnation and sealed away his consciousness so he could control him.
• Nagato summoned powerful beasts and used Shinra Tensei to repel Pakura, destroy nearby clones, and send Uchiha Itachi crashing to the ground.
• Nagato wiped out over ten thousand ninja clones with another Shinra Tensei, then created a growing black sphere with Chibaku Tensei as Kazuna’s experts gathered around him.
• Nagato escaped inside a summoned Chameleon while his beasts attacked, and Tobirama Senju used Flying Thunder God to send one beast into a volcano.
• Nagato used Human Path against Tobirama Senju, then unleashed Asura Path missiles and another Chibaku Tensei that drove the remaining fighters back.
• Obito decided to enter the battle, while Orochimaru stayed behind to control Nagato and Hiruko refused to fight.

Obito sent six Jinchuriki clones into battle while Orochimaru’s forces continued their assault on Nagato. Elsewhere, Hashirama defeated Madara’s Susanoo, then used his Wood Release to stop Madara’s meteor from crushing the nearby shinobi forces.

• Obito prepared to capture the Tailed Beasts and become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, then brought Roshi, Han, Utakata, Kinkaku, Silver Cloud, and Blue B to the battlefield as his Six Paths Clones.
• Yazo and the other shinobi kept attacking Nagato, whose repeated use of the same Rinnegan techniques let them identify ways to counter him.
• Obito and his six clones joined the battle as Nagato revealed cannons across his body and unleashed a violent assault.
• Hashirama used Wood Dragons and a Wood Golem against Madara’s Complete Body Susanoo, but Madara revealed he had the Rinnegan and called down a gigantic meteor.
• Hashirama summoned Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands and struck the meteor with countless fists, stopping it before it could devastate the nearby allied forces.

Uchiha Kazuna fought Obito’s Six Paths Clones and the Ten-Tails husk after Madara Uchiha’s second meteor devastated the battlefield. Obito fed the husk the Tailed Beasts to make it strong enough to challenge Kazuna.

• Madara Uchiha summoned a second meteor, and Hashirama Senju’s attacks could only slow it before Kazuna split its shockwave with Susanoo.
• Kazuna turned on Nagato, but Obito stepped forward to challenge him and sent six Chakra-based Tailed Beasts to attack.
• Kazuna fought off the beasts and battered the Ten-Tails husk after it charged him without Obito’s command.
• Kazuna ordered the Allied Shinobi Forces to regroup while he continued facing Obito and the powerful enemies.
• The Ten-Tails husk devoured Kinkaku’s Nine-Tails and then the other five beasts, greatly increasing its power as Obito declared it Kazuna’s best opponent.

Kazuna fought the Ten-Tails husk while the Shinobi Allied Forces arrived and Kazuna revealed Obito’s identity to Kakashi and Guy. As the battles continued, Shiraha led the allied forces in attacking the White Zetsu and gathering their corpses for Kazuna.

• Obito used the Ten-Tails husk to hold Kazuna back, but Kazuna blasted it away with a Chakra bolt and then turned to fight it himself.
• Kazuna told Kakashi and Might Guy that the masked man was Obito Uchiha, leaving both men stunned as Obito tried to deny it.
• Kazuna sent Kakashi, Guy, and Obito to talk while he challenged the Ten-Tails husk and aimed to seal it away.
• Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju resumed their battle, trading Wood Release techniques and Susanoo attacks.
• Shiraha directed the Shinobi Allied Forces to bombard the White Zetsu with Explosive Tags while collecting their corpses for Kazuna.

Naruto’s Nine-Tails rampage abruptly ended when he lost consciousness, while Kazuna’s forces defeated Obito’s army and prepared for a final battle. Kazuna revealed to Kakashi that Konohagakure’s leaders had prevented him from rescuing Rin, leaving Kakashi to face how that knowledge might affect Obito.

• Naruto’s Nine-Tails power vanished suddenly, and Jiraiya, Fukasaku, and Shima found him unconscious but physically recovering; the Great Toad Sage kicked Fukasaku out without giving instructions.
• Kazuna struck the Ten-Tails husk into defeat, and Obito ordered his forces to retreat as Orochimaru recalled the Impure World Reincarnation ninjas.
• Kazuna told Konohagakure’s leaders to reduce their army to twenty thousand elites and prepare for the coming final battle.
• Kazuna explained to Kakashi that Madara had likely saved Obito and recruited him, and that desperation had driven Obito to join Madara’s plan.
• Kazuna revealed that Konohagakure’s higher-ups had stopped him from rescuing Rin because he was an Uchiha, then warned Kakashi that Obito might either be pulled from darkness or drag the world into it.

Kazuna sent Kakashi to try to save Obito while considering the threats posed by Madara, Kaguya, and Hamura. At Mount Myōboku, Naruto gained control of some of the Nine-Tails’ Chakra with help from Kushina’s stored Chakra, and Sasuke awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan; meanwhile, Obito insisted he still had a chance to succeed.

• Kazuna told Kakashi to save Obito and warned that he would deal with Obito himself if Kakashi failed.
• Kazuna assessed his preparations against Madara and Kaguya, then wondered how Hamura had passed down the Byakugan.
• Naruto woke at Mount Myōboku able to use the Nine-Tails’ Chakra and explained that Kushina’s stored Chakra had helped him control it.
• Sasuke awoke with the Mangekyō Sharingan, entered Naruto’s mind through his Dojutsu, and encountered the Nine-Tails.
• Jiraiya left Naruto and Sasuke at Mount Myōboku to train their new powers and returned to Konohagakure.
• Obito rejected Madara’s claim that he had failed and promised to revive Madara if he failed again.

Obito, Orochimaru, and Hiruko prepared a final assault against the allied villages as Kazuna reacted to Naruto and Sasuke’s sudden new powers and prioritized a sealing jutsu against Madara Uchiha. Two weeks later, the forces prepared for battle while Kazuna tightened his hold over Kumogakure and Iwagakure captives.

• Obito ordered a final gamble: Orochimaru would provide his remaining Impure World Reincarnation shinobi, Hiruko would gather thirty monsters, and White Zetsu would attack Konoha, Kirigakure, and Sunagakure.
• Jiraiya told Kazuna that Sasuke had awakened the Mangekyo and Naruto had mastered Nine-Tails Power, so Kazuna sent him back to protect them but allowed them to join the battle if they insisted.
• Kazuna directed Tobirama to put the sealing jutsu ahead of Hashirama’s power enhancement plan, then learned Hashirama was at the casino.
• Over the next two weeks, Itachi trained Sasuke and Killer B trained Naruto under Kazuna’s genjutsu; Kazuna also had the Fourth Raikage executed and kept Mabui and other Kumogakure captives in Konohagakure.
• Kazuna appointed Mabui and Samui as secretaries and argued that giving captured Kumogakure and Iwagakure people ties to him would help them accept and integrate into Konohagakure.

Obito’s final assault on Konoha stumbled at checkpoints before he used his space-time ability to bring tens of thousands of White Zetsu to the village’s outskirts. In Konoha, Kazuna summoned Minato Namikaze with Impure World Reincarnation and revealed that he wanted the Nine-Tails sealed inside him.

• Obito sent disguised White Zetsu toward Konoha, but guards killed them after detecting their fake merchant identities and missing password.
• Obito transported the remaining White Zetsu to Konoha’s outskirts, exhausting himself in the process.
• Kazuna told Tobirama Senju to focus on restoring the First Hokage’s strength before the war began.
• Kazuna summoned Minato Namikaze using Impure World Reincarnation after Tobirama freed Minato from the Reaper Death Seal.
• Minato learned that Kazuna had become the Fifth Hokage, and Kazuna said he wanted the Nine-Tails inside him.

Uchiha Kazuna forced Minato Namikaze to confront claims about Naruto’s mistreatment and sent him to meet Jiraiya before demanding the Nine-Tails. As a new battle began, Minato arrived and attacked Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō.

• Kazuna used the Sharingan to show Minato memories of Naruto’s life and argued that the Third Hokage, Jiraiya, and Minato’s former subordinates had failed Naruto.
• Minato agreed to meet Jiraiya at Mount Myōboku and promised to hand over his half of the Nine-Tails if Kazuna’s claims were true.
• A ninja reported approaching enemy forces, and Kazuna ordered Konohagakure’s forces to follow the plan and watch for Explosive Tags.
• Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha appeared on the battlefield, while Tobirama Senju confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo.
• Minato Namikaze charged at Hiruzen and Danzo, and Hiruzen recognized him in alarm.

Minato Namikaze was revived and attacked Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō over Naruto’s mistreatment, while Tobirama Senju joined the fight over Nawaki’s death. After Danzō survived a mutual-destruction attack with Izanagi, Uchiha Kazuna stopped Hiruzen from sealing Minato and sent Minato back into battle against Hiruzen, Danzō, and Ōnoki.

• Minato Namikaze confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi over Naruto’s suffering and charged at him, while Tobirama Senju joined the fight after remembering Nawaki.
• Ōnoki arrived to help Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō, but Tobirama Senju left to fight the White Zetsu while Minato faced the three men.
• Minato Namikaze pierced Danzō’s chest and slit his throat, but Danzō grabbed him so Ōnoki could annihilate them both with Dust Release.
• Uchiha Kazuna interrupted Hiruzen Sarutobi’s attempt to seal Minato and explained that Danzō had used Izanagi to recover from the attack.
• Minato Namikaze resumed fighting, slashed Hiruzen Sarutobi’s face, then overwhelmed Danzō and cut through Ōnoki’s five Rock Clones.

Kazuna and Konohagakure’s forces gained the upper hand against Obito’s army, but Obito summoned a powered-up Ten-Tails made from the chakra of past Jinchuriki. Kazuna fought it while Minato Namikaze promised to finish off Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others before joining him.

• Minato Namikaze overwhelmed Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzo, and Ōnoki while Kazuna focused on the White Zetsu Army and Konohagakure’s forces suppressed the Impure World Reincarnation shinobi and Kekkei Monsters.
• Obito summoned the Ten-Tails, which had grown stronger by absorbing chakra from past Jinchuriki revived by Orochimaru.
• The Ten-Tails fired a Tailed Beast Bomb at the Shinobi Allied Forces, but Uzuki Uzumaki stopped it with Sealing Jutsu.
• Kazuna attacked the Ten-Tails with Susanoo, but found its Six Paths Level power roughly matched his own.
• Minato Namikaze struck the Ten-Tails with Explosive Tags and told Kazuna he would help after defeating Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others.

Kazuna continued fighting the Ten-Tails while Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke arrived from Mount Myōboku to join the battle. After their attacks hurt the Ten-Tails, it began adapting and launched a surprise spike attack, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Kazuna avoided direct clashes with the Ten-Tails, confusing Obito, while the Allied Forces sealed Orochimaru's troops and Mei Terumi and the Lightning Release shinobi kept Kisame and Deidara at bay.
• Obito ordered the Ten-Tails to fire a Tailed Beast Bomb at the Allied Forces, but Tobirama Senju and two sudden arrivals knocked it away.
• Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke joined the battlefield after training at Mount Myōboku, and Kazuna rebuked Jiraiya for letting them come.
• Naruto struck the Ten-Tails with a Wind Style: Rasenshuriken, and Sasuke followed with Amaterasu attacks from his Susanoo.
• The Ten-Tails shed the part of its body burning with Amaterasu, then erupted a spike from the ground as Naruto and Sasuke moved to attack again.

Kazuna ordered Naruto and Sasuke to clear out the lesser enemies while he faced the Ten-Tails, and Orochimaru joined the battlefield with Sage Power to duel Jiraiya. Kazuna then used Tobirama and Mabui to choke the Ten-Tails with boulders, letting four Tailed Beasts attack it, while Madara confronted Obito over his blundering.

• Kazuna sent Naruto and Sasuke to fight the Impure World Reincarnation shinobi, White Zetsu, and remaining Monsters instead of joining his fight against the Ten-Tails.
• Orochimaru entered the battlefield in his real body and revealed Sage Mode, so Jiraiya activated his own Sage Mode and fought him.
• Kazuna summoned the Three-Tails, Four-Tails, Five-Tails, and Six-Tails, and Tobirama used Flying Thunder God to plug the Ten-Tails' mouth with a boulder.
• Mabui used the Heavenly Transfer Technique to put an even larger boulder in the Ten-Tails' throat, allowing the four Tailed Beasts to pummel it while it struggled to breathe.
• Madara appeared beside Obito and angrily challenged him over how badly he was handling the fight.

Madara Uchiha, Hashirama Senju, and Uchiha Kazuna clashed in a colossal battle while Obito confronted Kakashi over Rin and his missing Sharingan. Obito attacked Kakashi with Kamui, but a sudden voice announced Konoha Hurricane just as Obito was about to capture him.

• Madara Uchiha and Obito Uchiha connected to the Ten-Tails, which Kazuna mocked before the Tailed Beasts attacked it with Tailed Beast Bombs.
• Kazuna and Hashirama Senju joined forces against Madara Uchiha, and their battle forced nearby shinobi to retreat while Itachi encouraged Naruto and Sasuke.
• Obito left the Ten-Tails to survey the other battlefronts, and Kakashi challenged him over his plan and the death of Rin.
• Obito demanded to know where his Sharingan was, then attacked Kakashi with Kamui after Kakashi said it had been taken.
• Obito appeared behind Kakashi and reached to pull him into the Kamui Dimension, but a voice suddenly shouted, "Konoha Hurricane!"

Kai rescued Kakashi from Obito, while Uchiha Kazuna and Hashirama Senju fought Madara Uchiha with their combined power. As Naruto, Sasuke, and Itachi joined the battle, a strange force redirected nearly every attack toward Kazuna, leaving everyone stunned.

• Kai rescued Kakashi from Obito and urged Kakashi to stop hesitating and fight alongside him.
• The Sage of Six Paths sensed Uchiha Kazuna and used a strange power after declaring that Kazuna should not have appeared in the world.
• Kazuna and Hashirama combined their power in a Susanoo-clad Great Buddha, overwhelmed Madara and the Ten-Tails, and drove Madara into a furious counterattack.
• Naruto, Sasuke, and Itachi launched attacks to support Kazuna as he and Madara exchanged powerful techniques.
• A strange force redirected Naruto, Sasuke, and Itachi's attacks and the four Tailed Beasts' bombs toward Kazuna, while Madara's attack continued toward him.