Chapter Summaries

Kazuna survived the combined attack that struck him instead of Madara and suspected the Sage of Six Paths had redirected it to remove him. After the Sage resolved to accelerate his plans, Kazuna rallied the Allied Shinobi Forces to help seal Madara, but a strange power passed by as they prepared to fight.

• Itachi blamed Naruto for the attack striking Kazuna, but Sasuke defended Naruto, and the three rushed toward the explosion with the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Kazuna and Hashirama reformed; Kazuna revealed he had used Hashirama as a shield, then suspected the Sage of Six Paths had redirected the attacks.
• Kazuna told Hashirama and Tobirama to focus on sealing Madara, and they restored their combined Wood Golem and Susanoo while Tobirama hid nearby.
• In the Pure Land, the Sage of Six Paths realized Kazuna had survived and might be hiding his strength, then sent a strange power toward Naruto and Sasuke.
• Madara claimed Kazuna and Hashirama could not defeat him, so Kazuna summoned the Allied Shinobi Forces and rallied them around Madara.
• As the ninja prepared to attack, a strange power drifted past Kazuna and his smile faded.

The Shinobi Allied Forces attacked Madara Uchiha and the Ten-Tails, but an unseen force repeatedly diverted attacks and interfered with the battle. The Ten-Tails broke free, and Kazuna sent the Tailed Beasts and five Mangekyo Uchiha into close combat against it.

• Kazuna rallied the Shinobi Allied Forces and coordinated waves of elemental ninjutsu that damaged and restrained the Ten-Tails.
• The Ten-Tails began gaining its own origin, then resisted the attacks as Madara Uchiha empowered it.
• A Tailed Beast Bomb veered toward Naruto and Sasuke, but Minato Namikaze appeared and swallowed it with a sealing barrier.
• The Ten-Tails broke free and fired a Tailed Beast Bomb, which Uchiha Itachi blocked with Susanoo.
• Kazuna sent the Tailed Beasts to attack the Ten-Tails and revealed five more Mangekyo Uchiha on the battlefield.
• The Ten-Tails caught the Three-Tails and tried to devour it, but Itachi's Susanoo shut its mouth and the other Tailed Beasts attacked.

Kazuna left the battlefield to absorb White Zetsu and Kekkei Monster bodies in an attempt to awaken his Rinnegan, while the Allied Forces kept Madara and the Ten-Tails occupied. Obito continued fighting Kakashi and Might Guy, rejecting Madara’s plan to be revived and preparing to settle matters with Kakashi.

• The Tailed Beasts attacked the Ten-Tails together, while Naruto and Sasuke joined the assault and the Susanoo stopped it from devouring them.
• Kazuna urged Madara to accept sealing and abandon the Moon Eye Plan, but Madara cited Izuna’s death and refused.
• Madara withdrew with the Ten-Tails, and Kazuna ordered the Allied Forces to keep them under pressure before returning to his laboratory.
• Kazuna absorbed the life force of White Zetsu and Kekkei Monster bodies to advance his dojutsu and awaken the Rinnegan.
• Madara considered urging Obito to revive him, but Obito remained intent on becoming the Ten-Tails’ Jinchuriki himself.
• Obito and Kakashi agreed to fight to the finish, and Kakashi charged with Chidori as Obito readied his chain.

Obito recovered his strength by sacrificing a White Zetsu and renewed his fight against Kakashi and Might Guy, while Tsunade joined Jiraiya against Orochimaru. On the main battlefield, Madara began preparing a new move as Hashirama held him back and Kazuna remained absent.

• Might Guy kicked Obito away just as he and Kakashi were about to collide, then teamed up with Kakashi against him.
• Obito used a White Zetsu to replenish his strength and attacked Kakashi and Might Guy with Kamui-assisted volleys of weapons and explosions.
• Tsunade struck Orochimaru and joined Jiraiya, whose renewed attack forced Orochimaru to fight both of them.
• Orochimaru refused to surrender or return to Konohagakure, and the Sannin began their final clash.
• Hashirama kept Madara occupied while the allied shinobi battered the Ten-Tails, and Madara started a plan of his own by channeling power into the beast.

Madara transformed the Ten-Tails into a Divine Tree and unleashed enormous Tailed Beast Bombs, while Hashirama and the allied shinobi struggled to hold them back. As Obito decided to begin his operation, an unseen attacker suddenly pierced his chest and destroyed his heart, leaving the Moon Eye Plan in jeopardy.

• Madara transformed the Ten-Tails into a Divine Tree and used its power to fire four massive Tailed Beast Bombs.
• Hashirama, Tobirama, Minato, the Tailed Beasts, and other shinobi stopped the blasts, though their forces suffered heavy losses.
• Uzuki Uzumaki urged Hashirama to restrain Madara and send ordinary shinobi to safety, so Hashirama confronted Madara while Tobirama waited for an opening.
• Obito argued with Black and White Zetsu about the Moon Eye Plan, then ordered them to begin the operation.
• Obito suddenly spat blood and collapsed with a hole through his chest and his heart destroyed, while Kakashi, Might Guy, and Black and White Zetsu wondered who had attacked him.

Kakuzu and Kakashi tried to stop Obito as Black and White Zetsu protected him, while Hidan’s attacks threatened to disrupt his plans. Elsewhere, the Allied Forces attacked Madara Uchiha and One-Tails attempted to seal him, but a reflected Tailed Beast Bomb struck Naruto and Sasuke.

• Black and White Zetsu clung to Obito after Hidan pierced his heart, but Obito survived and announced that he would use his final move.
• Kakuzu joined Kakashi and Might Guy against Obito, and White Zetsu swarmed the group as Hidan was dragged away.
• Obito escaped Kakashi’s attacks by phasing out and sent Explosive Tags toward Kakuzu and the others while Black and White Zetsu tried to carry Hidan off.
• Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju clashed with their Complete Susanoo and Wood Golem, then Hashirama drew the fight away from the nearby shinobi.
• Itachi led the Allied Forces in an attack on Madara, and One-Tails moved in to seal him.
• A Tailed Beast Bomb emerged from the dust and struck Naruto and Sasuke after it turned back toward them.

The Sage of Six Paths secretly manipulated events while Kazuna reached a new level of power by devouring corpses. On the battlefield, Tobirama Senju’s group trapped the Ten-Tails in the Four Red Yang Formation, while Madara Uchiha’s clone appeared near Kakuzu and Obito prepared to discuss a plan.

• Yazo examined the unconscious Naruto and Sasuke and found their simultaneous loss of consciousness strange, while the Sage of Six Paths watched from the Pure Land and worried about Uchiha Kazuna.
• Kazuna devoured White Zetsu, Kekkei Monsters, and captured Iwagakure and Kumogakure shinobi, then absorbed a seventh-rank Fruit and declared that his power was rising.
• Hashirama Senju attacked the Ten-Tails with the Gate of the Great God, and Tobirama Senju’s group resumed their attacks after suspecting the hidden enemy was targeting Naruto and Sasuke.
• When two attacks turned back, Tobirama Senju joined Yazo, Minato, and Shisui to form the Four Red Yang Formation around the Ten-Tails, which burned itself with a reflected Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Madara Uchiha sent a clone away as Kakuzu, Kakashi, and the others stood near Obito; Black Zetsu warned Obito that the Allied Shinobi Forces were gaining ground and asked about their plan.

Obito rejected the plan to revive Madara and tried to capture Minato so he could carry out the Moon Eye Plan himself. In the consciousness spaces, the Sage of Six Paths explained the ninja world's origins to Naruto and Sasuke, then gave them his power despite their suspicions and reluctance.

• Obito recalled how Konohagakure had countered his forces and decided to pursue the Moon Eye Plan without reviving Madara.
• Obito used his Mangekyo to escape, then attacked Minato while he maintained the Four Red Yang Formation.
• Minato confronted Obito over Rin's death and tried to dissuade him from pursuing Infinite Tsukuyomi, but Obito phased away and dropped Explosive Tags on him.
• The Sage of Six Paths told Naruto about the origins of ninja and claimed that his mother might have attacked Naruto and Sasuke.
• Naruto wanted to consult Jiraiya or Kazuna, while Sasuke insisted on asking his brother, but the Sage of Six Paths forced them to accept his power.

Minato’s defeat allowed the Ten-Tails to escape, but the Allied Shinobi Forces rallied and attacked it under Tobirama Senju’s command. Obito absorbed the Ten-Tails to become its Jinchuriki, while Madara Uchiha explained to Hashirama Senju why he distrusted Kazuna’s hopes for lasting peace.

• After Minato was destroyed by Obito’s Explosive Tags, the Ten-Tails broke free and began gathering power for four Tailed Beast Bombs.
• Yazo restrained the Ten-Tails with Adamantine Sealing Chains while Tobirama Senju attacked it with Explosive Tags and Water Release techniques.
• Hundreds of allied shinobi arrived and attacked the Divine Tree, but a masked man appeared and overwhelmed them with Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands.
• Obito resisted Minato and Kakashi’s attempts to stop him, then absorbed the Ten-Tails into his body as Madara Uchiha stopped fighting Hashirama Senju to watch.
• Madara told Hashirama that he had faked his death after their old battle and argued that Kazuna’s hoped-for peace would not last while human hatred and distrust remained.

Hashirama Senju questioned Madara Uchiha’s plan to end war and tried to reach the battlefield, while Naruto and Sasuke confronted the Masked Man and the True Several Thousand Hands. Naruto’s Tailed Beast Bomb forced the Great Buddha backward, and Itachi urged Sasuke to use his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan as the battle continued.

• Madara Uchiha argued that the Infinite Tsukuyomi was the only way to stop war, and Hashirama Senju admitted he had no alternative but asked to leave.
• Hashirama Senju sent a Wood Release Clone toward the Great Buddha while the Shinobi Allied Forces and Kage Level fighters struggled against its attacks.
• Tobirama Senju and Minato Namikaze used Flying Thunder God to redirect two Tailed Beast Bombs, but the Masked Man sensed the attack and dodged.
• Sasuke and Naruto arrived, claimed they could defeat the Masked Man, and were slapped aside by the Great Buddha before their attacks destroyed two of its arms.
• Naruto struck the True Several Thousand Hands with an enormous Tailed Beast Bomb and blasted it backward, while Itachi urged Sasuke to join the fight with his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.

Naruto and Sasuke fought the Great Buddha while the Sage of Six Paths searched for Uchiha Kazuna and continued manipulating the battle. Minato and Tobirama prepared a plan to open the Great Buddha’s body and attack it from within, leaving Minato ready to teleport Naruto and Sasuke to strike.

• The Sage of Six Paths searched the Pure Land for Uchiha Kazuna and hoped to kill him before he could interfere.
• Uchiha Kazuna told the enraged Nine-Tails that the Sage of Six Paths had manipulated him into lending Naruto power, and the Nine-Tails began questioning his past.
• Naruto and Sasuke joined forces against the Great Buddha while Obito continued transforming into the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Tobirama Senju exchanged Flying Thunder God marks with Minato and planned to cut open the Great Buddha so they could attack it from within.
• Minato gathered the exhausted shinobi and told Naruto to prepare a Wind Style: Rasenshuriken, then revealed he had already placed a Kunai on the Great Buddha.

Obito transformed into the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and overwhelmed Kakashi, Kakuzu, and the others, while Madara and the Masked Man continued dominating the other battlefields. As the Allied forces struggled to find a way to win, Kazuna's Rinnegan opened in a hidden underground laboratory.

• Minato and Naruto damaged the Great Buddha, but it regenerated, and Tobirama's Water Release failed to hit the Masked Man.
• Obito's emotions transformed his Chakra, and he emerged in Six Paths form with a Rinnegan, Truth-Seeking Orbs, and a Six Paths Staff.
• Obito blocked Kakuzu's attacks, ignored ninjutsu, and defeated Kakashi before confronting Minato.
• The Great Buddha regenerated and crushed Naruto's Tailed Beast Bomb, while Sasuke's Susanoo attack also failed to stop it.
• Madara defeated Hashirama as the shinobi despaired, and Kazuna's Rinnegan opened in an underground laboratory.

After completing his transformation, Kazuna discovered that the Six Paths had destroyed most of his hidden laboratories and headed toward the battlefield. The Allied Forces struggled to hold Obito back, and the chapter ended as Naruto learned that summoned beasts had a time limit.

• Kazuna felt his new strength, found that most of his ninety-nine laboratories had been destroyed, and left his concealed lab beneath Iwagakure.
• Yazo sensed Kazuna approaching from Iwagakure, while Uzuki Uzumaki and Setsuna Uchiha stopped Obito from leaving the battlefield to confront him.
• The Allied Forces attacked Obito, but he resisted their techniques and warned that he needed to capture and devour the Tailed Beasts to become the true Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Tobirama Senju realized that Obito's attacks could permanently damage Impure World Reincarnation bodies, while Naruto arrived and shared the Nine-Tails' power with the Allied Forces.
• Gamakichi explained that the summoned beasts' time on the battlefield was almost up, leaving Naruto surprised to learn that summons had a time limit.

Tobirama Senju and the allied shinobi discovered that Sage Art could hurt Obito, and Naruto helped land a powerful attack before Obito wounded him. As the battle continued, Naruto combined Sage Mode with Nine-Tails Chakra, revealing a new power as the fighting remained unresolved.

• Tobirama Senju sent Shisui to replace Jiraiya, while Hashirama Senju arrived as a clone and used Sage Mode and Wood Style against Obito.
• Hashirama Senju's clone was destroyed, but Tobirama Senju teleported Naruto to Obito, and Naruto struck him with a Giant Rasengan.
• Obito pierced Naruto's abdomen and broke Tobirama Senju's arm, but the allied shinobi drove him back with their attacks.
• Konan appeared with paper clones and Explosive Tags, forcing Obito and the Masked Man to retreat and keeping the battle at a stalemate.
• After Tobirama Senju urged him to combine Sage power with the Nine-Tails' chakra, Naruto entered both modes at once.

Naruto shared the Nine-Tails’ power and Sage Mode with the assembled shinobi, who battered Obito but could not break through his defenses. As Madara left to begin his final plan, Obito unleashed a vast pillar of light that engulfed everyone.

• Naruto shared the Nine-Tails’ power and Sage Mode with the Kage Level fighters and Jonin, strengthening them for the battle against Obito.
• Minato used Flying Thunder God to strike Obito, but Obito survived the ensuing combined assault and badly injured Minato.
• Naruto and Sasuke attacked Obito while Konan and the remaining shinobi battered the black sphere formed from the Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Madara pulverized Hashirama, left the battlefield, and set out to use Obito for his final plan.
• Obito absorbed power into the Truth-Seeking Orb and unleashed a massive pillar of light that engulfed everyone.

Obito’s plan to cast Infinite Tsukuyomi was thwarted when Minato revealed he had teleported the battlefield out of the blast zone, and Tobirama defeated Obito. As Obito began preparing to revive the fallen, Madara and Black Zetsu took control of him to resurrect Madara, who declared himself the savior and prepared to claim victory.

• Yazo, Itachi, the Tailed Beasts, the Uchiha, and the Kage-level fighters survived Obito’s attack and overwhelmed him.
• Minato explained that he and Tobirama had used Flying Thunder God to move Obito and the others a few hundred meters away from the worst destruction.
• Tobirama struck Obito with a Sage Art kunai and explosive tags, and Obito offered to use the Rinnegan to revive the dead.
• Madara arrived and Black Zetsu took control of Obito, forcing him to perform the resurrection seal on Madara.
• Madara announced that he would become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and cast Infinite Tsukuyomi, then declared himself the savior.

Madara Uchiha was revived with the Rinnegan and overwhelmed the shinobi trying to stop him, then released the Ten-Tails from Obito. As Hashirama and the others fought Madara, Uchiha Kazuna stopped to find Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō gravely wounded.

• Obito revived Madara Uchiha, and White Zetsu brought him the other Rinnegan; Madara brushed aside attacks from Tobirama Senju, Minato, and the allied shinobi.
• Madara extracted the Ten-Tails from Obito, while Tobirama called Jiraiya and Tsunade to join the fight and sent Minato to find Uchiha Kazuna.
• Mei Terumi attacked Madara with Water Style, but Madara absorbed Naruto's Tailed Beast Bomb and blasted the shinobi away with Shinra Tensei.
• Hashirama Senju charged Madara with a Wood Golem, and Madara countered with Perfect Susanoo as the two prepared to fight.
• Uchiha Kazuna encountered Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō, who lay severely wounded and unable to recover.

Uchiha Kazuna taunted Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō, then kept them alive with Slug’s help before joining Minato on the battlefield. Madara Uchiha regained his Rinnegan and prepared to overpower the assembled fighters and seize the Tailed Beasts.

• Uchiha Kazuna learned that Tobirama Senju had left Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō badly injured as punishment, and he ordered Slug to keep them alive until the war ended.
• Uchiha Kazuna joked about the forgotten fourth member of F4, then healed Minato’s missing arm and leg before Minato used Flying Thunder God to take him to the battlefield.
• Hashirama Senju, Naruto, Sasuke, and the other fighters attacked Madara Uchiha, but Madara used the Rinnegan to repel their assaults and absorb Naruto and Sasuke’s combined attack.
• Black Zetsu brought Madara Uchiha the Rinnegan taken from Obito, and Madara placed it in his eye as Konan’s Explosive Tags continued to hold back the Great Buddha.
• Madara Uchiha’s restored eye began healing as he announced that no one could stop him from obtaining the Tailed Beasts.

Madara Uchiha overwhelmed the revived Hokage and Sasuke until Naruto drew on more of the Nine-Tails' power and fought back. Kazuna restored much of Hashirama Senju's strength, leaving Hashirama and Madara to begin a renewed battle.

• Madara Uchiha defeated Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, then beat back Naruto and Sasuke as he tried to take Sasuke's eyes.
• Naruto confronted the Nine-Tails in his mind and persuaded him to lend more power by revealing that Naruto's death could jeopardize the Nine-Tails' deal with Kazuna.
• Naruto used the Nine-Tails' power to suppress Madara, while Kazuna arrived with Minato and encountered Tobirama Senju.
• Kazuna strengthened a White Zetsu vessel and revived Hashirama Senju with more of his power, prompting Hashirama to charge back into battle.
• Madara drove Naruto and Sasuke back, but Hashirama entered Sage Mode and fought him with Wood Release as Madara summoned his Complete Body Susanoo.

Kazuna watched Hashirama, Madara, Naruto, and Sasuke battle while refusing to intervene, until Black Zetsu and the Great Buddha threatened Konan. Kazuna protected Konan, shattered the Great Buddha’s arm, and revealed a Mangekyo whose power stopped the fight and froze the world.

• Kazuna set out a table and served tea and pastries while Hashirama and Madara fought, and Tobirama urged him to stop the destruction.
• Naruto and Sasuke joined Hashirama against Madara, whose Susanoo was damaged as their teamwork began to suppress him.
• Black Zetsu used Obito’s body to attack Konan, but her paper explosives blasted him, and the Masked Man joined the assault with the Great Buddha.
• Kazuna stepped in front of the Great Buddha’s fist to protect Konan and shattered its arm with his strength.
• Kazuna opened his Mangekyo, stunning Hashirama, Madara, Naruto, and Sasuke, and his gaze brought the world to a halt.