Recaps

Konoha gathered its forces for the final battle while the other villages discovered that their Jinchuriki had vanished. Yura blamed Konoha to mislead the enemy alliance, and the chapter ended as the vastly outnumbered forces prepared to face Konoha in the Land of Rain.

• Hatake Sakumo, Kakashi, and Team 7 joined Konoha’s gathered leaders and young ninja, where Naruto reunited with his family and Sasuke with Itachi.
• Orochimaru called a meeting to assign combat missions as Konoha prepared to eliminate the remaining enemy forces.
• Darui, Mei Terumi, and the other village representatives learned that several Jinchuriki, including B, Yugito Nii, Han, Fū, and Utakata, had disappeared.
• Yura secretly guided the alliance to suspect Konoha, claiming its powerful ninja and sealing expertise made it capable of capturing the Jinchuriki.
• More than twenty thousand Konoha ninja advanced through the Land of Rain as Darui and Suigetsu worried about facing them without the Akatsuki’s promised reinforcements.

The Allied forces and Konoha began a massive battle, with their strongest fighters engaging across the fronts. In Amegakure, Nagato and Shennong started the Nine Phantom Dragon Sealing Jutsu to extract the Tailed Beasts from nine captured Jinchuriki, while a powerful resurrected ninja was expected to confront Orochimaru.

• Suigetsu learned that nearly twenty thousand strange reinforcements were approaching, and Chukichi identified them as the Akatsuki Organization's White Zetsu army.
• Konoha's forces met the allied army, and Shikaku dispatched Might Duy against Shura, Guy against Kagami Uchiha, and Shikun Mitarashi against Deidara.
• Might Duy and Shura escalated their breathing techniques and continued their fierce taijutsu duel, while Guy and Kagami Uchiha also clashed and Shikun disrupted Deidara's clay bombs.
• In Amegakure, Shennong revealed that Zero-Tails had been sealed inside him and that its Dark Chakra could supply the Nine Phantom Dragon Sealing Jutsu.
• Nagato and Shennong began the sealing ritual with nine captured Jinchuriki positioned around the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, whose fingers lit up as its mouth opened.

As the Ten-Tails began absorbing chakra from the Jinchuriki, Konoha gained ground in the stormy battle and dispatched its strongest fighters to confront the Akatsuki and other enemies. Neji and Hinata joined the front lines with their Jōgan, while Orochimaru kept reserves ready and Kushina searched for Nagato.

• The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path began drawing chakra from the nine unconscious Jinchuriki, but the Tailed Beasts' resistance delayed the Ten-Tails' resurrection.
• Shikaku Nara and Inoichi Yamanaka coordinated Konoha's forces as the village gained the upper hand, and Fugaku Uchiha headed west to fight Darui.
• Orochimaru sent Neji and Hinata to face Zabuza Momochi, Haku, Raiga Kurosuki, and the Red Eye ninja; they revealed their Jōgan and vanished onto the battlefield.
• Sakumo let Kakashi pursue Sasori, while Itachi went to confront Shin Uchiha, Anko took on Hidan, Asuma pursued Kakuzu, and Kurenai set out after Shigaraki Tanuki.
• Minato departed to fight Obito, and Jiraiya went after Konan as Konoha's remaining experts prepared for further confrontations.
• Orochimaru agreed to keep reserve forces ready while Kushina sensed the battlefield for signs of Nagato.

Orochimaru and Shikaku Nara realized Nagato’s absence might mean the enemy had a powerful trump card, while battles raged across the battlefield. Minato pressured Obito, Anko fought Hidan, and Asuma summoned Enma to continue his fight with Kakuzu.

• Kushina failed to sense Nagato, and Orochimaru and Shikaku Nara considered that the Akatsuki Organization might have a trump card powerful enough to hold him back.
• Minato confronted Obito, who revealed his face and avoided using his Mangekyō Sharingan as Minato attacked with Flying Thunder God Kunai and a Rasengan.
• Anko used the Great Snake Substitute Technique after Second Generation Manda knocked Hidan out of his ritual circle, then prepared to face him again.
• Asuma noted that Kakuzu had lost two hearts but his Flying Swallow Chakra blades had broken, so he attacked with Fire Release: Ash Accumulation Burn.
• Asuma summoned Enma, who transformed into the Adamantine Staff, while Kakuzu recognized the Third Hokage’s weapon.

Kakuzu unleashed his strongest technique against Asuma as the Konoha command learned that Black Zetsu had revived Hashirama, Tobirama, Hiruzen, and other legendary shinobi through an improved Impure World Reincarnation. Orochimaru and Tsunade moved to intercept the previous Hokage, while Jiraiya defeated and sealed Konan before joining them.

• Kakuzu exposed his Earth Grudge Fear masks and formed a massive arm to use Final Shot, while Asuma prepared to defend himself with the Adamantine Staff.
• Kushina, Shikaku, and Inoichi identified the revived legendary shinobi and reported their findings to Orochimaru, who sent Tsunade to join the fight against Hashirama.
• Jiraiya overcame Konan's paper techniques with toad oil, sealed her Chakra, and left her alive after learning that Hiruzen and other shinobi had been revived.
• Hashirama, Tobirama, and Hiruzen traveled toward Orochimaru's position, discussing how the enemy had improved and abused Impure World Reincarnation.
• Orochimaru and Tsunade appeared along the previous Hokage's predicted route, and Jiraiya arrived beside them on Gamahiro.

The resurrected Hokage and Kage confronted the shinobi opposing Konohagakure across several battlefields, while reflecting on their villages’ past and future. Yuu activated Sage Mode to face two Mizukage, and the chapter ended as the Third and Fourth Raikage prepared to meet a red-haired woman.

• Jiraiya joined Orochimaru and Tsunade as the First, Second, and Third Hokage arrived, but their control began to force them into battle.
• Orochimaru drew Hashirama away while Tsunade and Jiraiya prepared to face Tobirama and Hiruzen.
• Itachi engaged Mū, Qiong fought Ōnoki with Wood Release, and the Third and Fourth Kazekage struggled against Manda and Wood Release.
• Yuu confronted the Fourth Mizukage and another Mizukage after hearing about Kirigakure’s plans for its surviving young shinobi, then activated Sage Mode.
• The Third Raikage scolded the Fourth Raikage before an approaching red-haired woman arrived.

Kushina, Hanzō, Yamato, and Orochimaru fought powerful opponents during the war, while Danzo tried to pass enemy intelligence to the command. Orochimaru and Hashirama Senju escalated their battle to giant constructs just as the spacetime power in Orochimaru's mind reached a critical point.

• Kushina confronted the Third Raikage and A, attacking them with golden Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Hatake Sakumo met Hanzō in the Land of Rain, and they began the duel they had wanted during the Second Ninja War.
• Yamato restrained Danzo as Danzo claimed he had intelligence about the enemy's Impure World Reincarnation; Shikaku Nara decided to investigate his report.
• Orochimaru led Hashirama Senju away from the battlefield, where their Sage Art and Wood Release techniques collided.
• Hashirama summoned a Wood Golem, and Orochimaru deployed the Dragon Humanoid Mecha before using the Flying Thunder God Technique to leave the area.
• Orochimaru's spacetime power reached a critical point, while Tobirama Senju observed the clash and judged that Orochimaru could defend himself against Hashirama.

Tobirama Senju warned that Hashirama Senju had a powerful technique left to use, while the Allied forces gathered intelligence on Nue and its Gozu Tenno space. Hinata and Neji joined Kurenai Yūhi, trapped Nue in a Genjutsu, and attacked it, but its wounds began to regenerate.

• Tobirama Senju told Tsunade that Hashirama Senju had not yet used the technique that let him stand against Madara Uchiha and the Nine-Tails, while Hiruzen Sarutobi recognized Orochimaru's Dragon Humanoid Mecha.
• Yamato sealed Danzo after Danzo explained that Shigaraki Tanuki had used Hashirama Senju's cells to create Nue, a weapon capable of entering the Gozu Tenno alternate space.
• Shikaku Nara concluded that Neji and Hinata could help Kurenai Yūhi because their Jōgan could perceive space-time, and the two set out after defeating their opponents.
• Hinata struck Nue with Eight Trigrams Empty Wall Palm, and Neji used Gentle Fist: One Strike Body to hit it as it teleported behind him.
• Kurenai Yūhi trapped Nue with Genjutsu: Seven Deadly Cherry Blossoms, allowing Hinata and Neji to unleash Gentle Fist Style: Divine Air Strike together.
• Nue roared under the assault but remained trapped by Kurenai Yūhi's Genjutsu as its powerful body slowly regenerated.

Neji and Hinata destroyed Nue, then went to assist other battles while Kurenai joined Shikamaru’s plan. Kushina and the sixteenth-generation Ino-Shika-Cho sealed the Third and Fourth Raikage, leaving the allied forces with more fighters as the battlefield turned in their favor.

• Neji and Hinata continued their Vacuum Attack until Kurenai Yūhi confirmed Nue had been destroyed, and Shikaku Nara sent them to support Itachi and Minato while Kurenai headed southwest.
• Kushina fought the Third and Fourth Raikage, using her clones and Adamantine Sealing Chains to keep the Impure World Reincarnation brothers at bay.
• Shikaku briefed Kurenai on the plan as Choji Akimichi struck the Third Raikage with Human Bullet Tank, letting Kurenai hold him with Genjutsu and Kushina seal him.
• The Fourth Raikage tried to flee, but Ino Yamanaka and Shikamaru Nara interrupted him with their secret techniques, allowing Kushina to bind and seal him too.
• Shikaku told Shikamaru that Neji had helped Itachi defeat Shin Uchiha and Hinata was close to helping Minato defeat Obito Uchiha, freeing more allied fighters for the war.

Shikamaru and Shikaku worried that Madara Uchiha and Nagato had yet to appear, while Konoha’s forces gradually gained the upper hand on the battlefield. Meanwhile, X-Metal transformed Orochimaru’s understanding of Chakra, and he began recreating Bloodline Limits before attempting Dust Release.

• Shikamaru and Shikaku discussed the missing Madara Uchiha and Nagato, while Kabuto Yakushi led sensory ninja to investigate Danzo’s lead.
• Hatake Sakumo killed Ibuse, resisted Hanzō’s poison, and resumed fighting him as Konoha’s forces gained ground.
• Orochimaru, sheltered at Konohagakure’s forbidden grounds, experienced X-Metal filling and transforming his mental space.
• Orochimaru used his new understanding of Chakra to recreate numerous Bloodline Limits, then began combining three natures to form Dust Release.

Orochimaru discovered that Yang Release enhanced Wood Release enough to help him investigate new Kekkei Tōta, while Nagato confirmed the battlefield was turning against the Akatsuki and agreed to revive Madara. As Nagato left to confront Konoha's forces, Hiruzen began the Impure World Reincarnation that would bring Madara back.

• Orochimaru tested Dust Release against Wood Release, then infused Wood Release with Yang Release and found that it could withstand the Dust Release for longer.
• Black Zetsu told Nagato that Obito had been killed and that the Akatsuki forces were suffering heavy losses, while Nagato used Rain Tiger at Will Technique to sense the battlefield.
• Nagato confirmed the worsening situation through Shigaraki Tanuki and the rain, then agreed to have Black Zetsu revive Madara while he went to meet Konoha's shinobi.
• Sakumo defeated and sealed Hanzo, then received orders to assist Shisui against the Second and Third Mizukage.
• Nagato arrived at the battlefield, and Hiruzen controlled the reanimated Second Tsuchikage to begin the Impure World Reincarnation.

Madara Uchiha was revived through Impure World Reincarnation and learned that Obito had been killed, while he judged Orochimaru to have become a rival on the level of Hashirama. On the battlefield, Kakashi, Itachi Uchiha, and Kabuto Yakushi struggled against Hiruko, who revealed the powers and origins behind his Chimera Technique.

• Mū summoned Madara Uchiha, who questioned Nagato and learned from Black Zetsu that Obito had been killed by Konohagakure's Yellow Flash.
• Black Zetsu explained that Obito's Cursed Seal had disappeared two years earlier, and Madara recognized Orochimaru as a powerful rival after hearing about the Shinobi World's events.
• Kakashi, Itachi Uchiha, and Kabuto Yakushi combined their abilities to attack Hiruko, but his Storm Release, Dark Release, Swift Release, and regenerative body countered their techniques.
• Hiruko explained that he had used the Chimera Technique to acquire Bloodline Limits and gained immortality after obtaining two Three Tomoe Sharingan from Obito Uchiha.
• Kabuto Yakushi asked Hiruko about his connection to Orochimaru while Kakashi and Itachi Uchiha stalled for time, and Hiruko said he had once been a Konohagakure Jōnin in the same squad as the Konoha Sannin.

Hiruko explained how the Third Hokage’s restrictions led him to create the Chimera Technique, while Kakashi and Itachi secretly reported the intelligence on him. Elsewhere, Sasuke confronted Madara, Naruto battled Nagato, and Orochimaru trapped Hashirama’s Wood Golem in a mecha-powered explosion.

• Hiruko told Kabuto that he created the Chimera Technique to make up for his lack of talent and that Orochimaru had secretly let him escape when they were sent to capture him.
• Kakashi and Itachi used their connection with Inoichi Yamanaka to report their intelligence about Hiruko to headquarters.
• Sasuke challenged Madara, revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan, and charged at him as Madara recognized its Straight Tomoe pattern.
• Naruto attacked Nagato with a Sage Art: Wind Style: Rasenshuriken and shadow-clone Rasengan barrage, but Nagato countered and resolved to capture him.
• Orochimaru’s mecha separated its limbs and used electromagnetic force to bind Hashirama’s Wood Golem before detonating overloaded Arc Reactors and Explosive Tags around it.

Sasuke fought Madara while Naruto and Nagato prepared to face each other, and Clone Orochimaru battled Hashirama Senju with their most powerful techniques. After their forces clashed in a destructive stalemate, Orochimaru explained his plan to unify the ninja world for lasting peace, which Hashirama understood as an expansion of the village they had once founded.

• Sasuke and Madara fought with swords until both summoned Perfect Susanoo, while Naruto entered his complete Tailed Beast transformation and Nagato prepared to fight him.
• Hashirama Senju emerged from his ruined Wood Golem and unleashed Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands against Clone Orochimaru's Dragon Humanoid Mecha.
• Orochimaru's mecha and Hashirama's Buddha statue destroyed each other’s forces, but both fighters remained capable of continuing the battle.
• Hashirama praised Orochimaru's strength and asked whether a peaceful world was possible, while Orochimaru argued that unifying the ninja world could make peace last longer.
• Hashirama compared Orochimaru's plan to building a larger village where former enemies could coexist, and he praised the idea.

Hashirama warned Clone Orochimaru that he might use True Several Thousand Hands again, while the battlefield clashes intensified. Shisui used Kotoamatsukami to change Hiruko’s will, and Hiruko agreed to help Konohagakure by controlling the Impure World Reincarnation.

• Hashirama told Clone Orochimaru that his body had recovered much of its strength and chakra and might use True Several Thousand Hands again.
• Nagato used Chibaku Tensei against Naruto, and Konoha’s fighters combined their attacks to destroy its core before Naruto struck Nagato with a Super Great Ball Rasengan.
• Madara blocked Naruto as he rushed toward the buried Sasuke.
• Minato, Kushina, Shisui, Kakashi, Itachi, and Kabuto trapped Hiruko with sealing chains, but his Dark Release resisted the seal.
• Shisui used Kotoamatsukami on Hiruko, changing his will and leaving Shisui’s eyes blind.
• Hiruko agreed to help Konohagakure and controlled the Impure World Reincarnation formula.

Madara and Nagato summoned the revived Ten-Tails while the allied shinobi forces finished releasing the Impure World Reincarnation. Madara used Nagato to restore his living body and take his Rinnegan, but Hashirama and the others arrived and restrained the Ten-Tails as Madara prepared to face them.

• Nagato summoned the Ten-Tails as Madara and Black Zetsu prepared their backup plan, while Clone Orochimaru overloaded the Dragon Humanoid Mecha against Hashirama Senju’s True Several Thousand Hands until the mecha broke apart.
• The Impure World Reincarnation was released, ending Hashirama’s battle with Clone Orochimaru and freeing Hiruzen Sarutobi from his fight with Jiraiya; Tobirama Senju and Tsunade then headed toward the Ten-Tails.
• Clone Orochimaru brought Hashirama to the battlefield, where Madara and Nagato were being controlled by Black Zetsu and a White Zetsu hidden in Nagato.
• Black Zetsu and the White Zetsu forced Madara and Nagato to perform the Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique, reviving Madara and allowing him to take Nagato’s Rinnegan.
• Hashirama used Heavenly Hand of God to restrain the Ten-Tails, and the arriving shinobi formed a Four Red Yang Formation around it while Madara challenged Hashirama and Orochimaru.

Shura unleashed the Seventh Breath and died after breaking the Ten-Tails free, while Tobi used Nagato’s body to attack the shinobi trying to stop it. Clone Orochimaru brought Hinata and Neji to retrieve a sealed object, saying the main body was preparing the final step of a plan.

• Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha resumed their battle as Naruto and Sasuke struggled against Madara’s invisible Limbo Clones.
• Might Duy and Might Guy fought Shura with the Eight Gates: Bright Qilin, but Shura opened the Seventh Breath and redirected his attack toward the Ten-Tails.
• Shura broke through the Four Red Yang Formation and destroyed the Gate of the Great God’s red torii, freeing the Ten-Tails before dying from the Seventh Breath’s effects.
• Tobi revealed himself after merging with Nagato and summoned a giant Wood Human to fight Tsunade, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Tobirama Senju, and the others.
• Clone Orochimaru arrived with Hinata and Neji at the ruins, unsealed an iron object, and told them the main body would act while they helped carry out his plan.

Clone Orochimaru prepared Neji and Hinata to absorb chakra from the weakened Tenseigan and potentially awaken their own. Meanwhile, Madara moved to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki as Shennong and the Konohagakure forces fought to stop him.

• Clone Orochimaru explained that the weakened composite Tenseigan could pass its Byakugan genetic information to Neji and Hinata, then prepared equipment for them to absorb its chakra.
• Shennong activated his Medical Forbidden Jutsu and Seventh Breath, knocked down Hashirama’s True Several Thousand Hands, and helped Madara overpower Hashirama.
• Madara absorbed Hashirama’s Sage Chakra, restrained him with Black Receivers, and summoned the Ten-Tails to become its Jinchuriki.
• Might Duy opened the Gate of Death and struck Shennong with Evening Elephant, but Shennong regenerated and injected concentrated Hero Water to strengthen himself.
• Yū and Qiong combined their Wood Style to block Tobi’s wood human while Minato teleported away Madara’s first meteor and Kakashi sent the second into the Kamui Dimension.

Madara Uchiha became the Ten-Tails jinchuriki and attacked the allied shinobi with the Divine Tree, but Might Guy opened the Gate of Death and nearly killed him with Night Guy. Guy collapsed, and Hinata and Neji took over the fight against Madara.

• Madara Uchiha absorbed the Ten-Tails as Might Duy died from his battle with Shennong, and Naruto and Sasuke sensed a call to obtain new power.
• Hinata and Neji arrived in Tenseigan Chakra Mode, while Guy promised to hold Madara back as the Divine Tree’s roots spread across the battlefield.
• Kakashi and the other shinobi cleared a path for Guy, who opened the Gate of Death and struck Madara with the Evening Elephant and Night Guy.
• Guy’s final kick destroyed half of Madara’s body before he fell, and Madara regenerated and turned his attacks on Hinata and Neji.
• Hinata cut apart Madara’s Chibaku Tensei meteorites, while Neji attacked with Super Air Palm Strike, which Madara countered with Purple Lightning.

Madara overwhelmed the allied shinobi with his Ten-Tails-powered Susanoo as Naruto and Sasuke challenged him with their Six Paths abilities. Orochimaru arrived with All Killing Ash Bones and briefly threatened to turn the battle, but Madara activated Infinite Tsukuyomi before they could stop him.

• Madara summoned a colossal Susanoo and broke Hashirama's thousand-handed Buddha while the allied fighters struggled to damage him.
• Naruto and Sasuke combined their power to form Perfect Susanoo Armor and fought Madara, but he held his ground beside the God Tree.
• Orochimaru arrived after mastering All Killing Ash Bones, struck Madara's Susanoo with Six Paths: White Agitation Technique, and shared Yang Power with Kakashi, Itachi, and Shisui.
• Madara left his Susanoo, revealed the Rinnegan on his forehead, and used the blooming God Tree's flower to activate the Eye of the Moon.
• Sasuke and the Susanoo users protected the others as the moon released the light of Infinite Tsukuyomi across the earth.

Madara Uchiha was betrayed by Black Zetsu and transformed into Kaguya Otsutsuki, who attacked Orochimaru and the others across her dimensions. Orochimaru countered her space-shifting tactics and reunited the scattered fighters, leaving them poised to continue the battle in Kaguya’s gravity dimension.

• Madara Uchiha began transforming after Black Zetsu stabbed him and revealed his loyalty to Kaguya Otsutsuki, who emerged from Madara’s body.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki transported the fighters to a lava world and attacked them, while Naruto Namikaze, Hinata, Neji, Sasuke Uchiha, Kakashi, Itachi, and Shisui fought back.
• Kaguya separated the group with Yomotsu Hirasaka, but Orochimaru used Sage Art: Super Inorganic Reincarnation to control the ice in his dimension and escaped through a Space Gate.
• Orochimaru used Flying Thunder God marks to open gates between Kaguya’s dimensions and found her attacking Naruto and Sasuke in a world of immense gravity.
• Kakashi used Kamui to absorb one of Kaguya’s All-Killing Ash Bones, while Minato Namikaze intercepted the other with Flying Thunder God Guiding Thunder.

Orochimaru and the allied shinobi sealed Kaguya in Amenominaka, then met the Sage of Six Paths and Hamura, who explained their preparations to defend the world from the Otsutsuki Clan. More than ten years later, Kakashi passed the Hokage hat to Shisui, while Orochimaru prepared to attend a celebration and continued researching Otsutsuki bodies.

• Orochimaru and the others trapped Kaguya with coordinated attacks, and Naruto and Sasuke sealed her inside a massive Planetary Devastation sphere.
• After Hagoromo summoned the group back to the Shinobi World, Orochimaru opened his own Space Gate and met Hagoromo and Hamura in the void.
• Hagoromo and Hamura explained how they had prepared the Pure Land and its preserved souls to resist the Otsutsuki Clan, and Orochimaru persuaded them to unite the world's strength and explore beyond it.
• More than ten years later, Kakashi placed the Hokage hat on Shisui and urged him to become the final Hokage before the Ninja Federation was established.
• A month later, Orochimaru left his laboratory to attend Anko and Shisui's child's celebration, leaving Otsutsuki corpses on his operating table.