Chapter Summaries

Yamato, Qiong, and the narrator joined Itachi to help capture Kumogakure’s Jinchuriki, but the planned ambush in a gorge became a standoff between Konohagakure and a coalition of Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Akatsuki forces. Both sides prepared for a battle whose outcome was uncertain.

• A Sharingan crow delivered Itachi’s message, and Yamato, Qiong, and the narrator discussed the planned pincer attack and the suspicious choice of a gorge near the Land of Earth.
• The narrator suspected Orochimaru had arranged the confrontation to gather potential threats in one place, but Qiong struck him for speaking in riddles.
• At the gorge, Itachi and Tekka Uchiha faced Killer B, Yugito, Han, Darui, Zabuza, Haku, Raiga Kurosuki, Ranmaru, and Obito Uchiha alongside their forces.
• Yamato asked Itachi whether they should attack, and Itachi advised waiting while preparing to fight without restraint.
• Yugito questioned Obito about Akatsuki’s leader, and Obito explained that Nagato had to keep Orochimaru occupied in the Land of Rain.
• Zabuza drew Kubikiribōchō and warned Haku to be careful as both sides prepared for combat.

Deidara’s attack let Iwagakure and Kumogakure retreat from the battle, while Kirigakure’s displaced leaders considered where to go after their village fell to Konohagakure. Elder Genji questioned whether seeking refuge in the Land of Rain could help them defeat Orochimaru and overcome Konohagakure.

• White Zetsu told Obito that reinforcements were coming, and Yuu spotted Deidara approaching by air.
• Deidara bombarded the Konohagakure group, but Yuu, Qiong, and Yamato used Wood Release to defend against his explosives.
• The explosions gave Iwagakure and Kumogakure ninja cover to escape, and Deidara fled after they withdrew.
• Mei Terumi recalled how Kirigakure fell after Naruto and Sasuke repeatedly survived its schemes, while Utakata helped its remaining forces escape.
• Mei Terumi told Genji that Iwagakure and Kumogakure had sought refuge in the Land of Rain, and Genji asked whether Kirigakure should go there too.

Mei Terumi and Genji planned Kirigakure’s survival, sending Mei and the remaining fighters to the Land of Rain while Genji stayed behind to train Chojuro and the younger ninja. In the Land of Rain, Nagato prepared to wait for the other villages’ Jinchuriki while remaining wary of Orochimaru’s unknown power and trump cards.

• Genji warned Mei Terumi that gathering every force against Orochimaru could play into Orochimaru’s plans, and urged her to leave people behind to preserve Kirigakure’s future.
• Mei Terumi set out by sea with Kirigakure’s remaining ninja, while Gonbei and Ao joined her to make Genji’s supposed death more believable to Konohagakure.
• Genji stayed with Chojuro and Kirigakure’s younger ninja, promising to train Chojuro into a qualified successor.
• Nagato learned that Iwagakure and Kumogakure’s teams had entered the Land of Rain and that Mei Terumi’s force was approaching from the Land of Birds.
• Nagato refused to move against the Jinchuriki until all nine Tailed Beasts were gathered and Orochimaru was occupied, while Black Zetsu worried about Orochimaru’s hidden Mecha and Nagato asked about Hiruko’s preparations.

Nagato learned that Sunagakure’s Shura and Shennong had nearly perfected a technique that could help Akatsuki revive the Ten-Tails, and Black Zetsu revealed a pseudo-Nine-Tails Jinchuriki named Sora as a substitute for the real Nine-Tails. Kakuzu and Hidan attacked the Temple of Fire to capture Sora, where they faced Jirōbō.

• Black Zetsu told Nagato that Shigaraki Tanuki, Shennong, and Shura had nearly restored a technique for controlling the Ten-Tails’ resurrection.
• Nagato asked how Akatsuki could obtain a substitute for the Nine-Tails, and Black Zetsu identified Sora, who carried Nine-Tails Chakra sealed inside him.
• Nagato assigned Kakuzu and Hidan to capture Sora at the Temple of Fire, where the abbot Jirōbō had a thirty-million-ryō bounty.
• Kakuzu and Hidan reached the temple, and Kakuzu smashed through its sealed gate while the monks mistook the damage for another outburst from Sora.
• Jirōbō confronted the intruders, but Kakuzu and Hidan charged him, and he struck them down with his Thousand-Armed Killing technique.

Nagato prepared the Akatsuki to capture the remaining Tailed Beasts and blamed the attacks on Konohagakure, while Kakuzu and Hidan returned with a replacement for the Nine-Tails. As the Akatsuki assigned targets and Sasori revealed a hidden Sunagakure agent, Hatake Sakumo reunited with Minato at Konoha’s camp.

• Kakuzu and Hidan defeated Jirōbō and captured the pseudo-Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, then collected the bounty and headed back to the Land of Rain.
• Black Zetsu and White Zetsu told Nagato that Takigakure had brought the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki and sought great-nation status, and Nagato decided to accept their demand while planning to eliminate the village later.
• Nagato agreed to Black Zetsu’s proposal to frame Konohagakure for the coming Tailed Beast attacks and gathered the Akatsuki to plan their captures.
• Sasori revealed that Sunagakure leader Yura was his hidden pawn, and Nagato assigned the Akatsuki members to capture the remaining Tailed Beasts.
• Hatake Sakumo arrived at Konoha’s camp and greeted Minato after many years apart.

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.