Chapter Summaries

Madara Uchiha decided to abandon the Moon Eye Plan operation and retreat after recognizing that he could not defeat Menma. Toneri and Menma tracked him down and confronted him, and Madara began considering whether another path could avoid a fight.

• Madara Uchiha concluded that the odds of success were too low and decided to retreat so he could plan how to overcome Menma and Toneri.
• Toneri detected Madara Uchiha as he tried to leave and struck at him with a powerful spiral wind.
• Menma appeared behind Madara Uchiha, trapping him between himself and Toneri.
• Toneri recognized Madara Uchiha's Rinnegan and accused him of stealing the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to revive the Ten-Tails.
• Menma revealed that he knew about Madara Uchiha's plan to activate the Infinite Tsukuyomi, and Madara considered whether they could avoid fighting.

Madara Uchiha urged Uzumaki Menma to join the Moon Eye Plan, insisting it was the only way to bring peace. Menma and Toneri challenged the plan and the stone tablet’s authenticity, but Madara remained convinced it was the will of the Sage of Six Paths.

• Madara Uchiha asked Menma to surrender the Tailed Beasts so he could revive the Ten-Tails and cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi, promising to revive Menma if extracting the Nine-Tails killed him.
• Toneri angrily accused Madara of trying to free the evil being sealed by their ancestors through the Moon Eye Plan.
• Menma questioned whether the stone tablet truly came from the Sage of Six Paths and asked why the Sage had not carried out the plan himself.
• Madara rejected Menma’s doubts and insisted the tablet described the true path to peace, urging Menma to join him.
• Menma compared Madara’s attempt to recruit him with how Madara had deceived Obito and Nagato, but Madara remained certain the plan was righteous.

Menma failed to persuade Madara Uchiha to abandon the Moon Eye Plan, so Toneri attacked him and Madara answered with Susanoo. Their clash drew Hashirama, Tobirama, and Muku toward the battlefield, where Hashirama recognized Madara’s chakra.

• Menma warned Madara Uchiha that the Sage of Six Paths might be manipulating him, but Madara acknowledged the risk and still insisted on carrying out the Moon Eye Plan.
• Madara Uchiha invited Menma to join him, but Menma refused and declared that he would stop Madara by force.
• Toneri launched Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, and Madara Uchiha countered with his final-form Susanoo.
• Toneri summoned a giant stone statue to catch Susanoo’s sword as the battle’s shock waves reached the Frontline Battlefield.
• Tobirama sensed Madara Uchiha’s chakra and left Tsunade and Sarutobi Hiruzen in charge as he rushed toward the battle.
• Hashirama arrived near the battlefield and recognized Madara Uchiha’s Susanoo and chakra.

Hashirama discovered that Madara was alive and wielded the Rinnegan, while Menma and Toneri overwhelmed him in battle. Madara summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, confirming the Tailed Beasts’ fears, and Menma continued fighting as the chapter ended.

• Hashirama reached a vantage point, recognized Madara in his living body, and realized he had the Rinnegan.
• Menma’s golden giant sword and Toneri’s Giant Stone Statue battered Madara’s Susanoo, leaving him unable to escape or counterattack.
• Madara summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, which Toneri identified as the Ten-Tails’ shell.
• The Tailed Beasts recognized the statue and denounced Madara for seeking to revive the Ten-Tails, then poured their Chakra into Menma.
• Menma struck the Demonic Path Chains with his golden giant sword, but could not sever them, and the statue swayed from the impact.

Menma and Toneri overwhelmed Madara Uchiha with their giant statues and sealed the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, leaving Madara trapped under their next assault. Hashirama and Tobirama watched as the battle turned decisively against him.

• Madara Uchiha summoned two meteors with Tengai Shinsei, but Menma cut one apart while Toneri's Giant Hamura Statue caught the other and hurled it back at him.
• Toneri's statue battered the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path as Menma struck it with the Spiral Magnetic Seal Technique and bound it with Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Hashirama told Tobirama that Menma and Toneri had held back against them and predicted Madara would soon be defeated.
• Menma's seals suppressed the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and disrupted Madara's control of it.
• Toneri attacked Madara with Truth-Seeking Orbs and laser beams while the Giant Hamura Statue charged, and Madara countered with Susanoo and Sage Art—Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence.

Menma and Toneri overwhelmed Madara Uchiha, forcing him to use Limbo: Sub-Human Realm and unleash the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path in a desperate counterattack. Menma smashed the Limbo shadows attacking him, but the battle remained unresolved as Madara’s statue broke through one layer of its seal.

• Madara Uchiha used Wood Release to create a forest, but Menma and Toneri burned and blasted a path through it with their attacks.
• Menma struck Madara’s Susanoo with Truth-Seeking Orbs, forcing Madara to reveal Limbo: Sub-Human Realm and use its shadows to block them.
• Madara Uchiha unleashed flowering trees and a poisonous fragrance, but Menma and Toneri’s Silver Tensei Explosion Technique dispersed the scent and devastated the forest.
• Menma charged Madara with a golden sword, while a Limbo shadow blocked the strike and Madara’s Rinnegan genjutsu failed to affect Menma.
• Madara Uchiha coordinated an assault with his Limbo shadows and broke through the first layer of Menma’s Magnetic Release Sealing Technique on the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Menma knocked one Limbo shadow into the ground, then struck two others with Great Spiraling Ring Technique.

Menma overwhelmed Madara Uchiha in close combat, severed his arm, and then trapped his Limbo shadows with sealing chains. Madara replaced his arm with a White Zetsu limb and counterattacked, leaving him to face Menma’s Nine-Tails-powered Tailed Beast Ball Cannon.

• Menma broke Madara Uchiha’s Susanoo blade and cut through his Susanoo defense, severing Madara’s right arm.
• Madara Uchiha grafted a White Zetsu’s arm onto his stump while Hashirama and Tobirama watched and reacted to his abilities.
• Menma restrained Madara’s four Limbo: Border Jails with Adamantine Sealing Chains, kicked Madara into the ground, and bound his Wood Dragon.
• Madara Uchiha summoned Perfect Form Susanoo and launched Yasaka Beads at Menma, who summoned the Nine-Tails to block them.
• The Nine-Tails fired a Tailed Beast Ball Cannon at Madara Uchiha, who raised Perfect Form Susanoo to take the blast head-on.

Menma and Toneri overwhelmed and captured Madara Uchiha after Menma’s Tailed Beast Ball Cannon left him gravely injured and Toneri struck from behind. Hashirama and Tobirama arrived as the fighting ended, and Hashirama asked Madara what had happened after their battle at the Valley of the End.

• Menma’s Nine-Tails shattered Hashirama’s True Several Thousand Hands and blasted Madara Uchiha into a lake, leaving him gravely injured.
• Madara Uchiha used Shinra Tensei and summoned White Zetsu to buy time to heal, but Menma and the Nine-Tails blocked the attack and dispatched the attackers.
• Toneri suppressed the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, then struck Madara Uchiha from behind with a Truth-Seeking Orb staff and defeated the White Zetsu beside him.
• Menma bound Madara Uchiha with Golden Chains while he and Toneri surrounded him, ending the battle.
• Muku reported that the Konoha ninja had surrendered, and Hashirama and Tobirama arrived to see Madara Uchiha captured.
• Hashirama asked Madara Uchiha what had happened in the years since their battle at the Valley of the End.

After Madara’s defeat, he urged Menma to inherit the Moon Eye Plan, but Menma argued that an eternal dream would ultimately destroy humanity rather than bring peace. Madara remained convinced the Ten-Tails could preserve everyone forever, leaving Menma to question his belief in immortality.

• Madara told Hashirama that his plan was a true path to peace, while Hashirama rejected the idea of trapping humanity in a dream.
• Madara acknowledged Menma’s extraordinary growth and asked him to keep the Rinnegan and someday carry out the Moon Eye Plan.
• Menma refused, arguing that the Infinite Tsukuyomi would prevent humanity from having descendants and therefore amount to destroying the species.
• Madara insisted the Ten-Tails would keep the dreamers alive forever, making the illusion a peaceful world without aging or death.
• Menma challenged Madara’s confidence in eternal life, pointing out that even the Sage of Six Paths had not achieved immortality.

Menma challenged Madara Uchiha’s belief that the Infinite Tsukuyomi could create lasting peace, arguing that it was an escape from reality and a denial of humanity’s right to choose its future. Hashirama accepted Menma’s vision for the Shinobi World, while Madara was left questioning his life and choices.

• Menma argued that the Ten-Tails could not grant immortality or sustain all humanity, and asked how Madara could accomplish what even the Sage of Six Paths could not.
• Hashirama and Tobirama joined Menma in rejecting Madara’s Moon Eye Plan and supporting a future in which people could live freely.
• Menma called the Infinite Tsukuyomi a cowardly escape from reality and urged people to choose their own tomorrows.
• Hashirama recognized that he had become like the conservative father he once challenged and entrusted the Shinobi World’s future to Menma.
• Madara admitted that he might have become a failure when he lost to Hashirama, then laughed with deep sorrow.

Menma forced Madara to reveal Obito’s mission and the locations of Madara’s secret bases, then exposed that Black Zetsu was not Madara’s creation but an agent of another mastermind. After Madara accepted that he had been manipulated, Menma prepared to kill him, and Madara’s final wish was for Menma to achieve peace.

• Menma asked Madara where Obito and Black Zetsu were, and Madara said Obito was heading to Menma’s village to capture the remaining Jinchuriki.
• Madara offered to erase Black Zetsu with Yin-Yang Release, but Menma released him and challenged him to try.
• Madara failed to sense or undo Black Zetsu, confirming Menma’s claim that Black Zetsu was not his creation.
• Menma told Madara that Black Zetsu served the true mastermind behind the Moon Eye Plan and that Madara himself had been used as a puppet.
• Madara revealed the locations of his secret bases and the hidden White Zetsu, while admitting he could not locate Black Zetsu.
• Menma asked Madara for his final words, and Madara wished him success in creating a peaceful world.

Menma killed Madara Uchiha, took his Rinnegan, and prepared to oversee Konoha’s surrender and the Village of Light’s takeover. Hashirama and Tobirama stayed behind to manage the transition while Menma and Toneri headed off to capture two remaining fugitives.

• Madara accepted his defeat and reflected on his life before Menma killed him with a blade.
• Hashirama mourned Madara, and Menma removed Madara’s Rinnegan and stored the eyes in a bottle of nutrient solution.
• Tobirama told Menma that he and Hashirama would remain for a few days to ensure Konoha’s surrender and transition went smoothly.
• Menma delegated the takeover arrangements to Mui-san, Karin, and others, and ordered Muku to help monitor Konoha.
• Menma and Toneri set off toward the Village of Light to capture the final two fugitives.

The Village of Light won its war against Konohagakure in less than half a day, with Menma and Toneri defeating the revived Hokage and Madara Uchiha while keeping casualties low. Tobirama ordered Konohagakure to surrender and directed Tsunade to arrange the transfer of the village’s affairs to the Village of Light.

• Menma and Toneri swiftly defeated Hashirama and Tobirama, breaking Konohagakure’s morale as the Village of Light gained control of the battle.
• Tobirama returned to the front and ordered Konohagakure’s shinobi to surrender, then Menma’s signal flare confirmed the Village of Light’s victory to Mui and Utakata.
• Menma and Toneri found Madara Uchiha and defeated him in another brief battle.
• Hashirama, Tobirama, and Muku returned with Madara Uchiha’s corpse, shocking Tsunade, Jiraiya, Sarutobi Hiruzen, and the others.
• Tobirama ordered Tsunade to convene a high-level meeting and transfer Konohagakure’s affairs to the Village of Light, warning Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu not to interfere.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen accepted that surrender was Konohagakure’s only path forward and planned to urge Konohamaru to prioritize staying alive.

After Madara Uchiha’s defeat, Obito and Black Zetsu’s forces attacked the Village of Light while Menma’s main army was away. Karin, Kushina, and Minato mobilized the village’s defenses, and the Light Ninja repelled Sasori’s first puppet assault as the battle began.

• Tobirama and Mui agreed to cooperate, then led the forces from the Two Great Ninja Villages back toward the Land of Fire.
• White Zetsu scouts learned of Madara Uchiha’s defeat and moved to report the collapse of the Moon Eye Plan to Black Zetsu.
• Obito led more than ten thousand White Zetsu, Sasori, and Kisame Hoshigaki in an assault on the Village of Light.
• Karin declared first-level combat readiness, assigned defensive lines to Shibuki and Suigetsu, and ordered the village’s barriers and defenses activated.
• Kushina and Minato joined Karin to defend Menma’s village, while Kushina kept Naruto confined at home.
• Sasori’s puppets launched the first attack, but the Light Ninja blocked their assault and destroyed the leading puppets with coordinated ninjutsu.

Sasori revealed that he controlled hundreds of puppets and overwhelmed the Light Ninjas until Namikaze Minato intervened. Minato destroyed Sasori’s ordinary puppets, but Sasori brought out the Third Kazekage puppet, prompting Minato to vanish and target Sasori directly.

• Light Ninjas discovered Sasori was controlling the entire puppet army alone, and Sasori killed nearly all who attacked him.
• Sasori’s puppets failed to kill a Light Ninja commander wearing Chakra Armor, so Sasori prepared a precision strike until Minato rescued the commander.
• Minato identified Sasori and fought him, using the Flying Thunder God Technique to destroy his ordinary puppets and relieve pressure on the frontline.
• Sasori summoned his Human Puppet of the Third Kazekage and attacked Minato with Magnet Release: Sand Iron Gathering Attack.
• Minato vanished from the barrage and moved to attack Sasori himself.

Minato fought Sasori while Obito’s White Zetsu army attacked the Village of Light, where Suigetsu and Shibuki led the defense. Karin and Kushina confronted Obito, but his Kamui let him evade their attacks, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Minato decided to target Sasori rather than risk fighting the Third Kazekage puppet directly.
• White Zetsu attacked the Village of Light, and Suigetsu and Shibuki used tailed beast chakra to lead the Light Ninja against them.
• Obito planned to capture the village’s three Tailed Beasts and left Black Zetsu in command of the White Zetsu army.
• Karin and Kushina ambushed Obito with Golden Chains, but he used Kamui to become intangible and evade them.
• Karin and Kushina attacked Obito together and snapped his iron chains, but their Adamantine Sealing Chains also passed through him.

Karin and Kushina used their knowledge of Obito’s Kamui weakness to drive him onto the defensive, while Black Zetsu summoned a growing White Zetsu army to turn the battle into a contest of endurance. Obito changed tactics and focused on stalling the Light forces as their numbers began to overwhelm the ordinary ninja.

• Karin and Kushina coordinated relentless attacks that exploited Obito’s one-eyed Kamui and forced him to rely on White Zetsu for cover.
• Obito used Wood Release against Karin, but her Adamantine Sealing Chains broke through his branches and kept him under pressure.
• Black Zetsu called in more White Zetsu, bringing their army to over ten thousand and threatening the Light Ninja across the battlefield.
• Karin kept watch on Black Zetsu, ready to bind him with her chains if he exposed himself.
• Obito abandoned direct clashes and focused on stalling Karin and Kushina while Sasori and Kisame delayed their own opponents.

Minato defeated Sasori by identifying and destroying the human Chakra core that let him control his puppet body. After killing Sasori, Minato rushed toward Karin and Kushina, while Kisame’s battle reached a turning point when an unknown figure appeared.

• Minato destroyed Sasori’s Third Kazekage puppet and overwhelmed his remaining puppets with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Minato deduced that Sasori’s heart or brain contained his Chakra source, then struck both with special kunai and shattered his heart.
• Sasori collapsed and died after acknowledging Minato’s strength.
• Minato headed toward Karin and Kushina after dealing with Sasori.
• Kisame remained barely able to withstand Shibuki and Suigetsu until an unknown figure appeared and made him abandon resistance.

Itachi persuaded Kisame to surrender to the Village of Light, while Suigetsu and Shibuki restrained him and turned to fight the White Zetsu Army. After Sasori’s death and Kisame’s capture wrecked Obito and Black Zetsu’s plan, Minato rushed to join Karin and Kushina against Obito as Black Zetsu decided they had to retreat.

• Itachi appeared before Kisame and told him the fighting was over, and Kisame immediately surrendered and discarded Samehada.
• Suigetsu and Shibuki fitted Kisame with the Village of Light’s Chakra-restraining equipment, then moved to push back the White Zetsu Army.
• Minato hurried toward Karin and Kushina’s battle with Obito, recognizing his former student and resolving to capture him.
• Black Zetsu learned that Sasori had died and Kisame had surrendered, and judged the plan doomed as Minato joined the fight against Obito.

After Madara Uchiha was defeated, Black Zetsu and Obito fled while Minato and Kushina pursued them. Karin transformed into Matatabi to hold off the White Zetsu, leaving the others to chase the fugitives north.

• Black Zetsu learned that Madara Uchiha had been defeated and decided to preserve himself and retreat with Obito.
• Black Zetsu told Obito to flee, then sent White Zetsu to attack the Village of Light and obstruct Minato, Kushina, and Karin.
• Obito used Kamui to escape with Black Zetsu, while Karin transformed into Matatabi and cleared the White Zetsu around Kushina.
• Kushina and Minato pursued Obito and Black Zetsu, using their sensory abilities and Minato's Flying Thunder God mark to track them.
• Obito and Black Zetsu sent more White Zetsu to delay their pursuers, but Minato and Kushina continued closing in.