Recaps

Jiraiya confronted Deva Path Pain, who revealed that Yahiko and the other Paths were corpses, while the Paths fought Jiraiya’s allies. Neji demonstrated overwhelming Haki and fired a Charged Nen Cannon at Pain, who answered with Shinra Tensei.

• Jiraiya recognized Yahiko and demanded to know what had happened to Nagato, but Deva Path Pain said the six Paths were corpses and called himself a god.
• The Paths split up to fight the surrounding puppets, while Animal Path Pain summoned beasts to attack Jiraiya and Gamaken.
• Gamaken knocked down a charging bull and rhinoceros, while Jiraiya realized Nagato had not yet joined the battle himself.
• Neji shattered the centipede with Haki and stopped the Hell Hound with Conqueror’s Haki, briefly disrupting Pain’s control over the corpses.
• Neji unleashed a Charged Nen Cannon at Deva Path Pain, who raised his hands and used Shinra Tensei.

Neji overwhelmed Deva Path Pain with a powerful Energy Blast, while Jiraiya sent intelligence to Konoha and prepared to continue the fight. Neji confronted Nagato about his false goal, but Pain insisted he was a god and threatened to destroy him.

• Neji's Energy Blast crushed Deva Path Pain's repulsive defense and blasted him through the reservoir into the lake, while Neji gathered the defeated Paths' bodies.
• Gamaken shielded Jiraiya from falling rubble but was injured, so Jiraiya sent him back to Mount Myōboku.
• Jiraiya recorded his intelligence in code, sent it away with a summoned toad, then summoned Fukasaku and Shima and began preparing for Sage Mode.
• Konan stopped the rain ninja from joining the battle and flew up to watch over the lake outside Amegakure.
• Deva Path Pain rose from the lake, and Neji told Nagato that he had lost his guiding purpose after Yahiko's death.
• Pain dismissed Neji's accusation, declared himself a god, and threatened to destroy anyone who stood in his way.

Neji and Deva Path Pain clashed over the lake, each displaying power that stunned Jiraiya, Konan, and the people of Amegakure. Pain then launched Planetary Devastation to seal Neji, whose body began rising toward its gravitational core.

• Neji mocked Pain's claim to godhood by recalling a man who had made the same boast before being defeated.
• Pain used Ultra Shinra Tensei to drive Neji back and send the lake water surging toward Amegakure.
• Neji reversed the tidal wave with gravitational force, drawing it back across the lake.
• Jiraiya and the two sages watched from inside the toad, recognizing that they could not interfere in the battle.
• Neji demanded Pain's Rinnegan, but Pain refused and cast Planetary Devastation, pulling Neji, lake water, and silt toward a black point.

Neji shattered Pain’s Planetary Devastation with a devastating attack, while Obito betrayed Nagato to take the Rinnegan. The chapter ended with Nagato dying beside Konan as an unknown figure emerged from the shadows.

• Neji’s golden attack broke Pain’s Planetary Devastation and carved a vast fissure through the land.
• Black Zetsu urged Obito to strike first, and Obito vanished to deal with Nagato.
• Obito stabbed Nagato and announced that he would take the Rinnegan and take over.
• Konan returned and attacked Obito, but he used Nagato as a shield and fought her off.
• Obito removed Nagato’s eyes and escaped with them, leaving Nagato to die beside Konan.
• A figure stepped out of the shadows behind Nagato.

Neji took control of Konan and arranged for Zabuza and Haku to seize Amegakure and erase Akatsuki’s traces. He ordered Black Zetsu to accelerate Kabuto’s preparations for war against the Five Great Shinobi Villages as Obito prepared to pursue Infinite Tsukuyomi.

• Neji took Nagato’s corpse, extracted Konan’s memories, and left the secret location with her.
• Neji gave Zabuza information about Amegakure and ordered him to take control, erase Akatsuki’s traces, and work with Haku.
• Neji used Konan to issue orders, suppressed Hanzo’s remnants, and put Zabuza in charge of Amegakure.
• Neji told Black Zetsu to hurry Kabuto’s preparations for Impure World Reincarnation and have Obito prepare the Ten-Tails, then handed over the Three-Tails.
• Neji returned to the Land of Waves with Konan, who underwent the same process as Yugito and gained access to the half of the Eight-Tails inside Neji.
• Black Zetsu told Obito about the coming Five Kage Summit and Neji’s plan to declare war, and Obito agreed that the scheme suited their goal of casting Infinite Tsukuyomi.

Jiraiya returned to Konoha with urgent news about the D Organization, while Neji used Kabuto’s Impure World Reincarnation to attack the shinobi villages with revived fighters. The Five Kage agreed to meet in the Land of Iron to discuss an alliance against the threat.

• Jiraiya found no trace of Konan or Nagato in Amegakure and hurried back to Konoha with news of the D Organization and the Akatsuki’s plans.
• Kabuto used White Zetsu clones as sacrifices to revive dead shinobi, and Neji sealed them to gain experience before ordering their deployment to the villages.
• Neji made Kabuto repeat the summoning process, sending waves of revived shinobi to attack the major villages, while Konoha and the Sand Ninja used sealing techniques against them.
• The attacks alarmed village leaders, who feared the enemy might also revive powerful shinobi from the past.
• After Konoha’s latest intelligence reached the other villages, the Kage agreed to hold a Five Kage Summit in the Land of Iron to discuss forming an alliance.

Neji explained that he had released the defective Impure World Reincarnation fighters to stir the living’s memories and deepen their appreciation for peace, while the villages interpreted their final warning as a sign that war would begin at the next full moon. As the Five Kage Summit was arranged in the Land of Iron, Obito and Black Zetsu prepared to pursue the remaining Jinchuriki and advance the Moon Eye Plan.

• Neji told Izumi that the reincarnated dead would gather those resistant to peace and make the living remember the value of their peaceful lives.
• The Five Great Shinobi Villages interpreted the sealed fighters’ final words as a warning of an attack at the next full moon, roughly half a month away.
• Jiraiya’s information about Amegakure led the villages to investigate the enormous Abyssal Passage from the Land of Rain to the Land of Wind.
• Ōnoki, the Fourth Raikage, and Mei Terumi agreed to attend an emergency Five Kage Summit in the Land of Iron in three days.
• Obito learned that Neji had moved quickly, then told Black Zetsu to watch the remaining Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails Jinchuriki while he pursued a backup plan.

Neji arranged for the Gold and Silver Brothers’ sealed cocoons to be sent to Kabuto, hoping Obito would target Killer B and clash with the Cloud Ninja. In Konoha, Neji modified Tenten’s weapons with sealing functions as the villages prepared for war.

• Neji ordered Ai-chan to send the Sealed Cocoons containing the Gold and Silver Brothers to Kabuto and told Black Zetsu to receive them.
• Neji anticipated that Obito would try to capture Killer B, who would likely be guarded by the Fourth Raikage.
• The five Kage prepared to travel to the Land of Iron as the villages readied themselves for war against the Impure World Reincarnation army.
• Neji’s Shadow Clone began modifying Tenten’s well-used guns and specialized ninja tools, reassuring her that their scars showed how well they had protected her.
• Neji integrated Chakra Metal threads into the weapons so their bullets could carry Sealing Jutsu and seal anyone they hit.

Obito used the Gold and Silver Brothers to obtain the Nine-Tails’ remaining Chakra, leaving only the Eight-Tails before he could complete the Ten-Tails Divine Tree. As Obito headed for the Eight-Tails, the Five Kage Summit learned Killer B was in danger and saw Gyuki transform nearby.

• Obito unsealed the Gold and Silver Brothers, who attacked him in their Tailed Beast Transformations, but their strikes passed through him.
• Neji sensed the seal’s release and continued studying the Six Paths Ninja Tools while modifying Tenten’s tools in Konoha.
• Obito had the Ten-Tails absorb the Nine-Tails’ Chakra from the Gold and Silver Brothers, then ordered Black Zetsu to take him to the Eight-Tails’ location.
• At the Five Kage Summit in the Land of Iron, the Fourth Raikage sensed Killer B was in danger, and Tsunade warned that the Akatsuki Organization must not obtain the Eight-Tails.
• Gyuki transformed into its full Tailed Beast form near the summit.

Obito attacked Killer B, but the Fourth Raikage and the other Kage drove him off before he could capture the Eight-Tails. The Five Great Shinobi Villages then agreed to unite against the Impure World Reincarnation army and protect the last two Jinchuriki.

• Obito tried to seize Killer B, who transformed into the Eight-Tails and fought back as the Fourth Raikage arrived.
• The Fourth Raikage and Killer B attacked Obito together while the other Kage rushed to the forest.
• Obito escaped through his vortex before the other Kage could trap him, and Killer B reverted to human form.
• Tsunade asked whether anyone still opposed an alliance, and the Fourth Raikage accepted cooperation after apologizing for Killer B.
• The five Kage shook hands and agreed to fight the Impure World Reincarnation army and protect the final two Jinchuriki.

Naruto and Jiraiya returned to Konoha after Naruto mastered sage arts, and Tsunade briefed them on the Allied Shinobi Forces and the impending war. After Jiraiya warned that gathering the tailed beasts could bring disaster, Naruto connected the Great Toad Sage’s instruction to find an octopus with Killer B, who had just arrived in Konoha.

• Tsunade told Naruto and Jiraiya that the Five Great Shinobi Villages had formed the Allied Shinobi Forces and that battle was predicted in ten days.
• Jiraiya warned Tsunade that the Great Toad Sage’s intelligence suggested gathering all the tailed beasts could destroy the shinobi world.
• Naruto told Tsunade that the Great Toad Sage had given him the key to undo the Nine-Tails' seal and instructed him to find an octopus, which he suspected was the Eight-Tails.
• Neji reported that Killer B had arrived and that he had settled him in.
• Tsunade sent Neji to take Naruto and the others to Killer B, and Neji led them out.

Neji brought Naruto and Jiraiya to meet Killer B, who agreed to teach Naruto how to master the Nine-Tails' power. Meanwhile, Sasuke continued training with Kimimaro in the Land of Waves, determined to grow stronger and kill Danzo and the Uchiha who had appeared.

• Neji left Naruto and Jiraiya with the Cloud Ninja and departed, having chosen to handle the mission involving the Cloud himself.
• Naruto and Jiraiya found Killer B performing PPAP, and Jiraiya introduced himself and Naruto after B mistook them for fans.
• Naruto asked Killer B to teach him to become a perfect Jinchuriki, and Killer B agreed to help him master the tailed beast's power.
• Neji watched Naruto's meeting and thought Naruto would ultimately win the Nine-Tails over with dumplings.
• Sasuke fought Kimimaro in the Land of Waves and recalled how much Itachi had held back while protecting her.
• Sasuke activated her Mangekyō Sharingan and summoned a skeletal frame, demanding that Kimimaro continue the fight.

Kimimaro tested Sasori’s new skeletal armor against Sasuke’s Susanoo and defeated him with a spinning spear that pierced Susanoo’s defenses. Sasuke was left wondering whether Neji’s inability to teach him had meant he would have to find strength through battles like this.

• Kimimaro activated his skeletal armor, the Dance of the Demonic Corpse, and charged Sasuke’s Susanoo.
• Kimimaro used his wings to evade Sasuke’s Amaterasu and let Sasori relay adjustments through his Contact Lens.
• Sasuke shaped Amaterasu into a bow and arrow, but Kimimaro’s spinning spear tore through the black flames and pierced Susanoo’s hands.
• Kimimaro blasted Sasuke away, forcing him to lose Susanoo, then landed beside him.
• Sasuke wondered whether Neji had meant he could not teach him to grow stronger.

After Sasuke lost to Kimimaro, she confronted Neji about how he had made Kimimaro so strong and agreed to replace her Mangekyō Sharingan. The chapter ended with Neji swallowing Sasuke’s removed eyes to experiment on himself.

• Sasuke lost a sparring match against Kimimaro despite using Susanoo and both of her eye techniques.
• Sasuke confronted Neji and demanded to know how he had helped Kimimaro become so powerful.
• Neji told Sasuke that changing her eyes was the only path to greater power, and she agreed to use the pair she had brought.
• Neji removed Sasuke’s Mangekyō Sharingan and placed the new eyes in her sockets, instructing her to nurture them for three days.
• Neji asked Sasuke if he could experiment by eating her removed eyes, and she reluctantly agreed.
• Neji swallowed Sasuke’s Mangekyō Sharingan.

Neji transformed his Tenseigan by absorbing Sasuke’s Mangekyō Sharingan and prepared for the coming war after the Allied Shinobi Forces formed. White Zetsu’s attempt to sow discord failed, the villages grew more united, and a sealed figure in Konoha’s dungeon began to stir.

• Neji absorbed Sasuke’s eyes, developed a new projected Mangekyō Sharingan, and sent Sasuke away to recover with the maid puppets.
• Izumi reported that the Allied Shinobi Forces had formed and that Obito was waiting for a chance to capture the Eight-Tails; Neji sent a declaration of war and set the time and place for battle.
• Black Zetsu proposed infiltrating the shinobi villages with White Zetsu to create distrust, and Obito approved the plan.
• White Zetsu’s infiltrators were exposed, and the villages suppressed the unrest and became more united as they trained together.
• As the full moon approached, Neji told Obito he would provide the Eight-Tails, while a bandaged old man in Konoha’s dungeon watched a yin-yang-faced figure disappear into the wall.

Neji orchestrated a three-way war in which the Impure World Reincarnation army and White Zetsu fought the Shinobi Allied Forces while secretly holding back. Meanwhile, Danzo escaped Konoha's prison and prepared an Impure World Reincarnation summon with Black Zetsu's help.

• Neji released the reincarnated shinobi and sent them to battle the Shinobi Allied Forces without ordering them to kill.
• Obito sent one hundred thousand White Zetsu to capture Killer B, and a chaotic three-way battle began.
• Neji and Izumi watched the fighting from an Island Cloud as Naruto's clones supported the Allied Forces and White Zetsu caused casualties with ambushes and deception.
• Danzo left Konoha's prison with Black Zetsu's help and traveled to a secret location.
• Danzo performed Impure World Reincarnation on a White Zetsu, and two White Zetsu carried away the sealed coffin.

Neji learned that Danzo had revived Madara and sent Sasuke to kill him, while Kabuto and Black Zetsu revived Orochimaru through Anko’s Curse Mark of Heaven. Neji then ordered Obito to bring the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to the battlefield, where it appeared as Madara fought the Allied Shinobi Forces.

• Madara Uchiha broke free of the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, and Neji identified Danzo as the one who had summoned him.
• Neji sent Sasuke Danzo’s location, and Sasuke left with Jugo and Hozuki Suigetsu while Kabuto stayed behind.
• Black Zetsu and Kabuto used Anko’s Curse Mark of Heaven to revive Orochimaru, who agreed to go with Kabuto to reclaim his hands.
• Neji instructed Obito to bring the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to the battlefield and promised to give him what he lacked.
• Obito headed to the battlefield as Madara overwhelmed the Allied Shinobi Forces, and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path appeared in a burst of smoke.

The Allied Shinobi Forces faced the Ten-Tails after Madara Uchiha’s Perfect Susanoo shattered the combined Tailed Beast Balls. The Demonic Statue transformed after absorbing the Eight-Tails’ horn and revealed that it contained the Nine-Tails’ Chakra, while Nian descended toward Madara and Obito.

• Gaara ordered a retreat as the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path appeared, but Gyuki and Naruto’s Nine-Tails Chakra avatar confronted it with Tailed Beast Balls.
• Madara Uchiha formed a Perfect Susanoo and sliced through the three colliding Tailed Beast Balls, while Naruto and Killer B shielded the shinobi from the blast.
• Neji’s protective talismans activated across the battlefield as Deidara watched the explosion and declared it art.
• The Demonic Statue absorbed the Eight-Tails’ horn, and the Nine-Tails told Naruto that its Chakra was also inside the creature, which had become the Ten-Tails.
• Obito told Madara Uchiha that the Ten-Tails had broken free of his control, and Madara discovered he could not control it either.
• Madara Uchiha asked where Zetsu was, and Obito said he was with Danzo before Nian descended into view.

Neji used Spear of Nen to clash with the Ten-Tails’ Tailed Beast Ball, then trapped the battlefield inside his Ultimate Nen Barrier and began absorbing the Ten-Tails’ experience. He reached Level 70 as a final fragment started to form.

• Neji’s Conqueror’s Haki shattered the Ten-Tails’ tree spears and drew Madara Uchiha’s interest.
• Neji formed Spear of Nen and struck the Ten-Tails’ massive Tailed Beast Ball, unleashing a devastating shockwave.
• Neji’s Ultimate Nen Barrier protected Naruto and the others while lightning bound and attacked the Ten-Tails.
• Madara Uchiha’s Perfect Susanoo failed to break through the barrier, and Neji focused on absorbing the Ten-Tails’ experience.
• Neji rose from Level 60 to Level 70 as countless lights gathered into a final fragment.

Neji completed Seria's Inn, gaining access to its lodging, backyard, and Gates of Time and Space, then returned to find the war still raging. He cut off Madara Uchiha and Obito Uchiha's access to the Ten-Tails' power, creating openings that led to Madara's sealing and Obito's unmasking.

• Neji learned that Seria's Inn had basic lodging and backyard functions, and that its Gates of Time and Space connected to opened worlds.
• Neji surveyed the battlefield and learned that Madara Uchiha and Obito Uchiha were stealing the Ten-Tails' power while fighting the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Neji pressed his hand to the Ten-Tails and cut off the channel Madara Uchiha and Obito Uchiha were using to borrow its power.
• Hashirama seized the opening and sealed Madara Uchiha with Sage Art: Myōjinmon.
• Might Guy struck Obito Uchiha with his nunchaku, breaking his mask, and Minato recognized him as Obito.

Neji unleashed overwhelming power, annihilated everyone on the battlefield, and reached Second Awakening. He then captured Obito, took the Rinnegan from Black Zetsu, and killed them both.

• Obito attacked Might Guy and Minato as the Ultimate Nen Barrier shattered and freed the Ten-Tails.
• Neji arrived atop the Golden Lightning Tiger, pinned the Ten-Tails, and declared that the battle would end.
• Neji combined the Thunder Dragon and golden lotuses to engulf the battlefield in golden light, annihilating everyone except himself and the Ten-Tails.
• Neji reached Level 85 and Second Awakening, then pulled Obito out of Kamui Space and disabled his powers.
• Neji took a Rinnegan from Black Zetsu and crushed him, then killed Obito and reached for his Sharingan.

Neji ended the war by reviving the recently dead, taking the tailed beasts, and warning the leaders to preserve peace. Weeks later, he protected the planet from discovery and resumed life with Hinata and Hanabi while preparing to settle an old grudge through the Gate of Time and Space.

• Neji used the Ten-Tails and the Rinnegan to revive those who had recently died, restored Naruto and Killer B, and swallowed the Rinnegan.
• Neji vanished after warning the Four Kage and other leaders to cherish peace, leaving them wary of his power.
• Weeks later, the shinobi world remained at peace as mobile phones spread and reports described changes to the landscape.
• Neji formed a barrier around the planet in space, hid its coordinates from the Otsutsuki Clan, and gave Toneri artificial eyes and a mobile phone.
• Neji walked with Hinata and Hanabi, then looked toward the Gate of Time and Space as he planned to pursue his old grudge.

Neji returned to Punk Hazard and confronted Law, Caesar, and Monet in the research facility. Caesar recognized him as a man who had supposedly died, leaving everyone stunned by Neji’s apparent resurrection.

• Neji arrived at Punk Hazard and identified the timing as before Luffy and the others reached the island.
• Neji found Law waiting in the research facility and calmly stopped him from attacking before offering him wine.
• Caesar and Monet entered, and Monet threatened Neji while Caesar panicked at the intruder.
• Neji revealed that he had chased Caesar to Big Mom’s territory in the past, but Caesar insisted he had already died.
• Law blocked Monet’s strike, and Neji changed his appearance, prompting Caesar to recognize him and cry out that he should be dead.

Neji discovered that Doflamingo was behind the events tied to his past and agreed to cooperate with Law, offering to handle Doflamingo. As Vergo arrived at the research facility and the Straw Hat Pirates reached the island, Neji went to confront Vergo.

• Neji identified himself to Caesar as his former identity, Vice Admiral Norsen, and imprisoned Caesar and Monet in Seastone handcuffs.
• Law proposed joining forces to liberate a World Government member nation, but Neji initially refused and searched Caesar's and Monet's memories.
• Neji learned Doflamingo was the instigator, accepted Law's proposal, and offered to let Law deliver the final blow against Doflamingo.
• Law warned Neji that Vergo, a Marine officer secretly serving Doflamingo, had arrived, and Neji vanished to confront him.
• The Straw Hat Pirates arrived while Caesar's subordinates prepared to take the unconscious people from their ship into the facility.
• Neji appeared before Vergo, who coated his bamboo staff in Armament Haki and struck the ground, leaving a large crater.

Neji defeated and took control of Vergo, then returned with him to Law, Caesar, and Monet. Law saw his former tormentor under Neji’s control, while Monet feared Doflamingo was in danger.

• Vergo attacked Neji and demanded to know where Law was, but Neji blocked his strike and sent him crashing into the cargo with an Exploding Fist.
• Vergo’s guards fired at Neji, whose Nen Barrier stopped the bullets, and Neji incapacitated them with spheres of light.
• Vergo recognized Neji and questioned how he had survived, then attacked again with Finger Pistol, Tempest Kick, and Demon Bamboo.
• Neji repelled Vergo into an iron wall, pierced his chest to search his memories, and took control of him.
• Neji returned with Vergo to Law, Caesar, and Monet; Law reacted to seeing Vergo controlled, Caesar lost hope, and Monet feared for Doflamingo.