Chapter Summaries

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.

Neji established a Gate of Time and Space between Punk Hazard and Seria's Inn, then brought Izumi and more than a thousand mechanical puppets to the laboratory. He ordered the puppets to take over the research institute and replace its guards.

• Neji sent Law to rescue Nami and the others, then chose the laboratory as his base and built a Gate of Time and Space in its central hall.
• Neji traveled through the gate to Seria's Inn and went to his room.
• Neji returned through the gate, met Izumi, and brought her with him to Punk Hazard.
• Izumi showed Neji more than a thousand mechanical puppets, which he stored and then deployed in the laboratory.
• Neji gave the puppets knowledge and personalities, then ordered them to take over the research institute and replace the guards.
• The puppet teams fought the guards, and the sounds of resistance soon faded.

Neji and Izumi searched Caesar’s laboratory, where Neji injected Momonosuke with a substance that left him believing the Kozuki Family would have no heirs. After taking Vegapunk’s failed Artificial Devil Fruit, Neji suspected Devil Fruits might repel Chakra and joined Law, Sanji, Franky, and the children in the Biscuit Room.

• Neji and Izumi saw the frozen giants created by failed Human Gigantification experiments in Caesar’s laboratory.
• Neji took the strange fruit Momonosuke was about to eat and injected him with a syringe; Momonosuke believed he had lost the chance to produce heirs and broke down crying.
• Neji examined Vegapunk’s failed Artificial Devil Fruit and suspected that Devil Fruits repelled Chakra, so he decided not to let his people eat it.
• Neji entered the Biscuit Room and found Law, Sanji, Franky, Kin'emon, and the children together.
• Law explained that Caesar had owned the laboratory before Neji took it over and told Sanji that Neji had saved the place.

Neji and Izumi secured the research base while Law, Sanji, and Franky went to find Luffy. Smoker arrived at Punk Hazard, recognized Neji from his past, and reacted with anger when Neji mocked the World Government’s account of his supposed defection.

• Law explained that he controlled the base and its puppets, then asked Sanji and Franky to accompany him to the central lake to find Luffy.
• Nami and Chopper stayed behind with the children while Sanji and Franky left with Law.
• Smoker led the G-5 Marines onto Punk Hazard and found a fortified research institute despite the records describing the island as abandoned.
• Neji and Izumi appeared at the gate, where Neji teased Smoker and caught his smoke-formed punch with an Armament Haki-coated arm.
• Neji mentioned the Island Clouds he had given Smoker, prompting Smoker to recognize him as the man reported to have died after killing more than half of CP0.
• Neji questioned the World Government’s description of his actions as a defection, and Smoker angrily cursed the people above him.

Neji took control of Caesar’s laboratory and negotiated with Smoker to have the Marines relocate and treat the children used in Giantification experiments. After fighting and transforming Smoker into a woman, Neji agreed to erase the Marines’ memories, while the Straw Hats reluctantly accepted that the children would be better off with the Marines.

• Smoker recognized Neji and demanded Caesar, but Neji said Caesar was gone and asked Smoker to take the child test subjects for treatment.
• Neji transformed Smoker with a syringe, quickly defeated her, and said he would erase the Marines’ memories after they took the children to Vegapunk.
• Smoker ordered his Marines to wait quietly outside the research facility while Neji went inside.
• Neji explained the arrangement to the others at the Biscuit House, and Nami and Chopper objected to handing the children to the Marines.
• Neji argued that the Marines could provide the children with medicine and a future, and the others fell silent as they watched the children.

Neji sent the children away with Smoker’s Marines, then told Izumi about his past life on the island and erased the Marines’ memories before they departed. After Luffy and his crew reached the laboratory, Kin'emon learned that Momonosuke might have left with the children and rushed off to search for him.

• Neji arranged for the children to leave with the Marines, and Nami asked him to ensure they could go home.
• Neji told Izumi about his past life on the island while they watched Smoker’s ship prepare to depart.
• Neji erased and altered the Marines’ memories, changed Smoker back into a man, and sent them away with the children.
• Neji returned to the laboratory and waited as his puppets began remodeling the base, while Luffy and his group eventually arrived.
• Luffy and Zoro fought over food, and Nami knocked the brawling Straw Hats into submission.
• Nami told Kin'emon that Momonosuke might have left with the children, and Kin'emon rushed out to find him.