Chapter Summaries

Akatsuki finished feeding the Nine-Tails chakra from Kinkaku and Ginkaku to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, triggering its transformation into the Ten-Tails. The cavern collapsed as the Ten-Tails emerged, leaving the Mist Squad injured and horrified by the beast’s nine-tomoe Rinnegan.

• Zetsu brought the Reanimation bodies of Kinkaku and Ginkaku to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and Akatsuki extracted their Nine-Tails chakra until the brothers' spirits vanished.
• The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path roared and raged, frightening the Akatsuki members as Obito struggled to endure its sound.
• Black Zetsu celebrated the Ten-Tails' resurrection while White Zetsu warned that Obito might not control it.
• The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path opened its ninth eye and curled into a cocoon, shaking the cavern until the Mist Squad retreated.
• The Ten-Tails burst from the cocoon and flattened the mountain as Obito escaped into Kamui, Zetsu sank underground, and Sasori hid inside Ibuse.
• The injured Mist Squad saw the Ten-Tails standing amid the wreckage with a gigantic nine-tomoe Rinnegan, and Kisame wondered what monster they had revived.

Obito resurrected the Ten-Tails but could not fully control it, so he used Kamui to conceal it before the Five Great Shinobi Villages could find it. Across Konoha and the Aerial Fortress, several people and tailed beasts sensed its return.

• The Mist Squad saw the Ten-Tails flatten the surrounding mountains and retreated in fear.
• Obito emerged from a vortex, connected himself to the Ten-Tails, and tried to control it with his Rinnegan, but the beast resisted and injured him.
• Zetsu warned that Yama might have sensed the destruction, and Obito used Kamui to transport the entire Ten-Tails away.
• Fū sensed something wrong while shopping with Sakura and Yakumo, while Naruto lost focus during his spar with Mitsuki.
• Gaara and Shukaku sensed the Ten-Tails' resurrection, and the sealed Nine-Tails also reacted in disbelief.

Disonas absorbed chakra from the Heavenly Spear, then shattered the Glass Organ to make himself its only controller and demand the others submit. Before he could finish, a masked attacker kicked him down and seized him by the neck.

• Kakashi and Asuma struggled against Disonas's regenerating Edo Tensei ninja while Kabuto hesitated to intervene.
• Disonas laughed at the people below, then jumped into the Heavenly Spear's crimson chakra beam.
• Hyuga Kagami watched as the beam rapidly increased Disonas's chakra and recognized the Heavenly Spear as an earth vein energy converter.
• Disonas returned to the tower empowered, then smashed the Glass Organ and claimed that only he could shut down the Heavenly Spear.
• A masked figure kicked Disonas into a crater and lifted him by the neck before he could finish threatening the others.

Hyuga Kagami stopped Disonas and discovered that he had destroyed the Glass Organ without knowing how to control the Heavenly Spear. Hyuga Kagami summoned Sun God, who sealed the tower and ended the threat.

• Disonas unleashed the Heavenly Spear's chakra, but Hyuga Kagami drained it with the Giant Tenseigan and reduced him to his frail former self.
• Kakashi asked Hyuga Kagami to spare Disonas for information, but Hyuga Kagami extracted his memories and learned Disonas could not shut down the Heavenly Spear.
• Hyuga Kagami exposed Disonas's destruction of the Glass Organ, and Disonas threatened to take everyone down with him.
• Hyuga Kagami summoned Sun God and ordered her to seal the tower.
• Sun God cast golden rings around the Heavenly Spear, stopped its chakra beam, and called Disonas an idiot.

Sun God sealed the Heavenly Spear after Hyuga Kagami summoned her, ending the immediate threat. Hyuga Kagami claimed the weapon and kept Disonas, while Kabuto escaped and Kakashi’s team wondered about the God Organization’s ties to him.

• Sun God sealed the Heavenly Spear with a single move, stunning Disonas and Konoha’s shinobi.
• Kabuto praised Sun God, then fled after realizing Konoha might question his connection to the God Organization.
• Hyuga Kagami sealed Disonas’s vocal cords when he shouted after Kabuto, then declared he would keep the Heavenly Spear.
• Kakashi accepted Hyuga Kagami’s decision to take the weapon, while Shikamaru and Ino said Sun God seemed familiar.
• Hyuga Kagami refused Kakashi’s request to take Disonas, intending to exploit his knowledge before turning him over to the people seeking justice.

Hyuga Kagami sealed Disonas’s Edo Tensei contracts and moved the Heavenly Spear away, while Shion followed him. After Kabuto reported the incident to Orochimaru, Orochimaru suspected the God Organization was gathering chakra for a new Bloodline Fusion Ritual.

• Disonas revived the Edo Tensei ninja around him, but Hyuga Kagami placed a Contract Seal on him and dissolved their summoning contracts.
• Hyuga Kagami uprooted the Heavenly Spear’s tower and carried it toward the eastern sea, taking Disonas with him as Shion followed.
• Kakashi told Jiraiya and Tsunade what had happened, and they worried about the God Organization’s growing power and its acquisition of the Heavenly Spear.
• Kabuto found Disonas’s improved formulas and research materials, burned the hideout, and delivered the documents to Orochimaru in Otogakure.
• Orochimaru concluded that the God Organization was collecting powerful sources of chakra for a more perfect Bloodline Fusion Ritual, likely intended by Flame Demon.

Orochimaru concluded that the God Organization sought powerful sources of chakra and suspected Akatsuki had stolen the previous Kage’s corpses. Meanwhile, Hyuga Kagami brought the Heavenly Spear to the Aerial Fortress and devised a plan to combine its chakra with the Gelel Ore Vein for his next ritual.

• Orochimaru told Kabuto that the God Organization had never hidden its goal, and reconsidered the potential of Hiruko’s Chimera Technique.
• Kabuto reported that Kakashi had accused him of stealing the previous Kage’s corpses, and Orochimaru identified Akatsuki as the likely thieves.
• Hyuga Kagami ordered Shion to take the sealed Disonas to Training Ground No. 5, then placed the Heavenly Spear on the island beneath the Aerial Fortress.
• Hyuga Kagami realized that the Heavenly Spear’s Yin Release chakra might combine with the Gelel Ore Vein’s Yang Release chakra to produce the Power of All Creation.
• Hyuga Kagami decided to direct the Heavenly Spear’s chakra pillar onto the Gelel Ore Vein and use the vein as his ritual altar.

Hyuga Kagami planned to rebuild the Aerial Fortress around the Gelel Ore Vein so it could serve as a durable altar for his ritual. Gaara then warned him that the Ten-Tails had been revived and could lead the Akatsuki to their hideout, so Hyuga Kagami went to the chamber holding the Nine-Tails.

• Hyuga Kagami decided to reshape the Aerial Fortress into a hollow ring and use the Gelel Ore Vein as his ritual altar.
• Hyuga Kagami inspected the Gelel Ore Vein, noted that it needed polishing, and recorded plans for aligning it with the Heavenly Spear.
• Gaara told Hyuga Kagami that Shukaku had confirmed the Ten-Tails was revived.
• Gaara warned Hyuga Kagami that the Ten-Tails could sense the other Tailed Beasts and help the Akatsuki locate them.
• Hyuga Kagami judged that the Ten-Tails was incomplete and that he still had some time, then headed to the sealing chamber holding the Nine-Tails.

After the Ten-Tails revived, Hyuga Kagami forced the Nine-Tails to agree to reunite with its other half and return to Naruto. He then prepared to strengthen Sasuke by transplanting First Hokage Cells, accepting the risks because there was little time before the coming battle.

• Hyuga Kagami confronted the Nine-Tails and offered it permanent exile or a return to the new Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• The Nine-Tails chose to return to Naruto's body and merge with its other half.
• Hyuga Kagami sent a crow to Konoha with orders to prepare for Naruto to receive the complete Nine-Tails.
• Hyuga Kagami went to his laboratory and began preparing to transplant First Hokage Cells into Sasuke.

Naruto was ambushed in the forest by a mysterious figure who absorbed his chakra and overwhelmed his attacks. After Naruto summoned Garaga and entered Sage Mode, the figure used a Contract Seal to dismiss the snake, just as another attacker emerged from underground with a Rasengan.

• Naruto arrived at the meeting place and was attacked by a mysterious cloaked figure who struck him and drained his Nine-Tails chakra.
• Naruto created dozens of Shadow Clones, but the mysterious figure defeated them despite their Rasengan attacks.
• Naruto summoned Garaga, who supplied natural energy so Naruto could enter Sage Mode and fight the attacker.
• The mysterious figure evaded Naruto, used a Contract Seal to dismiss Garaga, and prepared to speak.
• A figure burst from underground and attacked the mysterious figure with a Rasengan.

Hyuga Kagami tested Naruto and recognized his improved strength and tactics before revealing that he had recovered the other half of the Nine-Tails. He told Naruto he would seal it into him, leaving Naruto hopeful that his father Minato’s soul could also be saved.

• Naruto ambushed Hyuga Kagami with a Rasengan, destroying his left arm before it regenerated.
• Hyuga Kagami recognized Naruto’s skillful use of Garaga, dust, and a Shadow Clone, then revealed his identity.
• Naruto asked about Hyuga Kagami’s strange appearance and praised his own tactics, and Hyuga Kagami commended Naruto’s strength and composure.
• Hyuga Kagami led Naruto into a cave, where Naruto saw the other half of the Nine-Tails bound by sealing formulas.
• Hyuga Kagami confirmed that this was the half sealed with Minato and said he would seal it into Naruto so the Nine-Tails could become whole.

Hyuga Kagami freed the Yin half of the Nine-Tails and brought it together with the Yang half inside Naruto. As the two halves began fusing, their chakra surged through Naruto’s Mind World, leaving Hyuga Kagami alert to the danger.

• Naruto thanked Hyuga Kagami after learning that Minato’s soul had been unsealed, and Hyuga Kagami explained the differences between the Yin and Yang Nine-Tails.
• Hyuga Kagami warned Naruto that the completed Nine-Tails would greatly increase his power and might overwhelm the seal, then released the Yin Nine-Tails from the rock wall.
• The Yin Nine-Tails entered Naruto’s Mind World and traded insults with the Yang Nine-Tails inside the cage.
• Hyuga Kagami ordered the two halves to fuse, and their combined chakra unleashed a powerful surge through Naruto’s Mind World.
• Naruto staggered at the force while Hyuga Kagami remained composed, having already drawn away much of the Yang Nine-Tails’ chakra to limit the fused beast’s strength.

Hyuga Kagami oversaw the Yin and Yang Nine-Tails merging and warned the reunited beast to cooperate with Naruto against the Ten-Tails. Elsewhere, Sasuke was defeated by the Uzumaki Clan chief and then met Karin, who arrived as the God Organization’s Sun God.

• The Yin and Yang Nine-Tails merged their chakra and memories into one, and Hyuga Kagami warned the reunited Nine-Tails that the Ten-Tails threatened it.
• The Nine-Tails agreed to get along with Naruto because being absorbed by the Ten-Tails would mean its complete disappearance.
• The Uzumaki Clan chief lured Sasuke into a canyon and restrained his complete-body Susanoo with Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Sasuke’s Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan genjutsu failed against the barrier created by the chains, and the Uzumaki Clan chief criticized his arrogance.
• Karin arrived in her Sun God disguise, and Sasuke asked why the organization had summoned him.

Karin told Sasuke that the Ten-Tails had been revived, then brought him to a temporary operating room for a transplant intended to help him approach the Rinnegan. Hyuga Kagami found the surgery easier than expected and suggested Sasuke concentrate the Power of All Creation into one eye, leaving Sasuke with a possible path to evolve it.

• Karin told Sasuke the Ten-Tails had been revived and said the organization was preparing for the coming battle.
• Karin brought Sasuke to a temporary operating room for a transplant surgery arranged by Hyuga Kagami.
• Hyuga Kagami examined Sasuke and discovered the Power of All Creation in his body, which he believed had formed from Sasuke's ocular power and Gelel Ore Vein chakra.
• Hyuga Kagami explained that the transplant would not guarantee Sasuke the Rinnegan, though Sasuke remained confident he would succeed.
• Hyuga Kagami told Sasuke that the Power of All Creation was key to evolving the Rinnegan and suggested he concentrate it into one eye.

Hyuga Kagami completed Sasuke’s First Hokage Cell transplant and explained that he was developing a safer way for Karin to revive him with Rinne Tensei. Gaara then demonstrated that he had mastered Magnet Release and could control Gold Dust, leaving Hyuga Kagami astonished.

• Hyuga Kagami suggested that Sasuke concentrate the Power of All Creation into one eye, then successfully transplanted First Hokage Cells into him.
• Hyuga Kagami told Sasuke to return to Konoha and protect Naruto from the Akatsuki, warning him not to underestimate the enemy.
• Karin offered to use Rinne Tensei to revive Hyuga Kagami, but he declined to rush the process because the technique could kill her.
• Hyuga Kagami planned to develop Biological Armor and use the Gelel Ore Vein to improve Karin’s chances of surviving Rinne Tensei.
• Gaara demonstrated Magnet Release by controlling Gold Dust, and Hyuga Kagami reacted with surprise.

With Gaara's Gold Dust Magnet Release, Hyuga Kagami assigned him to mine hidden gold deposits so he could fund urgent projects. After sending Karin to interrogate Disonas for his improved Impure World Reincarnation formula, Hyuga Kagami checked his recovering clones and began designing Type-IV Biological Armor.

• Hyuga Kagami showed Gaara and Karin a map of gold deposits he had found beneath the Land of Wind and told Gaara to gather as much Gold Dust as possible.
• Gaara agreed to the mission and left with the Third Kazekage Human Puppet to mine the deposits.
• Hyuga Kagami sent Karin to Training Ground Five to interrogate Disonas for the improved formula and then deliver him to the black market for the bounty.
• Hyuga Kagami checked the recovery of his six clones and judged that they might be ready for the upcoming ritual despite lingering damage.
• Hyuga Kagami began designing Type-IV Biological Armor, intended to provide chakra and absorb damage in place of its host's vitality.

Hyuga Kagami designed a new Type-IV Biological Armor while Obito absorbed the Ten-Tails in Kamui space and became its Jinchuriki. Obito emerged as a Six Paths-level powerhouse, while Black Zetsu remained wary of Yama.

• Hyuga Kagami designed the Type-IV Biological Armor with a closed meridian loop to absorb chakra backlash and improved cellular activity.
• Obito formed hand seals and used his Rinnegan to suppress the Ten-Tails as he began absorbing it.
• The Ten-Tails disappeared into Obito, transforming his body with horns, spikes, markings, and immense chakra.
• Obito declared himself the Ten-Tails' Jinchuriki and formed nine Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Obito made a Truth-Seeking Orb into a black staff and declared that he had reached Six Paths level.

Obito became the Ten-Tails’ jinchuriki but realized his incomplete transformation left him unable to use Infinite Tsukuyomi and unsure he could defeat Yama. Black Zetsu urged him to master his new power while he sought a way to draw out the God Organization.

• White Zetsu admired Obito’s Truth-Seeking Orbs, while Black Zetsu examined his uneven horns and smooth forehead and concluded that his incomplete Ten-Tails form lacked the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• White Zetsu celebrated that they no longer needed to fear the God Organization, but Obito said he still lacked confidence in defeating Yama.
• Obito and Black Zetsu recognized that recovering the missing Tailed Beasts, especially the Nine-Tails, would strengthen him and help complete the Ten-Tails.
• White Zetsu offered to investigate the Jinchuriki, and Black Zetsu warned that the God Organization would likely anticipate their search.
• Obito resolved to fight if necessary, while Black Zetsu told him to master his new power as he devised a way to draw out the God Organization.

The Five Kage discussed how Akatsuki had revived the Ten-Tails and suspected it had gathered fragments of Tailed Beast chakra from stolen bodies and Kinkaku and Ginkaku. As they argued over Konoha’s missing Fifth and the God Organization, White Zetsu emerged from the floor of their conference room.

• Ōnoki asked how the Ten-Tails had been revived while most Tailed Beasts were in the villages’ hands, and Kakashi said Akatsuki was responsible.
• The Fourth Raikage reacted angrily to the likely deaths of Yugito Nii, Rōshi, Han, Utakata, and Killer B after Akatsuki extracted their Tailed Beasts.
• Karatachi Yagura suggested Akatsuki had collected portions of chakra from the One-Tail, Three-Tails, Seven-Tails, and Nine-Tails; the Fourth Kazekage revealed that a former One-Tail Jinchuriki’s tomb had been robbed.
• The Third Hokage and Kakashi connected the Nine-Tails chakra to Kinkaku and Ginkaku, while the Kage questioned Konoha about the absent God Organization and Fifth.
• An Anbu reported that an unknown intruder had entered Konoha underground, and White Zetsu burst through the conference room floor.

White Zetsu appeared at the Five Kage Summit and declared that the Akatsuki had revived the Ten-Tails and was starting the Fourth Shinobi World War. The Kage suspected the declaration concealed another motive and agreed to contact the God Organization while keeping the Jinchuriki protected.

• The Fourth Raikage attacked White Zetsu, but the Fourth Kazekage blocked his first punch with Gold Dust.
• White Zetsu declared war on the Five Great Shinobi Villages and claimed the Akatsuki had revived the Ten-Tails.
• The Fourth Raikage flattened White Zetsu and electrocuted him, while sensory shinobi confirmed there were no other intruders.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade realized the Akatsuki’s confidence suggested the Ten-Tails might rival a Sage and the God Organization.
• Kakashi questioned the Akatsuki’s timing, and the Third Hokage suggested its declaration might conceal what it was trying to obtain.
• The Third Tsuchikage urged the Kage to contact the God Organization, and Kakashi called for continued protection of the Jinchuriki.