Chapter Summaries

Hiko killed Danzo and destroyed his body, then discovered that Uchiha Madara had summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and moved the Infinite Tsukuyomi Plan ahead. With Senju Hashirama gone and no longer holding Madara’s interest, the Ten-Tails’ birth was now underway.

• Hiko sensed that Danzo had lost his will to fight and, uninterested in prolonging the battle, cut off his right arm and shoulder before killing him with Susanoo’s fist.
• Hiko burned Danzo’s corpse and destroyed the severed arm so they could not be used to cause trouble.
• Hiko heard a howl and saw that Uchiha Madara had summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Hiko observed that Senju Hashirama and many Impure World Reincarnation victims had disappeared, and realized Madara had lost interest in fighting the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Madara proceeded with the Infinite Tsukuyomi Plan by preparing to bring forth the Ten-Tails, using the Gold and Silver Brothers as substitutes for the Nine-Tails.

Hiko warned the Allied Shinobi Forces to flee as the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path absorbed the Gold and Silver Brothers. The forces began withdrawing, but the statue’s violent reaction swept up and injured the stragglers as the threat of the Ten-Tails’ transformation loomed.

• The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path captured and swallowed the Gold and Silver Brothers with blue chains.
• Hiko arrived on the Nine-Tails and ordered the Allied Shinobi Forces to evacuate the battlefield.
• The Third Hokage trusted Hiko and issued an immediate withdrawal order, then headed to the battlefield with Ōnoki following.
• When the forces hesitated, Hiko ordered Konoha shinobi to lead the retreat, prompting ninja from the other villages to follow.
• The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path roared and battered its head, creating a hurricane that swept away nearby shinobi and injured or killed some of them.

Hiko warned the assembled ninja that the coming battle was beyond their abilities and explained that the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path was the Ten-Tails’ shell. He said the Ten-Tails’ revival was inevitable, leaving the group facing an apocalypse they could not prevent.

• Minato Namikaze and the other experts gathered beside Hiko, who warned them to flee if the battle turned dangerous.
• Minato Namikaze joked about kicking Uchiha Madara, and Hiko told him Madara could defeat even Senju Hashirama.
• The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path roared and battered itself as the Nine-Tails grew fearful of the Ten-Tails’ emergence.
• Hiko told the group that the Ten-Tails was the combined form of the nine Tailed Beasts and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and identified it as the Chakra Ancestor.
• Minato Namikaze, Hatake Sakumo, Mifune, and the others wanted to stop the Ten-Tails, but Hiko said its revival was inevitable and they could not defeat Uchiha Madara.

Hiko explained why Akatsuki sought to revive the Ten-Tails and showed the others the Nine-Tails’ power, then ordered it to attack Uchiha Madara to demonstrate Madara’s strength. Madara blocked the Nine-Tails’ Tailed Beast Ball with his fan, and the chapter ended as it exploded.

• Minato Namikaze asked Hiko why he had encouraged Akatsuki’s plan to revive the Ten-Tails, and Hiko admitted he had some intention of encouraging them while stopping them from obtaining the Nine-Tails.
• Hiko explained that Uchiha Madara intended to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and use the Infinite Tsukuyomi Plan, but the others struggled to understand.
• Hiko ordered the Nine-Tails to fire a powerful Tailed Beast Ball at Uchiha Madara to prove how strong Madara was.
• Uchiha Madara raised his fan and blocked the Nine-Tails’ Tailed Beast Ball as it exploded.

The Ten-Tails began transforming as Uchiha Madara watched Hiko, who clarified that he had only tested Madara’s strength. Hatake Sakumo and the others considered stopping Madara from becoming its host, but Hiko warned that an uncontrolled Ten-Tails would be even more dangerous, and the Third Hokage proposed using a sealing technique.

• The Ten-Tails transformed from the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, its Chakra spreading as its body and ten tail-like rods took shape.
• Uchiha Madara suspected Hiko wanted to start a war, but Hiko said he had only used the Nine-Tails to test Madara and then pulled it back out.
• Hatake Sakumo asked whether they should separate the Ten-Tails from Uchiha Madara before Madara could become its Jinchuriki.
• Hiko warned that separating Madara would leave the Ten-Tails uncontrolled and more terrifying.
• The Third Hokage arrived and suggested using a sealing technique to separate the Ten-Tails from Uchiha Madara.

The Allied Shinobi Forces’ Kage-level fighters activated the Four Red Yang Formation to trap the Ten-Tails while others kept Uchiha Madara at bay. Hiko and Minato entered the formation so Hiko could take the Ten-Tails’ cells, leaving the Ten-Tails roaring in fury.

• Hiko let the Kage-level fighters attempt the Four Red Yang Formation and warned Minato to leave an opening so he could reach the Ten-Tails.
• Minato placed kunai around the Ten-Tails, while the Third Raikage and Third Mizukage prepared to hold off Uchiha Madara.
• The Third Hokage, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Hatake Sakumo formed the Four Red Yang Formation, trapping the Ten-Tails as the other Kage confronted Madara.
• Hiko warned the Nine-Tails that Madara might target it, then Minato transported himself and Hiko inside the formation.
• The Ten-Tails roared furiously when Hiko and Minato appeared beside it.

Hiko took a piece of the Ten-Tails’s tail and fused its blood and cells into his body, unleashing a terrifying surge of Chakra. As the battlefield watched in shock, his power began approaching the Ten-Tails’s level.

• Hiko cut off part of the Ten-Tails’s tail and left the Four Red Yang Formation with Minato Namikaze.
• Hiko explained that Hatake Sakumo had bet he could not keep up with Minato, then teased and kicked his exhausted student.
• Hiko pressed the Ten-Tails’s blood and flesh into a wound in his palm and began absorbing its cells.
• Hiko endured severe pain as his Chakra surged, creating a shockwave that blasted Minato and the Nine-Tails away.
• Uchiha Madara, Black Zetsu, and the others watched as Hiko’s growing Chakra began to approach the Ten-Tails’s level.

Hiko endured excruciating pain as he absorbed the Ten-Tails' cells, and his chakra rose until it began to rival the beast's. Uchiha Madara moved to kill him, but the allied shinobi blocked his path, leaving Madara locked in battle while Hiko continued absorbing the cells.

• Black Zetsu feared Hiko could become a threat to their plan and urged Uchiha Madara to stop him from absorbing the Ten-Tails' cells.
• Hiko screamed in agony as his body absorbed the cells and his chakra continued to rise.
• Mifune confronted Uchiha Madara when he sensed Madara's killing intent toward Hiko, but Madara knocked him aside and charged at Hiko.
• The shinobi alliance moved to keep Uchiha Madara away from Hiko, while the Third Hokage, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Hatake Sakumo maintained the Four Red Yang Formation.
• The Third Raikage attacked Uchiha Madara, who blocked his punch with his fan, and Minato Namikaze then dodged Madara's sickle strike.

As Hiko endured the painful absorption of the Ten-Tails' cells, his power surged and a red Truth-Seeking Orb appeared behind him. Black Zetsu and Uchiha Madara recognized the threat and rushed to prioritize Madara becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.

• Minato Namikaze shaved off some of Uchiha Madara's hair, enraging Madara and prompting him to summon his Perfect Form Susanoo.
• Hiko's body and Chakra changed as he absorbed the Ten-Tails' cells, and his shockwaves created a vast sinkhole while the Nine-Tails fled to safety.
• Uchiha Madara wounded the Third Raikage and used Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence to drive back the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Black Zetsu noticed a red Truth-Seeking Orb behind Hiko and urged Uchiha Madara to stop fighting and become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki immediately.
• Uchiha Madara recognized the danger of Hiko's Truth-Seeking Orb and could no longer remain calm.

Uchiha Madara broke the Four Red Yang Formation while trying to kill Tsunade, freeing the Ten-Tails to unleash its Natural Calamity. As the Allied Shinobi Forces sheltered from the disaster, Black Zetsu and Uchiha Madara focused on Hiko, who had formed a second red Truth-Seeking Orb.

• Uchiha Madara attacked Tsunade, but Minato Namikaze rescued her and the Third Hokage ordered the Four Red Yang Formation abandoned.
• The Ten-Tails broke free of the formation and advanced into its second form, while Uchiha Madara moved out of its way.
• The Ten-Tails unleashed its Natural Calamity, filling the battlefield with dark clouds, lightning, thunder, and earthquakes.
• Ōnoki and the Third Hokage sheltered the Allied Shinobi Forces by sinking the ground and raising a protective dome.
• Hiko remained in dire straits as a second red Truth-Seeking Orb appeared behind him, drawing the attention of Black Zetsu and Uchiha Madara.

Uchiha Madara absorbed the Ten-Tails and became its jinchuriki as Hiko continued rapidly absorbing the Ten-Tails’ cells. The battlefield survivors faced Madara’s new power, while Hiko’s progress threatened to change the situation again.

• Hiko formed a second and then a third Truth-Seeking Orb, making Uchiha Madara and Black Zetsu fear he would finish absorbing the Ten-Tails’ cells soon.
• The Ten-Tails’ Natural Calamity subsided, and the Third Hokage and the others emerged from underground to find Uchiha Madara connected to the beast.
• Uchiha Madara absorbed the Ten-Tails into his body and transformed, gaining pale green skin and hair, white clothing, and nine black Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Rasa and the Third Hokage worried that Madara had become more dangerous, while Madara laughed over his newly acquired power.
• The survivors turned their attention toward Hiko.

Uchiha Madara attacked the remaining fighters with Limbo, but Hiko intervened with a Truth-Seeking Orb and ordered them to leave. The Third Hokage agreed to withdraw with the wounded, leaving Hiko to face Madara.

• Uchiha Madara sent his Limbo shadows after the fighters, striking Minato Namikaze and Tsunade before they could sense the attacks.
• Uchiha Madara targeted Tsunade, but Hiko fired a red Truth-Seeking Orb that collided with Madara's orb and drove his shadow back.
• Hiko appeared beside Tsunade, carried her away, and told the fighters that they could no longer help in the battle.
• Hiko handed Tsunade to Jiraiya and ordered him to keep her from acting recklessly.
• The Third Hokage agreed to lead the others away and urged Hiko to stop Uchiha Madara.

Hiko continued absorbing the Ten-Tails' power while his Chakra surged, leaving him unable to fight freely as Uchiha Madara transformed the Ten-Tails into the God Tree. Madara attacked before Hiko could recover, and Hiko was left dodging and defending while waiting for his power to settle.

• Hiko reassured Tsunade and promised to kill Uchiha Madara for trying to kill her.
• Hiko's Chakra continued rising, and six Truth-Seeking Orbs formed behind him as he struggled to control the pain and heat.
• Black Zetsu urged Uchiha Madara to activate the Infinite Tsukuyomi, and Madara released the Ten-Tails, which transformed into the God Tree.
• Uchiha Madara attacked Hiko with a Truth-Seeking Orb when Hiko's aura surged again, and Hiko used his own orbs to defend himself.
• Uchiha Madara relentlessly pursued Hiko, who dodged and blocked his attacks while waiting for his Chakra to settle.

Hiko’s Chakra stabilized after he absorbed the Ten-Tails’ cells, allowing him to stop dodging Uchiha Madara and fight back. He shattered Madara’s Truth-Seeking Orb and knocked him into the ground, then revealed nine red Truth-Seeking Orbs of his own.

• Hiko dodged Uchiha Madara’s attacks while his Chakra gradually settled and his Truth-Seeking Orbs increased to eight.
• Hiko stopped running once his Chakra stabilized, and Uchiha Madara realized his opponent’s power had grown again.
• Hiko sent three Truth-Seeking Orbs at Uchiha Madara, whose shield orb shattered in the collision.
• Hiko appeared behind Uchiha Madara and slammed him into the ground, leaving a huge crater.
• Hiko’s final Truth-Seeking Orb appeared, bringing his total to nine, and Uchiha Madara cried out that it was impossible.

Hiko used his control over spatial power to overwhelm Uchiha Madara, repeatedly striking him before he could react. Madara remained unable to counter Hiko’s unpredictable attacks, while Black Zetsu noticed the Truth-Seeking Orbs flickered before each blow.

• Hiko explained that Madara’s power came from borrowing the Ten-Tails’ strength, then struck him again with spatial power.
• Hiko shattered one of Madara’s Truth-Seeking Orbs and continued targeting his face, knocking out two of his teeth.
• Hiko used a Truth-Seeking Orb like a baseball bat to launch Madara into the God Tree.
• Black Zetsu observed that the Truth-Seeking Orbs flickered just before Hiko attacked.

Uchiha Madara absorbed the Divine Tree and activated Infinite Tsukuyomi, trapping nearly all living creatures in the world. Hiko shielded himself as the Divine Tree’s vines began collecting chakra, leaving Black Zetsu poised to use Madara to resurrect Kaguya Otsutsuki.

• The Divine Tree called to Uchiha Madara, who touched its trunk and absorbed it, healing his injuries.
• Uchiha Madara flew toward the red moon, awakened the Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan on his forehead, and activated Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• The red moon’s light affected people and animals across the world, turning their eyes into Rinnegan, while the Three Great Sage Regions remained unaffected.
• Hiko protected himself from the light with Susanoo infused with Six Paths power.
• Uchiha Madara used Divine Tree World Birth, and vines wrapped up the affected beings to absorb their chakra.

Black Zetsu betrayed Uchiha Madara and used him to resurrect Kaguya Otsutsuki. Kaguya appeared and identified Hiko as Indra’s descendant, while Hiko watched warily.

• Uchiha Madara celebrated the Infinite Tsukuyomi, but Hiko mocked him and remained unmoved.
• Black Zetsu emerged, immobilized Uchiha Madara, and revealed that he served Kaguya Otsutsuki rather than being Madara’s will.
• Black Zetsu used the God Tree’s roots to gather Chakra from across the world and pour it into Uchiha Madara.
• Uchiha Madara’s body burst apart under the Chakra, and Kaguya Otsutsuki was resurrected.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki sensed the auras of Hagoromo Otsutsuki, Indra, and Asura within Hiko, then learned he was Indra’s descendant.

Hiko provoked Kaguya Otsutsuki into attacking rather than letting her remain cold and calculating, and the two clashed with their Chakra. Kaguya pulled Hiko into a volcanic space, where he detected and blocked her surprise attack, leaving their fight ongoing.

• Hiko insulted Kaguya Otsutsuki and taunted her about her defeat and imprisonment.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki erupted in anger, and her Chakra collided with Hiko's as he challenged her to take his Chakra.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki attacked Hiko with her hair, but his Truth-Seeking Orbs shredded it.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki dragged Hiko into a volcanic space and vanished from view.
• Hiko sensed Kaguya Otsutsuki's arm emerging behind him and blocked it with a Truth-Seeking Orb transformed into a Katana.

Hiko fought Kaguya Otsutsuki in her independent space and realized he had to escape before her spatial attacks overwhelmed him. He disrupted their passage with an explosion, and both vanished as Kaguya Otsutsuki’s space began to collapse.

• Kaguya Otsutsuki attacked Hiko with enormous icicles, and he used Susanoo to shatter them before her bone spike pierced him.
• Hiko kicked Kaguya Otsutsuki away, pulled the bone spike from his body, and saw that his wounds healed slowly while she absorbed his Chakra.
• Hiko decided to escape Kaguya Otsutsuki’s independent space and sensed her arm reaching through a spatial passage above him.
• Hiko charged into the passage, where he clashed with Kaguya Otsutsuki and saw her use Tengai Shinsei against him.
• Hiko detonated his nine Red Truth-Seeking Orbs, throwing the passage into chaos and cracking it open.
• A silver Tornado engulfed Hiko and Kaguya Otsutsuki, and both disappeared as the passage returned to normal and her independent space collapsed.

Uchiha Hiko was pulled through a dimensional rift into the New World, where a Sea King swallowed him and he destroyed it from within. He landed on a battered pirate ship and asked whether he had arrived in the New World.

• A pirate crew fled a Sea King that rose from the sea and attacked their ship.
• Uchiha Hiko fell through a black hole as its shockwaves battered the Sea King, then the rift closed behind him.
• The wounded Sea King swallowed Hiko, but he burst out and destroyed it with a single strike.
• Hiko landed on the pirates’ ship and asked whether they were pirates and whether this was the New World.