Chapter Summaries

Madara abandoned Obito, took back the Rinnegan, and severed his connection to the Ten-Tails so he could become its Jinchuriki himself. Ronglin watched as Madara began the sealing process, confident that his pressure had forced the change.

• Madara took the Rinnegan from Obito and severed his connection to the Ten-Tails.
• Obito fell from the Ten-Tails, while Madara left him behind without a second glance.
• Madara and Black Zetsu chose to make Madara the Ten-Tails' Jinchuriki and pursue the Moon Eye Infinite Tsukuyomi Plan.
• Madara began forming seals and called out, "Six Paths: Ten-Tails Coffin Seal!!!"
• Ronglin watched Obito's abandonment and reflected on how Obito's grief over Rin had led him to this state.

Madara absorbed the Ten-Tails and became its Jinchuriki, while Ronglin warned Tsunade to keep everyone away and watched for the next stage of events. The chapter ended with Madara confronting Ronglin as the Allied forces feared his new power.

• Ronglin sent Katsuyu to warn Tsunade not to let anyone approach the battlefield.
• Madara absorbed the Ten-Tails and transformed into its Jinchuriki while Ronglin watched from atop the Nine-Tails.
• Jiraiya and Minato stared in shock as Madara completed his transformation.
• Madara appeared with a black staff and nine Truth-Seeking Orbs, then told Ronglin he had kept him waiting.
• Ay and Tsunade recognized that Madara's power surpassed the Ten-Tails and hoped Ronglin could handle him.

Ronglin faced the newly empowered Madara and mocked his attempts to intimidate him, claiming that Madara was not strong enough to make him afraid. Madara launched an attack, and their Truth-Seeking Orbs collided in a blast that left Tsunade and the others struggling against the shockwaves.

• Ronglin told Madara he had waited a long time but still needed to keep waiting, while hidden Black Zetsu reacted to his words.
• Madara raised his staff and challenged Ronglin, who mocked him and said Madara was not the Sage of Six Paths and could not frighten him.
• Ronglin warned Madara that he could counter Limbo: Border Jail because he also possessed a Rinnegan.
• Madara vanished and collided with Ronglin in a clash of Truth-Seeking Orbs, sending the Nine-Tails flying and unleashing powerful shockwaves.
• The Nine-Tails feared the two fighters’ strength as Tsunade and the others braced against the spreading shockwaves.

Ronglin mocked Uchiha Madara and revealed that, unlike Madara, he could create and control Truth-Seeking Orbs without becoming the Ten-Tails' Jinchuriki. Madara lost his composure and attacked, beginning a fierce close-range battle with Ronglin.

• Tsunade called Ronglin a pervert, while Madara recognized that Ronglin could control Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Ronglin explained that he could create the orbs himself and taunted Madara, while hinting at revenge against the Slug Sage and Toad Sage.
• Ronglin mocked Madara as a powerless clown, and Madara grew angry at his inability to defeat him.
• Madara charged at Ronglin at extreme speed, and Ronglin shaped a Truth-Seeking Orb into a greatsword to meet his staff.
• Ronglin and Madara exchanged relentless attacks, clashing their weapons and sending powerful shockwaves across the battlefield.

Ronglin continued to overpower Ten-Tails jinchuriki Uchiha Madara, even after Madara unleashed Sage Art: Yin Style Lightning Release. Madara was left shaken by Ronglin’s strength, while Black Zetsu watched Ronglin’s control over time with alarm.

• Ronglin mocked Madara for needing the Ten-Tails and challenged him to attack.
• Madara unleashed Sage Art: Yin Style Lightning Release, but Ronglin used Time to rush through the lightning and strike him.
• Madara’s Truth-Seeking Orbs automatically protected him, though Ronglin’s blow still sent him flying.
• Black Zetsu observed Ronglin’s time control and silently considered his options.
• Madara struggled to accept that Ronglin had reached such heights through his own strength.

Uchiha Madara summoned the Ten-Tails instead of continuing his fight with Ronglin, setting the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan in motion. The Ten-Tails transformed into the Divine Tree, whose spreading vines chased Tsunade and the others to absorb their Chakra.

• Ronglin mocked Uchiha Madara after he roared in rage but did not attack again.
• Uchiha Madara summoned the Ten-Tails, startling Ronglin, Tsunade, and the others.
• The Ten-Tails drove its limbs and tails into the ground, causing the earth to tremble.
• Tsunade and the others leaped away as vines burst from the ground and pursued them.
• The Ten-Tails transformed into the Divine Tree, spreading roots and vines that threatened to drain the others' Chakra.

As the Divine Tree spread across the world, Tsunade warned Ōnoki and the others not to interfere with Uchiha Madara because Ronglin opposed their intervention. Ronglin protected the Nine-Tails and waited for Kaguya Otsutsuki to appear.

• The Divine Tree grew and sent its roots across the world as the Infinite Tsukuyomi approached.
• Ōnoki urged the others to destroy the Divine Tree and stop Uchiha Madara, but Tsunade warned that Ronglin would turn against them if they tried.
• Ronglin stopped the Divine Tree from entangling the Nine-Tails and told it to watch calmly.
• Tsunade explained that Ronglin was waiting for someone to appear and considered intervention an act of opposition to him.

Ronglin let Uchiha Madara proceed with the plan, knowing Black Zetsu was urging him to absorb the Divine Tree and bring Kaguya Otsutsuki’s resurrection closer. Madara absorbed the tree and began to understand what it meant to merge with it.

• Tsunade realized Ronglin had allowed Akatsuki to grow stronger and had used its actions to achieve his own aims.
• The Divine Tree stopped attacking, and the onlookers understood that Ronglin had chosen not to intervene.
• Black Zetsu urged Uchiha Madara to absorb the Ten-Tails and the Divine Tree.
• Uchiha Madara pressed himself against the Divine Tree as it merged into his body.
• After absorbing the Divine Tree, Uchiha Madara understood the merger and laughed.

Ronglin protected Tsunade, Minato, and the Nine-Tails as Uchiha Madara began the Infinite Tsukuyomi. He revealed that he was waiting for Tsunade’s ancestor to appear, leaving the group braced for her arrival.

• Tsunade ordered Minato to keep the Allied Shinobi Forces away from the area, and the forces turned back.
• Uchiha Madara broke off a horn-like protrusion and began forming the hand seals for the Infinite Tsukuyomi as the moon turned red.
• Ronglin brought the Nine-Tails to Tsunade and the others and told them not to move.
• Ronglin surrounded the group and the Nine-Tails with his Susanoo.
• Ronglin told Tsunade that her ancestor, the queen who could conquer the world, was about to appear.

Ronglin protected Tsunade and the others from the Infinite Tsukuyomi and revealed that Madara was only a pawn in a larger plan. As Madara descended, Ronglin thanked him and addressed Black Zetsu, signaling that the true mastermind was about to be exposed.

• Ronglin's Susanoo shielded the Nine-Tails and everyone around it from the Infinite Tsukuyomi and the Divine Tree.
• Madara activated the Infinite Tsukuyomi, causing people around the world to be ensnared by the Divine Tree and drained of Chakra.
• Ronglin explained the technique's effects and told the others that Madara was only a pawn.
• Ronglin dispelled the Susanoo, then snapped at Minato, Ay, and the others when they suspected he might be the mastermind.
• Ronglin thanked the descending Madara for carrying out the plan and addressed Black Zetsu.

Black Zetsu betrayed Uchiha Madara and revealed that he had manipulated Madara to revive Kaguya Otsutsuki. Ronglin explained that he had likewise used Madara to accomplish his own plan.

• Black Zetsu stabbed Uchiha Madara through the back and heart.
• Black Zetsu revealed that he had never been born from Madara's will and had used him as he had used Obito.
• Black Zetsu told Madara that he had altered the stone tablet at the Uchiha Shrine.
• Black Zetsu announced that Kaguya Otsutsuki, the progenitor of Chakra, was about to be revived.
• Ronglin told Madara that he had let Madara carry out the plan through his own hands.

Ronglin revealed that he had opposed Black Zetsu despite sharing his goal of reviving the Ancestor of Chakra. Black Zetsu used Uchiha Madara to revive Kaguya Otsutsuki, leaving Ronglin and the others facing her.

• Ronglin told Uchiha Madara that he had never been on Black Zetsu's side and said Madara could rest in peace.
• Black Zetsu called for the Ancestor of Chakra to be revived, and Chakra from across the world began flowing into Uchiha Madara.
• Uchiha Madara screamed as lumps covered his body, his hair grew, and Black Zetsu wrapped itself around him.
• Uchiha Madara vanished, and Kaguya Otsutsuki appeared with horns and an eye on her forehead.
• Ronglin clenched his fists as Tsunade and the others felt fear in Kaguya Otsutsuki's presence.

Kaguya Otsutsuki appeared and sensed the Nine-Tails and the unusual auras within Ronglin. As she claimed the Nine-Tails as hers, Ronglin stood his ground and challenged her.

• Kaguya Otsutsuki recognized the Nine-Tails and noticed Hamura's and Hagoromo's auras, along with a strange presence, inside Ronglin.
• Ronglin warned Tsunade and the others that Kaguya Otsutsuki was more dangerous than Uchiha Madara and urged them to leave.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki declared the Nine-Tails belonged to her and ordered it to return.
• The Nine-Tails resisted Kaguya Otsutsuki, while Ronglin told it to stay calm.
• Ronglin challenged Kaguya Otsutsuki, saying she would need his permission to take his pet.

Ronglin dismissed Kaguya Otsutsuki as an ancestor and challenged her after she demanded he stop the war. He cut through her hair attack and told the Nine-Tails to stand aside, leaving Kaguya asking whether he intended to fight her.

• Ronglin called Kaguya Otsutsuki a queen and demanded she stop the war, saying he would kill her.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki attacked Ronglin and the Nine-Tails with her hair after Ōnoki warned them.
• Ronglin severed Kaguya Otsutsuki's hair with silver light.
• Ronglin rose into the air, told the Nine-Tails to move aside, and claimed Kaguya Otsutsuki as his opponent.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki furrowed her brows and asked Ronglin if he wished to fight her.

Ronglin rejected Kaguya Otsutsuki’s accusation and fought back after she transported him to a frozen Amenominaka. He broke free of the ice and summoned Susanoo, leaving the battle poised to escalate.

• Ronglin told Kaguya Otsutsuki that he was not her descendant and said they were both outsiders.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki accused Ronglin of stealing Hamura Otsutsuki and Hagoromo Otsutsuki’s powers and declared that he would die.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki used Amenominaka to transport Ronglin to a frozen world and tried to trap him in extreme ice.
• Ronglin shattered the ice around him and flew into the air.
• Ronglin summoned Susanoo, whose power caused the surrounding ice mountains to collapse.

Ronglin faced Kaguya Otsutsuki in the frozen realm, bringing out his complete-body Susanoo and warning himself not to underestimate her. After Kaguya recognized the Susanoo as resembling Hagoromo’s, Ronglin provoked her by calling her an old hag, and she finally reacted.

• Ronglin brought out his complete-body Susanoo because he knew Kaguya Otsutsuki was nearly immortal and dangerous.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki recognized the Susanoo as resembling the one Hagoromo Otsutsuki had used against her.
• Black Zetsu warned Kaguya about the strange Power of Time clinging to Ronglin’s weapon.
• Kaguya demanded that Ronglin return Hamura’s and Hagoromo’s power, while Ronglin mocked her for calling him an outsider.
• Ronglin repeatedly called Kaguya an old hag, leaving her stunned before she slowly challenged him about the insult.

Ronglin countered Kaguya Otsutsuki’s attacks and sensed her approach through a spatial barrier. He caught her with Time Dilation and prepared to use Time-Wave Scroll.

• Kaguya Otsutsuki unleashed her chakra, collapsing snowy mountains and sending avalanches toward Ronglin.
• Ronglin cut through the avalanches and stopped Kaguya’s ice pillars with Susanoo’s blade.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki approached Ronglin through a spatial barrier, bypassing Susanoo’s defenses.
• Ronglin sensed Kaguya’s spatial fluctuations, turned toward her, and slowed her with Time Dilation.
• Ronglin taunted Kaguya and activated Time-Wave Scroll.

Ronglin used his mastery of time to trap Kaguya Otsutsuki in a silver whirlwind, relying on the Power of Time to overcome her chakra and space-based abilities. He held her fast as the Time-Wave Scroll’s attack continued, though the technique also hurt him.

• Ronglin emerged in silver light and seized Kaguya Otsutsuki from behind while she was recovering from Time Dilation.
• Ronglin disrupted the surrounding space and restrained Kaguya Otsutsuki so she could not escape.
• Ronglin reflected that he had chosen to cultivate the Power of Time instead of pursuing the Rinnegan or Tenseigan paths.
• Ronglin kept Kaguya Otsutsuki trapped in the silver whirlwind as she screamed, and he suffered from the attack as well.

Ronglin trapped Kaguya Otsutsuki in a silver tornado of tangled time, but she escaped by detonating a blast that dispersed it. Both were left battered and their clothes torn, and Kaguya Otsutsuki prepared to attack again.

• Ronglin used the Power of Time to hold Kaguya Otsutsuki inside a silver tornado that sliced at them both.
• Ronglin realized the time blades had shredded his clothes, and Kaguya Otsutsuki roared in fury.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki unleashed two balls of white light, causing a massive explosion that dispersed the tornado and sent them flying out of the smoke.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki healed her wounds and restored her clothes while Ronglin awkwardly apologized for the accident.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki grew spikes from her body, preparing to strike Ronglin.

Ronglin faced Kaguya Otsutsuki after she covered her body in lethal bone spurs and attacked at terrifying speed. He dodged her repeated strikes but realized that evasion alone would not solve the fight.

• Ronglin recognized that Kaguya Otsutsuki’s bone spurs were far more dangerous than the Kaguya clan’s Shikotsumyaku, since even a wound could make a body collapse and decompose.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki rushed Ronglin and stabbed at his heart, piercing his Truth-Seeking Orb with her bone spur.
• Ronglin avoided close combat because any injury from Kaguya Otsutsuki’s bones could be fatal.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki smashed Ronglin through the ice and pursued him with repeated attacks, blasting craters wherever he had stood.
• Ronglin kept dodging but concluded that he could not evade Kaguya Otsutsuki forever.