Chapter Summaries

Aramaki overwhelmed Konoha’s leaders, killing Danzo Shimura and striking down Hiruzen Sarutobi while defeating Jiraiya. As Aramaki prepared to continue, an enraged figure unleashed Wood Release against him and dragged Hiruzen’s corpse away.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Jiraiya, and Danzo Shimura combined their attacks and damaged Aramaki’s wooden giant, but Aramaki abandoned it and attacked them directly.
• Jiraiya’s Sage Art and the others’ ninjutsu failed to stop Aramaki, who battered Jiraiya and broke through Hiruzen Sarutobi’s defenses.
• Danzo Shimura summoned Baku, then was impaled by Aramaki and used Inner Four Symbols Sealing to apparently seal them both.
• Aramaki emerged from the sealing and stabbed Hiruzen Sarutobi with the Thunder God Sword, then knocked Jiraiya away.
• An enraged figure used Wood Release: Tree Root Burial to ensnare Aramaki and dragged Hiruzen Sarutobi’s corpse away.

Orochimaru used Impure World Reincarnation to summon Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju to help fight Aramaki, while a new invasion began in the Pure Land. Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo rallied the dead ninjas as strange souls poured through a black hole, including several powerful figures who threatened the Ninjutsu Sect.

• Orochimaru abandoned the fight against Aramaki and summoned Wind God and God of Thunder as sacrifices for Impure World Reincarnation.
• Orochimaru revived Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, who already knew about the crisis and rushed to face Aramaki.
• Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo saw a black hole open above the Pure Land and realized an underworld invasion was underway.
• Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo protected the Ninjutsu Sect with a barrier, but a scorching torrent shattered his attempt to seal the black hole.
• Red butterflies transformed into frenzied invaders, while a demon-eyed swordsman entered the barrier and four powerful figures remained in the sky.

Madara Uchiha left his failing body behind and arrived in the Pure Land, where he joined the battle against King Enma’s invading forces. After fighting his way to the Ninjutsu Sect and learning about the World Government, he decided to challenge it.

• Madara Uchiha sensed Hashirama Senju’s Chakra, then learned from Black Zetsu that Hashirama and Tobirama had been summoned through Impure World Reincarnation, so he vanished with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and left matters to Zetsu.
• Madara Uchiha awakened in the Pure Land with his body restored, and the Sage of Six Paths told him that invaders from another Underworld were attacking and asked him to support the Ninjutsu Sect.
• Madara Uchiha burned a vast Kabane army with Majestic Destroyer Flame, then fought through the invading monsters and killed Kaigaku after evading his lightning attack.
• Madara Uchiha reached the Ninjutsu Sect, where Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo shared what he knew about the World Government and its forces.
• Madara Uchiha learned about the World Government, awakened his Mangekyou Sharingan, and declared that he would challenge it.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzo encountered Yoriichi Tsugikuni in the invaded Pure Land and began fighting him, while Imu learned about Enma’s new abilities and King Enma’s forces. In the mortal realm, Aramaki was driven back by a powerful newcomer and prepared to face him.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzo spotted Madara Uchiha battling demons and monsters, then set off to find allies in the Pure Land.
• Yoriichi Tsugikuni intercepted Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzo, explaining that he had joined the invasion to save Uta from Hell.
• Shimura Danzo and Hiruzen Sarutobi attacked Yoriichi Tsugikuni with combined Wind Release and Fire Release, but Yoriichi cut through their flames with Sun Breathing.
• Enma demonstrated her Sonído, spirit-energy ropes, flames, and Shockwaves to Imu, then told him King Enma had eaten most of Sea Star’s powerful souls but kept Shimotsuki Ryuma and had taken Roger and others to the Shinobi World.
• Aramaki broke apart Root Burial Explosion but was knocked backward by a heavy punch from a newly arrived opponent, whom he challenged to state his name.

Hashirama Senju confronted Aramaki over his conquest of the Shinobi World, then clashed with him in a battle of Wood Release against the Woods-Woods Fruit. The two stopped their forest attacks and charged at each other to test their physical skills.

• Hashirama Senju introduced himself as the First Hokage and demanded to know why Aramaki was conquering the world.
• Aramaki declared that the World Government intended to conquer the Shinobi World, and Hashirama Senju attacked him with Deep Forest Emergence.
• Aramaki countered with Forbidden Hatred Woods, and their vast forests collided across more than a hundred miles.
• Hashirama Senju's tougher Wood Release trees gained the advantage individually, but Aramaki's ability to control trees repeatedly helped him stall their advance.
• Hashirama Senju and Aramaki stopped summoning trees and charged at each other to compare physical arts.

Aramaki fought Hashirama Senju to a standstill before gaining the upper hand with a stronger kick, while Hashirama shifted to Wood Release techniques. Tobirama Senju joined the battle and used genjutsu to stop Aramaki briefly, but Aramaki dismissed it and unleashed Armament Haki as Hashirama tried to seal him.

• Aramaki and Hashirama Senju clashed at tremendous speed, destroying the surrounding battlefield and forcing the Konoha ninja to retreat.
• Aramaki sent Hashirama flying with a kick and admitted that his Physical Arts were stronger, while Hashirama acknowledged the disadvantage and summoned five Wood Clones.
• Aramaki created ten clones to fight Hashirama’s, but the Wood Clones defeated them and joined Hashirama in bombarding Aramaki with shuriken.
• Tobirama Senju appeared beside Hashirama and explained that Yin Release Chakra and Senjutsu Chakra could harm Aramaki, then attempted the Darkness Technique.
• Hashirama used Wood Release to seize Aramaki and cast the Four-Limb Heavy Seal, but Aramaki rejected the genjutsu and released Armament Haki.

Aramaki countered Tobirama Senju’s Darkness Technique with Armament Haki and overwhelmed the Senju brothers with his strength. Hashirama Senju then launched a frenzied assault for reasons he did not explain, leaving Tobirama and Aramaki baffled.

• Aramaki’s Armament Haki dispelled Tobirama Senju’s Darkness Technique and blasted apart the wooden hands targeting him.
• Hashirama Senju realized Armament Haki was a pure presence that could be released without Chakra, while Tobirama warned that only stronger illusions could affect Aramaki.
• Aramaki charged at Hashirama Senju, who answered with a Wood Dragon Technique as Tobirama Senju used Water Dragon Bullet Technique and the Wood Clones attacked.
• Aramaki knocked aside the dragons, destroyed several Wood Clones, and tried to trap the Senju brothers with wooden restraints reinforced by Armament Haki.
• Hashirama Senju repeatedly charged Aramaki in close combat despite being suppressed and sent flying, then stopped using Monstrous Strength and continued his nearly suicidal assault.

Yoriichi Tsugikuni prepared to finish off Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo Shimura as Imu reviewed the World Government’s expanding operations across several worlds. After approving Shiki’s plan to open a gate to Saito Hiraga’s technological world, Imu considered capturing the Tailed Beasts for Sea Star.

• In the Underworld Pure Land, Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo let the souls of newly dead ninjas join the battle, while Yoriichi Tsugikuni prepared to kill the badly wounded Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo Shimura with his Eleventh Form.
• Historia secured freedom from labor service for Eldians by agreeing to military enlistment for adult men, and Paradis Island celebrated May 25th as its first Freedom Day.
• The World Government moved living Kabane to the Giant World for deployment and processing, while Imu considered sending the Myriad Worlds Top 100 contestants to explore Teigu World.
• Imu approved Shiki’s plan to lead an invasion of Saito Hiraga’s technological world, despite the World Government’s ongoing campaign in the Shinobi World.
• Reports described Black Marlin fighting Sea Kings and Tyrande causing casualties outside cities, prompting Imu to imagine bringing the Shinobi World’s Tailed Beasts to Sea Star.

Aramaki overwhelmed Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju with his Woods-Woods Fruit, forcing them into a prolonged battle while Konoha's survivors feared the World Government's strength. Back at Konoha, Orochimaru proposed that the village join the World Government, leaving its leaders to consider surrender.

• Aramaki blasted Hashirama Senju's arm apart, but Impure World Reincarnation quickly rebuilt it, and Tobirama Senju attacked Aramaki with powerful Water Release techniques.
• Aramaki's Waterproof Forest repelled Tobirama Senju's large-scale water attacks until Hashirama Senju destroyed the trees with his Wood Human.
• Aramaki summoned a giant Wood Human made of Adam Wood and defeated Hashirama Senju's Wood Human in a clash, while Tobirama Senju developed Water Release Chakra Mode to strengthen their counterattack.
• The two giant Wood Humans fought across the Land of Fire as Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and the surviving Konoha ninja returned to the village and feared Aramaki's superiors.
• Fugaku Uchiha suggested protecting Konoha with the Uchiha Flame Formation, but Orochimaru questioned how long they could endure inside the barrier.
• Orochimaru proposed that Konoha join the World Government, and he asked the village leaders what they thought.

Orochimaru secured support to become Konoha’s acting Fourth Hokage so he could negotiate with the World Government, while the invaders continued their campaigns elsewhere in the Shinobi World. In the Land of Snow, Esdeath faced Tsunade and agreed to spare her and Shizune, but insisted on fighting Tsunade first.

• Orochimaru persuaded Jiraiya, Fugaku Uchiha, and Konoha’s other leaders that resisting the World Government would lead to more deaths, then nominated himself as the Fourth Hokage.
• Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane backed Jiraiya as the Third Hokage’s choice, but Orochimaru challenged their claim and won the Jonin’s votes to become acting Hokage, dismissing the two advisors.
• Onoki withdrew the Hidden Rock Village army from the Land of Wind and sent teams to investigate why he had lost contact with A and Hanzō.
• The Third Raikage ordered Hanzō, A, Yahiko, and their allies to prepare a surprise attack on Iwagakure, then showed A images from a tiny snail that shocked him.
• In the Land of Snow, Esdeath caught Tsunade’s powerful kick, and Tsunade summoned Katsuyu after realizing she could not match Esdeath’s strength.
• Katsuyu asked Esdeath to spare Tsunade and Shizune, and Esdeath agreed while demanding an all-out fight with Tsunade.

Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju fought Aramaki to protect Konoha, and Hashirama’s Sage Art: Wood Release: Armament Haki: Top Transformed Buddha drove Aramaki from the battlefield. Afterward, the brothers considered negotiating with the World Government, while Tsunade’s fear of blood caught Esdeath’s attention in the Land of Snow.

• Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju continued battling Aramaki near Konoha as Aramaki threatened to destroy the village.
• Hashirama Senju used Sage Mode and Sage Art: Myojinmon, then summoned the immense Thousand-Armed Kannon and coated its palms with Armament Haki.
• Aramaki unleashed his advanced Armament Haki against Hashirama’s Top Transformed Buddha, and the clash devastated Konoha and caused destruction across the Land of Fire.
• Tobirama Senju returned to Hashirama and explained that they should capture Aramaki if possible and negotiate with the World Government rather than provoke it by killing him.
• Aramaki escaped into a forest, badly injured, and planned to learn Hashirama’s Wood Release and Sage Mode.
• In the Land of Snow, Esdeath saw Tsunade panic after being cut and demanded to hear the reason for her fear of blood.

Esdeath spared Tsunade after Akame and Red Lotus urged her to consider Tsunade’s medical skills, while the Hidden Rock Village prepared to face a multi-village assault. In Loulan, Akainu reprimanded Aramaki for abandoning his post and ordered him to lead another attack on Konoha, asking him to propose a plan against Hashirama Senju.

• Esdeath dismissed Tsunade’s fear of blood and nearly killed her, but Akame and Red Lotus persuaded Esdeath to let Tsunade prove her medical abilities aboard the ship.
• Onoki learned that the Cloud, Rain, Waterfall, Grass, and Sand villages were advancing against the Hidden Rock Village, so he sent Kitsuchi to block the Sand Village and led the remaining forces against the other attackers.
• Aramaki returned to Loulan with ten captured shinobi and boasted about his exploits, only for Akainu and Shiryu to mock him for nearly dying in the Otherworld.
• Akainu confronted Aramaki over disobeying orders, failing to protect the Queen of Loulan, and helping the enemy learn Haki, then ordered him to lead a five-thousand-man brigade back to Konoha.
• Aramaki admitted Hashirama Senju had overpowered him in Sage Mode, and Akainu asked him to suggest a way to deal with Hashirama and Impure World Reincarnation.

The Pure Land Ninjutsu Sect fought King Enma’s invading army as Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo assigned defenders to face four powerful souls from Sea Star. Madara Uchiha confronted Gol D. Roger, and their first clash erupted in a massive explosion.

• Kabane, Man-Eating Demons, and Sea Star souls attacked the Pure Land, while its ninja and Jinchuriki fought to defend the Ninjutsu Sect.
• Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo assigned Madara Uchiha and other fighters to confront four incoming enemies, and the defenders’ ninjutsu and miniature Tailed Beast Bombs collided with their slashes.
• Gol D. Roger challenged the strongest ninja, and Madara Uchiha arrived to face him as the gathered ninja recognized Madara.
• Madara told Roger he would defeat him and counterattack King Enma’s Underworld, while Roger revealed he was second only to King Enma.
• Roger struck with Divine Departure, and Madara answered with Susanoo and Shinra Tensei, causing an enormous explosion as their battle began.

Rayleigh, Kozuki Oden, and Gaban fought powerful Shinobi World opponents across the Ninjutsu Sect while Roger and Madara Uchiha battled fiercely in the east. Madara sent three Wood Clone Susanoo to reinforce the other fronts, then faced Roger with two Susanoo as their second round began.

• Rayleigh fought Mū and Gengetsu Hōzuki, dodging their attacks and forcing Mū to realize they could not defeat him together.
• Kagami Uchiha and Hatake Sakumo struggled to hold off Kozuki Oden, while Gaban wounded the Second Raikage as he fought the Second Raikage and Third Kazekage.
• Roger and Madara Uchiha traded devastating attacks, with Roger breaking through Madara’s Susanoo defenses before Madara stopped him with Wood Release and Wood Clones.
• Madara sent three Wood Clone-controlled Complete Body Susanoo toward the other battlefields and faced Roger with two Susanoo.
• Roger urged Madara to call back the other three Susanoo, and the two resumed their clash as Roger unleashed Conqueror’s Haki across the battlefield.

Orochimaru explained why Konoha had sought peace with the World Government, but Tsunade and Shizune were captured in the Land of Snow before negotiations could begin. Meanwhile, Black Zetsu and Shinnō seized the Seven-Tails, wars spread across the Shinobi World, and Sakazuki demanded that Konoha undo Hashirama Senju’s Impure World Reincarnation before peace talks.

• Orochimaru told Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and Jiraiya that negotiating with the World Government was Konoha’s best chance to protect its people, and Jiraiya asked the brothers to examine Minato Namikaze’s injured legs.
• Shikaku Nara reported that Tsunade and Shizune had been captured after the World Government occupied the Land of Snow.
• Black Zetsu and Shinnō massacred Takigakure, extracted the Seven-Tails, and took the village’s Hero Water.
• The Third Raikage led Cloud Village forces into battle against Iwagakure while Onoki, Hanzō, Kitsuchi, and Rasa fought across the surrounding borders.
• Sakazuki rejected Konoha’s peace overture and ordered its delegation to undo Hashirama Senju’s Impure World Reincarnation before negotiations could be arranged.

Imu struggled through gravity training before receiving reports about a summoned elf from another world and choosing to prioritize the World Government’s planned conquest. A space-pirate attack on Sea Star’s moon then drew his attention, and the chapter left the World Government entering its first major battle beyond its homeworld.

• Imu failed to complete ten thousand push-ups under nineteen times gravity, took a Purple Butterfly Pill, and heard that Garp, Bullet, and Kaido led the military’s gravity-training records.
• Stussy reported that Tiffania had summoned Hodoly Ray Marsi, a burned elf whose forest and people had been destroyed by a Fire Dragon, and that he asked for help rescuing his daughter Luna.
• Imu chose to follow Golden Lion’s original plan to open a spatial gate to the technological world rather than send Louise to Hodoly’s world.
• Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro reported that a skull-marked spacecraft had attacked the lunar base, and Imu ordered a projection of the battle.
• Air Force troops fought the Space Pirates on the moon while their warship destroyed four Air Force vessels, until Borsalino struck it twice with beams and sent it crashing toward the lunar surface.
• Imu praised Borsalino’s response and concluded that the moon’s defenses and early-warning systems needed strengthening.

Space Pirates attacked Sea Star with laser-equipped warships, devastating Goa Kingdom and other regions before powerful defenders drove them back. Imu ordered that at least one pirate ship be allowed to escape so he could trace its origin and began planning space defenses.

• Tanjiro patrolled Windmill Town and rushed into a burning building to rescue Little Liss after a Space Pirate warship attacked Goa Kingdom.
• Dragon shielded Goa Kingdom with a barrier of green wind while a black silhouette struck the warship and sent it flying toward the sea.
• Issho used gravity to crush the Space Pirate warship attacking Marineford, prompting Sengoku to consider promoting him to Admiral.
• Perospero defended Whole Cake Island with a candy shield until Kaido arrived as an Azure Dragon and destroyed the attacking warship with a pillar of fire.
• Imu ordered the Five Elders to let at least one Space Pirate ship escape and used the Star Map to track likely escapees.

After Space Pirates attacked Sea Star, the World Government mobilized its military and civilians to hunt the invaders and build defenses across the homeworld’s seven satellites. It also continued its conquests in other worlds, where Shiki prepared to lead a vast army and Sakazuki confronted a late-arriving figure in Roran City.

• Kuma learned that a red-haired young man and his companions had repelled the attack on Sorbet Kingdom, while the World Government publicly announced the invasion and showed footage of the battle.
• The attacks stirred fury and fear among Sea Star’s soldiers, prompting the Army and Air Force to mobilize and prepare to garrison the moon and six other satellites.
• The World Government ordered Marines and police to hunt escaped Space Pirates, offered bounties for their capture or deaths, and sent captured aliens and wreckage to research facilities.
• The Construction Department and alchemists began building an orbital defense system, while scientists worked on space surveillance, detection radar, and improved laser weapons.
• In Zero Magic World, Shiki prepared to command five hundred thousand troops in the conquest beyond the Holy Land’s Spatial Gate, while forces forcibly relocated elves to Albion Sky Island.
• In Roran City, Sakazuki confronted a nearly three-meter-tall white figure who had just stepped through the Small Star Gate and complained that he was late.

Sakazuki and Kuzan planned the next stages of the Shinobi World campaign after learning that Sea Star had been attacked by Space Pirates. As Sakazuki prepared to leave Loulan for the Land of Earth, a bombardment struck the city from above.

• Kuzan and Sakazuki discussed Konoha's rejection of peace talks and agreed that Kuzan would confront Hashirama Senju while Aramaki led the assault on Konoha.
• Sakazuki and Kuzan received urgent reports that Space Pirates had attacked Sea Star, prompting Kuzan to depart for Konoha and Sakazuki to plan a campaign in the Land of Earth.
• Sakazuki demonstrated his control over his immense killing intent, convincing Shiryu and telling him that mastering his bloodlust was necessary for promotion.
• Aramaki left Loulan with a five-thousand-man brigade to attack Konoha.
• As Sakazuki and Shiryu prepared to leave for Iwagakure, purple beams descended on Loulan and explosions struck the city, triggering its air-raid sirens.

Kyojuro Rengoku and the Army fought off an aerial puppet raid on Roran City, while Dean Isaac learned the Dragon Vein’s history and proposed restoring the Land of Wind in exchange for its power. CIPHER POL ordered Isaac and Damian to return to the Giant World for approval before any contract could be signed, just as another enemy attack began above the underground palace.

• Kyojuro Rengoku and other Army and CIPHER POL forces battled flying puppets over Roran City until they destroyed the attackers, prompting Sakazuki to call for anti-aircraft weapons and abandon his planned trip to Iwagakure.
• Dean Isaac told the researchers that the Dragon Vein had formed a contract with Loulan’s queens to restore the land, but their efforts to grow trees had ultimately failed and the contract was now void.
• Damian proposed using a Territorial Alchemy Array to turn the desert into fertile soil, with the Dragon Vein supplying energy and Admiral Aramaki helping plant trees.
• A Black-Clad Man said the World Government had to approve who could contract with the Dragon Vein, so Isaac and Damian agreed to return to the Giant World.
• Explosions and alarms sounded above the underground palace as the Black-Clad Man prepared to escort Isaac and Damian through the Star Gate.