Chapter Summaries

Madara captured the Seven-Tails and extracted it from Tsunade, leaving her apparently dead and driving Kawafune to attack him in rage. Madara resumed using Limbo: Border Jail and knocked down the others, while Zetsu insisted that Kawafune must not escape.

• Madara used four Limbo shadows to keep Kawafune from rescuing Tsunade as the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path bound the Seven-Tails.
• Tsunade pushed Kawafune away, and Madara extracted the Seven-Tails; Tsunade fell from the statue, lifeless.
• Kawafune healed enough to repel the shadows, then told Hashirama and the others that Limbo: Border Jail was temporarily unavailable.
• Mito pulled Tsunade to safety with her Adamantine Sealing Chains, but Tsunade died in her arms as the others attacked Madara.
• Madara used Limbo: Border Jail again to knock everyone down, and Zetsu warned him not to let Hatake Kawafune escape.

Kawafune exposed Zetsu’s origins and the true purpose of the Eye of the Moon Plan to Madara during their battle. Madara turned against Zetsu and pinned him down, leaving Zetsu unable to escape.

• Kawafune suggested that Zetsu had been directing events, making Madara suspicious despite Zetsu’s attempts to defend himself.
• Kawafune told Madara that the Eye of the Moon Plan was not meant to create peace and that Zetsu had altered the Uchiha Stone Tablet.
• Kawafune revealed that Zetsu was Otsutsuki Kaguya’s son and intended to use Madara to resurrect her.
• Zetsu accidentally confirmed his connection to Otsutsuki Kaguya by calling her Mother, and Madara realized that Zetsu had manipulated him.
• Zetsu separated from White Zetsu and tried to flee, but Madara pinned Black Zetsu to the Armored Gedo Susanoo with black rods.

Kawafune fought Madara until both were exhausted, but Madara escaped by threatening the allied shinobi and taking Black Zetsu with him. Afterward, Kawafune reunited with an Impure World Reincarnation Tsunade and vowed to bring her and everyone else back to life.

• Black Zetsu revealed his allegiance to Otsutsuki Kaguya, and Madara promised to leave him an intact corpse.
• Madara launched an Armored Susanoo Tailed Beast Bomb at Kawafune, who redirected it with Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder.
• Kawafune and Madara fought for a long time until both were exhausted, and Madara threatened the nearby shinobi to make Kawafune stop pursuing him.
• Madara escaped with Black Zetsu, leaving Kawafune unable to stop him and devastated by the outcome.
• Orochimaru brought Tsunade back with Impure World Reincarnation, and Kawafune held her hand and promised to revive her and everyone else.

After Tsunade returned from the battle as an Impure World Reincarnation, Kawafune brought her home and promised their grieving children he would revive her. The next day, Hashirama and Tobirama rallied Konoha’s shinobi to prepare for Madara’s next attack in the Land of Wind.

• Kawafune hesitated to bring Tsunade home, but she encouraged him to face Ginji and Liyue.
• Ginji recognized the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu and cried when he realized Tsunade was dead; Liyue and the others soon mourned with them.
• Kawafune apologized to his family and promised to revive Tsunade and Nagato.
• Hashirama told Konoha’s Jonin that Madara had sealed five Tailed Beasts and that the remaining beasts would be taken to the Land of Wind for the coming battle.
• Hashirama asked the shinobi to contribute to the fight, and they agreed.
• Tobirama warned the Jonin not to confront Madara directly and instructed them to seal those controlled by the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu without interfering in the decisive battle.

After two months of waiting, Kawafune and the others confronted Madara, who appeared controlling Mu with an army of Impure World Reincarnation fighters. Madara revealed that he had abandoned the Eye of the Moon Plan and intended for the Uchiha Clan to rule the Shinobi World.

• Minato, Hashirama, and Tobirama discussed why Madara had disappeared, while Kawafune insisted Madara was making preparations.
• Nawaki joked that Madara might be waiting for Kawafune to die of old age, briefly easing the group’s tension.
• Hashirama sensed an intruder and rushed out, but Kawafune reached the southern Land of Wind first and found Second Tsuchikage Mu under Madara’s control.
• Madara summoned dozens of coffins, and the resurrected dead emerged as Tsunade and the others arrived to face them.
• Uchiha Izuna appeared beside Madara, who had resurrected his Warring States-era Uchiha clansmen; Izuna challenged Tobirama.
• Madara declared that he would lead the Uchiha Clan in ruling the Shinobi World and protect its peace for generations.

Madara summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and began the battle against Kawafune and his allies. Kawafune’s Truth-Seeking Orb overwhelmed Madara’s Susanoo, while the other fights remained locked in fierce contests.

• Madara summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and sent two Perfect Susanoo and the resurrected Uchiha into battle.
• Kawafune and Hashirama raised their True Several Thousand Hands Buddhas to block the Susanoo attacks.
• Kawafune struck Madara’s Susanoo with a Truth-Seeking Orb and sent it flying, while Hashirama was tied down by Mu, Ōnoki, and Uchiha ninja.
• Tobirama severed Izuna’s Susanoo’s right leg, but Izuna restored it and their battle settled into a stalemate.
• Rasa and the Third Kazekage fought without either gaining the advantage, while Nagato fought Karatachi Yagura and the two Raikage.
• Nagato used Banshō Ten'in to crash Karatachi Yagura into the Third Raikage A, then blocked the Second Raikage A’s attack with the Asura Path.

Kawafune overwhelmed Madara with his Six Paths power, shattering his Complete Body Susanoo with one strike. Madara then merged with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to summon Majestic Attire: Outer Path Susanoo, but Kawafune remained confident he would win.

• Chiyo and Sasori fought the reanimated Second Kazekage Shamon, who praised Sasori's skill with Puppet Technique.
• Fugaku battled reanimated Uchiha with Susanoo, while Hiruzen, Minato, Kushina, Nawaki, and the others fought their opponents across the battlefield.
• Kawafune restrained Madara's four Limbo shadows with Truth-Seeking Orbs and countered his Susanoo attacks.
• Kawafune transformed Truth-Seeking Orbs into twin blades and shattered Madara's Complete Body Susanoo with one blow.
• Madara suppressed his shock and merged with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, bringing forth Majestic Attire: Outer Path Susanoo.
• Kawafune dismissed Madara's new form as futile, believing it could not withstand the power of the Truth-Seeking Orbs.

Madara summoned more than a dozen enormous meteors with Chibaku Tensei, threatening the shinobi below. Kawafune destroyed them all with a lightning strike from his Truth-Seeking Orb sword, leaving Madara and the assembled fighters stunned.

• Madara used Chibaku Tensei to raise the earth and form more than a dozen meteors in the sky.
• The falling meteors terrified the shinobi, while Nagato and the reincarnated Kage marveled at Madara's power.
• Kawafune dismissed the attack and appeared in the air with a giant Truth-Seeking Orb sword.
• Kawafune unleashed Sage Art: Sword Art: Thunderous Wrath, blasting the meteors apart with a vast net of lightning.
• Madara and the other fighters stared in shock after Kawafune erased every meteor.

Kawafune overwhelmed Madara in battle, but Madara escaped after Kawafune secretly marked the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path with a Flying Thunder God Seal. The allied forces returned toward Konoha, while Kawafune promised to capture Madara and revive the people they had come to save.

• Kawafune shattered Madara's Susanoo and damaged the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path as the others sealed Madara's Edo Tensei Army.
• Madara used the Fire Release: Dust Cloud Technique to escape, and Kawafune revealed he had marked the Demonic Statue with a Flying Thunder God Seal.
• Kawafune told the group he would capture Madara himself, then ordered the main force to return to Konoha.
• Rasa and Sasori departed for the Land of Wind after Kawafune promised to notify them when Chiyo could be revived.
• Nawaki praised Kawafune's swordsmanship, and Tobirama offered to teach Nawaki more Water Style techniques as the group traveled home.

After returning to Konoha, Kawafune waited for Orochimaru’s results before confronting Madara, while Sakumo urged him to hurry so Tsunade could be revived. The chapter ended with Kawafune going to see Orochimaru as Nayuki and Tsunade prepared to shop and Sakumo stayed behind with the children.

• Tobirama visited Minato’s office often, criticized Hashirama’s approach to peace, and then doted on Karin when Hashirama brought her in.
• Kawafune told Sakumo he was waiting for Orochimaru’s news before going after Madara, and reassured him that Nagato and Yahiko’s wedding could soon be celebrated.
• Tsunade defended Kawafune, while Nayuki rebuked Sakumo for criticizing him.
• Nayuki and Tsunade left to shop, and Kawafune went to see Orochimaru.
• Sakumo stayed in the courtyard with Liyue and Hoshina, who comforted him after everyone else left.

Kawafune visited Orochimaru’s laboratory to check on the progress of his transplant, which Orochimaru expected to be ready for surgery the next day. Back home, Kawafune took over Sakumo’s game with Liyue and Hoshina, and they played together while Sakumo watched.

• Kawafune greeted Itachi at the laboratory and reminded him to call him Uncle, while Orochimaru urged Itachi to return to his homework.
• Kawafune pressed Orochimaru for an update, and Orochimaru said he would have the results by the next day and could perform the transplant surgery at noon if all went well.
• Kawafune left the laboratory, where Misaki teased Orochimaru about how close he was to Kawafune, and Orochimaru denied that he had been smiling.
• Kawafune returned home and found Sakumo playing ninja with Liyue and Hoshina, who had cast him as a rogue ninja.
• Kawafune took Sakumo’s place as the rogue ninja and used Ghost Mastiff and Little White as shields while the children played; Sakumo watched with a growing smile.

Kawafune, Tsunade, and Orochimaru examined the results of an experiment that had evolved Kawafune’s Shikotsumyaku into All-Killing Ash Bones. After confirming the bone’s deadly effect, they prepared to transplant a vertebra into Kawafune and sent him to the Operating Room.

• Tsunade and Kawafune joined Orochimaru in the laboratory to inspect the hand grown from Kawafune’s evolved bones.
• Tsunade examined the hand and concluded that the Shikotsumyaku had evolved, while Orochimaru’s tweezers crumbled to ash when they touched a finger bone.
• Kawafune identified the ability as All-Killing Ash Bones, a Kekkei Mōra power, and claimed his knowledge came from another world, but Orochimaru and Tsunade dismissed him.
• Orochimaru said he had obtained a vertebra from Rinnosuke for the transplant, and Tsunade teased Kawafune about being afraid of the surgery.
• Orochimaru ordered Misaki to take Kawafune to the Operating Room to prepare for the procedure.

Tsunade and Orochimaru replaced Kawafune’s spine with the one Rinnosuke had created, awakening his All-Killing Ash Bones without any apparent complications. Confident in his new power, Kawafune left immediately to capture Madara alive.

• Misaki prepared the surgical instruments while Kawafune nervously asked about the operation.
• Tsunade and Orochimaru anesthetized Kawafune, removed his spine, and implanted the replacement as his body rapidly healed around the surgery.
• Kawafune woke up feeling well and manifested a gray bone rod, confirming that the All-Killing Ash Bones had awakened.
• After walking around to reassure Tsunade, Kawafune said he would capture Madara alive and vanished from the operating room.
• Tsunade left the laboratory to notify Chiyo.

Kawafune tracked Madara to a cave on a remote island and confronted him, intent on bringing him back to Konoha. After Madara’s strongest form was destroyed by Kawafune’s Kekkei Mōra, Kawafune appeared beside him, leaving their confrontation poised to continue.

• Madara was startled when Kawafune appeared in the cave, having followed a mark he had placed on the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Madara attacked with Complete Body Susanoo, but Kawafune remained unharmed as the cave collapsed around them.
• Madara used Yasaka Magatama, which Kawafune blocked with a transformed Truth-Seeking Orb.
• Madara fused Susanoo with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, but Kawafune’s bone rod made the armor disintegrate.
• Kawafune revealed that he had mastered a Kekkei Mōra and asked Madara if he was ready to return to Konoha.
• Kawafune vanished and reappeared beside Madara, guided by the mark glowing on the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

Kawafune defeated Madara, restrained him alive, and took his Rinnegan. As Kawafune carried him toward Konoha, he revealed that he knew Madara’s fate from a book, and Madara learned he had been manipulated into becoming a sacrifice for Otsutsuki Kaguya.

• Kawafune summoned the Tailed Beasts’ chakra from the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, then let the Tailed Beasts flee as he confronted Madara.
• Madara attacked Kawafune with Limbo: Border Jail, but Kawafune defeated the four shadows and struck Madara down.
• Madara threatened to destroy his Rinnegan, but Kawafune cut off his hand, bound him with chains, and removed both eyes intact.
• Madara asked how Kawafune knew about his plans and Black Zetsu, and Kawafune said he came from Earth, where Madara was a fictional character in a book.
• Madara asked whether Black Zetsu had used him to revive Otsutsuki Kaguya, and Kawafune confirmed it as he carried Madara toward Konoha.

Kawafune used Madara’s Rinne Rebirth Technique to restore the fallen shinobi and those revived through Impure World Reincarnation. As Madara died, Hashirama promised to protect the peaceful Shinobi World they had dreamed of.

• Kawafune returned to Konoha with Madara, who asked Hashirama to look after the Shinobi World and apologized to Tobirama.
• Kawafune had Tsunade implant one of Madara’s Rinnegan and arranged for Hayato to control Madara while he performed the technique.
• Madara asked to see Izuna, and Kawafune let the brothers meet before Izuna chose to return to the Pure Land.
• Hayato used the Mind Body Switch Technique to control Madara, who summoned the King of Hell and performed the Rinne Rebirth Technique.
• The fallen shinobi, including Tsunade and Hashirama, returned to life, and Kawafune embraced Tsunade.
• Madara collapsed after Hayato left his body, and Hashirama promised to care for the Shinobi World as Madara died.

Konoha Ninja Academy began a new school year with a record-low class, where Naruto and Sasuke joined Nagato’s students. After introductions and a boring first lesson, Naruto befriended Sakura while Ino tried and failed to get close to Sasuke.

• Naruto and Sasuke hurried into class arguing over whether Sasuke should call Naruto big brother, and Nagato smacked them before introducing himself as their teacher.
• Sakura, Ino, Hinata, Naruto, and Sasuke introduced themselves, with Naruto dreaming of becoming Sixth Hokage and Sasuke aiming to become like Lord Kawafune.
• Nagato began class, and Naruto struggled to stay awake through the theory lesson.
• After class, Naruto invited Sakura to the convenience store for snacks and agreed to bring Sasuke soda.
• Shikamaru complained about Naruto taking Sakura out while Chōji asked him to bring back snacks.
• Ino approached Sasuke to ask if they could be friends, but he politely shook her hand and then dismissed her.

Naruto spent the school day growing closer to Sakura and his classmates, then returned home to share stories with Minato and Kushina. At the Uchiha home, Sasuke practiced shuriken with Fugaku while waiting for Itachi, who arrived late and offered to join them.

• Naruto and Sakura met Nonō and her daughter Moka outside the classroom, and Naruto explained their connections to his family and Tsunade.
• Naruto bought snacks for himself and his classmates, and Sakura became more comfortable with him on their walk back to school.
• Naruto avoided falling asleep during Nagato's lesson and later returned home to eat with Minato and Kushina, telling them about Sakura.
• Sasuke learned that Itachi was delayed at the laboratory, so Fugaku promised to practice shuriken with him after dinner.
• Itachi arrived late and apologized to Sasuke, who agreed to forgive him when Itachi offered to practice with him and Fugaku.