Chapter Summaries

Naruto studied the Sage Arts of Mount Myōboku and Shikkotsu Forest, then fused them with Ryūchi Cave’s art to develop a Sage Art of his own. After returning to the ninja world, he discovered his path toward Six Paths-level power and found Asura’s reincarnation Chakra within himself.

• Naruto memorized the Sage Arts of Mount Myōboku and Shikkotsu Forest and compared their methods with Ryūchi Cave’s.
• Naruto cultivated for three days while the toads and the Great Sages watched, and Gamamaru and Katsuyu recognized that his Sage Art mastery surpassed theirs.
• Naruto told Gamamaru and Katsuyu that he had developed his own Sage Art, then learned that a week had passed outside Mount Myōboku and returned to the ninja world.
• Naruto went to the Uzushiogakure clan grounds and tested the special Chakra formed by fusing the three Sage Arts with the Rinnegan and the power of all creation.
• Naruto stored the Power of Six Paths and discovered Asura’s reincarnation Chakra within his body, but chose not to disturb it.

Naruto joined Konoha’s delegation to the Five Kage Summit with Hinata and encountered Sasuke on the way. Meanwhile, Akatsuki captured the Two-Tails and Seven-Tails, and Madara led the group toward the summit to hunt more Jinchuriki.

• Jiraiya invited Naruto to the Five Kage Summit, and Naruto recruited Hinata to his Shadow Guard before setting out for the Land of Iron.
• Naruto encountered Sasuke, who avoided challenging him, and Kakashi reported that Akatsuki had captured the Two-Tails and Seven-Tails.
• Akatsuki members reported their captures, while Black Zetsu worried about Obito’s disappearance and the plan to revive Madara.
• Black Zetsu told Madara that many Jinchuriki would be heading to the summit, and Madara ordered Akatsuki to move to the Land of Iron.

Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata arrived in the Land of Iron for the Five Kage Summit, but a Tailed Beast Bomb led them to a battle where Hinata subdued the rampaging Killer B. As Naruto collected the Eight-Tails' severed tentacles, a lightning-clad figure suddenly attacked him.

• Naruto's group reached the Land of Iron and settled in an inn while awaiting the other village leaders.
• Naruto recalled Sasuke's future defeat at the Five Kage Summit and sensed that Black Zetsu might be nearby.
• A Tailed Beast Bomb erupted in the distance, and Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata traveled to the battlefield.
• Hinata stopped Killer B's attacks, drove him unconscious, and brought him to Naruto.
• Naruto sealed the severed Eight-Tails tentacles inside his body as Sasuke watched in disbelief at Hinata's strength.
• A figure surrounded by lightning appeared and launched a hand chop at Naruto.

Naruto and Sasuke fought the Fourth Raikage after saving Killer B, while Darui retrieved Killer B and explained that Naruto and Hinata were allies. The confrontation ended peacefully, and Sasuke revealed that he had learned the Cloud’s Lightning Release Chakra Mode before Mifune proposed the Five Kage Summit.

• Naruto dodged the Fourth Raikage’s attack and urged Sasuke to fight him, while Sasuke challenged the Raikage and used Susanoo and Great Fire Annihilation against him.
• Naruto agreed to let Darui take the unconscious Killer B for treatment, and Darui told the guard squad that Naruto and Hinata had saved him.
• The Fourth Raikage and Sasuke fought until Mifune intervened, after which the Raikage thanked Naruto and apologized for his rash behavior.
• Naruto asked whether Sasuke had learned Lightning Release Chakra Mode, and Sasuke revealed electricity running across his body as proof that he had.
• Mifune proposed convening the Five Kage Summit to discuss the threat from Amegakure, and the gathered leaders agreed while watching Naruto’s group warily.

The Five Kage Summit debated the threat posed by Akatsuki and Madara Uchiha as Naruto’s allies pushed to make him commander of the Allied Forces. Tobi appeared and declared that Akatsuki and Madara would wage war against the entire Ninja World.

• The Fourth Raikage blamed Konoha and Jiraiya for Akatsuki’s attacks, while Ōnoki identified Madara Uchiha as the true leader and revealed that Iwagakure had been destroyed.
• Naruto told Sasuke that the current Madara was far stronger than him, then claimed Sasuke could reach Madara’s level within months.
• Gaara, Hozuki Mangetsu, and Jiraiya backed Naruto as Commander-in-Chief, alarming Ōnoki and the Fourth Raikage.
• Tobi appeared at the summit and announced the beginning of the Fourth Great Ninja War against the entire Ninja World.

After Black Zetsu warned that Akatsuki had attacked the villages, Naruto left the summit to find Killer B while the Five Kage remained in the Land of Iron. Akatsuki's forces then assaulted the fortress, and the Kage moved to confront them.

• Ōnoki attacked Tobi with Dust Release, but Tobi escaped; Naruto captured White Zetsu, and Sasuke used genjutsu to question him.
• White Zetsu revealed that Akatsuki had attacked the villages and claimed Killer B had been defeated before dying under Black Zetsu's control.
• Naruto took Hinata and Sasuke to track Killer B, while Jiraiya, Gaara, and Hozuki Mangetsu voiced confidence in Naruto's strength.
• Armored samurai reported that Akatsuki was attacking the Land of Iron fortress, and explosions revealed Deidara, Sasori of the Red Sands, and White Zetsu forces.
• Gaara flew to confront Sasori, Ōnoki pursued Deidara, and the Fourth Raikage attacked the Gold and Silver Brothers after they appeared with the Six Paths Treasures.

Hozuki Mangetsu, Jiraiya, and the other Kage fought off Akatsuki attackers and White Zetsu at the Five Kage Summit, while Tsunade and Jiraiya questioned why the assault seemed so weak. After the Fourth Raikage sealed Kinkaku and Ginkaku, a red-armored figure appeared on the tower above the battlefield.

• Hozuki Mangetsu charged Kakuzu, while Jiraiya entered Sage Mode and summoned giant toads to battle the White Zetsu.
• Jiraiya and Gamabunta unleashed a toad-oil-enhanced Fire Release attack that incinerated White Zetsu and overwhelmed Kakuzu's attempt to stop it.
• Tsunade agreed with Jiraiya that the attackers seemed too weak to challenge the Five Kage and their guards.
• Gaara used sand to disable Sasori's puppets, while Ōnoki and Kitsuchi restrained Deidara and Kakashi struck him with lightning.
• The Fourth Raikage defeated Kinkaku and Ginkaku again and sealed them in the Amber Purifying Pot.
• A red-armored figure appeared atop the tower and looked down at the shinobi.

Madara Uchiha overwhelmed the Five Kage with Wood Release and fire, but Kakashi rescued them into the Kamui Dimension. Naruto’s group continued pursuing Killer B and encountered the three Hokage and six reanimated Jinchuriki assembled to capture him.

• Madara Uchiha challenged the Five Kage, and they attacked him together, but Susanoo blocked the Fourth Raikage’s punch before their counterattacks sent Madara flying.
• Madara Uchiha unleashed Flower Tree World Emergence and Great Fire Annihilation, filling the battlefield with chakra-draining vines and pollen that left the Five Kage drowsy.
• Kakashi used Flying Thunder God and Kamui to take the Five Kage to the Kamui Dimension, then remarked that Madara Uchiha was another Obito.
• Naruto led Hinata and Sasuke onward in pursuit of Killer B despite the fighting at the military fortress.
• Naruto’s group encountered Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and six reanimated Jinchuriki waiting to capture Naruto.

Naruto confronted the reanimated Hokage and revealed the crimes that drove him from Konoha, while Hashirama and Tobirama learned that Madara Uchiha was behind the current war. Black Zetsu tried to recruit Naruto into the Moon Eye Plan, but Naruto attacked him and battled the controlled Hokage as Hashirama grew into a towering Sage Mode Wood Human.

• Naruto left Hinata and Sasuke to handle the reanimated Jinchuriki and spoke with Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and the Third Hokage.
• The Third Hokage confessed to mistreating Naruto and mishandling the Uchiha, and Naruto identified Obito Uchiha as the Masked Man and Madara Uchiha as the mastermind.
• Naruto told the Hokage that the Sarutobi Clan had betrayed Konoha, while Black Zetsu attempted to lure him into the Moon Eye Plan.
• Naruto rejected Black Zetsu’s offer and attacked him, then fought the controlled Tobirama and Third Hokage with his Susanoo and overwhelmed them.
• Hashirama Senju entered Sage Mode, enlarged the Wood Human, and sent it charging toward Naruto with a Wood Dragon coiled around it.

Naruto and Hashirama clashed in a battle whose shockwaves devastated the surrounding terrain, while Hinata restrained the reanimated Jinchuriki and drove off Black Zetsu. Convinced Naruto was too powerful for Madara to defeat while reanimated, Black Zetsu headed to the military fortress to revive Madara and advance his plan.

• Naruto entered Sage Fox Mode and fought Hashirama with his giant Armored Susanoo and the Nine-Tails, sending both colossal fighters crashing back with a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Roshi, Blue B, Yugito Nii, Karatachi Yagura, and Han discussed the battle and their pasts while Sasuke challenged the reanimated Jinchuriki.
• Hinata used Black Receivers to immobilize the reanimated Jinchuriki, then Black Zetsu tried to seize her.
• Hinata struck Black Zetsu with Eight Trigrams 128 Palms and Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm, forcing him to flee underground after seeing her sky-blue eyes.
• Black Zetsu concluded Naruto could defeat reanimated Madara and went toward the military fortress to have an incomplete experimental subject use the Rebirth Jutsu on Madara.

Naruto defeated Tobirama Senju and the Third Hokage while fighting Hashirama Senju, then explained that he planned to rule the Ninja World and seek the truth behind the reincarnations. Hashirama accepted Naruto’s argument, and the chapter left Naruto preparing to confront Madara and uncover who arranged the reincarnations.

• Naruto used a Black Receiver to disable Tobirama Senju and sealed the Third Hokage while their brothers watched his battle with Hashirama Senju.
• Naruto asked Hashirama why he was fighting seriously, and Hashirama said he wanted to test the younger generation and stop Naruto’s plan to rule the Ninja World.
• Naruto argued that ruling the Ninja World could bring peace and reminded Hashirama that his past choices had contributed to Madara Uchiha’s later actions.
• Hashirama accepted Naruto’s criticism and asked how he would deal with Madara Uchiha, and Naruto said he would defeat him with strength.
• Naruto told Hashirama that he and Sasuke were reincarnations influenced by Asura’s Chakra and said he needed greater power to learn who arranged the reincarnations and why.

Black Zetsu used a white-haired boy with Uchiha and Senju bloodlines to perform the Rebirth Jutsu and revive Madara Uchiha, but Orochimaru seized the boy’s body and escaped. Orochimaru headed toward the battlefield and joined a group that blocked his path.

• Black Zetsu observed Madara Uchiha struggling against the Five Kage and other elite ninjas, including Kakashi and Jiraiya.
• Black Zetsu infiltrated Orochimaru’s underground laboratory and transplanted the Rinnegan into a white-haired boy he planned to use for the Rebirth Jutsu.
• Black Zetsu possessed the boy and used the Rebirth Jutsu to revive Madara Uchiha, then removed the Rinnegan and left the boy to die.
• Orochimaru emerged from a small white snake, took over the boy’s body, and learned that the boy had received the Rinnegan transplant.
• Orochimaru escaped using Earth Release and headed toward the battlefield, where a group blocked his path and he joined them.

Madara Uchiha broke free after Black Zetsu revived him, then overwhelmed the Five Kage and their allies with his Rinnegan and Limbo: Border Jail. He spared the fallen fighters and left with the Amber Bottle to reach the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and continue the plan to revive the Ten-Tails.

• Madara Uchiha shed his reanimated body, escaped Gaara's sealing pyramid, and reclaimed his Rinnegan from Black Zetsu.
• Madara Uchiha learned that the attempt to capture the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki had failed and ordered Black Zetsu to revive the Ten-Tails first.
• Madara Uchiha attacked the Five Kage and their allies, using Limbo: Border Jail to defeat them and force Kakashi to escape with Kamui.
• Madara Uchiha took the Amber Bottle containing the Gold and Silver Brothers and headed for the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, leaving the defeated fighters alive.

After Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu left, Nagato, Konan, and the others treated the wounded Kage while Orochimaru collected their cells. The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path fled toward becoming the Ten-Tails, and Shisui revealed that Madara’s Limbo was still watching them.

• Orochimaru collected cells from the wounded Five Kage, while Nagato, Konan, and Tsunade helped Jiraiya save them.
• Tsunade confronted Orochimaru about Madara Uchiha and the Impure World Reincarnation, and Nagato revealed that Madara had attacked Otogakure.
• Jiraiya asked Nagato about Naruto’s plans, and Nagato said Naruto wanted to end the war and make Chakra accessible to ordinary people.
• The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path rose and fled, and Nagato warned that it was about to become the Ten-Tails.
• Jiraiya learned that the Reanimated First Hokage and Second Hokage were also beyond Orochimaru’s control.
• Shisui attacked a nearby boulder with Susanoo, revealing that Madara’s Limbo: Border Jail was still observing them.

Naruto gathered the Chakra of all nine Tailed Beasts while Tobirama confronted the Third Hokage about Danzo and Root. Naruto, Hinata, Sasuke, and the others reached Madara as the Demonic Statue transformed into the Ten-Tails, setting the stage for their battle.

• Tobirama questioned the Third Hokage about Danzo’s abuses and his decision to give Root so much authority, while Sasuke enjoyed watching him scold his former student.
• Hashirama sensed Madara’s growing Chakra and asked Naruto about rescuing the Five Kage, but Naruto said he had already sent others and continued absorbing the reanimated Jinchuriki’s Chakra.
• Naruto completed gathering the Chakra of all nine Tailed Beasts, then sensed Madara preparing to revive the Ten-Tails and set out with Hinata and Sasuke to confront him.
• Hashirama and the others followed Naruto’s group to a cliff, where Hinata explained that the Demonic Statue had already absorbed too much Chakra to be stopped.
• After absorbing the One-Tail and Eight-Tails’ Chakra, the Demonic Statue transformed into the Ten-Tails, and Madara and Black Zetsu leaped onto its head and faced Naruto’s group.

Naruto confronted Madara Uchiha and disrupted his attempt to assimilate with the Ten-Tails, destroying Madara’s meteor and overcoming his Limbo: Border Jail. Naruto then advanced toward Madara, leaving him shaken by Naruto’s power and the mysterious sword he wielded.

• Madara Uchiha asked Naruto to join the Moon Eye Plan, but Naruto attacked him with a Great Spiraling Ring while Madara defended himself with Susanoo.
• Naruto entered Perfect Sage Mode, detected Madara’s Limbo: Border Jail, and used Shadow Clones to attack Madara and the Ten-Tails alongside Sasuke, Hashirama, and the others.
• Madara summoned a meteor with Tengai Shinsei, and Naruto destroyed it with a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Naruto’s Shadow Clones restrained most of Madara’s Limbo: Border Jail clones, while Naruto blocked the remaining clone, bound it with a Black Receiver, and beheaded it with the Crimson Longsword.
• Naruto continued toward Madara, who grew wary and wondered why Naruto possessed the aura of a Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and could ignore Limbo: Border Jail.

Naruto and Hinata defeated Madara Uchiha before he could become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, then discussed Naruto’s plans for unifying the Ninja World. Madara explained that he pursued Infinite Tsukuyomi because he believed it could fulfill the Will of Fire by making everyone understand one another.

• Naruto pressured Madara Uchiha until Madara used Susanoo to cover the Ten-Tails and prepared a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Hinata used Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion to shatter the Susanoo, wound the Ten-Tails, and stop its attack.
• Naruto told Madara that he had allowed him to gather the Tailed Beasts to help advance plans for peace through deterrence and unification.
• Madara agreed with Naruto’s belief in using overwhelming power to maintain peace and regretted that Hashirama had rejected his ideas.
• Madara said he chose Infinite Tsukuyomi because he believed its genjutsu could make people understand one another and live in permanent peace.

Naruto captured Madara Uchiha and explained that the Infinite Tsukuyomi would turn its victims into White Zetsu, while the revived Hashirama and Tobirama argued with Madara over the Will of Fire. The Ninja World’s war ended, but Naruto warned that a greater crisis was just beginning.

• Naruto told Madara Uchiha that the Otsutsuki Clan planned to harvest Chakra and turn Infinite Tsukuyomi victims into White Zetsu, but Madara still regretted not trying the plan.
• Naruto removed Madara Uchiha’s Rinnegan, drew the Ten-Tails into the Kamui Dimension, and brought the sealed Madara to Hinata, Sasuke, Hashirama, and the others.
• Hashirama learned Madara had pursued the Infinite Tsukuyomi for his sake, while Madara and Tobirama blamed each other for the decline of the Will of Fire and their clans.
• Sasuke discovered that the Black Zetsu he had killed was a disguised White Zetsu and that the real Black Zetsu had escaped.
• Naruto introduced Sasuke to Madara Uchiha as his past-life counterpart and announced that the war was over but the Ninja World’s crisis had only begun.

Naruto revealed that Black Zetsu had manipulated Madara and explained the threat posed by the Otsutsuki Clan. As the Five Kage arrived, Hinata stopped the Fourth Raikage from approaching Naruto, while Ōnoki began considering whether Iwagakure should submit to Uzushio Village.

• Naruto told Madara, Hashirama, Tobirama, and Sasuke that Black Zetsu had altered the stone tablet and planned to revive Kaguya Otsutsuki.
• Naruto explained the Otsutsuki Clan's connection to the Ninja World, leaving Madara to realize how small his strength was by comparison.
• The Five Kage and the people of Uzushio Village arrived after the battle, and Hinata told them the war was over.
• The Fourth Raikage tried to rush toward Naruto, but Hinata pierced his arm with Shikotsumyaku and warned him not to interrupt.
• Ōnoki asked Hinata to tell Naruto that the Five Kage had arrived to provide support, while privately weighing Iwagakure's options for submitting to Uzushio Village.

Naruto proposed a voluntary Ninja Alliance that would require member villages to surrender control of their shinobi forces, then left the Five Kage to consider joining. He later visited the imprisoned Ten-Tails with Hinata and Sasuke and told Kurama that he had another task to complete before releasing the other Tailed Beasts.

• Naruto proposed keeping the alliance together as a Ninja Alliance above the Five Great Shinobi Villages, with each village limited to a Military Police Force of a thousand shinobi.
• Naruto told the Five Kage that joining was voluntary but that nonmembers would not be protected, and announced an alliance conference in Uzushio Village in half a month.
• The Five Kage considered the proposal and the positions they might hold in the new alliance after returning to deal with the White Zetsu.
• Naruto brought Hinata and Sasuke into the Kamui Dimension, where they saw the badly injured Ten-Tails restrained by Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Kurama urged Naruto to release Shukaku and the other Tailed Beasts, but Naruto said he had something else to do first.