Chapter Summaries

Satoru confronted Madara Uchiha, recognized that he had been revived through Impure World Reincarnation, and rejected his offer to join forces. Madara refused to stop pursuing the Nine-Tails and challenged Satoru to fight.

• Satoru identified the masked figure as Madara Uchiha through his Kurama Summoning Contract and spiritual perception.
• Madara removed his mask and robe, revealing the cracks marking his Impure World Reincarnation, while Satoru suspected Danzo had obtained the technique.
• Madara praised Satoru’s methods, compared him to Tobirama Senju, and invited him to help prevent future wars by joining his cause.
• Satoru warned that Madara’s apparent reality might be an illusion and told him the Nine-Tails was no longer a dangerous beast and its Summoning Contract would be erased.
• Madara rejected Satoru’s warning, claimed the Nine-Tails as his own, and challenged Satoru to stop him.

Satoru fought Madara, using unfamiliar magic and a modified explosive technique to test his defenses while Madara relied on Susanoo. The chapter ended as Madara launched Yasakani no Magatama and Satoru opened portals to redirect the attack.

• Madara challenged Satoru after deciding he needed a powerful helper to reclaim the Nine-Tails.
• Madara used Sharingan Genjutsu and then Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan Genjutsu, but Satoru evaded the attack.
• Satoru unleashed Mutually Multiplying Pyroblast Tags, but Madara escaped the expanding explosions with Susanoo and regenerated.
• Satoru struck Susanoo with Arcane Barrage, destroying its upper body and prompting Madara to accuse him of holding back to avoid drawing out Takigakure.
• Madara attacked Satoru with Yasakani no Magatama, and Satoru opened portals before him and behind Susanoo to send the attack back.

Satoru fought Madara with his Susanoo and an Unruly Water Elemental, demonstrating powerful arcane magic and elemental combinations. Madara escalated the battle with poisoned pollen and a fire attack, leaving Satoru in a sea of flames.

• Madara expanded his Susanoo and trapped Satoru, but Satoru escaped with Magic Explosion Technique and blasted apart its hand, head, and chest.
• Satoru summoned an armored Water Elemental, which used Ice Water Blades to slice through Madara's Deep Forest Emergence.
• Madara unleashed the Wood Dragon Technique, but Satoru put the Water Elemental into Steam Mode, letting it fight the dragon head-on with an ice shield and spear.
• Madara praised Satoru's abilities and released poisonous pollen with giant flowers, then ignited it with Great Fire Annihilation, engulfing Satoru's position in flames.

Satoru summoned a Fire Phoenix and used it to destroy Madara's Susanoo before Madara created ten Wood Clones, each wielding Susanoo. Satoru teleported the fight to the northern coast of the Land of Waterfall, where he prepared to face Madara again with the Fire Phoenix and Water Elemental at his side.

• Satoru summoned a Fire Phoenix from Madara's inferno and used its dive to shatter Madara's Susanoo.
• Madara created ten Wood Clones and revealed that each could summon Susanoo.
• Satoru teleported Madara, the clones, and their summons to the northern coast of the Land of Waterfall.
• The Water Elemental gained the advantage at the shore and destroyed the Wood Dragon.
• Satoru mounted Archmage's Prismatic Disc beside the Fire Phoenix and Water Elemental, ready to begin round two.

Satoru overwhelmed Madara with a sequence of powerful elemental spells, destroying his Susanoo and blasting his body apart before Impure World Reincarnation restored him. Madara rose to face Satoru with his full strength and summoned Perfect Susanoo.

• Satoru transformed his Water Elemental into Storm Whip, binding and stopping Madara's ten Susanoo.
• Satoru's Fire Phoenix unleashed Phoenix Dance, destroying the bound Susanoo and turning the ground into magma.
• Satoru combined Meteor with his Fire Phoenix to form Nirvana Lance, then sent the spear through a portal to strike Madara.
• The blast shattered Madara's Susanoo and tore his body apart, but Impure World Reincarnation rapidly regenerated him.
• Satoru summoned ice comets as Madara recovered, opened his Mangekyō Sharingan, and activated Perfect Susanoo.

Satoru used layered ice, time, and lightning magic to trap Madara’s Perfect Susanoo, then pierced its chest with a powerful Arcane Barrage. Madara repaired the damage with his Impure World Reincarnation chakra and prepared a counterattack as a purple sphere descended and a ring of light contracted around him.

• Madara’s Perfect Susanoo shattered Satoru’s Comet Storm, and Madara challenged Satoru to explain how he could stop him from obtaining the Nine-Tails.
• Satoru froze the battlefield and the Susanoo’s lower half, then used Arcane Empowerment and Time Warp to speed up his attacks and further bind Madara.
• Satoru slowed the Susanoo’s swords, froze its upper body with ice comets, and struck it with lightning that shattered its Tengu helmet.
• Satoru fired a massive Arcane Barrage through the Susanoo’s chest, but Madara restored the damage with his immense Impure World Reincarnation chakra.
• A purple energy sphere descended overhead as a ring of light contracted around Madara, who freed the Susanoo’s upper body and formed hand seals.

Satoru used a time-space spell to destroy Madara’s Perfect Susanoo, but Impure World Reincarnation restored Madara’s body. Unable to defeat him permanently, Satoru warned him about Black Zetsu as Madara withdrew and vowed to continue his plan.

• Madara used Great Fire Annihilation to melt the ice restraining Susanoo, then flew away from Satoru’s Arcane Orb.
• Satoru used Time-Space Teleportation to make Susanoo fly into the Arcane Orb, destroying it in a violet explosion.
• Madara’s body regenerated through Impure World Reincarnation, while Satoru concluded he could only seal or banish him for now.
• Satoru opened a portal to another independent space and warned Madara that he could send him there.
• Madara left the Nine-Tails in Konoha for the moment, declared that his plan would continue, and sank underground after Satoru warned him about Black Zetsu.

After fighting Madara Uchiha to a draw, Satoru convened the Guardian Council to warn them that Madara was targeting the tailed beasts and to organize defenses and repairs. He left the council with new orders while preparing to train until he could defeat Madara.

• Satoru returned to Takama-ga-hara on the Fire Phoenix and summoned the Five Councilors and Nagato to review footage of his battle with Madara.
• Satoru ordered the council to warn the Land of Waterfall to hide Seven-Tails Chomei and to notify the Five Great Hidden Villages about Madara’s target.
• Satoru assigned Nawaki and Kitsuchi to restore the battle-damaged land, while Baki handled the notice to the Land of Waterfall.
• Satoru explained that Impure World Reincarnation had limited Madara’s strength and that Madara in his prime, along with Hashirama, had been stronger.
• Satoru ordered Nagato to protect the restoration team and investigate Seven-Tails Chomei, while Ao watched Takama-ga-hara and Dodai managed its operations.
• Satoru announced that he would enter seclusion to grow strong enough to suppress Madara in their next encounter.

At Mito Uzumaki’s funeral, Satoru mourned her while Kurama reflected on his bond with her and feared being made into the Ten-Tails again. Later, Satoru continued purifying a Byakugan in hopes of evolving a Tenseigan and uncovering the secrets of Six Paths-level authority.

• Konoha held Mito Uzumaki’s funeral, where Tsunade and Nawaki laid their grandmother to rest as Satoru grieved that he had not noticed her condition sooner.
• Mitokado Homura reassured Satoru that Mito had thanked him and had died without regrets, while praising his strength and judgment against Madara.
• Kurama attended Mito’s funeral and wondered why he could not hate her, then told Satoru he did not want to become the Ten-Tails again.
• Satoru promised Kurama he would help him avoid becoming the Ten-Tails and hinted that Kurama might soon meet an old man.
• Satoru examined Ao’s Byakugan in his Private Space and continued purifying its Chakra as a gift for Hizashi Hyuga and the Hyuga Clan.
• Satoru began meditating while waiting for the Otsutsuki Chakra purification and Tenseigan evolution, which he hoped would reveal the secret of Six Paths-level authority.

After the battle footage revealed Madara Uchiha's overwhelming power, the Five Great Hidden Villages moved to support the Guardian Council. In Kirigakure, Ao reported that his Byakugan was weakening, while Madara Uchiha watched from underground and wondered what Mitokado Satoru was preparing.

• Ōnoki feared that no army could defeat the immortal Madara Uchiha and resolved to support the Guardian Council.
• Ao asked Great Elder Genshi why Yagura had not answered the Guardian Council's call and reported that using the Byakugan now took twice as much Chakra for half the effect.
• Yagura arrived, gave Ao Kirigakure's offer of support, and suggested the Byakugan had restrictions when used by someone outside the Hyuga Clan.
• Madara Uchiha considered the Byakugan's decline useful to his plans and wondered why Mitokado Satoru had not appeared.

A year after Satoru's clash with Madara, the Five Great Nations had grown dependent on portal trade, prompting the hidden villages to seek ways to power the portals with Tailed Beast Chakra. Sunagakure struggled to use Shukaku's chakra safely as its portal demands grew.

• Kurama settled into life in Konoha under a former Root identity, while Minato received Kurama's chakra remotely and trained to use an enhanced Kurama Mode.
• Trade through Takama-ga-hara's portals expanded, drawing smaller nations into a growing exchange network and making the Five Great Nations wealthy.
• The hidden villages considered using Tailed Beast Chakra to keep their portals running, with Konoha already using Kurama's chakra through a contract inscribed on its portal.
• Chiyo told Rasa that Sunagakure's jonin were stretched thin powering the portals and that their new sealing puppet could draw out Shukaku's chakra but could not use it safely.

Rasa and Chiyo considered using Gaara as a Jinchuriki while hoping Satoru might share Konoha’s Tailed Beast technology. In his secluded space, Satoru created a Tenseigan and learned it held a fragment of Authority, which he hoped to study through order and knowledge.

• Chiyo and Rasa concluded that Konoha’s War Machine energy likely drew on Tailed Beast Chakra and recognized Chairman Satoru’s research as the reason for Konoha’s lead.
• Rasa considered asking Satoru to share the technology but decided to wait for his secluded training to end, while acknowledging Gaara might be their only suitable Jinchuriki despite being unable to meet the portals’ demands.
• Satoru completed the purification of Hyuga Chakra and transformed a Byakugan into a sapphire-blue Tenseigan.
• Aluneth sensed a small fragment of Titan Authority in the Tenseigan and explained that its power was far below that of Titans or Titan Guardians.
• Satoru reasoned that the Otsutsuki gathered Chakra Fruits to combine Authority fragments, then resolved to pursue Authority through knowledge and order.

Satoru used a locating array to find the Sage of Six Paths and was drawn into a spiritual space, where he met Hagoromo Otsutsuki. Their conversation began with Satoru explaining how his research into Hamura’s Tenseigan lineage gave him a trace of Six Paths Power, and Hagoromo asked him about the recent state of the Shinobi World.

• After researching the Tenseigan’s Authority Fragment, Satoru activated a locating array to find the Sage of Six Paths.
• Aluneth sensed another hidden mass of Six Paths Yin-Yang Release Chakra, but it vanished before they could investigate it.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki brought Satoru into a pure white spiritual space and asked whether he had mastered Six Paths Power.
• Satoru explained that he had gained a trace of Six Paths Power by studying the Tenseigan lineage rather than transplanting the eye.
• Hagoromo described how he helped Hamura develop the Tenseigan and asked Satoru to introduce him to the recent Shinobi World.

Satoru met with the Sage of Six Paths and explained how the Guardian Council had protected the Shinobi World, then revealed Madara Uchiha’s return and his plans. He intended to address Madara and investigate the threat sealed within the moon, though the Sage could not directly intervene in the living world.

• The Sage of Six Paths praised Satoru’s work with the Guardian Council and said he could rest easier with Satoru protecting peace.
• Satoru told the Sage about Indra and Asura’s reincarnations, including the current generation and Madara Uchiha’s previous life.
• Satoru explained that Madara had used Impure World Reincarnation to remain alive, and the Sage identified the technique’s origins and its effect on the reincarnations.
• Satoru revealed that Madara had been deceived by an altered inscription on the Sage’s stone tablet and said he hoped to deal with Madara another way.
• Satoru told the Sage he knew what was sealed within the moon and would not ignore the threat, while denying that he planned to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.

Satoru discussed the Otsutsuki threat and the history of Kaguya, Hamura, and the Tenseigan with the Sage of Six Paths. He revealed his Arcane Power and asked how to develop it further so he could destroy the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

• Satoru told the Sage of Six Paths he intended to establish lasting peace and resolve the Otsutsuki threat.
• The Sage of Six Paths explained that he and Hamura had sealed Kaguya in the moon and that the Tenseigan had been devised to guard the seal.
• Satoru described the Hyuga Clan’s main and branch families and explained how his research had led him to obtain the Tenseigan.
• The Sage of Six Paths warned that Kaguya could only be sealed and that destroying part of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path would not stop the God Tree from regrowing.
• Satoru produced a sphere of Arcane Power and asked the Sage of Six Paths how he could advance it enough to destroy the Ten-Tails’ shell.

After three months of study with the Sage of Six Paths, Satoru partially fused an Authority Fragment and brought his Arcane Power to the level of the Sage of Six Paths Technique. Using The Book of Medivh, he contacted the Shinobi World's wounded Star Soul and vowed to become its representative and help it recover.

• Satoru emerged from three months of study with new confidence, while Aluneth observed that his power had changed toward the Titans' white radiance.
• Satoru and Aluneth discussed the damage the God Tree had done to the Star Soul and the slim prospects of restoring the Shinobi World.
• Satoru spent a month redesigning the magic array, then used The Book of Medivh to communicate with the Star Soul.
• Satoru sensed the Star Soul's vastness and pain, and realized its wounds might take tens of thousands of years to heal.
• Satoru vowed to become the Star Soul's representative, gain complete authority, and seek the Pantheon to help it recover.

The Five Councilors debated Takigakure’s request for a portal after Madara Uchiha’s attack devastated the Land of Waterfall. Konoha agreed to the request but required every village’s Tailed Beasts to participate in research on Chakra extraction and transmission.

• Ao and Kitsuchi opposed opening a portal for Takigakure, arguing that it had not contributed to the Guardian Council and might not be able to protect one.
• Dodai supported the portal for regional security, while Baki backed it and proposed joint research into extracting the Seven-Tails’ Chakra.
• Nawaki declared that Konoha’s position would decide the Council’s ruling on the matter.
• Nawaki agreed to Takigakure’s portal but said Konoha’s research and Chakra transmission technology would come with one condition: every village’s Tailed Beasts had to join the research.

Nawaki explained that Konoha wanted the other villages’ Tailed Beasts to meet the Nine-Tails, and the councilors returned to seek their Kage’s approval. Meanwhile, Nagato investigated a mysterious source of Six Paths Chakra and wondered what Madara was doing.

• Nawaki told the councilors that the request was the Nine-Tails’ wish to reunite with the other Tailed Beasts, and they decided to consult their Kage.
• Nagato put on Satoru-shisong’s sensing bracelets and flew toward Amegakure while searching for the hidden Six Paths Yin-Yang Release Chakra.
• Nagato reflected that Void’s intelligence network had aided the Guardian Council but had not found information about the Tailed Beasts.
• Satoru’s plan was to gather all nine Tailed Beasts to create a communication network that could later support portals across the Shinobi World.
• Nagato returned to his secret chamber and used the Six Paths of Pain to watch Madara.

Madara Uchiha weighed the threat posed by Mitokado Satoru and grew suspicious of Nagato after Satoru warned him about Black Zetsu. He decided to abandon Nagato as a pawn to exploit the Guardian Council’s gathering of the Tailed Beasts, while Black Zetsu suggested Amegakure could provide a way to reach the Council.

• Madara recalled Satoru’s warning about Black Zetsu and felt an unexplained distance from him when they met.
• Black Zetsu reported that Nagato and the organization Void had shown no obvious signs of disloyalty, but Madara doubted Nagato would remain reliable now that Satoru had demonstrated comparable strength.
• Madara and Black Zetsu considered using the Guardian Council’s planned Tailed Beasts gathering to seize the beasts, but Madara ruled out having Nagato summon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Madara decided it was time to discard Nagato as a pawn, and Black Zetsu said Amegakure had a way to reach the Guardian Council directly.

As preparations began for the tailed beast gathering and a portal to Takama-ga-hara, Minato and Kurama discussed the danger Madara posed while Satoru communicated with the world-soul. Fugaku reviewed old Uchiha records about Madara and Izuna before Itachi arrived with news that he had graduated from the Ninja Academy.

• The Guardian Council and four major hidden villages approved a portal in Takigakure and Konoha's tailed beast assembly plan, and the construction team began planning its trip.
• Minato warned Kurama to protect the Jinchuriki's secrets, and Kurama predicted that Madara would be dangerous against the Five Kage and tailed beasts.
• Minato and Kurama discussed Satoru's mysterious absence, Nagato's Rinnegan, and the possibility of facing Madara.
• Fugaku studied Uchiha records about Izuna's Mangekyō abilities and Madara's combat techniques.
• Uchiha Itachi told Fugaku that he had graduated from the Ninja Academy and become a genin.