Chapter Summaries

Itachi graduated and learned that he would train in the Reincarnation Seal Technique, while Fugaku privately worried about Madara and the technique’s unknown origins. Meanwhile, Han found Rōshi and brought him back to Iwagakure, where Rōshi pushed to visit the Guardian Council headquarters.

• Itachi gave Fugaku his graduation certificate and asked to learn the Reincarnation Seal Technique, and Fugaku explained that Itachi would be the first Uchiha genin to receive the training.
• Fugaku had Xiao Huo authorize it to tell Itachi the technique’s details if he awakened the Sharingan through it, then sent Itachi to join his family for lunch.
• After Itachi left, Fugaku wondered how much the technique would advance him and considered reporting that Madara might use his stock of Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Han searched for Rōshi despite Ōnoki’s delays and brought him back to Iwagakure.
• Rōshi rebuked Ōnoki for undermining peace and proposed that he and Han visit the Guardian Council headquarters to explore becoming Perfect Jinchuriki.

Minato gathered the Jinchuriki in Takama-ga-hara to explain a technique for sharing Tailed Beast Chakra, while Rasa revealed Sunagakure had sealed Shukaku in a Tea Kettle. Kurama sensed the Three-Tails was not responding, and Madara Uchiha appeared among the assembled leaders and Jinchuriki, announcing that the game had begun.

• Minato asked the villages to bring their Jinchuriki to Takama-ga-hara so he could explain the Chakra transmission technique, while Kurama teased him and offered to negotiate with the Tailed Beasts.
• Ōnoki sent Kari to speak to Rōshi, and A instructed Toroi to tell Killer B to settle down and help stabilize Yugito Nii.
• Rōshi, Han, Yugito Nii, Killer B, and Utakata gathered, while Rasa explained that Sunagakure had not placed Shukaku in a Jinchuriki and showed the Tea Kettle used to seal him.
• Kurama sensed that the Three-Tails had not answered his telepathic message, and Minato turned toward Yagura and detected a hooded figure behind him.
• Madara Uchiha revealed himself to the Four Kage and the Jinchuriki and declared, "The game begins!"

Madara Uchiha revealed himself in the teleportation hall, controlling Yagura and shutting down the teleportation gates as he confronted the assembled Kage and Jinchuriki. Minato and Nawaki prepared to fight him, while Madara summoned his War Fan and sickle.

• Madara revealed himself as Yagura's captor, and Ao discovered that the teleportation gate had been reduced to standby size.
• Madara explained that Yagura's injuries had made him easier to control and declared that he had come to collect the tailed beasts.
• The Kage and their allies took positions to protect the Jinchuriki, while Nawaki and Minato spotted an unexplained shadow beneath the teleportation gates.
• Minato warned Madara that he could not defeat them, but Madara dismissed their strength and summoned the Uchiha War Fan and a long-handled sickle.
• Minato handed Nawaki his Flying Thunder God kunai, and the two prepared for a battle to the death.

Madara attacked the gathered Kage and Jinchuriki, exposed his plot to exploit the teleportation gates, and summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. Minato sealed the gate before the statue could fully emerge, but Madara raised Perfect Susanoo and prepared to fight as Minato and the Jinchuriki activated their Chakra modes.

• Madara covered the teleportation hall with scorching dust and knocked down most of the guards and Jinchuriki while Yagura aided his attacks.
• A and Minato coordinated to hold Madara back, and Minato freed Yagura from Madara's Genjutsu.
• Yagura warned the others about the teleportation gates, and Nawaki discovered Black Zetsu's chakra-disrupting black rods beneath them.
• Madara and Black Zetsu overloaded Amegakure's teleportation gate and brought the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path through it.
• Minato sealed the gate, severing one of the statue's legs, while Madara activated Perfect Susanoo and Yagura warned everyone not to transform into Tailed Beasts.
• Minato entered Kurama Mode, and Killer B, Yagura, and Rōshi activated their Chakra modes.

Minato used Kurama Mode to teleport the battle to a wilderness on Takama-ga-hara, where Nagato and Konoha's strongest fighters confronted Madara. Nagato rejected Madara's plan, but Madara took control of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and began transforming Nagato.

• Minato used Flying Thunder God - Guiding Thunder to move Madara, the Demonic Statue, and everyone in the teleportation hall to a wilderness.
• Nagato and the Konoha Sannin and Uchiha Fugaku joined the Four Kage and the Jinchuriki to face Madara.
• Madara recognized Fugaku's role in gathering intelligence and urged Nagato to join him in pursuing Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Nagato revealed that he knew Madara had deceived him and rejected the dream of Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Madara used the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to immobilize Nagato as blackness spread across the left half of his body.

Madara attacked the Jinchuriki with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path while the allied shinobi fought back with Sage techniques and Wood Release. As Madara pressed the assault, Nawaki and Tsunade revealed a new source of strength, and the current Uchiha clan head’s Eternal Mangekyo appeared.

• Madara used the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to unleash Chakra dragons at the Jinchuriki, but Minato and Jiraiya stopped them with a Sage Art: Super-Sized Rasengan.
• Orochimaru used Sage Art: Eight Branches Technique, and Jiraiya supplied Sage Chakra to strengthen his Serpent Sage Armor and the Eight-Headed Serpent.
• Nawaki and Tsunade combined Wood Release with Tsunade’s Strength of a Hundred Chakra to challenge Madara’s Perfect Susanoo.
• Madara created twenty Wood Clones with Susanoo and sent them after the Jinchuriki, while Minato, the Kage, and the young Jinchuriki prepared to resist.
• A colossal bronze-colored war-god phantom appeared beside Nawaki’s Wood Human, and Madara recognized the current Uchiha clan head’s Eternal Mangekyo.

Uchiha Fugaku and the Senju fought Madara while Black Zetsu revealed that Nagato’s Rinnegan belonged to Madara and tried to force him to revive him. Jiraiya intervened, but Black Zetsu escaped with one of Nagato’s eyes, leaving the other Rinnegan at risk.

• Uchiha Fugaku used his Susanoo and future-predicting Mangekyō Sharingan alongside the Senju’s wooden giant to attack Madara, who countered with Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence.
• Black Zetsu took control of Nagato and revealed that Madara had transplanted his own Rinnegan into Nagato when he was a child.
• Nagato calmly resisted Black Zetsu, while Jiraiya arrived on Gamabunta and used the Toad Flat Shadow Manipulation Technique to pull Black Zetsu away from him.
• Black Zetsu forced Nagato’s left arm bone into his own left eye and tore out the Rinnegan.
• Black Zetsu escaped from Gamabunta’s head with Nagato’s left eye and threatened to return for the other Rinnegan.

Nagato lost one of his Rinnegan to Black Zetsu but discovered the remaining eye was easier to control, while Tsunade healed his injured arm. Madara retrieved the stolen eye and used Susanoo to wield it, summoning a massive meteor as Minato prepared to stop it.

• Black Zetsu gouged out Nagato's left Rinnegan, and Minato transported Nagato and Jiraiya to Tsunade for treatment.
• Nagato realized that losing one Rinnegan reduced the strain on him without weakening the abilities he could use, and Tsunade healed his arm.
• Jiraiya took Tsunade's place in the fight while Minato and the others continued battling Madara's Susanoo.
• Black Zetsu gave Madara the recovered Rinnegan, and Madara mounted it on a Susanoo pedestal to use its power despite his Impure World Reincarnation body.
• Madara summoned a colossal meteor, and Minato told the others to keep fighting while he handled the threat in the sky.

Madara used a specially prepared White Zetsu to perform the Rinne Rebirth Technique, restoring himself to his youthful prime and reclaiming the Rinnegan. As Minato struggled to divert a chain of falling meteorites, Madara unveiled Limbo: Border Jail and attacked Nawaki’s group with an invisible duplicate.

• Madara used the Rinnegan to overpower Nagato, Nawaki, Tsunade, and Uchiha Fugaku, then placed his eye in a specially prepared White Zetsu.
• Minato used Kurama’s Chakra and Ōnoki’s help to transfer the first meteorite toward the northern sea, only to discover more meteorites behind it.
• The White Zetsu died after performing the Rinne Rebirth Technique, and Madara returned to his youthful body and reinstalled the Rinnegan in his left eye.
• Madara used a Three-Tomoe Sharingan in his right eye and activated Limbo: Border Jail as Nawaki, Tsunade, and Nagato closed in.
• Nagato detected Madara’s invisible attack and was sent flying, then Nawaki was struck and collapsed after vomiting blood.

Tsunade and Nagato fought Madara’s invisible Limbo Clone while Fugaku faced Madara directly, and the Kage and Jinchuriki helped Orochimaru battle the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. Inside the Tailed Beasts’ shared mental space, Kurama gathered the others and Shukaku emerged from his teapot, leaving them demanding to know his plan.

• Nagato spotted Madara’s Limbo Clone and guided Tsunade, who struck it with enough force to send it flying.
• Madara confronted Fugaku, recognized the changes to his Sharingan, and drove him into a desperate fight with Susanoo.
• The Kage and Jinchuriki joined Orochimaru’s battle, drawing on Tailed Beast Chakra as the Beasts cooperated to protect their hosts.
• Kurama mocked Shukaku, who was sealed inside a teapot, until Matatabi stopped him and Shukaku formed a Chakra image outside the vessel.
• Matatabi and the other Tailed Beasts questioned Kurama about why he had gathered them and whether he meant to stop the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path from sealing them.

Kurama explained to the other Tailed Beasts how Mitokado Satoru helped him separate from his Jinchuriki and introduced him to Arcane Crystals, which could raise their nature and might sever their connection to the Ten-Tails. He left them considering Satoru’s power and whether the crystals could free them from the threat of becoming the Ten-Tails.

• Kurama told the Tailed Beasts that he had met Mitokado Satoru, the Guardian Council’s Chairman, and helped him establish Takama-ga-hara.
• Kurama revealed that he had undergone De-Jinchuriki-fication and transformed into a human using the Ultimate Transformation Technique.
• Kurama showed the Tailed Beasts an Arcane Crystal and explained that eating the crystals had given him the concept of food and seemed to elevate his essence.
• Kurama argued that the Sage of Six Paths had likely wanted someone to wield all nine Tailed Beasts’ powers without reviving the Ten-Tails.
• Chomei questioned whether Satoru’s great power made him a threat like Madara, and Kurama said the Shinobi World was too small for him.
• Kurama claimed Arcane Crystal energy might completely sever the Tailed Beasts’ connection to the Ten-Tails, beyond Satoru’s plan to erase the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

Kurama revealed that Satoru was preparing a way to destroy the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, so the Tailed Beasts let Madara capture them while they waited for Satoru’s plan. The chapter ended with Matatabi leaving part of her Chakra with Yugito Nii as Madara began sealing her.

• Shukaku warned the other Tailed Beasts that Madara had broken the Tea Kettle and was dragging him toward the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Madara defeated the assembled fighters and began extracting Shukaku, while Minato’s Flying Thunder God Technique failed to move him.
• Kurama explained that the Tailed Beasts could not escape the statue’s Chakra chains, but said Satoru was working on a way to destroy it.
• Kurama told the Tailed Beasts that leaving part of their Chakra with their Jinchuriki would let them survive extraction.
• Matatabi severed one of her tails and left it with Yugito Nii as Madara began sealing her.

Satoru arrived as Madara extracted the Eight-Tails and tried to pull Kurama from Minato, but the chains failed against the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. After restoring the exhausted fighters enough for Tsunade and Katsuyu to treat them, Satoru faced Madara, who resolved to fight him.

• Madara extracted the Seven-Tails from its Jinchuriki, then used the Demonic Statue's chains to pull the Eight-Tails from Killer B.
• Satoru appeared behind Madara, and the statue's chains pierced Minato's Kurama Mode without extracting Kurama.
• Satoru explained that the captured Jinchuriki needed their Tailed Beast Chakra removed before their seals could be replaced, then used Natural Energy to wake them.
• Minato shared Kurama's Chakra with the fighters, while Tsunade summoned Katsuyu to heal them.
• Madara questioned Satoru about what he had done to Kurama, then threatened to beat him until he revealed the truth.

Satoru explained the Sage of Six Paths and the danger behind Madara’s Eye of the Moon plan, while keeping the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path trapped. Madara rejected Satoru’s claims and revealed that he had grafted Hashirama’s face onto his body to awaken the Rinnegan.

• Aluneth told Kurama that Satoru had met the Sage of Six Paths and learned that the Eye of the Moon ritual would resurrect a powerful being beyond Madara.
• Satoru confined the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path inside a powerful barrier while he spoke with Madara.
• Madara refused to believe Satoru had met the Sage of Six Paths, but Satoru’s presence and power unsettled him.
• Madara demanded to know how Satoru had obtained Sage of Six Paths Technique and claimed only someone who awakened the Rinnegan could possess it.
• Madara tore open his armor, revealing that he had grafted part of Hashirama’s body onto himself to awaken the Rinnegan.

Madara rejected Satoru’s warnings and revealed that his dream of creating a beautiful world was his own conviction, not the stone tablet’s or the Sage of Six Paths’. He combined the True Several Thousand Hands with Complete Body Susanoo, leaving Satoru to face his full power.

• Madara dismissed Satoru’s arguments, declared that he would create his ideal world himself, and prepared to defeat him.
• Satoru taunted Madara about how his pursuit of Hashirama’s power had narrowed his vision, prompting Madara to recall their shared past and reaffirm his resolve.
• Madara summoned Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands and clad the statue in Armored Susanoo.
• Nawaki watched in amazement while Uchiha Fugaku explained that Madara could coordinate both techniques because he controlled them himself.
• Nawaki suggested that he and Fugaku should build coordination as the Senju and Uchiha of their era, and Fugaku agreed to consider training their children together.

Satoru used his newly strengthened Authority and the Star Soul’s energy to confront Madara, while Minato and Nagato learned that the Uchiha Stone Tablet had been altered. The Tailed Beasts reconnected with their Jinchuriki and Kurama began preparing them to negotiate for their freedom.

• Satoru blocked Madara’s Armored Susanoo Several Thousand Hands Transformed Buddha with an Arcane Shield fueled by the Star Soul’s limitless energy.
• Minato and Nagato discussed Madara’s strength and learned from Kurama that Satoru had met the Sage of Six Paths and confirmed that the stone tablet’s information had been altered.
• The Jinchuriki reconnected with their Tailed Beasts, whose attitudes toward them had improved.
• Kurama explained that Satoru’s barrier let the Tailed Beasts communicate despite being sealed inside the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Kurama said he would teach the Tailed Beasts to channel their Chakra so they could use their cooperation as leverage to escape the Jinchuriki and power portals to their villages.

Satoru demonstrated the limits of Madara’s Six Paths power and created four independent elemental giants by combining arcane magic with Six Paths authority. The newly born Titanforged pledged themselves to Satoru and prepared to fight Madara.

• The tailed beasts celebrated their freedom and considered whether to remain connected to their original Jinchuriki.
• Madara’s barrage failed to break Satoru’s Arcane Shield, and Satoru knocked away Madara’s Limbo Clone.
• Madara summoned Limbo Susanoo, but Satoru explained that Madara could not fully use Six Paths power.
• Satoru combined arcane magic and Six Paths authority to create four intelligent elemental giants: the Rock Giant, Wave Giant, Flame Giant, and Storm Giant.
• The giants pledged to maintain elemental balance and repair the wounds left by the God Tree, then obeyed Satoru’s order to attack Madara.

Satoru freed the eight Tailed Beasts and began breaking down the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path while Madara fought the Four Elemental Lords. Madara learned the statue’s missing lower leg and a fragment containing some of the Tailed Beasts’ Chakra could give him a way to restore it, so he ordered a retreat to retrieve the leg.

• Satoru released the eight Tailed Beasts, which returned to their Jinchuriki, and gave Rasa a Yin-Yang Release tea kettle for Shukaku.
• Satoru used Aluneth to gradually disassemble the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, sensing its vast Natural Energy and life energy.
• Black Zetsu warned Madara that destroying the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path would ruin the Eye of the Moon Plan and revealed that its missing lower leg remained in Amegakure.
• A White Zetsu showed Madara a fragment of the statue containing Chakra from the eight Tailed Beasts, which Madara had arranged to preserve.
• Madara ordered his forces to withdraw and retrieve the statue’s lower leg from Amegakure.

After Madara retreated, Satoru repaired Takama-ga-hara, arranged defenses and support, and met with Rasa. Rasa explained that Sunagakure lacked a suitable Jinchuriki for Shukaku and hinted that someone could fill the role, though he hoped to avoid it.

• Madara retreated, and Satoru hoped he would discover Black Zetsu’s deception and reconsider his path.
• Satoru restored and strengthened Takama-ga-hara, recreated Nagato’s eye, and sent a clone with the Execution Force and Ao to Kirigakure.
• Satoru met Rasa, who said that Perfect Jinchuriki could use Tailed Beast Chakra more effectively than the beasts themselves.
• Rasa told Satoru that Sunagakure had a possible Jinchuriki for Shukaku, but he did not want that person to take on the role unless absolutely necessary.

Rasa asked Satoru how Sunagakure could use Shukaku’s chakra without a Jinchuriki, and Satoru proposed exchanging Shukaku’s freedom for a reliable supply of chakra. Rasa accepted the proposal, leaving Sunagakure’s control over its sole Tailed Beast in question.

• Rasa explained that he had honored Bunpuku’s memory and no longer wanted to force a Jinchuriki to host Shukaku.
• Satoru confirmed that the Tailed Beasts had been protected by their Jinchuriki before Madara extracted them, and said he could help Shukaku provide chakra without a host.
• Satoru said the Nine-Tails could persuade Shukaku to cooperate, but only if Sunagakure freed him from his seal.
• Rasa questioned whether Shukaku’s chakra supply could be reliable, and Satoru promised to oversee a binding contract.
• Rasa agreed to let Shukaku exchange his freedom for his chakra.