Chapter Summaries

Bai Ye explained that Orochimaru likely controlled the Impure World Reincarnation forces and assigned the Allied ninja to deal with them while he faced Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju. He led the two revived Hokage away, leaving the others to begin the battle as the ninja world’s hard-won peace hung in the balance.

• Nagato questioned how Madara Uchiha had been revived, and Bai Ye suggested Madara had used another pair of Rinnegan.
• Bai Ye said Orochimaru was probably controlling the Impure World Reincarnation forces, though he was unsure whether Orochimaru wanted to join the war.
• Tsunade recognized Orochimaru’s involvement, and Ōnoki agreed that Bai Ye should handle Madara Uchiha while the others fought the revived ninja.
• Madara Uchiha reflected on why he had left Konoha and felt a brief envy of Bai Ye’s many supporters before rejecting the thought.
• Bai Ye told Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju to follow him and left the remaining revived ninja to the Allied forces.

Bai Ye faced Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju while the others handled the remaining revived fighters. Madara restored his original Rinnegan and returned the other pair to Bai Ye, while Obito Uchiha’s hopes of obtaining an eye were dashed.

• Tobirama Senju realized Bai Ye had drawn Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju away so the others could manage the remaining opponents.
• Madara Uchiha asked Bai Ye to exchange Rinnegan, and Bai Ye immediately handed him the container holding Madara’s original eyes.
• Tobirama Senju objected to Bai Ye giving Madara the eyes, but Bai Ye told him to stay out of it and said he wanted Madara at full strength.
• Madara Uchiha restored his original Rinnegan, then returned the other pair to Bai Ye rather than keeping them.
• Obito Uchiha silently abandoned his hope of taking a Rinnegan, while Madara Uchiha judged him inferior to Bai Ye and resolved not to give him the eyes.

Bai Ye rejected Hashirama Senju’s hope for a peaceful discussion and explained how Hashirama’s policies and Tobirama Senju’s Uchiha Threat Theory helped lead to the Great Ninja Wars and the Uchiha’s persecution. After Bai Ye revealed that Hiruzen Sarutobi’s government had planned to exterminate the Uchiha, Hiruzen confessed, leaving Hashirama horrified and Tobirama facing the consequences of his legacy.

• Madara Uchiha handed the Rinnegan back to Bai Ye, and Hashirama Senju urged them to discuss their conflict instead of fighting.
• Bai Ye told Hashirama Senju that war was unavoidable and explained that four Great Ninja Wars had occurred before the current one.
• Bai Ye blamed Hashirama’s distribution of the Tailed Beasts and Tobirama Senju’s Uchiha Threat Theory for worsening tensions after Hashirama’s death.
• Bai Ye told Tobirama Senju that his successors had used the Uchiha Threat Theory to plan the Uchiha clan’s extermination.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi admitted that his government had decided to attack the Uchiha, and Hashirama Senju was horrified by the revelation.

Bai Ye exposed Obito Uchiha as the one behind the Nine-Tails' rampage, and Obito defended his actions by invoking his plan and Rin. Madara Uchiha and Bai Ye agreed to settle the war in a decisive battle, with Hashirama Senju joining them as they left the battlefield for an uninhabited place.

• Hashirama Senju admitted he had failed to protect the relationship between Konoha and the Uchiha, while Hiruzen Sarutobi explained how fear after the Nine-Tails' attack had worsened the divide.
• Minato Namikaze sensed his Flying Thunder God mark on the Masked Man, and Bai Ye identified him as Obito Uchiha.
• Obito removed his mask and told Minato that his plan would let everyone reunite in another world, but Bai Ye condemned him for killing Minato and Kushina.
• Madara Uchiha ended the argument and asked how they would divide the fight.
• Bai Ye proposed fighting Madara and Hashirama while the others handled the remaining battle, and Madara agreed.
• Madara, Hashirama, and Bai Ye left for an uninhabited place to prepare for their decisive battle.

Obito forced the revived Kage to fight while rejecting attempts by Minato and Kakashi to make him stop. As Kakashi and his allies faced him, Nagato joined the coming battle to help Bai Ye protect the peace, leaving the final confrontation between Bai Ye and Madara Uchiha to determine the Shinobi World's future.

• The Second Mizukage and the other Kage said they did not want to fight, but Obito used his control to force them into battle.
• Minato Namikaze learned that Obito wanted a dream world where Rin, Minato, and Kushina could exist, while Tobirama Senju and the Second Tsuchikage questioned why he wanted to continue fighting.
• Black Zetsu stayed with Obito rather than join the battle, saying that he and Zetsu could not change its outcome without the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Kakashi tried to persuade Obito to stop, but Obito rejected him and accused him of killing Rin; Might Guy urged Kakashi to capture Obito instead.
• Nagato and Konan discussed Obito's true identity, and Nagato chose to fight despite Konan's concern about his recovery.

Konan urged Nagato to be careful as they joined the war, while Tobirama Senju asked Tsunade what had happened to Konoha after his death. Tsunade explained that Hiruzen Sarutobi’s control had weakened by the time he moved against the Uchiha.

• Konan told Nagato not to charge ahead and said she would protect him, but he ran toward the battlefield anyway.
• Tobirama Senju asked Tsunade to catch and seal him if he lost control, and she warned that she could barely keep up with him.
• Tobirama Senju asked Tsunade about Konoha, and she told him that Hiruzen Sarutobi had become Hokage after his death.
• Tobirama Senju questioned whether Hiruzen had controlled Konoha when the Uchiha Clan Downfall Night occurred.
• Tsunade explained that Hiruzen had gained control after returning to power, but Konoha later weakened through wars and the loss of its strongest fighters; after Minato Namikaze died, Hiruzen returned to office with diminished control and moved against the Uchiha.

Tobirama Senju and the former Kage learned how Konoha’s leadership and the other villages had changed, including how Bai Ye unified the Shinobi World. The chapter left them acknowledging that life in the united Konoha was better for the former villages, despite their defeat.

• Tsunade explained that Hiruzen Sarutobi had taken power without the jonin vote, and Tobirama Senju reflected on why he had chosen him and how the decision had become a test.
• Tobirama Senju asked why Hiruzen Sarutobi returned as Hokage after the Fourth died, and Tsunade explained that capable shinobi had died or left while she refused the position.
• Tobirama Senju accepted that Konoha’s unification of the Shinobi World was a good outcome, even though Bai Ye was an Uchiha he considered inherently evil.
• Third A confronted Fourth A about Kumogakure’s disappearance, and Fourth A admitted that Bai Ye had been too strong to resist.
• Fourth A told Third A that Kumogakure was doing better within Konoha, and the former Kage considered how Konoha’s resources and central location had benefited the united villages.

Third A learned that the merged villages retained voting rights under Bai Ye, while Mei Terumi explained to the Second Mizukage how the Bloody Mist Policy had destroyed Mist Village's bloodline clans. The Second Mizukage accepted that merging with Konoha had been the right choice, and Third A prepared to test Fourth A's strength.

• Fourth A told Third A that leaders from the five villages voted on decisions, which Bai Ye usually approved while leaving them room to govern.
• Third A accepted that the arrangement offered both political influence and a better life, then challenged Fourth A to show how much stronger he had become.
• The Second Mizukage questioned Mei Terumi about Mist Village's missing ninjas and bloodline clans, and she revealed they had not fought Konoha before merging with it.
• Mei Terumi explained that Uchiha Obito had controlled the Fourth Mizukage, whose Bloody Mist Policy wiped out the bloodline clans and drove many elite ninjas to death or defection.
• The Second Mizukage concluded that Mei Terumi had made the right decision to merge with Konoha and mourned the clans lost to their own village.

The Second Mizukage and Mū explained their abilities and prepared to be sealed, while Mū and Ōnoki discussed the fall of the Stone Ninja. Obito, Zetsu, Orochimaru, and Kabuto watched the stalled war, and Orochimaru reflected on how the Rinnegan had been created.

• The Second Mizukage told Mei Terumi his abilities and weaknesses so she could find a way to seal him.
• Mū reassured Ōnoki about Hidden Stone’s fate, then asked him to try sealing him despite Ōnoki’s doubts.
• Ōnoki told Mū that Deidara had once been a candidate for Fourth Tsuchikage, but had run away before returning to a village with no Stone Ninja left.
• Obito and Zetsu discussed why the resurrected ninja were not fighting and concluded they would wait to see whether Madara Uchiha or Bai Ye prevailed.
• Orochimaru and Kabuto watched the war, and Orochimaru explained that combining Uchiha and Senju powers could produce the Rinnegan.

Orochimaru and Kabuto discussed the competing motives behind the battle as Madara Uchiha questioned Bai Ye about his Rinnegan. Bai Ye explained that awakening it required the Chakra of Indra and Ashura, leaving Madara to wonder how Bai Ye had obtained that power.

• Orochimaru told Kabuto that Madara Uchiha’s side might lose because Obito Uchiha and Madara had separate motives, while Bai Ye’s allies stood united.
• Madara Uchiha delayed fighting Bai Ye and asked how Bai Ye had obtained the Rinnegan; Hashirama Senju also wondered whether Bai Ye had used his cells.
• Bai Ye explained that the Rinnegan required both Uchiha and Senju bloodlines and the Chakra of Indra and Ashura, who reincarnated across generations.
• Madara Uchiha realized that Bai Ye could not be Indra’s next reincarnation based on the timing and began suspecting Bai Ye had somehow acquired the Chakra from the reincarnations.

Bai Ye challenged Madara Uchiha’s certainty about the Moon Eye Plan, revealing that Infinite Tsukuyomi would turn its victims into White Zetsu and end the world. The chapter ended with Madara stunned that Bai Ye had seen the Uchiha Stone Tablet but questioned whether its information was false.

• Madara Uchiha doubted his understanding of the world after Bai Ye revealed knowledge about the Rinnegan and reincarnated Chakra.
• Madara Uchiha asked Bai Ye what he thought of the Moon Eye Plan, and Bai Ye suggested the plan might be fake.
• Bai Ye explained the Moon Eye Plan to Hashirama Senju, who questioned what Infinite Tsukuyomi was.
• Madara Uchiha described Infinite Tsukuyomi as a way to bring peace, but Bai Ye warned that it would trap everyone, drain their Chakra, and turn them into White Zetsu.
• Madara Uchiha realized Bai Ye had seen the Uchiha Stone Tablet, and Bai Ye asked whether Madara had considered that the tablet might be wrong.

Bai Ye challenged Madara Uchiha’s belief in the Infinite Tsukuyomi, but Madara rejected his doubts and chose to fight. Bai Ye summoned the Hamura Statue to face Hashirama Senju, who recognized the Hyuga clan’s connection to Otsutsuki Hamura.

• Bai Ye questioned why the Sage of Six Paths had left the Infinite Tsukuyomi for others instead of using it himself, but Madara Uchiha dismissed the idea as an attempt to shake his resolve.
• Bai Ye said Madara would pursue his plan regardless, and Hashirama Senju agreed that Madara could not be persuaded without being defeated.
• Madara Uchiha decided to fight, while Hashirama Senju warned Bai Ye to be careful; Bai Ye assured him that he was stronger than they expected.
• Bai Ye summoned the Hamura Statue and told Hashirama Senju that it carried the power of Otsutsuki Hamura, ancestor of the Hyuga clan.
• Hashirama Senju recalled his old friend Hyuga Tenjin and laughed at the thought that the Senju, Uchiha, and Hyuga clans had been competing within the Otsutsuki lineage.

Bai Ye revealed that the Otsutsuki clan and the Infinite Tsukuyomi were tied to Kaguya Otsutsuki, but he refused to use that truth to persuade Madara Uchiha. The two prepared to fight, and Bai Ye used his Rinnegan to see Madara’s four Limbo shadows.

• Bai Ye explained that the Hyuga clan had not mastered its Otsutsuki power and told Madara Uchiha that Kaguya Otsutsuki was the mother of the Sage of Six Paths and Otsutsuki Hamura.
• Bai Ye revealed that the Infinite Tsukuyomi was meant to revive Kaguya Otsutsuki, prompting Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha to question the plan’s purpose.
• Bai Ye said he intended to defeat Madara Uchiha rather than persuade him, and Madara agreed that only the victor would decide the Shinobi World’s future.
• Hashirama Senju began fighting the Hamura Statue while Madara Uchiha faced Bai Ye and questioned how he possessed the Hyuga clan’s bloodline limit.
• Madara Uchiha used Limbo: Border Jail to create four shadows, and Bai Ye switched to the Rinnegan and saw them.

Bai Ye countered Madara Uchiha’s Limbo: Border Jail with his Six Paths powers, leaving Madara’s new ability exposed as an advanced Shadow Clone. The Sage of Six Paths watched Bai Ye with growing concern and considered whether he should entrust him with power to stop Kaguya Otsutsuki’s resurrection.

• Madara Uchiha tested whether Bai Ye could see his Limbo shadow, and Bai Ye struck it, causing Madara to be wounded.
• The Sage of Six Paths realized that Bai Ye possessed Yin and Yang powers as well as Otsutsuki Hamura’s power, though he could not understand how Bai Ye had obtained them.
• The Sage of Six Paths considered granting Bai Ye more power to stop Kaguya Otsutsuki, but worried that Bai Ye might become uncontrollable.
• Hashirama Senju asked what had happened, and Bai Ye called Madara’s Limbo: Border Jail an advanced Shadow Clone.

Madara Uchiha’s Rinnegan techniques failed against Bai Ye, who destroyed the falling meteor with Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion. As Orochimaru and Kabuto watched, Orochimaru explained that Madara had sought their help because he lacked confidence in defeating Bai Ye, and he marveled at how much Bai Ye knew.

• Madara Uchiha tried to use Limbo: Border Jail against Bai Ye, but Bai Ye saw through and countered the shadows.
• Madara Uchiha summoned a massive meteor, and Bai Ye destroyed it with Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.
• Orochimaru and Kabuto watched Bai Ye overpower Madara and wondered whether Madara was about to lose.
• Orochimaru told Kabuto that Madara had sought their help with Impure World Reincarnation because he doubted his own strength against Bai Ye.
• Orochimaru concluded that Bai Ye knew more than Madara after Bai Ye exposed the Moon Eye Plan and revealed information about the Uchiha, Senju, Hyuga, and Otsutsuki clans.

Orochimaru decided to abandon his research into the Sharingan and related powers after learning they depended on inherited chakra he could not reproduce, and he and Kabuto accepted that they might need to flee after the battle. Meanwhile, Bai Ye continued to overpower Madara Uchiha, who began doubting his Moon Eye Plan but resolved to follow his chosen path to the end.

• Kabuto concluded that Orochimaru’s experiments lacked Indra’s and Ashura’s chakra, and Orochimaru said they should stop researching that path.
• Orochimaru explained that borrowed bloodline powers could not be used properly and chose to investigate other subjects, such as senjutsu.
• Kabuto worried that the battle’s outcome would prevent them from conducting research, and Orochimaru said they could run away until the danger passed.
• Bai Ye gained the upper hand against Madara Uchiha and pointed out that Madara could no longer obtain the Tailed Beasts or rely on his abilities.
• Madara Uchiha began to question whether his Moon Eye Plan was flawed, but decided he would not turn back from the path he had chosen.

Bai Ye overwhelmed Madara Uchiha, whose resolve to pursue Infinite Tsukuyomi remained unshaken, while the Sage of Six Paths reconsidered whether to intervene. The Sage decided to keep watching as Bai Ye appeared to be guiding the ninja world in a safer direction.

• Madara Uchiha decided to continue pursuing his ideals even if his plan was wrong, while Hashirama Senju urged him to live and help change the ninja world with Bai Ye.
• Bai Ye declared that the fight should end and summoned Truth-Seeking Orbs, leaving Madara Uchiha trapped and at a disadvantage.
• The Sage of Six Paths realized Bai Ye possessed the Tenseigan and Six Paths Power, and questioned how he could handle someone so strong.
• The Sage of Six Paths considered contacting Bai Ye but chose to wait and monitor whether he might become dangerous.
• The Sage of Six Paths concluded that Madara Uchiha could not be trusted with more power and that Bai Ye's actions did not currently threaten the ninja world.

Bai Ye defeated Madara Uchiha and revealed that Black Zetsu had manipulated him into pursuing the Eye of the Moon Plan to resurrect Kaguya Otsutsuki. As Madara’s body collapsed, he reflected on his failures and his departure from the Uchiha clan, leaving his fate at the point of death.

• Bai Ye’s Truth-Seeking Orb pierced Madara Uchiha, and Madara admitted he could not resist the power as his body crumbled.
• Madara Uchiha asked whether Bai Ye’s claims were true, and Bai Ye explained that Black Zetsu had altered the Uchiha Stone Tablet and used Madara to resurrect Kaguya Otsutsuki.
• Madara Uchiha realized the Eye of the Moon Plan had been someone else’s design, while Hashirama Senju urged him to accept that their era had passed.
• Madara Uchiha told Hashirama Senju that he had sought peace after Izuna’s death and believed the Uchiha were doomed, but Bai Ye had changed their fate.
• Bai Ye said Madara Uchiha had helped create the Uchiha Threat Theory by bringing the Nine-Tails back to attack Konoha, and Madara recalled leaving the clan alone after its members refused to follow him.

Bai Ye explained to Madara Uchiha that the Uchiha clan had stopped trusting him after his defeat against the Senju clan, and that peace mattered more than forcing a perfect world through the Infinite Tsukuyomi. Madara accepted that peace had arrived and died, while Hashirama Senju asked Bai Ye to protect the village and learn from their mistakes.

• Bai Ye told Madara Uchiha that his defeat against the Senju clan had cost him the Uchiha clan's trust, so they would not have followed him out of Konoha.
• Bai Ye argued that people could enjoy hard-won peace without the Infinite Tsukuyomi, and Madara realized why so many people stood behind Bai Ye.
• Hashirama Senju urged Madara to leave the future to the living, and Madara accepted that peace had arrived before the Truth-Seeking Orb erased him.
• Hashirama Senju asked Bai Ye to seal him away, but Bai Ye said they could find the person who cast Impure World Reincarnation and have them release it.
• Hashirama Senju encouraged Bai Ye to protect the village and learn from the past so peace could endure.

Bai Ye discussed the dangers of Impure World Reincarnation with Hashirama Senju, then confronted Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi after Madara Uchiha’s defeat. He refused to let Orochimaru roam free but offered him a supervised research facility, leaving Orochimaru wary of Bai Ye’s intentions.

• Hashirama Senju urged Bai Ye to deal with Impure World Reincarnation and explained why he had opposed Tobirama Senju developing and sealing the technique.
• Hashirama Senju rejected the idea of being summoned to fight, and Bai Ye pointed out that he would be useless if Bai Ye could not handle a threat himself.
• Bai Ye called out Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi, who revealed themselves and asked what he planned to do with them.
• Bai Ye demanded that Orochimaru release Impure World Reincarnation, and Orochimaru agreed but asked for a peaceful place to conduct research.
• Bai Ye refused to let Orochimaru remain at large, but offered him a designated research facility, materials, and protection in exchange for reporting his work to the village.
• Orochimaru wondered whether Bai Ye’s offer concealed a trap, reflecting on how his pursuit of research had repeatedly drawn others after him.