Chapter Summaries

Minato prepared to retrieve the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and the Rinnegan so he could try to revive Jiraiya, while Natsu Yuu planned to take him to the moon afterward. As Minato was about to leave, the Nine-Tails sensed the Sage of Six Paths nearby.

• Minato told Kushina that he intended to revive Jiraiya using the Rinnegan and retrieve it from Obito's Mountain Graveyard Base.
• Kushina insisted on joining Minato in the future fight against Jigen, and Minato agreed after promising to prepare safeguards.
• Natsu Yuu told Minato that the Rinnegan could revive Jiraiya under strict conditions and let him leave to retrieve it.
• Natsu Yuu planned to take Minato to the moon later to obtain the Giant Tenseigan, which could help him face Jigen.
• The Nine-Tails called out to Minato and said it could sense the Sage of Six Paths nearby.

Hagoromo Otsutsuki appeared to meet Natsu Yuu and investigate how the future of the Ninja World had changed. Natsu Yuu revealed that he came from another dimensional world, and Hagoromo asked him to state his true purpose before deciding whether to intervene.

• Hagoromo Otsutsuki manifested as a soul in Minato's living room and greeted Natsu Yuu as the Sage of the Dao Path.
• Kurama complained that Hagoromo had kept him waiting and asked whether Minato was the guide he had promised.
• Hagoromo set aside Kurama's complaints and began speaking with Natsu Yuu, while Minato and Kurama listened and Kushina watched from the bedroom doorway.
• Natsu Yuu explained that he came from another dimensional world and described how parallel Ninja Worlds could develop along different timelines.
• Natsu Yuu demonstrated his knowledge of Hagoromo's past, including his conflict with Kaguya and the death of his first love, leaving Hagoromo to assume another version of himself had confided in him.
• Hagoromo asked Natsu Yuu to reveal his true purpose and said he would not interfere unless it endangered the entire Ninja World.

Natsu Yuu told Hagoromo Otsutsuki that he intended to unify the Ninja World to bring peace, and Hagoromo reluctantly accepted that the world could try new changes. Natsu Yuu also explained Kaguya’s history with Isshiki and warned that the Ōtsutsuki Clan would eventually threaten the Ninja World, leaving Hagoromo to confront whether the Pure Land could protect it.

• Natsu Yuu said he planned to unify the Ninja World for peace, and Hagoromo questioned whether forced unification was justified.
• Natsu Yuu showed Hagoromo the Qiankun Golden Cymbals, prompting Hagoromo to accept that the Ninja World could try new changes rather than risk a fight.
• Natsu Yuu explained that Isshiki had survived by inhabiting Jigen after Kaguya ambushed him and used part of his body to nourish the Ten-Tails.
• Hagoromo revealed that he had created the Pure Land to gather shinobi souls as a defense against the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
• Natsu Yuu warned that the first Ōtsutsuki would arrive in about forty years and asked whether Hagoromo could protect the Ninja World from them.

Minato asked the Sage of Six Paths why he had created the Tailed Beasts, and Hagoromo explained that he had divided the Ten-Tails’ chakra, wanted the beasts to have freedom, and hoped someone would accept them as companions. He also revealed that he hoped this acceptance might help people understand his mother, Kaguya, leaving Kurama furious over Hagoromo’s story about how cute the young beasts had been.

• Old Man of Six Paths accepted Natsu Yuu’s plans and agreed to leave the Ninja World’s future to the shinobi.
• Minato asked the Sage of Six Paths why he had created the Nine Tailed Beasts, while Kurama listened from within him.
• Hagoromo explained that he divided the Ten-Tails’ chakra for safety and wanted the Tailed Beasts to have free will.
• Hagoromo said he had hoped a child of destiny would accept the Tailed Beasts and that this might help humanity accept Kaguya.
• Hagoromo recalled that the young Tailed Beasts had been cute and cuddly, prompting Kurama to angrily threaten him.

The Sage of Six Paths gave Minato Namikaze his Yin-Yang Release knowledge and urged him to work with Kurama to protect the Ninja World. After the Sage departed, Natsu Yuu reassured Minato and left the question of unity and peace for him to consider when the time came.

• The Sage of Six Paths teased Kurama about crying before asking Minato and Kurama to cooperate against future enemies.
• The Sage of Six Paths passed most of his Yin-Yang Release Techniques to Minato, who began absorbing the knowledge.
• Natsu Yuu considered how Minato might eventually gain the resources to use the techniques more fully.
• The Sage of Six Paths bid farewell and returned to the Pure Land after warning Kurama not to cry again.
• Minato asked Natsu Yuu about the Sage and the future of unity and peace, and Natsu Yuu told him not to worry until he faced a choice.

Natsu Yuu checked the unification progress across the ninja worlds and went to investigate why Ninja World 2 had fallen behind. There, Danzo used his academy instructor post to train Sunagakure’s future elites and build influence over the village.

• Natsu Yuu noted that Ninja World 2’s unification progress had dropped from 54% to 52% and decided to check on Tobirama 2.
• Danzo taught a handpicked class of thirteen Sunagakure students, including future village leaders and elite ninja.
• Danzo demonstrated his Shimura Clan technique, Wind Style: Vacuum Wave, and split a boulder with its wind blade.
• Danzo told the students to practice the technique and promised a generous reward to whoever mastered it first.

Young Danzo continued teaching Wind Style to Sand Ninja and spoke with the older Danzo about their plans and weapons. The older Danzo was gaining influence in Sunagakure, while the younger one asked him to find a more powerful replacement for his mechanical arm.

• Young Danzo rewarded Hada Saemon with a Chakra Metal kunai after Hada Saemon and Jōseki learned Wind Style: Vacuum Wave.
• Young Danzo told the old Danzo he intended to teach the Sand Ninja Shimura Clan Wind Style techniques, despite the risk of them being leaked.
• The old Danzo said Obito's attacks and the Fourth Kazekage's death had left Sunagakure in chaos, giving him a chance to gain power there.
• The two Danzos argued before discussing the old Danzo's mechanical puppet arm, which Chiyo had equipped with tools.
• The old Danzo described Amegakure's missile and laser weapons, and young Danzo asked him to get a set for his arm.

Shamon reviewed Danzo’s teaching and Sharingan experiments while planning how Sunagakure could protect itself from Konoha’s growing power. The chapter ended as Chiyo kicked open the Kazekage Office door.

• Shamon heard that Danzo had taught Vacuum Wave at the school, and ordered the Anbu ninja to keep watching him.
• Shamon learned that two Sharingan test subjects had gone insane while subject three could use some abilities but not Genjutsu.
• Shamon urged the researcher to speed up the Sharingan experiments because he hoped its Genjutsu could help Sunagakure control the One-Tail.
• Chiyo kicked open the door to Shamon’s office.

Chiyo confronted Shamon over the marriage alliance he arranged for her with the Chikamatsu line, while Shamon argued that it would benefit Sunagakure. He offered her room to choose after the alliance, but urgent news that Kirigakure had attacked Konoha interrupted them.

• Chiyo stormed into the Kazekage Office and demanded that Shamon cancel her arranged marriage to Chikamatsu Fujimaru.
• Shamon admitted he supported the alliance to strengthen Sunagakure and give Chiyo access to the Chikamatsu line's puppet techniques.
• Chiyo refused to accept the marriage as a sacrifice for the village and denied having feelings for Danzo.
• Shamon told Chiyo he would not oppose her relationship with Danzo after the alliance, leaving her conflicted as she headed home to think.
• An Anbu ninja delivered an urgent intelligence scroll, and Shamon learned that Kirigakure had launched a surprise attack and started a war against Konoha.

After learning that Kirigakure’s forces had advanced into the Land of Fire, Kazekage Shamon ordered Sunagakure to mobilize so it could exploit whichever side weakened. He kept Chiyo in the village as his successor and instructed her how to protect Sunagakure if he died.

• Chiyo and Kazekage Shamon discussed reports that Kirigakure’s main force had left the Land of Water to attack Konoha.
• Shamon ordered Sunagakure to assemble its troops and leave that night to preserve the village’s options.
• Shamon forbade Chiyo from joining the expedition and ordered her to stay and guard the village.
• Shamon named Chiyo as his successor if he died and told her to eliminate the Chikamatsu Clan if they threatened her authority.
• Chiyo accepted his orders and left to prepare to reassure the village after the troops departed.

Tobirama led Konoha’s forces to meet Kirigakure’s huge invasion, while Hiruzen worried about possible attacks from other villages and Danzo’s safety. The armies encountered each other in a forest, and a large-scale battle began.

• Tobirama ordered Hiruzen to lead Konoha’s main forces, including elite shinobi and Uzumaki Ninja, out to meet Kirigakure’s twenty thousand troops.
• Hiruzen warned Tobirama that Kirigakure might be plotting with another power, and Tobirama assured him that Sunagakure’s troops were not heading toward Konoha.
• Hiruzen asked about Danzo, and Tobirama told him Danzo had stayed safely inside Sunagakure.
• Tobirama told Hiruzen that Konoha would defeat Sunagakure if it attacked during the battle, then sent him to the front of the army.
• Kirigakure’s force crossed into the Land of Fire and marched inland, meeting Konoha’s army in a dense forest on the fourth morning.
• Konoha and Kirigakure began a fierce, large-scale battle.

Tobirama and Kagami launched a decapitation operation against Kirigakure’s acting Mizukage, Genji, to end the battle quickly and reduce Konoha’s casualties. They reached Kirigakure’s rear and fought through the defenders, leaving Kagami’s attack to clear a path toward Genji in the mist.

• Tobirama left Hiruzen in command of the battlefield and set out with Kagami to kill Genji.
• Kagami controlled a Kirigakure jōnin and sent him, carrying a Flying Thunder God Mark, to the medical unit behind Kirigakure’s lines.
• Tobirama and Kagami teleported to Kirigakure’s rear, created clones, and fought their way toward Genji.
• Genji ordered his guards to intercept them and used the Hiding in Mist Technique to conceal himself.
• Tobirama sensed Genji’s Chakra through the ground and located him in the mist.
• Kagami unleashed Fire Style: Great Fire Destruction, clearing a path toward Genji.

Tobirama killed Genji, but Kirigakure unleashed Isobu and its Tailed Beast Bombs on the battlefield. After Kagami failed to control Isobu because another Sharingan user already held it, Tobirama realized three Tailed Beasts had appeared.

• Tobirama and Kagami coordinated their attacks to kill Genji, who revealed that he had set a trap before Tobirama beheaded him.
• Isobu fired a Tailed Beast Bomb into the battle, killing thousands of shinobi from both Konoha and Kirigakure.
• Tobirama rushed to Isobu and redirected its next Tailed Beast Bomb with Minato's Flying Thunder God Guiding Thunder barrier.
• Kagami tried to control Isobu with his Mangekyō Sharingan, but Tobirama realized someone else had already taken control of the Three-Tails.
• Tobirama sensed two more Tailed Beasts joining Isobu on the battlefield.

Madara Uchiha appeared with three Genjutsu-controlled Tailed Beasts and attacked Tobirama Senju's forces. Mito Uzumaki tried to reason with Madara while Tobirama arranged a retreat, but Madara broke her chains and began his assault.

• Madara revealed himself atop Isobu and taunted Tobirama, confirming his role in manipulating the war.
• Tobirama interrupted two Tailed Beasts' attacks with Water Release, while Madara protected Isobu from his assault.
• Mito arrived and bound Isobu with Adamantine Sealing Chains, stopping its Tailed Beast Bomb charge.
• Tobirama teleported to Hiruzen Sarutobi and ordered Konoha's forces to retreat.
• Madara rejected Mito's pleas, broke free of her chains, and clad Isobu in Susanoo before beginning the slaughter.

Tobirama, Mito, and Kagami split up to fight Madara and the Tailed Beasts he controlled. Mito restrained the Eight-Tails, but Madara’s Susanoo-wielding clones severed her chains and freed it.

• Tobirama told Mito that Madara could not be reasoned with, and the three shinobi split up to hold back the Tailed Beasts.
• Mito went after the Eight-Tails while Kagami charged the Six-Tails, resolving to fight even his respected ancestor Madara.
• Madara revealed his grudges against Tobirama and explained that he had taken control of Kirigakure and captured Tailed Beasts to stop Konoha’s expansion and protect his Moon Eye Plan.
• As the battle began, Kirigakure Shinobi fled from the three Tailed Beasts and the danger of their attacks.
• Mito bound the Eight-Tails with her Adamantine Sealing Chains, but five of Madara’s clones appeared and used full-body Susanoo to cut the chains and free it.

Madara's clones rescued the Eight-Tails while Mito held them off, and Kagami fought the Six-Tails without his second Mangekyō Sharingan. Tobirama's attacks barely scratched Madara's strengthened Susanoo, leaving him unable to challenge Madara's defense.

• Madara used one wood clone to shield the Eight-Tails from Mito while his other clones stayed back.
• Kagami used Fire Release and the Body Flicker Technique to fight Saiken, but its size and corrosive defense kept him from landing effective hits.
• Madara watched Kagami fight and recognized the Fire Release techniques he had created, while lamenting Kagami's missing Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Tobirama attacked Madara with Water Severing Wave and Hard Whirlpool Water Blade, but the attacks only scratched Madara's Susanoo before it quickly repaired itself.
• Madara explained that his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan had grown stronger over time and mocked Tobirama for being unable to break through his Susanoo.

Tobirama’s Mutual Multiplication Summoning Technique destroyed Madara’s Susanoo and injured him, but Madara revealed Hashirama’s face on his chest and healed. Madara then unleashed Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence, creating a vast forest that engulfed most of the Konoha and Kirigakure forces.

• Tobirama trapped Madara’s Armored Susanoo in a mass of water and bombarded it with an endless chain of explosions.
• The blast destroyed the Susanoo and injured Madara, while the Three-Tails survived and lay sprawled on the ground.
• Madara healed, revealed Hashirama’s face on his chest, and taunted Tobirama with it.
• Tobirama condemned Madara for defiling Hashirama’s face, and Madara declared he would show who was worthy of Hashirama’s power.
• Madara used Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence to create a forest thousands of meters wide that engulfed most of the Konoha and Kirigakure forces.

Madara revealed that he had mastered Wood Style and drove Tobirama, Kagami, and Mito Uzumaki to flee the battlefield. He then incapacitated thousands of Konoha and Kirigakure shinobi with poisonous pollen and used them as hostages, firing three Tailed Beast Bombs toward them to force Tobirama to choose between escape and saving his forces.

• Madara used Wood Style to overwhelm Tobirama, who dodged the attacks and tried the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique.
• Madara broke Tobirama's genjutsu, but Tobirama used Flying Thunder God to escape with Kagami and Mito Uzumaki.
• Madara released poisonous pollen with Wood Style: Advent of a World of Flowering Trees, knocking out the Konoha and Kirigakure shinobi in the forest.
• Madara controlled the Three-Tails, Six-Tails, and Eight-Tails and made them charge Tailed Beast Bombs at the unconscious Konoha shinobi.
• Madara fired all three Tailed Beast Bombs toward the hostages to pressure Tobirama into returning.

Tobirama diverted Madara’s Tailed Beast Bombs to protect the unconscious Konoha shinobi while Mito Uzumaki and Kagami secretly seized control of the Six-Tails and Eight-Tails. The battle remained in Madara’s favor, but Tobirama’s side gained two powerful allies.

• Tobirama teleported three Tailed Beast Bombs away from the unconscious Konoha shinobi, and Madara taunted him while preparing more attacks.
• Madara fired successive volleys that forced Tobirama to divert the bombs and rapidly drained his Chakra.
• Mito Uzumaki and Kagami approached the Six-Tails underground and used the Contract Seal and Kagami’s Mangekyō Genjutsu to take control of it.
• Kagami directed the Six-Tails to strike Madara’s Wood Style clones atop the Eight-Tails, destroying all five.
• Tobirama teleported Mito and Kagami beside the Eight-Tails, where they broke Madara’s control and Kagami took control of the beast.

Tobirama and his allies used the Six-Tails, Eight-Tails, Mito’s chains, and Kagami’s hidden Tsukuyomi to create an opening in Madara’s Armored Susanoo. Tobirama teleported inside and reached Madara’s real body, leaving the rescue attempt poised for a close-range strike.

• Tobirama focused on rescuing the Konoha hostages by transporting Madara away with Flying Thunder God, while Madara attacked with the Three-Tails.
• Kagami used the Six-Tails and Eight-Tails to counter Madara’s Tailed Beast Bombs, but Armored Susanoo cut four of the Eight-Tails’ tails.
• The Eight-Tails obscured Susanoo with ink, and Mito used Adamantine Sealing Chains empowered by the Nine-Tails’ Chakra to restrain Madara briefly.
• Kagami struck Madara with Tsukuyomi, disrupting his thoughts and Chakra and opening a gap in Susanoo’s defenses.
• Tobirama sent kunai through the opening, used Flying Thunder God to enter Susanoo, and rushed up beside Madara’s real body.