Chapter Summaries

Kabuto Yakushi sent resurrected former Kage into battle against the Allied Shinobi Forces, using Impure World Reincarnation to control them. As the Kage confronted the alliance, Kabuto prepared to summon Madara Uchiha in a body restored and enhanced to his peak.

• Kabuto’s resurrected former Kage realized they were under his control and learned they would be forced to fight the entire Ninja World.
• The former Kage were sent toward the battlefield, helpless as their bodies moved against their will.
• The Allied Shinobi Forces detected the approaching army, and the Third Raikage recognized the chakra of the long-dead Second Raikage.
• Tsunade explained that Kabuto had learned and improved Impure World Reincarnation, while the Allied Kage realized many villages had been affected.
• Kabuto used the Second Tsuchikage’s body to summon a coffin containing Madara Uchiha, whom he had prepared as a restored and enhanced gift.

Kabuto Yakushi unleashed Madara Uchiha from the Impure World Reincarnation and sent him into battle against the Allied ninja forces. Madara overwhelmed the battlefield with his power and lethal taijutsu while Kabuto watched and analyzed him.

• The Second Tsuchikage summoned Madara Uchiha, who questioned why he had been revived with the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu rather than the Rebirth Technique.
• Kabuto Yakushi took control of the Second Tsuchikage’s body, and Madara recognized that Kabuto was using it to conceal himself.
• Kabuto challenged Madara to show his strength and warned him not to scheme against him, then lifted the restrictions controlling him.
• Madara released his immense chakra and charged into the battlefield, where his presence frightened the surrounding ninja and Kage.
• Madara killed a nearby ninja and then fought the Allied forces with swift, precise taijutsu as Kabuto analyzed his combat abilities.

Madara Uchiha overwhelmed the Allied shinobi with powerful attacks, forcing the Kage to join the battle. The Kage coordinated for the first time and Gaara managed to bind Madara Uchiha’s ankle, briefly catching him off guard.

• Kabuto Yakushi watched Madara Uchiha fight and wondered how Nanfeng would handle his improved body.
• Madara Uchiha knocked out a Mist swordsman, then brushed off Temari’s wind attack and unleashed Great Fire Annihilation against the shinobi.
• More than twenty Kirigakure shinobi combined their Water Release to stop the flames, but Madara Uchiha sent fireballs and a fire dragon through the steam, killing shinobi and drawing the Kage into the battle.
• Madara Uchiha dodged Tsunade’s attack and kicked her into a boulder, though she healed and got back up.
• The Tsuchikage used the Super Lightweight Rock Technique on Gaara’s sand, allowing Gaara to bind Madara Uchiha’s ankle and suspend him upside down.

Madara Uchiha repelled the Kage’s attack and summoned a gigantic meteor with Tengai Shinsei, plunging the Allied Shinobi Forces into despair. Ōnoki rose to meet it, using his Ninjutsu to reduce its weight in an attempt to stop the catastrophe.

• Madara Uchiha awakened his Eternal Mangekyo and used Susanoo to repel the Raikage’s attack, leaving Tsunade and the others stunned by its four arms and hand seals.
• Madara used Tengai Shinsei to summon a gigantic meteor, and its impending impact drove the Allied Shinobi Forces toward despair.
• Kabuto Yakushi praised Madara’s destructive power and the damage it dealt to the enemy’s morale.
• Ōnoki used the Super Lightweight Rock Technique and flew up to touch the meteor, rapidly draining his chakra and causing his nose to bleed.

Ōnoki stopped Madara Uchiha’s first meteor but collapsed when Madara summoned a second, and Nanfeng arrived to save him. Nanfeng and Madara exchanged words about their power and the Uchiha Clan before beginning their fight, which ended with Nanfeng’s Lightning Current cracking Madara’s Susanoo.

• Ōnoki halted Madara Uchiha’s meteor, but Madara revealed that a second meteor was coming and knocked Ōnoki unconscious with its pressure.
• Nanfeng arrived, caught the falling Ōnoki, and faced Madara as Kabuto Yakushi identified him as a powerful opponent.
• Nanfeng and Madara discussed Madara’s enhanced body, their eyes, and the fate of the Uchiha Clan.
• Madara attacked Nanfeng, who countered with Lightning Current and cracked Madara’s Susanoo.

Nanfeng and Madara Uchiha ended their battle after discussing Madara's plan and Kabuto Yakushi's role in reviving him. Kabuto revealed that Sasuke and Itachi Uchiha were approaching and planned to make them fight their parents, while Nanfeng hinted that Madara's future Rinnegan evolution could help him advance his own ocular technique.

• Madara Uchiha admitted that his unrestricted, immortal body made the battle with Nanfeng meaningless, and Nanfeng challenged his view of the situation.
• Nanfeng revealed that he knew Madara's plan from the Uchiha Clan's stone tablet, and Madara examined the strange power in Nanfeng's eyes.
• Kabuto Yakushi arrived through the Second Tsuchikage and said he had recovered from the Shinigami's backlash.
• Nanfeng warned Kabuto that his pursuers had found him, and Kabuto identified Sasuke and Itachi Uchiha and said he planned to make them fight their parents.
• Nanfeng tore the Second Tsuchikage's body apart in anger, but it regenerated through Impure World Reincarnation, and he hinted that he could eventually gain the power to attack souls.

Nanfeng, Madara Uchiha, and the other Kage faced off as Kabuto Yakushi sent the revived Kage into battle, while Itachi Uchiha and Sasuke reached Kabuto’s underground base. The brothers found Kabuto waiting beside two coffins beneath a massive chakra-draining tree.

• Kabuto Yakushi dismissed Nanfeng’s threat to destroy the Impure World Reincarnation bodies and sent the Second Tsuchikage and the other revived Kage to fight Tsunade and the others.
• The revived Kage charged at Tsunade and the others, who agreed to seek the one controlling them and free their souls.
• Nanfeng told Madara Uchiha that he was waiting to awaken his Rinnegan and that the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path still needed to absorb the tailed beasts’ power.
• Itachi Uchiha and Sasuke entered Kabuto Yakushi’s underground base and found a gigantic tree drawing chakra from them.
• Kabuto Yakushi greeted Itachi and Sasuke beside two enormous coffins beneath the tree.

Kabuto Yakushi used Impure World Reincarnation to bring Fugaku Uchiha and Mikoto Uchiha back and forced them to fight Sasuke and Itachi. As their battle began, Fugaku asked about his sons’ powers and the truth behind the Uchiha Clan’s destruction.

• Kabuto Yakushi revealed Fugaku Uchiha and Mikoto Uchiha in a coffin and revived them with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Kabuto Yakushi placed control talismans on Fugaku and Mikoto, forcing them to fight their sons.
• Fugaku Uchiha and Mikoto Uchiha apologized to Sasuke and Itachi for being unable to control their bodies, and Itachi drew his sword.
• Fugaku asked whether Sasuke and Itachi had awakened the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, and all three Uchiha summoned Susanoo.
• Sasuke told Fugaku that the Uchiha Clan had been used as a tool by those truly behind its destruction while Itachi fought Mikoto.
• Mikoto let Itachi’s kunai pierce her arm, used the opening to complete the Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu, and sent a storm of shuriken at all three Uchiha.

Itachi and Sasuke struggled against their reanimated parents while Kabuto controlled the battle and resisted Itachi’s Genjutsu. Fugaku prepared to test Sasuke’s Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan with a powerful Susanoo strike.

• Itachi blocked Mikoto’s attacks, then restrained her with Genjutsu rather than harming her.
• Sasuke used lightning around his body against Fugaku, but Kabuto explained that the reanimated corpses had no living weaknesses.
• Itachi ambushed Kabuto with Tsukuyomi, but Kabuto escaped by merging into the ground and quickly broke free.
• Kabuto took control of Fugaku, whose Susanoo attacked Itachi while Sasuke struck him with Amaterasu.
• Fugaku’s body regenerated through the flames, and he raised his Susanoo’s blade to test Sasuke’s Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.

Kabuto Yakushi and the Uchiha brothers reached a stalemate until Orochimaru arrived and sealed Fugaku Uchiha and Mikoto away. Orochimaru and Kabuto prepared to fight, while Sasuke and Itachi watched.

• Kabuto Yakushi watched Itachi Uchiha and Sasuke struggle against Fugaku Uchiha and began preparing a surprise attack.
• Itachi Uchiha asked Sasuke about sealing techniques, but Sasuke admitted he had never studied them.
• Orochimaru emerged from the shadows and exchanged words with Kabuto Yakushi about their diverging goals and past relationship.
• Orochimaru gave Itachi Uchiha a scroll that sealed Fugaku Uchiha and Mikoto, preventing Kabuto Yakushi from controlling them for a while.
• Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi transformed with their altered powers and prepared to fight as Sasuke and Itachi watched.

Nanfeng explained that he had arranged for Orochimaru to help deal with Kabuto Yakushi and the Impure World Reincarnation. Naruto and Killer B then encountered Obito Uchiha, who revealed that Danzo had become a controlled puppet and led an attack using six fighters with Mangekyō Sharingan and Rinnegan.

• Nanfeng told Madara Uchiha that he had sent Orochimaru to handle Kabuto Yakushi and seal the Impure World Reincarnation corpses.
• Madara Uchiha recalled his younger brother, and Nanfeng challenged him about failing to save him.
• Naruto and Killer B sensed danger in the forest and met Obito Uchiha and seven others, including Danzo.
• Obito Uchiha revealed that Danzo's body and soul were under someone else's control and said the Land of Rice plot had helped control him.
• Obito Uchiha admitted he wanted the Nine-Tails' chakra and ordered six fighters to attack Naruto and Killer B.
• Naruto and Killer B recognized that the six attackers' eyes resembled the powers Nagato had used for the Six Paths of Pain.

Naruto and Killer B faced Danzo’s enhanced Susanoo and Yata Mirror, which threatened to overwhelm their attacks. When Naruto revealed he could not use the Tailed Beast Bomb, the Nine-Tails suggested adapting the Rasengan’s method, and Naruto and Killer B ended by sharing the same enthusiastic catchphrase.

• Naruto warned Killer B that Danzo’s abilities might have been enhanced by Kabuto Yakushi, and Danzo charged at them in his Susanoo.
• Killer B used Samehada to avoid Danzo’s attack, while Naruto recognized the Yata Mirror as a powerful defense.
• Killer B asked whether Naruto could use the Tailed Beast Bomb, and Naruto realized he had never learned how to release it.
• Naruto confronted the Nine-Tails in his mindscape, and the Nine-Tails suggested releasing the Tailed Beast Bomb using the Rasengan’s method.
• Naruto told Killer B about his plan, and they said “So damn cool!” in unison.

Naruto and Killer B confronted Obito Uchiha and Danzo, while Obito used Madara Uchiha’s war fan to reflect Naruto’s attacks. Naruto recognized that the fan’s defense depended on the user’s chakra, leaving him to find a way to overpower it.

• Killer B was moved when Naruto repeated a phrase from his rap, but Naruto refused to join his musical ambitions.
• Naruto warned Killer B that enemies were approaching, and Killer B formed a dense chakra cloak around himself.
• Killer B fired a Tailed Beast Bomb at Danzo while Naruto studied how its chakra was constructed.
• Naruto formed golden chakra arms and launched attacks at Obito, who blocked them with Madara Uchiha’s war fan.
• Killer B recognized the fan, and Naruto realized its ability to reflect Ninjutsu depended on the chakra supplied by its user.
• Obito declared that the Uchiha viewed Tailed Beasts as livestock they could control and seal.

Obito Uchiha used the Six Paths of Pain and summoned beasts to try to capture Naruto and Killer B. As Naruto dodged the attacks, the Human Path grabbed at him and began pulling on his soul, alarming the Nine-Tails.

• Naruto grew furious when Obito Uchiha called the tailed beasts beasts, but Killer B warned him not to let Obito provoke him.
• Danzo and the Six Paths of Pain coordinated their attacks, using Susanoo, a missile, and summoned beasts against Naruto and Killer B.
• An invisible chameleon blocked Killer B and began absorbing his chakra, while Naruto spotted its outline and dodged its attacks.
• Obito Uchiha planned to use the Human Path to pull out Naruto's soul and leave him immobilized for the Nine-Headed Dragon Sealing Technique.
• The Human Path reached for Naruto's abdomen and began pulling at his soul, and the Nine-Tails warned Naruto what was happening.

Naruto resisted the Human Path’s soul extraction and discovered that Mount Myōboku’s Senjutsu Chakra could turn the Preta Path into stone. Naruto and Killer B launched powerful Tailed Beast Bombs at Danzo’s Susanoo, cracking its Yata Mirror as Obito disappeared.

• Naruto and the Nine-Tails fought the Human Path’s attempt to extract Naruto’s soul, while the Eight-Tails explained to Killer B how chakra and jinchuriki status could help resist the technique.
• The Preta Path absorbed Naruto’s chakra arm, then turned into a toad-like creature and petrified after absorbing Senjutsu Chakra.
• Naruto returned his soul to his body and asked Killer B to cover him while he gathered chakra.
• Naruto and Killer B fired Tailed Beast Bombs at Danzo’s Susanoo, and their attacks cracked the Yata Mirror.
• Obito commented on Danzo’s faltering defense and disappeared.

Obito reported the destruction caused by the Tailed Beast Bombs as Madara and Nanfeng prepared for the next stage of battle. Neji received a mission to identify White Zetsu infiltrators and left Sakura to guard the wounded.

• Obito returned from Kamui, found Danzo and the puppets destroyed, and told Madara that Naruto and Killer B were heading toward the battlefield.
• Nanfeng sensed the distant disturbance as his Rinnegan began to awaken, while Sakura sensed Naruto's arrival nearby.
• Naruto and Killer B appeared before the support staff, and Neji explained that protecting them was pointless if everyone else died.
• Nanfeng told Neji to watch the support staff and use his Byakugan to identify the White Zetsu who had entered the battlefield.
• Neji told Sakura to keep the wounded calm and left to carry out his mission.

Sakura Haruno treated wounded ninjas at the medical camp while Neji investigated a disguised White Zetsu infiltrator. Neji exposed the impostor and trapped it with his Eight Trigrams technique, preparing to attack its soul.

• Sakura Haruno wondered about Neji's mission but continued treating the wounded as ordered.
• A wounded ninja's body and chakra changed into a White Zetsu, which tried to pierce Sakura's heart.
• Neji blocked the attack with a kunai and revealed that he had detected the White Zetsu and cleared away its spores.
• The White Zetsu tried to escape through the soil, but Neji's Byakugan locked onto it and prevented its escape.
• Neji summoned a massive illusory Eight Trigrams and unleashed Eight Trigrams Palm: Soul Eater.

Neji destroyed the White Zetsu impostors and discovered that Orochimaru was fighting Kabuto. On the battlefield, Madara’s eyes became the Rinnegan, while Nanfeng restrained the Impure World Reincarnation fighters and called the battle dull.

• Neji used Eight Trigrams Palm: Soul Eater to kill the White Zetsu impostor threatening Sakura and trace its chakra back to the Divine Tree.
• Sakura burned the corpse and realized that the impostor had been an extraordinarily convincing clone.
• Neji returned to the front lines and told Nanfeng that Orochimaru was fighting Kabuto, as Nanfeng had planned.
• Madara warned that the Divine Tree had recorded Neji’s chakra signature and would target him in its next attack.
• Madara charged at Naruto, dispersed Naruto’s Rasenshuriken with his newly awakened Rinnegan, and used Shinra Tensei.
• Nanfeng summoned Shadow Clones and immobilized the Impure World Reincarnation fighters with magic-resistance shackles.

Nanfeng and Madara Uchiha pushed their battle to a new level as Nanfeng awakened the Rinnegan and manifested a four-armed Susanoo. After Nanfeng trapped Madara’s Limbo shadows, they sensed that someone was undoing Impure World Reincarnation nearby.

• Madara Uchiha unleashed a casual Susanoo slash that leveled a distant mountain range, and Nanfeng answered his challenge.
• Nanfeng and Madara Uchiha vanished into a high-speed Taijutsu exchange that the Five Kage could barely follow, while Neji tracked their evenly matched blows with his Byakugan.
• Their fists collided, and each absorbed some of the other’s chakra or abilities as Nanfeng’s eyes transformed into the Rinnegan.
• Nanfeng formed a four-armed Susanoo carrying four weapons, including the Shadowless Sword, and told Madara that his power came from a different source.
• Madara Uchiha summoned four Limbo shadows, but Nanfeng saw and pinned them down with black chakra rods, then identified the limits of Madara’s Impure World Reincarnation body.
• Nanfeng sensed someone nearby undoing Impure World Reincarnation, and Madara Uchiha realized that Nanfeng had been prepared for it too.

Nanfeng revealed that he had spent three years manipulating the truth about Madara Uchiha’s strength and preparing counters to Kabuto Yakushi’s plans. As Impure World Reincarnation began to end, Madara Uchiha freed himself from its restraints and clashed with Nanfeng again, while Orochimaru and the Uchiha brothers controlled Kabuto Yakushi underground.

• Nanfeng explained how he had distorted accounts of Madara Uchiha’s battles and weakness to feed Kabuto Yakushi false information and thwart his plans.
• Nanfeng told Madara Uchiha that his peak strength exceeded Kabuto Yakushi’s expectations and that Nanfeng had planned against him for three years.
• Impure World Reincarnation began to undo itself, and Madara Uchiha reversed its hand seals and chakra flow to break free of its restraints.
• Madara Uchiha told Nanfeng he would kill him, and Nanfeng vanished as their battle resumed.
• Orochimaru and the two Uchiha brothers brought Kabuto Yakushi’s soul under Orochimaru’s control.
• Sasuke asked what to do about the violent Divine Tree, and Orochimaru said a powerful soul had left its seal and that their mission still required more people to defeat their enemies.