Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Madara learned that Uchiha Akira was pursuing the same goal of unifying the Ninja World, while Orochimaru offered a way to gather Tailed Beast Chakra for Madara’s plan. The Akatsuki began preparing to target the Seven-Tails next.

• Black Zetsu reported Uchiha Akira’s rise and Flame Gate’s campaign to unify the Ninja World, drawing Uchiha Madara’s interest.
• Obito warned Madara that Flame Gate and the Shinobi Alliance controlled the Tailed Beasts, and Kabuto introduced Orochimaru’s offer of Tailed Beast Chakra.
• Orochimaru summoned Kinkaku and Ginkaku to provide Nine-Tails Chakra, and Madara ordered them to build up enough Chakra to substitute for the Nine-Tails portion.
• Orochimaru used Furubiki and the Eight-Tails’ horn material to supply Eight-Tails Chakra, then used Fuguki Suikazan and Samehada to provide Three-Tails Chakra.
• Orochimaru proposed targeting the Seven-Tails, and Obito ordered White Zetsu to locate its Jinchuriki.

Madara learned that the Sage of Six Paths had returned and began feeding substitute Tailed Beast Chakra into the Gedo Statue while the Shinobi Alliance’s Impure World forces weakened. A probing clash between Madara’s group and the Flame Army erupted in the Land of Rain, with the battle still raging.

• Black Zetsu warned Madara that the Sage of Six Paths was interfering in the war, but Madara decided to continue targeting the Seven-Tails and use substitute Tailed Beast parts to revive the Ten-Tails.
• Madara had Kabuto Yakushi’s four Impure World Jinchuriki feed Chakra into the Gedo Statue, estimating that its Nine-Tails, Eight-Tails, and Three-Tails eyes would take about eighty days to fill.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki and the Shinigami struggled as 38,000 Impure World Soldiers had been sealed or destroyed, forcing them to reinforce their army with weaker Elite Chunin souls.
• Uchiha Itachi, Kisame Hoshigaki, Uchiha Obito, Hidan, and Kakuzu infiltrated toward the Land of Waterfalls while Madara remained in the Land of Rain.
• Madara, Deidara, Sasori of the Red Sand, and Orochimaru attacked the Flame Army’s front, prompting Shisui, Mei Terumi, Ringo Ameyuri, and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist to confront them.
• Shisui and the Flame Army fought Madara’s group as both sides deployed powerful techniques and Impure World ninja, and the battle reached its fiercest stage.

Shisui and Mei Terumi fought Uchiha Madara's group, forcing them to retreat after Shisui wounded Madara with a soul-type attack. Elsewhere, Obito's group captured the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki, leaving the Sage of Six Paths unable to contact him as he continued training Naruto and Sasuke.

• Shisui and Mei Terumi attacked Uchiha Madara's group, and Shisui cut down two of Madara's special clones in the Dark World.
• Madara used Super Almighty Push to escape Shisui's invisible soul-type arrows, and Shisui chose not to pursue him.
• Madara's group returned to their temporary base after Orochimaru confirmed that Flame Gate's forces were too dangerous to confront directly.
• Obito's group disguised themselves as Flame Army soldiers, abducted the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki, and hid him in the Kamui Dimension behind Black Zetsu's barrier.
• The Sage of Six Paths failed to locate the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki and suspected Uchiha Akira was trying to stop him from becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki again.
• The Sage of Six Paths continued training Naruto in Golden Body Sage Mode and subjected Sasuke to a genjutsu before injecting him with Sage-Transformed Snake Venom and God Tree Cells.

Akira investigated Desolate Star’s Yomi Realm, where he uncovered ruins left by an ancient civilization and used the findings to advance Flame Gate’s research. After gaining more than two thousand points, he developed new technologies and evolved his Eternal Mangekyo into the Rinnegan, gaining a unique ability.

• Akira learned that Obito had abducted the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki and ordered the regions to strengthen their vigilance while Flame Gate continued reforms in the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind.
• Akira traveled to Desolate Star and reviewed reports that its Yomi Realm contained three layers, ruined Dark Matter structures, and unconscious souls.
• Akira led Secret Guard members into the deepest layer and identified the ruins as a Control Array built by a previous civilization against the Otsutsuki Clan.
• Akira helped researchers study Dark Matter and Universe Rules, earning enough points to acquire advanced mental training and technologies.
• Akira developed Yin-Yang Release Fusion and Mangekyo plus Wood Release fusion technologies, then evolved his Eternal Mangekyo into the Rinnegan and gained a unique ability.

As the war stalled, the Sage of Six Paths discovered Madara’s plans and recruited Hamura Otsutsuki to strengthen his forces. He modified the One-Tail and Six-Tails resurrection altars, then arranged for ancient texts to reach Madara, setting a trap in motion.

• The Sage of Six Paths failed to reach Flame Gate’s Tailed Beasts, but traced the Akatsuki Organization’s actions to Uchiha Madara and the Gedo Statue.
• The Sage of Six Paths contacted Hamura Otsutsuki on the moon and learned that only Hamura and Toneri remained among his descendants there.
• The Sage of Six Paths persuaded Hamura Otsutsuki to give him 76,000 souls from the Moon Otsutsuki Clan and secured Hamura and Toneri’s help.
• The Sage of Six Paths modified the One-Tail and Six-Tails resurrection altars, then arranged for ancient texts to be leaked to Uchiha Madara.

Akatsuki captured the remaining Jinchuriki and gathered all nine Tailed Beasts, beginning the final countdown to completing the Ten-Tails. Meanwhile, Akira reviewed the aftermath of Konoha’s integration and summoned Hiashi Hyuga to ask what he thought of the Otsutsuki Clan.

• Madara extracted the Two-Tails from Kiyomi, and the Ten-Tails absorbed it while Black Zetsu searched for the remaining Tailed Beasts.
• Madara and Obito retrieved the One-Tail’s Sealing Pot from the Nara Desert, and Orochimaru arranged for Bunpuku to produce One-Tail Chakra.
• White Zetsu found the Six-Tails’ Sealing Pot, while Obito’s squads abducted the Five-Tails Jinchuriki from the Land of Bears front.
• Akatsuki completed its collection of all nine Tailed Beasts, though the artificial One-Tail and Six-Tails still needed about fifty-seven days to produce enough Chakra.
• Akira learned that the Hyuga Clan had dissolved after the Caged Bird was removed and the Branch Family rebelled against the Main Family.
• Akira summoned Hiashi Hyuga to Kitagawa City and asked what he thought of the Otsutsuki Clan, alarming him.

Akira tested Hiashi Hyuga’s loyalty to Flame Gate and recruited Hyuga Branch Family youths to help oppose the Otsutsuki Clan. In a laboratory, Hyuga Yusuke developed a half-finished sky-blue Tenseigan, leaving Flame Gate to seek a safe way to complete its evolution.

• Hiashi Hyuga told Akira that the Hyuga Clan had not contacted the Moon Otsutsuki Clan for over five hundred years and pledged to stand with Flame Gate against them.
• Akira urged Hiashi to correct the Hyuga Main Family’s resistance to Flame Gate’s system, and Hiashi agreed to cooperate.
• Akira rallied thirty Hyuga Branch Family ninjas, including Neji, to fight the Otsutsuki Clan and the Sage of Six Paths.
• At a laboratory in Kitagawa City, Akira explained that combining Hyuga and Kaguya bloodlines could produce new power, then had Hyuga Yusuke undergo Gene Fusion.
• Hyuga Yusuke’s Byakugan turned sky blue, but it remained a half-finished Tenseigan because it lacked enough Meme Sequences; Akira planned to replicate them with Dark Matter technology rather than harvest others’ Pupil Power.

Akira assessed the newly awakened Tenseigan abilities of Hyuga Yusuke and explained Flame Gate’s research into eye techniques. He then launched the Bloodline Evolution Project, with Mei Terumi leading efforts to develop Bloodline Elimination.

• Hyuga Yusuke tested his Tenseigan powers and demonstrated abilities including attraction and repulsion, spatial passages, Chakra absorption, and Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.
• Akira classified the artificial Tenseigan’s stages and explained why its evolution was difficult, while Flame Gate continued researching artificial Mangekyo and Eternal Mangekyo.
• Akira began the Bloodline Evolution Project after learning that pure-blooded Otsutsuki could use Bloodline Network.
• Akira helped Mei Terumi awaken Wood Release and develop Lava Release and Mud Release, joining them with her Boil Release in a cycle of elemental combinations.
• Akira told Mei Terumi to fuse fire, earth, and water to pursue Bloodline Elimination, while dozens of other ninjas tested alternative elemental routes.

Uchiha Madara became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and unleashed God Tree World Descent, prompting Flame Gate to evacuate civilians and mobilize for war. As sunset approached, Akira led the Flame Army to confront Madara at the God Tree’s main trunk.

• Uchiha Madara absorbed the incomplete Ten-Tails and became its Jinchuriki.
• Flame Gate detected Madara, and he unleashed God Tree World Descent across the planet.
• Akira activated Plan 305, and Flame Gate evacuated 180 million people to Desolate Star while shifting its industries to wartime production.
• Akira led Munehiro and other elites toward the Land of Rain as Madara waited for sunset and Orochimaru slipped away from the Akatsuki Organization.
• Two Flame Army fleets and dozens of legions arrived near the God Tree’s main trunk as battle approached.

Uchiha Madara defended the God Tree from the Flame Army’s bombardment, but Akira’s forces and a group of Uchiha and Hyuga ninja ambushed the Akatsuki. Itachi tried to escape Shisui and Izumi, but Shisui pierced his heart; Itachi survived using Izanagi and faced them again.

• Madara reinforced the Crimson Red Four Flames Formation with the Dead Soul Barrier as the Flame Army attacked, then drew on the God Tree to sustain the barrier.
• Akira ordered Truth to fire its Positron Cannon; Obito was injured by Explosive Tags planted in his Kamui Dimension, and Madara used Limbo to deflect the beam.
• Itachi and allied Uchiha and Hyuga ninja emerged from a black cavity and surrounded Madara, Obito, Black Zetsu, and Sasori.
• Shisui and Izumi confronted Itachi, who learned Sasuke had been taken by Hagoromo Otsutsuki; Itachi tried to use Kotoamatsukami on Shisui through a White Zetsu hidden on his back.
• Shisui resisted Kotoamatsukami and pierced Itachi’s heart, but Itachi used Izanagi to revive himself, leaving Shisui to warn that he had only four Sharingan left.

Izumi used her Mangekyo ability to sever Uchiha Itachi’s soul from the world and sealed it, ending his attempt to escape and find Sasuke. Shisui destroyed Itachi’s body, while the other battles neared their conclusions.

• Uchiha Itachi used hand-seal-free techniques and Amaterasu to evade Izumi and Shisui as he tried to escape and search for Sasuke.
• Izumi broke through Amaterasu, and Shisui blocked Itachi’s path with Kotoamatsukami as the two confronted him.
• Izumi damaged Itachi’s Susanoo with a Spirit Bomb, then used Suseri's Cross-Cup Wine to separate his soul from the human world at the cost of both Mangekyo.
• Izumi sealed Itachi’s soul in a crystal, and Shisui removed the eyes from Itachi’s body before burning the corpse.
• Sasori of the Red Sand was the first fighter eliminated after his Regeneration Core was shattered, while Uchiha Madara, Uchiha Obito, and Black Zetsu continued fighting.

Flame Gate forces Obito’s capture and breaks the barrier, then bombards the fleeing Akatsuki members while Madara remains locked in a punishing battle. Orochimaru watches the fighting and warns that Madara still has unused trump cards, while Hiruko points out that Akira has yet to join the battle.

• Obito was overwhelmed by Kakashi and the Uchiha and Hyuga ninja, who removed his Mangekyo, sealed him, and transported him away for judgment.
• Munehiro and Flame Army elites wore down Madara with rotating fighters, revived soldiers, and repeated attacks, though Madara continued to resist with his powers.
• Flame Gate engineers discovered four weak points in the barrier, and the fleet’s Energy Cannons cracked it.
• Kakuzu and Deidara dispelled the barrier and fled with clones and smoke bombs, while Hidan and Kisame Hoshigaki also tried to escape.
• The Flame Army bombarded the battlefield, severely injuring Hidan and forcing Kakuzu, Deidara, and Kisame Hoshigaki to seek cover.
• Orochimaru watched the battle with Hiruko and a blonde woman, saying Madara still had trump cards, while Hiruko noted that Uchiha Akira had not yet acted.

Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki watched the battle while the Kara Organization considered how to pursue its plans against Flame Gate. Uchiha Madara activated Infinite Tsukuyomi, and its transformation began across the Ninja World.

• Hagoromo Otsutsuki asked Hamura Otsutsuki to turn the Hyuga Clan against its side, but Hamura refused, and they confirmed that the Hyuga had awakened a weakened Tenseigan.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki worried that Flame Gate and Uchiha Akira threatened his plans, and he hoped Uchiha Madara would weaken Flame Gate or force Akira to reveal himself.
• Amado and Victor reported that the Kara Organization could not infiltrate Flame Gate, so Genshi ordered them to observe and collect God Tree cells.
• Uchiha Madara used God Tree World Descent and Heavenly Obstacle Quaking Star against the Flame Army, whose warships destroyed the trees and meteors.
• Uchiha Madara opened the Rinnegan on his forehead and activated Infinite Tsukuyomi, beginning the transformation across the Ninja World.

The Infinite Tsukuyomi incapacitated the Shinobi Alliance but failed to affect Flame Gate, allowing its forces to push forward. As Uchiha Madara’s attack faltered, Otsutsuki Black Zetsu stabbed him and began trying to revive his mother.

• The Infinite Tsukuyomi trapped living Shinobi Alliance forces in cocoons, while Flame Gate members remained unaffected across the fronts.
• The Sage of Six Paths and Hamura Otsutsuki prepared to reclaim the Ten-Tails and rushed toward the Land of Rain battlefield with powerful allies.
• Orochimaru used his Sage Seal to escape the genjutsu, freed Tsunade and his subordinates, and saw the Flame Army advance into the Shinobi Alliance’s territories.
• Uchiha Madara discovered that Munehiro and the Flame Army soldiers surrounding him had resisted the Infinite Tsukuyomi, and Munehiro summoned hundreds of elite soldiers.
• Otsutsuki Black Zetsu appeared behind Madara, pierced his heart, and called for his mother to return.

Otsutsuki Kaguya returned and attacked the Sage of Six Paths and Hamura, while Akira activated a plan to trap them all. A barrier and Dark Matter Wave cut off their access to Chakra, leaving them helpless against Flame Gate’s Combat Puppets.

• Black Zetsu resurrected Otsutsuki Kaguya from Uchiha Madara, and she attacked Hagoromo, Hamura, and their group.
• Akira ordered the God Slaying Plan into action, and thirty-six destroyers formed a barrier around the battlefield.
• Kaguya’s attacks failed to damage the barrier, which also blocked passage through the Dark World.
• Akira activated the Dark Matter Wave, preventing Kaguya, Hagoromo, Hamura, and the others from using their Chakra.
• More than a thousand Combat Puppets attacked the trapped group, and their weapons destroyed even the Impure World Soldiers without allowing them to regenerate.

Akira captured the Sage of Six Paths, Kaguya Otsutsuki, and their allies by disrupting Chakra with the God-Slaying Barrier, then ended the Infinite Tsukuyomi. Flame Gate began consolidating control of the Ninja World, though tens of thousands of Impure World Soldiers remained at large as the war entered its final stages.

• Akira explained that Flame Gate needed technologies that did not rely on Chakra, then activated the God-Slaying Barrier to disable the Sage of Six Paths and Kaguya Otsutsuki.
• Combat Puppets captured and sealed the Sage of Six Paths, Hamura Otsutsuki, Kaguya Otsutsuki, Black Zetsu, Sasuke, Naruto, Toneri, and the Impure World Soldiers present.
• Akira read the Infinite Tsukuyomi release method from the Sage of Six Paths and used Yin-Yang Power to erase the Rinnegan pattern on the moon, freeing the trapped creatures.
• Flame Army soldiers surrounded the awakened captives, sealed Onoki and the Cloud Ninja's Chakra, and killed the Daimyo and nobles with Dark Matter Blades.
• Tens of thousands of freed Impure World Soldiers evaded Flame Gate's search parties and launched guerrilla attacks across several lands as reforms narrowed their operating space.

After the Flame Gate captured the Sage of Six Paths and Kaguya Otsutsuki, the Great Toad Sage warned Jiraiya that Mount Myōboku would be destroyed and sent him to find Orochimaru. Meanwhile, Akira and Munehiro reviewed intelligence extracted from Hagoromo Otsutsuki’s memories and began seizing newly discovered sites, including the Rōran ruins.

• Fukasaku told the Great Toad Sage that the Sage of Six Paths and Kaguya Otsutsuki had been captured by the Flame Gate.
• The Great Toad Sage told Jiraiya to take young toads and Mount Myōboku’s records to find Orochimaru, warning that Mount Myōboku would be destroyed.
• Jiraiya left Mount Myōboku with the young toads and treasured records while the remaining toads prepared to fight.
• Shikaku reported that the Flame Gate had extracted hundreds of thousands of techniques and extensive intelligence from Hagoromo Otsutsuki’s memories.
• Akira ordered Munehiro to send an elite force to take control of the Rōran ruins and its Dragon Vein.

Ao presented intelligence from Otsutsuki Kaguya’s memories, revealing that Otsutsuki headquarters could discover the anomalies around Ashihara Star during an upcoming assessment. Akira ordered preparations for evacuation and a wartime shift, while deciding to eliminate every remaining Intelligent Being on the planet.

• Ao reported that the Otsutsuki Clan had thousands of members and that its homeworld lay far beyond Ashihara Star, while Kaguya Otsutsuki’s memories suggested Isshiki might still be alive among the Human Race through Karma.
• Akira ordered Munehiro to investigate the population again for Isshiki, and Ao explained how Isshiki and Kaguya Otsutsuki had concealed Ashihara Star from headquarters before Kaguya tried to destroy its life.
• Ao warned that Otsutsuki assessment teams revisited planets where God Trees had been planted every 2,452 to 3,781 years, meaning one could discover Ashihara Star’s anomaly at any time.
• Akira ordered the construction of escape Space Battleships, lowered the Flame Gate’s alert status to yellow for ten years, and began deploying a spatial warning system across the planetary system.
• Akira instructed Hiashi Hyuga to publicize the threat, then resolved to purge the Ninja World and leave no Intelligent Beings behind before the Flame Gate evacuated.

Hiruko, Orochimaru, and Tsunade joined forces in a hidden mountain base as Flame Gate conquered the Ninja World, and Orochimaru proposed escaping to another planet in a self-built spaceship. As Jiraiya secured Orochimaru’s cooperation and Kara Organization began stirring, a new conflict started brewing.

• Hiruko, Orochimaru, and Tsunade gathered at Hiruko’s secret base, where Orochimaru warned that Flame Gate might be monitoring the entire Ninja World.
• Orochimaru proposed building a spaceship and fleeing to another planet rather than surrendering to Flame Gate, and Hiruko and Tsunade agreed to help.
• Orochimaru, Hiruko, Tsunade, Kabuto Yakushi, and others divided the spaceship’s technical work and began their research.
• Flame Gate intensified its attacks on resisters while its forces rapidly integrated ordinary people across the Ninja World.
• Jiraiya found one of Orochimaru’s abandoned bases, met Orochimaru’s Clone, and secured Orochimaru’s agreement to cooperate.
• Jigen responded as Kara Organization’s Outer members were wiped out or captured, setting a new storm in motion.

Flame Army forces were ambushed while hunting Impure World deserters in the Land of Snow, and Kaido vanished without being revived. Akira traced Kaido’s suppressed soul to an underground facility in Valley Country and prepared a raid to recover him and investigate the group studying his Base Armor.

• Hyuga Tsukimai ordered a bombardment of an Iceberg where five Impure World deserters were hiding, but the survivors trapped Momochi Kawa’s troops in an ice barrier and unleashed a devastating explosion.
• Momochi Kawa’s squad revived through the Death Substitute Magic Eye, but Kaido did not return, prompting Hyuga Tsukimai to report his disappearance.
• Akira went to the Soul Tower, where Uchiha Izumi found that Kaido’s Soul Core had not received his soul and that the soul appeared to be sealed.
• Akira and Munehiro used Mind Communication to view images of Kaido being held in a laboratory and identify the facility’s location underground in Valley Country.
• Akira sent Munehiro to investigate and gathered a hundred Kage Level soldiers, Shisui, Kakashi, and Mei Terumi to raid the mysterious organization.