Recaps

Uchiha Mai and Uchiha Madara fought with their Susanoo while Sarutobi Hiruzen, Orochimaru, and Danzo kept the Nine-Tails sealed. Mai unleashed Six Paths Five Wheels: Kurikara Astral Phenomenon, cleaving Madara’s Susanoo and destroying his left arm, but Madara remained in danger.

• Madara tested Mai with his Susanoo, and their third-stage giants fought to a standstill as the battle destroyed the surrounding forest and terrain.
• Madara struck Mai’s Susanoo with a strengthened Yasaka Bead, then attacked Sarutobi Hiruzen, Orochimaru, and Danzo to force Mai to intervene.
• Mai struck Madara’s Susanoo with Innate Body-Piercing Formless Sword Aura, then used another barrage to smash it apart and send Madara flying.
• Madara formed a Fourth-Stage Susanoo, but Mai attacked its legs with successive techniques and forced it back into its third stage.
• Mai unleashed Six Paths Five Wheels: Kurikara Astral Phenomenon, cutting Madara’s Susanoo in half and consuming much of his chakra.
• Madara dodged the killing strike at the cost of his left arm, but remained in danger.

Uchiha Mai killed Madara and subdued the Nine-Tails, resolving the immediate attack on Konoha. As the surviving Jonin moved to arrest Danzo over the human experiments, Danzo tried to break through their encirclement.

• Uchiha Mai destroyed Madara's Susanoo, shattered his heart, and reduced him to ashes with sword aura.
• After Orochimaru fled and the others withdrew, Uchiha Mai battered the Nine-Tails and dispersed its body into chakra, which returned to Kushina's seal.
• Danzo urged Sarutobi Hiruzen to pursue Orochimaru, but Hiruzen ordered the Jonin to take Danzo into custody over the experiments.
• The Jonin surrounded Danzo despite his appeals to his position as Hokage advisor, and Danzo used a Vacuum Style ninjutsu to charge at a weak point in the encirclement.

Uchiha Mai killed Danzo and explained to Fugaku that Madara’s survival could help the Uchiha rule the Ninja World. Madara escaped with Izanagi and planned to recover his strength before challenging Mai again, while Konoha declared Orochimaru a rogue ninja and sent teams to hunt him.

• Uchiha Mai struck Danzo with his sword auras and reduced him to ashes as Sarutobi Hiruzen’s forces surrounded him.
• Namikaze Minato reported that Kushina had safely given birth to Uzumaki Naruto, and Uchiha Mai told Fugaku that he had knowingly allowed Madara to survive as a future threat and foil.
• Uchiha Madara reappeared after using Izanagi, then resolved to heal himself, reclaim the Rinnegan from Nagato, and later fight Mai for the Tailed Beasts.
• Black Zetsu considered his options while Madara returned to the Land of Rain and connected himself to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to recover.
• After returning to Konoha, Namikaze Minato, Uchiha Mai, and the others declared Orochimaru an S-rank rogue ninja and dispatched fourteen Jonin to hunt him.

Hunted and running out of supplies, Orochimaru was recruited by Black Zetsu and White Zetsu to serve Uchiha Madara, who promised a better chance of defeating Uchiha Mai. Orochimaru reached Madara’s underground hideout in the Land of Rain and saw the aged Uchiha connected to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

• Exhausted and cornered by Konoha’s pursuit team, Orochimaru considered defecting to Uchiha Mai or seeking refuge elsewhere.
• Black Zetsu and White Zetsu found Orochimaru and offered him a place in Uchiha Madara’s service.
• Black Zetsu explained that Madara had survived with Izanagi, possessed the Rinnegan, and had used genjutsu to make Orochimaru overlook Nagato’s eyes.
• Orochimaru agreed to help Madara restore his body, and White Zetsu warned that Konoha’s pursuers were only five kilometers away.
• Orochimaru followed Black Zetsu and White Zetsu to the Land of Rain, where he saw the aged Madara connected to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

Orochimaru created the False Death, Rebirth Technique, allowing Uchiha Madara to restore his strength before they set out to reclaim the Rinnegan from Nagato in Amegakure. Madara revealed that the Rinnegan belonged to him and that Nagato had been their vessel, leaving Nagato shaken as battle loomed.

• Orochimaru presented Madara with the False Death, Rebirth Technique, and Madara used the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's life force to rejuvenate himself to about fifty years old.
• Madara led Orochimaru and Black-and-White Zetsu to Amegakure to retrieve the Rinnegan.
• Nagato sensed the approaching chakra and, expecting Uchiha Mai, went with Konan to confront the intruders.
• Orochimaru told Nagato that they had come to return the Rinnegan to their original owner, and Madara challenged Nagato's claim to the eyes.
• Madara declared that he was Uchiha Madara, explained how he had awakened the Rinnegan and used Nagato as their vessel, and threatened to kill him.

Madara destroyed Amegakure and drove Nagato to exhaust his life force while using the Rinnegan. After Nagato summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, Madara stopped him and took the Rinnegan.

• Madara unleashed Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence, devastating Amegakure and severely injuring Konan.
• Nagato attacked Madara with summons and Rinnegan abilities, but Madara defeated him and urged him to draw out the Rinnegan's full power.
• Nagato expended his life force to summon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and battled Madara's Perfect Susanoo.
• Madara activated a contingency in the Rinnegan, cutting off Nagato's control and leaving him unable to move.
• Madara gouged the Rinnegan out of Nagato's eye sockets.

Madara reclaimed his Rinnegan, destroyed Amegakure, and attacked Iwagakure to gather tailed beasts while preparing to kill Uchiha Mai. In Konoha, Mai refused to intervene, leaving the villages to face Madara while Konoha offered Iwagakure only diplomatic support.

• Madara took Nagato's Rinnegan for himself, then traveled with Orochimaru to Iwagakure while Konan survived and set out for Konoha.
• Madara and Orochimaru destroyed Amegakure, killed the Four-Tails and Five-Tails Jinchuriki, and gravely injured Ōnoki; Madara later awakened Limbo: Border Jail and sought more tailed beasts.
• After months of training, Uchiha Mai met with Minato, Sarutobi Hiruzen, Fugaku, and other Konoha officials to discuss Madara's return and Iwagakure's appeal for help.
• Mai argued that Konoha should not act because Madara was no longer affiliated with the village and could not defeat him before the Three-Tails revived; Sarutobi Hiruzen agreed.
• Mai instructed Konoha to condemn Madara, dispute Iwagakure's claims, and express sympathy while refusing to intervene.

Fugaku used a four-stage tactic to make Konoha avoid helping the villages fight Madara until they accepted Uchiha Mai’s terms. After the villages submitted, Konoha agreed to send Minato to gather their jinchūriki, Tailed Beasts, and top fighters in Sunagakure’s desert, where Mai would negotiate his intervention.

• Ōnoki joined Sunagakure and Kumogakure in accusing Minato of abandoning his duties, while Mai handed the dispute to Fugaku and the Void Division.
• Fugaku denied that Madara had returned, then refused to act until the villages supplied evidence; after verifying it, he claimed Mai was too ill with mouth ulcers to fight.
• Madara captured the Six-Tails and conquered Takigakure to seize the Seven-Tails, while Kakuzu kept the villages’ bribe instead of lobbying Mai.
• Fugaku said Mai had recovered and was ready to help, but Takigakure had fallen too quickly for his preparations to matter.
• Sunagakure, Kumogakure, and Iwagakure submitted a joint petition asking Mai to defeat Madara, and Konoha agreed to transport their jinchūriki, Tailed Beasts, and top combatants to Sunagakure’s desert for negotiations.

Uchiha Mai gathered the shinobi leaders and jinchuriki in the ruins of the Ancient Kingdom of Roran, declared his intention to create an immortal Ninja Empire, and won the leaders’ agreement to join. The meeting ended with the leaders arguing over resources and authority as an unidentified voice rebuked them for ignoring Madara’s impending arrival.

• Rasa chose the ruins in the Land of Wind as a secure site for the meeting and had the jinchuriki settled beneath them.
• Uchiha Mai announced that he would establish the Ninja Empire, rule it forever, and offer the gathered leaders protection in exchange for their loyalty.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Fourth Raikage, Rasa, Ōnoki, and Konan agreed to join the empire on behalf of their villages.
• Uchiha Mai named the empire and outlined Konoha as its capital, while the leaders negotiated provincial roles and regional development plans.
• An unidentified voice called the leaders arrogant for arguing over details while Madara was about to arrive.

Uchiha Mai imprisoned Black Zetsu in a prototype Sword Realm after Black Zetsu demonstrated his immortality and insulted the gathered leaders. Madara then arrived with Orochimaru, White Zetsu, and Tobi, leaving the assembled experts shaken by his presence.

• Black Zetsu emerged from the ground and introduced himself as Madara's creation, but Ōnoki blasted him apart with Dust Release.
• Black Zetsu reformed and claimed he was immortal, while Uchiha Mai judged that his immortality had limits.
• After Black Zetsu demanded a seat and insulted the leaders, Uchiha Mai trapped him in the Sword Realm, where he was repeatedly killed and revived.
• Uchiha Mai buried the Sword Realm in the underground Dragon Vein so it could imprison Black Zetsu for centuries.
• Madara arrived with Orochimaru, White Zetsu, and Tobi, and his presence terrified the assembled leaders, especially Ōnoki.

Uchiha Mai confronted Madara after Madara arrived seeking the tailed beasts and jinchuriki hidden underground. Mai countered Madara’s battlefield-clearing technique and overwhelmed him in close combat with the Hokuto Hundred Crack Fist, but his punching speed and strength suddenly dropped after more than ten seconds of fighting.

• Madara mocked Ōnoki and challenged Uchiha Mai to hand over the tailed beasts and jinchuriki hidden underground.
• Madara unleashed Deep Forest Emergence, and Uchiha Mai countered with Bizarre Phenomena: Three Thousand Worlds, destroying everything within their formation.
• Madara used Banshō Ten'in and the Preta Path to absorb Deathfire Sword Aura, weakening Mai’s formation.
• Uchiha Mai rushed Madara and attacked with the Hokuto Hundred Crack Fist, forcing Madara to combine Susanoo, Shinra Tensei, the Asura Path, and other abilities to defend himself.
• Namikaze Minato and the other spectators watched as Mai dominated Madara in a rapid close-range battle, while Raikage A said Mai was suppressing Madara with physical strength alone.
• After more than ten seconds of relentless fighting, Uchiha Mai’s punching speed and strength sharply declined as his body began to falter.

Uchiha Mai destroyed Madara’s two meteors and endured the hidden attacks of his Limbo Clone, then explained how he could counter Limbo: Border Jail. The fight remained unresolved as Mai prepared to reveal his second method.

• Madara summoned two meteors with Tengai Shinsei, and Uchiha Mai shattered both with his Distortion Power and a dragon-like punch.
• Madara used Limbo: Border Jail to attack Mai with an undetectable Limbo Clone, turning the fight in his favor.
• Minato entered Sage Mode but could only sense that Madara had used a hidden clone, and Madara explained that Limbo Clones existed in another spacetime.
• Mai said Madara had summoned only one Limbo Clone and claimed he knew three ways to counter the technique.
• After Mai struck the Limbo Clone’s Susanoo during its attack, he explained that he could counterattack at the instant the clone entered their world to hit him.
• Mai raised a second finger and began to reveal his next method, leaving Madara uncertain about winning.

Uchiha Mai copied Madara’s Limbo: Border Jail and used it to defeat Madara’s Limbo Clone, leaving Madara unable to use the technique again for a time. Mai then powered up his Microcosm to the Sixth Sense, awakening his Phoenix Cloth as the battle’s stakes rose.

• Uchiha Mai copied Limbo: Border Jail with his Mangekyō Sharingan and used a Limbo Clone to relentlessly attack Madara’s clone.
• Uchiha Mai’s Limbo Clone shattered Madara’s clone before vanishing, and Madara decided to keep fighting rather than flee.
• Orochimaru realized Madara was likely to lose and worried that Uchiha Mai and the Kage would punish him for being a traitor.
• Uchiha Mai announced a third way to counter Limbo: Border Jail and temporarily raised his Microcosm to the Sixth Sense.
• Uchiha Mai’s power awakened his system-granted Cloth, which transformed into Phoenix armor and equipped him as Phoenix Bronze Saint Uchiha Ikki Mai.

Uchiha Mai used Phoenix Wing Rise to annihilate Madara and the space around him, leaving a void in the world. With Madara defeated and Black Zetsu imprisoned, Uchiha Mai and the assembled leaders turned their attention to Orochimaru.

• Uchiha Mai unleashed Phoenix Wing Rise, drawing in the storm clouds and locking Madara in place with its crushing force.
• Madara tried to fight back with his abilities, but Uchiha Mai's attack overwhelmed his defenses and destroyed him along with the surrounding space.
• Namikaze Minato, Sarutobi Hiruzen, and the others were stunned by the devastation left by Phoenix Wing Rise.
• Uchiha Mai calmed his microcosm and dismissed the Phoenix Cloth, noting that Black Zetsu remained imprisoned and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki could not escape the moon.
• Uchiha Mai, Namikaze Minato, Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Raikage, and the others turned their hostile attention to Orochimaru.

After defeating Madara and founding the Ninja Empire, Uchiha Mai oversaw two years of peace and prosperity while Tsunade and Mei Terumi became pregnant. The story left Uchiha Mai confronting a dozen Susanoo that looked like Madara’s, despite having killed him two years earlier.

• Orochimaru claimed he had secretly infiltrated Madara’s side for Uchiha Mai, and Uchiha Mai accepted him as an Imperial asset.
• The five great ninja villages formed the Ninja Empire, defeated the feudal lords’ resistance, and took control of their territories.
• Uchiha Mai ordered Orochimaru to develop high-yield crops and livestock, and Orochimaru completed the work under threat of imprisonment with Black Zetsu.
• Two years later, Tsunade and Mei Terumi were pregnant, and Uchiha Mai suggested Uchiha Ikki as a name for Tsunade’s child.
• Uchiha Mai spotted more than a dozen dark-blue Susanoo approaching and recognized them as Madara’s, even though he had killed Madara two years earlier.

Fugaku, Shisui, and Minato fought off Uchiha Madara’s Susanoo assault on Konoha City while Mai watched. After the defenders defeated most of the attackers, Mai finally entered the battle and struck three remaining Susanoos with sword energy.

• Fugaku ordered his security teams to evacuate civilians, rescue trapped residents, and maintain order as he confronted the invading Susanoos.
• Fugaku used Kanze Masamune to destroy one Susanoo, then learned that the Madaras were New Uchiha Madara’s energy-limited copies.
• New Uchiha Madara challenged Fugaku, and more than a dozen Susanoos overwhelmed him until Shisui arrived and helped him fight back.
• Minato joined Fugaku and Shisui, and the three defeated ten Susanoos, leaving four still standing.
• Mai declared that Madara should not have come and unleashed sword energy against three of the remaining Susanoos.

Uchiha Mai learned that the Madara before him came from another Ninja World, where he had become its Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and carried out the Eye of the Moon Plan. Madara returned not to pursue that plan again, but to challenge Mai, and he gave Mai one month to meet him in the other world.

• Madara revealed that he had crossed from another Ninja World after the original Madara died, then fused with that world's counterpart and became its Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Uchiha Mai explained how the Dragon Vein and the barrier between worlds could connect different planes, while Madara described how his mind had crossed the barrier after his body was destroyed.
• Madara told Mai that he had conquered the other world and completed the Eye of the Moon Plan, while Minato and the others reacted with horror at the devastation it implied.
• Madara explained that he had returned because he felt lonely at the top and wanted to fight Mai, the only living person he considered his equal.
• Madara challenged Mai to meet him in the ruined other world within one month, threatened to come to Mai's world if he did not, and dispelled his Wood Clone Technique.

One week after Madara attacked Konoha City, Uchiha Mai led the Stardust Warriors through the Dragon Vein into the parallel Ninja World where Madara had cast Infinite Tsukuyomi. They found a blood-red, lifeless world and headed for the God Tree in Konoha to confront Madara.

• The Empire decided to fight Madara, and Uchiha Mai formed the Stardust Expeditionary Force with Namikaze Minato, A, Shisui, Ōnoki, and Rasa.
• Namikaze Minato used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take the group to the Rōran Ruins, where Uchiha Mai activated the Dragon Vein and studied its space-time rhythm.
• The six crossed into another Ninja World and found recent ruins beneath a blood-red moon and an immense God Tree.
• Namikaze Minato sensed that the God Tree had consumed the world's chakra-bearing life, and he confirmed that Sunagakure had no survivors.
• Uchiha Mai explained the effects of Infinite Tsukuyomi and Divine Deep Forest Emergence, while Shisui asked whether the people trapped in the God Tree could still be saved.
• The Stardust Warriors traveled through the moonlit, desolate world and entered the Land of Fire, identifying Konoha as their destination and the place where Madara's dream would end.

Uchiha Mai and Six Paths Madara exchanged attacks near the ruins of Konoha, revealing Mai’s immense power and Madara’s anticipation of their battle. As they prepared to fight in earnest, Mai sensed that Madara’s words about rescuing Black Zetsu concealed something.

• Six Paths Madara spotted Uchiha Mai’s group and launched six Truth-Seeking Swords, which Mai distorted into sludge before they reassembled.
• Uchiha Mai warned Namikaze Minato and the others to stay back, donned his Phoenix Cloth, and unleashed an aura that tore open the Infinite Tsukuyomi’s sky.
• Uchiha Mai sent nine Phoenix Feathers at Six Paths Madara, who knocked them down with Sage Art: Storm Release Light Fang.
• Black Zetsu admitted that Mai’s power exceeded his expectations, while Six Paths Madara declared Mai his only worthy opponent and insisted their contest had not been decided.
• Uchiha Mai revealed that another Black Zetsu had been imprisoned in the Sword Realm for centuries, frightening the Black Zetsu beside Madara.
• Six Paths Madara vowed to rescue Black Zetsu after killing Mai, but Mai sensed that Madara’s feelings behind the claim were more complicated than he let on.

Uchiha Mai and Six Paths Madara fought across the Ninja World, escalating their battle with powerful techniques until Madara created a micro white dwarf and Mai destroyed it with Phoenix Wing Rise. The resulting nuclear blast scattered the fighters and left the Ninja World’s continental plate trembling.

• Six Paths Madara attacked Uchiha Mai with the Sword of Ameno Hoko, and their weapons clashed in a fierce aerial battle.
• Uchiha Mai’s sword auras repeatedly wounded Madara and damaged his sword, but Madara’s regeneration and resolve restored them as the fight devastated the Ninja World.
• Six Paths Madara used Six Paths Flame to defend himself, then cast Sage Art: Magnet Release: Cosmic Extremity and created a micro white dwarf that dragged everything toward it.
• Uchiha Mai resisted the micro white dwarf’s gravity and pierced it with Phoenix Wing Rise, triggering a massive nuclear explosion.
• Uchiha Mai escaped with the Flying Thunder God Technique, while Namikaze Minato carried Ōnoki, A, and the others to safety.
• A mushroom cloud rose over the Ninja World and the continental plate trembled.

Uchiha Mai forged the Godslayer Spear and overwhelmed Six Paths Madara, driving him deep into the mantle and leaving him nearly depleted. As Madara declared that he would defy fate and began to recover, Black Zetsu reached through his body and grabbed his heart.

• Uchiha Mai returned to the explosion site and forged the Godslayer Spear from his armor and radioactive matter.
• Uchiha Mai warned Minato and the others away from the radioactive battlefield, then resumed fighting Six Paths Madara.
• Uchiha Mai damaged Madara with an upgraded flaming sword aura and drove him back with relentless spear attacks.
• Uchiha Mai hurled the Godslayer Spear through Madara and into the earth, carrying him over a thousand kilometers underground.
• Uchiha Mai followed Madara into the mantle, pulled out the spear, and challenged him to reveal his remaining power.
• Madara declared that he would defy heaven and change his fate, but Black Zetsu reached into his chest and seized his heart.

Black Zetsu’s attempt to resurrect Kaguya Ōtsutsuki instead allowed Six Paths Madara to seize her power and absorb all the chakra in the Ninja World. Madara emerged as Uchiha Mai’s first true equal, and the two prepared to face each other.

• Black Zetsu used the Yin–Yang Release: Spirit Possession Assimilation Technique to transform Six Paths Madara into Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.
• As Kaguya Ōtsutsuki began to take over Madara’s body, Madara unexpectedly resisted and regained control.
• Madara revealed that he had anticipated the process and devoured Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, gaining her abilities and all the chakra in the Ninja World.
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki and Black Zetsu vanished as Madara completed his transformation into a stronger Six Paths being.
• Uchiha Mai welcomed Madara as the formidable opponent he had been seeking, and Madara acknowledged Mai as his worthy rival.

Six Paths Madara explained how he anticipated Black Zetsu’s plan and wrested control from Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, then challenged Uchiha Mai to a fight. Madara outmaneuvered Mai with his Rinnegan abilities and trapped him in the Frozen Mountain Range, where Mai was badly wounded but continued taunting him.

• Six Paths Madara told Uchiha Mai how he learned the truth about Black Zetsu, split his will, and seized control of his body when Kaguya Ōtsutsuki was revived.
• Madara attacked Mai with All-Killing Ash Bones, but Mai countered with Vasavi Shakti and escaped using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Madara pursued Mai through Yomotsu Hirasaka, evaded Mai’s powerful spear strike with Amenotejikara, and forced him through a portal.
• Madara redirected the portal into the Frozen Mountain Range and used the space’s extreme cold to slow Mai while attacking him.
• After Madara struck him repeatedly with All-Killing Ash Bones and weakened his regeneration, Mai taunted Madara and challenged him to do better.

Uchiha Mai fought Six Paths Madara until Madara seemingly killed him, but the Phoenix Cloth and Sun Wheel Armor fused and resurrected him as a God Cloth, greatly increasing his power. Mai then overwhelmed Madara’s attacks and stood before him as an almost godlike opponent.

• Uchiha Mai kept fighting Six Paths Madara with every technique he had, but Madara’s spatial abilities and attacks wore him down.
• Madara trapped Mai under crushing gravity and struck him with hundreds of Eighty Gods Vacuum Attacks, reducing him and his armor to ash.
• The Phoenix Cloth and Sun Wheel Armor gathered from the ash, fused into a God Cloth, and resurrected Mai with his Microcosm raised to the Seventh Sense.
• Mai appeared in the restored God Cloth, declared himself supreme, and released Madara from his restraint.
• Madara attacked Mai with All-Killing Ash Bones, but Mai’s telekinetic barrier turned them to ash before they could reach him.

Uchiha Mai defeated Six Paths Madara with overwhelming speed and power, then returned to Konoha after resolving the crisis in the other world. The Naruto arc ended with Mai reuniting with Tsunade and Mei Terumi.

• Six Paths Madara tried to escape through different dimensions, but Uchiha Mai repeatedly appeared ahead of him and sent him back whenever he reached the Ninja World.
• Uchiha Mai demonstrated the gap between them by flying Madara across the planet at light speed, but Madara refused his offer to learn from him and chose to make a final attack.
• Six Paths Madara unleashed his Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack, and Uchiha Mai countered with hundreds of millions of light-speed punches, killing Madara and erasing his attacks.
• Namikaze Minato and the others accepted that the crisis was over, and Uchiha Mai sent them back to their homes across the planes.
• Uchiha Mai returned to Konoha, bought lilies, and reunited with the pregnant Tsunade and Mei Terumi at the imperial palace.