Chapter Summaries

After Obito Uchiha accused Minamoto Takuya of standing by while Hidan was sealed, Minamoto revealed that he had secured the Nine-Tails and rebuked Obito. Pain ordered the Akatsuki to recover and prepare to incorporate the Nine-Tails and the remaining Eight-Tails chakra into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

• Obito Uchiha accused Minamoto Takuya of watching the failed mission and Hidan’s capture without helping.
• Minamoto Takuya opened a spatial fissure to reveal the Nine-Tails imprisoned in a golden barrier, then closed it and told Obito he had completed his mission.
• Minamoto Takuya mocked Obito’s defeat by Minato Namikaze and told Pain that the Eight-Tails tentacles held enough chakra to open the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path’s eighth eye.
• Minamoto Takuya vanished, and Pain ordered Deidara, Kakuzu, Scorpion, and Kisame Hoshigaki to repair their losses before gathering for the final sealing operation.
• The Akatsuki members left to recover, while Obito Uchiha withdrew to find White Zetsu and repair his severed arm.

Obito returned to the Akatsuki hideout after losing Hidan and his right arm, then discussed the Demonic Statue and Nagato’s growing independence with Black Zetsu. As the Shinobi World reacted to the Five Kage alliance, Jiraiya and Tsunade returned to Konoha, where Minato told Jiraiya that Akatsuki’s leader was his former disciple Nagato.

• Obito asked Black Zetsu how Vermilion Bird knew the Demonic Statue could open its eyes without all the Tailed Beasts, but Black Zetsu had no answer.
• Obito received a White Zetsu arm and discussed using Nagato to resurrect Madara, while considering Konan as leverage.
• The Five Great Ninja Villages’ alliance and Minato’s appointment as supreme commander spread hope and fear across the Shinobi World.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade returned to the Hokage Building as Konoha prepared for war.
• Minato confirmed that Akatsuki’s leader possessed the Rinnegan, controlled six bodies, and claimed to be Jiraiya’s disciple.
• Jiraiya realized the leader was Nagato, while Tsunade asked where Minamoto Takuya was and learned he had gone traveling.

Jiraiya learned that Nagato was controlling Yahiko and other corpses as the Pain Six Paths, while Minamoto Takuya’s clone helped the Akatsuki seal the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails. As the Allied Forces advanced on Amegakure, Takuya prepared to fuse his Kekkei Mōra, and the Akatsuki’s remaining members faced the coming battle with different convictions.

• Minato Namikaze showed Jiraiya portraits of the Pain Six Paths, and Jiraiya recognized Deva Path Pain as Yahiko.
• Jiraiya identified other Pains as shinobi he had encountered before and concluded that Nagato controlled corpses through the Rinnegan.
• Minamoto Takuya’s Wood Clone helped the Akatsuki Organization seal the chakra of the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Minamoto Takuya watched the approaching conflict from the moon and resolved to pursue Kekkei Mōra fusion, even though his final plan could lead to his death.
• As the Allied Forces advanced, Sasori, Kisame Hoshigaki, and Konan each remained committed to their own purposes and to the Akatsuki’s cause.

Obito Uchiha weighed how to steal Nagato’s Rinnegan without letting Madara revive, while Akatsuki gathered as the Allied Forces closed in. Pain silenced a dispute between Kakuzu and Deidara and ordered everyone to endure until the Demonic Statue’s transformation was complete.

• Obito Uchiha resolved to wait for greater chaos while concealing his resistance to Madara’s revival and his desire for the Rinnegan.
• Kakuzu grew frustrated by the danger of fighting the Allied Forces, while Deidara eagerly anticipated turning the battlefield into an explosion.
• Kakuzu condemned Deidara for wanting to destroy potential bounty targets, and Deidara defended his explosive art as more valuable than money.
• Pain rose into the air and used the Rinnegan’s pressure to silence the gathered Akatsuki members.
• Pain declared the Allied Forces’ resistance futile, said the Demonic Statue’s transformation was nearly complete, and ordered everyone to endure and remain loyal.

Pain forced the Shinobi Allied Forces to move the final battle to a northern desert by threatening to unleash a weapon capable of devastating the continent. Minato led the allied army there and tried to persuade Nagato to surrender, but Pain rejected him and began declaring that the shinobi must feel pain.

• Konan delivered Pain's ultimatum to Minato and the Allied Forces headquarters, warning that a Nine-Tailed-Beast weapon could destroy the continent unless they moved the battlefield.
• Minato accepted Pain's terms and ordered the Allied Forces to prepare for battle at the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Lightning.
• The Allied Forces advanced into the desert and found Pain and the Akatsuki waiting without any detectable conventional traps.
• Minato confronted Nagato and appealed to their former hopes for peace, but Pain answered with silence.
• Pain rose above the battlefield and told the Allied Forces to feel, think about, and accept pain.

Pain summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and its arrival threatened to crush the Allied Forces. Minato rallied the troops, whose coordinated tactics blunted the statue’s first attacks, while the Akatsuki members engaged the Allied Forces; the battle to defeat the statue’s guardians had only begun.

• Deva Path Pain summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, whose terrifying aura shook the Allied Forces and revealed the power behind his threat.
• Minato Namikaze rallied the frightened shinobi and ordered the tactical divisions to attack the statue’s head and create an opening for close-combat teams.
• Deidara, Scorpion, and Kisame Hoshigaki attacked the Allied Forces, while Obito Uchiha watched from his Spatial Vortex and declared that chaos had begun.
• The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path emerged fully and stomped toward the Allied Forces’ left wing, but Inoichi Yamanaka, Nara Shikaku, and Mabui coordinated defensive maneuvers that limited the casualties.
• The statue swept its arm toward the Allied Forces’ center, and Minato recognized the value of the mental command network as the Akatsuki members confronted their opponents.

Darui’s Lightning Release unit disabled Deidara’s clay, Gaara countered Sasori’s puppets with Magnet Release, and Kisame devastated the Allied Forces with a water prison. Kakashi summoned natural lightning to destroy the prison and weaken Kisame, allowing Might Guy to attack him as Kakashi prepared another Lightning Cutter.

• Darui and the Lightning Release elite unit disrupted Deidara’s clay constructs and kept him pinned under a barrage of attacks.
• Gaara used Magnet Release and Gold Dust Binding to restrain Sasori’s puppets and help Sunagakure’s forces break their advance.
• Kisame flooded the battlefield with Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave and summoned sharks that slaughtered Allied Forces ninja trapped inside.
• Kakashi created storm clouds with Fire Style and used Lightning Cutter to draw down natural lightning, destroying the water prison and badly injuring Kisame and Samehada.
• Might Guy opened the Sixth Gate and struck Kisame with Leaf Strong Whirlwind and Dynamic Entry while Kakashi readied another Lightning Cutter.

Kakashi and Guy badly wounded Kisame, who survived by raising a compressed Water Prison Shark Dance. A and Killer B overwhelmed Kakuzu and destroyed two of his hearts, but Kakuzu redirected their attacks and hurled himself toward the Allied Forces ninja to escape by targeting them as new hearts.

• Kakashi struck Kisame's wounded shoulder with Lightning Cutter, and Guy followed with Morning Peacock.
• Kisame unleashed Water Prison Shark Dance to force Kakashi and Guy back and buy himself time.
• A and Killer B attacked Kakuzu together, and the Eight-Tails' tentacles destroyed his Wind Release and Fire Style mask monsters, costing him two hearts.
• A battered Kakuzu under A's relentless Lightning Oppression Horizontal Chop while Killer B prepared a finishing blow.
• Kakuzu redirected the Eight-Tails' tentacle toward the Allied Forces with Earth Style Wall: Multiple Vaulted Roofs, then took A's strike and used its force to launch himself toward the ninja formation.

Kakuzu replenished his hearts by draining Allied Forces ninja while Obito stalled Shisui and Itachi. Pain confronted Jiraiya over Yahiko’s death, then gravely wounded him and left Minato to treat him.

• Kakuzu used Earth Grudge Fear: Tentacle Hunt to pierce and drain several Allied Forces ninja, restoring his strength as Killer B and the Raikage tried to stop him.
• Obito evaded Shisui and Itachi’s attacks while waiting for an opportunity to seize the Rinnegan and disrupt Madara Uchiha’s plan.
• Pain told Jiraiya that Hanzo and Shimura Danzō had arranged Yahiko’s death, and blamed Jiraiya’s ideals for the cycle of violence.
• Pain used Universal Pull to drag Jiraiya toward him, while his Shinra Tensei knocked away Minato’s Flying Thunder God Kunai.
• Pain stabbed Jiraiya with Black Receivers and slammed him into a crater, leaving Minato to treat his wounds as Pain ordered him to leave.

Tsunade overcame her hemophobia to treat the gravely wounded Jiraiya, who told Minato that Nagato had held back and asked him to spare his life. Minato returned to a stalemated battle against Pain, but the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path transformed into the Incomplete Ten-Tails and devastated the Allied Forces.

• Minato brought the severely injured Jiraiya to the medical camp, where Tsunade overcame her fear of blood and began treating him.
• Jiraiya told Minato that Nagato had deliberately held back and asked him to spare Nagato, while Minato left without making a promise.
• Minato returned to the battlefield and fought Pain's Six Paths, but their abilities and defenses kept the battle at a stalemate.
• The Allied Forces struggled to delay the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path as Ōnoki, Mei Terumi, Kitsuchi, and Nara Shikaku led attacks and defensive efforts.
• The Demonic Statue transformed into the Incomplete Ten-Tails, whose roar shattered defenses, killed shinobi, and stunned the Allied Forces, the Five Kage, and the Akatsuki Organization.

As the Ten-Tails devastated the Allied Forces, Minamoto Takuya, the Collector, appeared above the battlefield and summoned an ancient stone throne. He said he had come only to watch, leaving both sides uncertain of his intentions as he settled in to observe the final battle.

• The Ten-Tails slaughtered Allied Forces shinobi, while Minato Namikaze and Nagato watched its transformation with alarm.
• Minamoto Takuya appeared between the Ten-Tails and the Allied Forces, drawing the attention of Minato, Ōnoki, A, Gaara, Mei Terumi, Obito Uchiha, and Nagato.
• The Collector snapped his fingers and created an enormous stone throne from nothing, then reclined on it as the Ten-Tails' growl weakened.
• Minamoto Takuya told both sides to continue fighting because he had come to watch a show, intensifying their fear and suspicion.
• The Collector's Wood Clone watched the battlefield while recovering its mental strength, then glanced at Nagato and Obito and hoped they would not disappoint him.

The Ten-Tails broke free of Nagato’s control and attacked Minamoto Takuya, who effortlessly stopped its assault and hurled it across the desert. As the Allied Forces reeled from his power, the Ten-Tails began forming a massive black Tailed Beast Bomb.

• The Ten-Tails sensed Minamoto Takuya’s Wood Clone and charged at him, breaking Nagato’s control in the process.
• Minamoto Takuya stopped the Ten-Tails’ tails with an invisible barrier and repelled the beast with Shinra Tensei, sending it crashing beyond the horizon.
• Nara Shikaku warned the Allied Forces to move as the Ten-Tails’ impact unleashed a devastating shockwave.
• The wounded Ten-Tails regenerated and gathered an enormous black Tailed Beast Bomb in its mouth.
• Ōnoki recognized the bomb’s overwhelming power, and Nara Shikaku ordered the Allied Forces to activate their highest-level defensive barrier.

The Collector used Yusei Ryo Goin to swallow the Ten-Tails’ ultimate Tailed Beast Bomb and release it above the beast, gravely wounding it with its own attack. As the Ten-Tails writhed in the crater, Minamoto Takuya remained calmly seated on his stone throne.

• The Ten-Tails fired its ultimate Tailed Beast Bomb at the Collector.
• Minamoto Takuya raised Yusei Ryo Goin and swallowed the Tailed Beast Bomb without an explosion.
• Yusei Ryo Goin reappeared above the Ten-Tails and sent the same bomb crashing into its head.
• The blast tore away nearly one-third of the Ten-Tails’ head, cracked its Rinnegan, and left it writhing in a crater.
• Nagato sensed the Ten-Tails’ pain and fear as the Allied Forces stared at the wounded beast.
• The Ten-Tails struggled to see the Collector still reclining on his stone throne.

The Collector broke the Ten-Tails’ will with his Six Tomoe Rinnegan, leaving Nagato able to control the wounded beast without resistance. As the Allied Forces’ morale collapsed in the aftermath of the redirected Tailed Beast Bomb, Minato Namikaze went to the Intelligence Division to address them through Inoichi Yamanaka’s mental network.

• The Collector’s Six Tomoe Rinnegan extinguished the Ten-Tails’ hatred and resistance, allowing Nagato’s will to take control through the Black Receivers.
• Nagato sensed the Ten-Tails’ fear, then recognized that its submission made control easier despite its severe injuries and ongoing regeneration.
• Nagato ordered the Ten-Tails to rise and continue carrying out divine punishment.
• The redirected Tailed Beast Bomb’s shockwave injured many Allied Forces ninja, while the Collector’s display of power drove their morale toward despair.
• Minato Namikaze saw the Allied Forces’ fading resolve and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to reach the Intelligence Division, connecting to Inoichi Yamanaka’s mental network.

Naruto Namikaze mastered Nine-Tails Chakra Mode after forming a bond with the Nine-Tails, then arrived on the battlefield and blasted the Ten-Tails with a massive Tailed Beast Ball. The attack shattered the Ten-Tails’ body, leaving the Allied Shinobi Forces stunned as Naruto prepared to fight beside his father.

• Naruto warned the Allied Shinobi Forces to move, and Namikaze Minato ordered them to scatter before a massive Tailed Beast Ball struck the Ten-Tails.
• Naruto appeared in Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, and Namikaze Minato trusted his choice to fight without asking how he had gained the power.
• Namikaze Minato explained that Naruto still held the Nine-Tails’ remaining half because the Collector had taken only the other half.
• Naruto recalled how he had persuaded Uzumaki Kushina to help him take the Nine-Tails’ chakra, then recognized the beast’s loneliness and pain instead of simply trying to overpower it.
• The Nine-Tails voluntarily shared its chakra with Naruto, allowing him to achieve stable Nine-Tails Chakra Mode as Kushina urged him to protect everyone.
• Naruto reached the battlefield and fired a gigantic Tailed Beast Ball at the Ten-Tails.

Naruto reconciled with Kurama and shared Nine-Tails chakra with the Allied Shinobi Forces, restoring their strength and resolve to fight the Ten-Tails. As the shinobi prepared to counterattack, Sasuke struggled with jealousy and despair, and Uchiha Kagami steadied him before darkness overwhelmed him.

• Minato observed Naruto’s reconciliation with Kurama and recognized that Naruto’s understanding, rather than the reconciliation seal, had opened the tailed beast’s heart.
• Naruto’s Rasengan tore through much of the Ten-Tails, but he warned the Allied Shinobi Forces that he could not keep using the attack and that the beast would recover.
• Naruto joined hands with Minato and demonstrated that he could share Nine-Tails chakra, forming a purple chakra cloak around his father.
• Naruto ran across the battlefield and shared chakra with the surviving shinobi, restoring their strength and shielding them as the Five Kage and Kakashi reacted with astonishment.
• Naruto rallied the cloaked Allied shinobi to counterattack and stop the Ten-Tails.
• Sasuke felt overwhelmed by the widening gap between himself and Naruto, but Uchiha Kagami touched his shoulder and calmed him as darkness gathered in his eyes.

Sasuke recovered his resolve after Minato’s words, while Naruto’s Nine-Tails chakra strengthened the Allied Shinobi Forces and exposed Obito’s suspicions about Nagato. As the battle stabilized, Shikaku proposed that Nagato was hiding inside the Ten-Tails.

• Minato’s words helped Sasuke overcome his jealousy and resolve to catch up to Naruto through his own strength.
• Obito mocked Konan over Naruto’s Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, but Konan defended Nagato and blamed a possible secret technique for the divided Nine-Tails seal.
• Obito resumed his attempt to capture Konan as she turned herself into paper strips carrying explosive tags.
• Naruto’s chakra-cloaked shinobi held off the Ten-Tails’ renewed attack, allowing the Allied forces to establish a defensive stalemate.
• Shikaku told the Five Kage and Naruto that Nagato remained undetected and suggested he was hiding inside the Ten-Tails.

Minato rallied the Allied Shinobi Force behind Shikaku’s plan to attack the Ten-Tails’ core, while reserving Naruto as their final trump card. As the assault force prepared to act, Orochimaru confronted Obito underground and summoned Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama with Edo Tensei, alarming Black Zetsu.

• Kaede, Ōnoki, and Gaara doubted that Kagami could survive inside the Ten-Tails’ core, but Minato argued that the core was the best place to hide and urged the alliance to attack it.
• Minato persuaded the command center to commit to Shikaku’s plan, and the Raikage and Ōnoki agreed that testing the theory was better than waiting for the Nine-Tails’ chakra to run out.
• Minato stopped Naruto from joining the assault, telling him to conserve his strength as the alliance’s final trump card, then assigned Minato, Killer B, and Ōnoki to break through the Ten-Tails’ defenses.
• Gentoku watched the alliance prepare its assault, while Black Zetsu grew frustrated that Konan kept Obito from capturing her and decided the delay could not continue.
• Orochimaru approached Obito underground and summoned Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama with Edo Tensei, leaving Obito shocked and Black Zetsu wondering how Orochimaru had revived them.

Orochimaru summoned Tobirama, Hiruzen, Minato, and Han with the Impure World Reincarnation and sent them back into battle, treating the war as an opportunity to study new powers. At Black Zetsu’s command, Qi summoned a massive coffin onto the battlefield, drawing the Five Kage and others’ attention with the immense presence within.

• Orochimaru watched the battlefield and agreed to use the Impure World Reincarnation subjects in a real combat environment.
• Orochimaru resurrected Tobirama, Hiruzen, Minato, and Han, then compelled them to charge toward the battlefield’s center.
• Orochimaru recalled that Madara had taken another resurrected body and wondered who the masked man calling himself Madara really was.
• Black Zetsu ordered Qi to carry out the plan’s final step, and Qi concealed his reluctance before agreeing.
• Qi used the Summoning Technique to raise a massive, rune-carved coffin in the battlefield’s center.
• Tsunade, the Fourth Raikage, Gaara, Ōnoki, Mei, Kakashi, and the others reacted to the coffin’s overwhelming aura.

Uchiha Madara emerged from the coffin, identified the masked man as Uchiha Obito, and forced Obito to reveal his identity and explain the Eye of the Moon Plan. Minato told the Allied Forces that Obito had been his student and was believed to have died saving Kakashi, while Shisui recognized the name from old Uchiha records.

• The coffin opened to reveal Uchiha Madara, whose appearance and chakra stunned Minato, Kakashi, Gaara, and Ōnoki.
• Madara addressed the masked man as Obito, and Obito removed his mask to reveal his scarred face.
• Obito greeted Minato and Kakashi, then said Rin's death had made the world hell and that he would create a perfect world through the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Obito mocked Kakashi as a pawn and dismissed his right to question him, while Madara watched with amusement.
• Gaara demanded an explanation, and Minato told the Allied Forces that Obito had been his subordinate and had supposedly died saving Kakashi during the Third Great Ninja War.
• Shisui said he remembered Obito as an ordinary Uchiha clansman recorded as having died in battle years earlier.