Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Madara learned how Obito’s plans had faltered and attacked Konan with an enormous Fire Style technique to draw out Nagato. The Ten-Tails protected Konan and struck at Madara, who revealed his complete Susanoo and met the beast’s attack.

• Onoki explained that Impure World Reincarnation had summoned Madara as an immortal vessel, while Tobirama recognized his forbidden technique.
• Obito told Madara that Minato had become wary, Konan had thwarted his attempt to capture her, and he had summoned Madara to break the deadlock.
• Madara attacked Konan with Majestic Destroyer Flame, shocking the shinobi and forcing her paper form to flee through the flames.
• The Ten-Tails shielded Konan with a claw and swept its tail at Madara, who realized Nagato was inside the beast.
• Madara summoned his complete Susanoo and raised its armored arm to meet the Ten-Tails’ attack.

The Allied Shinobi Forces survived Madara’s meteor strike because Naruto’s Nine-Tails chakra cloak shielded them, and Naruto’s power renewed their morale. Nagato absorbed the Ten-Tails and became its jinchūriki, then acknowledged Hagoromo’s space-time technique while deciding not to attack him yet.

• Tobirama ordered the Allied Shinobi Forces to treat the wounded and regroup after Naruto’s chakra cloak helped them survive the meteor strike.
• The Ten-Tails broke free from the stone sphere and fired a Tailed Beast Bomb, while the Allied Forces recognized that Naruto’s destructive power could rival Madara’s meteor strike.
• The Ten-Tails devoured itself through a black vortex and emerged as Nagato, now a Ten-Tails jinchūriki with nine Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Nagato sensed Hagoromo’s immense power and decided to resolve the other threats before attempting to deal with him.
• Nagato thanked Hagoromo for the space-time ninjutsu he had used earlier.

The Collector revealed that he had deliberately allowed Nagato to become the Ten-Tails’ jinchuriki, leaving the Allied Shinobi Forces and Madara uncertain of his motives. Nagato proclaimed that he would impose peace through divine power and prepared to face his enemies, while Madara resolved to pursue the same power and Konan remained protected from Obito.

• The Collector dismissed the destruction caused by the Ten-Tails’ Tailed Beast Ball as an accident and said he enjoyed watching Nagato overcome adversity, alarming the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Madara became excited by the Collector’s power and decided to become the Ten-Tails’ jinchuriki so he could challenge him.
• Nagato proclaimed that he would end the world’s cycle of war and create peace, punishing anyone who stood in his way.
• Madara asked Mizukage and the Allied Shinobi Forces to cooperate against the Six Paths, but Mizukage rejected his offer and Ōnoki mocked him.
• Nagato challenged everyone to attack him and enclosed Konan inside a Truth-Seeking Orb to protect her from the battle and Obito.
• Obito watched Konan’s protective sphere from within a space-time distortion, unable to remove the seal on his heart and waiting for an opportunity to act.

The Six Paths overwhelmed the shinobi alliance with Truth-Seeking Orbs until a black-robed stranger saved Kakashi from a fatal strike. The stranger revealed himself as Hatake Sakumo, and the Collector admitted he had restored Sakumo to study whether a predetermined death could be overturned, leaving the battlefield stunned and the Collector dismissing coexistence as a prisoner's delusion.

• The Fourth Raikage and Killer B struck the Six Paths but were repelled by a Truth-Seeking Orb that erased chakra, and the Fourth Raikage warned the others not to touch the black spheres.
• Gaara tried to bind the Six Paths staff with sand and wood, while Kakashi's Kamui failed to stop a Truth-Seeking Orb spear; Minato rescued Kakashi as a black-robed man blocked the attack.
• The black-robed man removed his hood and revealed himself as Hatake Sakumo, shocking Kakashi, Minato, Guy, and the allied shinobi.
• Sakumo said he had died but that the Collector saved him and gave him a new body, identifying the Collector as the one who had kept him alive.
• The Collector said he restored Sakumo to test whether he could overturn a predetermined death, then dismissed the idea of coexistence as a prisoner's delusion.

Gen Taku refused to revive Nagato, while Madara taunted Six Paths Nagato over his hesitation. Nagato fought back against Madara and the Allied Shinobi Forces, and Minato discovered that sage chakra could resist the black staffs’ absorption, though he was the only one present who could use it.

• Nagato asked Gen Taku whether he could revive Nagato, and Gen Taku explained the method but decided not to intervene.
• Madara mocked Nagato for hesitating to revive Nagato, and Nagato rejected his judgment and attacked him with Almighty Push.
• Madara countered with Susanoo and Wood Style, while Minato ordered the Allied Shinobi Forces to focus their attacks on Nagato.
• Nagato blocked the allied assault with the Divine Sky Mirror and his jade staffs, absorbing Amaterasu and blasting Naruto and the Nine-Tails backward.
• Minato realized that his sage chakra had made his Rasengan resist a black staff’s absorption, but he saw that he was the only person on the battlefield who could use Sage Mode.

Obito devastated the Allied shinobi forces with a Truth-Seeking Ball and began extracting the Eight-Tails from Killer B, while Naruto and the Raikage managed to save him. As Obito prepared to attack Naruto, Uchiha Obito intervened and hinted that a plan was underway, just as more than a hundred thousand White Zetsu and reanimated shinobi closed in on the battlefield.

• Obito detonated a Truth-Seeking Ball among the exhausted leaders, severely wounding the Raikage, the Tsuchikage, Gaara, Kakashi, and the Mizukage.
• Obito used Six Paths: Heavenly Pull and a Truth-Seeking Ball spear to extract the Eight-Tails from Killer B, but Naruto caught Killer B before he hit the ground.
• Han told the Raikage that the Eight-Tails had left some chakra inside Killer B, and the Raikage confirmed that his brother was still alive.
• Obito threatened to target Han and prepared a Truth-Seeking Ball attack on Naruto, but Uchiha Obito appeared beside Konan's defensive sphere and told him to stop.
• Uchiha Obito slipped into another dimension and told Madara that the time had come, while Yuan Tuo Ye recognized the method he intended to use.
• Nara Shikaku's mental network reported over a hundred thousand approaching enemies, and White Zetsu appeared alongside shinobi returned through Reanimation Jutsu.

As the White Zetsu horde and reanimated shinobi overwhelm the Allied Shinobi Forces, Minato battles and seals the reanimated Tobirama Senju. Naruto’s chakra helps the alliance regain ground, while Minato returns to the battlefield to rescue and rally shinobi amid the ongoing assault.

• White Zetsu and reanimated enemies including Kakuzu, Deidara, Sasori, Kimimaro, Gengetsu Hozuki, and the Third Raikage attack the Allied Shinobi Forces, pushing them toward collapse.
• Minato is ambushed by Tobirama Senju, who uses his knowledge of the Flying Thunder God Technique to anticipate Minato’s movements and wound him.
• Minato exploits Tobirama’s lack of consciousness, traps him in a sealing formation, and seals him, severing Orochimaru’s control.
• Naruto’s Nine-Tails chakra strengthens the Allied Shinobi Forces and helps them begin turning the fight against the reanimated army.
• Despite his injuries, Minato returns to the battlefield, striking down White Zetsu, rescuing endangered shinobi, and earning cheers as the Golden Flash.

Nagato chose to use the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique to save Konan and revive the fallen Allied Shinobi Forces, accepting Black Zetsu’s demand to revive Madara and surrender his Ten-Tails power. The golden life force reached Madara’s Impure World Reincarnation body and began dismantling it.

• Nagato discovered Black Zetsu had infiltrated the Path-Seeking Orb and was controlling Konan, then heard its demand that he revive Madara and give him the Ten-Tails’ power.
• Konan opened her uncovered eye to urge Nagato not to submit, while Nagato confronted Madara about the Rinnegan and the deaths of his parents and Yahiko.
• Madara admitted Nagato had been chosen as a pawn and said Obito had handled the rest of the plan; Nagato’s rage gave way to a decision after he saw Konan’s tear.
• Nagato performed the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique, sacrificing his life force as the fallen Allied Shinobi Forces members began returning to life.
• The golden light reached Madara, and his Impure World Reincarnation body and Rinnegan began to disintegrate.

Nagato freed Konan, summoned the Ten-Tails, and tore out his Rinnegan to throw the eyes into the battlefield's chaos before Konan carried him away. Obito seized one Rinnegan and revealed his betrayal, but Madara immobilized him with the curse seal as his shadow clone approached the other eye.

• Madara revived in a youthful body after absorbing the White Zetsu, while Nagato threatened to destroy his Rinnegan unless he released Konan.
• Madara ordered Black Zetsu to free Konan, and Nagato summoned the Ten-Tails before tearing out both Rinnegan and hurling them across the battlefield.
• Nagato asked Konan to take him away, and she carried him toward the desert sky with her chakra wings as Black Zetsu let them go.
• Obito caught one Rinnegan with Kamui and appeared atop the Ten-Tails, revealing his betrayal of Madara.
• Madara activated the curse seal in Obito's heart, leaving him unable to move, while Madara's shadow clone neared the other Rinnegan.

Namikaze Minato used the Flying Thunder God Technique to steal one Rinnegan from Uchiha Madara, while Obito resisted Madara’s cursed seal and began transforming into a Six Paths-level being. The chapter ended with Obito sealed inside a colossal egg as Madara realized Hashirama’s cells had enabled his survival.

• Namikaze Minato teleported in and took the Rinnegan that Uchiha Madara’s shadow clone had been reaching for.
• Uchiha Madara activated the cursed seal in Obito’s heart and tried to force him to surrender his Rinnegan.
• Obito resisted Madara’s control, endured severe injuries, and overpowered the cursed seal with his resolve to create a world with Rin.
• Obito formed the Six Paths Ten-Tails Coffin Seal, drawing the Ten-Tails’ chakra and body into himself despite Madara detonating the seal in his heart.
• The Ten-Tails’ power encased Obito in a colossal Six Paths egg, and Uchiha Madara realized Hashirama’s cells had helped Obito withstand the transformation.

Madara lost the Ten-Tails and his Rinnegan after Obito and Minato disrupted his plan, so he accepted replacement Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan from Black Zetsu. Minato returned to the alliance with the stolen Rinnegan, and Naruto argued that an Uchiha should receive it; the chapter ended with the alliance considering who could safely wield the eye.

• Black Zetsu gave Madara spare Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, and Madara implanted them after losing his Rinnegan and control of the Ten-Tails.
• Madara recognized that Obito had broken the heart-sealing curse and formed the Ten-Tails coffin, then watched the giant egg with anger and grudging approval.
• Minato returned to the command platform carrying the Rinnegan, renewing the shinobi alliance's hope and fighting spirit.
• The alliance's leaders considered who should wield the Rinnegan, but Naruto refused because he lacked experience with ocular powers.
• Naruto proposed giving the Rinnegan to an Uchiha, and the Raikage, Onoki, Gaara, and Kakashi agreed that the clan's connection to the Rinnegan made its members the likeliest candidates.

Sasuke convinced Konoha’s leaders that the Rinnegan resonated with him, and Minato allowed him to take it. As Sasuke’s power erupted, the Collector, Madara, and Black Zetsu recognized him as the current reincarnation of Indra, making him a new variable in the unfolding battle.

• Minato asked who should wield the Rinnegan, and Sasuke volunteered, saying he felt it calling to him.
• Itachi and Shisui denied sensing a connection to the Rinnegan, while Naruto, Kakashi, the Uchiha leaders, and other Konoha allies supported Sasuke.
• Minato handed Sasuke the Rinnegan, and its power surged violently when Sasuke touched it.
• The Collector observed Sasuke’s resonance and identified him as the current reincarnation of Indra, then watched the battlefield’s other developments.
• Madara sensed Sasuke inheriting his Rinnegan’s power and realized Sasuke was Indra’s reincarnation.
• Black Zetsu reached the same conclusion about Sasuke and suspected Naruto was this generation’s Asura, linking both young men to his plan.

Tsunade restored Might Guy enough to face Six Paths Obito, while Minamoto Takuya revealed himself to Minato Namikaze and healed Naruto. Minato returned to the battlefield after Takuya hinted that Obito could no longer phase, and began planning how to help Guy land a decisive blow.

• Tsunade used the Strength of a Hundred Chakra to repair Guy's injuries and urged him to make his final youth bloom against Six Paths Obito.
• Minato tried to kneel before the Collector to save Naruto, but Minamoto Takuya stopped him and revealed his identity as Minato's former senior.
• Minamoto Takuya healed Naruto with his Yang Release Power and told Minato that he would not destroy the Shinobi World, but said it was not yet time for him to fight Obito.
• Minato carried Naruto back to the battlefield, where Takuya telepathically hinted that Obito could no longer phase, leading Minato to see a chance for Guy's attack to hit.
• Kakashi arrived beside Minato, and Minato told him that Naruto was safe and asked for his help.

Might Guy opened the Eight Gates Formation and battered Six Paths Obito with Evening Elephant, but his injuries and Obito’s Truth-Seeking Orbs threatened to stop his final attack. Trusting Minato and Kakashi, Guy charged through Obito’s defenses as Kamui activated, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Might Guy opened the Gate of Death and struck Six Paths Obito with Evening Elephant: First Speed, hurling him into a deep pit and bending his Six Paths Staff.
• Guy’s agony delayed his follow-up, allowing Obito to recover and prepare the Truth-Seeking Orbs to wear him down or annihilate him.
• Guy ran around Obito and struck from multiple directions with Evening Elephant’s first four speeds, pinning him in place with sustained air cannons.
• Minato Namikaze urged Guy to charge straight in and promised that he and Kakashi Hatake would handle the rest.
• Guy launched Evening Elephant: Fifth Speed directly at Obito as the Truth-Seeking Orbs formed a barrier, and someone activated Kamui.

Might Guy broke through Six Paths Obito’s defenses with the Fifth Speed of the Evening Elephant, leaving him gravely wounded. Obito fled into Kamui Space, but Minato followed him there and launched a final attack.

• Minato used Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder to remove a Truth-Seeking Orb from Guy’s path, while Kakashi opened a flaw in Obito’s merged defense with Kamui.
• Might Guy struck Obito with the Fifth Speed of the Evening Elephant, shattering the Truth-Seeking Orb sphere and blasting him into a crater.
• Madara Uchiha saw Obito’s injury as a chance to reclaim the Ten-Tails, while the Allied Forces celebrated Guy’s blow.
• Obito, badly wounded, opened a Kamui vortex to escape, but Minato used Sage Mode and followed him into Kamui Space via Flying Thunder God Kunai he had placed there with Kakashi’s help.
• Minato confronted Obito in Kamui Space and charged him with a Sage Art: Rasengan.

Might Guy spent his life force to shatter Madara Uchiha’s Susanoo, but Madara survived by using Limbo: Border Jail. Minato Namikaze defeated Obito, freeing the Ten-Tails, while Hashirama and the Allied Forces tried to keep Madara from claiming it; Minato sent Kakashi to take Guy to the Collector in hopes of saving him.

• Tobirama Senju urged Might Guy to attack Madara Uchiha before he could become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, and Guy launched an Evening Elephant strike that shattered Madara’s Perfect Susanoo.
• Madara used Limbo: Border Jail to evade Guy’s punch, and Guy’s Eight Gates power expired, leaving him apparently dead.
• Minato Namikaze emerged from the Kamui Space and struck Obito Uchiha with an Ultra-Big Sage Art: Rasengan, causing Obito to collapse and the Ten-Tails to break free.
• Madara charged toward the Ten-Tails, but Hashirama Senju and the Allied Forces attacked to stop him, and Hashirama’s obstruction briefly hindered his advance.
• Minato told Kakashi Hatake to take Guy to the Collector, and Kakashi carried Guy’s carbonized body away in hopes of saving his life.

Minamoto Takuya used Yang Release to heal Might Guy while Kakashi began suspecting that the Collector was the senior he admired. On the battlefield, Madara Uchiha overcame Hashirama Senju, Minato Namikaze, and Ōnoki with Limbo: Border Jail, then absorbed Hashirama’s Sage Chakra and turned his attention to the Ten-Tails.

• Kakashi brought Might Guy to Minamoto Takuya, who examined Guy and began healing him with Yang Release.
• Kakashi recognized Minamoto Takuya’s familiar voice and wondered whether the Collector was the senior who had saved his father.
• Hashirama Senju, Minato Namikaze, and Ōnoki combined their attacks to damage Madara Uchiha’s Susanoo and knock him down.
• Madara Uchiha used Limbo: Border Jail to knock Minato unconscious, heavily injure Ōnoki, and pin Hashirama to the ground with Black Receivers.
• Madara absorbed Hashirama’s Sage Chakra, dismissed its power, and fixed his gaze on the Ten-Tails.

Madara Uchiha became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, reclaimed his Rinnegan, and cast Infinite Tsukuyomi across the world. He trapped the living in cocoons on the Divine Tree, while the Collector remained unaffected and Hashirama condemned Madara’s supposed perfect world.

• Madara Uchiha absorbed the Ten-Tails and emerged as its Jinchuriki, then accepted his missing Rinnegan from Black Zetsu.
• Madara flew to the blood moon and activated Infinite Tsukuyomi, trapping the living across the world in a motionless illusion.
• Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, as Impure World Reincarnation bodies, resisted the genjutsu, while the Collector remained protected and Might Guy stayed unconscious beside him.
• Madara used God: Deep Forest Emergence to cover the world in giant trees, whose branches wrapped the unconscious living in cocoons and hung them from the Divine Tree.
• Madara told Hashirama that he had removed the world’s sorrow and pain, but Hashirama denounced the resulting desolation as nonsense.

Six Paths Madara exposed Black Zetsu's attempt to seize his power, then turned his attention to Collector Minamoto Takuya and challenged him. Minamoto Takuya revealed his strange eyes and effortlessly dispersed Madara's Limbo clones, leaving Madara shaken by the threat he represented.

• Madara Uchiha accused Hashirama Senju's failed peace efforts of allowing wars to continue while defending the Infinite Tsukuyomi as a world without conflict.
• Black Zetsu, controlling Obito Uchiha, tried to stab Madara, but Madara caught him and explained how Black Zetsu's control of Konan had exposed his suspicious abilities.
• Black Zetsu escaped Madara's grip by turning into liquid, and Madara shifted his attention to Collector Minamoto Takuya.
• Madara declared that Minamoto Takuya threatened his dream and sent his four Limbo: Border Jail clones to attack him.
• Minamoto Takuya used an invisible repulsive force to destroy the Limbo clones, then revealed his Six Tomoe Rinnegan and a powerful blue eye, shocking Madara.

Minamoto Takuya and Six Paths Madara began a high-level Taijutsu duel, with Madara relying on his battle-honed technique against Takuya’s overwhelming strength. As Takuya rapidly learned from their exchanges, Madara embraced him as the ultimate opponent he had sought, while Takuya welcomed the fight as a rare challenge.

• Tobirama Senju reached Hashirama Senju but could not remove the Black Receivers pinning him down, and he placed his hopes in Minamoto Takuya to stop Madara.
• Six Paths Madara attacked Takuya with a punch, but Takuya blocked it effortlessly and countered with a strike Madara narrowly dodged.
• Madara used his superior Taijutsu experience to exploit Takuya’s initially straightforward movements, and the two fought to a stalemate amid powerful collisions.
• Madara realized that Takuya was learning and improving during their fight, then laughed and declared him the ultimate opponent he had long sought.
• Takuya responded with amused approval, regarding Madara as a valuable challenge after many previous battles had become dull to him.