Chapter Summaries

Killer B and the Eight-Tails tried to shield the Allied Shinobi Forces from the Ten-Tails’ massive Tailed Beast Bomb, but their defense began to fail. Minato Namikaze appeared and saved them, and Sakura noticed the Impure World Reincarnation markings on his face.

• Killer B and the Eight-Tails raised a chakra shield to protect the Allied Shinobi Forces from the Ten-Tails’ Tailed Beast Bomb.
• The bomb overwhelmed the shield, leaving Killer B and the Eight-Tails badly weakened as Naruto watched helplessly.
• Naruto sensed a familiar chakra, and the Tailed Beast Bomb vanished as a Flying Thunder God Kunai appeared.
• Minato Namikaze emerged beside the Kunai, and Naruto welcomed his father as the Allied Shinobi Forces cheered.
• Minato took the Kunai and faced the Ten-Tails, while Sakura spotted Impure World Reincarnation markings on his face.

Minato Namikaze saved the Allied Shinobi Forces by teleporting the Ten-Tails’ Tailed Beast Bomb out to sea, then joined the other three Hokage on the battlefield. Madara Uchiha arrived seeking a fight with Hashirama, but the Ten-Tails advanced before they could act, and Hiruzen ordered everyone to fall back.

• Minato Namikaze used the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport the Ten-Tails’ Tailed Beast Bomb over the sea.
• Tobirama Senju, Sarutobi Hiruzen, and Hashirama Senju arrived and stood alongside Minato, restoring the Allied Shinobi Forces’ morale.
• Madara Uchiha arrived and challenged Hashirama, who said stopping the Ten-Tails came first.
• The Ten-Tails advanced toward the Hokage and the Allied Shinobi Forces, shaking the battlefield with its steps.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered everyone to fall back.

The four Hokage trapped the Ten-Tails with the Four Red Yang Formation and the Gates of the Great God, but its furious struggle began to overwhelm their restraints. Uchiha Sasuke arrived at the battlefield as Naruto Uzumaki restored his strength, leaving the battle still in progress.

• Minato Namikaze secretly placed four Flying Thunder God kunai around the Ten-Tails while Hashirama Senju rallied the Hokage and Allied Shinobi Forces.
• The four Hokage formed the Four Red Yang Formation around the Ten-Tails, and Hashirama Senju used Sage Art: Gate of the Great God to pin down its tentacles.
• The Ten-Tails lost strength under the Hokage's combined sealing, while Sakura Haruno, Shikamaru Nara, and Naruto Uzumaki watched with relief and Madara Uchiha held back.
• The Ten-Tails began smashing the barriers and gates, forcing Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju to struggle to contain it.
• Uchiha Sasuke arrived, Naruto Uzumaki greeted him, Sakura Haruno briefed him on the battle, and Naruto replenished his chakra.

A mysterious boy appeared above the Ten-Tails during the Fourth Shinobi World War, seeking soul essence to resurrect his mother and sister. He recognized Sarutobi Hiruzen as a culprit behind the Uchiha deaths and confronted him.

• Naruto declared that he would become Hokage, and Hashirama urged everyone to gather chakra and attack the Ten-Tails.
• A space-time rift opened, and a crimson-eyed boy in a dark-red robe appeared atop the Ten-Tails.
• Naruto warned the boy to get down, but the boy surveyed the battlefield and spoke of defeating an old enemy and recovering his family’s soul essence.
• Hashirama sensed the boy’s immense chakra and warned Naruto and the others to be careful.
• The boy recognized Hashirama, then focused on Sarutobi Hiruzen and accused him of causing the deaths of many Uchiha.
• Tobirama reacted warily when the boy mentioned the Uchiha.

A mysterious Uchiha-like boy stopped the Ten-Tails with his Nine Magatama Sharingan and demanded that an old man hiding in the shadows reveal himself. As the battlefield waited for a response, a gentle golden radiance began spreading across the ground.

• The Ten-Tails attacked the boy, but he used Takamagahara to freeze its body in place.
• The boy revealed his Nine Magatama Sharingan, stood atop the Ten-Tails, and threatened to drag the hidden figures out of hiding.
• Naruto Uzumaki, Hashirama Senju, Sarutobi Hiruzen, and Tobirama Senju watched the boy warily and wondered who he meant.
• A pale golden radiance spread across the battlefield, and Hashirama Senju sensed an ancient presence carrying the power of life and creation.

Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki appeared on the battlefield and recognized Uchiha Genki as an outsider from another world. Genki declared that he had come to kill those responsible for the Uchiha’s suffering and would kill Hagoromo too, leaving the two poised to fight.

• Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki manifested in spirit form, and the shinobi and Ten-Tails reacted to his overwhelming presence.
• Hagoromo asked Genki who he was and why he had come to the world, identifying him as an outsider.
• Uchiha Genki named himself and declared that he would kill his blood-debtors and then Hagoromo.
• Genki accused Hagoromo of standing by as the Uchiha Clan was massacred, while Hashirama Senju and Sarutobi Hiruzen reacted with guilt and alarm.
• Hagoromo’s golden chakra and Genki’s killing intent surged as they faced each other, poised to battle.

Uchiha Genki unleashed a colossal black Susanoo Armor and called out the names of those he hated, then shattered the Four Red Yang Formation with a single sword strike. Minato Namikaze narrowly escaped the blade, while Genki’s enemies remained in its path.

• Uchiha Genki formed a ten-thousand-meter black Susanoo Armor that terrified the Allied Forces and the Senju brothers.
• Genki named Tobirama Senju, Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shimura Danzō, Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, Itachi Uchiha, Obito Uchiha, and Kaguya Black Zetsu as targets of his hatred.
• Genki ordered those he had named to come out and die, then swung the Susanoo Armor’s enormous black sword at the Four Red Yang Formation.
• Hashirama Senju and the other Hokage reinforced the barrier, but Genki’s sword tore through it in one strike.
• Minato Namikaze escaped the sword’s continuing attack with the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Uchiha Genki’s devastating attack shattered the battlefield, and Hagoromo Otsutsuki revealed that Genki came from a parallel universe already destroyed. Hagoromo summoned the souls of the dead, leaving Madara Uchiha, Sasuke, Minato Namikaze, and Hashirama Senju confronting loved ones they had lost.

• Uchiha Genki’s Black Susanoo Armor struck the ground, opening a vast fissure that swallowed Allied Shinobi Forces ninjas and left Madara Uchiha stunned.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki stopped the fighting and told the battlefield that Genki came from a parallel universe destroyed without a trace.
• Hagoromo summoned the souls of fallen ninjas, including the Third Raikage, the Fourth Kazekage, the Second Mizukage, and the Second Tsuchikage.
• Madara Uchiha recognized his younger brother Izuna Uchiha among the summoned souls.
• Sasuke saw Itachi Uchiha, Fugaku Uchiha, and Shisui Uchiha, while Minato Namikaze reunited with Kushina Uzumaki and Hashirama Senju reached toward Mito.

Hagoromo Otsutsuki resurrected the dead and freed them from Impure World Reincarnation, warning that a young man threatened to destroy the Shinobi World. Madara Uchiha reclaimed his Rinnegan as Kakashi and Obito Uchiha sensed the upheaval in the Kamui Dimension, while Madara reflected on the real motive behind his Infinite Tsukuyomi plan.

• Hagoromo Otsutsuki used the Six Paths: Reincarnation Samsara Technique to make the soul phantoms and the Impure World Reincarnations physically alive.
• Asura and Indra appeared, and Hagoromo Otsutsuki warned that a young man carried the despair of a destroyed world and that everyone had to unite against him.
• Madara Uchiha accepted the threat, reassured the confused Izuna Uchiha, and took his Rinnegan back from White Zetsu.
• Obito Uchiha sensed the changed Chakra and presences outside the Kamui Dimension, interrupting his fight with Kakashi.
• Madara Uchiha felt the reality of his resurrection and reflected that he had pursued Infinite Tsukuyomi to protect people from war, betrayal, and loss.

Madara agreed to postpone the Infinite Tsukuyomi and fight alongside Hashirama to protect the Shinobi World. Their reconciliation gave the battlefield hope, but Indra walked over to Uchiha Genki, leaving his intentions uncertain.

• Madara saw that Uchiha Genki could destroy the Shinobi World and reconsidered his plan to use the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Madara told Hashirama that the Infinite Tsukuyomi could wait, and Hashirama agreed to stand with him.
• The Allied Forces felt renewed hope as Madara and Hashirama reconciled.
• Indra ignored Hagoromo, Asura, and the others and walked to Uchiha Genki's side.
• Uchiha Genki asked Indra whether he was not standing with his father.

Indra and Uchiha Genki attacked Hagoromo Otsutsuki, while Indra blocked Asura from helping their father. As the Shinobi World faced destruction, Madara Uchiha proposed becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, but Tobirama Senju distrusted his motives, leaving the battlefield divided.

• Indra blamed Hagoromo for favoring Asura and causing the tragedy, while Uchiha Genki summoned his black Susanoo and attacked Hagoromo with the Eight-Handled Sword.
• Hagoromo raised a sky-blue Susanoo to defend himself, but Genki's black Susanoo overpowered him and cracked his armor.
• Indra stopped Asura from aiding Hagoromo, and their purple Susanoo and green wooden giant clashed.
• Madara Uchiha told Tobirama Senju and Hashirama Senju that he needed the Nine-Tails and Eight-Tails' chakra to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and fight Genki.
• Tobirama accused Madara of potentially restarting the Eye of the Moon Plan, and Madara insisted he had sought lasting peace as the battle continued.

Uchiha Genki overwhelmed Hagoromo Otsutsuki in their Susanoo battle while Indra pressed Asura, leaving the defenders desperate. As Hagoromo neared defeat, Naruto offered Madara Tailed Beast Chakra so he could become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, despite Sakura’s warning.

• Uchiha Genki’s Black Susanoo smashed through Hagoromo Otsutsuki’s defenses and sent him crashing into a mountain range.
• Asura summoned a Wood Golem to hold off Indra’s purple Susanoo, but Indra’s attacks steadily damaged it.
• Hagoromo rose and charged Genki again, but Genki’s sword cut the sky-blue Susanoo’s neck and left it close to collapsing.
• Hashirama Senju tried to rush to Hagoromo’s aid, but Madara Uchiha restrained him and said he needed to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki to stop Genki.
• Naruto offered Madara Tailed Beast Chakra while warning him not to threaten the Shinobi World, and Sakura Haruno grabbed Naruto and questioned his trust in Madara.

Naruto, Killer B, and Madara agreed to combine their efforts against Genki, while Minato offered his half of the Nine-Tails’ Chakra to help Madara control the Ten-Tails. Sasuke proposed taking only some of the Eight-Tails’ Chakra so Killer B could survive, and the allies prepared to act as Asura struggled against Indra.

• Naruto argued that Madara would help protect the Shinobi World, and Killer B offered the Eight-Tails’ Chakra while warning Madara not to betray them.
• Indra cut through Asura’s Wood Dragons, leaving Asura’s wooden giant close to collapse as Hashirama prepared to help.
• Madara told Hashirama to aid Asura while he used the Eight-Tails’ and Nine-Tails’ Chakra to control the Ten-Tails, and Minato offered his half of the Nine-Tails’ Chakra.
• Ay tried to stop Killer B from surrendering the Eight-Tails’ Chakra, but Sasuke suggested leaving enough Chakra in Killer B for him to survive.
• Killer B reassured Ay, Hashirama went to help Asura, and Madara prepared to begin the plan with Minato, Naruto, and Killer B.

Hashirama Senju joined Ashura to battle Indra, but Uchiha Genki unleashed devastating Sage Arts across the battlefield. His attacks left the shinobi forces reeling and disrupted the fight between the brothers.

• Hashirama Senju summoned a Wood Golem and joined Ashura, who summoned one of his own, against Indra’s purple Susanoo Armor.
• Hashirama Senju and Ashura created Wood Dragons and struck Indra together, damaging his Susanoo and forcing him onto the defensive.
• Uchiha Genki stopped pursuing Hagoromo Otsutsuki and unleashed Sage Art: Lava Eruption, covering the battlefield in lava and killing many Allied shinobi.
• Genki followed with Sage Art: Demonic Sound Ring, a soul-attacking sound wave that incapacitated shinobi across the battlefield.
• Tobirama Senju, Minato Namikaze, Fourth Raikage A, Hashirama Senju, and Ashura struggled to withstand the sound waves, halting Hashirama and Ashura’s attack on Indra.

Hagoromo empowered Naruto and Sasuke with Six Paths Power, awakening Sasuke’s Six Magatama Rinnegan and Naruto’s Six Paths Sage Mode. They summoned colossal Susanoo and Nine-Tails forms to challenge Uchiha Genki, who remained unmoved as the battle reached a possible turning point.

• Indra accused Hagoromo of denying his power and ideals, while Hagoromo decided he had to intervene to save the Shinobi World.
• Hagoromo used Yin and Yang Release to empower Naruto Uzumaki and Uchiha Sasuke, restoring their strength and resolving them to stop Genki.
• Sasuke awakened his Six Magatama Rinnegan, and Naruto entered his ultimate Six Paths Sage Mode with nine Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Sasuke formed a towering purple Susanoo, while Naruto summoned a colossal golden Nine-Tails, rekindling the battlefield’s hope.
• Uchiha Genki watched Naruto and Sasuke’s transformed forms with scorn, showing no sign that their power had shaken him.

Uchiha Genki unleashed Sage Art: Shadow Thunderclap and Four Symbols Reshaping, using his power to devastate the Shinobi World and rewrite the laws of nature. Naruto Uzumaki and Uchiha Sasuke joined forces to counter him, transforming the golden Nine-Tails into an enormous Susanoo-armored form as the decisive battle began.

• Uchiha Genki condemned Uchiha Sasuke for protecting the people he hated, while Sasuke vowed to defend the land and comrades Itachi had died protecting.
• Uchiha Genki summoned black lightning and used Sage Art: Four Symbols Reshaping, causing disasters across the Shinobi World and beginning to alter its natural laws.
• Hashirama Senju, Asura, Indra, the four Hokage, Raikage A, Killer B, Naruto Uzumaki, and Uchiha Sasuke struggled to withstand Genki's world-changing power.
• Naruto Uzumaki and Uchiha Sasuke resolved to stop Genki and launched a counterattack against the storm surrounding his black Susanoo.
• Uchiha Sasuke clad Naruto's golden Nine-Tails in purple Susanoo armor, and Naruto enlarged it into an Armored Nine-Tails more than six thousand meters tall.

Uchiha Genki used Takamagahara to freeze Naruto, Sasuke, and Hagoromo, then unleashed a devastating sword attack. Six Paths Madara intervened and freed them, while Genki turned his attention to Sarutobi Hiruzen and trapped him in an illusion.

• Naruto, Sasuke, and Hagoromo launched a pincer attack against Uchiha Genki's Black Susanoo Armor.
• Genki activated Takamagahara, freezing his opponents and the surrounding world before striking with Final Shadow of Oblivion.
• A surge of Six Paths chakra knocked Naruto, Sasuke, and Hagoromo out of the attack's path, and Genki's sword erased a vast area behind them.
• Six Paths Madara appeared as the new Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and helped Naruto, Sasuke, and Hagoromo break free of Takamagahara.
• Naruto, Sasuke, and Hagoromo described the danger of Genki's domain while Genki targeted the fleeing Sarutobi Hiruzen with Sage Art: Hellfire.

Uchiha Genki tormented Sarutobi Hiruzen with hellfire and unleashed millions of enslaved spirits against Naruto, Sasuke, Hagoromo, and Six Paths Madara. The four attacked Genki together and fought him to a standstill as Sage Art: Four Symbols Reshaping continued consuming the Shinobi World.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen convulsed and screamed as Genki's hellfire burned his body and soul, and Naruto started to rush to his aid.
• Genki summoned the Army of a Thousand Wraiths, sending millions of spirits to attack Naruto, Sasuke, Hagoromo, and Six Paths Madara.
• Six Paths Madara, Naruto, Sasuke, and Hagoromo coordinated an all-out assault on Genki's Black Susanoo Armor.
• Genki blocked their attacks, wounded Six Paths Madara, and drove the group back with sword strikes and fragments of his Takamagahara domain.
• The four fighters managed to hold Genki to a standstill while Sage Art: Four Symbols Reshaping continued devouring the Shinobi World.

As the Shinobi World collapsed during the battle against Uchiha Genki, Naruto Uzumaki pleaded with him to stop, appealing to the bonds and hope the world still held. Genki’s rage faltered at Naruto’s words, leaving him shaken by memories of everything he had lost.

• Hagoromo Otsutsuki warned that the Shinobi World would be destroyed if the fight against Genki continued too long.
• Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke, Six Paths Madara, and Hagoromo Otsutsuki launched their strongest attacks against Genki, but the clash failed to halt the world’s collapse.
• Naruto Uzumaki stopped his charge and urged Genki not to make innocent people suffer for his pain and revenge.
• Uchiha Genki’s chakra stilled as Naruto spoke of beautiful things, and his memories of his destroyed world and dead clan surfaced.

Uchiha Genki unleashed Sage Art: Wrathful Sea Heavenly Abyss, a devastating attack that began erasing the Shinobi World. Hagoromo Otsutsuki, Naruto Uzumaki, Uchiha Sasuke, and Six Paths Madara fought to stop it as the survivors’ world collapsed around them.

• Uchiha Genki rejected the others’ judgment and unleashed Sage Art: Wrathful Sea Heavenly Abyss with the full force of his Six Paths Power.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki, Naruto Uzumaki, Uchiha Sasuke, and Six Paths Madara joined forces to defend the Shinobi World from the black waves.
• The attack swallowed Konoha, the Land of Fire’s mountains, and parts of the Lands of Wind and Water, destroying half the Shinobi World.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki raised a golden barrier while Naruto Uzumaki used the Armored Nine-Tails to strike at the waves.
• Naruto Uzumaki was injured and his armor cracked, but he continued holding his ground as the waves overwhelmed their defenses.